Hi Booners, Can anyone please tell me why I get all this debris in my postings!? I sure would like to remedy it. I have a hard time reading this, so I'm ssure many others do too. Geraldine In a message dated 1/6/02 4:01:46 AM, [email protected] writes: << -Message: #2 Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 18:22:23 EST From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [BOONE-L] The Boone Society, Inc. Reunion July 31-August 4, 2002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id g0690F808066 The Boone Society, Inc. Reunion July 31-August 4, 2002 Wilsonville, Oregon (near Portland)=20 Plans (now only seven months ahead) are as follows: WEDNESDAY, JULY 31__Registration and check in. Evening barbecue and=20 entertainment at Boone=E2=80=99s Ferry Park THURSDAY, AUGUST 1__ Dr. Jim Tompkins, Oregon History Instructor at Clack= amas=20 Community College, will be our tour guide for a bus trip on the Columbia=20 River Gorge portion of the Oregon Trail. We will stop at Multnomah Falls,= =20 around Mt. Hood, and will have lunch at Timberline Lodge at the base of t= he=20 mountain. We will then travel west down Laurel Hill where wagons, oxen,=20 horses and emigrants were lowered by rope. Prior to 1846, travel to the=20 Willamette Valley was by the Columbia River, a treacherous and dangerous=20 route. Some of Jim Tompkins=E2=80=99 ancestors came this way. _After dinner, there will be an evening program at which we will be honor= ed=20 by the presence of William Cannon, the only Revolutionary War soldier bur= ied=20 in Oregon. William is portrayed by Tom Laidlaw (actor, writer, historian= and=20 master storyteller) who holds a BS Degree in Theater Arts from Portland S= tate=20 University. Tom has been a volunteer blacksmith and interpreter at Ft.=20 Vancouver, WA for five years. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 __A day trip to the Oregon Coast (Boone Island and Boone= =20 Point, etc.) where Daniel's great grandson, George Luther Boone (the grea= t=20 grandfather of two of the Reunion Committee members), settled on Yaquina = Bay=20 after coming to Oregon in 1848. The return route will be via one of the B= oone=20 Homesteads, Salem (the state capitol) and several Boone Historical marker= s. _After dinner, Rochelle Cochran will present a program for historian Ken=20 Kamper detailing his work with the Daniel Boone and Frontier Families=20 Association, the many Boone sites in Missouri and efforts to protect and=20 preserve Boone history and locations. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3__A Morning tour of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Cente= r in=20 Oregon City.=20 __The Boone Society Annual Meeting will be held after lunch.=20 __The Reunion Banquet and special entertainment will be In the evening. SUNDAY, AUGUST 4__Farewell Champagne Brunch. It is not too early to reserve your lodging, so feel free to register now= by=20 dialing=20 1-800-HOLIDAY Lodging Information:=20 HOLIDAY INN SELECT, 25425 Southwest 95th. Avenue (bordered by Boones=20 Ferry Road) Wilsonville (formerly Boonesville/Boones Landing), Oregon= =20 97070 Phone: 503-570-8500 (Wilsonville Holiday Inn Select) Web Site: holidayinnselect.pdx.citysearch.com To register: www.hiselect.com\wilsonvilleor or call 1-800-HOLIDAY Room rates: $59/day - includes tax, single or double occupancy/child= ren =20 12 yrs. or younger FREE (best rates ever - actually a 38% discount fr= om =20 their regular rate!) Meal Information: =20 All meals (11 total) will be included in the reunion registration fee Registration Fee: Explorer & Life Members $179 per person Individual & Family Members $199 per person Nonmembers $219 per person It is not too early to reserve your lodging, so feel free to register now= by=20 dialing 1-800-HOLIDAY **************** ANNOUNCING "THE BOONE BOX"*************** The BOONE Voice Mail Line 1-503-682-5599 has been established to answer=20 questions about the fourth Boone Society, Inc. Reunion. Please leave an=20 explanation of the information you are requesting and your name, e-mail=20 address and/or "real" address, so we can contact you. THIS IS FOR REUNION INFORMATION ONLY!! Information presented by The Oregon Boone Society Reunion Committee ****VISIT THE BOONE SOCIETY, INC. WEB SITE NOW UP AND RUNNING!***** http://www.boonesociety.org/