Rendezvous News -  I need to alert Club members to a couple of important Rendezvous matters which may require their attention.  First, the Eugene, OR Rendezvous begins in eight weeks!!  If you are planning to attend theRendezvous please register with Bill Bolton.  Use the form available on the Club website, http://Healey-Oregon.org.  If you want to purchase Rendezvous regalia, please use the registration form to order the items in advance so sufficient supplies will be available.  Second, if you intend to stay at the Valley River Inn you need to be aware that rooms featuring the reduced Rendezvous rate are now very limited and are being reserved at an rapid rate.  As of this weekend there are only ten rooms remaining.  Please call the Valley River Inn today and get your rooms reserved (Phone: (541-743-1000).  Once the block of rooms is filled other Valley River Inn rooms may still be available but they will not be at the special Rendezvous rate.  Third, if you already have your room reserved but have not sent your Rendezvous registration to Bill Bolton, please do so ASAP.  The Rendezvous Committee is trying to keep track of all the event components.  It is helpful when the numbers of event registrations and accomodation reservations match.  Please don’t wait until you arrive in Eugene to register.

Club Activities

May 15 – This is the final reminder.  Note the date is the third Saturday of the month. The May tour to Longview, WA is a day trip to Bill and Nancy Boylan’s country home outside of Longview.  We will have a B-B-Q weather permitting and if it is raining we’ll come up with something else.  The Boylan’s address is 549 – Diebert Ave. Lonview, WA.  Their phone number is 360-425-7014, and email is wnboylan@msn.com.  Please take special note — If you are planning to partake of the Boylan’s hospitality please call or email with an RSVP.   Club Vice President, John Wilson, will be leading a tour from Portland to Longview.  The tour will assemble in the Fred Meyer parking lot located on Cornelius Pass Road on the south side of the Sunset Highway at 09:00 AM Saturday.   Departure time will be 09:15 AM .  The Club business meeting will convene at 2:00 PM at the Boylans.

June 12 – The tour and Club meeting will be hosted by Wanda and Micheal Hartfield.  We will meet at the G.I. Joes parking lot in Sherwood (kind of behind the McDonald’s on Hwy. 99) at 10:00 a.m. and plan to leave at 10:30. The tour will be approximately 60 miles long and will be in the Dundee, Amity and Dayton vicinity with a stop at the Amity Vineyard Winery where we will enjoy a sampling of their wines. (There is a $5.00 charge for the wine tasting).  We will continue the tour on to the Hartfield’s home for lunch and the meeting.  Lunch will be around 2:00 so you may want to pack a light snack.  The meeting is planned for about 3:15.  Please notify the Hartfield’s if you plan to attend so they can plan the food.  Michael & Wanda Hartfield 503-476-3202 or e-mail hartfiel@alumni.princeton.edu.
July 9 – 11 – Portland Historic Races.  We are getting ready for the 34th annual Portland Historic Races at PIR and would like to have the participation of as many Healey club members as possible. The number of members coming has been decreasing the last few years. Let’s get those cars out and active! With your Corral fee you will be able to park together in the race infield to enjoy the fun. Some may even want to autocross for a $5 donation to charity. At lunchtime you get to take a lap or two around the track just for fun. There are lots of races and vendors and hundreds of cars to look at.
The Corral fee must be collected in advance. Please send the $45 fee to John Carter at 16173 SW Dekalb St.,Portland,OR 97224. John must send all of the money in together before the June 1st deadline so send it to him at least several days before that . If you have any questions please call me at 503-579-6599.
So let’s get those cars out and gather for some fun at the races. We need the Austin Healey marque represented. Last year there were more MG’s than Healeys!
Other Activities
May 8 – On Saturday, May 8, 2010 the British Auto Works (BAW), located at 10580 – NW 289 Place in North Plains, OR, is holding an open house and a rally.  If you are unsure of the location there is a map at the BAW website, www.britishautoworks.com. The openhouse will run from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.  There will be coffee and doughnuts available.  The annual Queen’s Rally will start at 10:00 AM.  The rally will be short, simple and fun. If you plan to run the rally, please call the shop (503-647-0435) and tell them.  They would appreciate getting a head count.

Another item of interest was found in the BAW newsletter ,”Brit Bits”.  After May 15th the shop will have coffee and snacks available for British car folks every Saturday morning.  The newsletter invites people to drive your car out,  stop by, have a cup, and talk cars.  There will also be a prize given to one of the visitors each Saturday they are open.