Michiana Monthly

Upcoming Events

May 8 (Saturday)

Show at Harold Zeigler Ford Well it is May already and time to get on the show circuit. Remember we have our first show and shine on May 8^th at Harold Ziegler Ford. If you ^{Lincoln Mercury, Elkhart} received my previous e-mail you should have all the details. Please enter

^{May 10 (Monday)} the show from the Lexington street side, which, as you are facing the ^{Michiana Mustangs Monthly}dealership, is in the back. There is still a need for additional help with ^Meeting parking and registration. Registration will be very simple. All that is

_{May 21-23 (Friday-Sunday)} needed is to help attendees fill out their form and collect the money. _{33rd Shelby Spring Fling, Brown} Parking will be simple also because of the small amount of classes. I want _{County State Park, Nashville, IN} to thank Bob Goeller with the arrangements for this show. As I stated _{May 31 (Monday)} earlier there will be several celebrity judges.

Memorial Day Parades Please remember door prizes for our show. You may bring them to our South Bendnext meeting. We really need to shine in this area. Thanks to those who Mishawaka have already donated.

^Elkhart Let’s show the people at Harold Ziegler that we really care about their ^{(Details to be announced)} sponsorship and have a good turn out for this event.

Our next meeting will be at Honkers restaurant on May 12^th.

^{In this Month’s Issue} Hope to see you all real soon

Event Calendar 2

Treasurer’s Report 3 _Howard

Birthdays/Anniversaries 3

Last Month’s Meeting 4

Is Your Job Affecting Your Driving? 5

Getting to Know… 6

Russian Roads 8

Classifieds 9

Looking Back ... 9

‘From the Back Seat’ 10

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2010 Events Calendar

May

8 (Saturday) Show at Harold Zeigler Ford Lincoln Mercury, Elkhart 10 (Monday) Michiana Mustangs Monthly Meeting

21-23 (Friday-Sunday) 33rd Shelby Spring Fling, Brown County State Park, Nashville, IN

Finances: March 2010

Membership Dues April

Becky Christena Pete & Chris Delchambre Kevin & Janette Price

May

Fred Garofalo Pete & Marilyn McClure

June

Scott & Chris Anderson Eva & Wayne Brewer Art & Becky Campbell Ruben & Idella Chupp Darrell & Nancy Eggers Carl & Brenda Kindig Dick & Mona Spitaels Stuart & Shirley Tremayne Levi & Sara Wallin Chad & Kami Woody

This Month...

Happy Anniversary!

5 Chad & Kami Woody (9 years) 11 Pete & Marilyn McClure (8 years) If I missed your birthday or anniversary, please let me know. Thanks!

Membership Anniversaries

Minutes from Last Month’s Meeting

President Howard Barrett opened the meeting and

welcomed members and guests. Those in attendance were: Howard Barrett, Art Campbell, Dick Cornman, Connie & Vic Garrison, Terry Gunderman, Jerry & Leslie Handlin, Marty Hughes, Harold Jedrzejewski, Elaine Kersey, Rob Killingsworth, Carl Kindig, Joe & Sandy Kraatz, Neal Lewis, Marilyn & Pete McClure, Rose and Hal McClure, Brad Milliken & Kim Zink, Bob Moore, Ron & Charlotte Newcomer, Phil Niocodemus, Arnie O’Blenis, Blake Pierce, Ken & Diane Reed, Robert D. Relos, Jim & June Schmidt, Ken & Becky Schmitt, Dick & Mona Spitaels, Mark Taelman, George & Shirley Wachs, Dave Yoder, and Steve York.

Howard, Blake Pierce, and Harold Jedrzejewski had attended the Cavalcade of Wheels and each had won an award for his class. About 160 cars were shown. Thanks to these members for representing our club so well.

Those celebrating wedding anniversaries were Sandy and Joe Kraatz - 47 years and Janette and Kevin Price - 2 years.

Membership anniversaries were 23 years for Bob Relos, 21 for Marilyn and Pete McClure, 18 for Connie and Vic Garrison, 9 for Karen and Howard Barrett, 6 for Helen and Vince Springer and 3 for Fran and Art Anderson.

The secretary's report was approved as printed and

the treasurer's report was also approved as read. MCA Regional Director, Jim Schmidt reported that he had received the approval for the Tire Rack Event and insurance for our club show has been submitted. Possible sites being discussed for MCA's 35th Anniversary are Las Vegas, Birmingham, and Charlotte.

Our club has more MCA members than any other club in Indiana, so let's keep that number rising. Although it is $50 for annual dues, there are definitely benefits for its members as well as for our club.

May 8 will be the first show of the season at the Harold Ziegler dealership. Show registration will be $15 and food will be available for purchase, on site. All proceeds will go to St. Jude’s Children's Hospital. If you are interested in helping in any way, please let Howard know.

George Wachs reported that member Valerie Frances Malecki would very much like to see some of our members and their cars participating in the South Bend Memorial Day Parade. She has asked that they assign us to spots early in the parade, so that members can make it in time to the Mishawaka

Parade. Chief Chef Diane Reed has the list ready for the Brown County Spring Fling on May 21. Please see her if you plan to dine at the famous outdoor cookout on

Saturday night. Members have received their room assignments and are eagerly awaiting the weekend. Art Anderson won the money in the 50/50

drawing. Other winners were Mona Steiner, Elaine

Kersey, and Rob Killingsworth. A Board of Directors' meeting was held following the regular meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:35. June Schmidt, Secretary

McDonald’s Cruise-In

17 Mustangs came to ’Mustang’ McDonald’s on April

16 to celebrate the model’s 46th birthday. As usual, those in attendance enjoyed each other’s company and the opportunity to get the cars out. I think it’s fair to say that the evening’s highlights were topped by Larry and Shirley Weaver’s arrival, even if it wasn’t in a Mustang.

This was Larry’s first appearance since his recovery began, and, except for moving a bit more slowly than we are used to, he looked to be in great shape and seemed to enjoy his visit as much as we enjoyed having him there. Keep up the good work, Larry!

Ron Newcomer, Bob Goeller, and Larry Weaver solve problems in the McDonald’s parking lot on April 16.

Is Your Job Affecting Your Driving?

Study Shows Which Occupations Crash The

Most If you believe the old adage that you are what you eat, it follows in the car insurance business that you're likely to drive what's on your mind. To put it plainly, when people are stressed and in a hurry, they tend to get in more accidents .

Recently, Quality Planning Corp. and Insure.com released their list of the top most crash-prone professions. Not surprisingly, the list probably aligns quite well with the types of jobs your mother always thought you'd do one day.

Perhaps it's a sign that the people getting in the most accidents tend to have the most stressful jobs. There's no yoga instructor on this list.

The top ten list sure looks like an overachiever's roll call and many of the professions on the list tend to get called into duty with some urgency.

Here's the list of the top ten, with Insure.com's speculation about why each profession tends to rank so highly (in italics) :

Getting to know... Mona Steiner

Family: Dick, daughters Sharon & Amy, Location: Warsaw (38 years)

New Members!

Occupation(s): Elementary Librarian _{Member Since: 2001} None this month so far Current Mustang(s): 1964 1/2 Coupe, 2005 GT Convertible What got you ‘into’ Mustangs? I had a ‘65 Mustang in Welcome to the club. We’re looking forward to college that I loved. getting to know you! Your Favorite Mustang? 2005 Mustang Convertible Your Dream Mustang? 2005 Mustang Convertible Your favorite Mustang experience? Brown County 2005; the ‘Shotgun Wedding’ You might be surprised to know that… we do 4-wheeling trips. We did 250 miles in the Upper Peninsula last summer.

THE social event of 2005. ’Reverend’ Shirley Weaver gives her blessings to Dick and Mona. Becky Christena can’t believe it is really happening, and Ken Reed stands by to make sure it does. (Michiana Mustangs Archives)

And you thought Indiana roads were bad...

Editor’s note: I have no way to verify the following, but if this a hoax, someone went to a lot of work to pull it off…

Russian Roads

(http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2006/09/21/

russian-roads-4/) This is Russian Federal highway Moscow city - Yakutsk City, named “Lena”, nowadays.

The road doesn’t have asfalt surface, though it is a

Federal, vital highway. Everytime it rains the road gets paralized, these shots are made a few days before the traffic jam for 600 cars got stuck there. Hunger and lack of the fuel followed, according to the witnesses. One woman gave a born to a child right in the public bus she was riding.

Construction team afraids to appear on site because during their previous visit it was beaten by people who stuck in the jam for a few days. People breaking the locks on the trucks, in a search of food and warm cloths.

Fuel, food, firearms and steel tow-line are the things that are needed most these days on this Federal highway.

Note: 70 kph equates to 44 mph

For Sale!

Looking For…

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

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Ads will run for three months; if you want to keep the ad running, you need to re-submit it.

Looking Back...

May 1990:

• Tom Podemski has written the first MCA judging rule book for Mustang IIs.

May 1995:

• 6 members spent a Saturday morning taking part in an ’Adopt-a-Highway cleanup

• Members were scheduled to meet at Diane’s Diner in Elkhart before going to the ACD museum in Auburn.

• A Show and Shine is scheduled for May 12 at Mustang McDonalds

• Jack Krallman is a new MCA member.

May 2000:

• Ted Sauerbeck is hosting a Judges’ Training for ‘64 1/2-’66 Mustangs on May 6

• Members enjoyed their trip to the Dearborn Assembly Plant last month

May 2005:

• The Show and Shine at Zeigler Ford was rescheduled due to bad weather

• Bob Goeller’s ‘67 Fastback was ‘Pony of the Month’

Strange Golf Trivia

• The longest put in history was measured at 140 feet and 2 3/4 inches on the 18th hole at St. Andrews golf course it was shot by Bob Cook on October 1, 1976.

• The World’s Highest Golf Course is the Tactu Golf Club in Morococha, Peru, which sits 14,335 feet above sea level at its lowest point.

• Tiger Woods was introduced to golf at nine months of age by his father.

• The longest golf course in the world is the par 77 International Golf Club in Massachusetts which measures a fearsome 8325 yards.

• 22.8% of golfers are women. The word golf does not mean “Gentleman Only, Ladies Forbidden”.

• In 1586 a woman played golf for the first time. The first woman-player was the queen of Scotland - Maria Stuart.

• The youngest golfer to achieve a hole in one was Matthew Draper in 1997 at the age of 5.

• Golf is a sport played by more than 28 million Americans.

• The golf industry provides 2 million jobs in the U.S. and a total wage income of $61 billion.

Aviation Sayings

1."When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash."

2.“Without ammunition, the U.S. Air Force would be just another expensive flying club."

3."I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous."

4."Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we've never left one up there!"

5."You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal."

6.“The three most common ‘famous last words’ in aviation are: ‘Why is it doing that?’ ‘Where are we?’ and ‘Oh, SH*T!’

From the Back Seat…

Miscellaneous Mumblings…

• Once again, many thanks to my lovely bride for her story in last month’s newsletter. Her article seemed to strike a chord with many of our members.

• If anyone has an idea for an article to include in the newsletter, feel free to send it to me. The only stipulation I have is that it not be political in nature. That’s a slope I don’t want to slide down.

• Brad and I were discussing an idea for a series of weekend cruises to area eateries, tentatively called the ‘2010 Food Tour’. Location suggestions so far include Shoop’s in either Warsaw or Plymouth, Rosie’s (an old style diner) in Grand Rapids, and the Club Car (a converted rail car) north of Kalamazoo. Some of us who took the fall cruise last year went to the Club Car, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. If you have a restaurant to recommend, please let us know. I’d especially like to hear ideas from the west side of the state. Depending on the destinations we may be able to join with other clubs for an event.

• In case you missed the Fall Cruise to the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, they have free admission for the remainder of this year. If you are interested in aircraft and flying, I think any of us who went there would recommend a visit. For more information, log on to XXXXXXXX.com.

• If you don’t have plans for Memorial Day please join us at one or all of the three area parades (South Bend West, Mishawaka, and Elkhart). The crowds seem to enjoy having us (especially in South Bend), and it’s a nice chance to visit before and between parades. I suspect we’ll do our usual brunch at Honkers’ in Mishawaka after the Mishawaka parade. Let’s show the area how strong our club is!

Have a good month...

2010 Cruise-In Calendar

This information is from www.michianacruisers.com

Starting in May 2010 through September