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APRIL 2019 62nd WBCCI International Rally Doswell, Virginia July 20 - 27, 2019 ® NO COPAYS NO CLAIM FORMS NO DEDUCTIBLES 30minutescould save you $30,000 We have presentations scheduled daily. Please call for a time convenient for you or we’ll set up an online/telephone presentation, exclusively, just for you. ULTIMATE TRAVELING PEACE-OF-MIND FOR WBCCI MEMBERS 18 SkyMed Services including world wide services Monthly Plans 5 Year Plans For Families For Families Starting At Starting At $49 $2,495 Call one of our Certified SkyMed Ambassadors and Airstream owners Bill Johnjulio (216) 533-1752 | Jim Moss (877) 667-4968 | Stan Schwenke (920) 918-9923 John Tetzlaff (612) 839-4013 | Jerry & Marilyn Collins (208)-867-8739 | Karen & Jack Cotton (760)-895-7019 www.SkyMed.com | 1-800-679-2020 President’s Corner Doswell, Virginia July 20-27, 2019 Your rally committee is preparing a great rally for you and we are a concession area. Other buildings that we will occupy are the eager for your arrival. The International Rally is just a few months Mansion, the Meadow Pavilion, the Bold Ruler house, the Dominion away. I am writing this article to provide additional information to Conservation Classroom, the First Bank and Trust Pavilion and the make your visit more enjoyable. Duck Unlimited Pavilions. Location On the grounds of Meadow Event Park, which is Activities Again this year we will be offering many interesting 25 miles north of Richmond, Virginia. It is just 2 miles off of presentations on a wide variety of topics. This will include technical Interstate 95. Earlier it was known as “The Meadow” a horse park and non-technical Airstream subjects. Other presentations will for thoroughbred racehorses. It was at this site that Secretariat include digital technology, hobbies, caravans and other club related was born in 1970. You will be parking your Airstream in a horse activities. To learn more about what will be available in Doswell, park where Secretariat was born, raised and trained. please check out the Doswell website at: Doswell.wbcci.net (62nd WBCCI International Rally). Also we have a Facebook page that When The official rally will begin on July 20 and end on July 27. includes additional interesting information regarding our Rally. You General parking will be on July 16-19. will be able to find our Facebook page at “Airstream Club 2019 Doswell Rally”. Entertainment We have planned for five evenings of entertainment from opening day until Thursday evening. Why Should I Come? Performers will include a bluegrass group, Antsy McClain, The To learn more about the care and feeding of your Airstream Virginians (a Barbershop Chorus), Edgar Cruz (a versatile solo guitarist) and The Rivoli Review. All entertainment will occur To learn what is being incorporated into new Airstreams during the rally. To learn more about your Club To learn more about Caravans Optional Dining Many of our Regions have made arrangements for their breakfasts/luncheons and other groups have made To gather with old friends arrangements for their functions at the Rally. Make sure you sign To make new friends up for the activities of your choice. To enjoy the entertainment Buildings The Farm Bureau Center is the main building we will To have a good time be using during the rally. It is a 63,354 square feet exhibition hall that will be divided in half by a moveable wall. Basically one half will be for entertainment and large seminars. Vendors, vendor seminars and club functions will use the other half. There is also Your WBAC President BLUE BERET is the official publication of the Wally Byam Caravan BLUE BERET (USPS 669-270; ISSN 0744-5601) is published monthly Address corrections, suggestions, stories, art, photos, advertising Club International, Inc. (WBCCI), Airstream Club International. 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Pike Street, PO Box 612 Jackson Center, OH 45334-0612 President’s Corner ...................................................3 Phone 937-596-5211 FAX 937-596-5542 Club News ...............................................................6 www.wbcci.org Welcome New Members ................................................................................................. 6 Election Section ............................................................................................................. 9 INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Art of Airstream Cooking ........................................................................................ 14 President ........................................................... Barry Bell How We Got Clubbed .................................................................................................... 16 1st Vice President ...........................................Mona Heath Estancia, New Mexico, Punkin Chunkin Rally .................................................................. 18 2nd Vice President ........................................ Andy Selking 3rd Vice President................................................Tye Mott We're About to Have a New Look .................................................................................. 20 Recording Secretary .................................. Eileen Frerking In Memoriam .............................................................................................................. 22 Treasurer ......................................................Jim Courtney Past President .................................................. Jim Cocke Historically Speaking .................................................................................................... 24 Airstream Tech Help Group ........................................................................................... 28 REGION PRESIDENTS Region 1 .....................................................Per Hamnqvist Quebec Canada Unit Caravan to Newfoundland, Canada ................................................. 73 Region 2 ..................................................... Mark Hammer Region 3 ......................................................... John Leake International Rally ..................................................33 Region 4 ......................................................... Don Hetzler Region 5 ...................................................... Bob Whitesell Region 6 ....................................................... Ken Ritenour Caravans ...............................................................45 Region 7 ......................................................Don Thomson Kentucky Bourbon and Beyond ...................................................................................... 45 Region 8 .......................................................Dwight Olson Region 9 ............................................................Bill Kindle Region 10 .......................................................Terri Warren National/Special Event (NSE) Rallies .......................46 Region 11 ..........................................................Patti Reed Pets and Paws ............................................................................................................. 46 Region 12 ............................................................ Jim Polk Parliamentarian ........................................... Joanne Miller Texas Vintage Airstream Round-up ................................................................................ 46 Athens Old Time Fiddlers .............................................................................................. 47 COMMITTEES Sun Valley Jazz and Music Festival ................................................................................ 47 Budget ...........................................................Mona Heath Caravan ......................................................Jay Thompson Around the World with Folklorama ................................................................................. 48 Constitution & Bylaws ................................. Tom Smithson Electronic Communications ..........................Damon Beals Ethics & Grievance ....................................... Bob Caldwell Region News .........................................................50 Family & Youth ...............................................Linda