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Spring has Sprung Event Cache

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Hidden : Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

The first day of Spring, at least most years, comes on March 21st. Time to get together to celebrate.

Let’s Learn Some of the Basics of Geocaching, Win Something Cool and Eat Way Too Much

Meet at the Fort Union Golden Corral at 5:30 pm. (This is a change from the original 6:00 time posted) Address- 665 East 7200 South, Midvale, UT. We have a large meting room to ourselves. They will charge you the regular $8.99 per adult (13 and over), $2.99 (9-12) and $1.99 (4-8), 3 and younger free- buffet price plus a 15% gratuity.
Come early and stay late or just come to the sessions that interest you

Please rsvp by posting will attend log note. Kids are welcome.

For those that have not attended an event before, consider making this your first. Does not matter if you are a member of UTAG or not. I promise you a fun evening with friendly helpful people. You will leave a better cacher than before.

Beginning cachers are especially encouraged to attend.


Gotwings and Wind Beneath have agreed to provide some video entertainment from past events and to take pictures of everyone who attends to post on the UTAG gallery. Make sure to look your best!!!
Program -
6:00 pm Getting Started as a Cacher - The_Simpsons and friends.
6:30 pm The Mystery of Mystery Caches Solved - Fire Elemental and friends.
7:00 pm The How To of Cache Placement -DeViDe and friends.
7:30 pm Travel Bugs Made Simple - AimHigh and friends.
8:00 pm Drawing - Several fully stocked and ready to place caches and caching supplies to lucky winners. (If you have something you would like to donate to the drawing, please bring it with you that night.
You must be present to win.

Edited on 3/7/06 to delete the reference to the series for the $50 cache. Series was not approved - violated cache density policy-they wanted it to be a 17 stage multi instead.
So what has happened of note on March 21st.
Born on March 21st

1813 James Jesse Strang King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)
1961 Kassie Wesley Ky, actress (Evil Dead 2, Blair-One Life to Live) and Slim MacDonnell Jim Phantom rock percussionist (Stray Cats)
1962 Matthew Broderick NYC, actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues) and Rosie O'Donnell comedienne (League of Their Own, Flintstones)
1969 Jennifer Lyn Jackson Cleveland Ohio, playmate (April, 1989)
Holidays
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq Nawroz (Persian New Year)
US National Agriculture Day (1981) World Earth Day (most years) World International Day For Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Notable events
1964 Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks and UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
1965 Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama and US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact
Should be something for everyone to celebrate.

This cache was placed by a member of UTAG.

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