USS Corry DD817 2015 Reunion -----SELECT PRINT AND MAIL IN FORM

The reunion will be held at the Quail Hollow Resort, located at 11080 Concord-Hamden Rd, Painesville, OH. Telephone numbers for reservations are 440-497-1100 or 800-792-0258. You can view the property at www.quailhollowresort.com. Painesville is 25 miles east of Cleveland and just south of Lake Erie and right on I-90. There are 172 guest rooms and an onsite steak house. This resort is often used as a wedding site so there will probably be a wedding or two while we are there. Please reserve your room early before the resort fills up.
Other amenities at the resort are; two gulf courses that are country clubs. You may play the courses only if you are a staying at the resort. There are an indoor and outdoor pool, fitness center and whirlpool, Wi-Fi and a host of other things.
The room prices are $99 for a single and $109 for two occupants. Tax is not included but a hot breakfast each morning is included.

REUNION ACTIVITIES:

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 is early bird arrival day. Nothing is planned for this day except to shoot the breeze.

THURSDAY. OCT. 1: First thing to do is enjoy your hot breakfast, early birds may want to car pool to Canton, OH to see the Football Hall of Fame. It is about one and a half hours away and too long for a bus tour. Another option is to take a short drive to Middlefield, OH and visit a very large Amish community. You can have lunch at Mary Yoders Amish Restaurant, you may also tour the wineries, this is Ohio’s wine country.
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM; There is a welcome reception at the resort with wine, cheese and other beverages available, If you are going to be a registered at the resort at this time there is a $5 charge per person reunion fee that pays for this. Dinner is on your own and the hospitably room will be open all day Thursday.

FRIDAY, OTC. 2; Enjoy your hot breakfast.
9:30 board the bus for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the Cleveland waterfront.
10:10 Arrive at R&R Hall of Fame.
After the Hall of Fame you may want to tour nearby places of interest, The Science Center, A Navy submarine or a huge great lake freighter ship. You can see all of them from the Hall of Fame, Just a short walk. Lunch is on your own.
2:45 Board the buss for return to the resort.
3:30 Arrive at the resort.
4:30 Corry reunion business meeting followed by the white elephant raffle.
Dinner is on your own and the hospitality room is open.
The cost of the Hall of Fame tour is $48 per person and includes tickets to the HOF.

SATURDAY, OCT. 3. ; Enjoy your hot breakfast
9:30 AM Board the bus for a tour of some of the 18 near by covered bridges. We will have a step on guide for the tour.
12:00 Lunch at a winery and a wine taste too.
2:00 walking tour of Geneva-on-the-Lake, A quaint little place.
4:30 Arrive at the resort
6:00 Cocktail hour with cash bar.
7:00 Banquet. Our dress code for the banquet is nice casual, jackets are not required.
Please do not wear jeans or shorts. There are two choices for this plated dinner.
The choices are a 6 oz sirloin or seared chicken supreme with peppercorn demi-gloss, chef’s choice of starch and vegetable, mixed green salad and chef’s choice of desert. Let me know if you have special dietary needs.
The cost of the banquet is $35.
The cost of the bus tour and lunch and wine taste is $69.
Right after dinner we will hold the Corry Trivia Test with bigger and better prizes then ever before.

SUNDAY, OCT. 4 Enjoy your hot breakfast. After breakfast and farewells and promises to meet in Connecticut in 2016.

ODDS AND ENDS:

AIRPORTS: The Cleveland Hopkins Airport is about 45 miles away, The resort does run a shuttle so check with them on particulars. The Youngstown/Warren Airport may be an option for those flying from Florida or Myrtle Beach, Allegiant Air flies to Youngstown and their rates are very good. You have to rent a car and drive 45 minutes to the resort, but it may be worth it.

GOLF: If you want to play golf instead of touring, contact shipmate Gil Bernhart at 513-543-9395 or at [email protected] . These two courses are country clubs and you can golf them if you stay at the resort.

CUT OFF DATES: The last date to reserve your room is August 31. Return your activity sheet and check to me by September 15

WHITE ELEPHANT RAFFLE: For those of you that will be attending the reunion for the first, we ask that you bring a gift for the raffle in the $10 to $15 range. We then sell tickets and you can win as many gifts as your tickets are pulled.

CHECK WITH THE HOTEL: Ask the resort what their cancelations, early departure or shuttle policies are. The Corry Assn. cannot be responsible for any charges.

TOURS: Tours are expensive and I picked two that I thought you would enjoy. The tour bus holds a maximum of 55. If any of the tours are full up and there are not enough to hire another buss, then the last received activity sheets will not make the tour and will be given a refund.

BANQUET: The only way to get the dinner cost to $35 instead of in the $40’s was to agree on a two choice menu. If you have special dietary needs let me know.

LUNCH AT THE WINERY: Other then I know it will be a great lunch, I don’t know what the winery we are going to use or what is on the menu. I wanted to get the newsletter in the mail and not have to do it on vacation. If choices need to be made for lunch, I’ll contact you at a later date.
If you need to get in while we are in Hilton head, Call on Marilyn’s cell, 330-360-7872. I am one of the last hold outs on getting a cell phone. I’ll check my emails while I’m away, [email protected]  .

Hope to see all of you in Ohio this fall.

Jim and Marilyn ------------SELECT PRINT AND MAIL IN FORM