By Anne Molleur Hanson

It’s hard to believe that our long-awaited Wallace Stegner Centennial is now a month behind us, but the warmth of the event is still with us here at the Lodge. David Smith, innkeeper, declared it one of our best weekends ever! Our local newspapers noted the weekend  received highest accolades from attendees, who were effusive with their enthusiasm for the event and for our invited guests: Stegner bi ographer and author Philip Fradkin; Stegner literary agent and friend, Carl Brandt; and our neighbor, Clive Gray, whose parents Peg and Phil gray were portrayed in Crossing to Safety as Sid and Charity Lang.

 
Our Invited Guests include: Philip Fradkin, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, environmental historian and author of Wallace Stegner and the American West…
Carl Brandt of Brandt & Hochman (Mr.Brandt was Wallace Stegner’s literary agent)…
Clive Gray, second son of Peg & Phil Gray….Marion Stegner, who will join us for Friday and Saturday activities.
 
Hosts: Anne Hanson, event coordinator and Willie & David Smith, innkeepers at Highland Lodge.
 
We welcome you to participate via our Residential Rate (staying at Highland Lodge): $275/per person for the weekend, tax additional. Residential Reduced Rate: If you are willing to share a cottage with another party, please tell us. We will reduce your rate by 10%.
 
If you don’t need accommodations at Highland Lodge, and wish to participate, please consider our two Non-Residential Options:
Non-Residential All Meals & Events Rate: ($109, includes tax, prepayment only) Limited Space—please sign up for this and pre-pay by September 10.
*Non-Residential A la Carte Rate: See rates below. Please sign up and prepay for a la carte rate events/meals by September 17th

Join quilter and author Judy B. Dales for top-notch instruction, good company, great food, and gorgeous quilts at Quilt Inn 2009. The next Quilt Inn Seminar will be held here again Friday, September 11 to Wednesday, September 16, 2009 . Quilt Inn includes all meals, workshop, tax, service. QI is a wonderful opportunity to get inspired by your co-students' creativity, and instruction from one of the country's most accomplished quilters.

Single occupancy $885.50, double occupancy 858.00. Non quilter double occupancy is $638.00. Deposit of 50%, 3 months' cancellation notice is required.

For more information on the September 2009 workshop, contact us or Judy at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it