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Central Pennsylvania Region member Eric Brallier
wins the 2025 PCA Fall Raffle grand prize,
a 2026 Carrera GTS & $35,000
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The Steering Wheel
President’s Message from
MICHELE “MICK” WEAVER, CPA-PCA President
Greetings fellow CPA-PCA members. I hope my message finds everyone doing well and staying warm as we move through the last month of meteorological winter! Unfortunately, Punxsutawney Phil’s prognostication seems to be accurate in the short-term but hopefully the weather will soon moderate and we can begin enjoying our cars and driving events. In the meantime, the next few weeks is an opportunity to prepare your car(s) for the upcoming season; perhaps a concours, auto show or just for the therapeutic benefit of detailing.
Our club recently celebrated our member, Eric Brallier, winning the 2025 PCA Fall Raffle grand prize, a 2026 Carrera GTS + $35,000! Our PCA National Executive Director, Vu Ngyuen, orchestrated a wonderful surprise, with Eric’s wife Vicky’s help, to lure Eric to a local restaurant. A few of our members got in on the surprise and I think that elevated the experience for them and vicariously we all felt like winners. You can view the award presentation video above. So, if your wife insists on going shoe shopping and drags you along, you never know how it might turn out for you! Eric and Vicky came to our February meeting to share their experience and hear about the GTS configuration options list.
Another winter activity to get you thinking about warm weather is registering for the Porsche Parade in Lake Placid. It’s not often that Parade is so close to home and if you have never experienced one, I think you should seriously consider it. There are few places if any, where you will see 1,000+ Porsches, special models unveiled and an entire town of Porsche enthusiasts! An added bonus will be the Adirondack region and the spectacular scenery and roads. It’s not to be missed.
Our club can only thrive when all of us contribute to its success with the skills we have developed in life. I want to thank Jeff Markel and his committee who are in the process of reviewing our bylaws, specific to contracts, which will clarify spending authorizations and align our region with national PCA guidelines. We also formed a committee to document our primary business platforms, related application tools and user access. This task will help protect and preserve critical club operational information and ensure there is a back up person. Think of it as having two sets of car keys. Additionally, responsibility for these systems can transition more smoothly as leadership changes.
If you don’t aspire to a leadership position as a club officer or board member think about leading a driving tour, a non-driving event or volunteer to assist with a club activity. If you have a great idea for a diving tour but have never done it before, reach out to Dave Raymond or John Weaver for help. There are also documents on our website to help with the planning and execution of a driving tour. Go to our documents page and you will find the information to get started. I will keep stressing participation because it is important to our club’s success.
To close this month’s message, I will once again paraphrase Ferdinand Porsche: Life itself is like a race, marked by a start and finish. It is what we learn during the race, and how we apply it that determines whether our participation has had particular value. If we learn from each success, and each failure, and improve ourselves through the process, then at the end, we have fulfilled our potential and performed well.
Thanks again to everyone for your support and guidance.
Here we go,
Mick
Michele Weaver
President, Central PA Region, Porsche Club of America
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In memoriam...
Edwin Lee James, 82, of Manchester Township, passed away at York Hospital on February 9, 2026.
Born July 8, 1943, Ed was the son of the late Adam and Myrtle James. He graduated from York High in 1962. He was employed for 41 years at the Esab Group in Hanover (formerly Alloy Rods). He was a proud veteran of the United States Army, having served his country in Vietnam.
He was fond of cars, especially Porsches. He was a member of the Central PA Region of the Porsche Club of America. Before his recent illness he enjoyed going to the club swap meets and monthly meetings.
Ed was married to his wife, Donna M. (Naylor) James for 40 years. They were partners for 47 years. He was predeceased by his stepson Leroy Sheirich in 2022, and his sisters-in-law Barbara James and Cecilia James. He is survived by his three brothers, Roger, Robert, and Carl; his nephews, Randy, Mike, and Mick; nieces, Michele, Debbie, Kim, Jennifer, Danielle, and Mandy. Ed requested there be no service. The John W. Keffer Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. is in charge of cremation arrangements.
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