REGISTRATION FORM—2013 ANNUAL ORPHAN TRAIN RIDERS CELEBRATION June 7-8 CONCORDIA, KANSAS
$50 PER PERSON INCLUDES MUSEUM ADMISSION and NOTC-sponsored events both days, And ALL MEALS ON JUNE 8. Depot Days activities not included in registration.
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NAME(S) AS YOU WANT THEM TO APPEAR ON NAMETAG RIDER DESCENDANT OTHER (PLEASE PRINT )
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TOTAL NUMBER OF ATTENDEES: ______AT $50/PERSON TOTAL ENCLOSED:______
____ I am willing to speak at the celebration about my story or Rider―please contact me.
Attending the President’s Award Banquet on June 8? Please select from these menu choices for each registrant: ____Smothered steak OR ___Chicken breast OR ___vegetarian lasagna (included in registration)
MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO NOTC AND MAIL WITH REGISTRATION BY May 31 TO: NATIONAL ORPHAN TRAIN COMPLEX, INC. PO BOX 322 CONCORDIA, KS 66901-0322 QUESTIONS? PLEASE CALL NOTC OFFICE AT 785-243-4471 OR EMAIL [email protected]
Block rooms (under Orphan Train Celebration) available for June 7 and 8 at: Super 8 Motel , 1320 Lincoln (Highway 81), 785-243-4200 $69 + tax, Super Start breakfast, book by 5/31 Holiday Inn Express , 2175 Lincoln, 785-243-2700 call for pricing Rodeway Inn , North Highway 81, 785-243-4545/800-228-2000$59.99/$54.99 + tax, continental breakfast, book by 5/31
Other lodging options: Kansas Creek Inn B&B , 1330 Union Road, 785-243-9988 (2 miles north of Concordia on US81, 1 mile west on Union Road)
RV Parks Airport Park , (free) South Highway 81 (first come, first served) (water/electrical hookups)
2013 ANNUAL ORPHAN TRAIN RIDERS CELEBRATION JUNE 7-8, 2013—CONCORDIA, KANSAS Tentative SCHEDULE OF EVENTS—subject to change (This information is available to download at www.orphantraindepot.org under events)
Friday, June 7: 1:00 p.m. Registration Morgan-Dowell Research Center
1:30 p.m. Welcome
1:45 pm Doug Brush, author of “Northern Kansas Division Missouri Pacific Lines Originally Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad” photographic history
3:00 pm Tour exhibits in the museum and visit the gift shop—open until 4
Optional activities/dinner on your own— see enclosed Depot Days flier
Saturday, June 8 7:30 to 10:00 am. Pancake Breakfast (included in registration; registration available) Featuring Chris Cakes Championship Pancake Flippers East shelter house, Concordia City Park 11th & Washington
10:00 a.m. Relocate to Cloud County Community College (registration available) Park in lots 3 and 4 (elevator access available) (Highway 81 to Walmart, then west at stoplight)
10:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions Rooms 256/257
10:45 am The Riders/Descendants Speak Rooms 256/257
12:00 p.m. Lunch (included in registration) Rooms 257/258
1:15 p.m. Riders on the Orphan Train Cook Theatre Alison Moore & Phil Lancaster
3:00 pm. Tour exhibits in the museum and visit the gift shop—open until 4
4 to 6 p.m. Optional activities— see enclosed Depot Days flier
Additional Optional Activities : (information available at registration): Train car viewing (at POW Camp) World War II POW Camp Concordia Frank Carlson Library & Memorial Room Brown Grand Theatre (tour by appointment) Pleasant Hill Cemetery Walk The Brick Wall Mural Nazareth Convent (tour by appointment) Cloud County Historical Museum (open til 5)
6:00 p.m. Happy Hour 19th Hole Restaurant 7:00 p.m. President’s Awards Banquet (West 11th Street to Willow (by football (included in registration) stadium, then south on Willow, first left)
Sunday, June 10 (on your own) Optional activities — see enclosed Depot Days flier