March 2017
President’s Message
Traffic Club of Cleveland Members,
As my term comes to an end, I
want to take this time to thank all of
the active and retired members that
make this club so great. Each year,
the club hosts events to not only
gather our members in one place,
but to also bring in valued guests to
show them the comradery and
passion our members have for each
other.
What you may not know is all
the hard work that goes into these
events behind the scenes. Our
board and the executive team is
hard at work finalizing details and
even fixing last second issues that
have come up.
The end result though is a
smooth event with great food and
laughter.
With that said, the club
welcomes all the extra help we can
get. Right now we have an open
position on our board. I invite
anyone that would like to lead our
club well past our 100 year mark.
This is also a great opportunity for
someone just learning the trucking
industry and wants to gain both
leadership experience and
knowledge from our roster of very
successful people.
Personally, the last four years of
being part of the board has been
instrumental in my professional
development. The contacts I have
made throughout the club has been
crucial to my current success.
Finally, I want to personally
invite you to our Spring Reverse
Raffle on April 20th, and our
Memorial Golf Outing on June 8th.
These events are always great
entertainment and fun and hopefully
will see some faces we haven’t seen
in a while.
One last note: the President of
the TCC is nothing without his or her
board members and executive team.
Thank you to each one of you for
your help and continued dedication
to the Club, and also for supporting
me during my term.
Jim Paluf
President
2016-17
2016-2017 Executive Officers and Board Member Roster
Executive Officers
President
Executive Vice
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Jim Paluf
440-549-1143
Ed Titterington
440-342-8282
Ian Longman
330-412-1372
Peggy Kocisko
216-287-0998
Board Members
Pat DeLuca
216-749-7815
Kirk Peine
440-796-5170
Bob Mangini
216-579-9303
Mickey O’Donnell
330-592-3997
Tony Sray
216-410-3188
Rick Stone
440-933-3000
Brad Weaver
330-242-3375
Courtney Peine Toth
440-415-2626
ATTENTION!
Our address has changed. Please mail all new
correspondence to:
The Traffic Club of Cleveland
PO Box 14
Mentor, OH 44061
Upcoming Events for 2017
Mar 13th
--
Board Meeting
Jul 3rd --
Board Meeting
Apr 4th
--
Board Meeting
Sept 5th
--
Board Meeting
Apr 20th
--
Reverse Raffle and Dinner at
Copper Stone on Ridge Rd
Oct 3rd
--
Board Meeting
May 1st
--
Board Meeting
Oct 19th
--
Reverse Raffle and Dinner at
Copper Stone on Ridge Rd
Jun 8th
--
Nov 2nd
--
Board Meeting
Jun 8th
--
Golf Outing Briarwood Country
Club
Elections of Officers and
Scholarship Award at the Golf
Outing
Dec 5th
--
Board Meeting
For more information or to register to these events please see flyers located within the
PERISCOPE newsletter or contact any board member.
Board Meetings are open to all! Please contact a Board Member if you
would like to attend!
April 2017 Traffic Club of Cleveland Reverse
Raffle
The Traffic Club of Cleveland would like to invite you to attend the
Annual Reverse Raffle at Copper Stone Catering Center (formally
Ridge Manor) in Brooklyn, OH. The event is on April 20, 2017 and
doors open at 5:30pm. Dinner will be at 7:00pm. We would also like to
extend a special thank you to all those that sponsor to make this event
great. Please contact any board member for tickets!
 Tickets are $50 per person. $35 dinner only
 Main ticket could win up to $1000!
 Side boards of $2, $3, $5, and $10
 Great Chinese auction baskets to bid on
 Fantastic drinks, food, and dessert included
FORE!
I hope you all have enjoyed our mild winter in North Eastern Ohio.
It’s hard to believe that another year has passed and we are preparing for The Traffic
Club of Cleveland Memorial Golf Outing at Briarwood Golf Course on June 8th 2017.
We are pleased that we have been able to maintain our price of $ 75.00 that includes
Donuts, Coffee, Lunch, Dinner, and Golf with Cart. What an awesome deal for a great
event!
This is always a well-attended event and we have added even more prizes. We will
have 2 hole-in-one prizes this year. There will be a car for a hole in one contest on
one of the par 3s again this year. Also we will have a closest to the pin on # 3, and
#17 for under 65 and over 65. Additionally, a long drive on #8, and #12 for under 65
and over 65, plus Long Putt on #1 and #18 for under 65 and over 65 with the exception
of the 2 hole in one prizes rules state everyone has to hit from the same tee.
You will find a registration form in this Periscope so get your foursome together and
come join the fun.
We can always use hole sponsors and appreciate everyone who continues to sponsor
a hole in honor of a deceased member of the Traffic Club of Cleveland.
If you are interested in sponsoring a hole, or want to sponsor a hole as you have in the
past, or have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 330-242-3375. Thank
you in advance for your participation.
Brad Weaver
TCC Board Member
THE TRAFFIC CLUB OF CLEVELAND
Memorial Golf Outing
Thursday, June 08, 2017
10:00 Shotgun Start
4 Person Scramble
Briarwood Golf Club
2737 Edgerton Road
Broadview Heights, OH 44147
$75 per person includes: Continental Breakfast (8:30-10:00),
18 Holes w/ Cart, Lunch, Dinner & CA$H Prizes!
Please consider advertising your company and help us Honor the Memory of our deceased
members by sponsoring a hole, or more! $50 per hole is all it costs and your company name will be
displayed on the course for all to see! Contact information is below.
Golfers that play THE TRAFFIC CLUB OF CLEVELAND golf scramble can sign up individually or to a
specific team. Limited teams are available…So sign up TODAY!
Registration deadline is Thursday, June 1, 2017.
Name:___________________________________Company Name:__________________________________
Phone:___________________________________Email:__________________________________________
___Golf & Dinner $75
___Dinner Only $30
Please choose one Dinner: ___Steak
___Salmon
*If playing with a team, please list your teams / Co. names here so that we can match everyone up.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Payment Information: Cost per person: $75 for golf & dinner, or $30 for dinner only. Hole sponsorship is $50 per.
Please include a copy of this registration for each golfer or dinner guest and mail along with your check made
payable to: The Traffic Club of Cleveland
PO Box 14 Mentor, OH 44061
If you have any questions please contact:
Pasquale “Pat” DeLuca (216) 749-7815 or Brad Weaver (330) 242-3375
Memorial Golf Outing Sponsors
A wish I have is that you all look at our memorial list. I am quite sure a couple of the names will put a smile on your
face. Last year we had 90 hole sponsors. Thank you very much! If you would be so kind to sponsor again this year,
please send your check to the new box #: P.O. Box 14 Mentor, OH 44060. Your support is greatly appreciated and
means a lot. Please let everyone sleep and rest! For the first time in 22 years, we have not had to add a single person to
our memorial list! Thanks be to God!
See you at the reverse raffle and/or our memorial golf outing!
Pasquale ‘Pat’ DeLuca
2017 Memorial Golf Hole Sponsors
Sponsor
Al Cantwell, Frank Manachino & Ken Yaroma
All Points Trucking, Inc.
All Pro Freight
All Pro Freight
Allan Miner
Allan Miner
Andy Tarr
Annabell's Diner
AWL Transport dba TLX
AWL Transport dba TLX
Bill Donley
Bob Mangini
Brad Weaver
Briairwood
Briarwood
Phoenix Capital
Central Door Systems
Centran Logistics, Inc.
Century 21 Cheri DeLuca
Cerni International
Cerni International
Cleveland Express Trucking
Deceased Member
Frank
Lou
Bob
Jim
Jack
John
Lou
Jack
Bob
Ed
Bill
Bob
Bill
Jay
Al
Ken
Joe
Norbert
Don
Phil
Joe
Gene
Simmons
D'Amico
Thomas
Danko
Miner
D'Amico
Tarr
Kooser
Bender
Grady
Agnew
Lehner
Flash
Orr
Dolar
Swank
Radovanic
Metz
Beaudoin
Walsh
Sullivan
Haas
Cleveland Express Trucking
Cleveland Research
Debra Laschen Doru Trucking
Engle Road Property
Fred Gloor
Freight Concepts, Inc.
Freight Concepts, Inc.
Freightmeister / Landstar
Freightmeister / Landstar
Freightmeister / Landstar
Great Dane Trailers
Great Dane Trailers
Jeff & Rick Wenham
Jim Paluf
Kaplan Trucking
Kaplan Trucking
Kaplan Trucking
Karl Paul
Kealy Trucking & Robert Rucker
Kenezevich Family
Kirk NationaLease
Lakeshore Utility Trailer, Inc.
Logistical Advantage Corporation
Logistical Advantage Corporation
Logistics Concepts, Inc.
Logistics Concepts, Inc.
Marvin Johnson & Assoc.
MDL
Mickey O'Donnell
Mo Vaughn Transportation, Inc.
Monitor Transportation
Neil & Gary Wakeman
Neil Wakeman
Ohio Trailer Repair
Ohio Trailer Repair
Pal Trailer leasing
Pat DeLuca
Pat Hever
Paul Rybak
Pinzone Meats
Premier Trailer Leasing
Prime Time Delivery and Warehouse
Howard
"Howie"
Mac
Howard
Chuck
Walter
Wally
John
Tom
Jack
John
Richard
John
Fred
James P
Ray
Dale
Ray
George
Earl
Dennis
Ted
Al
Fred
Clemente
Dick
Jim
Jim
Bob
Tom
Ernie
Joe
Cliff
Joe
Tom
John
Ross
Carl
Gino
Chester
TJ
Russ
Andy
Mahoney
McFarland
Dickerson
DiiMarco SR
Gedeon
Chips
D"Amico
Pearson
Dunn
Mahoney
Sackett
Zatroch
Wenham
LaRocco
Koch
Post
Romance
Pace
Beck
Dombrowski
Pastor
Baciak
McGowan
Baumeister
Hubler
Brainard
George
Dunn
Blumena
Watson
Gaul
Wakeman
Cambell
Armanini
Bellflower
Borgio
Wolza
Lemmo
Rybak
Hoffman
Fauble
Bogus
Purolator International
Purolator International
Ray Cosma
Ray Cosma
Ray Cosma
RDF Trucking
RDF Trucking
Jerry Pilcavage
RDF Trucking
Rogi Enterprises
RPTS
Shippers C&D
Shippers C&D
Shoreline Companies
Shoreline Companies
Shoreline Companies
Slusser Agency Inc
Stancato's
Star Leasing Company
Star Leasing Company
The Hoffman Group
The O'Shaughnessy Co.
The Traffic Club of Cleveland
Tony Sray
Trailer One
W.W. Williams
Billy
Paul
Bill
Ben
Gene
Tony
Al
Andy
Diane
Sid
Dante
Joe
Chuck
Joe
Ron
Chuck
Leonard
Walt
Sal
Harry
Charles
Ralph
All Deceased
Members
John
Jack
John
Reynolds
Hamm
Ruffner
Zager
Hass
Pavia
Pompi
Vasil
laurie
Waldron
Palange
Glazer
Glazer
Glazer
Queen
Glazer
Chojnacki
Wanat
Cicerillo
Hessler
Spano
Tokich
McFarland
Vasko
The Traffic Club of Cleveland, Inc.
Official Ballot (June 8, 2017)
Candidates this year are:
Officers
President
Ed Titterington
Executive Vice President
Ian Longman
Vice President
Mickey O’Donnell
Secretary
Peggy Kocisko
Board Members
(Vote for all)
Don Bowers
Jim Paluf
Pat DeLuca
Kirk Peine
Brad Weaver
Tony Sray
Adam Bucci
Ballot cannot be duplicated
Bring this original ballot to the golf outing/election on June 8, 2017, or mail. Ballot must
be received by June 5th if mailed. Please mail to:
The Traffic Club of Cleveland
PO Box 14
Mentor, OH 44061
Past President’s Corner
We lost another good guy! Dennis Downey, Sr. was our great writer in our Periscope
on our retirees. He loved doing it and it showed up in all of his articles. Dennis was
only 65 and will be greatly missed.
We have 25 past presidents who are living. And in Dennis’s memory we will have an
article in The Periscope. On one or more of them, depending on the space. The
articles on the past presidents will be "where are you?" and “how are you?"
Thanks in advance for your support!
Pasquale "Pat" Deluca
Don Bower
Past President #94
2006-2007
I grew up in a trucking family and still have not figured out how to get trucking out of my
life. I was always on the motor carrier side of things until I became associated with
Springco Metal Coating, which is a private fleet operation.
I am still working part-time at Springco Metal Coating. I find having a little something
coming in every week allows me a bigger bike and better beer. I am working on
enjoying a semi-retired lifestyle. I stay busy with helping out at Church, doing stuff with
the kids and grandkids, and trying to find time to ride my motorcycle and sail my little
sailboat.
Having started the current incarnation of the Club’s website, I am still busy messing
around with computers and miscellaneous tech hobbies. I feel a little guilty about
missing so many of the Club’s functions the last few years, and need to mend my
ways.
Best Wishes to All!
From the Archives
The Traffic Club of Cleveland’s
Annual Scholarship
Every year, the Traffic Club of Cleveland awards collegiate students who have completed their
freshman year with a scholarship. While it may not be a lot, we are hopeful that our award can pay
for a book, materials, and supplies. Our recipients are very grateful and we are even more eager to
award these future leaders. Last year, we awarded $1600 to eight applicants. An application is
available on the next page, and will also be available on our Facebook page as well. Please make
submit you application by the 30th of April to be eligible for the award.
I would be remiss if I did not also thank our Scholarship Banner Sponsors who make this all possible.
It is the genorisity of this fine companies that helps us continue with this great program. Please help
me thank the following companies that contributed in our most recent Banner Drive: Freightmeister
Inc, Briarwood Golf Club, Statewide Express, Slusser Agency, Star Leasing, Centran Logistics,
Cleveland Express Trucking, Eckes Towing Company, The Diner at 55th, MDL Logistics, RDF, Trailer
One, Pat DeLuca Consultants, Pinzone Meats, JMJ Transportation, Shippers C&D, Bianca’s
Restaurant, and WW Williams.
If you would like to participate in this year’s Scholarship Banner, you can donate $50 to have you
name added to the banner, or $100 to have your company name and logo. I am very grateful and
humbled to all that have donated in the past and hope that you continue with your generosity.
Thank You,
Jim Paluf
President ‘16-17
THE TRAFFIC CLUB OF CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION
In 1988, The Traffic club of Cleveland established a Formal Annual Scholarship Fund. The amount of the
Fund is to be determined each year by the Board of Governors. The purpose of this fund is to help promote excellence
in higher education.
Full Name
Phone:
Date:
Permanent Address
Street
City
St
Zip
Street
City
St
Zip
Temporary Address
Age
Date Of Birth
High School Attended
College Attended
Major of Minor Course Of Study
Date of Graduation
Father’s Name
Address
Mother’s Name
Address
Grandparent’s Name
Address
Legal Guardian
Address
Eligibility Requirements
A. Applicant must have already completed one year of post high school higher education.
B. Applicant will submit a letter requesting consideration for scholarship, along with copies of:
 Proof of enrollment (i.e. confirmation from Registrar’s Office) to an accredited College or University in a
two or four-year degree program.
o This includes Community Colleges as well as students enrolled in a two-year nurses training
program
C. Copy of grades from last period to prove qualifications.
 Must maintain a 3.0 average or better.
D. Scholarship application must be filed each school year, in a duly accredited institution for a total of three grants
entering Sophomore, Junior, & Senior years.
E. Club member participation in club sponsored events will be taken into consideration for the disbursement of
scholarship funds
DATE
APPLICANT SIGNATURE
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY The 30th of APRIL
APPLICANTS ARE PROCESSED AND REVIEWED BY THE TRAFFIC CLUB SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
ALL DECISIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE FINAL
Mail completed application with the necessary supporting documents to:
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
The Traffic Club of Cleveland
PO Box 56
Westfield Center, Ohio 44251
The Traffic Club of Cleveland
PO Box 14
Mentor, OH 44061