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Jimmy K. Polk-fish 2009 All
Crews Reunion Info
 When:
July 16th - July19th, 2009.
Where: Radisson Charleston Airport Hotel, 5991 Rivers
Avenue , North Charleston SC 29406 [web
site]
Room Rates: $84.00 per night
For Reservations: 843-744-2501 Code: USS James K Polk
* NOTE: Reservations must be
made NLT 16-Jun to be guaranteed the group rate.
Reunion Coordinator: Larry Cox. He can be contacted at:
Hey there shipmates, it's that time again! Get this information out to
all those in your address book, make a few phone calls, whatever it
takes to let your buddies know that the party is going on. Even if
you can't come this year, you can help by getting off your
sorry behind and getting the word around! I hate running into someone
off the Jimmy K. and hearing them say, "dang, I wish I had known
everybody was getting together!"
If you've been to a Jimmy K. reunion before, you know how dang much
fun it is. If you haven't been... well, my command of the language is
inadequate to fully explain the sensation that comes along with a
three day liberty call surrounded by a squirrelly bunch of
mischievous, reprobate, shipmates from multiple generations of service
on the same dang boat! And in a city where no one knows you, too! Yee
hah!
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Jimmy K stuff? Click here to order your hats, t-shirts and other
paraphernalia.
Schedule of Events
Events & times may change. Additional activities may be added.
Wednesday, 15 July
- 1200 - ??? Grab Your Cox: Party
for Early Arrivals - Larry & Linda will be hosting a shindig for
early arrivals at their house in Goose Creek. 108 Main Ridge Blvd,
Goose Creek SC 29445. Phone (843) 553-9025, Cell (843) 906-1790. [click
for map]
Thursday, 16 July
- 1200 (approx) - Hospitality room open for registration
Complete Stores Loadout, Commence 1st Watch - Mischief, Sea
Stories, Music, and Chicanery in Hospitality Room
Friday, 17 July
- 1000 - Mischief, Sea Stories, and Chicanery in Hospitality Room
- 1230 - Private H L Hunley tour
for Polk reunion only (Not open to the public) [click
for Hunley Museum Tour info]
Cost $20 per person Transportation will be by POV
Depart hotel at 1230, Private tour starts promptly at 13:30.
- 2000 - Ugly Hawaiian Shirt Contest
Cost $5.00 per person
50% of pot to JKPVA & 50% to winner
- 2100 - Ugly Hat Contest
Cost $5.00 per person
50% of pot to JKPVA & 50% to winner
- 2200 - Jimmy K Special Olympics
Blue vs. Gold competition - Open to all shipmates and family
members.
Saturday, 18 July
- 1030 - Day at Patriots Point
Excursion [click for
Patriots Point info]
Cost $18 per person Transportation will be by POV
This can be an all day event. Tours available of submarines &
targets. Great museum and park too. There is a lot of walking
involved in this event. Plan accordingly.
For those interested, we'll be having lunch in the CPO Mess onboard
Yorktown. Cost for lunch is $8.50 per person. We are not collecting
for this. You will pay the Yorktown folks directly.
- 1530 - JKPVA Business Meeting
[click
here to review pending proposal]
- 1800 Cocktail Hour in Banquet Hall
Cash bar.
- 1900 Banquet
Cost: $40 per person. Cost covers dinner, gratuity, tax, and
entertainment.
This year we will be serving a buffet - sliced
london broil w/ sherry mushroom sauce, fried chicken, potato salad,
tossed
garden salad, broccoli salad, a variety of sides including
garden rice pilaf, mac & cheese, sweet kernel corn, dessert and coffee, tea, etc.
Vice Admiral, USN (Ret) Albert J. Baciocco, Jr. will be our
guest speaker. Admiral Baciocco was COMMANDER SUBMARINE GROUP SIX
(1981-1983), where he was accountable for the overall readiness of a
major portion of the Atlantic Fleet submarine force, including forty
SSNs, 20 SSBNs, and various other submarine force commands totaling
approximately 20,000 military personnel, among which numbered some
forty strategic submarine crews. During this period, in 1982, he
served additionally as COMMANDER NAVAL BASE CHARLESTON.
Live entertainment will be provided by the 4+1 Showband.
Sunday, 19 July
- 0800 (approx) Worship with shipmate Willy Wassberg
Location will be announced.
- Farewell to shipmates
Retrieve lost skivvies, check out of hotel, hold hands & sing
Kumbaya, etc. Hospitality room will be open briefly in the AM.
We will, of course, have our own
hospitality room with an open bar and the best drinks in the whole dang town.
We will be collecting a one time $20
per person donation at registration to cover the hospitality room,
bar stock, supplies, clean up, and hors d’oeuvres. This one-time
donation covers the expense
for the entire
reunion period.
Special Reunion
Items Available
 $5.00
ea.
USS James K. Polk (SSBN/SSN 645) Lapel Pin
The photo doesn't do these justice! These are a beautiful
first quality 1" cloisonné. Let folks know you're Jimmy K & squared
away!
Purchase one today or get one free when you sign up
for a lifetime membership !
These will be
delivered at the reunion.
Need some
Jimmy K stuff? Click here to order your hats, t-shirts and other
paraphernalia.
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