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Carl & Brenda Kindig Levi & Sara Wallin

July

Ali Al-Ugaili Joe & Sandy Kraatz Hal & Rose McClure Chris & Elizabeth Pasternak Owen & Blanche Samuels Jeff & Annie Stahl

August

Jack & Laura Berry Kathleen Bringman Elaine Kersey Neal Lewis Curly & Karon Long Valerie Malecki Robert D. Miller James Ilona Neis Bob & Chiaki Noggle Arnie & Jackie O'Blenis Mike Sebella Alan Wright David & Jane Yoder

This Month...

1 Phil Higley

9 Ron Newcomer 15 Larry Weaver 18 Bob Relos 19 Art Campbell 20 Elaine Kersey 20 Pete McClure 22 Arnie O'Blenis 22 Bethany Pasternak 23 Marilyn McClure 25 Jessica Milliken 25 Ken Reed

Happy Anniversary!

None this month that I’m aware of

If I missed your birthday or anniversary, please let me know. Thanks!

Membership Anniversaries

Hal & Rose McClure 21 years Chris & Elizabeth Pasternak 17 years Larry & Shirley Weaver 12 years Ken & Becky Schmitt 6 years Owen & Blanche Samuels 5 years Ali Al-Ugaili 1 year Jerry & Leslie Handlin 1 year Charles & Tamara Murray 1 year

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Minutes from Last Month’s Meeting

Vice-President Kevin Price opened the meeting and welcomed members and guests. President Howard Barrett was just returning from his annual fishing trip up north and was absent.

Members and guests present were: Art and Scott Anderson, Becky and Art Campbell, Dick and Gloria Cornman, Vic and Connie Garrison, Bob Goeller, Harold Jedrzejewski, Elaine Kersey, Blair and Shari Knaak, Curly and Karon Long, Pete and Marilyn McClure, Rose McClure (and Hal in spirit), Brad Milliken and Kim Zink, Ron and Charlotte Newcomer, Phil Nicodemus, Kevin Price, Bob Relos, June and Jim Schmidt, Ken Schmitt, Larry Weaver, Alan Wright, and David and Katie Yoder.

Members were inquiring as to Larry Weaver's health when who should walk into the room, but Larry in person. He was given a rousing welcome amidst remarks about how good he looked. What a great happening to have Larry back among us. (We miss you too, Shirley).

Birthdays for the month of June were Kevin Price, Ted Sauerbeck, Sherry Knaak, Vic Garrison, and Mona Steiner.

Wedding anniversaries were 50 years for Jim and June Schmidt, 37 hears for Chris and Pete Delchambre, 56 for Kathy and Frank Schmidt, 38 for Tandy and Phil Nicodemus. Membership anniversaries were 22 years for Brenda and Carl Kindig, 18 years for Brad Milliken, 13 years for Kami and Chad Woody, 11 for Becky and Art Campbell, 5 years for Scott and Chris Anderson, and 1 year for Stuart & Shirley Tremayne and Sara and Levi Wallin.

The secretary's and treasurer's reports were

approved. Our July meeting will be our picnic on July 12th at Twin Branch Park in Mishawaka. Bring your appetites; a dish to share, DOOR PRIZES FOR THE CAR SHOW, and this date will be the last time that you will be able to register your Mustang for our show. The Houseman award for the best 1st generation Mustang will be chosen here also. See you there!!!! (6 P.M.) EST

Regional MCA Director, Jim Schmidt had no official report, but filled us in on his trip to Mustang, Oklahoma for the National Show where the weather was hot and the storms were booming. "John Wayne" made an appearance at the show. What a great look-alike! From his voice to his scarred face, you could have sworn it was the Duke himself. He attended the old-fashioned cookout that they had for supper one night. Jim won Gold again. The trophies were acrylic shapes of the state of Oklahoma.

Bob Goeller reported that one of our memorial trees at Twin Branch Park needed to be replaced. A motion was made and seconded that Bob buy and replace the tree.

Show chairperson Carl Kindig passed around the job signup sheet for our show. He still needs DOOR PRIZES. It was decided to have plaques for winners, rather than trophies.

Jim and June brought a beautifully decorated

anniversary cake to share. Everyone enjoyed it. The $24 in the 50/50 went to Jim Schmidt, the first time he had ever won at a local meeting.

The meeting was adjourned. June Schmidt, Secretary

Condolences…

To Bob Relos on the death of his daughter, Donna Noble, June 24. Donna was laid to rest near her brother Bob in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Plymouth. Cards can be sent to Bob Relos, 29990 Riley Rd, North Liberty, IN 46554. Donations in Donna’s memory can be made to The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, 112 S. Center St., Plymouth, IN 46563 or to the Walkerton Food Pantry.

Bob asked me to thank everyone who came to the visitation/funeral, sent cards, and/or made donations in Donna’s name. He greatly appreciates your care and concern.

4 (from the South Bend Tribune Business Weekly (June 14, 2010) 1st Source Bank announces the promotion of Jackie O’Blenis to Assistant Vice President. She is an accounting systems manager and is responsible for providing support to all financial systems within the Bank.

New Members!

Beth Greenwalt Bristol, IN Welcome Back! ‘03 Roush Stage 1

Roger & Shirley Kaser Middlebury, IN ‘XX Mustang

Steve & Cindy Miller South Bend, IN ‘08 Mustang GT

Welcome to the club. We’re looking forward to getting to know you!

The Journal

A twelve-year-old boy received a journal as a birthday

gift. He looked at it carefully, but was mystified. "Mom, what's the deal with this book? All the pages are blank," he asked.

"That's called a journal," she explained. "You write down interesting stuff that happens to you." His face brightened as he caught her drift. "So it's kinda like a blog, only on paper?!"

Man fined $65 for letting pet python crawl around Holiday Inn hallway

by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed ) on May 26th 2010 at

1:30PM A 25 year old man from Mason City, IA has been fined $65 for letting his pet snake crawl uncontrolled through the hallways of the local Holiday Inn.

The man was a guest at the hotel, and apparently felt that his 5 year old pet python needed some exercise. What convinced him to let the snake loose in the hallway is a mystery, but the hotel manager says the man was apologetic about the incident.

Now, I'm not a pet owner myself, but I do understand people who love their pets a lot - but to let a python loose in a hotel hallway just boggles the mind.

The Holiday Inn manager did remind guests that the chain is pet friendly, but that their hospitality ends with cats and dogs. So, next time you take a trip, you may want to find a pet-sitter for your python.

MUSTANG READY TO RACE IN NATIONWIDE

Dearborn, Mich. — (July 3) at Daytona International Speedway, a new era of Mustang Racing will begin when the new, highly anticipated Mustang NASCAR Nationwide car makes its debut on the high banks of the legendary Florida track.

Since its public unveiling last October in Concord, N.C., there has been great anticipation from Mustang clubs and enthusiasts about the new car and its four-race schedule for this year and full Nationwide rollout in 2011.

In anticipation of the debut, Ford Racing chatted with two of the individuals responsible for helping get the new Mustang to NASCAR.

PAT DIMARCO – FORD RACING NASCAR PROGRAM MANAGER

WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND BRINGING THE MUSTANG TO NATIONWIDE VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER CARS LIKE THE FUSION OR TAURUS?

“NASCAR came to us and wanted to differentiate the Nationwide Series from the Cup Series. Initially, we did look at the Fusion to keep the branding the same across both series, but when they really wanted to differentiate it, the natural choice was Mustang from a company standpoint.

"Plain and simple, the Mustang’s heritage is racing. It just made a good fit to differentiate the Nationwide Series from the Cup Series.”

WHAT’S THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MUSTANG NATIONWIDE CAR VERSUS THE FUSION CUP CAR? WHAT DIFFERENCES WILL THE FANS SEE IN THE GRANDSTANDS?

“The Nationwide Mustang has a lot of brand identity built into it. Working with NASCAR and our aero team, they really put a lot of emphasis on putting more of identity into the nose and the tail. It does not have the typical Cup [Car of Tomorrow] splitter. It has a splitter, but the nose looks more like a production nose of a Mustang.”

DO YOU THINK THE MUSTANG CAR IS A GOOD REPLICATION OF THE PRODUCTION CAR?

“I think it’s a better replication than where the Fusion

is in Cup currently. "My wife is on the Mustang team at Ford and she likes it, and the Mustang Brand Team likes it. I’m sure there will be people out there who will not like it, but I think it is definitely different and it brings the Mustang brand into NASCAR.”

AFTER MONTHS OF DEVELOPMENT, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ANTICIPATION OF SEEING IT ON THE TRACK?

“It’s going to be a great race at Daytona with the next generation Nationwide car, especially with Mustang on the race track for the first time. There is a lot of hype within the company, and the Brand Team is excited to see it on the race track, as are we here at Ford Racing.”

BERNIE MARCUS – FORD RACING NASCAR AERODYNAMICS ENGINEER WHEN YOU RECEIVED THE TASK OF DEVELOPING A MUSTANG NATIONWIDE CAR, WHAT WAS YOUR PHILOSOPHY BEHIND IT?

“First of all, it was a lot more difficult to do the Mustang and turn it into a NASCAR-type vehicle because the nose of the Mustang is a lot more bulky and squarer than that of a Fusion or the Taurus, and those were the sort of cars that we have done in the past. The key to make the Mustang work is that NASCAR opened up the rules in the hood height area and that enabled us to get the character lines of the Mustang into the nose without compromising performance."

WITH THE HERITAGE THE MUSTANG HAS WITHIN FORD AND THROUGHOUT THE RACING WORLD, WAS THERE ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON YOU TO GET IT RIGHT?

“Yes, obviously the Mustang is a huge icon in the

U.S.A. as far as a car goes. To turn it into a representative NASCAR vehicle within the constraints of the rules, and then obviously to get the performance out of it, there was quite a bit of pressure added on. I think we did the best job we could under the constraints. We got the performance right and we also got the looks right.”

DO YOU FEEL LIKE AN EXPECTING FATHER WITH THIS CAR BECAUSE IT’S BEEN LIKE YOUR BABY?

“A little bit. The July Daytona race is a big race. It’s probably the second biggest race besides the Daytona 500. It’s a big event to roll the car out for the first time. I think it’s a good event to do it at. We can’t wait.”

Mustang Tops 48 MPG; Devil Feels "Chilly"

Posted: Jun. 29 2010 by Stephen Williams

Ford seems determined to paint its Blue Oval green. With a new high-mileage import like the Fiesta joining the hybrid Fusion near the pointy end of the fuel economy pyramid, the Ford marketing team seems emboldened to convince the world that everything it touches turns to green, even the iconic Mustang.

Throughout the decades, the image of the Mustang has always been a car that loves to be driven hard and fast, and purchased by drivers whose concerns over fuel economy generally show up on the daily priority list somewhere south of, well, everything.

Yet Ford dreamed up a stunt worthy of interest. It took a stock 2011 Mustang V6, filled its gas tank and turned it loose at the high-banked Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee for a test run. The goal: To see how far it could go before it ran out of gas. While the results were pretty extraordinary, we are still left wondering exactly who is supposed to be impressed here. Fuel conscious? NASCAR fans? Both? It could be that the new normal in the automotive world is bridging the two in the most authentic ways possible.

The Mustang completed a total of 1,457 laps -- each lap is just over half a mile -- in 17 hours and 40 minutes, meaning it averaged 48.5 miles per gallon over the 776.5 miles driven. (The V6 Mustang with an automatic transmission has an EPA rating of 31 miles per gallon highway, and 19 mpg in the city.) The entire run was made on a single tank of fuel, 16 gallons. A team of five drivers, including four Ford engineers and NASCAR driver David Ragan, drove the car.

To hype the test, Ford sponsored a contest where the public was to guess how many laps the 'Stang would run. The company said that more than 51,000 fans submitted guesses online, and that one of those who picked the winning number would win a Mustang.

controllers, "prepared for the challenge by implementing fuel efficient driving tips like minimizing the use of air conditioning, steady and consistent driving, avoiding sudden stops/starts and by keeping the RPMs low."

Just like most every Mustang driver, right?

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Memorial Day 2010 South Bend

Ready to go…

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Bob Relos, Marty Hughes, Kim Zink) We ended up with 7 1/2 cars for the South Bend parade, although we lost 2 1/2 cars when Harold’s brakes went away and Loretta pulled out to help.

Ford reported that the average speed during the fuel _{(Continued on next page}) economy run was 43.9 miles per hour. The drivers, who acted as not much more than human cruise 7

Memorial Day 2010 (continued)

South Bend Parade Elkhart

South Bend Crowds are always large and enthusiastic ^{Maybe they’ve heard things about our members...}

The Mishawaka Parade also drew a good crowd. 17 _{Mustangs represented the club.} Some of the 14 cars on display...

Captain America was on hand to protect our 9 cars.

Thanks Scott and staff for your hospitality!

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Bremen Ford Show & Shine (June 26) Bremen Firemen’s Parade (June 29)

14 cars also were on display in Bremen

Relaxing under the tent

Chef Laura made sure no one went away hungry! Many thanks to Laura and her staff for a fun day.

Howard’s Granddaughter Simone enjoyed greeting the crowds

Once again, a large crowd was on hand. Of course, the fact that candy is allowed at this parade may have helped!

Many of the kids in the crowd were torn between looking at Mustangs or the fellow directly behind us.

Hennessey slaps a pair of turbos on Ford's Raptor 6.2

by Jonny Lieberman (RSS feed ) on Jun 23rd 2010 at 11:00AM

Well of course they did. If John Hennessey is known for anything, it's strictly adhering to the "Needs more power!" motif. This guy could watch a shuttle launch and return to his lab plotting a third booster. So yes, Hennessey has slapped two turbochargers onto Ford's batty-yet-burly F150-mutant Raptor 6.2 and produced the VelociRaptor 600 and 800, two products that will nicely compliment the existing Hennessey VelociRaptor 500 , a supercharged version of the Raptor 5.4.

Through the magic of forced induction, power grows from the 6.2-liter V8 Raptor's stock 411 horsepower and 434 pound-feet of torque to a slightly-goofy 602 hp and 622 lb-ft of twist in the V-Rap 600. Not enough for you? Hennessey either, which is why he's also selling the VelociRaptor 800. Get all the liquids out of your mouth now, as the engine stonks it up to the Texas-sized tune of 810 hpand 745 lb-ft of torque. Can we borrow an exclamation point?

We know what you're thinking -- the Bentley Mulsane's twin-turbo V8 makes 752 pound-feet of torque, besting the Hennessey 800 by seven pounds of twisting force. However, the Hennessey VelociRaptor 800 makes 305 more ponies than the British thoroughbred, weighs less (what doesn't?) and can keep up with the hounds no matter the fox hunt. That said, the Muslanne has a nicer interior. Think we're being silly? We are, because engines like this bend our minds a bit. Remember, 810 hp is nearly 100 hp morethan a Ferrari 599XX.

But what if you already have a Raptor 6.2, want more power but don't want two turbochargers? Again, no problem, as Hennessey is also announcing the VelociRaptor 475, that through better breathing and some reprogramming, ups the big V8's output to 475 hp and 485 lb-ft of torque. Dang.

It's a Small World after all: Walt Disney World vacation photo captures familiar face

by Leigh Caldwell (RSS feed ) on Jun 9th 2010 at 2:30PM

In their very own Lost flashback moment, a Florida couple has discovered that they crossed paths much earlier in their lives -- on childhood vacations at Walt Disney World .

Days before their wedding, Donna Voutsinas was showing her then-fiancé Alex old family photos, when she came upon one of her and her siblings posing with the pirate Smee at Walt Disney World.

But, as the couple told WESH TV , Alex was more interested in the man pushing a stroller in the background. Turns out, it was Alex's father pushing the stroller that Alex was riding in.

At the time, Donna's family lived in Florida, and Alex

was visiting the Sunshine State from Montreal. The Voutsinases met decades later at work, not at Walt Disney World. Today, they live in Boynton Beach, Florida.

"Just to be in the same picture with my wife when we were basically toddlers, it's unbelievable," Alex Voutsinas said.

For Sale!

Looking For…

2.3 liter, 4 cylinder engine for 1978 Mustang. Contact Gerald Warner, 574-310-0254 (July)

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Looking Back...

(There is a recurring theme in this month’s notes…)

July 1995:

• The July Newsletter featured an AutoWeek comparison test between old and new Mustangs and Corvettes.

• The Club voted to return to the Hans Haus for monthly meetings, primarily due to parking problems at Jordan Ford.

July 2000:

• The Club needs to find a new meeting place; MCL Cafeteria has changed their closing time.

• Carl reported our new website was up and running.

July 2005:

• Neal Decker’s ’72 Grande is put up for auction, with the proceeds to be used for a scholarship for club member’s children.

• A tree was planted in Twin Branch Park for member Bob W. Relos and Betty Decker’s tree was re-dedicated to her and Neal.

• The South Bend Moose Lodge has closed. We will need to find a new meeting place.

Actual Headlines

(Yes, with commentary, too.)

1. Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half (YIKES! Whatever happened to simple detention?)

2. Woman Improving After Fatal Crash (This should have made headlines all over the world!)

3. Deer Kill 17,328 (Alrightie! It's about time the deer got some payback.)

4. New Vaccine May Contain Rabies (No thanks, Doc, I'll take my chances without the shot.)

5. Old School Pillars are Replaced by Alumni (At last! Someone has found a use for alumni.)

6. Publicize Your Business Absolutely Free! Just send $6.00. (To quote Homer Simpson: "DOH!")

From the Back Seat…

I wrote this last year, but we do have quite a few new members since then, so I thought I’d repeat it...

The trees in the park...

Seven trees stand to the south and west of the picnic shelter in Twin Branch Park. Seven trees...some well on their way to maturity, others in various stages of the journey...Seven trees planted by the Michiana Mustangs Club in remembrance of members we have lost in the past few years.

The eight people recognized by these trees helped make the club what it is today. Some were not with us a long time; others had a profound influence on us as a club and, for many of us, personally.

Each year we gather among the trees to formally remember our friends. Of course, for many of us these people are in our thoughts throughout the year.

The trees in the park...one more part of the Michiana

Mustangs ‘family’. And Bob, even there’s no tree in the park (as you wished), we’re thinking of you, too.

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I’m still looking for Spring Fling stories and pictures. If you have any to share, please send them to me.

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Don’t forget about our Track Day at the Tire Rack on Saturday, September 4. This has traditionally been the most fun you can legally have with a car and still not damage it. Let’s see everyone there!

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If anyone has a suggestion of a destination for the ‘2010 Food Tour’ please contact Brad or me. If we can get it going I think it would be a lot of fun.

Have a good month...

2010 Cruise-In Calendar

This information is from www.michianacruisers.com

Starting in May 2010 through September