Legendary Glendora Ridge Road

SCMM News
Celebrating 5 Years of Motoring Fun!
August 2008
Vol. 6 Issue 8
INSIDE STORY
We visit ʻTHE DR.ʼ
Big Bear Run details
Braille Rallye Highlights
Upcoming Events and more
Legendary Glendora Ridge Road
Story on Page 2
SCMM takes on
Glendora Ridge Road
Watch the VIDEO
(click here)
By
Steve Adams
Photography by
Lex Adams
SCMM News • August 2008
Roger and Phyllis Martin played
host to July’s Inland Empire Get
Together and what a great day it
was. Caravanning from our little
section of the I.E. we arrived to
find 10 MINIs already there.
Dropping off our “goodies”
we proceeded to follow Herr
Roadmaster Craig DeGarmo
up the Glendora Ridge Road. I
volunteered to sweep as Michelle
doesn’t like the pace I normally
would have driven.
With radios tuned up, we left
Roger’s cul-de-sac. Weather was
hot and muggy, having rained the
previous evening, so windows up
and air blasting, we followed the
pack winding up through Claremont
to Mt. Baldy Village before turning
onto Glendora Ridge Road. This
was my first time (my two-wheeled
friends have been bugging me for
years to hit this road), so I was
looking forward to curves ahead.
We had traveled a mile or
so, when we stopped for our first
photo opportunity. The view off
the backside was really spectacular,
with still some evidence of past
fires that have charred the region.
After a quick mini (or is that
MINI) drivers meeting, Craig and
Lex led us up the narrow, rockfilled stretch of blacktop that has
bitten a fair amount of two- and
four-wheeled vehicles in the past.
(Anybody see the skid marks and
the missing rock wall on the right?)
Following Scott Murphy and his
cool ’98 Mini, we made a multicolored centipede crawling up the
ridge to our next stop. Dick and
Pat Weaver, in MINI TOI, pulled
over and decided that they would
head back early to get in line for
the chicken and ribs Roger was
currently barbecuing.
After what seemed like two
hundred turns, we arrived at our
second stop/photo opportunity
to rest up before the run back to
Roger’s.
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Glendora Ridge Road
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Stories of cool turns (from the pilots) breathtaking
views (from the passengers) and some motion sickness
ran through the group. Two Ducati riders showed up
and I told them what to watch out for (rocks…lots of
rocks); they headed for Mt. Baldy in the direction we
were going. Craig decided to wait on the bikes. I
remember thinking “Why?” These were some of the
best handling motorcycles on the market, so I said,
“let’s go already.” We gave them a one-minute head
start.
With a rooster tail of dirt, Craig and Lex shot out
after the bikes with the rest of us in tow. Apparently, I
overestimated the speed of my two-wheeled brethren
as Craig and Lex caught these guys within a few
minutes…WOW!
Of course, in the defense of my ‘Duc’ buddies, the
road was quite treacherous for them, and they were,
ahem, seasoned riders (they didn’t get to be seasoned
by being stupid). Glendora Ridge Road can be quite
a blast to drive, traffic was relatively light, the road is
narrow, but not too narrow and the turns were easy to
follow because of the white line on the outside of the
road. If we could just get someone to literally sweep
the road beforehand.
Now back down the hill for what we MINI Maniacs
really crave: FOOD. Arriving back at Roger and Phyllis’s
home, the number of MINIs increased with the “blue”
crowd arriving: George, Rich, Bill and other MINIs too.
Food was fantastic, ice-cold Pepsi hit the spot and we
sat in the coolest room in the house, the Poker Room.
George proceeded to gather the troops for a little
nickel-dime-quarter game of fun.
Watching from the comfort of my chair, I got lost
and confused on the first game. I think George was
making rules as he went along! Another Pepsi and some
goodies and I was good to go.
Speaking of that, before too long, it was time to
head back east to home. It was great to see so many
there at the I.E. BBQ, even if it was an O.C. and L.A.
invasion. My thanks goes to Roger and Phyllis Martin
for opening their home to us bunch of ruffians. Thanks
also to Craig for leading us on the run.
See you all on the Big Bear run next month!
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AUG. 1, 2009
SCMM Member Larry Goshorn with his 12-year-old blind navigator, Lupita Salazar,
finished fifth in the Braille Reader Class at this year’s Braille Rallye.
Goshorn-Salazar Team take home medal
Congratulations to Larry Goshorn for his fifth-place finish in
this year’s Braille Rallye.
Sponsored by the Braille Institute of Los Angeles, the annual
event puts blind or vision-impaired
navigators together with sighted
volunteer drivers, for a rallye drive
through the Greater Los Angeles
Area. Drivers follow the directions
given to them by their navigators
who must read the course instruc-
tions printed in braille.
“It was an absolute great time,”
said Goshorn, who was paired with
12-year-old Lupita Salazar. “My
middle-school navigator successfully guided us through the course
and to a fifth place medal. Awesome!”
Other SCMM members who volunteered as drivers were Ken and
Debe Hamlyn, and Jenny Gilbert.
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The Doctor is ‘in’
Jerry Fair’s business philosophy — ‘To delight our customers’ with ‘The Extraordinary Experience’
By George Marsh
Jerry Fair has been in the auto repair
business for 20 years. He was recognized
in 2006 with MotorAge Magazine’s Top Shop
Award, and his service center was named the
Top Small Business in Orange County in 2007,
beating out 22,000 other businesses. I
couldn’t wait to learn his secret to
success.
I met Jerry on June 21, 2008.
A week later he changed the way I
would forever look at automotive
repair shops.
Jerry and his wife, Blythe, attended the club’s Do-It-Yourself
Day & Swap Meet on the invitation of club member Mostyn
Faulkner.
Neither own a MINI, yet,
but Fair’s indepen-
dent repair service in Fountain Valley,
called “The DR.,” services MINI, BMW,
Lexus, Mercedes, Land Rover and Volvo.
I asked Jerry if I could visit his shop
sometime and interview him for the
newsletter. Orange County doesn’t have
many independent MINI service shops,
so this would be newsworthy for SCMM
members.
He agreed, so I stopped by his shop
on my way home from Mini Meet West
the following Friday.
The moment I walked in the door, I
knew this was not an ordinary garage.
Far from it. It’s immaculate. The lobby
is bigger than many entire shops. The
stained and polished concrete floor
looked like marble. The customer lounge
could have appeared on the pages of
Home & Garden; there was even a play
area for children. The restrooms were
spotless.
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The DR. Independent Service, 10900 Kalama River Ave., Fountain Valley
714-963-3700 • www.thedrservice.com
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The Doctor
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Before I can really take it all
in, I’m greeted by a receptionist
named Lauren, and then by Office
Manager Amy Saksa, who let Jerry
know I was there. Moments later,
Steve Soto, the parts manager is
shaking my hand, offering me coffee, and showing me around while
Jerry makes his way to us.
In the span of one minute I’ve
met three people, all of whom
seem genuinely thrilled to be employed here, and equally excited to
be able to assist me.
Just when I was starting to
wonder what Jerry is putting in
their water, he appeared with a
welcoming handshake, thanked me
for coming by, and led me into his
office where we chatted about his
company.
“We started in business 20
years ago servicing Volvos,” his
story began. “In a very small
shop, 1800 square feet and two
hoists. There were just two of us.
Marc Kennedy, he’s now my general manager, and myself.”
Kennedy was a Volvo mechanic
in his mid-20’s when they met and
went into business.
“He was already one of the best
factory trainers of technicians,”
said Flair. “He was my first person
that fixed Volvos and I did all the
service writing. That was in 1988
and we really grew quickly.”
Okay, so tell me the secret to
your success, I’m thinking to myself.
“I’m not a technician,” he says.
SCMM News • August 2008
HIGH TECH — Jerry Fair keeps his shop on the leading edge of technology with all the latest
computer diagnostic equipment. Being installed now is a state-of-the-art alignment machine
(above) that he says is precise enough to align wheels to zero degrees of tolerance. Most other
machines only put the wheels within an acceptable range of alignment.
“I’m not a mechanic. I can’t fix
cars.”
Pardon me?
“What I did,” he explained. “I
went around to about 10 or 15
shops, trying to figure out what I
had to overcome if I was going to
be successful in the business.”
“Well real quickly, my first
indicator, as a consumer — lack
of trust, lack of credibility. There
were signs in the shops, ‘Stay Out
of Here,’ ‘Insurance Regulations,’
‘$20 Charge for Bad Checks.’ You’d
look around and the floors were
dirty, the bathrooms were filthy.
People using four-letter words. I
wasn’t impressed at all with the
industry.”
Fair went home with his obser-
vations and starting making plans.
“I’m going to do several
things,” he thought. “First of all,
I’m going to have an open shop.
I’m going to create a shop where
customers can actually come in
and see their car being worked on.”
“In fact, one of the things we
do is tell all our customers, ‘if we
service your car and we find that
you need hoses or belts or brakes
or anything like that, we’ll invite
you down, take you out to the
hoist and show you exactly what
your car needs.’ Because my biggest concern was how do you build
credibility in an industry were there
is not a lot of trust.”
“So I thought the best way to
do it is to just show people what
they need and make them feel
comfortable that we’re not trying
to sell them something that they
don’t need.”
Now, I could see that Jerry’s
‘open shop’ approach was a positive thing, especially for customers,
and the immaculate facility was
inviting, but clearly there was more
going on here then just honesty
and clean floors. It was his employees. They were truly happy to
be at work.
Poor customer service, or no
customer service at all, seems to
be the norm these days, but when
I met his employees it was like
meeting someone’s family and I
was being welcomed as a guest
into their home.
When I asked him directly,
“how do you hire your employees?”
A look of a proud father came over
his face.
Come to find out that most of
the 20 people working for him have
been there for more than 10 years.
These are careers, not jobs, and
that is what Fair offers his workers.
He handed me a brochure that
he gives to prospective employees.
It outlined some of the company
goals and ideals, along with an
extensive list of employee benefits.
And there it was, printed in bold
type, “The secret to our success
is...we hire superstars!”
“I have quite a hiring process,”
he told me. “When I have someone who is interested in a position
here, I interview them three different times, and there’s some personality tests I like to give.”
“If that person goes through
the third interview and I really
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MTTS L.A. SCHEDULE
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‘MINI TAKES THE STATES’ comes
to Los Angeles for its finale
After what felt like an eternity, MINI Takes The States is
finally here in Los Angeles.
The festivities get started on
Friday, August 1, with a party at
Jillian’s at Universal City Walk,
then it’s over to Pasadena’s Rose
Bowl for two fun-filled days of
MINI madness.
Saturday kicks off with breakfast at 9 a.m. followed by the
Rise and Shine Rally starting
at UCLA, Lot 36, located at the
corner of Wilshire Boulevard and
Veteran Avenue.
The Rally ends at the Rose
Bowl at noon, at which time
the gates open for the festival
events.
It looks like there is a little
something for everyone at the
festival, including rock climb-
ing, mountain bike stunt show,
Playboy models, eco-friendly
car wash, live music, and of
course a bunch of MINI related
booths and displays.
On Sunday the fun continues at the Rose Bowl starting at
10 a.m. For SCMM members,
we’re planning a caravan to the
Rose Bowl starting from South
Bay MINI in Torrance. Meet-up
time at South Bay MINI is 7:30
a.m. for breakfast and depart
around 9 a.m.
We are supposed to have
our own MINI parking corral
at the Rose Bowl, so look for
a sign of some sort once you
arrive. If you don’t see it, just
look for the MINIs.
More MTTS Details HERE
Ask
Amanda
Amanda White
Sales Consultant
South Bay BMW/MINI
What’s new with
MINI in 2009?
I know that many of you are
wondering what’s new for 2009 in
the world of MINI. I am pleased to
let you all know that there is lots to
come for us with MINI.
We are going to kick off with
the all new 2009 JCW in both the
hardtop and clubman. I have to
tell you, we got our first one in
today and what a blast that MINI
is to motor in. I haven’t had that
much fun motoring in a MINI
since I hopped in
my GP a year and a
half ago!
It’s great with all
the little details that make
motoring in a JCW so much fun.
They made some changes to the
DSC and are introducing a new stability control called DTC (dynamic
traction control) and with that
we also brought EDLC (electronic
differential lock control), which
together act as a limited slip differential (LSD). Our previous LSD
was 30% the DTC; EDLC combined
should act more similar to an even
50%. It also includes the 160-mph
speedo, and with the sport
button activated you get a throatier
exhaust note. It’s quite impressive.
Now I know all of you R56
motorists want to know about the
torque steer with 192-lbsft on the JCW.
There is almost
none with or without the sport button
active. I was so impressed with this little fact that
I grabbed my co-worker and made
him drive with me just to test if I
was going crazy or I really felt that
change. But we didn’t stop with the
introduction of the JCW.
We are also going to be rede(Continued on Page 7)
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Ask Amanda
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signing the Convertible for 2009.
With a complete redesign the convertible will now mirror the R56.
So you can expect new navigation,
stronger lines, and of course everything will be 6 speed.
Lastly with the 2009 model
we will have some changes to the
option packages and a few minor
price increases.
The Cooper will increase by
$500 on the base price, Cooper S
will increase by $750. Clubman has
a very minimal increase with the
Cooper topping out at $850 and
the Cooper S at $250. But you
aren’t paying more for nothing, we
are now including DSC as a standard feature.
The premium package is going back to its original style with
the multi-function steering wheel
(MFSW), moon roof and automatic
a/c and will be available for $1250.
Also the convenience package
will have some changes, it will not
include MFSW or comfort Bluetooth, but it will have the Bluetooth
still, just not the comfort, and it
will also be $1250.
We are retiring some of our
colors as well. After November
production we will no longer have
Astro Black or Lightning Blue, they
will be replaced by Midnight Black
and Horizon blue respectively.
MINI is in for some big changes
in the future stay tuned for more
information about what is to come
in the world of MINI!
SCMM News • August 2008
Photo by Robert Ballard / Twistybitz.com
SCMM members get clipped at Trabuco Oaks Steak House
It seems we just can’t figure
out if SCMM is a car club or an eating club. No worries though, we
always find a way to combine both
passions. A recent example was
the Twisty Tie-Cutting Steak Dinner
on July 5.
A meet-up at the Irvine Spectrum preceeded a short twisty
drive for 32 MINIs, which ended at
the Trabuco Oaks Steak House, famous for its casual dress code. As
the name of this event indicates,
anyone wearing a tie was paid a
visit by a scissor-wielding waitress and promptly relieved of their
neckwear, which the restaurant
proudly displays on the walls.
TOP TAGGER --
Have a MINI question?
Just ask Amanda! Amanda White,
our SCMM member and Sales
Consulant for Southbay MINI, has
agreed to write some “Ask Amanda” columns for us. So ask away.
Your question and her answer may
get published in a future issue of
SCMM News.
Email your questions to:
[email protected]
Joanne Felix
was June’s Top
Tagger with 133
MINIs carded.
From almost the get-go
of June’s tagging competition, Joanne
Joanne & Nikki
bolted out to
the lead and never looked back.
By mid-June, Joanne had tagged
55 MINIs, which was more than
double the number of the next
highest tagger! On two occasions,
Joanne managed to tag 15 MINIs
in one day.
Joanne now sits as SCMM’s
Kudos to Lex Adams for organizing the run and dinner. The
members enjoyed it and there’s
already plans in the works for the
next dinner run.
Steak Dinner PHOTOS
(click here)
overall Top Tagger and has a shot
at the grand prize which will be announced/awarded at our Anniversary Bash.
Meeting and talking with other
MINI owners is Joanne’s most
favorite part about tagging. When
asked why she enjoys tagging,
Joanne responded, “There’s something special about this MINI culture and club, whenever I get into
my MINI, I suddenly transform. I
become a different person. I become more outgoing.”
Congratulations to everyone
who tagged. We as a whole have
tagged 406 MINIs in the month of
June, and we have tagged 1381
MINIs from April through June!
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Big Bear Lake Run
& Antique Wooden Boat Show
August 23, 2008
Join us for run through the San Bernardino Mountains and lunch at
Big Bear Lake. Explore the shops at Big Bear Village, or check out
the wooden boat show, dockside, at B’s Backyard Barbecue.
Meet-Up Time: 9:30 a.m.
Meet-Up Location: 800 E. Lugonia in Redlands
Big Bear Lake Run DETAILS
(click here)
B’s Backyard Barbecue
(click here)
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Sunday, Oct. 26 • The Weaver Estate, Murrieta • Plus Local Run for non-competitors
Fire up your crockpots! SCMM’s Annual Chili Cook-Off
is right around the corner, and this year we’ve added a
new competition for spaghetti sauce too.
Dick and Pat Weaver have once again offered their
fabulous estate as the venue for the cook-off. So mark
your calendar and start perfecting your chili or spaghetti
sauce recipes. We’ll also do a little twisty run for the
non-competitors before the judging and awards.
Please check the Club Events Forum HERE for more
details and the official cook-off rules.
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Solvang Weekend & Jalama Beach Run
Join us for a fabulous weekend of MINI driving fun, great food, and spectacular scenery as
we explore a gem of a road on the California
coast, Solvang, and the Santa Ynez Valley.
Book your room now — accommodations
fill up fast in Solvang. Our primary hotel is the
Best Western King Frederik Inn, but there are
plenty of other motels in town, or in neighboring
Buellton and Los Olivas.
A Friday morning caravan will stop at MOSS
Mini in Goleta for anyone wanting to pick up
some goodies for their car. There will be a dinner
reception later that evening in Solvang for everyone to relax and catch up with friends.
Saturday will be a scenic drive out to the
remote Jalama Beach where we’ll have lunch
(home of the famous Jalama Beach Burger) before retuning to Solvang in the afternoon.
Please check the Club Events Forum for more
details and updates on this trip.
Oct. 3-5, 2008
King Frederik Inn
1617 Copenhagen Drive
Solvang CA 93463
Tel. 805-688-5515
www.bwkingfrederik.com
Mention “SCMM” when you call.
• Friday Night Dinner/Reception
• Danish Pastry
• World Famous Jalama Beach Burgers
• Shopping at MOSS Mini
• Ice Cream
• Wine Tasting
• Spectacular Ocean Views
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Club
News & more
NEW IMPROVEMENTS TO
SCMM’S MESSAGE BOARD
There have been recent improvements made to the SCMM
Club Message Boards.
To help make our message
board more user-friendly, Rich Larson has made improvements that
will help make your online viewing
of our boards more enjoyable. He
has created new buttons that will
make navigating and viewing posts
easier.
Another recent improvement
was adding more smileys for our
posters to use.
On behalf of the club, I want to
thank our WebMaster, Rich Larson,
for all his hard work in improving
our message boards.
— Lex Adams
How do I...(click here)
Have you checked out the club’s
online forums, but felt like you weren’t
navigating cyberspace at full throttle?
Click on the “How do I” forum and
put more horsepower in your mouse.
The “How do I” forum is packed with
tips and tricks to help you get the
most out of the club’s website.
Still have questions about using
the online forum? Send them to:
[email protected]
9th Annual
Cruisin’ For A Cure set for Sept. 27
Expanded Event Calendar
The Club Events calendar that
normally appears here on page
two, has been moved to page 12
and made larger to accommodate
more events and information. The
new page is formatted to look like
a traditional calendar, but without
the weekdays.
We’ll try this format for a little
while and see how it goes.
Join over 3,300 participants in the world’s
largest one-day charity car show!
All proceeds to Prostate Cancer Research at the
UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center
Saturday, September 27, 2008
SCMM & MINI
Dealerships Day
Join us August 16th for a funfilled MINI Maniacs day! We have
teamed up with South Bay MINI
and Irvine MINI to organize a MINI
day for our club. It will coincide
with the 2009 R56 JCW unveiling at
both dealerships.
Details are still being ironed
out but I can tell you about some
of the fun that will be in store for
us.
First, we will start the day at
South Bay MINI at 10:30 a.m. and
they are providing us lunch. South
Bay plans on surprising us with
goodies too.
We will then caravan south on
either Pacific Coast Highway or the
405 to Irvine. A long line of MINIs
will be a spectacular sight.
Irvine MINI will be throwing a
free BBQ for us with music. Both
dealerships will be giving away free
t-shirts and other goodies. FREE
FOOD AND SWAG! You can’t beat
that.
If you haven’t had the chance
to test drive the new 2009 JCW,
you will get the chance that day.
You definitely don’t want to
miss out on this fun MINI day!
Bring your family and friends! The
more members we get to commit
to this day, the more goodies we
can expect. Plus, it’s all free!
Please email Lex (lex@scmm.
org) to signup for this event.
MINI Day DETAILS HERE
Register online at www.cruisinforacure.com
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Sunday
Inland Empire Lunch & Run
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Time: 12:30 p.m
Where: Danson Restaurant
109 Yale Ave.
Claremont
Club Events — AUGUST
MINI Takes The States 2008
Aug. 1-3
Big Bear Lake Run
& Wooden Boat Show
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Saturday
First Sat. of the Month Breakfast
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2nd Sat. of the Month Breakfast
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Time: 9 a.m. (arrive by 8:30)
Where: Coogie’s Beach Cafe
23750 PCH, Malibu
Time: 9 a.m. (arrive by 8:30)
Where: Ruby’s Diner
2nd St & Pacific Coast Hwy
Long Beach
Belcher Cup Series - Kart Racing
Time: 11:15 a.m.
Where: K1 Speed
17221 Von Karman Ave
Irvine
When: Saturday, August 23, 2008
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Meet-Up Time: 9:30 a.m.
Meet-Up Location: Shopping Center, 800 E. Lugonia Ave.,
Redlands (corner of Lugonia Ave. and Church St.)
Event Thread: CLICK HERE
Orange County Get Together
Time: 8 a.m.
Where: The Neighborhood Cup
1 Journey
Aliso Viejo
Come for the coffee, stay for the
Classic Car Show
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Description: SCMM returns to the San Bernardino Mountains in August with a scenic, and less-crowded, drive up the
back way to Big Bear Lake. Once we arrive in Big Bear Lake
you’ll be able explore the Village shops, take in the action of
the Alpine Slide, or enjoy a BBQ lunch at B’s Backyard BBQ
and check out the antique wooden boat show that’s happening that weekend. The boat show takes place dock side of
B’s Backyard BBQ. Should be a great day of MINI fun, so
please mark you calendar for this month’s feature event.
Don’t forget your two-way radio!
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SCMM & MINI DEALERSHIPS FUN DAY
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Start: South Bay MINI
18800 Hawthorne Blvd
Torrance
End: Irvine MINI
9881 Research Drive
Irvine
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Big Bear Lake Run & Antique Boat
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Where: 800 E. Lugonia Ave.
(near Walgrens)
Redlands
Crystal Cove Sunset Dinner
Time: TBD
Where: TBD
The Doctor
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Nancy Homer
Kevin Volkan
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Steven Paperno
Sandy Lindsey
Karen Bianca Balodong
Q Dunlap
Brad Acuff
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Michael Withers
Shannon Raymer
Jeff Reed
Jillian Koch
Edner Estrella
Michael Neal
Thomas Brown
Vincent Nguyen-Hoai
Nelson Lopez
Chuck Butch
like them, I’ll invite them out with their wife, and
Blythe and I take them to dinner. What I look
for at dinner is...are they grateful to the waiter
or waitress, are they kind to them, are they appreciative? How do they act? In social environments, do they care about people?”
Fair says he can train anyone, but if they
don’t care for and respect other people, they’re
not the right person for a job at The DR.
He is very passionate about creating a “superior working environment” for his employees,
which is evident when you consider the length of
time he has retained workers.
One thing he enjoys doing for the staff is
twice a month he prepares and serves lunch for
all of his employees. Family is very important to
him, so he encourages activities that bring family
members together.
“One thing I like to do is send flowers,” he
said. “If an employee purchases a new home, or
celebrates an accomplishment, I’ll send over flowers to congratulate them.”
Spend a little time with Flair and you get the
feeling that he would be successful at any business. And he is quick to give credit to his employees.
“If you surround yourself with good people,”
he says, “you’ll be successful.”
Officers
Lex Adams ..........................................President
Craig DeGarmo .......................... Vice President
George Marsh ....................................Treasurer
Rich & Diana Larson ...... Membership Directors
Van Hazewinkel ........................ Events Director
Erik Sharp ........................Track Events Director
Rich Larson .....................................Webmaster
Area Coordinators
Chris Woolman ............................... L.A. County
Dan Skorcz ................................Orange County
Andrew Russell .................... San Diego County
Roger Martin ................................Inland Empire
Scott McIntyre .......................... Ventura County
Tavis Dahlke .............................. North Counties
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George Marsh
Lee Ann Schneider
Contributors
Steve Adams
Robert Ballard
Lex Adams
Amanda White
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