AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY

REGION 2 FALL MEETING

Oct. 17-18, 2008

 

Rooms: 

 

Please make your reservations directly with the Owego Treadway Inn (607) 687-4500. A block of rooms has been reserved for our group, so be sure to mention the Southern Tier/NYS Iris Society Event to get the special price of $94.95 per night (plus 11% room tax). This price is for a single or double room. A cot may be added for an additional $15.00 per night. IMPORTANT: This price is good only until Wednesday, Sept. 17, which is not very long from now, so please act ASAP!

 

The hotel is very nice, and the rooms are well equipped. For details, visit their web page at www.owegotreadway.com

 

 

Meals:

 

The River’s Edge Restaurant at the Owego Treadway Inn features floor to ceiling windows providing a view of the Susquehanna River and the Treadway’s landscaped grounds.  The River’s Edge serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and a champagne Sunday Brunch.  Breakfast is from 6:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.; Lunch, 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.; and Dinner, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. daily.

 

Saturday Lunch:

The tentative schedule is contained elsewhere in this newsletter. You will notice that it is a very full one!  In order to accommodate those attending the Saturday morning activities and also the judges’ training at 2:00 p.m., we have arranged the efficiency of a complimentary luncheon to be served in our meeting room. It will consist of garden salad accompanied by grilled chicken strips, cheese chunks, tortellini pasta salad, and beverages.  We need to know if you plan on joining us for this lunch.

 

If you prefer a more leisurely lunch and will not be attending the judges training, you may prefer to make the 2-3 mile drive to downtown Owego and visit the Hand of Man Gift Shop and River Rose Café (www.handofman.com) for good food and unique shopping. There are also several fast food restaurants within walking distance of the Inn and a number of other restaurants in Owego including The Cellar Restaurant, John Barleycorn, Jail House Restaurant and Bar, Mario’s Pizza, O’Hara’s Restaurant, The Parkview Restaurant, and Tioga Trails Café.  You may enjoy touring Historic Owego and exploring the shops on ‘River Row’ (Front St). Book lovers will not want to miss Riverow Bookshop (www.riverow.com), a wonderful independent store with creaking wooden floors and both new and used books.

             

Saturday Dinner:

 

Saturday’s Awards Banquet will feature three choices for entrees.  You may select Boneless Roast Prime Rib, Stuffed Flounder Florentine, or Treadway Inn Roast Chicken.  The meal will begin with soup du jour and garden salad.  The entrees will be accompanied by chef’s vegetable, potato, rolls, butter, dessert and beverage.

 

 

Registration: 

 

Please complete the registration form, indicate if you will be joining us for lunch on Saturday, make your dinner choice, and return with payment by Sept. 17. Make checks out to “STIS,” and mail as directed. 

 

THANK YOU!

 

 

Fall Meeting Schedule:

 

General Membership Meeting Agenda:

 

 

REGION 2 FALL MEETING SILENT AUCTION

 

We will be holding a Silent Auction at the meeting again this year to help fund our Region’s activities. Participating is a great way to make a contribution and have some fun at the same time. Donations of iris-related and garden items are welcome!  All you need to do is bring your items in and we will gratefully accept them and prepare the bid sheets for them.

 

Among the treasures to be sold this year are some items from the Region Archives (already held in duplicate), including iris books and old catalogs…always of interest to historic iris fanciers!  There will be 2 pots of the Siberian iris ‘Jerry Murphy,’ introduced by Jan Schafer and Marty Sacks of Joe Pye Weed’s Garden this year to honor our late friend. Several packages of iris note cards have also already been donated, and we can promise a nice assortment of other items.

 

Soooooo….be sure to bring a fat wallet!  There is bound to be something you just won’t want to leave without!