Niagara District

September 9-12 – Niagara, Wolverine and Ohio Valley Districts' Fall Meeting

Marriott Columbus Airport Hotel

1375 North Cassady Avenue

Columbus, Ohio 43219

Phone: (614)383-3613

Online Meeting Registration Form

Online Hotel Reservation Form

Plans are under way for what looks to be an excellent joint IAOM meeting with the Ohio Valley, Wolverine and Niagara Districts in Columbus, Ohio, on September 10-12, 2008.  The technical program will be held on Thursday, September 11. There will be a tour of the Mennel Milling facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, on Friday, September 12.

The Columbus Airport Marriott, in Columbus, Ohio will be the site of this year’s annual meeting.   The hotel is very close to the Easton Town Center, which offers shopping, dining, and entertainment.  The hotel has scheduled complimentary shuttle service to this district as well as complimentary hotel shuttle service from the airport. The IAOM group rate is $149 per night. Hotel reservations may be made by calling (614) 475-7551 and mentioning group code MILMILA or by completing the hotel reservation form online. The deadline to make reservations at the IAOM group rate is August 15.

For the spouses’ program, we are planning a bus trip on Thursday  to tour the Longaberger Basket headquarters and factory in Dresden, Ohio. This will include a homestyle lunch at the Longaberger homestead. We must have at least 15 registered for this program by August 22.

The IMEF golf outing will be held Wednesday at the Kyber Run Golf Course, with tee-off at 10:30am.

Schedule at a Glance

Wednesday, September 10

10:30 AM – 5:00 PM

IMEF Golf Outing

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Allied Trades Welcome Reception

Thursday, September 11

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM - Joint Districts' Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM - Business Program

10:00 AM - Break

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM - Table Top Trade Show (also open during breaks)

12:00 PM - Lunch

1:00 PM - Business Program Resumes

3:00 PM - Break

4:00 PM - Business Program Concludes

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM - Individual District Meetings

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM - Pre-Banquet Reception

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM - Banquet

Evening on your own.

Friday, September 12

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Tour of The Mennel Milling Co. mill in Bucyrus, OH

For those taking the plant tour, you must sign up in advance, and indicate whether you need transportation.  If the need requires it, we plan on having a bus leave the hotel at 7:00 AM, arriving at Bucyrus before 8:30 AM.  The bus would then depart Bucyrus at 10:30 AM, arriving back at the hotel before Noon.

In Memoriam

Long-standing IAOM Niagara District member Bill Mitchell passed away on March 30, 2008.

Bill had been in milling for 58 years and was 75 years old in December 2000, when he retired. He continued to check on the mill for the next few years. He began in the milling industry on September 30, 1942, as an apprentice sweeping floors at the age of 16 for Hunt Flour Milling Corp. in London Ontario..

He was promoted to shift miller in January 1944.

He started as a miller with Acton Flour Mills Acton Ontario in December of 1947.

In October 1948, he started working for Aurora Flour Co. Ltd., in Aurora, Ontario. He started at the Phenix Mills Ltd. Galt, Ontario, on February 18, 1952. In May 1959, he was appointed manager of the Galt mill. The Galt mill closed in November 1964. From 1964 to 1983 he worked for the Phenix Mill in Montreal (Eastern Can. Flour Mill). He was at the Maple Leaf Mills, West Toronto, from 1983 to 1987. From 1988-2001, he worked at the Halton Flour Mill in Acton, Ontario. He had been married for 63 years to Dorothy. She preceded his death in November 2007. They had 4 children, 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Other Events

2009

April 27-May 1 – 113th Annual IAOM Conference & Expo in North America