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The Texas StarJanuary/February

2020Mercedes-Benz Club of America - North Texas Section

Section Leadership

Craig Halverson, PresidentRon Seifert, Vice PresidentCarolee Seifert, SecretaryGayle Brewer, TreasurerEd Nahas, MembershipBrett Jurick, Webmaster, NewsletterMelbourne Kym, Technical ChairMaurice Nahas, Events ChairmanBrett Jurick, Regional DirectorGene Jurick, National PresidentRamzi Baransi, Park Place Motorcars LiaisonLarry Reeg, Mercedes-Benz of McKinney LiaisonTaylor Wilson, Mercedes-Benz of Plano Liaison

Inside This Issue:NTX Christmas Party................1President’s Message/Welcome...................................3 Granbury Drive/Brewery Tour/Spring Day at the Range..........4MBCA Nat’l Board Meeting.......53rd Annual Classic Mercedes Car Show..................................7New & Returning Members.......8Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum/Online Parts Search/124 Model Series.........9Membership Application..........10Upcoming Events....................12

Our Sponsors:Mercedes-Benz of Plano..........2Colwell Creative Content..........3Park Place Motorcars................6Mercedes-Benz of McKinney..11

Event Report

Heritage Ranch Country Club * Saturday, December 14, 2019 * Fairview, TX

NTX Christmas Party

The North Texas Section held their Christmas party on Saturday, December 14, 2019. Members Ron and Carolee Seifert arranged for the Christmas party at Heritage Ranch Country Club. Fifty members were greeted by two Mercedes-Benz cars, a 1962 190SL owned by Kent and Carol Van Meter and a 1986 560SL owned by Jerry Chenault at the front door. Decorations of the season in the entrance hall and the ballroom made the party very festive! The 2019 NTX Section Christmas party was a fun event, and a lovely time was had by all!

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January/February 2020President’s Message

Welcome!

Happy New Year! I’m hoping that each of you will have a tremendous 2020 and beyond.

I guess I didn’t have my black-eyed peas soon enough to avoid the trip to the emergency room on New Year’s Eve. After collapsing at home, the evening of December 31st I was transported to Baylor Plano via Dallas EMS. Riding in the back of a Ford ambulance sure wasn’t my idea of a proper New Year’s celebration. Apparently even with all of the vaccinations for both flu and pneumonia I had a serious pneumonia infection that was immediately treated with antibiotics and IV fluids.

I could belabor you with all of my ailments, but suffice it to say that it took another 3 days to get me back on my feet and able to walk out the front door. For over 50 years I had been able to avoid hospitals or only visit others there. Hopefully now I can go another 50 years!

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.

Our Heritage Ranch Christmas party last month was a tremendous success and a good time was had by all. Just yesterday I got an email request for some photos and in particular the twin SLs that graced our entry way. The weather was nearly perfect, the holiday decorations adorable and it just felt right to be back at Heritage Ranch. In addition to the many gifts and prizes Pete the DJ and a magician entertained the group.

Upcoming events: Ron Harwick has arranged a Saturday tour of the new Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights museum, Maurice is working on next summer’s picnic, Ron Seifert is working on the Park Place Luxury and Supercar Showcase and a team of others are working on a Granbury trip, a day at the range and many, many other opportunities.

With member support and feedback, we are contemplating a drive to Jefferson, Texas and the Bush library. Additionally, we are looking at a day on the lake based on a member suggestion. Last year was the first year we did the Texas State Railroad and I continue to get positive comments. Jay Agnew suggested that we do the Texas State Railroad again and make it a 2 day trip with an overnight in Palestine. All great ideas, but we need some additional project managers so please let us know how you can help make 2020 a truly tremendous year for the North Texas Section. THANKS!

Very sincerely,Craig HalversonPresident, North Texas Section

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Join us for fun day in Granbury, TX. We will visit Revolver Brewing Company to sample some of their fine beers, listen to a brewery presentation and enjoy live entertainment. Prior to stopping at Revolver, we will enjoy lunch at The Rib Shack. This is a really great BBQ place located close to the brewery. After the brewery visit, we will proceed to Granbury’s famous square for some antique shopping. If you don’t want to shop, there are several great restaurants and bars located on the square, too!

The Revolver Brewing $10 admission fee includes 4, 8oz pours of beer, a Revolver souvenir beer glass, the brewery presentation, and live entertainment. Pay your own

Meet Location TBD * Saturday, April 11, 2020 * Granbury, TX

MBCA NTX Granbury Drive & Brewery Tour

Upcoming Event

admission. The brewery has plenty of picnic tables, but it’ll be prudent to bring lawn chairs just in case.

Lunch will be at the Rib Shack. This is a great BBQ place where we will grab lunch and arrive at the brewery with a full stomach.

Cost and Signup: We will charge an event fee of $5 per person. Brewery admission and lunch are pay your own. Please register as soon as possible. Click below to sign up and pay via PayPal. The $5 registration fee will be contributed to our charity partners, Samaritan Inn and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital.

Spring Day at the Range

Armadillo Guns * May 23, 2020 * Nevada, TXWe are bringing back the popular Day at the Range! We will again visit Armarillo Guns in Nevada TX. They have a great outdoor shooting range that includes a 25 yard Handgun range, a 50, 100 & 150 yard Rifle range and a new tactical range. We will start with a safety briefing then go out for about 90 minutes of shooting and finish with a short competition. After a relaxing morning at the range we will go over to Soulman’s for awesome BBQ! If you are a fan of shooting and BBQ, you do not want to miss this event!

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The North Texas Section was proud to host the Fall Board Meeting of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America at the new Sandman Signature Plano-Frisco Hotel in Plano Texas. The weather gave our guests two days of beautiful fall Texas Weather for our guests to enjoy. The group met on Thursday evening for great Texas BBQ at Hutchin’s BBQ and enjoyed time visiting with old friends and North Texas Section members. After meetings on Friday, Mercedes-Benz of Plano hosted a reception with wine and hors d’oeuvres at their beautiful dealership. After meetings on Saturday a closing dinner and cocktail hour was enjoyed by the group with awards presented

Event Report

Sandman Signature Hotel * November 15-16, 2019 * Plano, TX

MBCA National Board Meeting

by Rick Siefert. Our North Texas Section was presented with the 2nd Place 2019 National Communi-cations Award. Thank you, Brett Jurick, for your work on the Section Newsletter. Congratulations to the Memphis Section for 1st Place for the 2019 Communications Award and to the Pikes Peak Sec-tion for the 2019 Section of the Year.

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The classic car show was a casual meet and greet with fellow Dallas/Ft. Worth area Pre-1990 Classic Mercedes owners and enthusiasts. This annual event, provides a low key setting for participants to come and spend a few hours getting to know each other, share stories and ideas and showing their great cars.

The car show was held at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Dallas. Wallace Wheeler who organized the event has been key to reaching out to our Classic Mercedes Members.

The weather was great for the event and the German themed lunch was catered and fit perfectly with the German cars. We are looking forward to Wallace to organize the event next year for the 4th Classic Car event.

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3rd Annual Classic Mercedes Car Show

Event Report

November 2, 2019 * Dallas, TX

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Thanks to Our 53 Renewing Members Between 11/1 & 12/31!

Wasfi AletoumRajarshi BhattacharyyaRobert BurnsJames ChadwickDiane CheathamMae DanielsJason DavidsonBlanch DrakeYvette DunlapRyan GrayDennis Highlander

Hussein JoumahChris & Pam OrtizDouglas ParkerStephen SarmientoThushara SilvaChris StyronDarleya ThomasGabriela VenturaSteven WeinerCollis WilliamsTaylor Wilson

Christina AdamsMary AllenDon AuerbachJim BeardGeorge BeresGeorge BradfordJeff BrocketteJon ButtonRuby ChambersNatalie CollinsLyman DecampMike DrinkwaterHenry FofangJames FrenchSpencerGreeneGary GreenwoodRichard GuatelliSankara R Gunna

Richard GuyerPatricia HallShirley HawkinsKirk HawrysioZachary HilbunCharles HunterEarl JenkinsAlma Johnston-BessonSheba JonesPatsy KahnMuljadi KasmanBill KimballWendel KirtonHong-Anh MaSami MarshiDana MiddletonSally MimmsPatrick Moore

David MullerJopin NiaziJesse PaytenJanice PriceR. Warren RhodesKatherine Sbaiti K Andrew ShepherdDavid SpencerSteven SpiritasJyri StrandmanTom StrohmRaymond SwannieHenry TomarelliMalcolm TurnerMohammad UddinTimothy WestChristopher Wong

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Welcome 22 New Members Between 11/1 & 12/31!

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Our January program is scheduled for January 18, 2020 to the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum located at 300 North Houston Street, Dallas Texas at 1pm. There is an adjacent parking garage available for a fee available for our visit.

The cost for this visit is $10 per person and can be paid via PayPal. The visit time that they have noted takes approximately 3 hours. We may have a guide depending on availability for that tour. This is a very interesting new museum which will be educational for those attending. if you need any more information please review their website at dhhrm.org.

Upcoming Event & StoriesJanuary/February 2020

January 18, 2019 * Dallas, TX

Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum

Mercedes-Benz Classic Online Parts SearchMercedes-Benz Classic continually produces parts for classic vehicle series in order to ensure the long term availability of a full range of such parts As a result some 50 000 genuine parts are always available To render the availability of these genuine parts transparent to everyone the Classic Online Parts Search has been established as a swift and simple means of presenting the availability of parts with their valid prices in Germany, promotion parts and newly produced parts in a clearly arranged manner.

Once the user has found the part they are looking for it can be ordered from any authorised Mercedes Benz service partner as the Group‘s own sales and logistics network guarantees the swift supply of a comprehensive scope of parts worldwide Take a look for yourself: www.mercdes-benz.com/classic-parts.

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January/February 2020Mercedes-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)

$55.00 for one year $107.00 for two years

$157.00 for three yearsCalling All Members...

We are always looking for new folks who are interested in participating in Club activities. Whether through events, driving, etc. Please contact Ron Seifert at rseifert@grandecom.net 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 maurice@mnahas.com.

New U.S. Membership Rates Help!

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

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Mercedes-Benz Club of America North Texas Section

17202 Hidden Glen Drive Dallas, TX 75248

Have you visited our new website?

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

January 18 Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights MuseumFebruary 8 Membership Lunch

February 22 DIY Tech Session - Park Place DallasMarch 14 Membership Lunch - Aboca’s Italian Grill

March 26-29 Hill Country DriveApril 11 Granbury Drive & Brewery TourApril 25 Park Cities Classic and Antique Car Show

May 9 DIY Tech SessionMay 24 Day at the RangeJune 6 Membership Lunch

June 20 NTX Summer RallyJuly 11 DIY Tech Session

More to Come!Event dates, times and locations are subject to change. Please check out our website

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

Upcoming Events in 2020

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