CAPITOL PANTERAS December 2005/January
2006
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Christmas Party, Dec. 11,
2005
by Emilia Seiferling
The December meeting of the Capitol Panteras was our
Christmas party. We are indeed fortunate to have members like Dennis &
Patty Gacutan who have hosted the annual event for the third time. Thank
you Dennis and Patty!! The group of about 20 members and friends started
to arrive at 6 pm on Sunday , December 12. This was the first time at
their new home. It is about 4 blocks from their old house. We
were greeted by Christmas decorations, even thought Dennis and Patty are no
longer on the official Pebble Creek Light Tour. There was a Christmas tree
in both rooms that were set for the Mexican dinner that Patty had prepared for
us. Yes, Patty did the vast majority of the cooking for the wonderful
meal! So Carl, you got your request for Mexican food, but you went to
the Kings game! We really enjoyed the tacos, tamales, and
chicken enchiladas and the appropriate side dishes of rice and beans. We
had started with Corona beer, chips, salsa and guacamole. (Wine for the
non beer drinkers.) The patio and pool area were set up with heaters, so it was
quite pleasant to be outside. Those attending were: Hosts Dennis
& Patty Gacutan, Jim & Emilia Seiferling, Judy & Ken Montgomery,
Marsha & Rick Carlile, Mike Drew, Rick Mosley and friend Diane, John
Worsley, Irene & Marcus Smith, Henry Kirk and friend Karen, John McNamee,
Dave & Jeannie who are friends of Patty and Dennis ( they came
in their Viper) , Dennis' sister Pat and his daughter and her
friend.
After a great Mexican meal, there were many bite
size goodies to enjoy with coffee. So while we munched the sweets, we did
the gift exchange.
Everyone who participated did really well with the
theme for the gifts. The theme this year was British in honor of the
Pantera's Lucas electrical system and the Girling breaks or automotive.
There was British tea, Plum pudding, John Courage beer, Bombay Gin, a Paul
McCartney in Red Square DVD, a gift certificate to The Streets of London
Pub, so the British theme was well represented. On the automotive
side of the gift theme was; Italian food gift bag (the Pantera is
Italian), a DeTomaso colors afghan, vice grip set, large spot light (
to work when your Lucas lights go out). I'm not sure how the Redneck
Dictionary fit into either category, but Dennis got it and loved it. The
two hottest items were the McCartney DVD and the DeTomaso afghan. Both of
these items were "Stolen" the maximum three times and were then dead! Jim
and I went home with Tea and Plum pudding. If anyone is wondering who got
the afghan this year, it went home with Mike Drew. It was a popular
enough item that I will plan on making another one for next year. That
will be number six for the 2006 CP Christmas
party.
After the gift exchange, several of the hardier souls joined Dennis to walk
the Lighted Home Tour. Jim and I opted to head home. We had a 68
mile drive home to Rio Vista. We may not win the came the furthest award
this year. Irene and Marcus drove their Pantera from Jackson. As we were
leaving, we realized that we brought our camera but forgot to take any
photos! So we did manage to get a photo of Dennis' newly painted
Pantera. He just got to bring it home a couple of days earlier! It
is a very pretty shade of blue and I'm sure will look even better in the
daylight.
Meeting Notes, December 11,
2005
by Emilia
Seiferling
We had no meeting at
Mimi's in December for the Capitol Panteras.
Capitol Panteras appears to be in a tie for second
place in the article contest at POCA! That should mean bragging rights for the
Capitol Panteras, as well as some money for our treasury!
The rough CP calendar for 2006 is listed below.
Please note that several events have the chairman listed, in case you forgot
that you volunteered to chair the event. If you have any ideas, please
bring them to the January meeting to be discussed and placed on the CP
calendar.
Meeting Notes, January
10,2006
The Capitol Panteras started the year off at Mimi's with a
pretty good sized group. We had 12 members and guests in attendance.
Those attending were: Paul Bowen, Jeff Budelli, Rick Carlile, Terry Eriksen
and friend Kathy, Carl Stein, Ken Montgomery, John Worsley, Gary &
MaryAnn Kono, and Emilia & Jim Seiferling. Gary is the new president
of PCNC . They were visiting family in the area and decided to
attend one of our CP meetings. It was great to see Terry up and
walking!! He said that he still can not manage the clutch
on his
Pantera, but is getting better by the day. There were four
members who were unable to attend, but send us their regrets for missing the
meeting: Dennis, Rick M., Henry, & Duane. That was very nice of
them. They all had good reasons for not attending. Dennis also told
us that he and Patty enjoyed hosting the CP Christmas party and would be happy
to do so again in the future.
We went over the 2006 club calendar. Please note the
dates. The first date that you need to remember is the Brunch on
Saturday , February 11 at 10 AM at Mimi's. Then it is off to Autorama or
whatever else your have planned for that Saturday. Please rsvp to Jim at jes@rickadee.net if you can
attend.
There is a date set for our Tech Session at Rick's shop.
Mark your calendar for Sunday, April 9, 2006.
The CP meeting date for February has been
moved back one week to Tuesday Feb. 21.
The feeling was attendance would be poor if it was held on Valentines Day.
Personally, that was one way to guarantee that I would get dinner out! So
mark you calendar for the new date Feb. 21.
The raffle at this meeting brought in $38 ! We raffled off
T-shirts provided by the new shirt company of Chuck Engles. He was
generous enough to send samples to the club. Thank you Dr. Chuck. The
happy winners were John, Paul and Terry.
John Worsley will again work on setting up a Brunch Run to
Thunder Valley in the summer. Thank you , John.
Wanted: Articles for CP
Newsletter
If you have attended a car function of any
type, please write about your car adventures and send it to jes@rickadee.net to be included in the next Capitol Pantera newsletter.
If newsletter articles are not received, then it will be more of Jim &
Emilia's automotive adventures.
2006 EVENTS
CALENDAR
Feb 10-12 Auto Ramah at
Cal Expo, Brunch at Mimi's at 10 AM prior to the show on Sat. Feb.
11
Feb. 21 Capitol Pantera meeting
at Mimi's
March 14 Capitol Pantera meeting at Mimi's
April 9 Tech
Session at Rick's Office/Shop, Chairman Rick Carlile
April 11 Capitol Pantera meeting at
Mimi's
May 4-7 Las Vegas Fun Rally
May 9 Capitol
Pantera meeting at Mimi's
May
Foothill Wine Country Tour & BBQ, Chairmen John McNamee. and Jeff
Budelli
June 3-4 Wine Country
Classic Vintage Races, Sears Point http://www.searspoint.com/
June Shriner's
Hospital Concours d'Elegance- Sacramento www.shrinersconcours.com
June Reno Fun
Rally, Reno-Tahoe Panteras
June 13 Capitol Pantera meeting at
Mimi's
July 11 Capitol Pantera meeting at
Mimi's
July
Hot Rods and Harleys Car Show - Lodi Lake
Aug. 5-6 Festa Italiana,
Sacramento, Chairmen Jeff and George
Aug 8 Capitol Panteras
meeting at Mimi's
Aug
17 "The Tour", downtown Carmel @
Noon.
Aug 18
Concorso Italiano, "35 Years of the Pantera" http://www.concorso.com/default.asp
Aug 19-20 Monterey Historic Races, Laguna Seca
http://www.montereyhistoric.com/
Sept. 12 Capitol Panteras meeting at
Mimi's
Oct. 19 Capitol Panteras
meeting at Mimi's
Nov. 14 Capitol Panteras meeting at
Mimi's
Nov.
Delta Brunch Run, Chairman Emilia & Jim
Dec.
Capitol Panteras Christmas Party
Suggestions for other activities in the
coming year include;
Blackhawk Museum in Danville http://www.blackhawkauto.org
Sporting Clays/Lunch at Birds Landing (near Rio
Vista). http://www.birdslanding.net/
Great Pantera back road getting there through
the Montezuma Hills!!
Please keep us informed of other dates and
activities.
Jim & Emilia
Seiferling
Pantera #1575