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Experience
the life and culture of America's heartland! Register for your choice of these optional events
when you submit your conference registration.
Wednesday,
June 23
Pre-Conference
Workshop: Nutrient Data, What's Behind the
Numbers? (presented by USDA/ARS scientists) and What Do
We Eat in America? (presented by NCHS/NHANES
scientists) 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Cost: $25 per
person
National experts help users understand nutrient data.
Amana
Colonies Farm Tour
12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Cost: $43 per person, includes
dinner and transportation
Enjoy the history of one of Iowa's oldest farms and the
technology of one of Iowa's largest farms. The tour
route will wind its way through scenic hills and several
quaint Amana villages. Includes dinner at the Ox Yoke
Inn and visits to a butcher shop, bakery and
winery.
Thursday,
June 24
Evening Banquet
at University of Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom
6:00 - 9:30 p.m. Cost: $35 per person
Join your colleagues for
networking over cocktails and enjoy Iowa City's fine
dining. The comedy of Skip Johnstone, Social Reporter
-- "Voted Funniest Person in
Iowa" -- will send you home with a smile.
Friday,
June 25
(note
time change from 3-5 p.m. to 3:30-5:30 p.m.)
Herbert
Hoover Presidential Library-Museum / National
Historic Site and Secrest
1883 Octagonal Barn Tour (concurrent with
Session 8 of the main program)
3:30 - 5:30
p.m. Cost:
$10 per person, includes transportation
The birthplace of Herbert Hoover, the 31st president
of the United States, is located in West Branch just minutes
from Iowa City. Visit the home where Hoover was born in
1874, a blacksmith shop similar to the one owned by his
father, the first West Branch schoolhouse, and the Friends
Meetinghouse where the Hoover family worshipped. Also
located on the grounds are the Herbert Hoover Presidential
Library-Museum, the gravesites of President and Mrs. Hoover,
and a 81-acre tall grass prairie. The Hoover complex
offers many educational and cultural events and exhibits and
comprises one of Iowa's most popular tourist attractions.
Th
Riverside
Theatre's Outdoor Shakespeare Festival in City
Park: Measure for
Measure
Pre-performance 7:00 p.m. Curtain 8:00
p.m. Cost: $30 per person Tickets
limited
A sizzling drama about a woman's virtue held ransom by a
lustful Duke. One of Shakespeare's most provocative
plays, Measure for Measure, takes on issues that
are as timely as tonight's newscast. If a law is
unjust, must it be obeyed? Can an immoral act be
justified for a good cause? Part twisted love story,
part psychodrama, this story of suspense, dark comedy and
corruption will haunt you.
Saturday,
June 26
Visit
Frank
Lloyd Wright home, "Cedar Rock"
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Cost: $17 per person, includes
transportation
Located 65 miles from Iowa City, the drive to Cedar Rock will
take you through Grand Wood country.
Kalona
Historical Tour CANCELLED
1:00 - 7:00 p.m. Cost: $42 per person,
includes dinner and transportation
Learn about the fascinating whys and ways of the Amish
Mennonite people with a back roads tour that includes a view
of noodle making, soap making, and crafts. Enjoy a
delicious dinner in a living history setting at the home of
an Amish-Mennonite family.
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