North Carolina Association of County Agricultural Agents
2003 Annual State Meeting
Holiday Inn Nags Head Beach, Kill Devil Hills, NC
June 10-12, 2003
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The Northeast District members of the NCACAA invite you to attend the annual state meeting in Kill Devil Hills. Come join us in The "Wright" Place To Be In 2003. Take a few moments and browse our web site to see what awaits you at the 2003 Annual Meeting. We have something for everyone.
We have an Online Registration form available for easy registration. Just follow the simple instructions to complete the form and Submit. Upon submission, wait for a web page confirming your submission and selections along with the total registration costs due. Please, Print the Confirmation Web Page and mail to the address on the page along with your check made payable to NEDACAA. Your registration will be final when we receive your check.
If you have any problems, contact Bruce Emmons. We have also provided a printable copy of the registration form if you do not feel comfortable registering online. Retired agents and life members can register online or use the registration form provided in their information packet recently mailed to them.
The 2003 NCACAA Annual Meeting begins officially on Wednesday, June 11 and concludes on Thursday, June 12 but we have some "Early-Bird" events planned for Tuesday, June 10. The Holiday Inn Nags Head Beach is the site for this year's Annual Meeting. The Holiday Inn Nags Head Beach will take your room reservations now by calling them at 1-800-843-1249 or at 252-441-6333. When making your reservations, please identify yourself with the North Carolina Association of County Agricultural Agents to secure our special rates. The deadline for room reservations is May 16, 2003. After May 16, rooms are available on a space available basis and rates increase. Do Not use their online reservations site to make your reservations.
Come early (Tuesday, June 10) and enjoy one of our "Early-Bird" events. If Golf is your game, enjoy a relaxing afternoon on the links at Goose Creek Golf Course with your buddies or make new friends. Enjoy the beach on your own and plan to attend the Lost Colony performance that evening ($14/adult, $8/child 11 and under). All meals are on your own for Tuesday.
The registration and information desk will be open from noon to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10 and Wednesday and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The NCACAA Board will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10.
Wednesday (June 11) morning will feature professional improvement tours beginning at 7:30 a.m. A breakfast buffet will be served from 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Choose from the eight tours available.
| "Spouses, Retired Agents/Life Members and youth are all invited to participate in the professional development tours and the retired agent/life members tours. Please feel welcome to come along for these educational opportunities" |
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| IMPORTANT NOTICE: After Friday, May 23, 2003, anyone signing up for tours will still have to pay the $5.00 fee for each tour AND arrange to drive themselves because all vans and buses are filled and committed |
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There will be an afternoon softball tournament beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Dare County Family Recreation Park on Mustian Street in Kill Devil Hills. A cookout will be held around 6:00 p.m. during a break from the softball games. The cookout will be at the ballfield and will feature "Down East" seafood, chicken, hotdogs, and hamburgers. Whenever you are ready to leave, you can go back to the hotel where the hospitality room will be open from 9:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.
Thursday morning will feature a recognition breakfast from 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. Following the breakfast, we have three professional development sessions: Bob McRacken will present "Effective Teaching Methods for County Agricultural Agents"; Walker Rayburn will present "'Ouch!' - What Ag Agents Should Know About Mosquitoes, West Nile Virus, and other Mosquito Borne Diseases"; and Lanny Hass will present "What's It Going to Take . . . To Be Great? Exploration On What Drives Excellence in Organizations". Everyone will attend each session beginning at 9:00 a.m. and concluding by noon.
Following lunch, we will have the general business session.
The banquet begins at 6:30 p.m. where we will recognize our outstanding agents with the Distinguished Service, Achievement, Young Agents Scholarships and Service to Agriculture Awards. Then we can all sit back and enjoy our guest speaker, Mr. Tim Danelly.
| "Spouses, Retired Agents/Life Members and youth are all invited to participate in the professional development tours and the retired agent/life members tours. Please feel welcome to come along for these educational opportunities" |
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Spouses are invited to participate in Early-Bird events on Tuesday, June 10 and the morning tours on Wednesday, June 11. Also four special tours for spouses and/or Life Members are planned for Thursday, June 12
For youth (5 and up) there will be crafts, movies and games at the County Extension Center in Manteo on Tuesday night, June 10 from 8:00 p.m. until Midnight while Mom and Dad attend the Lost Colony. On Wednesday, June 11 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. the youngsters (and the young at heart) will visit Jockey's Ridge State Park, play a game of Putt-Putt, eat lunch and enjoy the Wright Brothers Memorial. On Thursday, June 12, the youthful group will spend from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. enjoying an adventure with a morning seashell hunt by the seashore, going to Roanoke Island to visit the Elizabeth II sailing vessel, seeing the site of the first English colony in the New World, touring the Adventure Museum, eating lunch at the Pavilion and completing the afternoon exploring the North Carolina Aquarium. Later that evening, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 they will don their swimgear for a pool and pizza party.
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Retired Agents (Life Members) are invited to join in on all the activities on Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition, on Thursday, June 12 there are special tours to visit:
Contact Gerda Rhodes or
Frank Winslow for additional information.