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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Anush Dawidjan to Host June New England Meeting in Springfield
Springfield, Mass., will be the location for the summer New England gathering on June 10 from noon to 3 p.m. Ms. Anush Dawidjan will host the gathering at her home at the Classical High Condos, a historic building, built in 1897 in downtown Springfield. Free parking is available next door, and participants will have the opportunity to…
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March Meeting in Denver to Focus on Russia and Norway
The next meeting of the Colorado Chapter will be at 6pm on Thursday, March 15, at: Piccolo’s Cafe 3563 S. Monaco Parkway Behind King Soopers on Hampden, east of I-25 303-757-5166 We’ll have our first spring dinner and welcome women as President and Treasurer of TCC. Barbara Jackson will ‘take us on a trip’ to…
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Washington, D.C., Event Will Mark the Centennial of the Sinking of the Titanic
Our next meeting on April 14, 2012, will be a special one: it will be in conjunction with the Circumnavigators Club of Washington and will mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. TCC member Bill Ashley has made this opportunity available to us. The cost is $25 per person. Please email Bill…
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May Meeting Planned in Little Rock, Arkansas
Area Coordinators Walter and Dolena Kann report that the next Arkansas-area TCC meeting will be on Saturday, May 26, following 12.30 lunch at Capers Restaurant, 14502 Cantrell Road, Little Rock [click to open restaurant website]. Guests are welcome. For further information contact Dolena Kann, kannkann@sbcglobal.net, telephone (501) 922-1632. The Kanns are also pleased to announce…
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New Date for April Meeting in London
Area Coordinator Donna Marsh reports that the next UK meeting has been changed to Sunday, April 15, at the RAC, Pall Mall, London. As always, TCC members from around the world are invited to attend if they are in London at the time.
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Newfoundland Presentation Planned for May New York Meeting
Beth Belkonen gave a presentation on Yemen at the December luncheon meeting. It was one stop in her self-arranged solo trip to 12 TCC destinations in the Middle East. There were 41 in attendance at the Sapphire Indian Restaurant. The next New York chapter meeting will be on Saturday, May 19, at noon at Brasserie Cognac.…
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Northern California Chapter Learns About ‘Unusual Destinations’
TCC Board Member and Area Coordinator Tim Carlson reports that Lillie Echevarria will give a presentation on Africa at the March 3 luncheon meeting at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco. At the December meeting, Cal Schrotenboer talked about “Unusual Destinations” which included Osama bin Laden’s home in Khartoum, Sudan, and Lockerbie, Scotland.
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February 2012 Meeting of Sarasota-Area TCC Members
The Sarasota TCC members met for lunch on February 3 at the University Park Country Club, reports Area Coordinator Lillian O’Leary. Members discussed their recent travels and plans for future trips.
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Florida Members Cecila Robusek and Robert Petrik Visit TCC Headquarters
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TCC Member Don Parrish Celebrates Discovery of South Pole
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Farewell To An Era: A Russian Icebreaker’s Final Voyage
TCC past President and Board Member Kevin Hughes experienced the last voyage of an icebreaker during December and January. His detailed accounts were sent by email to a number of friends, including some TCC members. There were 90 passengers (the majority from Australia and China) and a crew of 70. We thought this adventure would…
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New Zealander Flies to L.A. for TCC 250 Countries Pin
TCC member David Horne, a retired school principal from Dunedin, New Zealand, flew to Los Angeles on December 10 2011 expressly to attend the TCC holiday luncheon and receive his pin for having visited 250 countries – and flew back to New Zealand that night. An article about him and his accomplishment, with this photo,…
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An Invitation to the March 2012 Southern California Luncheon
At the March 10 luncheon in Anaheim, CA, Bill Altaffler will give a presentation which will include all the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, the Crimea Yalta and Mt. Athos. Bill is a frequent presenter at the Southern California TCC meetings. He joined TCC in 1974 and completed his list of traveling to all the TCC…
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Area Coordinator Profile: Rick Shaver, Eastern Canada
Rick was born in Montreal, Canada, graduated from McGill University, and received his Master’s degree at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. His wife, Jane, also grew up in Montreal. They have three daughters between the ages of 19 and 25 who have caught the travel bug from their parents and have experienced quite a…
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Area Coordinator Profile: Lillian O’Leary, West Florida
Lillian O’Leary was born in New York City and attended schools there. She received a BS and MS, with a major in history and education, from Fordham University. In NYC she taught students spanning the three-year-olds in a Head Start program to those in high school. She has also taught some graduate courses. She ran…