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IMPORTANT REMINDERS  **NEW**

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CABIN ASSIGNMENTS

ONLINE SIGN UPS

2012 IMPORTANT ITEMS

Very important last minute items:

**The time in Dale / Holiday World / Lincoln State Park is an hour earlier than Louisville, Indy & Clarksville time.  In the past, we have always stuck with Indy time for meals, etc, however,

THIS YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO GO BASED ON LOCAL TIME.  If anyone still wears a watch, please remember to adjust your watch accordingly.  We decided to make this change because most of us use our phones for the time and they will update automatically once we are in that time zone.  We want it to be the least confusing for everyone.

The microwave clock will be set to local time in the kitchen, so you can double check your watches / phones with it.  All meal times and prep and clean up times will be based on LOCAL time. 


**It will be hot, but not as hot as last year, thankfully!!  However, please still pack a couple extra gallons of water or bottles for your family to stay hydrated.  The lows as of now are to be in the 60s all three nights!!  Yay!!  Also, please bring your extra fans to the dining hall to use in there.


**CABIN assignments are posted at the following link, and will be available in the dining hall too:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B49ACAB22A20-cabin

This is just to ensure everyone has a spot and there are lower bunk beds for the little kids.  If you want to switch or make changes, feel free to do so amongst yourselves.  Also, note if you are in a 'double bed' room in the cabin, because you'll need to pack your bedding accordingly to fit the beds if you don't use sleeping bags.


**CRAFTS - we are going to do the bleach / T-shirts again this year.  So, if you and / or your children would like to participate, please bring a dark colored shirt to design and decorate.

We will also have lots of other craft things for the kids too.


**HOLIDAY WORLD -

Everyone I have heard from is going to Holiday World on Friday:

-Operating hours: 9:30am CDT to 8:30pm CDT for Holiday World
-Operating hours: 10:30am CDT to 6:30pm CDT for Splashin Safari
-Group tickets with 24 hour advance reservation for 15 or more $30.95/person
-Children 2 and under are free

If you don't have a group, let me know and I'll try and get people connected for the discount.

Note that Friday dinner clean up begins at 7:30, so to eat dinner, please be sure to be back at camp and get your food prior to 7:30.  You can still eat leftovers after cleanup, but you will be responsible for that and the clean up.


**SHIRTS - please bring and plan to wear your shirts on Saturday!!


**SIGN-UPS - We still need many people to sign up to help for the weekend.  There are a lot of empty spots.  Please click the link below to sign up to help:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B49ACAB22A20-weekend

If you have some gladware or other 'left over' containers, please bring those too, so that we can send you home with the leftovers, rather than throwing it away.
As of now, we are going to have 98 people attending... I'm super excited to see everyone!  It's going to be an awesome reunion!


Love,


Michele

2012 Reunion - mark the date on your calendar!!

The 2012 Holdaway Family Reunion will be held July 19th - July 22nd at Lincoln State Park.

LAST MINUTE ITEMS

Some final reminders and important items for the reunion this week:

#1 - It's gonna be hot! Today, I found spray mist personal fans at Walmart in the FAN section for either $7 or $9. We bought the $9 ones and they are really fun and "cool". :) Highly suggest you purchase on for the weekend!! There were a lot at our Walmart, but with the heat wave, they might run out, so get yours asap!! And bring extra batteries, because I'm sure they will get a workout!

Also, please bring ALL your fans. If you are not in your sleeping cabins (like when you come up for breakfast), please bring your fans to the Rec Building or Dining Hall so that we can have all the air circulation possible.

Bring lots of water. I'll bring the orange cooler full of drinking water. Be sure to stay hydrated. Consider bringing a couple extra gallons of water more than you usually do.

#2 - Don't forget swimsuits, towels and sunscreen. Remember, there is an awesome pool to cool off from the heat. I imagine we'll be there a lot on Friday. :)

#3 - There is a field to play softball. We didn't get to do this last time, because it rained. It will be hot, so maybe people won't want to play, but just in case, don't forget to throw in your softball stuff! If someone wants to step up and get this going Friday night, it's all yours. :)

#4 - Check-in is at 3pm on Thursday. We are planning to arrive by then to unlock everything, so feel free to arrive whenever. Last time we were at Versailles we put the snacky stuff in the Rec Bldg and the meal stuff in the Dining Hall. That seemed to work. Feel free to do whatever you think works.

#5 - Cabin assignments will posted in the dining hall by the sign up sheets. Please check out your cabin assignment and take the opportunity to sign up to help for the weekend.

#6 - Label all your stuff.

#7 - Make sure we get the kids involved in activities and chores for the weekend!! There will be a special craft for the kiddos too!

Driving Directions to Versailles

Address:
1387 E US Highway 50
Versailles, IN 47042

From Indy:
I-74 E to US-421 S (Exit 132); 37.8 miles
US-421 S to US 50 E; 26.4 miles
US 50 E to Versailles State Park 1.3 miles

About 1 hr 15 minutes from I-74 & 465

From South:
I-65 N to US-50 E (Exit 50A); 49.6 miles
US-50 to Park; 35.5 miles

About 1 hr 30 minutes from state line

Versailles 10-day Weather outlook

Click here for weather.

Alternative Lodging

Here are some ideas for alternative lodging sites.

Closer to park:

Huntington Bed & Breakfast
918 North County Road 450 E.
Milan, IN 47031
(812) 654-2143

Newman-Vollmar House
244 S. Buckeye St
Osgood, IN 47037
(812) 689-1535

Victorian Garden Bed & Breakfast
234 N. Walnut St
Osgood, IN 47037
(812) 689-4469

Moon-Lite Motel
U.S 421 South
Versailles, IN 47042
(812) 689-6004

About 25-30 mins from park:

Hampton Inn
2075 N Michigan Avenue
Greensburg, IN
812-663-5000

Holiday Inn Express
915 Ann Blvd
Greensburg, IN
812-663-5500

Fairfield Inn
2317 N State Road 3
Greensburg, IN
812-663-6055

Lees Inn
130 N State Street
North Vernon, IN
812-346-5072

Comfort Inn
150 FDR Drive
North Vernon, IN
812-352-9999

2011 Holdaway Family Reunion 7/21 - 7/24

The 41st Annual Holdaway Family Reunion
will be held at

VERSAILLES STATE PARK

Versailles, Indiana


July 21st - July 24th
Thursday - Sunday


Thursday Check-in: 3pm
Sunday Check-out: 12pm

Re: REUNION - final reminders

Well said, Michele.  I hope Jeanne Riley is here this year ... just making sure everyone knows she is the Jeanne you are referring to...!! Love my namesake!  It's funny, no matter how many people are there, you miss those that aren't.  I'm excited that Rob and Christopher, et al will be there this year.  My sister Jo Ann, who celebrates her 83rd birthday tomorrow, July 29th, will not be coming this year.  Hopefully next year, she said.  If you want to let people know about her birthday tomorrow, it might be nice.  Also, hope someone from my family can stay to close but I cannot volunteer for them. 

 

Love you,

Aunt Jeanne

 

 

 

In a message dated 07/28/10 12:05:46 Eastern Daylight Time, chrisandmichelep@gmail.com writes:

Okay ~ this is the week!  :)

 

Final reminders about this weekend:

 

The park is one hour behind almost all of us.  In the past we've always kept everything on 'our time' so we'll do the same this year.  All posted meal times are Indy/Louisville time.  We'll set the microwave clock to Indy/Louisville time too.  Just keep that in mind when you are planning to go to HW, or a show, etc. or you may show up an hour early.

 

Cabin assignments will be posted on the doors of the dining hall and inside by the sign up sheets.  Maybe I'll put one out at the pavilion too.  For the most part, people are where they were last year, with a couple changes.  It's hard making sure there are enough low bunks for all the kiddos we have which is what I've been working on with getting people in the right cabins.  And, as you know, feel free to move amongst yourselves - this is just to ensure that everyone has a starting point and that there is space for everyone.

 

Please sign up to help with a meal or clean up and keep all areas clean in between.  Everyone is responsible for their own dishes at lunchtime.  We have 'reunion' utensils that I think are marked with blue painter's tape.  If you use one of these, please make sure that it makes it back to the right spot since these belong to the reunion.

 

We are still in need for a volunteer from the N and the S to stay and help with cleanup.  This person must be able to walk the entire grounds with the rangers to ensure that everything has been cleaned up.  Also, the North person takes back any 'lost' items thought to belong to North families and the South person does the same for the South.  We need someone from the middle generation or the next one down.  Please let Deni or I know.

 

The one thing about our reunion that I love is little things that people do to make it special.  Many people have their own way of making the reunion memorable for others.  A few that come to mind are Bob P's popcorn and Mike & Joe playing music, Jeanne making the water & kool-aid coolers of refreshments, the many girls who organize games at dusk, the various cousins who have organized crafts, and those certain people's homemage goodies from the snack table that you crave all year long and my kids have talked all year about superman being at our reunion last year!  What is yours?  Do you have one?  Why not start one this year?  Or use this year to review, reflect and consider - what's missing that you could do next year to create your own special 'mark' for our reunion?

 

See everyone this weekend!

 

Love,

 

Michele

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Re: REUNION - final reminders

There is always Jewlery hunting......:-)

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris and Michele Paynter <chrisandmichelep@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:05
Subject: REUNION - final reminders
To: Us <chrisandmichelep@gmail.com>
Cc: chrisandmichelep.holdaway@blogger.com

> Okay ~ this is the week!  :)
>
> Final reminders about this weekend:
>
> The park is one hour behind almost all of us.  In the past
> we've always kept
> everything on 'our time' so we'll do the same this year. 
> All posted meal
> times are Indy/Louisville time.  We'll set the microwave
> clock to
> Indy/Louisville time too.  Just keep that in mind when you
> are planning to
> go to HW, or a show, etc. or you may show up an hour early.
>
> Cabin assignments will be posted on the doors of the dining hall
> and inside
> by the sign up sheets.  Maybe I'll put one out at the
> pavilion too.  For the
> most part, people are where they were last year, with a couple
> changes.It's hard making sure there are enough low bunks for all
> the kiddos we have
> which is what I've been working on with getting people in the
> right cabins.
> And, as you know, feel free to move amongst yourselves - this is
> just to
> ensure that everyone has a starting point and that there is
> space for
> everyone.
>
> Please sign up to help with a meal or clean up and keep all
> areas clean in
> between.  Everyone is responsible for their own dishes at
> lunchtime.  We
> have 'reunion' utensils that I think are marked with blue
> painter's tape.
> If you use one of these, please make sure that it makes it back
> to the right
> spot since these belong to the reunion.
>
> We are still in need for a volunteer from the N and the S to
> stay and help
> with cleanup.  This person must be able to walk the entire
> grounds with the
> rangers to ensure that everything has been cleaned up. 
> Also, the North
> person takes back any 'lost' items thought to belong to North
> families and
> the South person does the same for the South.  We need
> someone from the
> middle generation or the next one down.  Please let Deni or
> I know.
>
> The one thing about our reunion that I love is little things
> that people do
> to make it special.  Many people have their own way of
> making the reunion
> memorable for others.  A few that come to mind are Bob P's
> popcorn and Mike
> & Joe playing music, Jeanne making the water & kool-aid coolers of
> refreshments, the many girls who organize games at dusk, the
> various cousins
> who have organized crafts, and those certain people's homemage
> goodies from
> the snack table that you crave all year long and my kids have
> talked all
> year about superman being at our reunion last year!  What
> is yours?  Do you
> have one?  Why not start one this year?  Or use this
> year to review, reflect
> and consider - what's missing that you could do next year to
> create your own
> special 'mark' for our reunion?
>
> See everyone this weekend!
>
> Love,
>
> Michele
>