Slipstream - March 2020

Coffee, Cars & Conversation
by Bill Kruder
photos provided by author
So, another chance meeting
about a year ago on a cold January
morning at the monthly Motoring
Mavs at Mayo. As I recall, we were
all huddled near the coffee when
this young man walked by that
I’d never seen before. We started
talking, of course, about our cars
and he mentioned he had a 914.
Well, one of ours is a 914 too, so
we struck up a conversation, and
when he started asking questions
about a couple of things, I quickly
connected him with Ed Mayo.
Shortly thereafter I went to check
the cars out and I spotted this
great-looking Sunflower Yellow
914 and put two and two together.
I caught back up with the owner to
find out that he also had a 944 and
had been attending several Mav
events before finally joining PCA.
Well as they say, the rest is history,
as this couple is now participating
in Tours, Rallies, and Coffee Meets
as their busy schedule allows.
So here is the next in my series
of “conversations” I would like to
share with you . . .
Scott and Katie Scheetz,
members since 2019
Owners 1973 914, 1979
930, and 1985 944
Bill Kruder: So where are you two
from?
Scott Scheetz: I’m from Aiken, South
Carolina, which is about 2.5 hours
east of Atlanta. I was born and
raised there and didn’t move until
I left for college in Bloomington,
home of Indiana University.
Katie Scheetz: I’m from Bolingbrook,
Illinois, a southwest suburb of
Chicago, about 30 miles away. I
was born and raised there until I
left for school in Wisconsin. I did
that for a year then I also landed at
IU in Bloomington.
BK: So why Wisconsin, then IU?
KS: Well I took the year off after
high school and taught violin, then
decided to attend a small school up
there and studied String Pedagogy
(the teaching of strings). After a
year there I decided to go to the
music school at IU and pursue a
degree in Pipe Organ Performance.
BK: Scott isn’t that what you did?
SS: As a matter of fact, my degree
from IU was also Pipe Organ
Performance. We both happened to
start the same year.
Katie and Scott Scheetz
BK: So how did you end up in
Dallas? I understand you did not
come down here together.
SS: Well, after graduating from IU
in 2015, I had applied at SMU for
Seminary school. I graduated from
the Perkins School in 2017.
KS: After I graduated from IU, I
took a year off to do a Fulbright
in France and then I applied
to graduate school at SMU,
unbeknownst to Scott. That’s
another story (laughing).
BK: Wait, so you weren’t engaged or
even dating?
SS: No, we were just friends. I mean
we texted or emailed now and then
but that was it.
BK: So how did you meet?
KS: It was at IU. We both applied
to the music school and had to
audition there the year before we
started. The professor had a party
for the new students. I remember
the day. We had a huge snowstorm
and Scott was there.
SS: We talked and became good
friends during our undergraduate
studies. I tried asking her on a
date our junior year, but she shut
me down. We had our music in
common so I guess I was ok with
just being friends (smiling).
KS: It’s funny, we would go to things
and I would introduce Scott as my
“colleague” (smiling). I didn’t want
anyone to get the wrong idea, I guess.
BK: So, what happened to change
your mind, Katie?
KS: Well, once I came down here to
SMU, we had classes together and
we were friends . . .
SS: One day we had lunch with a
mentor and the whole lunch he
focused the conversation on Katie.
He was trying to figure out why two
people with so much in common
were not together.
KS: It’s true. It was after that lunch
I realized what I needed to do:
date him (laughing). And I guess it
worked out ok. We were married in
July of 2018.
BK: Refresh my memory, what is it
that you both do again?
KS: I’m the Associate Organist at
Highland Park Methodist.
SS: I’m the Music Minister and
organist for Crown of Life Lutheran
Church in Colleyville.
BK: So let’s talk cars now, what was
your first car?
KS: Well, the first car that I bought
was my ‘99 10th Anniversary
Edition Miata. When Scott took me
to buy it, he had to drive it home as
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