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[Bill Grigsby <wgrigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*2007 ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
TO BE IN BRISTOL, TENNESSEE /VIRGINIA
**May 4-6, 2007*

The 2007 TOS spring meeting and symposium will be held in Bristol, 
Tennessee and Virginia from Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6. The 
Stephen M. Russell Chapter of the TOS is hosting the meeting. 
Registration Friday evening and the meetings and dinner on Saturday will 
be held at the Waldo Miles Retreat Center. The center is at Sugar Hollow 
Park, Bristol, VA, which is on Lee Highway (US 11/19) about ½ mile north 
of the intersection with Old Airport Road. This is at Exit 7 on I-81, 
Bristol, Virginia. For information, contact Bill Grigsby, 
bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

*Lodging:*

A block of rooms at the La Quinta, 1014 Old Airport Road, Bristol, VA, 
has been reserved for TOS. Call Stephanie McReynolds at (276) 669-9353, 
for reservations. Be sure to ask for the TOS meeting rates, which are 
$56.00 per night ($62.72 with tax). These rooms will be held for TOS 
members until April 20^th.

This hotel is at Exit 7 of I-81 in Virginia. For more information and 
directions to the hotel visit the La Quinta website : 
http://www.lq.com/lq/index.jsp and use the locator for Bristol, Virginia.

*Field trips*

Trips will be held Saturday and Sunday morning. The destinations are not 
yet finalized but are likely to include Shady Valley, TN, Mount Rogers 
NRA and Whitetop Mountain, VA and Clinch Mountain WMA (VA). Check back 
soon for more details on the field trips.

*Program Speaker:* Dr. Richard (Dick) Peake. Dick is a life member of 
the AOU, the Association of Field Ornithologists, the Carolina Bird 
Club,the Houston Audubon Society, KOS, TOS(both Tennessee and Texas), 
VSO, and the Wilson Ornithological Society. Now Professor Emeritus of 
English, Dick gives illustrated bird programs and does occasional 
volunteer and professional birding tours in Texas and Virginia. He is 
the author of "Birds of the Virginia Cumberlands".

*Registration* *and Dinner*

The registration fee is $10. Saturday Dinner and Program is $15.00. 
Attendees may pay upon arrival, but pre-payment is encouraged. 
Pre-registration by April 20^th is required for the dinner. Send checks 
to Bristol Bird Club, care of Janice Martin, 701 Euclid Avenue, Bristol, 
VA 24201.

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*Schedule (tentative)
*

_Friday, May 5_
6:00 PM, Waldo Miles Retreat Center - Registration and refreshments; 
announcements; sign-up for field trips

_Saturday, May 5_
7:00 am -12:00 pm Field trips-depart from La Quinta
12:00 pm-1:30 pm Lunch break
2:00 pm - Paper session - location to be announced
Time and location to be announced - TOS Board of Directors meeting
6:30 pm – Dinner and Program by Dr. Richard Peake at Waldo Miles Retreat 
Center

_Sunday, May 6_
7:00 a-12:00 pm Field trips-depart from La Quinta.

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