Donut! Donut! DONUT! – April Panorama Submission

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“Bad weather always looks worse through a window”, said Tom Lehrer…we might also add “…and a windshield”.

Spring has not been favorable for driving, though we had an excellent tech session on car washing and detailing from Studio A Detailing, a high-end, family run shop. Special consideration is made to removing fine grained surface scratches from prior wash jobs’ dirty towels, using proprietary solutions. We were, instructed on the best techniques, towels and wash tools (best in not marring the car’s finish) and no-rinse washes.

The weather turned in our favor for our 1st Annual Donut Endurance Run: a drive across central Kentucky for homemade, fresh donuts. Our first stop, after winding through the Kentucky countryside over Kentucky River tributaries, arrived at Doughdaddy outside Versailles, KY. Doughdaddy has taken over a closed gas station, retaining the pumps and mini-mart conveniences alongside a broad selection of donuts; cake, yeast, crullers, turnovers and twists. Our group of 21 cars and 28 folk enjoyed a rest, gas and donut stop. As Homer Simpson said: “Donuts, is there anything they can’t do?”

Our next stop was Danville, Ky, running back roads through the thoroughbred horse farms of the bluegrass and through the glacial escarpments and canyons of the Kentucky River. Over millennia, the river has eroded limestone canyons, creating 1,000 foot tall cliffs on either side of a mile wide canyon, our county road cut out of the limestone cliffs.

The topography flattened out near Danville for our next donut stop: Burke’s Bakery, a local mainstay for over 60 years (I heartily recommend the cinnamon crumb!). After a morning of sugar, it was appropriate to add something from the other food groups: lunch at Captain Frank’s Hot Dog Emporium.

 Always remember: “No matter how great life is, it’s not complete without doughnuts”.

2018 Endurance Donut Run

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I did a pre-run yesterday…ew start with 12 miles of freeway, exiting to enter the municipality of Waddy, KY….heading South and East on country roads through Lawrenceburg, to our 1st stop at Doughdaddy between Versailles and Lexington. I sacrificed my waist on club behalf sampling an excellent cinnamon twist. The bakery makes all donuts fresh and is in a retired Thornton’s type gas station. Plenty of parking and the manager is excited to see a bunch of Porsches!

From Doughdaddy, it’s back roads down to Danville, where we stop at Burkes Bakery, a local mainstay for more than 60 years. I had an excellent cinnamon crumb donut. Plenty of on-street parking, right in front of the bakery.

From there, it’s a hop, skip and jump to North 4th Street to Captain Frank’s Hot Dog Emporium for lunch. Parking available across the street at the court house. 16 separate specialty dogs available, as well as a full lunch menu. If you are vegetarian, vegan or Whole Foodsatarian, this may not be your favorite place to eat.

150 total miles, 2.5 hours of driving time….plenty of excellent scenery: some fast moving streams, Kentucky River, driving through a wide gorge eroded through millenia by the Kentucky River….come out and see it. NOTE the new meeting place,…we will NOT be across from the dealership.

Come out for sugar, driving and junk food!

A listing of Capn Franks Specialty dogs

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From the Zone April 2018

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It’s amazing how quickly the year goes by. It’s hard to believe April is here and the driving season is about to begin in Zone 13. The year has gotten off to a busy start. The annual Winter Board Meeting was held in Baltimore, MD. The highlight of the weekend was the dinner held Saturday night at the newly expanded offices of the National Headquarters. Vu Nguyen, PCA Executive Director has done a wonderful job as General Contractor overseeing the buildout of the new office space. With the added space, Vu has had the ability to display many of the fascinating Porsche memorabilia that has been donated to and collected by the Club. I highly recommend that if you are in the area, you take the time to visit the offices. The National Staff are wonderful. Please be sure to thank them for the work they do for us.

One of the items coming out of the Board meeting and then voted on and approved on the Board Member phone call, was the approval of a set aside of $200,000 for the development of a new webpage. Anyone who has been to our current site at www.pca.org knows that it is not the most intuitive site to explore. The new front end will be geared towards the non-member to show off the Club and invite them to join the Club.

Another meeting was the annual Zone 13 President’s Meeting. This meeting was help in Chicago this year. It was attended by the following Presidents:

Patrick Meyer – Bluegrass Region
Neil MacDonald – Chicago Region
Charles Holstein – Central Wisconsin Region
Todd Benz – Fox Valley Region
Marcus Lucas – Lincoln Trail Region
Tony Quebbemann – Milwaukee Region
Jeff Jackson – Southern Indiana Region

Attending on behalf of Kentucky Region was Steve McComb who is a Past President of the Region. He was a welcome addition to the discussions. The weekend kicked off with a group dinner on Friday night for those who cared to attend. It was followed on Saturday by a full day of presentations and discussions. In addition to the Presidents in attendance, Cindy Jacisin, National Secretary, attended on behalf of the Executive Council. Cindy provided updates to the 20/20 Program and led the discussions on insurance and risk management. These two programs protect the Club and the club members. Without insurance, the Club could not put on the activities that it does. A strong risk management program helps contain the cost of insurance premiums. We must all take it risk management seriously. So, if you put on an event, please complete the Post Event Forms. If you are participating in an event and are asked to complete an Observer’s Report, please do it promptly and honestly.

In addition to Cindy’s presentations, we also heard from Robert Gutjahr and Amber Door of the National Policy Committee. We also heard from Greg Halverson, National Driving Tour Chair. Greg discussed the Driving Tour Minimum standards that became effective at the beginning of the year. Bob and Amber discussed the need for a review of each regions by-laws and stressed the importance of following the by-laws as written. In order to aid the regions in the updating of their by-laws, the Policy Committee has updated the by-laws template.

2018 Parade Registration is open and so far there are 108 entries from Zone 13. It’s not too late to sign up if you want to come. Parade is being held at Tan-tar-a Resort in Lake of the Ozarks, MO. With so many people attending from within the Zone, groups may want to caravan to Parade. Informal caravan groups, not sponsored by the Region, will not have the advantage of national insurance coverage. Formal caravans officially sponsored by your region are considered a tour and must adhere to the Tour minimum standards. Insurance needs to be applied for and waivers signed. Compliance with all of the other items outlined in the standards must be followed.

Don’t forget Zone 13 is on Facebook and our website is almost ready to go public. Many thanks to Julie Dallak Woods of Bluegrass Region for her work on the Webpage. Please join the Facebook Group for PCA Zone 13 to stay up to date on happenings in the Zone.

Here’s looking forward to a great and safe year!

Jack Stephensen
Zone 13 Representative