The Orange County Star Volume 16 Issue 4

Orange County, California

Star July and August 2016 Inside This Edition           

Welcome New Members

Welcome New Members Editor’s Message President’s Message Coming Events Public Service Award Brunch Breakfast Club Cruise-In The Olde Ship Dinner Oktoberfest Solvang Past Event Southwest Region Sections Current Officers

For More Information on MBCA-OC visit www.mboc.info

This site will also contain currently scheduled events and new events with venues and dates.

Andrea Cecutti Joerg Frese Tae Ju Christine Lee Sandra Martin Edwin Obergfell Ricardo Rodriguezlong John Suchocki Janis Vincent Ruth Wright Jingye Yu

Newsletter Editor’s Message As you will see in this Newsletter, Orange County has quite a few events coming up. Be sure to partake in the scheduled events. By taking advantage of them you can meet and enjoy the company of new and old members. Summer hot weather is upon us so everyone keep cool!

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Presidents Message July/August 2016 On behalf of the Orange County Section I would like to thank Long Beach member Gerhard Fehrmann for the excellent job in planning and hosting our May 2016 regional event. Gerhard, along with a little help from the Channel Islands section, did all the work in hosting the Friday night reception, planning the rally and arranging the Saturday evening banquet. It was also great to be able to meet and talk with our national president, Terry Kiwala, who was also present.

It is time once again to plan for our yearly election for officers and board members. If there are any members who would like to help with planning events and managing the club’s affairs, please let me know before September.

The OC section has been notified by the regional director, Bud Cloninger, that we have been awarded the Public Service Award for 2015. This honor is given by the National office to the section that has done the most in promoting community involvement with charity and public service events. I would like to thank all our active members who have participated in our charitable activities leading to this award. All members are encouraged to attend this award presentation at the next club gathering on Sunday July 17, 2016 . See below for details.

Remember you can always find the last newsletter on our web site at www.mboc.info.

Lynn Hern, President

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Coming Events July 17

Presentation of Public Service Award Brunch (see below)

August 17 or 21

Board Meeting RSVP Rosemary Moller at 714-745-2717

August 28

Breakfast Club Cruise-In & Peterson Tour (see page 4)

September 11

Dinner at The Olde Ship (British Pub) (see page 5)

October

Octoberfest at the Phoenix Club (see page 6) PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD BRUNCH

We are honored to have been named the recipient of MBCA’s Public Service Award. All Orange County section members and guests are invited to attend Sunday brunch and the award presentation at the Anaheim Hills Country Club. SW region director Bud Cloninger will be attending to make the presentation. This is an opportunity to meet Bud and socialize with OC section officers and members.

Date: Time: Location:

Price:

RSVP:

Sunday, July 17, 2016 11:00 am The Clubhouse at Anaheim Hills Golf Course 6501 Nohl Ranch Road, Anaheim, CA 714-998-3041 Members: $20 per person Non-members $35 per person of OC section and guests MANDATORY BEFORE JULY 14 Contact: Jocelyn Salisbury P.O Box 211, Orange, CA 92856 (714)750-8125

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BREAKFAST CLUB CRUISE-IN & PETERSON TOUR The Orange County Section would like to invite all its members to participate in the Peterson’s Breakfast Club Cruise-In on August 28. All those taking part will get group rate museum tickets and free breakfast. To take advantage of the Breakfast Club Cruise-In, arrive at the Peterson in your Mercedes, “exotic car” or any other car by 9:00 am. Look for our group on the parking garage roof so we can collect the $10 for the museum admission group entry fee. Museum tickets will be given out in the main lobby at 10:00 am.

When: Where Cost: RSVP:

Sunday August 28, 2016, at 8:00 to 10:00 am Cruise-In Peterson Automotive Museum (parking garage roof) 6060 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 Museum $10.00 Group Rate Lynn Hern by August 26, 2016 (714.998.1684)

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The Olde Ship Dinner Date: Time: Place: RSVP:

September 11, 2016 5:00 PM The Olde Ship (British Pub) 1120 West 17th Street, Santa Ana, CA On or Before September 9th Contact: Jocelyn Salisbury P.O Box 211, Orange, CA 92856 (714)750-8125

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The Phoenix Club Oktoberfest October 8, 2016 The Phoenix Club in Anaheim has been celebrating Oktoberfest for over 50 years. It runs every weekend from September 18th though October 31st.

You will find delicious German food, German beer on tap, live music, dancing and many other special events for the whole family to enjoy. The live music includes performances by the Phoenix Club Choir, traditional Oom Pah Pah bands and the Express band direct from Bavaria. You can go to the website “The Phoenix Club Anaheim California� for exact events, dates and times.

The Mercedes Club itself is gathering together October 10th at The Phoenix Club. We will meet behind the big green tent next to the soccer field. Cars will be placed at 5 pm. Each Mercedes car that is displayed receives $20.00 in tickets for food and beer. Otherwise everyone gets free admission. You can stay as late as you want until they turn out the lights!

The address is: The Phoenix Club, 1340 South Sanderson Avenue, CA 92806 (714-563-4166) RSVP to Gerhard at 714-425-1036 before October 3, 2015 6

MAY 2016 REGIONAL PAST EVENT Shirley and I along with the Beckers, the Bowers and the Woodwards had a wonderful weekend attending the South West regional event in the Solvang Valley. We left Anaheim late Friday morning and planned on stopping at the Gardens of the World for a break in the driving. Gardens of the World is located in Thousand Oaks, which was about midway to our destination. The gardens are only a few acres but they are meticulously maintained and very serene. Admission is free and it only takes about 45 minutes to walk through. We were fortunate enough to have a relatively easy drive the rest of the way to the Anderson Inn in Buellton. Some of our group that started later were not so lucky.

After checking in, we proceeded to the hospitality suite where we were welcomed by Gerhard and Isolde. They provided an excellent selection of beverages and snacks.

The rest of the evening was spent getting acquainted with members from other sections and waiting for the rest of our section to arrive.

On Saturday morning our rally master, Gerhard, gave us our rally instructions and sent us off. The rally turned out to be a very interesting and picturesque drive through the country with the usual list of questions to answer. The rally stopped at one of the local wineries where a catered BBQ lunch was provided. After lunch we were all invited to participate in a peoples choice car show. Everyone was asked to vote for the rally car they would most like to own. The rest of the day we were on our own to visit Solvang, hang out by the pool, go wine tasting, etc.

Saturday evening we had an awards banquet at the Vineyard Restaurant in Santa Ynez. All the attendees were presented with an engraved commemorative wine goblet.

Sunday morning Gerhard had arranged a private tour of the Mendenhall's museum. It was started by the current owner’s grandfather in the thirties. He had a gas station and over the years began collecting service station memorabilia. Now the collection covers an acre or two and all the collection is in separate buildings arranged in a square like old western forts.

Gardens of the World

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Above two Photos are Lunch at the Koehler Winery, Fox Canyon Road

Top Two Photos are the Dinner and Rewards at The Vineyard House in Santa Ynez

Above Photo and Photo to the right are Mendenhall’s Museum of Petroliana and Gasoline Pumps, Buelton

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Photo of the Section Officers Attending the Regional Event

Lynn Hern President Orange County Section, Gerhard Fehrmann Long- Beach-South Bay Section Treasurer and event host Terry Kiwala, National President Steve Ross, National Vice President Bud Cloninger, South West Regional Director Yvonne Leamon, Central Coast Section President

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MBCA SOUTH WEST REGION SECTIONS SECTION

REGION COVERED

WEB SITE

Orange County

Anaheim, Huntington Beach,

www.mboc.info

Irvine, Laguna Beach Newport Beach and Orange California Channel Islands

Ventura-Santa Barbara

mbcachannelislands.org

counties California Chaparral

Tucson Arizona

tucsonsmercedesclub.org

Desert Stars

Phoenix Arizona

desertstars.mbca.org

Las Vegas

Las Vegas Nevada

www.mbca-lasvegas.org

Long Beach

Long Beach and the South Bay

www.mbcalb-sb.com

- South Bay

area of Los Angeles County California

Los Angeles

Los Angeles California

www.la-mbca.com

San Diego

San Diego California

sandiego.mbca.org

Current Officers President Lynn Hern Lynn.hern@sbcglobal.net

Vice President of Activities Marlyn Ortiz marlyno@cox.net

Treasurer Shirley Hern shirley.hern@sbcglobal.net

Assistant Vice President of Activities Rosi Bauer stareuro@hotmail.com

Secretary Judy Caruso jhc1212@gmail.com

Vice President of Programs Jocelyn Salisbury jimjocey@earthlink.net

Board of Directors Jim Salisbury, Judy Caruso, Edward Dykstra and Shirley Hern 10

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