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President’s Message

March/April 2018

2018 promises to be another

eventful year! Just last Saturday

the MBCA/North Texas event

committee met to plan and

coordinate 2018 activities. Check

your email, newsletter and our

section website for updates to stay

current. In addition to scheduled

activities the committee is always

looking for additional ideas that

might be of interest to members.

Maurice Nahas is our events

committee chair and would welcome your input.

Heritage Ranch golf and country club has been our holiday

dinner party destination for several years, but we’re going to

try something different this year with a celebration planned at

the new Frisco Omni hotel located at the Star. This should

be a very wonderful and unique experience.

Additionally, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (one of

our charities) is expecting to open their new Collin County

branch facility in Frisco later this year and could potentially

offer us a “hard-hat” pre-opening tour. If interested, please

let me know and I’ll attempt to schedule with TSRHC.

Our section is and has been well represented at MBCA.

Gene Jurick is the National President and Brett Jurick

is our regional director. Both Gene and Brett remain

active in our section activities and Brett does an

outstanding job managing our website, newsletter and

all things digital. If you happen to see either, first

congratulate them and then give them thanks for their

extensive family legacy of volunteer service to MBCA

and particularly our North Texas section.

Personally, we have gone from having 3 students in

the family to everyone graduated and gainfully

employed in their field of study. I can’t tell you what a

relief that is! Now if we can get our US Army daughter

home from Korea everything would be just about

perfect and maybe it would be just about time to

consider a new car.

We have done 3 European deliveries (if the two Audis count) since 1982 that would be a natural option and probably the subject of another newsletter column.

Very sincerely, Craig Halverson President, North Texas Section

The North Texas Section of the Mercedes-Benz Club of

America (MBCA) is dedicated to enhancing the

ownership experience of the finest automobiles in the

world. We engage in a variety of activities throughout

the year that hopefully appeal to a broad section of our

membership.

Currently our membership totals almost 1000 members

who are committed to furthering their experience and

enjoyment of their cars. Whether you’re a gear head,

performance driver, rally enthusiast, cultural maven or

social mingler, the MBCA North Texas Section had an

upcoming event for you. Check out the Events section

to see what’s coming up during the year, and for details

on events that are just over the horizon.

Welcome!

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For 2018, we had our first Membership Meeting

on a fairly cool February 3rd at the Marcaroni

Grill on Central Expy in Plano. Attended by 26

members of the club, we enjoyed a warm atmosphere, the always welcome camaraderie and some excellent Italian

food.

Craig Halverson welcomed our members with Gayle Brewer talking about upcoming events for February, March and

April (K1 Indoor Racing, the North Texas Tulip Drive, a DIY session and the overnight event planned for New Braunfels).

Mel Kym gave an update on a monthly event called First Saturday Cars and Coffee held in Plano that he urges us to

consider attending, the upcoming DIY at Bengal Automotive and (if the man was not busy enough) details on the North

Texas Tulip Drive.

The luncheon broke up around 2PM and I understood that a few were going to wander up to the Cinemark Theater for

an afternoon movie after the meeting.

The North Texas Section conducted its 1st DIY Technical Session of 2018 at Park Place Dallas Saturday, January 20th.

There were 23 registered Members; three first time DIY’ers and two drop-in guests in attendance. Members look forward to these combination work session / MBCA Social Outings every other month on the Second Saturday as an opportunity to inspect, perform light maintenance on these beautiful well-engineered cars using our own tools with "over the shoulder technical support” at a Dealership or Local Independent shop.

Thanks to our dealership partner Park Place Motorcars for hosting the January NTX Section event.

February Membership Meeting

Event Reports

Macaroni Grill

February 3, 2018

Plano, TX

MBCA NTX Section DIY Session Park Place Motorcars

Dallas, TX

Saturday, January 20, 2017

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Event Report

Our second edition of the ever popular MBCA North Texas DIY Tech Session is coming up on March 17. Bengal Automotive in Dallas will be hosting us again for this session. The owner of Bengal is Thom Marshall. He is a long time partner with MBCA

NTX and is a good friend to the club.

You MUST attend the kick off meeting at 7:30am and participate in the briefing. This will include information on the rules and regulations put in place so that everyone has a fun and successful experience. Mel will also go over the kind of work that is appropriate for a DIY. We want everyone to have a great time and get their project done prior to 11:45. We will then clean up our work areas and leave things better than we found them.

This event is limited to the first 20 cars signed up. So don't delay signing up.

Join us for our ever popular Membership Meeting. This time we will be returning to Spring Creek BBQ in Richardson. We haven't visited them in a while but they are always one of our most popular places.

We are thinking about changing the name of the Membership Meeting to Membership Lunch. Let us know if you like it.

Membership Meetings are always a great time. You get to spend time with other folks who love these great Mercedes-Benz automobiles and socialize while enjoying a great lunch. We will talk about great upcoming events and other goings on in the Club.

I hope to see you there.

Get ready for a fun two-day drive to New Braunfels, Gruene, and San Marcos on Saturday 4/21/18 and

Sunday 4/22/18 in the Texas Hill Country.

We will meet at the IHOP, 2234 North Main, in Cleburne, TX at 8am on Saturday.

We will then drive the back roads to Wimberly and then along the Comal River to New Braunfels for some beautiful Tex-as scenery! The rapids of the Comal are especially pretty at this time of the year. Interestingly, the Comal River is the shortest navigable river in the state and has been proclaimed the “longest shortest river in the world” by locals. It runs entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels and is a tributary of the Guadalupe River.

When we reach New Braunfels late Saturday afternoon, we will check into the historic Faust Hotel in downtown New Braunfels. Later, dinner will be enjoyed just a short walk down the street at McAdoo’s Seafood and Oyster Bar where the fare will be from a select menu. Upon returning to the Faust after dinner, we will gather to award prizes for the driver’s poker run and perhaps another game.

Upcoming Event

March/April 2018

DIY Tech Session Bengal Automotive

Dallas Texas

March 17, 2018

April Membership Lunch

MBCA NTX Hill Country Drive to New Braunfels

New Braunfels, Gruene &

San Marcos, TX

April 21 & 22, 2018

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Debra Bourgeois

Demetria Brown

Nate Deuel

Martin Esquenazi

John Fleet

Mary Freeman

Ken Maggio

Eric Moye

Hugo Nguyen

Jerry Smith

Rick Thompson

Minna Vuojolainen

Event Report

Welcome 12 New Members Between 1/1 - 2/28!

March/April 2018

Many Thanks to Our 86 Renewing Members Between 1/1 - 2/28!

Jasmine Adams

Joan Alade

Ronald Anthony

Henry Arraj

Anil Asher

Don Auerbach

Richard Baca

David Baker

Jackie Battreal

Shell Black

Don Boland

Cynthia Bowen

Kevin Bower

Barry Butler

James D Caldwell

Glenda Camp

Julia Campbell

Kimberly Canales-

Yarborough

Rg Capron

Esmeraldo Conanan

Larry Curtis

William Dager

George Davis

Nicole Fincher

Regina Finney

Mark Friedlander

Mary Garcia

Mohamed Ghussain

Kenneth Gregory

Martha Harcharik

Thomas Healy

Michelle Henderson

Rainer Herkenrath

Deborah Hill

Jouni Hiltunen

Chip Hodge

Rick Hollingsworth

Jim Hudson

Fred (and Sharon)

Hudspeth

Edward Johann

Rosylin Johnson

Samuel Joyce

Gene Jurick

Huo-teh Kiang

George King

Peter Krause

Albert LaDriere

Thomas Lawhon

Bob LeBlanc

Ken Lifland

Julian Lilly

Waymond Lister

Herb Losey

Albert Lucio

Alan Luna

David Marett

Janet Medlin

Lisa Meyer

William Miller

Katherine Millet

James Mitchell

Christopher Mont-

gomery

Clement Osimetha

Abhilash Paul

Matson Pearce

David Pope

Manuel Ramirez

Shaun Sarmiento

Andrew Schildcrout

Steve Schlange

C William Schneider

Mark Schue

Ronald Seifert

William Siefkin

Dustin Smith

Betty Lu Smith

Michael Sneed

Vincent Sowels

Richard Stickel

Dustin Stone

Patrick Studer

Jeff Tucker

R Van Meter

Ashley Watson

James Weber

David Westberry

John Wiorkowski

Neal Young

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Mercedes-Benz Club of America Membership Application Please call the National Office at 800-637-2360 to join by phone or go to www.mbca.org/ to

join online.

Full Name ____________________________________________________________________

Associate Member’s Name ______________________________________________________

Street Address ________________________________________________________________

City _____________________________________ State _______ Zip ___________________

Home Phone ( ) ____________________ Business ( ) ____________________

Email address ________________________________________________________________

Member’s Occupation __________________________________________________________

Mercedes Cars Now Owned _____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

(list year(s) and model(s))

I hereby apply for membership in the Mercedes-Benz Club of America.

_______________________________________ Date _______________!

(Signature)

New U.S. Membership Rates

$55.00 for one year

$107.00 for two years

$157.00 for three years

New Canada & Int’l Rates

$65.00 for one year

$127.00 for two years

$187.00 for three years

Annual dues include six issues of “The Star” each year,

plus your local section’s newsletter.

Make your check payable to MBCA, and mail it along with

the application to:

Mercedes-Benz Club of America, Inc.

National Business Office

1907 Lelaray Street

Colorado Springs, CO 80909

Calling All Members...

We are always looking for new folks who are

interested in participating in Club activities.

Whether through events, driving, etc. Please

contact Brett Jurick at [email protected] to learn

more.

New Ideas Wanted

We’re always looking for new ideas for events,

get-togethers, drives, overnight tours, etc. If

there’s a particular type of event you would like

us to host, let us know. Contact Maurice Nahas

at [email protected].

Help!

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Date Event

March 17 DIY Tech Session – Bengal Automotive

April 4 April Membership Meeting

April 21 & 22 New Braunfels Drive

May 12 DIY Tech Session - TBD

May 14-21 MBCA Star Fest

June 9 Bankhead Brewery Tour

July 14 DIY Tech Session - Louden Motorcars

September 8 DIY Tech Session - Mercedes-Benz of Plano

September 15 Member Appreciation Picnic

October 6 Galveston Drive

October 13 Membership Meeting Bavarian Grill

October 27 Winnsboro Drive and Parade

November 10 NTX Fall Day at the Range

November 29 MBCA NTX Holiday Party - Omni Hotel, Frisco

December 15 Membership Meeting - TBD

Mercedes–Benz Club of America—North Texas Section March/April 2018

Event dates, times and locations are subject to change. Please check out our

website at http://ntx.mbca.org for the most updated information.

Have you visited our new

website?

www.ntx.mbca.org/ www.facebook.com/mbcantx

17202 Hidden Glen Drive

Dallas, TX 75248

More to Come!

http://www.facebook.com/mbcantx

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