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My photos from the 2009 Strong Family Reunion in Dixon, Illinois, are on line. Anyone who can help me with names from the Reunion Picnic, please do! The photo albums are here: SFAA Photo Albums If you have photos of your own to share, send them to the Webmaster, Edward Barnard, and I’ll add them to our Photo Albums online. Come to Dixon, Illinois Sunday, August 2, and Monday, August 3, for the 2009 Strong reunion!! We are staying at the Quality Inn and Comfort Inn, located near the intersection of I-88 & Il Rt. 26 at the south end of Dixon, IL The motels are midway between Chicago and the Quad cities, and about 45 miles south of Rockford, IL. The two motels are under one roof and share two pools and banquet rooms. The Quality Inn with an entrance at the east end of the building serves a full hot breakfast. The Comfort Inn with the entrance on the west end of the building has a deluxe continental breakfast featuring waffles. The motels are located beside a large WalMart and small strip mall. The SFAA has a block of rooms reserved at both motels. The Quality Inn:
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The motel will hold the rooms for the SFAA until July 2. Contact the Quality Inn and Comfort Inn directly and mention SFAA. A credit card will hold the room. You can cancel with no charge until 4 p.m. of the day of arrival. Please register early to assist us in our planning. Dixon, in Lee Co., IL, is the boyhood home of Ronald Reagan. His home is open for tours daily. It is also the home of the Walgreen family. Our banquet speaker will be Paul Langan, a retired psychology professor with an interest in Dixon area history. His topic will be the founders of the Walgreen Drug Store chain. More information on area points of interest, dining and shopping will be available in the SFAA hospitality room located across from the Comfort Inn registration desk. A special guest at the Stronghold Castle tour on August 3 will be W. Ansel Strong III. He, and possibly some of his cousins, will share stories of his grandfather, Walter A. Strong, who was a Chicago newspaperman and builder of Stronghold Castle. The Walter A. Strong family descends from Elder John Strong’s son John Strong. More information about the castle and adjoining property is found at http://www.strongholdcenter.org/ Registration for the SFAA reunion in Dixon, Illinois August 2 & 3, 2009 Main Contact Name______________________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________________________________ City__________________________________ State ________________ Zip_______________ Phone ________________________ email __________________________________ Names as they should appear on the Name Badges_______________________________________ Registration fee for the 34th SFAA reunion in Dixon, IL Adults $15 _____adults X $15=___________ Banquet meal _______adults X $20=_____________ Monday, August 3 _______children under age 8 X $10=_____________ Sunday late afternoon at the Lowell Park shelter north of Dixon oven fried chicken, potato salad, fruit bowl, Del Monte bicolored sweet corn, dessert and iced tea or pink raspberry lemonade Get Acquainted catered picnic _____adults X $8=______________ _____ children under 8 X $8=______________ Stronghold Castle tour number of people X $3=______________ Touring inside the castle involves many steep steps. It is NOT handicapped accessible. Anyone may walk around the grounds without a charge. W. Ansel Strong III’s presentation about his family and life at the castle will be in the cafeteria at 11 a.m., following the 10 a.m. tour. That is open to all of the SFAA. It isn’t necessary to have also toured the castle. Lunch in the Stronghold Presbyterian Conference Center cafeteria on August 3 ________number of people X $8.25=_____________ Make check or Money order payable to SFAA Reunion 2009 and Send registration to: Mrs. Ann Hecathorn Questions? s.hecathorn@verizon.net Strong Family Association of America, Inc.
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