NW TOY RUN 2005

November 12 2005

Time: 12 noon
Place: 272nd park n ride. exit 147 off I-5
Bring: unopened toy

TOYS FOR TOTSYEP. THATS RIGHT! SATURDAY NOV. 12. 12 NOON AT 272ND PARK N RIDE. EXIT 147. GONNA DRIVE DOWN TO OLYMPIA IZZY'S. DROP OFF TOYS AND EAT LIKE KINGS.
This is going to be a BIG ONE. I want to see everybody there. I mean everybody. This is for the CHILDREN that are less fortunate. I don't care what you bring, a hot wheel or a stuffed animal. Just an unopened toy. This will show the community that all the cars are not street racing all the time. This will be an open forum event. I will post on other forums. YOU NEED TO BE AT THIS ONE!
LETS MAKE SOME KIDS HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS!


http://home.comcast.net/~nwtoyrun/


I HOPE TO SE EVERYBODY , I MEAN EVERYBODY who has ever looked at this page to attend. as you can tell last years was AWSOME. and this years will be better!!!!!!!!! the web page is still in the works and some pics don't show unless you are a member of that club. i will be fixing it soon. will be adding the forums i post on also. this will be on a saturday and even in the after noon so NO EXCUSES! HA HA HA!!!!

 

Get R Done!!!

 

Count me in! i noticed you had some posts in the testing area, figured the big announcement was coming soon. This is going to be GREAT!

 

here are the forums that it is now posted on...... check them out. see what club has the most enthusiasm. not this one..............

LETS GET GOIN!!!!!!!

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...854#post4799854
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=72725
http://www.dtmpower.net/forum/showthread.php?t=162620
http://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...1066552#1066552
http://www.srtforums.com/forums/sho...532#post2504532
http://www.t6p.com/forums/showthrea...67628#post67628
http://www.importmix.com/mb/showthr...&threadid=17324
http://www.nwstreetracing.com/nwsr/...p=172691#172691
http://forums.evolutionm.net/showth...840#post2377840
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=852227
http://forums.teamintrinsic.com/sho...=&threadid=3232

http://www.nwnismo.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1504
http://matrixowners.com/forums/Toy-...d33-t46814.html
http://www.supraforums.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=314593
http://www.nopistons.com/forums/ind...showtopic=55735
http://www.rs25.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36202
http://www.mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=136730
http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=188737
http://www.3si.org/forum/showthread.php?t=293591
http://alltrac.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9062
http://www.newtiburon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52635
http://www.jbnw.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=460

 

GO ALLEN! KEEP IT UP MAN. Nice work with the site.

 

this is great. other forums are posting away. even on this forum. great enthusiasm jet_black!!!!!

 

Ummm...I was there last year, and it was great, but unfortuately I wont be making it this year. Yet again another event planned on a Saturday. I work every weekend 12 hours each day, so thats a no go for me. Sorry.

~T.J.

 

Sorry about re-posting.
I don't know how I missed the sticky at the top of the page

I have seen this posted on all three car forums that I visit. I can't wait

 

check out the web page. everything i know of posted is on that.

 

i posted it in the 323 forum....

 

awsome. whats the link so i can record it?

 

I'll be there like last year
Kettlman you have a plan this year to keep the drive a little more organized?
Kinda like the drives we do like at the st helens/bbq things... where we all were in a line... makes for sweet video coverage

 

I will be there for the mazda B-series..
http://mazdatruckin.com

Dan

 

wish i could go. definately a great cause and showing we are not all idiots who burn up there cars endangering innocents. have to work every saturday all day. mailing address to send something?

 

I contacted Kent PD and received this email from Sergent Pat Lowery:

Colin,

Thank you for your recent message and the head's up on your coming event. Sadly I must advise you that we are unable to fill your request for traffic control on November 12.

It is the policy of the Kent Police Department to not interfere with the normal, regulated traffic conditions of the community absent a unique circumstance. That circumstance is present when:
a traffic plan, consistent with the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices requirements, is presented to and approved by the City traffic engineers office,
a liability binder or insurance policy is secured in accordance with the direction of the City Traffic Engineers office, and
certified traffic flaggers or police officers are utilized to facilitate the traffic plan.
While this may seem a cumbersome process, please understand that State law requires these prerequisites when establishing traffic control for all but emergency circumstances. I will notify my traffic officers working that day of your event, and request that they be present, as calls for service allow, to ensure the safe passage of your participants. I would also ask that you remind your participants of the need to obey all traffic signals and laws at all times during the event.

I wish you great luck with the toy drive, and safety in your run.

Sincerely,
Sergeant Pat Lowery
Kent Police Department
Collision Analysis & Reconstruction Squad
220 4th Avenue South
Kent WA 98032
253-856-5833
plowery@ci.kent.wa.us

As soon as I hear from Olympia PD, I will popst their response here.

 

wow that sounds kinda crappy somewhat of a
"we can't help ya, but if you do something slightly illegal there will be 3 cops there to bust ya"

Oh well at least we tried, and if we can relay this message to everyone we should be fine and not get a "race" like last year

 

I will be coming with my group as well.

 

They should be there, and I suspect once they see the amount of cars there, they will have to take control. I emailed Sergent Lowery a response to his email to me and said that I was concerned about the large number of cars coming onto the surface streets. I also CCed it to 3 other people he included in his email to me. They will know whats going on, and once they realize what kind of crowd we expect, and the time of day (traffic wise), they will guide me to have a meeting with city engineers to get a definate plan going. I know the route, but that must be in great detail and sent in to the city traffic division beforehand.

This will be my first time setting this plan up (if it comes to that) and might take some time.

 

hey, thanks for posting here. i was beat last night. after i saw your message, i went straight to sleep. hopefully something good can come out of it.

 

I heard from Olympia PD this morning. Jim Partin told me that it is expensive to hire an officer which we could have to pay, but mentioned this to me as an alternative route in Olympia. He also mentioned on the phone that Issy's MUST be notified and reserved for our group ASAP. He said that Pacific is very crowded on Saturday's and if we split the group in two, we can go the back way to get a faster route that is not as conjested.

Colin, if you split the group in two I think they will be able to get to Izzy's a lot easier. Have half take the 109 exit which is to Martin Way off I-5. At the light turn right and stay on Martin Way until you reach Lilly Road. It's about a mile to Lilly Road, at Lilly turn left and Izzy's will be on your right as you go over I-5. The other half should take 107 the Pacific Ave. exit.

 

I'm totally interested in this.

 

Yeah Izzy's knows about this, thats why the day was set to the day it is.
Thanks for all your work on this everyone, this is going to be awesome

 

Well that is a bummer. I think that when this gets rolling and we start getting people that are reserving then they will see that escorts are needed. Do they understand that there are only going to be 15mins or traffic interruption.

Ask about the toy run that the motorcycles do in Lacey. There is to rumored about 5000 bikes and I heard that they get police escorts. 5000 to 200 is a little span but if you think about it 4 bikes can ride in the space that a car occupies. That is the equivalent of about 1250 cars.

 

sounds like this years gonna be even better!, hopefully things turn out well,

of course ill be there!

 

I will be emailing both again, to keep the two updated and see if they realize how big this is going to be. I said 200 cars at a minimum, but suspect there will be more. Jim Pardin did wonder if the parking lot can handle the 200 cars, plus the normal traffic. I am going to link them up to the toy run page to their email so they can look at the whole situation.