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T h r e e R i v e r s S e c t i o n / M B C A The Three Rivers Road Report July/August, 2017 Volume

pontoon, sailing, lawn games and taking the jet ski out for a spin.

1 T h r e e R i v e r s S e c t i o n / M B C A The Three Rivers Road Report July/August, 2017 Volume 5; Issue 7 Picnic at the Lake It was a perfect summer day at the lake and that meant a perfect day for our picnic. Vice President Darrell and his wife Marilyn hosted the section and members enjoyed rides on the pontoon, sailing, lawn games and taking the jet ski out for a spin. Chef Darrell cooked up the hamburgers and brats, and with the sides and desserts contributed by the members, we had a fine summer feast. Great weather, great food, and great friends! What a wonderful way to spend the day.

Here we are with more than half of 2017 over, nearing the end of July. This year has gone fast. But the Three Rivers Section is not done yet. We have several exciting events coming up.

August 26 th will be our Breakfast & Benz meeting at the Sunrise Café in Fort Wayne. We will be meeting at 9:00 AM. September brings one of our club s annual events. A Day at Auburn!

Three Rivers Section is the only car club on the auction grounds. So that adds a little something special to our event. Mid-September will kick off our Toys for Tots drive.

4 Here we are with more than half of 2017 over, nearing the end of July. This year has gone fast. But the Three Rivers Section is not done yet. We have several exciting events coming up. August brings us the Oakwood car show on beautiful Lake Wawasee Sunday August 6 th. Make sure you get registered on their website if you re attending. August 26 th will be our Breakfast & Benz meeting at the Sunrise Café in Fort Wayne. We will be meeting at 9:00 AM. September brings one of our club s annual events. A Day at Auburn! We have a tailgate style luncheon before we head out to explore the vendors and the auction itself. There is a lot of excitement going on as these cars roll across the auction block. Three Rivers Section is the only car club on the auction grounds. So that adds a little something special to our event. Mid-September will kick off our Toys for Tots drive. We will be working with them to help share some holiday cheer. We have done this for several years and it is just awesome. In 2017 we are getting a little more involved and we want to help distribute the boxes at one of our meetings. October and November, we still have openings and we typically try and do one to two events a month. If you have any ideas that you are interested in for those months feel free to contact our event coordinators Lisa and Suzanne with any ideas. lisaelong1@comcast.net or suzanne@noblettgolf.com December brings a close to our year with a fun and lite hearted Christmas Party. We hold our section elections and there are games and gifts with a great menu. A chance for members to mingle and have some good laughs. If you haven t attended an event or came to a meeting I encourage you to. We would love to see you. Please check out the events calendar and try and make it. If you have an event or something to suggest please let Suzanne or Lisa know. Sincerely, Jason Bogart

Defensive driving instruction in the morning, provided by National President

5 Defensive Driving & Autocross Once again Three Rivers section members met at our local university parking lot to sharpen our driving skills. Defensive driving instruction in the morning, provided by National President Terry Kiwala, gave us the confidence we needed to have some fun on the autocross course after lunch.

Treasurers Report By Amy Bogart It s hard to believe that it s July already. We re half way through summer! It s been a busy one for us here at the Three Rivers Section.

Earlier this year our shirt sales contributed some extra revenue for our club. We were able to sell several items to other sections.

We had our Three Rivers picnic hosted by Darrell and Marilyn Post at their lake house on Loon Lake last month. It was such a great time.

7 Treasurers Report By Amy Bogart It s hard to believe that it s July already. We re half way through summer! It s been a busy one for us here at the Three Rivers Section. We had our regional Autocross and our Three Rivers picnic both last month. We have $1, in our club account. Earlier this year our shirt sales contributed some extra revenue for our club. We were able to sell several items to other sections. For our regional Autocross, we received a small subsidy from National. This helped defer some of the cost associated with that. We had our Three Rivers picnic hosted by Darrell and Marilyn Post at their lake house on Loon Lake last month. It was such a great time. The club was able to provide the meat, beverages, door prizes and table service for the picnic. Every quarter we get a rebate from National based on the number of members that we have. All of these funds allow the club to purchase door prizes and absorb some of the food costs for the Christmas party, purchase the meat for our Day at Auburn, etc.

8 Superheroes (and some SUPER cars) Fill Parade Seven Mercedes from the Three Rivers Section met early on the morning of July 8th to position themselves for the 49th annual Three Rivers Festival Parade. Since the theme for this year s parade was Superheroes, Ken & Lisa Long got right into the spirit by arriving in costume.

By Jason Bogart The recording medium for the tape recording process is typically made by embedding tiny magnetic oxide particles in a plastic binder on a polyester

WAIT! WHAT? WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? No one uses cassettes anymore.

Truth is that cassette player has not been used in years and if it still does turn it is most likely full of dust.

Benz. If you re like me I am not a fan of aftermarket stereos. I want to keep my Mercedes original.

9 By Jason Bogart The recording medium for the tape recording process is typically made by embedding tiny magnetic oxide particles in a plastic binder on a polyester film tape.... The oxide particles themselves do not move during recording. Rather their magnetic domains are reoriented by the magnetic field from the tape head BORING! WAIT! WHAT? WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? No one uses cassettes anymore. You might as well use it as a slot to hold your business cards, or to hold all those extra drink straws from the fast food joint, lol. Truth is that cassette player has not been used in years and if it still does turn it is most likely full of dust. With most media now going digital and we have MP3 players and music stored on our smart phones it would be nice to enjoy that music while enjoying our older Mercedes Benz. If you re like me I am not a fan of aftermarket stereos. I want to keep my Mercedes original. If you have You can buy an FM modulated transmitter that you plug into your media device and it will broadcast to a signal you pair up to your radio. For example you can tune to and pair the transmitter to the same station and you are now able to wirelessly listen to all your favorite music on though the sound system in your car. You can even answer a call and listen to it through your speakers similar to a bluetooth connection on newer There are several options available this is the one I purchased. They typically cost $15.00 to $30.00 depending on what model. I paid $15.00 for this one at a major retailer and it works great. I am able to pair it to my radio and enjoy music off my phone and still able to keep my original equipment radio.

10 CLASSIFIED AD AMG rims are off a C32AMG, They were used on a 2003 CLK 350. Asking $850, tires only have 500 miles. TIRE SIZE 225 / 45R17 Another set of 225/45/ZR17 245/40/ZR17 staggered AMG rims w/general tires for Autocross Asking $500. CONTACT KEN SALTER IF INTERESTED ksalt@hotmail.com

We ll keep it to the calendar year, so rates will be Business card ads are $60/year or $5/month 1/4 page ads are $120/year or $10/month 1/2 page ads are $240/year or $20/month Full page ads are

11 Advertising We have reinstated advertising in our newsletter. Newsletters go to all current members, so if you want to promote your business or maybe sell your Mercedes, this is the place to advertise. We ll keep it to the calendar year, so rates will be Business card ads are $60/year or $5/month 1/4 page ads are $120/year or $10/month 1/2 page ads are $240/year or $20/month Full page ads are $480/year or $40/month Send ads and payment to: Julie Bruggner 5526 Thornbriar Lane Fort Wayne, IN MERCEDES BENZ CLUB OF AMERICA ~ THREE RIVERS SECTION IS NOW ON FACEBOOK. LIKE US AND GET UPDATES ON UPCOMING EVENTS, POST PHOTOS AND GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.. Note: You can log in and look even if you haven t joined Facebook. Click on the link above the picture to go check it out.

12 THREE RIVERS SECTION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2017 August 6 Oakwood Car Show, Syracuse, IN See flyer attached to your August 26: Breakfast & Benz & meeting, Sunrise Café, 9:00am September 2: A Day at Auburn, Our annual picnic & day at the Auction Park September 15: Toys for Tots Drive begins September 23: Toys for Tots, handing out boxes October 21: Dinner & Meeting, time & location TBD November: OPEN, suggestions? December 9: Christmas Party, Our annual Holiday party at Autumn Ridge Please consult your current issue of The Star magazine for listings of upcoming National, Regional and Sectional events throughout the country. Or log on to the National website at mbca.org and check out what s coming under the Our Community tab. More events will be added as they are scheduled and details for each event will be forwarded as needed. Ideas for events are always welcomed and encouraged. Contact any board member with suggestions.

13 THREE RIVERS SECTION Board of Directors and Officers Jason Bogart President, Social Media Director, Webmaster Darrell Post Vice-president Amy Bogart Treasurer Lisa Long Secretary, Event Coordinator Suzanne Noblett Event Coordinator Membership Chair Julie Bruggner Past President, Newsletter Editor

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