Pony News. Mustang of the Month. Melvin Des Marais. Pierce County Mustang Club October In this issue:

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1 Pony News In this issue: President s Corner Charity Involvement Minutes Membership News Mustang of the Month Past Fun! Calendar of Events Mustang Items for Sale Event Flyers Sponsor Highlights Look for the Trivia Question Pierce County Mustang Club October Mustang of the Month Melvin Des Marais Check inside for more about Club Fun Just a few members having fun at a few September events!

2 President s Message: 2014 Executive Committee As summer comes to a close and the fall leaves start to come down, it's time to start winterizing your pony as well as your stables. President Missy Willert (253) Vice President Dennis Willert (253) Secretary Charlene Rivera We still have some fun activities on the calendar to take advantage of. Make sure you take a look at the club calendar on the website; it's up-to-date and complete with all the fun details of upcoming events. (360) Treasurer Nancy Freeman Membership Nancy Freeman (253) Directors Rachel Lanigan (253) Renea Merwin (253) An important opportunity is just around the corner. It's that time of year again to think about the future of our club. Our club can only function well if the members participate and hold office. All positions are elected for terms of one year. No club runs itself, please think about throwing your hat in the race. Pam Pistella (253) Greg Robbins (253) Past President Paul Nee (253) Car Show Chairperson Charlene Rivera (360) MCA Regional Representative Nancy Freeman (253) Tip of the Month: Time for some maintenance. If you're putting your pony to bed for the winter, make sure she's got a full tank of gas. Top off the radiator, and other fluid reservoirs, and check the air in the tires. For older ponies try putting a container of Dry Z Air in it too. This will absorb any moisture on the inside and keep things dry. Missy Willert Newsletter Editor Heidi Geise (pcmceditor@gmail.com (253) ) Do you have a topic you would like to see regularly or a news item you would like to share in the Newsletter? Send it to pcmceditor@gmail.com. The deadline is the 28th of the month. If this is a topic that the editor needs to research, please get it in by the 20th.

3 President s Message (cont.): Club Elections At November's club meeting you will have the opportunity to elect new officers and four board President-Missy Willert Vice President-Dennis Willert Secretary-Charlene Rivera Treasurer-Nancy Freeman Board Rachel Lanigan Renea Merwin Pammy Pistella Greg Robbins Past President-Paul Nee Member involvement makes the Event Planning Meeting: November 1 Join others interested in Planning Events for the Club for 2015 members. Before we can do that, we need members to volunteer to run for office. Have you ever thought about taking a more active roll in the club? Ever thought about directions you'd like to see the club head toward? Now is your chance. Let any of the current Executive Committee members know you are interested. Current officers are: Charity Presentations and Events Pete Freeman and Charlene Rivera presented to St Francis House Janet Tobar, Director of Development and Sister Pat Michalek, Executive Director a check for $330. This was the charity portion of the 50/50 raffle from the annual club car show. Thank you for your support in this event! Upcoming Charity Events October 25 Emergency Food Network 8:45 to Noon December 13 Charity Toy Drive

4 General Meeting Minutes General Meeting September 16, 2014 Call to Order Missy Willert, president Membership Report Nancy Freeman 74 renewal, 23 new, & 13 Lifetime = 110 memberships Approval of August Minutes as they appear in The Pony Newsletter 1st Jerry Murphy, 2nd Rachel Lanigan, Membership Accepted & Approved Treasurer Report Nancy Freeman Car Show N/A Club Revenue Membership Dues, General Raffle, Club Merchandize, Club Picnic Deposit Expenses Membership Supplies, Printing, Postage, General Meeting Raffle, Storage Shed Supplies, Club Picnic, Club Cruises, Supplies 1st Bill Norman, 2nd Jerry Murphy, Membership Accepted & Approved MCA Representative s Report Nancy Freeman It is time to vote, check out your newest issue of Mustangs Times for your ballot. Old Business Car Show Charlene Rivera If you have a problem with a car in any class, please talk to the car show chair or talk to the owner. New Business Club T-shirt Order Missy Willert Order forms are available for club t-shirt with a V-neck for women, and sweatshirts. Orders are pre-pay and due November 18th, ready for delivery at the Holiday Potluck on December 13th. See Missy and order form for more info. November Elections Missy Willert If you are interested in running for a position, please let a current member of the Executive Committee know. We currently have running Greg Robbins for president, Dennis Willert for vice- president, Nancy Freeman for treasurer, Charlene Rivera for secretary, and for committee member Rachel Lanigan, Pete Freeman, Paul Geise, Clay Concannon, & Brian Simmons. Past Event Updates Ponies at the Ridge/ Hooked on Driving Charlene Rivera Fun day we had center caps between wheel & rotor, no power steering, and one person ran out of gas. Don gave us a 2015 gift certificate that we will raffle off next year. Look for the 2 for1 specials next year. September Trivia: (answer) How many Special Edition 2015 Mustangs are being rolled out? (hint-commemorates Mustang birthday) 1,964

5 Minutes (continued) Club Picnic Fun day with great food, games for adults and kids, and great stories shared. International Show Richmond BC Nancy Freeman 4 members went, they had over 425 cars fun event, great food, and nice weather. It is held every Labor Day Weekend, next year it is in Missoula, MT. End of the World Rod Run Jerry Murphy Over 960 cars, 1984 and older open car show at Ocean Park. The sponsors pick the car of their choice. You are welcome to join Jerry and his family next year if interested. Riverside Ford Show Rick Nordlund Nice day 170 cars ½ Mustang and ½ Hot Rod. Job s Daughters Jerry Murphy More cars than last year, all the monies earned go to support the girls activities. Island Classic Bill Norman Great weather, Bill won the Long Distance Award. Upcoming Events Yakima Ponies in the Sun September 21st If you wish to caravan over we have 2 groups watch for alert for more info. Friday at Denny s at South Hill 10am or Sunday 6am Safeway at 224th & Meridian. Mustangs West Ponies in the Park September 28th I-5 and 512 McDonald s at 8am watch for alert for more info. New Chapter for Paul October 11th Lori Brees Eakland Gates open at 10am, display & BBQ starts at 11am, at 12:30 the cruise to American Car Museum for Paul to explore. See flyer for more info. Orting Pumpkin Fest- October Jerry Murphy Gates open at 8 am, no early birds, events start at 9am. Check Larry Hanson site for more info. Garage Plus Halloween Bash October Jerry Murphy This is a fun, spooky show. They go all out with decorating their cars. Orting Red Hat Days October 4th All day event with a car show, parade, and a dance. Check out for more info. Apple Squeeze Cruise October 5th Monika Kirkland Come celebrate the 41st Apple Squeeze in Steilacoom. Meet at the I-5 & 512 McDonald s at 9:45, leaving at 10am. See flyer for more info. EFN October 25th Nancy Freeman This event is full, thank you to all who sign up. Please watch for an alert with more info. Midnight Bowling October 18th Greg Robbins More info to come. Event Planning Event November 1st at Carr 1pm Come help plan the events for Holiday Potluck December 13 th - Charlene Rivera At the Puyallup Activities Center on Pioneer at 5pm. Bring a side dish/dessert according to your last name. Please see flyer for more info. Mustang of the Month Congratulations to Melvin DesMarais and his 2007 Light Blue Ice Coupe Adjourned: Submitted by Charlene Rivera

6 Membership News The Pierce County Mustang Club is open to any person or family interested in the PCMC Purpose. All Ford cars are welcome. Ownership is not required Enthusiasm is!!! Dues: $25 per year Membership dues are payable in January of each year. New Membership is prorated according to the month joined. CLUB Ball Cap $15.00 Car Pennant $7.50 Lapel/Cap Pin $4.00 (stick or magnetic) Parade window clings Items can be purchased by mail, please add an extra $3.00 for each cap or pennant to cover cost of mailing. OR Stop by a meeting to save the extra shipping cost and visit with friends. PCMC CLUB ANNIVERSARIES October LARRY & PATTI MARTIN 2010 LEE WINDH 2013 PAUL & HEIDI GEISE 2013 BRIAN PURVES 2103 ROSTER UPDATE AS OF AUGUST 30th 110 Member #s 74 renewals, 23 new, & 13 Honorary/Lifetime WELCOME NEW MEMBERS JOE & FABBY KOCKS Graham 2014 black 5.0 coupe 2014 black with gold stripes Shelby MATT & ANGELINA DAHLGREN Puyallup 2013 black coupe In Our Thoughts BILL NORMAN...has completed daily cancer treatments Our condolences to the family of club member MELVIN DESMARAIS. RICK & JOANIE NORDLUND...congratulations on their 1987 Spooky being selected for display at SEMA in Las Vegas this November as part of the 50 years of Mustangs. ELK 1, LINDA YOKES 0, due to emergency surgery on Montana hunting trip. Wishes for a quick recovery. Mission Statement A social group whose purpose is to promote a better understanding and stronger fellowship in the preservation and maintenance of all Mustang and other Ford Motor products.

7 Mustang of the Month This months award goes to the family of Melvin DesMarais and their 2007 light blue ice coupe. We were sorry to hear of his unexpected passing earlier this year. MELSTANG Melvin DesMarais Hi, my name is Jackie Swarthout, I am Mel DesMarais s daughter. He would be so excited to know his MELSTANG got Mustang of the Month for October. Mel passed away June twenty-eighth, very unexpected. We are very sad and still in shock but I know he was very happy to belong to your club and is shining down on all of us knowing his car got Mustang of the Month. Family, Pepper (his dog), and his "MELSTANG," as he called it, are what made him happy in life. We are very proud of you dad and miss you every day.

8 September Events Mustangs at the Ridge Thank You to Hooked on Driving for the great day at the track. Pierce County Mustang Club had our own parking corral. We had 6 members who enjoyed this track day. It was full of all kinds of adventures from center cap between the wheel and rotor to no power stirring to the energy drink walk to driving the 2014 corvette to running out of gas on the track. Hooked on Driving donated a gift certificate for club raffle for Keep an eye open for the 2 for 1 days next year, split the cost with a friend, at the Hooked on Driving web site. Mustang became the first automobile to win what award in 1964? Ponies at Emerald Downs Mustang Ponies came out to watch the Thoroughbred Pony races. We had a tour of the stables and vet clinic, learned the basics of wagering, raffle prizes, snacks, and great seats. Some broke even, some lost, and some won even if it was only 20 cents. Everyone won a raffle prize from Emerald Downs t-shirts, Emerald Downs hats, or Emerald Downs poster & pen. Paul Geise won the Hat Contest. Thanks for joining PCMC at Emerald Downs.

9 October 2014 Check the website for details Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Hooked on Driving Show & Shine Red Hat Days Caffeine & Gasoline 5 Hooked on Driving Concours d Elegance Apple Squeeze Cruise 6 7 Exec. Meeting New Chapter for Paul Pumpkin Fest Rod & Custom Show Garage Plus Halloween Bash Midnight Bowling General Meeting Friday Night Dinner Emerald Queen Casino 25 EFN LeMay Marymount Trunk or Treat

10 Saturday, December 6 th will be the annual Santa Parades in Sumner and Puyallup. PCMC will be filing the entry applications with the Puyallup Main Street Association and the Sumner Downtown Association to participate in both legs of this year s event. We are going to be limited to 8 to 10 cars per city so if more members want to participate, we can either draw names for each town or members can state which town they d prefer. Cars will need to be decorated with a minimum of 100 lights per 10 feet in length which can be easily accomplished with either the LED or Twinkle style of lights, an inverter plugged into the AC outlet or cigarette lighter for a power source. Some nylon zip ties, tape and binder clips. There are also some cool suction cup plastic light holders made for use on house windows and the like which will also work along hood, trunk lid and doors. Look at Home Depot or Lowes for these types of accessories. Also large fabric ribbons and bows tied over and around each car s, roof, hood and trunk will meet the events decoration requirements. We should also have our antenna flags on while in the parades. The application process requires me to submit a copy of each car s driver s license and proof of insurance card. I need to fill out 2 entries one for each city, so if there is overwhelming interest, as many as 16 to 20 cars will be able to participate between the 2 towns. If we get more than 20 we will do the old draw names out of a hat to select the PCMC representatives at the October meeting. By the way, this is only open to PCMC members. If you belong to another Mustang club, your club would need to submit their own entry application. The Sumner parade begins at 2:30pm, so we stage at the Sumner High School stadium parking about 1pm. The Puyallup Parade begins at 4:00pm, and we head straight there after completing the Sumner parade. They will send me a map and directions for the staging area for that parade later this year. Each leg lasts about an hour depending on where we are in the lineup. If you are interested in participating please contact Missy Willert prior to the October general maryhelenwillert@yahoo.com or Lastly, if anyone wants to march in front of the cars we could have the club banner carried by some that don t want to drive or are not drawn but still want to participate. To see the complete list of rules for this event please go to the links provided below: SantaParadeApplication.pdf To forward your driver s license and proof of insurance to use one of the following methods: 1) Scan both documents, save as a pdf file, black out birthdates and to: maryhelenwillert@yahoo.com 2) Make copies and send to the PCMC Post Office Box: PCMC / Attn: Missy Willert / PO Box / Tacoma, WA ) Make copies and snail mail to : Missy Willert / 3775 Olympic Blvd West / University Place, WA 98466

11 Parking at Korum During Meetings Please help us assist Korum and their customers in keeping their business flowing. Take a look at the parking diagram and only park in the designated areas when attending PCMC meetings. We thank you for your cooperation. ***For Sale*** Classified Rates GOT A MUSTANG OR RELATED ITEM TO SELL? Member: No Charge, 2 consecutive months, ¼ page Non-Member: $20.00 per issue, ¼ page Commercial: business card reprint: $30.00 per issue or $300 annually text and photo (optional) in JPG format to: pcmceditor@gmail.com Deadline is the third Friday of each month for the next issue. Send payment to: Pierce County Mustang Club P.O. Box Tacoma, WA 98444

12 ***For Sale*** Ford die cast cars: Highlights are the 3 to the right in the front row 94 Pace Car 98 Saleen S Cobra R The cars are shown as is, boxes only as shown. Front row is 1:18 and back row is 1:24 Price: $150 obo Contact: Chris McCullough A universal battery relocation kit. It has a Summit part #G1200A. I am asking $40.00 (obo). It cost $100 new at Summit plus shipping and tax. It is new and in the box. Contact: Chris McCullough at Club and Mustang pins for sale! $4 each plus $1 for shipping Club t-shirts and sweat shirts. Time to replace, reorder, or just plain get some? Time to order again.. Great news! This time v neck shirts will be available! woo hoo Order forms are on the next page

13 T-SHIRT/SWEATSHIRT ORDER FORM Name Phone Style Size Quantity Pullover hoodie, no zipper, with pockets S-XL $ X $ X $20.00 Hoodie with full zipper and pockets S-XL $ X $ X $27.30 No hood, collar, ¼ zipper, no pockets S-XL $ X $ X $21.90 Regular long sleeve sweatshirt, no pockets S-XL $ X $ X $16.50 Club t-shirt Crew neck S-XL $9.00 2X $ X $ V-neck XS-XL $ X $ X $12.50 Subtotal $ Tax 9.5% $ TOTAL $ Ordering deadline is November 18 th. Anticipated delivery will be at the club Holiday party December 13 th. All orders require pre-payment. Make your check out to P.C.M.C. Mail check and order form to P.C.M.C., PO Box 44853, Tacoma, WA There may be some shrinkage based on laundry/drying methods. All sweatshirts and tee shirts are gray with club logo in color.

14 Apple Squeeze Cruise Please join me in celebrating the 41st Apple Squeeze in the beautiful, historic town of Steilacoom. Date : October 5 th 2014 Meeting place: 512 McDonald s parking lot Meeting time : 09:45 AM, 10AM Depending on the size of the participants a no host lunch is planned at either Bair Drugstore or Topside Restaurant. *** This is an informal cruise. No dash plaques will be awarded. There will be some raffle prizes*** Come press apples into cider, stroll the street fair, listen to toe tapping music, eat great food including apple pie & ice cream in Town Hall. For more information contact: Monika at (253)

15 10:00 Arrival and Prep

16 2014 Sumner & Puyallup Hometown Santa Parades Well the paperwork has been submitted and if you re like me, you can t wait for Saturday, December 6th to arrive. I just want to let everyone know that the cool little suction cups used last year are at Lowes. They also have abundant supplies of LED lights in assorted strings of 50 & 100 lights in colors or all white. Remember to power these you will need an AC inverter to plug into your car s lighter or AC adapter outlet. As soon as I receive the information from the Puyallup Downtown Association & the Sumner Main Street Association with staging directions, I ll get them out via . I m also looking to see if anyone (2 to 4 people) would like to carry the club banner in front of the cars in either or both parades. Anyone interested please call Missy at or at: maryhelenwillert@yahoo.com If you want to come out to either parade and cheer on your fellow PCMC members, the Sumner parade begins at 2:30pm and goes west down Main Street from the high school to Kincaid Street. In Puyallup the parade starts at 4:00pm and begins at Main and Meridian and travels south on Meridian just past the Pavilion (Pioneer Park) then turns right for about one block. Be sure to bring your camera to snap some pictures of the festively adorned Ponies.

17 Club will provide Ham, Turkey, Punch, Coffee, and Fun

18 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR CLUB SPONSORS Be sure to thank these businesses & individuals for their support of our club & charities. KORUM FORD LINCOLN 100 River Road, Puyallup LAKEWOOD FORD GUSTAFSON INSURANCE PERFORMANCE COATINGS Lakewood Puyallup Auburn CJ s PET SERVICES S & S TIRE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE Olympia Puyallup Puyallup MUSTANG RANCH THE MUSTANG SHOP BRAD HADMAN RACE CARS Eatonville Kent Tacoma METAL MAGIC DAFFODIL FESTIVAL GOLD,SILVER & COIN EXCHANGE Tacoma Puyallup Puyallup YOKES CONSTRUCTION BURGER RANCH AQUARIUS PUMP COMPANY Spanaway Tacoma Seabeck RAINIER VIEW WINERY BATTERY SYSTEMS BUD S MACHINE & ENGINE SHOP Graham Sumner Lakewood (CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE)

19 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SHOW SPONSORS (continued) COSTCO TRIPLE XXX ROOTBEER AMERICAN HOME CENTER Puyallup Issaquah Puyallup LAK WOODWORKING EMERALD QUEEN CASINOS GRIOT S GARAGE Lakewood Fife Tacoma (Monika Kirkland) HOOKED ON DRIVING RENEGADE CLUB OF WA PETE & NANCY FREEMAN Beaverton, OR BILL NORMAN RICK & JOANIE NORDLUND GREG & KAREN ROBBINS IN MEMORY OF ERIC COBB NEWSLETTER AND PHOTOBUCKET Have items for the club newsletter? your articles to the club Newsletter Editor by the 28 th of each month. Send all newsletter items to our editor, Heidi Geise, at pcmceditor@gmail.com. Make sure to upload your pictures from PCMC events and car shows to show everyone what a great time we have when we get together. and then choose View Library Next Meeting: October 21st at Korum in Puyallup