Dear Shipmates and Friends:

      ADFA reunion 2009 will meet in Madison, Wisconsin. Be prepared to enjoy a summer holiday in our country’s number one city as rated by Money Magazine. Madison , situated between Lakes Mendota and Monona, is the State Capital and also home of the University of Wisconsin. There are many local and nearby tourist attractions: Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Lake Mendota dinner cruises, DeJope Gaming Casino, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin, Ohlbrich Botanical Gardens, Ringling Bros Circus World, Greenway Station Shopping Center, and more. Feel free to contact Dr. Ed Ehrlich, host and local coordinator, if you have questions or need additional information: Telephone 608-826-0477 or email eehrlich@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Specifics:

Dates:
      Arrival on or before Tuesday, June 2, 2009
      Departure on or after Friday, June 5, 2009

Location:
      Madison Marriott West (Located in Middleton, an independent community, which actually
      is an extension of Madison’s west side
      1313 John Q. Hammons Drive
      Middleton, WI 53562

Guest Accomodations:
      60 rooms set aside for ADFA reunion, doubles or king beds Special rate $119.00
      plus 10.5% hospitality tax, 5.5% sales tax, applicable June 1-5.

Reservations:
      Members must make their own reservations with cut-off date May 3, 2009
      Call 1-800-228-9290 0r 1-608-831-2000; request rate for ADFA reunion.
      Reservations via internet; Marriott.com; enter code “deedeea” for ADFA reunion rate.
      Check-in time 4:00 PM; check-out 12:00 noon
      Pets allowed, $50.00 fee

Additional accomodations:
      No-cost RV and trailer parking available; no hook-ups
      Transportation from airport provided at no cost; call hotel line at airport

Closing Dinner:
      Closing event will be buffet dinner Thursday evening, which will include auction:
      Mixed green salad greens or Caesar salad, antipasto tray, pasta salad
      Entrees: Chicken Saltibocca (Cream sauce with prosciutto)
            Roast Strip loin with Au Poivre sauce
            Potato, vegetable sides
            Assorted desert selection
            Coffee, iced tea
            Cost $42.00 per attendee (includes gratuity and sales tax)

Dinner reservations:
      Reservations directed to- and send check to:
            Edward Ehrlich
            6416 Clovernook Rd.
            Middleton, WI 53562-3802
            Telephone: 608-826-0477
            Email:eehrlich@facstaff.wisc.edu
            Deadline for dinner reservations May 23.

Program/Activities:

Program will be finalized at later date, but will open with memorial service. Speaker topics : South pole station update (Jerry Marty), S.Pole Project “Ice-Cube” (UW neutrino research); S. Pole 10 meter telescope project (University of Chicago Dept of Astrophysics); Charlie Bentley (UW geology professor emeritus– wintered-over and conducted exploratory treks from Marie Byrd DF-2 and 3). Business meeting after lunch Thursday. Programs conducted in morning; afternoons open for individual activities.

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