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2008 REUNION MORNING REPORT _______________
CASPERS WHO ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND: Gordy Anderson Don Bliss Gary Braden Chuck Carroll Don Charlton Joe Cole Ned Costa Bill Fielding Steve Greene Richard Head Walt Henderson Bobby Horowitz Grover Hudgins Robert Jameson Phil Johnson Larry Kahila Bill Kane Buddy King Bill Krueger Virgil Lamb Ed Liptrap Bob Mac Glaflin Art McBride Robert McDonald Don McKeough Chuck Merkel Terry Lee Parker Randy Plese Jimmy Pollan Tom Quinn Jim Revoir Don Sholett Jim Sickler Guy Strang John Swiney Bernard Timmons John Wilkofsky 36 (As of 5/4/08) _______________
Gold Star Family Members Planning to Attend: Donny & Leslie Kidd, Jr. (Son) _______________ Reminder 2008 CAPO Membership Are Due Now We would like to have all renewals or new memberships to be paid prior to the 2008 reunion. _______________ Grand Prize Raffle
Joe Kline Aviation Artwork $125 Gift Certificate For an Original Edition Customized Print. Special Banquet Raffle Ticket: $5 _________________ Casper Platoon Reunion PX All merchandise will be available for pickup at the reunion ONLY
Casper Hat $25 New all embroidered design includes the 173d & Casper Logo
Casper Platoon Challenge Coin $10 To Purchase These Casper Items All PX merchandise must be ordered and paid for by no later than May 1, 2008. Email your requests to: 2008 Reunion PX. Then print the reunion order form and mail it along with your check before the deadline. All of the items will be available for pickup at reunion check-in. There will also be a small number of Casper Hats & Coins available to buy at the reunion on a first come basis. Sorry no mail orders. _______________ |
Casper Platoon Reunion 2008
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA July 1, 2, 3 & 4
Come celebrate the "4th of July" with your Casper family!
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With genuine Savannah ambiance, the DeSoto Hotel is situated in the heart of the historic, dining, shopping and theatre districts of Savannah, Georgia and just a short walk to bustling River Street and City Market areas. The Desoto Hotel is located conveniently near the Intercoastal Marina. Also surrounded by Savannah's languid and beautifully shaded squares, magnificently restored southern homes of the Colonial and Victorian eras and traditional landmarks, this historic Savannah hotel provides the ideal setting for the Casper Platoon Reunion 2008. Hotel Website Special Casper Platoon Room Rate is: $139 per night.
Casper Platoon Reunion
Registration Fee and Other Costs Casper Registration Fee $75 single Casper or $100 per family Reunion Luncheon Banquet Dinner $25 per person $50 per person Raffle Tickets Grand Prize Raffle $20 for 20 tickets $5 per ticket Casper "Help Fund" CAPO Annual Dues $ any donation $25 membership Besides clicking the "YES" email link below, we encourage all those who are planning to attend the reunion to fill-out the online registration form now and list everyone in your party that will be attending our event. Please make your check payable to: CAPO and mail it to Ned Costa. We would like to have your registration fee, reunion lunches and banquet dinners paid ASAP.
We need to know an approximate head count to help in the planning process with the reunion hotel. Please let us know of your plans ASAP! Please print the registration form and return it completed to us with your check or money order. CAPO 2008 Executive Officers Buddy King, CAPO President Art McBride, CAPO Vice President
Optional Events For Your Entire Family To Enjoy!
We will load up on trolley cars at our hotel and be transported to River Street on the Savannah River. There we will enjoy an hour on River Street and then board the paddlewheel “The Georgia Queen” for a 2 hour Dinner Cruise on the lovely Savannah River. We will dine on a “Low Country Shrimp Boil,” a concoction made famous in the low country between Charleston and Savannah. Plump and succulent “Wild Caught” Georgia White Shrimp, Chunks of Smoked Country Sausage Links, Corn on the Cob, and Red Skinned Potatoes all boiled in a Seafood Broth together then spread out on large table for all to enjoy. There will be Savannah Red Rice too. The food on this cruise is fantastic. It is prepared by a Culinary Master Chef and is delicious and memorable. We will also be entertained by a Local Band playing Beach Music, and Low Country Blues. This is an optional event for your entire family to enjoy. If you would like to attend this dinner cruise, please let us know now for advance planning purposes. We are going to need a head count ASAP. Contact Art McBride: Savannah Harbor Cruise - YES The cost per person for this exciting and most memorable dinner cruise is $60 per person and includes transportation. Please print and fill out the reservation form below and mail it along with your check to Ned Costa: Harbor Cruise Reservation _____________________________________________________________________________
Join Casper for a peek into the life of famous southern cooking entrepreneur, Paula Deen. Visit a few of the shops that Paula frequented, and still showcases, on her way to establishing one of the most popular restaurants in Savannah, The Lady and Sons. Get to know Paula like Savannah knows Paula and sample some of the low country's best at her new restaurant: Uncle Bubba's Oyster House where we will have lunch, along with a few surprises and is sure to give you an appetite for more of the "Good Ole South" and Paula Deen. The tour will also take us through the historic district and also to the Southside of Savannah where she first started. As guests of the Paula Deen Tour, we will receive a gift bag full of goodies and an exclusive VIP Pass to the Lady and Sons Restaurant available only to tour participants. This is an optional event for you and your entire family to enjoy. If you would like to attend this tour and luncheon, please let us know now -- as this popular tour sells out quickly. Group reservations have to be made many months in advance. Contact: Art McBride: The Paula Deen Tour - YES The cost per person for this exciting and most memorable event is $60 per person and includes transportation. Please print and fill out the reservation form below and mail it along with your check to Ned Costa: The Paula Deen Tour _____________________________________________________________________________
Savannah has the most beautiful Inter-Coastal Waterway on the Atlantic Ocean and is noted for its Fantastic Inshore and Offshore Fishing. Inshore in July, the waters are teeming with Big Spotted Sea Trout, Fat Flounders, and Huge Red Fish. You might even hang a Large Tarpon or Shark as well. Offshore you will find a fishing area known as “The Snapper Banks." These Banks are loaded with Red Snapper, Grouper, and King Mackerel that can really make a reel smoke, Spanish mackerel, and occasionally a Mahi-Mahi or Sailfish. This is an optional event -- These trips are a very memorable times and a great way to enjoy the company of fellow Caspers, so get with your old pals and form a party and let’s go fishing! If you guys are interested, contact Art McBride: Fishing Trip - YES The cost per person for these trips are $210 per person. Based on the following bookings: The Inshore Boat holds a maximum of 3 anglers. There must be 3 people in your group to get that individual per angler price. The Offshore Boat holds a maximum of 6 anglers and all 6 people have to be in your group to get that price. These prices includes transportation and the tip for the First Mate who takes care of you on the trip. It does not include lunch. Please print and fill out the reservation form and mail it along with your check to Ned Costa: Fishing Trip Reservation _____________________________________________________________________________
17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Hidden within the city's Spanish moss draped majestic oaks and other natural treasures lay The 17 Hundred 90, Savannah's oldest inn and restaurant. Its food is rated as one of Savannah's finest restaurants. The 17 Hundred 90 Restaurant has been a gourmet tradition in Savannah for over a century and acclaimed as "the most elegant restaurant in Savannah" by Gourmet Magazine. The restaurant is tastefully decorated in old southern tradition from the perfectly restored fireplaces to the brick floors throughout. This dining experience will highlight of your stay in the wonderful historic city of Savannah. This is an optional event for our Casper ladies to enjoy. If you would like to attend this luncheon, please contact Art McBride: Ladies Luncheon - YES The cost per person for this most enjoyable luncheon is $30 per person. Please print and fill out the reservation form and mail it along with your check to Ned Costa: Ladies Luncheon Reservation _____________________________________________________________________________
We mentioned earlier that the Inter-Coastal Waterway in Savannah is beautiful. Even more stunning is the Barrier Islands along the coast. These pristine islands with their white sand beaches can only be reached by water and most are totally uninhabited by humans, just deer, turkeys, turtles, and wild boar. We will travel in an excursion boat through the inter-coastal waters to one of these islands. There we will disembark and take a walk along the beach. There’s plenty of sea shells and drift wood to collect along the way. The sea and beach along with the wild life and scenery are breathtaking. When you have had enough of the barrier island we will reboard our boat and head back to the mainland for a dockside seafood lunch. Along the way back we will be treated to dolphins. These flippers really put on a show. Contact Art McBride: Barrier Island - YES The cost per person for this most enjoyable excursion is $30 per person. Please print and fill out the reservation form and mail it along with your check to Ned Costa: Barrier Island Reservation _____________________________________________________________________________
Savannah Walking Ghost Tour A town with this much history is bound to have a few skeletons in her closet, and maybe just a bit more! This evening tour takes you though the old colonial part of the historic district and talks to you about local legends, house hauntings, and even the occasional house exorcism here in Savannah. Take a twilight stroll with us along Savannah's shadowy squares and beneath the moss covered trees as we tell tales of the old Gullah traditions and superstitions, some of which are still practiced today!! Why is Savannah such a superstitious place? Why is it considered one of the most haunted cities in America? Find out the answers, and other spine tingling tales on this fascinating and occasionally unnerving tour. This is an optional event for you and your entire family to enjoy. If you would like to attend this haunted evening tour, please contact Art McBride: Ghost Tour - YES The cost per person for this haunting experience is $20 per person. Please print and fill out the reservation form and mail it along with your check to Ned Costa: Ghost Tour Reservation _____________________________________________________________________________
Bill Fielding has boned up on his Savannah History and is planning a 1 hour and 45 minute Fun Walk through the Historic District and lead you to places not on the Paula Deen Tour. Savannah is really a Beautiful Old City. In fact, so beautiful that on General Sherman’s “March to the Sea Campaign” during the Civil War when he had burned a path from Chattanooga to Savannah. Upon entering Savannah after the siege ended could not bring himself to have the city torched because of her beauty and instead gave the captured city to President Lincoln as a Christmas Gift. Hey, This fun walk is free! If you would like to stretch your legs with us, please contact Wild Bill Fielding: Fun Walk /Tour - YES _____________________________________________________________________________ Optional Event Prices Savannah Harbor Dinner Cruise The Paula Deen Haunted Ghost Ladies Luncheon The Georgia Queen Riverboat Tour & Luncheon Walking Tour 17 Hundred 90 $60 per person $60 per person $20 per person $30 per person Barrier Island Inshore Fishing Offshore Fishing Bill's Savannah Trip & Luncheon Trip (3 person min) Trip (6 person min) Fun Walk_ ___ $30 per person $210 per angler $210 per angler Free to all _____________________________________________________________________________
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The
Hilton Savannah DeSoto Hotel
The Hilton Savannah DeSoto Hotel
Please
email and let us know if you will be attending the Reunion
Savannah Harbor River Dinner Cruise
Aboard The Georgia Queen Riverboat
The
Paula Deen Historic Savannah, GA Tour and Luncheon
Inshore
& Offshore Fishing Trip 
Ladies Luncheon
at The 
Barrier
Island Excursion & Lunch
Reunion
Meals