CLEVELAND, July 10 — Registration is now available for the BLET’s 69th annual International Western Convention (IWC) in Green Bay, Wisc.
The convention runs from August 9-13 and concludes with a banquet at the National Railroad Museum the evening of August 12.
Arrangements Chairman John Reynolds, Wisconsin Central General Chairman and member of BLET Division 209 (Green Bay, Wisc.), reports that other plans include the annual golf tournament, a luncheon cruise and botanical garden tour, Fish Creek bus trip and a dinner at Green Bay Packer’s stadium.
The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay is one of the largest rail museums in the country and boasts a large collection of locomotives and rail cars spanning more than a century of railroading. Collection highlights include a Union Pacific Big Boy, the world’s largest steam locomotive, and the Dwight D. Eisenhower locomotive and a portion of the general’s World War II command train. The IWC will feature its banquet at the museum along with a “Who Done It?” mystery play.
The 2009 IWC will be held at Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Green Bay (2040 Airport Drive, Green Bay, WI 54313: Phone: (920) 494-7300). The room rate will be $94 per night. The hotel website is: www.radisson.com/greenbaywi
Educational opportunities will also be available. Education & Training Department workshops are scheduled for BLET Secretary-Treasurers, Local Chairmen and Legislative Representatives. A first-responder awareness workshop and a radiation awareness workshop are also on the agenda. A Question and Answer session with John Conklin of the Federal Railroad Administration is also on the schedule.
The golf outing will be held August 10 and will feature 8 a.m. tee times and breakfast before and lunch after play. The Thornberry Creek Country Club offers 27 championship holes of golf for players of all ability levels.
“I invite everyone to Green Bay for the 2009 International Western Convention,” Reynolds said. “With multiple entertainment venues and important Education and Training workshops, Green Bay promises to be a destination you will not want to miss this summer.”
For more details, contact Brother Reynolds at (920) 462-4509 or JReynoldsBLET@newbc.rr.com.
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