Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial

Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial Program Schedule

Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial Program Schedule for May 19, 2007

11:30-1:15 Ruskin High School Gymnasium will be open for a "Step Back to 1957". This will be a time that everyone can come and you will have an opportunity to meet fellow survivors and get re-acquainted with your neighbors from 50 years ago!
12:00-12:30 "Weather Then and Weather Now" forum in the Multipurpose Room. Meteorological Forecasting Then and Now Forum will be running with special guest speakers, who will contrast the state of the art radar of 1957, versus the 2007 technology. Recounting that night will recount what was seen, and the alerts given from a personal viewpoint and experts on today's resources that save lives.
12:45-1:00 "Meet the author of "Caught in the Path" and Carolyn Glenn Brewer. She will be signing her book and doing a forum of her own sharing her work of her book.
1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Blaine Steck Auditorium will be a Survivors Memorial Service for those Family and Friends of the tornado victims. This will have some limited seating, so I ask that you RSVP to rhmarbor@kc.rr.com so that we may make sure that seats are reserved for family members and those who wish to attend.
2:30-3:00 After the Tornado thirty minute color movie taken by Stan Cramer's father with commentary possibly by Stan Cramer.
3:30-4:30 p.m. Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial Monument Rededication & Tree Arbor Presentation will be a gathering to rededicate the monument. The Ruskin Heights Memorial Tree Arbor will read the names of the Fatalities in the dedication of the new Ruskin Heights Memorial Tree Arbor. Please indicate if you wish to have a seat for this event. Seating spaces are going fast, so reserve yours now at no cost.

Last updated on June 11, 2007