Slipstream - January 2013

November Happy Hour: JR’s Grill
By Rick Schwausch
Photos by Rick Schwausch
At the November
Happy
Hour, we had a
private room all to
ourselves at JR’s
Grill in Colleyville.
The turnout was
not huge (about 25 attendees),
but I think fun was had by all. We
had regulars and newbies both in
attendance. As my wife Katie and I
have hosted several of these events,
the one thing that always impresses
me are the people and their stories.
I hope that we can share of few of
those with you through this article.
Linda Bambina introduced us
to Fran Ussery who, along with
her husband Carl, owns and runs
Ussery Printing. We can thank
them for the printing of our beloved
Maverick Region Slipstream.
Ussery Printing has been printing
our magazine since its inception.
You may recall, Linda shared with
me at an earlier Happy Hour
the manual process that initially
produced the magazine (described
in the September issue).
Fran continued with the story
and also recalled how manual the
Linda Bambina and Fran Ussery
process was before technology
advanced things considerably. Fran
is also a huge fan of autocrossing
and she even got her kids involved
along the way. We discussed the
fact that it teaches kids car control
that will benefit them all of their
driving lives. I know we would love
to get our kids involved in order
to make them better drivers. The
passion these ladies share for the
club and the cars is admirable.
Linda was also busy selling the rest
of the raffle tickets for a trip to Germany
and a visit to the Porsche factory.
John Harvey was caught buying
his ticket; however, he was not
wearing his lucky socks at the time.
Several months ago, John attended
a tech session at Ruf Auto
Centre and was the lucky winner
of a new Clear Bra for his Boxster.
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