[Nfbmo] Last Minute Items Before State Convention

Mon Mar 22 16:13:43 UTC 2010

Bryan,

Sorry for the double send. I hit "reply all" rather than "reply"

On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:59 AM, "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

hi,

good info, thanks.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Sievert" <msievert at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Last Minute Items Before State Convention

Your hotel is located within walking distance to,

Cheddars,
Culvers
Olive Garden
T.G.I.Fridays
Applebees
And the  Battlefield Mall (which has a food court)
There is also a McDonald's in the mall parking on the south side, which is where you are coming from.

If you are walking to the mall (15 minute casual stroll) you can cut through the ford car lot located just north of the hotel to bypass walking on the side of the access road.

Once past the car lot, there Is a traffic signal controlled intersection, and another small shopping center before you reach the intersection of Glenstone and Battlefield.

The shopping center has on the left an office supply store and a kmart, on the right side is the freestanding olive garden and a Barnes and Noble

Once past that there is the dual left turn lane intersection of glenstone and battlefield road.

I highly recommend you cross battlefield road using this spot only. It is the best controlled intersection in that area. There are other traffic light cotrolled spots along that side of the mall, but I consider the main intersection the safest.

I have walked that route for many years in the past. Once on mall property you can enter the mall on the south side at the (women's) Dillards and make your way to the food court, which is located on the far west side of the mall.

The mcdonald's is located in the parking lot between the dillard's and the food court.

If you go to the mcdonald's please be mindful of all the secondary driveways that can be used by vehicles to enter the mall. One entrance has a traffic control device and the other (closest to mcdonald's does not have one) I have been hit and nearly hit at each of these  intersections by cars that were moving very fast but trying to turn onto Battlefield road. Needless to say, I usually avoided the mcDonald's at the battlefield mall.

There is a target directly south of your hotel Which is less than five waking minutes. It is very safe.

In the target parking lot is a culvers(burgers and ice cream) and an applebees.

There is a wal mart super center located a half mile south of the target
Please do not walk there. Get a cab or some other vehicle. You have to walk on the shoulder with a very active road on one side and a big drainage ditch on the other. Plus once you get to the wal mart the traffic patterns around the store are lousy.

The bus does stop on the east side of the store though.

Please consult Gary on the weekend schedule of that bus.

Enjoy your trip to Springfield. The citizens are nice. Please do not take their over-burdening desire to assist you as a sign of weakness, it is just how they are, trust me. I lived there for 22 years and they are overall nice people who mean well. Just tell them you are fine and wish them a good day.

Radio
NPR is 91.1
Country is 94.7
Classic country is 92.9
Easy listening is 101.3
Adult contemporary is 105.9
And the kiddie music is 96.5 and 95.5
The religous channels are around 88 and 98

Tv
These are the local Cable channel numbers not the actual station numbers
Channel 12 is NBC
Channel 9 is CBS
Channel 8 is abc
Channel 13 is PBS
Channel 3 the weather channel

Local newspaper is the Springfield News-Leader their web site is
Www.news-leader.com

Hospitals
St johns is a mile and a half northwest of the mall

Cox south is two miles to the southwest of the mall

Bass Pro Shops is located at the southwest corner of Campbell and Shnshine street, about three miles from  the hotel

On Mar 22, 2010, at 12:36 AM, "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

there's always different stories;
i was told the hotel shuttle will take people the short jaunt to battle creek mall for free as i may go that route for lunch plans.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- From: "Horchem Gary" <ghorchem at gary-springfield-mo.net>
To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 11:02 PM
Subject: [Nfbmo] Last Minute Items Before State Convention

Good evening folks as convention nears i'm posting info on ground transportation and last minute hotel items for the state convention let's start with ground transportation

Taxi service is provided by Springfield Yellow Cab the phone number is 417-862-5511 some of their cabs are equip to take credit cards but you must call and request one their rates are $2.50 pick up fee and $2.50 a mile this is per person the cheaper option is the city bus

The Bus run by City Utilities of Springfield runs 15 day routes and 4 night/Sunday routes the day routes run from 6:05 AM to 6:35 PM some run hourly some run every 30 minutes line 5 S. Glenstone (the bus that runs in front of the hotel) runs every 20 Minutes between 2:05 PM and 5:05 PM night service runs hourly 6:10 PM and the last run is at 10:10 PM on Saturday all the day routes run once an hour some depart the downtown transfer station at :05 after the hour some depart at :35 after the hour the bus fares are below

Adult single ride $1.25
All day pass $3.75

Children (5 to 18) single ride $1.00
All day pass $3.00

Elderly and disabled single ride $0.60
All day pass $1.80

Transfer for all passengers are $0.10

for more information on using the city bus or to get info in using Access Express (para transit) you may call 417-831-8782 between the hours of 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Monday tru Friday words of wisdom Don't smoke in a bus shelter this is against city ordnance also if you are paying reduced fare you must have a Medicare card or an reduced fare i.d from you home town transit system no other forms of id will be accepted if you qualify to use para transit you still must pay to ride the fixed route bus.

The hotel shuttle now requires one days notice and can only be used for transportation to and from the airport and greyhound
The earliest check in time at the hotel is 3:00pm

Please remember if you haven't bought your Banquet, luncheon or your prayer breakfast ticket and you wish to attend these meals please buy them the Springfield chapter WILL BE COLLECTING TICKETS AT THE DOOR
Have a good evening.

Gary Horchem
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