Reminder! The deadline to reserve your hotel room is fast approaching. Please call Clarion Inn at 865 (687-8989) by April 10 to reserve your room. Thanks, Robin Barrow KTOS On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Robin Barrow <braveladyrobin@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > The Knoxville chapter invites all state TOS members to the 2013 spring > meeting, to be held April 26–28 in Knoxville. Friday night registration > will be held at the conference hotel from 6–9 p.m., while Saturday > afternoon meetings and the Saturday banquet will be hosted at the Knoxville > Zoo, located off I-40 at Exit 392. Half-price tickets to the zoo for > Saturday afternoon are available by mail-in, advance purchase only. > > > > The conference hotel is the *Clarion Inn*, 5634 Merchant Center Boulevard > (I-75, exit 108). A block of rooms is reserved at a discounted rate of > $62.00 plus taxes per night for a choice of a room with either two double > beds or one king size bed. A free continental breakfast is included. Make > your reservations for the hotel by April 10 by calling *(865) 687-8989*and > mentioning “TOS” for the discounted rate. All field trips will leave > from the Clarion Inn. > > > > We are pleased to announce that the speaker for the Saturday banquet will > be Dr. Jim Tucker. Currently Professor of Educational Psychology at UTC, > Jim is the founder of the ABA, which he formed in 1968 to bridge the gap > between recreational birders and scientists. He has a wealth of birding > experience to share, including Big Days with Roger Tory Peterson. The menu > for the banquet includes Caesar salad, spinach lasagna, chicken Alfredo, > herb roasted potatoes, garlic bread, and dessert. > > > > Field trips are still being finalized, but usually include Seven Islands, > Kyker Bottoms, Sharp’s Ridge, Norris Dam, Cove Lake, Cross Mountain, and > the upper Smokies. > > > > Send your registration to KTOS by April 10. Make your check payable to > KTOS, and send to: Carole Gobert, 1304 Barcelona Dr., Knoxville, TN 37923 > > Registrations @ $10 each > > Dinner Reservations @ $22 each > > Child’s Dinner Reservations (age 12 & under) @ $10 each > > Saturday afternoon Zoo tickets, adult @ $10 each > > Saturday afternoon Zoo tickets, child @ $7 each > > > For additional information, contact Billie Cantwell, bfcantwell@xxxxxxxxx > . > >