Lon & Betty departing the port of Skagway, Alaska.

Dr. Alonzo (Lon) Olsen, M.D., President Elect of WMTS and Betty Olsen, Executive Director of AMTA celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on a cruise to Alaska with 12 of their family members. Their anniversary date was March 31, 2006.

Alaska was the cruise destination because Lon & Betty spent their first 1 1/2 years of marriage in Whittier, Alaska with the Army. It also happens to be the boarding port for Princess Cruise Lines. Nothing much has changed in 50 years except the Army pulled out nearly 40 years ago, and just 2 years ago Princess Cruises started using the Port of Whittier for their Alaska cruise.

Betty & Lon Olsen, MD - Provo, Utah

--Member News--
Jaroslav Kratochvil, M.D., Czech Republic. Jaroslav Kratochvil, M.D. from Czech Medical Tennis Society entred 50+ category just four days ago. Jaroslav is an excellent player-former No.5 in Junior Czech Ranking. He achieved some good results in WMTS events as well as in open senior tournaments - e.g.Czech International Senior Tennis Champion, cat.45+ in 2002. He was a member of Czech Team - a winner of Nations Cup in Karlovy Vary in August 2002 (see him on photo of this team - Jaroslav first from the right holding The Cup ). It's always a big pleasure for me to practice with Jaroslav (but I am not sure if it's a pleasure for him ). His strokes are always perfect and classic. He belongs to founders of CMTS and actually is a secretary of our society. Jaroslav belongs to the team of organizers of 32nd WMTS Congress and Championships in Karlovy Vary. He is an internist and gastroenterologist. He is married to Alena and they have a son Jan who is in teen age. Congratulations.

Jan Kirchner,MD - President of Czech Medical Tennis Society