Subject: Othello Crane Festival
Date: Feb 19 18:32:31 2002
From: hill - hill at cbnn.net


The website has been updated with the 2002 Crane Festival information. Go
to www.othello-wa.com and events, or go to the bottom directly to crane
festival choices. Most of the listings are accurate, although some lectures
actually are repeated and the Friday evening speakers follow each other
rather than up against each other.

I suggest that everyone interested in attending register early as this year
we have Peter Matthiessen as our banquet speaker and as a participant in the
Author's Forum. Bring money for books. We will also have a Friday evening
program with two speakers that will repeat on Saturday. There are lots of
choices for speakers, usually four at a time. The toughest part may be
finding a crane viewing bus on Saturday that has room. There are two busses
each on Friday and Sunday, but they are during the specialized birding field
trips. We have also added a boat tour of Potholes Reservoir on Friday and
Sunday with very limited seating.

Randy Hill
Othello