About Portland:

Big city excitement and small town charm make Portland, Oregon, known as "the City of Roses", one of the favorite destinations in the West. Portland is situated approximately 70 miles from the Pacific in a magnificent setting between the sparkling waters of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Portland's historic old town, galleries and museums, Saturday Market, and theatre companies will keep visitors busy for weeks! Its lush green parks are perfect for a picnic or an afternoon stroll. Also, Portland is just a short distance from Willamette valley wineries, skiing at Timberline Lodge and all of the excitement and beauty of Oregon's spectacular ocean beaches.

Portland's award winning mass transit system is one of the most extensive and advanced in the U.S. The transit system includes buses, streetcars, historic trollies and the MAX, an urban light rail line. There's also a downtown transit mall and Fareless Square, the downtown free-ride zone. It's fun to take a relaxing ride on the MAX train and watch the Portland world slide by.

Portland was built with walking in mind. The short blocks, combined with public art and old fashioned statuary, fountains, bridges and parks offer opportunities for leisure and contemplation for the casual stroller. Walking tours of the downtown area focusing on the best of the city's art, architecture, urban parks and fountains are available. For the more adventuresome walker, Forest Park has over 70 miles of trails.

Nightlife in Portland is excellent and varied. This includes the world class performances of the internationally-known Oregon Symphony. Performing arts in the area offer ballet, Shakespeare, Broadway musicals, modern dance and much more. Oregon Zoo concerts are a summer treat, with music for all kinds of listeners. See art up close at the First Thursday art gallery walks in Westside Portland or in Northeast Portland galleries during Last Thursday walks. Portland has many local pubs and brewhouses, where tasting local microbrews is considered a fine way to spend an evening. The Rose City is the home of the Trail Blazers basketball team, and also has hockey and baseball for sports fans.

A splendid location, relaxed respectability, and an urban lifestyle that is unsurpassed for its livability makes Portland a city to visit and remember.

AGENDA:

THURSDAY NIGHT - 6:00pm - Meet in hotel lobby
Reservations @ 6:30pm - Early Bird Dinner, Parliament Room, London Grill
You're in for a fabulous private dining experience. Reservations are at 6:30pm. The cost is $48/person which includes gratuity but must be PREPAID to John & Liz Sullivan. The meal includes:

Starters: Baby Field Greens
Entrees:  Choice of:

* Flash Cured Atlantic Salmon, Yukon Gold mash, piquillo and white truffle oil
* Free Range Chicken Breast Stuffed "under the skin", goat cheese, pine nut and morels, Napa cabbage, and chanterelle sauce
* Angel Hair Pasta, just tossed in tomatoes, parmesan, garlic and fresh basil

Dessert: Oregon Berries Shortcake with lavender cream, and coffee

Alcohol is additional and via prepaid drink tickets which you can also use on Friday or Saturday. Beer is $5, House well drinks are $6, Call well is $8, and wine is $9.

Please let John & Liz know ASAP if you are interested and send your prepayment check to John Sullivan, 9482 SE Tarnahan Drive, Happy Valley, OR 97086.

FRIDAY - Official check-in.

FRIDAY NIGHT - Mayfair Ballroom - Meet & Greet your fellow alumni!

Registration & cocktail hour: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Pacific Rim Heavy Hors d'oeuvres: 6:00pm
Final Delights Dessert: 7:00pm
Portlant Taiko Performance: 7:30pm - 8:00pm
Entertainment/DJ & Dancing: 8:00pm - midnight
We'll be dancing the night away to a professional DJ, our very own Derrick Coston  (www.1stchoicedjs.net)!

SATURDAY - Mayfair Ballroom  - Daytime events

Breakfast Buffet: 9:00am - 11:00am
Amazing Race through Portland!

SATURDAY AFTERNOON - Nap time for us old fogies!

SATURDAY EVENING - Mayfair Ballroom -

Cocktail Hour & Hors d'oeuvres: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Broadway Buffet Dinner: 6:00pm
Dessrt Buffet: 8:00pm
Entertainment & Dancing: 9:00pm - midnight 
'5 Guys Named Moe' (www.themoes.com).

SUNDAY - Goodbyes...until 2011!

REGISTRATION RATES:

July 1, 2008 through August 31, 2008
$120.00 per person early payment rate

September 1, 2008 through November 30, 2008
$130.00 per person

December 1, 2008 through April 30, 2009
$155.00 per person
**Secure the $155 per person rate with a payment plan! 
You must submit your first payment of $38.75 in by March 31, 2009. Then the payment plan goes as follows:  $38.75 due April 30, 2009; $38.75 due May 31, 2009; final payment of $38.75 due June 15, 2009

May 1, 2009 through May 31, 2009 (NO REFUNDS AFTER MAY 1, 2009)
$180.00 per person

June 1, 2009 through July 1, 2009 (NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JULY 1, 2009)
$205.00 per person

REFUNDS:

90% refund through 1/31/09
75% refund 2/1/09 - 3/31/09
50% refund 4/1/09 - 4/30/09
No refunds after 5/1/09

HOTEL ROOM RATE: ***NEW RATES AS OF APRIL 2009***

Reunion festivities will be held at The Benson Hotel located at 309 Southwest Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97205.

Queen  $119/night $155/night plus 12.5% tax, single or double occupancy
Deluxe King   $139/night $164.00/night plus 12.5% tax, single or double occupancy
Deluxe Double/Double  $139/night $164.00/night plus 12.5% tax, single or double occupancy
Benson Junior Suite  $189/night $224.00/night plus 12.5% tax, single or double occupancy
If you've already booked your room, you will get the new rates!  :)

Please contact the hotel directly to reserve your room. Reservations can be made via phone at
888-523-6766 or 503-228-2000 or email reservations@bensonhotel.com. Please identify yourself as part of the "Kubasaki & Kadena High School Reunion." We have 20 rooms blocked for Thursday night, 70 rooms blocked for Friday night and 70 rooms blocked for Saturday night.  The hotel will honor the rates for earlier arrivals and later departures.

Should you book your room directly with the hotel or through a mileage site, please let us know in order for us to notify the hotel to have us all in the same location of the hotel.

Room Cancellations:  Full cancellations 72 hours or more prior to arrival. Cancellations within 72 hours of arrival will be assessed one nights room rate plus tax.

Hotel Parking:  $28.00/night

TRANSPORTATION:

The airport is approximately 11 miles from our hotel.  Tri-Met’s new MAX Red Line is located just steps away from the airport baggage claim area and provides transportation from the airport to downtown in just 38 minutes.  MAX leaves the airport every 15 minutes between 5:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. every day. The Pioneer Square stop is just a few short blocks from the hotel and the fare is only $2.05 for a one-way trip or $4.10 for a round-trip ticket.

QUESTIONS?

Contact John and/or Elizabeth Sullivan at 503.762.4496 or navillusjp@comcast.net