TCC Newsletter - The Centurion

ARCHIVED EDITION, MAY 2003 • CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO CENTURION ARCHIVE

CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE

After a recent slow down in travel due to the Iraqi War, it’s encouraging to see an upward trend again. Global travel and tourism (the world’s largest industry) has suffered heavily since 9/11, Iraqi war, SARS in Asia and the threat of terrorism worldwide. Our TCC Members are among the leading world travelers and continue as goodwill ambassadors wherever they may journey.

As our Club sponsored tours are carefully planned with your travel needs in mind, we encourage your participation with other TCC members in visiting interesting destinations. Though many members write in when adding a country or two, we prefer to have you send your update only once a year as it makes our record-keeping less burdensome. Exceptions are award categories.

Congratulations to Tony P. Allman and Charles Veley for their Special Award of 317 Countries.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Greetings! Another half year is almost gone! Incredible how time flies at my age. It’s wonderful to be going back to Lawrys for our June Luncheon. Lawrys has been one of my favorite restaurants for many years. Also the management treats our club very well. Thanks go to Kevin Hughes for his comments on circumnavigating Antarctica at the March meeting. That was a trip to remember!

My wife and I have just returned from a 10 day cruise in the Caribbean on the Radisson Navigator. Radisson runs a great cruise line. It's nice to have most of your shipboard expenses covered to the initial cost. We picked up three islands we had not visited: Dominica, British Virgin Islands and Grand Turk. There was a very interesting museum on Grand Turk about a 1513 ship, wrecked on the reef on the island. It displayed 10 years of work on the recovered artifacts as well as Lucayan relics. On Dominica the surviving Carib Indians insisted they were peaceful and friendly; it was the Arawak who were warlike and cannibalistic. Also I believe Christopher Columbus would be a TCC member -- he seems to have visited every stop we made.

I am looking forward to seeing and talking with you at the June meeting. See you then!

MARCH 8, 2003 – ROBERT MONDAVI LUNCHEON

Don Fuchik with Barbara & Roger Rossier

Treasurer Kevin Hughes (left) welcomes new member Joel Chusid

Barbara Maitland and well-known travel writer Harry Basch

Left to right: Brigitte Katinszky, Janet Diebenow with Alice & Bob Campbell

Ruth Nelson with Gerry Somers

Left to right: Richard Kole, Mr. & Mrs. Holland and Shirley Johnson

AN INVITATION TO THE JUNE LUNCHEON
Date:	Saturday, June 14, 2003
Place:	Lawry's The Prime Rib 100 N. La Cienega Blvd. (1/2 block north of Wilshire Blvd) Beverly Hills, CA Tel: (310) 652-2827
Time:	11:30 a.m. – No Host Cocktails 12:30 p.m. – Luncheon/Program
Cost:	$45 including 2 glasses of wine, tax, tip. Payment due no later then June 11. After June 11, please call our office at (310) 393-7419 to check availability. DO NOT call the restaurant.
Parking:	Self Parking Free
Directions:	Exit Freeway #10 at La Cienega and travel north. Cross Venice, Pico, Olympic and Wilshire Blvd. Restaurant situated on East Side of the street 1/2 block north of Wilshire.
Lawry's is a "classic" restaurant, a well known "LA Original", which has been on La Cienega, the "Restaurant Row" for over 60 years.

We have new permanent name tags with the TCC Logo and your name engraved. Cost $7.50 including shipping. If you wish to order, send us your check and you will receive your tag in 14 to 21 days.

We finally received our order for Silver 150+ Countries and Gold 200+ Countries in tie-tack backing and pin back. Cost $8.00.

We are now offering (at regular $10.00 price) a new "his and hers" lapel pin with a tie-tack backing making it easier to attach. We know that you will wish to order this item to show your friends and to wear as a symbol of the world's most prestigious travel club. Available to all members and provisionals.

WELL TRAVELED 2003
Our congratulations to those Club members who have reached higher levels of countries visited.

SPECIAL AWARD
for 317 countries

TONY P. ALLMAN
Takapuna, New Zealand

CHARLES VELEY
San Francisco, CA

SPECIAL AWARD
for 300 or more countries

MR. ROWLAND BURLEY
Hong Kong

MR. JEFF SHEA
Richmond, CA

AWARD
for 250 or more countries

MRS. PEGGY A. PORTER
MR. THOMAS H. PORTER
Danville, CA

MR. ROBERT L. SPEHAR
Clinton Township, MI

DR. JAMES K. WINFREY
San Francisco, CA

GOLD MEMBERSHIP
for 200 or more countries

DR. GREGORY W. SMITH
Indianapolis, IN

MRS. AUDREY WALSWORTH
Marceline, MO

MR. HAROLD W. WEIMER
Lincoln, CA

SILVER MEMBERSHIP
for 150 or more countries

COL. T. KENT BERGE
Marco Island, FL

MRS. ISABEL W. ELLIS
Nashville, TN

MR. DAVID JOEL HAMILTON
Kailua-Kona, HI

MRS. RUTH T. LAWSON
Los Angeles, CA

MR. CHARLES W. MCCOY, JR.
La Jolla, CA

MR. N. ROBERT PARDA
MRS. CATHERINE T. PARDA
Poway, CA

MR. M.R. "PETE" PETERSEN
Chicago, IL

MR. WAYNE A. SCHILD
Austin, TX

MR. JAMES A. WECK
Fort Lauderdale, FL

MRS. JEAN E. WITTMAEKERS
Gainesville, FL

Travelers' Century Club
P.O. Box 7050
Santa Monica, CA 90406-7050
Tel: 310-393-7419
Fax: 310-395-9511
E-mail: tccclub3@gte.net
www.travelerscenturyclub.org

Officers
Klaus Billep, Chairman
Floyd D. Baker, President
David J. Barry, Vice-President
Sanford K. Smith, Secretary
Kevin Hughes, Treasurer

Executive Board Members
Jules F. Diebenow
Christopher Hudson
Diane Jarrett
Ruth M. Nelson
Kenneth Ziegler