This page lists recent news articles and chapter updates posted on the TCC Web site. Click any headline to view the post. Use the search blank at right to find older posts on any topic.
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Clarifying Country Counts
TCC Headquarters often gets questions about how to count countries that have been divided or “retired,” and whether one must visit the “new” country to get credit. Others have asked if stopping in an airport for a connecting flight counts as a country visit. TCC Past President Kevin Hughes has provided us with a good…
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An Invitation to the December 2012 Southern California Luncheon
Award-winning documentary filmmaker and TCC member Craig Forrest will be the speaker at the Los Angeles area TCC Meeting on Dec. 8 at Lawry’s restaurant. “Passport, Camera, Ready to Travel” is his subject. He will show clips from The Amazing Race, the Discovery, Travel and History channels, and Animal Planet – followed by questions/answers and…
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Report From the November 2012 Arkansas Meeting
“Souvenirs From Our Travels” was the program chosen by Steven and Anna Clift , who hosted the Nov. 3 Arkansas Chapter luncheon-meeting. Their spaceous North Little Rock home provided the perfect setting with their beautifully displayed extensive collection of travel mementos. Eleven members and four guests responded to the program, each presenting varied and interesting…
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Colorado Chapter to Meet on Thursday, Nov. 29
The November 2012 meeting of the Colorado (Denver) chapter of the Travelers’ Century Club will be on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the White Fence Farm in Lakewood. Here are the details: White Fence Farm 6263 W. Jewell Ave., (303) 935-5645 Between Sheridan and Wadsworth Dinners are complete with baked potato, kidney bean salad, pickled beets,…
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Toronto Star Travel Editor Jim Byers Addresses Eastern Canada Members During Sept. 2012 Gathering
Use the “Prev” and “Next” links to click forward or backward through the images in this gallery.[portfolio_slideshow]Area Coordinator Rick Shaver reports that following their Sept. 8 pizza lunch with a fine desert selection provided by Betty Cushing, the Eastern Canada TCC Chapter was treated to a wonderful presentation delivered by Toronto Star Travel Editor Jim Byers.…
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A Photographic Journey Through Central America Planned for December Meeting in New York
Area Coordinator Lynn Margaret Simmons reports that 40 New York area TCC members and guests met on Oct. 13 at Sapphire Indian restaurant, with a presentation about rail travel in India by Theodore Scull. He has traveled through India by rail four times, from Chennai and Kochi in the south, to New Delhi and Kolkata…
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September Philadelphia Area Meeting Features South American Delicacies
The Philadelphia TCC chapter met on Sunday, Sept. 30, at Sazon, the only Venezuelan restaurant in the state of Pennsylvania, to eat South American delicacies and to hear a talk from Franco-US business consultant Danielle Thomas Easton, who has been fostering economic ties between the two countries since 1995. The group of 14 enjoyed arepas,…
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Texas TCC Members Take a Virtual Journey to the Top of the World
Use the “Prev” and “Next” links to click forward or backward through the images in this gallery.[portfolio_slideshow]The last TCC Texas Chapter meeting for 2012 was held on Oct. 13 in Dallas, overlapping with the OU/Texas game and still drawing a great group of TCC members (see photos above). There were 19 that joined us from…
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Pictures From the October 2012 San Diego Meeting
San Diego area TCC members met on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the La Jolla home of Gloria and Charlie McCoy for a luncheon and presentation about Sydney, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. See photos below.
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Report From the October 2012 Washington D.C. Area Meeting
The Washington, D.C. Chapter held a meeting on Saturday, Oct. 20, at Wildfire restaurant at Tyson’s Corner in McLean, Virginia. Members had a lively discussion about planned legal travel to Cuba as well as recent journeys to Mongolia, Siberia, Norway and the London Olympics. Special kudos to Boo Law who celebrated her 90th birthday this…
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Photos and Video From the October 2012 Southeast Florida Meeting
Use the “Prev” and “Next” links to click forward or backward through the images in this gallery.[portfolio_slideshow] Click below to play the video: Mouse over the video to show player controls. Click the expand icon (to the left of the word “vimeo” in the player controls) to view the video in full screen mode. TCC…
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Kansas City TCC Members Learn About Bulgaria and Kona, Hawaii
The waters of Kona, Hawaii, and the country of Bulgaria were the center of discussion of the Missouri TCC meeting on Sept. 28. One of the speakers, Dr. Tony Racela, shared his underwater Pacific experience, and Marinela Koleva, an exchange student, proudly presented her country of Bulgaria. The travel trivia of the day was: The…
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Fall 2012 New England Gathering in Gloucester, Mass.
On Saturday, Sept. 29, Noel Mann hosted a fall gathering for New England TCC members at her beautiful home on Cape Anne in Gloucester. After a wonderful lunch of delicious lobster rolls, salads, fresh fruit, baguettes and wine, the members gathered around the hearth of a warm fire and Silvie Lockerova, a Czech ecotourism specialist,…
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Report From the Sept. 2012 TCC International Meeting in Berlin
Use the “Prev” and “Next” links to click forward or backward through the images in this gallery.[portfolio_slideshow]Some 25 TCC members from Germany, France, Ireland, the Czech Republic, North Korea and the U.S. traveled to Berlin for the fourth TCC international meeting, Sept. 21-24. The elegant Regent Hotel in the Mitte District, with views of the…
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TCC Members Discuss Their Most Unusual Destinations at May Meeting in Little Rock
On May 26, 13 TCC members (including TCC Board Member Kevin Hughes and Charles Merkel, a Silver Member from Missouri) plus four guests met for lunch at Capers Restaurant in Little Rock. Responses to the program, “My Most Unusual Destination,” were varied. One couple took a Heifer International Study Tour to a remote area in South Africa.…
