USS
SABALO SS-302 REUNION
SAN DIEGO,
CALIFORNIA
SUNDAY AND MONDAY 13-14 SEP 2009
at the San Diego Crowne Plaza Hotel
Immediately following
the USSVI-USVWWII-ISA National Convention. Sept 8-12 ***
Full details of this joint convention which includes international
submariners can be found at:
Convention
website: http://www.ussvisandiego.org/Convention2009/index.htm
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***IMMEDIATE
ACTION REQUIRED***
RESERVATION REQUESTS ARE NOW PAST
DUE
1 July 2009
Shipmates,
The date requested for reservations to be submitted has passed.
The attendees list below is revised daily to reflect who has already
submitted their reservations, and those who are still indicating they
are tentative to attend. You can still submit your form for
desired activities. DON'T
HESITATE MUCH LONGER BECAUSE FINAL PLANS ARE BEING ARRANGED AND YOU MAY
MISS OUT ON SOME EVENTS. EVENTS TO BE HELD WITHIN THE HOST HOTEL
HAVE SPACE LIMITS AND DEADLINES.
The list showing all responses
including regrets of those unable to attend.
http://usssabalo.org/RN-Responses%202009.html
If your name isn't
on
either list, it would be appreciated if you would take the time to
respond.
What if you
need to cancel after making reservations?
The hotel has a liberal cancellation policy which charges no penalty
until 6AM the date of your reservation. Our Reunion fee
cancellation policy-- The
General Registration
Fee is not refundable after 1 July 2009. All event fees are
refundable unless reservations made with the vendor, venue or
transportation company are not cancelable, or subject to penalty after
a certain date. (For the banquet, the date is approx. two weeks
prior.) In any case, regardless of date, and depending on
the situation, an attempt will be made to refund as much as possible of
your deposits if you have to cancel. However, even with
these chances to cancel later on, PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW !!
What
if I decide at the last minute to attend?
A few last minute add ons can be accommodated for the main
banquet. The remainder of the events will remain open up
until further announcement.
Jeff Owens, Reunion Coordinator
570-942-4622
Questions: call me 0700-2100 EDT
570-942-4622
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Two
events
are arranged for each day. All activities are ala
carte. You may select which to attend or not.
SUNDAY 13
Sept.
Golf
Outing** - tee off time TBA (probably late morning)
or
San Diego Padres
vs. Colorado Rockies
Baseball Game - game start 1305
Evening
Buffet Banquet with 3
entrees & cash bar 1730-2130 Meal service beginning 1800
MONDAY 14
Sept.
Buffet
Breakfast - all morning for late sleepers
Fishing
Trip- ½ half
day
charter boat trip**
or
Bus Trip to Viejas Casino**
**exact
details &
timing to be announced depending on number of participants.
Guests staying over Monday night are
encouraged to hook up with other
shipmates for
dining at local restaurants.
Our HOSPITALITY SUITE suite
with beverages,
cocktails and snacks will be
available for visiting, sharing stories,
photos and memorabilia viewing. Bring
yours
to share! There will be laptop computers for the 'Sabalo Slide
Show' and for those who may bring CD's with their photos.
SUITE
SCHEDULE: First open sometime
Saturday afternoon and evening (12 Aug)
and also open during
both days even while the activities above are underway (except main
banquet) providing someone will volunteer to man the watch**.
Open
evenings until 2300 or ?. The suite layout provides both indoor,
and outdoor, pool side patio space. There will be internet access
to view the Sabalo web site for those who don't have internet at home,
and also the ability to check email for those who need to.
ALL ARE INVITED TO DROP BY THE HOTEL even if your schedule or desires
don't include any of our events. Any and all Sabalo sailors are
invited to share the hospitality. Please communicate if you will be
visiting.
**contact Jeff Owens if
you can take the load for a couple hours during either day. We
just need someone to standby, and answer questions.
Room reservations at the Crowne
Plaza must be made directly by attendees.
Go to https://resweb.passkey.com/go/USSSABALO
for online reservations,
or call 1-888-233-9527 between 0700-2300
Pacific Time for phone in reservations.
Be sure to mention you'll
be attending the Sabalo Reunion to get the discount rates.
***Membership
in USSVI is not required for attending the Sabalo or any other boat
reunion. However, this is a great organization for subvets and
you should check it out. Ron Gorence, QMC(SS) on board Sabalo
1966-70 is the Membership Chair for the San Diego Base and has this to
say:
"Membership
in USSVI costs $20 for
National plus $20 more for the San Diego Base per year, which will buy
you the
quarterly American Submariner magazine (full of Sub-related info) and
the SD Base Silent Sentinel, which will keep you up to date on local
scuttlebutt prior to the convention. Of course, neither is required to
attend the Sabalo event (at Town and Country), but other official
Convention
events do require National membership. IMHO,
that’s $40 well spent. Go to ussvisandiego.org
and click on MEMBERSHIP
and send me an application and a check made out to “USSVI” and I’ll get
you on the mailing list. This site also has archived copies of the
Silent Sentinel."
Ron
can help you find a Base
in your local area if you prefer, and one exists.
Direct any questions to him at: gorence sbcglobal.net
USSVI national web site: http://ussvi.org
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REUNION COMMITTEE:
Jeff
Owens, Ron Gorence, Pete Lary, Larry 'Doc' Davis, and Ken
Sanderlin.
VOLUNTEERS TO AID IN COORDINATING THE PLANNED ACTIVITIES ARE NEEDED.
IF YOU WILL HELP, PLEASE COMMUNICATE TO JEFF OWENS.
owensjepix.net
USPS: RR1 Box
1026,
Nicholson, PA 18446
Tel.: 942-4622
AREA CODE 570
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NOTE:
21 Apr 2009 - As a result of intensified searching over the past six
months for men listed on the rosters, but not previously located, many
additional men have been located, and also much additional personal
information has been added to the rosters and personal 'bio'
pages. Unfortunately, there are many cases of finding that our
shipmates have passed away. Some were determined to have died a
number of years ago, but, sadly, even the number since our April 2007
reunion includes many names. Be sure to review the rosters, if
you haven't done so in some time, and check on your old friends.
If you see anything that might be added, please be sure to communicate.
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CLICK HERE FOR THE RESPONSES TO EMAIL &
HARD COPY
BROADCASTS--=SOME INCLUDE A SHORT LINE OR TWO OF SHIPMATE NEWS
PROSPECTIVE
ATTENDEES OF 2009 SABALO REUNION AND/OR USSVI CONVENTION
(years aboard
shown after name)
RESERVATIONS
ARE PAST DUE.
IF YOU DON'T SEE ANY PARTICULAR SHIPMATE'S NAME LISTED,
THEN WHY NOT CONTACT HIM AND ENCOURAGE HIM TO MEET YOU IN SAN DIEGO!!
The list is updated regularly. Be sure to 'Reload' or 'Refresh'
your browser to see the latest changes.
Those who's reservations and deposits are already received are
indicated
in bold typeface.
| Bill
Weisensee & wife Nancy 57-58 |
Philip
'Ken' Jackson
60-61 |
Ron
Gorence
& wife MaryAnn 66-70
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Roy
Owens 66-68 |
| James Potts &
wife Laura 58-60 |
Rees Madsen 60-63 |
Mick Ray & wife
Carol
+ 2 guests 66-69
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Jeff
Owens 67-69 |
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Ken Sanderlin & wife Vivian 58-59 |
Ron Scott & wife
Carol
62-63+2 guests |
Harold Losby &
wife
Shirley 65-70
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John Patrick &
wife
Linda 67-69
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John E. Savella
&wife
Maria 52-53
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Mike Elzinga &
wife
Connie 59-61 |
Peter Lary &
wife Gail
68-69 |
Enrile Trinidad & guest 64-66 |
| Marvin
Kurowski 59-61 |
Art Clement &
wife Chrissie 59-62 |
Tom Wilhelm &
wife Jeanne 68-70 |
John
Baker &
wife
Karen 64-68 |
| Andre Giacomelli
& wife Jean 53-54 |
Robt Ochoa & wife Emma 63-66 |
Alan Volbrecht &
wife Chris 68-69 |
Hal Barker & wife Dossie 64-66
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Larry Douglas 55-57
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John Egan & wife Shirley 63-65 |
Bill Towery 66-69 |
Brian (Baumruk)
Collins
66-69 |
| Jay Jones 55 |
James MacMurray
61-63 |
Terry Bolen &
wife
Carol 70 |
Chris Witzel & guest May Jo 64-66
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| Dale Gregory 52-54 |
Dante Villa 63-67 |
Al Steele & wife
Kathleen +guest? 66-68 |
Larry 'Doc' Davis
65-68 |
| Ed Gipson 53-54 |
Gene Contrady 61-64 |
Bob Phelps 65-68 |
Joe Hess & wife
70-71 |
| Bob Wisswell
56-58 |
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Kent Smith 68-70 |
Chris
Sanborn 67-68 |
| Frank Espana 58-60 |
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John Buchanan 68 |
Warrie Leeke 67 |
| Charlie Darrell
57-59 |
Benjamin Heck 45-46
|
Brian Ramsey 66-68 |
John
Wade 68-69 |
| Donald McCauley
& wife
Alice 56-58 |
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Ron Horsman 67-70 |
Ron LeBlanc 65-68 |
| Dick Collier 55-57 |
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Ernie Yarbrough 68 |
Stephen Pierce
68-69 |
| Jim Miller &
wife Kathy 59-61 |
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Greg Bryant 67-68 |
Terry Heisterman
& wife Jani 66-69 |
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| Charley Odom 45-46
(convention only) |
Richard Trevis 60-61
(visit to suite only) |
Lee Plummer 62
(visit to suite only) |
Frank McCoy
&wife Pat 67(visit to suite only) |
| Robert Flood 56-
(convention only) |
Walt Booriakin
69-71 (visit to suite only) |
Ed Hawkins 63-64
(convention only) |
Dave Follo 68-69
(convention
& visit to suite only) |
If you don't see
any particular man who served with you on the
list,
and you'd like to renew old times, why not give him a call, and
see if you can encourage him to meet you this time? If he's
not listed
on the roster pages as located yet, send
me his
name and I'll start an intensive attempt to find him.
--Jeff
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Previous email notices sent
to
all those with known email addresses have had many messages returned as
undeliverable, most due to probably changed addresses. A couple
were due to email blocking software which must allow a specific address
to send mail. Please check your listing on the roster pages to
see
if your correct
address is listed, and be sure to keep Sabalo in mind if you change.
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USSVI
National Conventions:
Future USSVI national conventions will
continue to be a draw for a number
of
men. The possibility exists that if a fair number of men indicate
they will attend any particular convention, then maybe a Sabalo event
could be arranged. If not, then maybe
an impromptu get together may be staged. -- Toward that end a
list will be kept with each convention information section below for
registering your name, if you are interested, or will be
attending. If you add your name, this may help others to make a
decision to also attend. Please send your plans at the earliest
opportunity to facilitate this possibility.
The complete schedule of upcoming USSVI national and regional
conventions, and district meetings is posted on the national web site
at:
http://ussvi.org/Conventions.asp
2010
Cincinnati - Northern Kentucky August
30 – September 06
| PROSPECTIVE ATTENDEES |
X
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X
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X
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2008 Dallas-Ft Worth,
TX 1-7 Sep SOMEBODY
SEND A REPORT ON ACTIVITIES AND ATTENDEES
Details: http://ussvi2008.com/
2007 Bremerton, WA - Alaska
Cruise 15-23 Sep SOMEBODY
SEND A REPORT ON ACTIVITIES AND ATTENDEES
Details: http://www.aaawa.com/submarine/index.htm
ATTENDEES
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John Egan 63-65
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George
Hudson 69-70
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Chris Witzel 64-66
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| Gene "Spooks"
Merrill 59-60 |
Peter
Lary 68-69
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Greg LaBrache 57-59
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and ????
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LOOKING
FOR A SCHEDULED REUNION FOR ANY OTHER BOAT?
There
are notices of all
upcoming
boat reunions in any
location accessible from:
United States Submarine
Veterans (USSVI) Home Page http://ussvi.org
from the home page click on "Boats
&
Crews" and follow the instructions.
Previous email notices sent
to
all those with known email addresses have had many messages returned as
undeliverable, most due to probably changed addresses. A couple
were due to email blocking software which must allow a specific address
to send mail. Please check your listing on the roster pages to
see
if your correct
address is listed, and be sure to keep Sabalo in mind if you change.
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click on
these links for details and photos
San Diego, California 11 - 14 April
2007
Kansas
City, Missouri 29 Aug -
4 Sep 2005
Saratoga Springs, New
York
16-18 Sep 2004
Reno, Nevada
4-6
Sep 2003
Peoria, Illinois 13
&
14 Sep 2001
Groton, Connecticut
14
July 2001
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