IMPORTANT REMINDER:

The White Oak Bd.

Calendar of Events

 We offer Hall rentals for your private group gathering, celebrations, special meetings, etc.! The Colonial Great Hall rents for $175 per day, and $225 for use of kitchen added! Tax is additional. Call either 218-246-9393 or 218-246-9680 for questions or date reservations.

We offer site/outside field rental for $100 per day, or $50 for half day. With electricity used, adds $25 per day. This means stage, bathrooms, and food booths.

Dad's can be rented for $50 per day.

Campground and meadow camping can be arranged. It has been $12 per site, or $7 for meadow camping.

Dorm A and B can be rented per room or $12 per person/night. When the heat goes on, it's $15 per nite. This works great for scrapbooking group, sleeping qurters for hunting or fishing groups, etc.

JANUARY     * New Website address for the White Oak Classic Sled Dog Race is www.whiteoakclassicsleddograce.com

The 2011 White Oak Sled Dog Classic with take place on the second weekend of January.  Musher Registration  and Spaghetti  Feed will again be Friday 4 to 7 p.m., and the actual race takes place Saturday at 9:30 a.m., with staging and introduction & scent trail beginning 9:30 a.m.. Saturday morning White Oak serves a pancake breakfast from 6 - 9:30 a.m. with race immediately following.

"Recreational Teams" start at White Oak and end at Gosh Dam Place

"Trophy Teams/Bob Lundeen Memorial Classic" starts at White Oak and ends at Squaw Lake Community Center off Hwy 46, north from Deer River (with a 2 hr. mandatory layover at Gosh Dam")

"Northome 8" Professional Teams start at White Oak and end in Northome Saturday eve.

10 Dog Professional Teams start at White Oak and end in Marcell Family Center on Sunday morning, starting approx. at 7 - noon, with a breakfast available inside with awards following. (These teams have a mandatory layoever for 6 hours either at Northome or
Effie.

White Oak's Sled Dog Classic----It was fantastic and fun for everyone! Check out www.whiteoakclassicsleddograce.org for winners of all four categories. Thanks to all who volunteered to be part of this big weekend!

Friday registration, dog checks,  and "Meet the Mushers" Spaghetti Dinner 4-7:30 p.m. at the White Oak Learning Centre & Fur Post at 33155 State Hwy 6, one mile north of Deer River on Hwy 6

Saturday 6-9:30 a.m. Pancake Breakfast, and Race begins at Rendezvous Stage at 10 a.m., with introductions, Scent Trail, and staging starting at 9:30 a.m.

                 6:00 p.m. Squaw Lake Community Center ends the Tropy Race, and Awards given

                  out for the first two categories: Recreational and Trophy Teams (The Bob Lundeen Memorial Teams)

Sunday 6:30 a.m.- Noon  Pancake Breakfast & Race ends by noon at the Marcell Family Center

               Noon - Awards Given out for the 8-Dog and 10 Dog Professional teams

It's a go for the Sixth Annual White Oak Dog Sled Classic!  It will be a dog sled event celebrating the "Northern Minnesota Winters", as well as "Reliving Our Fur Trade Era" history when dog sled teams were a necessity for survival! Friday night from 4-7 p.m. come to "Meet the Mushers" and support White Oak's Spaghetti Feed! Prices are $7 for adults, $4 for 12 & under. The race itself will get underway Saturday at 9:30 a.m., at the White Oak Fur Post, specifically at the Rendezvous front stage.  The actual race begins with a Memorial Opening. This sixth year will again include"Purses" for prizes for the 6-Dog and 10 Dog Professional Teams. For the "Bob Lundeen Memorial Classic Champion", the first place prize is a brand new Blackpowder Rifle, purchased by Pat Richards, in honor of Bob Lundeen's Legacy as a "White Oak Sled Dog Classic" Supporter! This particular event, starting in 2005, was "His Baby" for the city of Deer River. As Mayor and Chief of Police, he took great pride at being totally involved from the beginning to end. He was instrumental in getting state troopers, local police, sheriffs, search & rescue, and the Grand Rapids Ham Radio Operators involved. He had so much fun working on it, that his memory lives on in all of us, and he is greatly missed. "His Race" will be announced and started Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m., and prizes will be awarded Saturday Evening at 6 p.m. at the Squaw Lake Community Center. This 40 mile run, with a two hour rest-layover at Gosh Dam Place, will be finishing in Squaw Lake, and is intended for beginners and hobbiests.  It has been recommended that a 20 mile opportunity be included again, for beginners, to encourage everyone who wants to participate and have fun with their dogs !

This year of 2008, we honored Ed Valek and his family's love of not only the White Oak Rendezvous, but also this Sled Dog Event! He and his wife Diane Valek, of Grand Rapids, assisted in the preparations and carry through of Musher Registrations the first two years, and many more responsibilities! This year Ed will be very much missed! His August 31, 2006 unexpected death after complications following surgery. There was a recognition time of rememberance of Ed's life and love of the White Oak Sled Dog classic. Following, were the "Trophy Class" and the "Rec Class". Following afterwards was the 6 Dog Pro and 10 Dog Pro from the Rendezvous stage. 2009 honory was the son of a musher family that passed away, and 2010, Jamie Nelson, was honored for her lifelong love of sled dogs and their people, which she continues to train, even in her retirement years. she has many years experience in the John Beargrease in Duluth, and three times completed the 1200 miles at the Idarid Sled Dog Race in Alaska! We are proud to have her "blessings" for establishing the White Oak Classic in her "Neck of the Woods" - northern Minnesota!

From the Rendezvous stage , the two beginning classes go to the Gosh Dam Place, at the corner of #46 and "9". The Trophy class has a two hour mandatory rest period, and will continue to Squaw Lake Community Center, whereas the Rec class ends at Gosh Dam Place. the two professional teams go straight past Gosh Dam, through Squaw Lake, ending in Northome! At Northome at the Senior Center, there will be a "free will" Chili Feed that evening starting at 6 p.m., put on by St. Michael's church as a fundraiser! The cafe in Northome will be open until midnight. Effie Cafe is also expected to be ready for lots of late night hungry people on the corner of 1 & 38 at the corner of the teams' rest spot! The Effie Community Center where the dog teams will be resting will offer food, restrooms, and a place for mushers to catch a wink during their layover. 

The 130 mile "overnight" run will be for 10 dog professional teams! They will be continuuing on past Northome this year, and straight ahead to new trails towards Effie, Bigfork and Marcell! They will also go through the Gosh Dam Place Crossing, on to Squaw Lake and to Northome. They will have a chance to rest the mandated time in either Northome or Effie, and will take off in the middle of the night for their completion of the race onto Effie, Bigfork, and Marcell.  

Get involved in the fun! Volunteers needed! If you'd like to help in any fashion, leave your name, number, and interested area you'd be willing to help with. Call the White Oak office at 218-246-9393 to leave your name and number so we can get back to you! This third year brought out new volunteers that are very much appreciated and everyone had a fun time!

Two weekends after this awesome opportunity for the dog teams to practice and get prepared, is the annual Beargrease Race out of Duluth!! (They also canceled in 2007 due to no snow also! We anticipate this next year's event to be spectacular!! Don't miss it! The "White Oak Sled Dog Classic" buttons can be purchased as a souvenir, as well as a fund raiser, and helps spread the word!

We also have concessions at Dad's Tavern to keep you warmed up and lunch available throughout Saturday!

FEBRUARY           

                                                   logo design by Keith Golden, mimikdesign

MARCH

APRIL

PLEASE Clean out attics, storage, cupboards, etc. to donate to our nonprofit to work our way out of an old debt we adopted from 1995! Get ready for our Debt Reduction rummage Sale coming in July or August - when school is out so we get plenty of help - and maybe open two weekends to earn the most we can!

All money raised will go directly to Grand Rapids State Bank towards the past loan from 1995 that we are still facing! It started at $15,000 and we are below the $7,000 mark! This year we are moving it after Workweekend and after School days.

                    "Living History School Days"

            May 21 Thurs. or  Friday (full) May 22, 2009         

For 2009, the classes we are working on for your enjoyment include the following:
Duties of the Bourgois, History of our MN Area in the Fur Trade, Period, Life of a Voyageur, Voyageur and the Trade Ax, Outside Clay Bake Oven, Birchbark Canoe Building, Primitive Archery, Blackpowder and the Fur Trade, Spinning "Tales" with Wool Processing for Clothing, Village Blacksmith, Northwest Company Store, History of Sled Dog Teams in the Fur Trade, Native Basketry & Beading, Old Sioux Nation Customs, Foods & Cooking during the Fur Trade, and a specialist in Lewis & Clark Expedition (same Fur Trade era)

Pre-registration information can be returned on line  immediately covering your basic information:

1.) Name of Group/School/individual ____________________________________________________________________

2.) Number of Students, or individuals from the public planning to attend:_______________________________________

3.) Thursday or Friday Preferred, and "either one is fine": ___________________________________________________

4.) Lead Contact Person's name, email, phone, address: ______________________________________________________

5.) List the top 12 classes you'd prefer: __________________________________________________________________

Email this information to Mary Jean Ogee at mjogee@hotmail.com

This preliminary info locks in your day to attend and number we will plan for. 

Basic Recommendations for a smooth field trip:

1.) Begin your day at the Great Hall front lawn with your sack lunch, good walking shoes/socks, a jacket/umbrella between by 9 - 9:15 a.m. or as soon as you are able.

2.) Each small group should  line up with their chaperones to be prepared for schedules and maps  (Set up small group & 2 chaperones each beforehand.)

3.) The classes take place at 18 stations, scattered around our site! 

4.) Bringing cold weather and rain gear is very wise! It’s a nice surprise not to need it!

           5.) Be sure to announce – no backpacks! They can stay back at school or be left on the bus.

           6.) Classes begin at 9:30 a.m., following every half hour     (unless a class is planned for two 1/2 hr. sections)

           7.) We are flexible with later arrivals and/or early departures, and can fit in as many classes possible!

           8.) The fee is $10 for each participant. (Chaperones assigned to school groups are free!)

           9.) Pre-Registration is required.  Be sure you've heard a confirmation from us.

          110.) It helps to have those particular groups’ lunches together beforehand  (to carry to picnic area.)      

           1111.)We prefer to keep the groups smaller, ie 9 - 12 maximum. This assures a great day for everyone!  

Be among those that have experienced our unique site and historical learning centre! These are experiences that will never be never be forgotten!  We are so fortunate to have such gifted and professional instructors in so many areas of our history!

We are a 501-3C non-profit educational organization that started in 1987, and is made up of people from all professions and agesand ages who love to celebrate and teach the history of our country, specifically our Minnesota Fur Trade Era from the time permid 1600’s through mid 1800’s. Our staff is from a wide variety of occupations and professions, all sharing a love of histor to  teaching others. My husband and I are both retired MN school teachers who know what makes a great learning

experience that's well worth your time and funding.  Parents have indicated a chance to help their children get there by

sharing payment somehow.

We wish you success in your planning, and would love to see you able to come.

Sincerely, Mary Jean Ogee, White Oak Volunteer Coordinator

33155 State Hwy 6, Deer River, MN 56636

mjogee@hotmail.com, 218-832-3910

                                     White Oak Workshop Choices for 2009

Circle your first choice :         Thursday, May 21    or     Friday, May 22

We are so pleased to be able to offer a real nice variety of classes this year again!  Like a superintendent that participated one year, “The students learn more in one day with “hands on” experiences here, than what they can learn from a book over months of time!”

Please register as soon as you can. Send your registrations to mjogee@hotmail.com, and process your invoices at your building as soon as possible to insure a smooth & timely process. We appreciate payment ahead of the field trip, if possible. Otherwise, please bring payment along the day of your visit. You can fill in the number of students at $10 each for a total, with all adult chaperones being free! Understand that the number you tell us is the number we hire for, thus we ask that no reimbursements be made after registration is completed.

Name of School/Group/Individuals_______________________________________________________________                Grade__________

Number of Students_______

(we can understand one or two could change, but over that cannot be reimbursed, as these fees directly pay the instructors for being here, and the number registered dictates how many are hired for your classes)

School/Home Address_______________________________________________________________

Contact Person_________________________

Home Phone_____________________Cell_________________

School Phone_______________________________ (Best call time?____________)

Email address:_______________________________________

Number the classes from 1 – 12 to indicate your favorite choices, with #1 being your most favorite , then #2, etc. Feel free to write notes. We honor your choices the best we can with availability when you register.

1.) _______ Duties of the Bourgeois                                         12.) ______ Spinning Tales/Processing Wool

2.)________Voyageurs and the Trade Ax                                13.)______ Early Sioux Customs & Life in a Tipi 

3.)________History of the Fur Trade in Northern  MN           14.)______Primitive Soap Making & Tanning       

(How the Actual White Oak Point led to our Fur Post!)               

                                                                                                             15.)______Black Powder in the Fur Trade

4.) _______ Life of the  Voyageur  

5.) _______Lewis & Clark Expedition                                    

                                                                                  16.)_____ Primitive Bows & Arrows              

6.) ________ Birch Bark Canoe Building                

7.) ________Outside Clay Bake Oven                                        17.)______Post Blacksmith  & Tools                              

8.) ________History of NW Company Store (see #21)           18.)______ Fabric & Clothing Styles of the Fur Trade Era

9.) ________ Period Food, Preserving & Cooking                                    

10.)________Sled Dog Teams during the Fur Trade Era
                                                                                                                                

Thank You for your continued support, allowing us to offer unique programming opportunities for all ages!! 

The office has children’s and adults “White Oak School Days” T-Shirts on sale for $5 !!!

Very Sincerely,     “Mr. & Mrs. Charles Atkins”

Mary Jean & Chuck Ogee

White Oak History School Days Coordinators

mjogee@hotmail.com

 For the Public Attending: Each adult attending needs to pre-register and send in their $10 to hold your place. Both men and women of all ages are welcomed to come and be assured you will have a day to remember!!! 

 JUNE

JULY or AUGUST we will be setting up our Annual Debt Reduction Sale. 

All donations can be left on the porch against the building, and we will watch to get your donations put indoors. We ask that no clothes or coats be dropped off, unless they are clean and "like new" condition.

*Last year we received so many wonderful donations, and we thank you for these items to help our sale. The crowds sure didn't come, but we did deposit $155 into the old loan. Some tubs of exceptional items are being saved for consignment. Thanks to all who donated and all who worked on the sale.

JULY
Old Fort William:
Thursday-Sunday, second weekend in July
Old Ft. Wm, Vickers Heights Post Office
Thunder Bay, ON, POT2Z0  Canada
For information call 1-807-473-2344.

Great Forts Folle Avoine Fur Trade Rendezvous
Fourth weekend in July
Site is located on County Road U south of  Danbury, Wisconsin
For information call: 715-866-8890 or email: fahp@centurytel.net

August                         White Oak Annual Rendezvous

   July 31, Friday, August 1 & 2, 2009

A scene at the rendezvous at White Oak

White Oak Rendezvous:   Usually, the first full weekend in August, HOWEVER, we are told loud and clear that we can't follow this rule this year, as it conflicts with other rendezvous before & after White Oak, and we don't want to do that! This year is our 21st. Anniversary!
The Rendezvous site is 1 mile north of Deer River, MN. on Hwy. 6  at the White Oak Fur Post & Learning Centre                                            

Camp Fees:  Would you believe it's a Full Package Deal for every camper - Primitive and Modern - for as long as you can be there!  Rendezvous Admission is all inclusive in the $45 package price!!!! Yes, we are really meaning it to have as our goal an increased gate number and increased traders and participants!!!!!!          

The message is clear! We want a full house!!

Public Days are Friday, July 31, Saturday and Sunday, August 1 & 2, 2009.  Keeping our $6 entry fee to make it affordable! Family package is only $20 for your immediate family - not meant for extended, out of your household. Children 5 and under are free!

For more information or registration information, contact White Oak at 218-246-9393.

Attached are the mailings being sent out - send in your name to receive a packet, or copy and paste from here to register. We can also email an atachment to you if you email mjogee@hotmail.com to ask.

Whit  White Oak   21^st. Annual Rendezvous  

          July 31, Friday, Saturday & Sunday August 1 & 2, 2009

33155      33155   State Hwy 6      Deer River, MN 56636               218-246-9393/832-3910

                                  One Camp fee for EVERY camp or shop! Really! 

All cam     Camps  will include a token for every person 6 and over to wear as your proof of paymen   payment. These must be shown to ticket booth attendants if you go in or out of the            Rendezvous during Public Gate Hours.  (Public Rendezvous “day” visitors will pay daily admissio    at the ticket booth & wear a different colored bracelet or stamp each day during the Friday, Saturday,   Saturday and Sunday public days.)

Period        Family Camp           $45.oo  #Tokens needed ______    =    _____

Period       Blanket Trader        $45.00    #Tokens needed______    =     _______

Period       Merchant Trader      $45.00  #Tokens needed______   =   _____

Period      Licensed Food Vendor $45.00  #Tokens needed_____    =    ________            

Mode       Public Campground     $45.00 #Tokens needed_____    =   _____  =__            (Public) Meadow Camp   $45.00  #Tokens needed_______   =   _____         

Res     Reserve Your Spot?(Modern Campground site, Modern Meadow Camping, Period Camp,

Period    Front half of Rendezvous Field Row A,B,C,D,E,F, or Period Camp back half of Rendevous Field

Row A.B.  Rows A,B,C.D.E.F) or will pick when you arrive, back meadow?)  Want to reserve a spot? ______________

Thu        Thursday Evening Formal Colonial Dinner  (There needs to be more interest to continue.)

                                                                          $25 per person X ____= ________

                                                $12.50 per child 12 & under X ______=________

Black     Black Powder Range (one-time fee/shooter)$10.00 X _____=_______

                                           *Individuals for the Year        $20.00      ________

Memb   Membership support  *Families for the Year      $30.00      ________

                                           *Businesses for the Year       $75.00      ________

White O  White Oak Society, Inc. is a Nonprofit 501-3c Educational Organization that supports its own   this entire 80 acre site, buildings, maintenance, insurance, state fees & licenses, depen     and depend totally on volunteers and tax-deductible donations to keep functioning. 

                       Donations for the Rendezvous Fundraiser “Silent Auction”  is

is very     much appreciated! Please bring/send your item with info to the office ahead of time, or to         to the Silent Auction Tent, to be displayed and titled. (You can get proof of donation/ taxes.)

Thank      Thank you, and thanks for Coming!                         Total Paid__________________

Names    Names of all in your Camp ____________________________________________

Addre      Address     _________________________________________________________

Day Ph    Day Phone________________________Night Phone_______________________

Cell_        CellPhone _______________________Email address_______________________

Dear            

Dear White Oak Rendezvous Friends,         33155 State Hwy 6

Rendezv     July 31, August 1 & 2, 2009            Deer River, MN 56636      

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                Come back to celebrate our White Oak 21^st. Annual Rendezvous! 

  Early setup is allowed and encouraged over the previous weekend. We will have firewood available,

  large camp sites, four sets of cleaned & sanitized vault toilets, extra, large rented biffies for the gun range,    Dad’s Tavern & Food Booth area, public campground & open meadow camping, water spickets throughout on the site, and sho     

   Showers rented at the Deer River High School for your use  Monday- Friday 6:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.  !!!!!!

                                                    (left at the Super Valu Corner straight two blocks to DRHS)

There's been requests to offer set up thruout Mon - Thurs., for the main front area, the entire day.

Last year people were asked if they'd mind, and the main field folks didn't, so maybe we should try that, but leave the "back meadow" for those "family camps" that want the privacy & quiet, and keep the early a.m. and later p.m. for that area.

We sure do appreciate help in the last minute chores, but want to respect the quiet times for those that take time off work to relax & get away. We will keep to the stated quiet times for quiet, and do noisy chores during "drive-in" times. This will meet everyone's needs we are thinking.

Mon  Wednesday  6 P.M. Official Opening of Rendezvous Camp Meeting in Fur Post Prior to Camp Pot  Luck Supper at Picnic Pavillian & Food Booths up front.

 Luck s  Luck Supper. 

           8 p.m. Mr. Atkins’ Cribbage Tournament "up front"  ($3 fee)

ent       Period clothing required all Wednesday.

                 Anyone is welcomed to offer workshops throughout the day –office can post times.

T             Thursday - Line up at porch begins 5:30 p.m., doors open at 6:00 p.m. for the Thursday Night Formal 

               Colonial Banquet. Tickets are $25 for five course meal, children under 12 half price. Beer & Wine  

               available.  Period Attire required. We need a minimum of 25 people reserved, so please reserve early for     Prefer reservations and prepayment, but tickets for dinner, beer & wine available at the door.

FridFriday – ONLY  7-9:15 a.m.drive-in– ALL RIGS OUT BY  9:30 a.m. !!!!!! Gate will be

closed for the day! Public Day Ends at 7, then between 7 :15– 10 p.m. will allow NEW

 SETarrivals only allowed inside with rigs!

As far As far as trading goods and camps inside the Rendezvous site, please continue with the

respecrespect  we’ve earned at keeping as period perfect as you can. We know how long it takes to collectcollect and afford everything to be replicas, or the real thing, but please don’t push

 anyboanybodies’ buttons by carelessly showing any plastics, fake furs, aluminum cans, coolers,

fabricsobvious, artificial fabrics, or any nonperiod items like watches & cigarettes, that do not fit

into thinto the two hundred year period  of history that our Rendezvous celebrates, which has always been in the timeframe between 1640’s – 1840’s. Even your kitchen items displayed should be tin wastin wash basins and storage containers, items made of pewter, copper, period looking glass, china,  china,or pottery items. And of course wooden boxes, pails, tables, and trunks for storage and caand carrying, as well as baskets. Whatever is concealed inside and unseen by wandering eyes iseyes is your own business. But nothing inappropriate must show. This is a celebration of historyhistory, and that’s what people come for! We continue to strive for a quality event that peoplepeople expect when they come to White Oak.  Thank you for thinking this over, and keeping every everyone happy.                            

White Oak Rendezvous 2009     Public Days  Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July 31, august 1 & 2, 2009

                 “Specials for  Nights” for participants only

1.) Tuesday Night - (Dad’s Tavern Opens 8 – midnight)

2.) Wednesday Night Pot Luck Gathering  at 6 :00 p.m. Everyone is to bring a side dish to share. Remember your own plates, cups & utensils! Musical instruments and entertainment welcomed!!! Chairs really feel good.!!! After the Pot Luck,  the Annual White Oak Cribbage Tournament will take place. Entry fee is $3.

                     (Tavern will be open 8 – midnight.)

2.) Thursday  White Oak Formal Colonial Formal Dinner. Line up begins at 5:30 p.m., and doors open at 6 p.m. Reservations strongly encouraged!!! Tickets will be collected at the entrance, and tickets will be sold until full. We can seat 50 folks. Tickets are $25, with children under 12, half price. Bottled beer and wine will be available for sale.

3.) Friday – First Public Day – Have a great day! 

(participants may be arriving and can drive-in and unload between 7-9:15 a.m., and 7:30 – 10 p.m. before & after public hours. It would be nice to help them out and have them feel welcome, so show your “Minnesota Nice”.

4.) Saturday Camp Meeting at 8:30 p.m.  Have an hour supper & rest break, and then please come to the all camp meeting at the front stage.  All leads are asked to be on stage by 8:30 p.m. to make announcements, prizes, or give some feedback from the week’s activities, and advertise what you’ll be offering Sunday. Participants are invited to make announcements and bring Lost/Found items on stage to announce.

5.) Sunday  - 4 p.m. at Front Stage, Silent Auction Winners will be announced and purchases can be paid for and taken home right away. Please be sure to check out our White Oak Memento Tent for souvenirs!

              Public Days and Hours are:

                            Fri. and Sat.,July 31, August 1, 2009    Open at 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

                            Sunday          Aug. 2, 2009         Open at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

                     (Sunday’s Drive-in gate will open at 4:15 p.m. after public hours!)

__________________________________________________________________________

Grand Portage Rendezvous:
Second weekend in August
Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Portage, Minnesota.

Stress authentic fur trade camps of 1790-1804.
National Monument, Box 668, Grand Marais, MN 55604-0668 or 1-218-387-2788. Grand Portage pow wow is on the same weekend.

August 22 & 23, 2009

A New Event put on by:

White Oak AntiqueTractor Club"           Fun for all ages!       

"Preserving and Appreciating Early Farming in MN"

SEPTEMBER

 Board Nominations are due in writing, at the monthly September meeting, the first Thursday of the month.

We will have openings, one being Mary Jean Ogee, who has served White Oak for 8 full years in many capacities. She is still willing to assist with some of the tasks she's taken on, but pretty much on the sideline/home office duties.

 Email to whiteoak@paulbunyan.net for additions to the next monthly meeting - Annual meeting will be the third thursday in October, as stated in the bylaws. Voting for the 2010 Bd Openings takes place at/by this October Annual meeting.

North West Company Fall Gathering: Third weekend in September, North West Company Fur Post, Pine City, MN.

All camps must be pre-1830 and portray French (1700-1763), English (1763-1818), American (1808-1830) fur trade era.
Strict rules on trade goods for traders.
No shooting (except during flintlock reliability contest);
no fees; public attends event;
Stress is on authentic presentation and education.
For Information Contact: NW Co Fur Post,  PO Box 51,  Pine City, MN 55063

OCTOBER

Big Island Rendezvous:
Albert Lea, MN.
Public Days: First full weekend in October
Education Days: For information contact, Big Island Rendezvous, 1-800-658-2526
or Email Perry Vining at pvining@smig.net

www.bigislandfestival.org

NOVEMBER  

Members have a unique opportunity to bring your hunting party to bunk at White Oak dorm for anly $15 per bed/night, plus tax. Call 218-246-9393 for arrangements and availabilty.

DECEMBER

 Our Public Prime rib Colonial Dinner will always be the second Saturday of the month. We can start taking reservations now.

White Oak's Christmas/Holiday Colonial Formal Dinner will be the second Saturday evening. Please call and be included in this year's plans!   218- 246-9680

Plan ahead with your family, neighbors, friends, or work crew! The all inclusive price will remain $35 for the entire evening!

It's not too early to plan and reserve your spots by paying ahead. The $35 all inclusive price per person includes tax, gratuity, and entertainment, besides an elegantly served five course dinner by dressed Colonial waiters! It's an experience you and your guests will always cherish! Join us on our candle lit walkway to the White Oak Great Hall! Mail your reservations to:

White Oak Society   33155 State Hwy 6     Deer River, MN 56636

Or for questions, or setting another date for your group, call to 218-246-9680, and we'd be happy to help you with your holiday needs!

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