9:00 am – 3:45 pm
Panel Discussions with speakers discussing aspects of the 1972 Rapid
(Public invited to attend rotating half-hour presentations)
Ponderosa and Alpine Rooms/The Monument
PANEL DISCUSSION THEMES
9:00 am – 10:15 am
‘Lessons Learned/21st Century Forecasting/Preparedness’
Featuring National Weather Service, Emergency Management officials presenting what happened June 9, lessons learned, today’s forecasting procedures
‘Protecting the Flood Plain’’
Featuring staff from city parks, planning, public works on flood plain/greenway
designations, efforts to preserve/protect City’s greenway areas
10:30 am – 11:45 am
‘Preserving the Flood story’
How the stories of the 1972 flood are being preserved for future generations
‘Guard, Base and Volunteer Heroes’
Profiling the efforts of the Guard, Ellsworth AFB and businesses during and after flood
Break for Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
‘Covering the tragedy’
Featuring former media members about coverage of the flood and aftermath
1972 flood: Historical context, landscape changes and other impacts panel discussion
USGS, SD Mines, Western Dakota Water officials discuss 1972 flood and impacts
4:00 pm
1972 Flood Storyboard Wall Dedication/Ribbon-cutting ceremony and program
Summit Arena/The Monument
5:00 pm
Open House/Reception
(Open time to view static photo displays)
South Concourse/The Monument
6:00 pm
Dakota Choral Union performance
6:30 pm
‘An Interview with Mayor Don Barnett: Recollections of the 1972
Featuring former Mayor Barnett and long-time news anchor Jack Caudill
LaCroix Hall/The Monument
