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WBCCI Airstream Club International Blue Beret JUNE 2021 Airstreamers Donate 64,000 Meals —PG 14 —PG 16 ® Wherever the road takes you, We’re there for you! 800-679-2020 www.skymed.com President’s Corner Times of Change It seems I just started writing the President’s Corner column, but here I am looking forward to being a PIP, Past International President. I am, writing my last column. Where did the time go? Hard to believe It has been a fun ride with a lot of fellow Airstreamers that I have that almost a year has passed and Tye Mott will be the new President traveled with and met along the way. Time to slow down and smell in July. the roses in our new 30 ft. International trailer. Our club has changed so much in the last year. I am so happy that We still have our International Rally coming up in July in Lebanon, even with all of the COVID problems, our club has moved forward and TN. We have had lots of people sign up in this last month. However, learned new ways to get things done. Change is never easy, but we we still have room for you to sign up and enjoy a really awesome are moving forward in a direction that should last for years to come. Rally. It’s a great chance to learn about the club and make some We’ve learned how to have Zoom meetings and socially distanced new friends and do some much-needed traveling in our Airstreams. events. And we are stronger than ever in our membership numbers! COVID was a great excuse for folks to buy an Airstream and begin I close with a big thanks to Kathy Carl. We met through the exploring our great land! Airstream Club in August and got married May the first. This was a big change for both of us. You never know who you might meet in I want to thank all of the people that have helped me as President this great club - might be your future wife. Kathy and I are excited of a fantastic group. The volunteers of the club are great and have to meet you down the road at a rally or on a caravan. made my time as a leader pass by very quickly. When you have great people behind you, things get done! Running an organization like the Airstream International Club is like running a multi-year relay race. Mona Heath handed the baton to me, and I’m handing it off to Tye. None of us can run this relay without the ones who came before, and those who will come after us. 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. BLUE except December and July. Periodical mail postage paid at Jackson and paid mail subscriptions ($45/year, included in members’ dues) BERET welcomes contributions of articles, photographs, news items Center, OH and additional mailing offices. Canada Publications Mail may be mailed to: BLUE BERET/WBCCI, P.O. Box 612, 803 E. Pike and advertising. However, their publication in the BLUE BERET does Agreement #41295545. Canada Post Returns: 7289 Torbram Road, Street, Jackson Center, OH 45334, Phone 937-596-5211, Fax not constitute endorsement. The opinions of the authors are their Mississauga, ON L4T 1G8. 937-596-5542, email: [email protected] own and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of either the BLUE Notification of address change is the responsibility of the member or POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: BLUE BERET/WBCCI, P.O. BERET or WBCCI. The products and claims of advertisers are their recipient and should be received at least two months in advance to avoid Box 612, 803 E. Pike Street, Jackson Center, OH 45334. own and, too, do not necessarily represent endorsement by either delays in forwarding. Re-mailing of back issues is at recipient expense. BLUE BERET or WBCCI. BLUE BERET / JUNE 2021 3 Wally Byam Caravan Club What’s Inside... International, Inc. Vol. 57 June 2021 Issue No. 6 803 E. 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 airstreamclub.org Welcome New Members ................................................................................................. 6 INTERNATIONAL The Art of Airstream Cooking ........................................................................................ 10 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HeadQuarters Notes ..................................................................................................... 11 President .................................................. Andrew Selking Membership ................................................................................................................ 12 1st Vice President ................................................Tye Mott Two Girls on 4,890 Miles of Road for 21 Days ................................................................ 21 2nd Vice President ........................................Eric McHenry 3rd Vice President.......................................Per Hamnqvist Historically Speaking .................................................................................................... 28 Recording Secretary ..................................Judy Bechthold In Memoriam ............................................................................................................... 31 Treasurer .....................................................Beth Hackney Past President ................................................Mona Heath Kids Camp ................................................................................................................... 32 REGION PRESIDENTS Region 1 ............................................................Doug Hart International Rally ..................................................36 Region 2 ...................................................... Richard Short Region 3 ...............................................................Bill Wild Caravans ...............................................................41 Region 4 ........................................................Karen Fisher Viking Trail Caravan 2022 ............................................................................................. 41 Region 5 ..............................................Christopher Seplak Region 6 ........................................................Jim Johnson Region 7 ................................................. Jane Carmichael Intra Clubs .............................................................43 Region 8 ............................................................ Mike Sisk Amateur Radio Club ..................................................................................................... 43 Region 9 .............................................................Bill Miller Region 10 ................................................Michel Bourassa Region 11 ....................................................Ken Johansen National Rallies ......................................................43 Region 12 ..............................................Cecelia Stansbury Pendleton Round-Up .................................................................................................... 43 Parliamentarian ........................................... Joanne Miller Athens Old Time Fiddlers .............................................................................................. 44 COMMITTEES Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival ................................................................................... 44 Budget ................................................................Tye Mott Caravan .........................................................John Becker Region News .........................................................45 Constitution & Bylaws ................................. Tom Smithson Ethics & Grievance ....................................... Bob Caldwell Family & Youth ...............................................Linda Amme Airstream • 937-596-6111 ....................................52 Historical ......................................................Joe Peplinski From the Vice President ................................................................................................ 52 Information Technology ..................................Marc Nijdam International Rally Site ............................. Vernon Goodwin International Relations ................................Per Hamnqvist Event Schedule ......................................................55 Lifetime Membership ....................................Eric McHenry Long Range Planning ..................................Per Hamnqvist Classifieds/Coupons...............................................61 Marketing ...................................................................TBD Membership ...................................................Terri Warren National Rallies ............................................ Kathi Mitchell Publications .............................................Hedda Smithson Technical ........................................................Ray Putnam HQ TEAM Lori Plummer ................................Corporate Manager and Blue Beret Managing Editor Deb Sailor............................................... Blue Beret Editor Barb Langston .......................... Rally/Caravan Coordinator Amanda Hughes ......................... Membership Coordinator CONTACT BY EMAIL on the cover... Blue Beret ........................... [email protected] Addressing
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