e D r Auspuff Monthly Newsletter • April, 2015
IN THIS ISSUE Prez Says from Ross Rampy In the Zone from Tim Hagner A Drive Around Central Oregon
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Prez Says
Ross Rampy President
from Ross Rampy, President Fellow Cascade Porsche Pushers,
John Early Vice President
When March arrived, I thought this Prez Sez would be filled with lots of interesting and informative information for the upcoming month
David Duarte
and season, but for a number of circumstances this didn’t happen. First of all, it is with great
Secretary
sadness that I have report that one of our founders, Estley Schick, passed away on March 9
Bill Lucas
at the age of 96. For those who attended our 50th
Treasurer
Anniversary you will remember that he and his wife Alicia attended and that Estley gave a most memorable talk of his 356 journey from Germany to the United States. For me, it was an honor to have Estley and Alicia attend our 50th dinner and the next time you are driving your
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Porsche heading into a sweeping at corner at full throttle, give a little prayer to Estlely and his family for his full life and for being instrumental in getting our
Chairman
Membership
Region up and running. Arnie Berglund
I was supposed to attend our zone’s President’s meeting in Vancouver BC in March but thanks to our Federal government and postal service, who could not
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get me a passcard in two attempts. So, there might be someone out there that has 2 of my passcards and one of my birth certificates The amazing thing is neither one of them wants to responsibility. Since I couldn’t go to Canada (and wear long pants), I headed over to California and took CA HWY 1 from Fort
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Bragg all the Hearst Castle. The weather was great and with my top down all the way, I really didn’t miss or regret not going to Canada. Unfortunately, I
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don’t t know much more about the Zone 6 drive, but as August gets closer, I will have more details. For those Southern Chapter members who enjoy getting lost, please join me for
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my 2nd Annual President’s Mystery tour on April 18th. We will meet at Barnes and Noble in Medford at 9am and will head off to who knows where but at the end will stop for lunch. So come and see I how I will get lost from a route I only know. As always see you in my mirrors,
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In the Zone Zone 6 News from Representative Tim Hagner It’s time to start “zoning”! The kick-off event for me was the Zone 6 Presidents meeting. This years meeting was hosted by the Canada West Region in Vancouver, BC. We time these meetings to be after the National Board meeting and hopefully we do good in the weather department. It’s still very much winter in a lot of our 16 regions. These yearly meeting are a time for us to share knowledge, experiences and learn. It takes lots of effort and coordination to run a club of this size efficiently. Don’t forget we are the largest single mark club in the world! Amanda Kremser, daughter-in-law of Canada West’s President Erwin, was our Zone 6 logo winner. We tried to have her at the Presidents meeting so we could thank her and we could have gotten a picture to share with everyone. Things didn’t work out, sorry. Thank you Amanda! My first zone visit was the week-end before the Presidents meeting at the Pacific Northwest’s Tech session featuring the 918. This was held at the Bellevue Porsche store. Wow! Over 400 PCA’ers in attendance, what a great sight. We still didn’t fill the service area, that Porsche store is HUGE. We were told it is currently the largest in North America. Great job PNW, tremendous support from the membership and a well-run show. The Presidents meeting was held in Vancouver this year to coincide with Canada West’s 40th anniversary celebration, the oldest Canadian Region in PCA. Congratulations Canada West! We even had Caren Cooper, President of PCA, on hand to join the party. Ok, some zone fun facts:
Canada West is the 7th oldest region in our zone
Pacific Northwest is the oldest at 56 years
Living Skies Prairie is the youngest of our 16 regions, at 1 year old
The BIG zone event of the year is the Zone 6 Grand Tour. Really, make your plans and clear your calendar, this will be THE tour to end all tours. A two week, 4,000 mile romp through the Grandest Zone of them all, how can you not be there? The regions are busy putting their routes together, planning the hand-offs and making ready for us. Can’t do the whole tour? That’s ok, our Tour master Bill Bauer is designing it so you can drop-in and out as needed. We have a commitment from Pete Stout, the Editor of Pano, to have a writer cover ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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the event for a Pano feature. We are working on a live social media stream and Caren Cooper will be joining us for a least part of the tour. You really don’t want to be left out. If you have questions, ask your President, they are involved. Some Grand Tour Facts:
Starts Saturday July 28 in the PNW region
Two ferry rides
Ends Saturday August 8 in the Oregon region
Will pass through all 16 regions, we are the largest zone in PCA at over 1.4 million square miles I’ll see you in the zone!
Tim In Pictures: Dinner at Sesame on March 30th
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A Drive Around Central Oregon From Arne Berglund, Central Chapter Representative March is wrapping up as I write this, and we here in the Central Chapter are moving into the driving season. We had 16 people (11 cars) at coffee on the first Saturday, with beautiful weather. We spent most of the time chatting outdoors in the parking lot, rather than stay cooped up inside. For several years, the Central Chapter has kicked off the driving season with a March drive to the Daffodil Festival at the Long Tom Grange near Junction City. We skipped this event last year because they announced ahead of time there would be no on-site parking, even for car clubs. But the parking was back this year, and so the tradition was revived. I wasn’t able to make it myself, so our group of 11 people (6 cars) was ably led to the grange by John Thompson. The weather pretty decent, and those in attendance enjoyed the trip. Moving into April, we will again meet for coffee on the 4th, and we have a Saturday day trip to the Evergreen Air Museum in McMinnville planned for the 25th. (Details coming shortly.) We continue to meet new people almost every time we get together, which is great! As we move into Summer, we’re hoping for continued good times and clear roads!
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Upcoming Events President’s Day Mystery Tour April 18th at 9AM Meet at Barnes and Noble in Medford Sandland Tours Dune Buggy Weekend Trip May 30 & 31st More information to be provided by David Duarte (Check Website) High Desert Car Show June 12th thru the 14th Bend
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Tech Session at Aaron’s Automotive on March 13th From David Duarte
Attendance was somewhat sparse at this year’s tech session at Aaron’s Automotive in Phoenix. Perhaps the German Cars & Coffee gathering beforehand at Brammo parking lot in Talent somewhat sidetracked the event. At any rate eleven of our PCA members gathered to watch Aaron’s techs perform wheel alignment on Jim “Warriner’s 2000 Boxster. A high tech computer generated alignment machine indicated that Jim’s car was in need of a slight adjustment in camber on the rear suspension and so adjustments were made. Amongst coffee, donuts, and conversation members enjoyed lively camaraderie and were grateful to Aaron and his technicians for their demonstration on how to perform a four wheel alignment on a Porsche.
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