WHITMAN 36^th Annual High School Speech Tournament

Invitation 2008, 1.0c

Intro Letter	Lodging	Air Travel	Entries-Fees	Judging	Student Info & Certification
Driving to Whitman	Schedule	Policy-LD-PForum Info	IE-Parli-St. Cong. Info	Sweeps Info and Results	Judge Info & Certification

GETTING TO WHITMAN

Arrive by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 1 if you are doing policy or LD debate.

Arrive by 8 a.m. on Friday, November 2 if you are doing only individual events/student congress/parliamentary debate.

PARKING: Park in the Harper Joy Parking Lot, the main parking lot past the Concrete Sherwood Building (which is being totally reconstructed).

BUSES: Look for an email about where Buses should go. Construction on Sherwood have changed the route buses should use. Buses can drop participants off on Park Street but please 1) don’t block traffic; 2) participants need to use the cross-walk; 3) buses should park off campus if possible.

HEADQUARTERS/REGISTRATION: Go to the Reid Center for registration beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday (8 a.m. on Friday morning if you don’t have policy or LD). The Reid Center is our “student union building.” It is on the corner of Boyer and Park. It is a new, large brick building.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING, DIRECTIONS

FROM SEATTLE DIRECTIONS

· Take Interstate 90 east.

· In Ellensburg, take Interstate 82 east.

· Near the Tri-Cities take Interstate 182 east, which turns into highway 12 east.

· Once you are on highway 12, follow it into Walla Walla (don’t turn off at Walla Walla college; keep going).

· After Highway 12 turns into a freeway, take the 2^nd avenue exit and turn right.

· Go about 6 blocks on 2^nd avenue (past about 2 stoplights) and turn left onto Main Street.

· Follow Main Street about 4 blocks. At the five street interchange, make a soft right onto Boyer Avenue.

· Follow Boyer for two blocks to the intersection with Park Avenue. You will see the Reid Center to your right (red brick) and Cordiner to your left (beige gray stucco). Drop off students and then turn left to get to parking. NOTE: Park Street is closed to the right.

FROM PORTLAND DIRECTIONS

· Take Interstate 84 east—go 10+ miles past the Highway 730 exit.

· Near Umatilla take Interstate 82 west.

· Drive about 10 miles on I-82 and take the Highway 730 east exit, turn right.

· Drive on 730 for about 25 miles and it will turn into highway 12 east.

· Once you are on highway 12, follow it into Walla Walla (don’t turn off at Walla Walla college; keep going).

· After Highway 12 turns into a freeway, take the 2^nd avenue exit and turn right.

· Go about 6 blocks on 2^nd avenue (past about 2 stoplights) and turn left onto Main Street.

· Follow Main Street about 4 blocks. At the five street interchange, make a soft right onto Boyer Avenue.

· Follow Boyer for two blocks to the intersection with Park Avenue. You will see the Reid Center to your right (red brick) and Cordiner to your left (beige gray stucco). Drop off students and then turn left to get to parking. NOTE: Park Street is closed to the right.

FROM SPOKANE DIRECTIONS

· Take Highway 195 south.

· In Colfax, turn right onto Highway 26 west.

· Drive about 17 miles on Highway 26 and turn left onto Highway 127 south.

· Take Highway 127, which, after about 27 miles, turns into highway 12 west.

· After Highway 12 turns into a freeway, drive about 3 or 4 miles and take the 2^nd avenue exit and turn right.

· Go about 6 blocks on 2^nd avenue (past about 2 stoplights) and turn left onto Main Street.

· Follow Main Street about 4 blocks. At the five street interchange, make a soft right onto Boyer Avenue.

· Follow Boyer for two blocks to the intersection with Park Avenue. You will see the Reid Center to your right (red brick) and Cordiner to your left (beige gray stucco). Drop off students and then turn left to get to parking. NOTE: Park Street is closed to the right.

NOTICE—IF THE WEATHER IS COLD/ICY—WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND TAKING HIGHWAY 395 INSTEAD TO GET TO WALLA WALLA FROM SPOKANE.

FROM BOISE DIRECTIONS

· Take Interstate 84 west.

· In Pendleton, take Highway 11 north, which turns into highway 125 when you cross into Washington State.

· Follow highway 125 into Walla Walla and turn right at Main street (three or four blocks after passing Domino’s Pizza on the right and Jack in the Box on the left).

· Go about 12 blocks on Main Street.

· At the five street interchange, make a soft right onto Boyer Avenue.

· Follow Boyer for two blocks to the intersection with Park Avenue. You will see the Reid Center to your right (red brick) and Cordiner to your left (beige gray stucco). Drop off students and then turn left to get to parking. NOTE: Park Street is closed to the right.

Washington State/Northern Oregon View of Getting to Walla Walla—follow the Red Highlighted Roads

NOTICE—IF THE WEATHER IS COLD/ICY—WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND TAKING HIGHWAY 395 INSTEAD TO GET TO WALLA WALLA FROM SPOKANE.

Pasco-Pendleton-Walla Walla View of Getting to Walla Walla

City View of Walla Walla. Go east on Main Street, make a soft right to Boyer Avenue to the corner of Boyer and Park to the Hunter Building