Slipstream - January 2019

Founders’ Day Toy Drive
We couldn’t have
started out with a more
beautiful morning for our
annual toy drive. I can’t
stress enough that the
weather was phenomenal
for December. This made
it perfect for driving with
our tops off and windows
down. The drive was full
of colors as we wound
and twisted our way
north through beautiful
trees celebrating the fall
colors we have here in
North Texas. With all the
lights and traffic, some of
the cars were split up, but
all tried to stay together. It
wasn’t uncommon in our
group to see a handmade
teddy bear riding with his
head out a side window
saying “hi” to other
cars. We also had a giant
stuffed puppy dog that
kept popping up through
a sunroof saying “hi” to
passersby. It was a very
fun and spirited drive.
Our Maverick Region
group donated $650 in
assorted gift cards (plus
four gift cards with no
amount written on them;
we’ve not yet had time
to look them up on the
various store websites)
as well as approximately
1,000 toys. The toys,
stuffed animals, coats,
batteries, diapers, sporting
goods, and other items
filled approximately half
of a 12-foot enclosed
trailer. It was a very
successful year! To all that
joined in, and all of our
club, we are so grateful
for continuing to support
our Christmas.
– Ginger Heuerman
Above:Jim Hirsch having a friendly exchange with the Plano Police department,
the Toy Drive gets ready to roll out to Plano.
photos by Bob Molyneaux and Michael Durovick
Founders’ Day 2018: Board Election and Shoffit Award Presentation
by Carey Spreen, Region Secretary
photos by Wyatt Ramsey
As stipulated in the Maverick Region Bylaws (http://
mav.pca.org/about/bylaws.asp), Article IX, the election
of the 2019 Region officers took place at our annual
Founders’ Day celebration on December 1, 2018. All
four 2018 officers agreed to run for office in 2019, and
all four were re-elected, as follows:
• President: David Robertson
• Vice President: Jim Falgout
• Treasurer: Deborah Fike
• Secretary: Carey Spreen
The Board appreciates your participation in the
voting process, and looks forward to serving you, the
Maverick Region, and the Porsche Club of America in
2019! We also hope that you can take part in some of
our wide-ranging events this year!
Also, you probably know that our long-standing
annual award acknowledging outstanding contributions
to Maverick Region, known as the Richard F. Selcer
Memorial Award (http://mav.pca.org/about/awards/
selcer.asp), was retired in 2017 and replaced by the
James Shoffit Maverick of the Year award. This
award is presented by the current Region President
to the person or persons whose participation made
a significant positive difference to the Region in the
past year. Region President David Robertson read the
list of recipients from 1976 (Charlie Davis) through
2016 (John Hamilton) to remind us of the history of
this award and acknowledge those recipients, many of
whom were present at the evening’s celebration.
This year, David presented this award to someone
who has spent a lot of time and made some great strides
in improving the Region’s social events: none other
than our Social Chair, Debi Kruder.
Congratulations, Debi, for your continued
efforts in bringing new ideas and concepts
to our ever-growing social activities!
Left: Debi Kruder receiving the James Shoffit Maverick of the Year award from
President David Robertson Right: James, Wendy and Jasmine Shoffit
14 December