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CCHS  2009 Annual Meeting
June 25-28, 2009, Martinez, CA.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

6:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast on your own

7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration. Best Western John Muir Inn

7:30 a.m. Activities begin at Shell Clubhouse, 1635 Pacheco Blvd., Martinez

7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Genealogy breakfast
Scouring County Records for Elusive Family History.
Speakers: Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk/Recorder and Barbara Chambers, Assistant Recorder

9:15 – 9:45 a.m. Welcome by Rep. George Miller’s office, Congress. District 7

10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Bringing Local History to Life in the Digital Age on a Limited Budget. Workshop by David Grossman, History Room Librarian, Mill Valley Public Library

11:45 – noon History Day, 2009 and Beyond. Talk by Myron Piper, Sacramento County History Day Coordinator

12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Awards Luncheon

2:15 – 3:45 p.m. Lifesaving Tales: Staying Afloat in a Sea of Documents and Photographs. Workshop by Carola DeRooy, Archivist, National Park Service

4:00 – 5:30 p.m. State-of-the-art restoration of gravestones destroyed by vandals and weather. Workshop by Doug Fowler, Ranger, East Bay Regional Park District

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. R and R

7:00 – 8:00 p.m. No host happy hour at the new Willows Cabaret at the Campbell Theatre, 636 Ward Street in downtown Martinez

8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Dine from an nosh box of superb nourishment while enjoying Pageant, a wacky musical comedy about six beauty pageant contestants
 

For more information, call or email Andrea Blachman, 925 372-7146.