Details for registered guests of the 2006 Pierce County Conservation Awards Luncheon: 

PLEASE NOTE that registration is CLOSED. Over 600 guests - business leaders, elected officials and conservationists from Pierce County and throughout the region – will be joining us. We’re busy getting ready to welcome each and every one of you!

WHEN: Monday, Oct 23, 2006 from 12:00-1:30 pm (registration opens at 11:30 am)

WHERE: Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center, 1500 Broadway, Tacoma, on Level 3 in Grand Ballrooms I-III.

Please join us after lunch for the GREEN TACOMA PARTNERSHIP KICK OFF at McKinley Park!

COST: There is no admission charge or ticket for this event. During the program, attendees will be asked to consider making a personally significant financial contribution to support Cascade Land Conservancy. Every gift is important to our work.

DIRECTIONS: The Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center (GTCTC) is located in downtown Tacoma at 1500 Broadway, directions from I-5 Southbound/Northbound:   

1. At exit 133 (City Center Exit) turn RIGHT onto the ramp towards I-705/City Center   
2. Take the 21st Street Exit (on the RIGHT hand side)
3. At the intersection, take a LEFT onto South 21st Street
4. At the next intersection, take a RIGHT onto Pacific Avenue
5. At the next full intersection, take a LEFT onto South 17th Street
6. Take a sharp RIGHT onto Broadway.
7. The parking garage will be directly ahead.

PARKING: You can access the GTCTC parking lot off of Market & 17th St. You can also park for free at the Tacoma Dome station and take the light rail train.

MENU: SALAD with Mesclun Greens, Candied Pecans, Sun-dried Blueberries, Tomatoes and Herb Vinaigrette; Troll-caught, Wild HALIBUT with lime Buerre Blanc; Herb Potatoes; Chef’s Choice Vegetable; LEMON CAKE, coffee and tea.

PROGRAM:

MASTER OF CEREMONIES - CRAIG UELAND, President and CEO of Russell Investment Group

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - United States SENATOR PATTY MURRAY

HONOREES

• Helen Engle Lifetime Achievement Award, GEORGE F. RUSSELL, JR.
• Conservation through Innovation Award, JOE MAYER, MAYER BUILT HOMES
• Conservation Partnership Award, Foothills RAILS-TO-TRAILS COALITION
• Cascade Agenda Leadership Award, PIERCE COUNTY CONSERVATION FUTURES
• Conservation Heritage Award, In memory of DENNIS G. SEINFELD

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND TABLE CAPTAINS:

CONSERVATION SPONSOR – Urban Visions

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR – HomeStreet Bank

AWARD SPONSOR – Puget Sound Energy

PARTNER SPONSORS:
- The Boeing Company
- Glacia Nova
- Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
- Quadrant Homes
- Russell Investment Group
- Tacoma Power EverGreen Options
- Tagney Jones Family Fund
- Yarrow Bay Development

TABLE SPONSORS - City of Tacoma | Davies Pearson PC | Denny Miller Associates, Inc. | GoNatives | Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell | Hancock Forest Management | Investco Financial Corporation | Labor Ready, Inc. | Pierce County Water Programs | Polygon NorthwestSimpson | The News Tribune | Thompson Smitch Consulting | Weyerhaeuser | Water Rights, Inc. - Ernest and Ellen Bay | Norm Dicks, US Congress 6th District | Ellen and Allen Zulauf

COMMUNITY SPONSORS - BOE Architects | Citizens For A Healthy Bay  | EnviroHouse  | Foss Waterway Development Authority  | Green Tacoma Partnership  | McCord and Associates  | Metro Parks Tacoma  | Native Plant Stewardship Training Programs  | Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge  | Pacific Lutheran University  | Pierce County Native Plant Salvage  | Pierce County Planning and Land Services  | Point Defiance Zoological Society   | Tacoma Nature Center  | Washington Native Plant Society South Sound Chapter - Charles Bingham | Ryan Dicks | Gene Duvernoy | Molly and Talmage Edman | Thomas Galdabini | Bryan Glynn | Joan Gray and Harris Hoffman | Al and Ann Jordan | Ryan Mello | Nancy and Don Pearson | Anna Thurston | Debbie Young

TABLE CAPTAINS - Ken Batker, CLC Community Trustee | Robert Bass, Hancock Forest Management | Leslie Batten, Project Manager, CLC | Marian Betzer, Fennel Creek Preservation Group | Derek Birnie, Outreach Director, CLC | Ron Burley, Glacia Nova | Ione Clagett, CLC Community Trustee | Steven Cooper, Labor Ready, Inc. | Stanley Cummings, Citizens for a Healthy Bay | Cheryl Dell, The News Tribune | Congressman Norm Dicks, 6th District | Ryan Dicks, VP Conservation, CLC | Gene Duvernoy, President, CLC | Molly and Talmage Edman | Larry Ehl, CLC Board of Directors | Joan Enticknap, HomeStreet Bank | Pat Fetterly, Davies Pearson, PC, CLC Community Trustee | Janet Gaines, Puget Sound Energy, CLC Board of Directors | Pierce County Councilmember Calvin Goings | Buzz Grant, Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition | Ron Hendry, CLC Community Trustee | Beverly Holland, Simpson | Kris Kauffman, CLC Board of Directors | Meghann Kern, Glacier Water Company | Bill T. Lynn, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, CLC Board of Directors | David MacDuff, Yarrow Bay Development | Joe Mayer and Kurt Mayer, Mayer Built Homes | Brian McCabe, Investco Financial Corporation | Pat McCarty, Tacoma Power | Ryan Mello, Pierce County Conservation Director, CLC | Maribeth Messina, Messina Bulzomi Christensen | John Olson, Coldwell Banker Bain, CLC Board of Directors | Peter Orser, Quadrant Homes, CLC Board of Directors | Don Pearson and Nancy Pearson, CLC Community Trustee | Ryan Petty, City of Tacoma | Karen Seinfeld | Lelian Solip, Tacoma Power EverGreen Options | Herb Stumpf, CLC Community Trustee | Tim Thompson, Thompson Smitch Consulting | Anna Thurston, Advanced Botanic Resources, CLC Community Trustee | Sheri Tonn, Pacific Lutheran University | Teri Tranholt-Hochstein, The Boeing Company | Bruce Williams, HomeStreet Bank, CLC Board of Directors | Jack Wilson, Metro Parks Tacoma | Michael Winnick, Russell Investment Group, CLC Board of Directors | Dan Wrye, Pierce County Water Programs | Debbie Young, CLC Board of Directors | Ellen Zulauf and Allen Zulauf, CLC Community Trustee

Thank you for your involvement, leadership and ongoing support of Cascade Land Conservancy's work to protect and care for our region’s precious natural and resource lands.

Sincerely,

Ryan Mello, Pierce County Conservation Director

- On behalf of the Board of Directors, Pierce County Community Trustees and staff of Cascade Land Conservancy.