One week from tomorrow another world-famous Martinsburg Zone Meet opens. It's not too late to sign up. Go to:
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for an on-line registration form (must be pre-registered to be judged). We currently have registrations from as far as Georgia, Indiana, New England and Canada. Ted Harbit is planning to be here with Chicken Hawk.This year's meet is being held at the Comfort Inn, 1872 Edwin Miller Blvd, Martinsburg, WV (less than 1/2 mile off I-81 at the northernmost Martinsburg exit). We have a VERY large parking lot for our exclusive use. The meet hotel is sold out, but there are numerous other motels close by. See:
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. Closest are the Knight's Inn, Quality Inn and Super 8 (same exit).Schedule is: Friday- Registration, Noon to 8 pm, excellent catered barbeque 5pm to 9pm, famous Newsgroup parking lot bull sessions whenever to whenever Saturday- Registration, vendor setup 8am to 10am, judging 11 am to ..., cash bar 6:30pm, awards banquet (limited to 300) 7pm, more famous Newsgroup parking lot bull sessions after banquet until whenever. Sunday- trip to nearby Antietam National Battlefield Park 10 am We will have a large hospitality room Friday and Saturday with snacks and soft drinks. A trolley shuttle will run most all day Saturday to the Marrtinsburg Mall and to downtown attractions. And, we will have overnight security both Friday and Saturday nights (Reserve Sheriff's Deputies in patrol cars). For those of you not familiar with Martinsburg- it is in the northeastern tip of West Virginal fewer than 100 miles from either Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD and fewer than 20 miles to either Virginia or Maryland on I-81. It is NOT the West Virginal you might expect (think John Denver and "Almost Heaven"). The long range weather forecast for Friday, July 21 is a high of 86 and a low of 67 with scattered showers possible, Saturday is expected to be 86 and 66 with mostly cloudy skies. Don't worry about rain. It always goes around our meet. See you there, Paul Johnson