Slipstream - October 2012

August Happy Hour: Fox & Hound
By Katie and Rick Schwausch
The location
for
the August
Happy Hour
turned out to be
ideal. We started
the evening in a
private room just
inside the door of
the Fox & Hound
in Lewisville.
Shortly after I arrived,
I was visiting
with the manager,
who offered to
cone off part of the parking lot so
we could line up all of the cars—
next time, just call in advance. It is
always impressive to see a line-up
of Porsches in any location, and it
just facilitates the discussions that
occur at every Happy Hour: talk
of our prized possessions. After
an hour or so of visiting, people
moved into the dining room for
dinner and to continue the various
conversations amongst the groups.
Maverick Happy Hours always
include a variety of interesting
people, from new members, to
regular attendees, to a couple who
split their time between Texas and
California. One of the first couples
I had the opportunity to visit with
were Squire and Nancy Manar.
Squire recently purchased a 1986
944, and they joined the club just 2
weeks ago (Squire can’t wait for his
Squire and Nancy Manar
first issue of Slipstream). He owned
a 944 25 years ago and has always
wanted another one. Both Squire
and Nancy worked in real estate for
many years. Squire is now retired
and Nancy is working towards
retirement as quickly as she can.
Chris and Ann Christensen also
made a guest appearance. Chris
was the Social Chairman responsible
for organizing the Happy
Hours for many years until he
finally had to give it up. He and
Ann now split their time between
homes in Texas and California.
It was a nice surprise for many in
attendance to see the Christensens
present, and lots of time was spent
reminiscing about past activities.
Warren Bischoff and
Ann Christensen
Speaking of past activities, I had
the opportunity to visit with Linda
Bambina as she regaled me with
stories of the early days of publishing
Slipstream. Back then, it was
a completely manual process;
they laid out each issue by hand
and the first issues were printed
at Ussery Printing, where it is still
printed today. With the assistance
of many volunteers, they had to
staple the issues together by hand,
apply the labels, and then they
had to sort all of the issues by zip
code. The issues then had to be
rubber-banded together by zip
code (very specifically per Post
Office rules) before they were
Photos by Linda Bambina
loaded into the car and delivered
to the Post Office in north Fort
Worth, to be mailed out to all of
the members. Today, it is obviously
a much more automated process
and the end result is a publication
that is recognized for its excellence
by the national PCA organization.
Linda has been very active in the
club for many years, and my respect
for those people who continuously
contribute their time and effort
into the club is tremendous.
Another very interesting story was
told by Ash Staley. He came to the
Happy Hour in his grandfather’s
Germany Region shirt. It turns
out that his grandfather was the
President of that Region of PCA,
and the Porsche spirit definitely
runs through Ash’s blood. He is
currently working on two Porsches:
a 944, and a 911 that he wants to
convert into a 935. Ash is an aspiring
writer and would like to begin
contributing to Slipstream as a
columnist. And as it turns out, his
first contribution is in this issue!
John Hamilton (left)
and Ash Staley
John Hamilton, President of our
local Maverick region, was present
to greet old and new members
alike. Also in attendance were
Ralph and Barbara Kaufmann,
who made their regular monthly
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