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Jim Key: I think we need to hear
from Ken Wheeler, the district

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coordinator for next
year's General Assembly.

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Is he in the house?

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We are running really
well ahead of schedule.

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We're challenging our
guests to get here.

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Is he here?

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Oh, there he is.

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While he's walking up, I'm
delighted that next year's

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General Assembly is
going to be in Portland.

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It's one of my favorite
cities in the country.

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But I won't ramble on.

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I'll let Ken tell you about it.

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Ken Wheeler: Well,
good afternoon.

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It's my great
pleasure to be the one

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to invite you to the next
iteration of this great General

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Assembly.

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As District GA Coordinator,
I sit with the GA planning

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committee.

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And there I've gotten
something of a planners

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inside view of this meeting.

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You will hear often what a
great effort the committee

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puts into GA.

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And I've been there to see it.

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They are simply terrific and
no amount of appreciation

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is truly enough.

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I'm hear as I said, to
invite you to just about

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the most exciting place there
is to hold a General Assembly.

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I hope you've had
a chance to stop

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by our booth for
some flashy brochures

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and enticing literature.

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Many members of Portland
nine UU congregations

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will be the volunteer to greet
you and help you, in your GA

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time, meet your expectations.

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Portland is a fabulous
place to visit

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as a setting for
General Assembly.

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When summer arrives,
Portlanders make the most of it.

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There are restaurants
and food festivals.

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Recent additions have broaden
your options in fine dining.

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Local start ups, food cart,
vegetarian fare abounds.

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There are gardens.

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Our world renowned rose
festival will just have ended.

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But the displays and
plantings in the international

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rose garden, Chinese
garden, and the most

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authentic Japanese garden
east of the rising sun,

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and city parks, will
be at their height.

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There's live music, both in our
evening entertainment program

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for GA and in the downtown area.

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There's a lively music scene
ranging from the symphonic

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to the latest
contemporary offerings.

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There is home hospitality.

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Local UUs will open their
homes to GA visitors

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in the same way
they do every year.

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There are kindred
spirits to meet.

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And there's scenery.

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You are only a short
distance by car

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or on tour from the Columbia
River gorge and its waterfalls.

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You can follow the river
or the Crest highway

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for just fabulous views.

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And I simply cannot
leave out the coast.

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Just some of the most
spectacular, natural splendor

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in the world.

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But my main point here is
that although the setting is

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interesting and
beautiful, the reason you

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should come to Portland from
June 24 through 28 next year,

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is the General Assembly itself.

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The business is important.

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The worship will inspire.

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The programs will fascinate.

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You want to be there.

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I want you to be there.

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So I'll see you in Portland.

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