May 9, 2012

Waterloo Technical Society

Cedar Falls Clarion Inn

Topic: Cedar Falls FIRST Robotic Lego League

Topic Summary

The Cedar Falls High School Robotics “FIRST” Team 525 will be telling us how they placed at the recent National Competition held in St. Louis on April 25-28.

From the April 11th Cedar Falls Waterloo Courier:

Speaker: The SWART-Dogs were named after their coach, Kenton Swartley and have been competing for several years. This year’s challenge was received in Jan 2012 and has been entered into competitions in Kansas City and Minnesota. At the Minnesota 1000, the team won 1st place which qualified it for the Nationals in St. Louis. During this year’s challenge, the Rebound Rumble, a game is played between two alliances of three teams. Each alliance competes by trying to make as many basketball shots as possible during a 2 minute 15 second match. Come hear how they did.

Program Chair:

Time: 6:00-6:30pm Social

6:30-7:15 Dinner

7:15-8:15 Presentation

Location: Cedar Falls Clarion Inn, Cedar Falls, Iowa

Price for meal: $14.00 per person (includes tax, tip & room rent)

Time: Social period: 6:00 P.M. Dinner: 6:30 P.M. at River City Bistro Restaurant, Cedar Falls Holiday Inn, (Clarion Inn) 5826 University Ave., Cedar Falls 50613.

Dinner Reservations: Please contact Gary Dorhout via E-mail at DorhoutGaryL@JohnDeere.com or by phone at 319-292-8178 by 4:00 PM Monday 7 May 2012. Leave name and message on answering machine. Guests are welcome, please be sure to make a reservation.

Dues: Dues of $10.00 may be sent to the Treasurer, Kenneth Friend, 1112 W. 4th St., Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613-2430 (ph 319-277-2312) or paid at the meeting. E-mail FriendKennethD@JohnDeere.com