Photos: Heather Gilson,
marketing photographer, The News Tribune
Imagine
walking from your conference hotel to the Tacoma Art Museum, or the
Washington State History Museum, or the International Museum of Glass, or
riding the light-rail to any number of shops or
fine restaurants. Or looking out your hotel room at the magnificent beauty
of Mount Rainier or watching ships at anchor in Commencement Bay waiting
to be loaded or unloaded at the Port of Tacoma.
Welcome
to Sound to Summit, the 2006 CNIE/PNNA NIE Conference, held
The closest airport is the Seattle Tacoma International Airport, which is 18 miles to the north, and travel time to Tacoma is approximately 30 minutes down Interstate 5. For transportation alternatives from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to the hotel, contact conference co-chair Jim Henderson at The News Tribune. Obtain special Sound to Summit rates from and to SEA-TAC via Capital Aeroporter Airport Shuttle.
Please see the conference schedule at right for sessions and presenters.
Featured speakers will be Jim Abbott, vice president of the NAA Foundation; Diane Rusnack, publishers representative from the Audit Bureau of Circulations; and David Zeeck, incoming president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and executive editor of The News Tribune.
All conference meals, two days of conference sessions and two nights of entertainment are provided at a cost of only $75 for the first person from a CNIE-member newspaper or PNNA-member newspaper, $50 for all additional registrants from the same paper. For non-members of CNIE and PNNA: $125 first person, $100 additional registrants.
Attending the 2006 Sound to Summit CNIE/PNNA NIE conference is a great way to learn new ideas from your NIE colleagues and NIE vendors on hand, participate in the excellent conference sessions and have a lot of fun.
“Sound to Summit” is also a great conference for bringing your families. In addition to the great hotel, downtown Tacoma is filled with museums, shops, fine restaurants and a branch campus of the University of Washington. You will be less than an hour away from the Olympic Peninsula across the famous Tacoma Narrows Bridge, two hours away from Mount Rainier National Park, and 50 minutes from Seattle.
Don’t miss out on what will be a really terrific conference for Western States NIE professionals.
Questions?
Contact conference co-chair
| Register
Transportation details:
From
Seattle Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) to the Sheraton Tacoma
Hotel
Capital Aeroporter-Airport Shuttle provides direct service from Sea-Tac to the Sheraton Tacoma Hotel in downtown Tacoma. For special rates, click Reservations, then enter NIE in the Group, Corporate or Frequent Rider ID field at bottom)
Conference Rate: $23 one way or $40 roundtrip. There is also presently a $1.50 per person fuel surcharge in effect with each direction of travel.
Each conference participant is advised to book a round trip reservation to ensure a seat.
Contact
information:
Web: www.capair.com (click
Reservations; group ID to enter at bottom is NIE) or call
Toll Free 1-800-962-3579
Fax: 360-754-7113
Departure Point
The Sea-Tac departure point to board the vans/bus is on the baggage
level inside the terminal at door “OO”.
There is a comfortable waiting area and you will see the Capital
Aeroporter sign above the counter which is staffed, inside door “OO”.
Tacoma
attractions:
Museum
of Glass International Center
for Contemporary Art
l Fine arts museum dedicated to the
medium of glass with the context of contemporary art;
l 140- seat Hot Shop
amphitheater where visitors can watch working artists create with molten
glass;
l Chihuly Bridge of Glass
– unique public art in the form of a 500 foot pedestrian bridge holding
$12 million of Chilhuly glass, and connecting the Museum of Glass to the
Washington State History Museum’s plaza across I-705.
Tacoma
Art Museum
l State of the art facility
designed by famous architect Antoine Predock;
l Steel and glass architecture wraps around central
“stone garden” holding a “wave” of ancient pavers.
Washington
State History Museum
l Interactive, multimedia
and storytelling exhibits on the state, its people, places and key
industries.
l Home of the largest
collection of pioneer, Indian and Alaskan artifacts on the Pacific Coast
Union
Station
l Built in 1911 by the
Northern Pacific Railroad – a landmark domed railway station until 1983.
l Historic rotunda exhibits
glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly; free and open to the public.
Point
Defiance Park
l Among the top 20 largest
urban parks in the U.S. (698 acres) featuring an internationally acclaimed
zoo and aquarium;
l 1855 Hudson Bay fur trading post, Fort Nisqually,
and Camp 6
Logging Exhibit;
l Japanese, rose and specialty gardens, 14 miles of hiking
trails and ferry to Vashon Island.
Ruston
Way
l Two -mile waterfront
promenade along Commencement Bay; includes four pocket parks, several
sundials and “Restaurant Row” (casual eateries to fine dining).
A little about Tacoma
Tacoma has been known as the City of Destiny for more than 100 years. Tacoma, the third most populous metropolitan area in Washington State, is just 18 miles from Seattle-Tacoma International airport, 36 miles south of Seattle and 28 miles north of Washington’s state capital of Olympia. The city rests on the shores of Commencement Bay and the Puget Sound, with Mount Rainier looming in the distance and the Olympia Peninsula and the world famous Tacoma Narrows Bridge to the west.
Nestled on the shores of Commencement Bay, Tacoma is an international
gateway to the Pacific Rim and the world. The city also serves as a
gateway to some of the most magnificent natural wonders in the world such
as Puget Sound, Mount Rainier National Park and the Olympic Peninsula.
Tacoma was incorporated in 1884 with a current population of 197,500. It
is the third largest city in the State of Washington, with a greater metro
area population of 389,000. Pierce County has a population of more than
740,000 and encompasses 1,790 square miles.
Tacoma stems from the Indian name for Mt. Rainier, “Tacobet,”
meaning “Mother of Waters,” interpreted by the white man as Tahoma.
“City of Destiny” became Tacoma’s moniker when it was designated –
instead of Seattle – as the Northern Pacific Railroad’s western
terminus for its transcontinental route in 1873.
Conference sponsors:
Conference schedule
May 3, Wednesday
The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
7:45
am-8:30am Registration
& Continental Breakfast
Sponsored
by
Hot Topics
8:30
am-9am
Welcome & Introductions
Conference
Co-Chairs
Kelley Arakelian, The Fresno Bee and
Jim Henderson,
The News Tribune
Cheryl Dell, Publisher,
The News Tribune
David Zeeck, President,
American Society of Newspaper Editors and Executive Editor,
The News Tribune
Diane Kannenberg,
CNIE President
Teacher Workshops
Diane
Kannenberg,
CNIE President, and
Eileen Woods,
Educational Services Coordinator, Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon WA
Sponsored by Parade magazine
Vicki Whiting,
President and Founder,
Kid Scoop
2:10pm-3:10pm Fundraising
Made Easy
Kathleen Olson,
Executive Director,
Point Defiance Zoological Society, Tacoma
3:10pm-3:20pm Break
3:20pm-4:20pm Listening
to your Teachers
A panel discussion of Tacoma- area teachers who use newspapers
in their classroom and what they want in resources from NIE
4:30
pm
Adjournment
Hosted by
The News Tribune
May
5, Friday
Sponsored by
Breakfast Serials
8:30
am-8:35 am Announcements
8:35
am-9:35 am Trends,
Future and Resources for Your NIE Program
Jim Abbott,
Vice President,
NAA Foundation
9:35
am-10:50 am The
ABCs of NIE
Diane
Rusnack, Publishers Representative,
Audit Bureau of Circulations
10:50
am-11 am Break
Presenters will include
representatives of the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Russell
Investment Group, and the Baker Foundation
Sponsored by
Hollister Kids
1:20
pm-2:20 pm Idea
Exchange
Facilitated by
Becky Perry,
NIE coordinator,
The Record, Stockton CA
Conducted by
Diane Kannenberg,
CNIE President
All conference meetings will be at The News Tribune.
Transportation provided from conference hotel to events and meetings.