Your $5 dues are due by January 2. Remember, you can pay more than one year if you want. Make checks payable to: Brunswick County Master Gardener Volunteer Association (BCMGVA) $5.00 per Individual.
Mail checks to:
Linda Lemieux
3882 Members Club Blvd.
Southport, NC 28461
Be sure to include your name, address and email information.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Outstanding Volunteers
Do you know an outstanding MG Volunteer? Why not nominate that person for The NC Master Gardener Volunteer Association’s Outstanding Volunteer Award? The Guidelines and a Nomination Form are available at the NC website to print out.
Poinsettia and Luminarias event
On Tuesday, December 19, the Extension will hold a Poinsettia and Luminarias event. Our main purpose is to try to encourage the Hispanic population to come to the Extension and discover what we have to offer. Poinsettias were brought into SC from Mexico by Joel Poinset. Luminarias are a Latino Christmas tradition. The event will be from 4 to 6 pm so visitors can walk through the gardens as they follow the luminaries path. If you can help - meeting and greeting visitors, lighting candles or manning the MG booth - let Charlie know.
Congratulations!
CONGRATULATIONS TO AL HIGHT who is now officially Extension Director- and to GINA BRITTON who is “our” secretary. We’re lucky to have them both. Al has some great ideas for Extension and the gardens. And Gina is always a great help with everything!
From Charlie:
The following Master Gardeners participated in the recently completed “Life on the Farm” series held at Funston Farms:
Joe Loughlin
Boyd Stanley
Ann Marie Bellamy
Barbara Stone
Lynn Schwartzkopf
Richard Boland
Judy Hilniski
Fred Mina
Becky Dus
Barbara McCoy
Judy Koehly
Nancy Einbinder
Hilton Holcomb
Dominique Loewenstein
Vicki Kay
And Billy Privette, who helped every day,
even though he has retired.
This has to be one of the best, if not the best, Master Gardener organizations in the entire state. You all deserve to be known as the best. Thanks for everything you do for Extension and our Association.
Joe Loughlin
Boyd Stanley
Ann Marie Bellamy
Barbara Stone
Lynn Schwartzkopf
Richard Boland
Judy Hilniski
Fred Mina
Becky Dus
Barbara McCoy
Judy Koehly
Nancy Einbinder
Hilton Holcomb
Dominique Loewenstein
Vicki Kay
And Billy Privette, who helped every day,
even though he has retired.
This has to be one of the best, if not the best, Master Gardener organizations in the entire state. You all deserve to be known as the best. Thanks for everything you do for Extension and our Association.
Refreshments
Remember, if you provide refreshments for a MG meeting, save your receipts and turn them in for up to $50 in reimbursement for your costs.
Election Results
If you were at the November meeting, you already know this: we elected the following “Honorable Leaders” to serve next year:
• Richard Boland, President
• Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman, Vice President
• Al Smith, Treasurer
• Richard Boland, President
• Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman, Vice President
• Al Smith, Treasurer
Member News
Al Powell would appreciate your cards, or better yet, a visit from MG friends. He is at Summit Place, 491 Highway 17, Little River, SC 29566.
John Kellett fell and broke his arm – we hope he’s doing well, and again he’d like to hear from you – send him a card and wish him a speedy recovery.
And Mae Moore is recovering from surgery. She was in a large class – if you were a classmate, let her hear from you.
Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman says “Thank You” to everyone who worked to make the Reunion Social a big success. And many of the MGs who attended expressed their appreciation and talked about what a great event it was. The Botanical Garden was a perfect setting, the weather was great and it was fun getting together just to socialize.
Our two entries in the Regional Fair in Wilmington netted us a First Place and Second Place award. Not only did we receive a total of $350 in prize money, but the first place entry received a “Best in Show” ribbon, too. Thanks to the following MGs for their efforts in putting together the entries:
Barbara McCoy Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman
Vicki Kay Dominique Loewenstein
Maggie Hoon Pat Hagerty
Ann Marie Bellamy Richard Boland
David Barkley
Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman has been elected President of the North Carolina Master Gardener Volunteer Association. Congratulations, Shirley.
Joe Loughlin will be taking over as newsletter editor starting with the January 2007 issue. Joe has a lot of newsletter experience and is a computer whiz, so you should see some exciting changes in future issues. I have really enjoyed doing this, but it’s time for a change and it couldn’t be going to a better person! If you have items for the newsletter, send them to him at jloughlin@ec.rr.com. Thanks to everyone who has contributed ideas and articles these past two years. Becky
John Kellett fell and broke his arm – we hope he’s doing well, and again he’d like to hear from you – send him a card and wish him a speedy recovery.
And Mae Moore is recovering from surgery. She was in a large class – if you were a classmate, let her hear from you.
Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman says “Thank You” to everyone who worked to make the Reunion Social a big success. And many of the MGs who attended expressed their appreciation and talked about what a great event it was. The Botanical Garden was a perfect setting, the weather was great and it was fun getting together just to socialize.
Our two entries in the Regional Fair in Wilmington netted us a First Place and Second Place award. Not only did we receive a total of $350 in prize money, but the first place entry received a “Best in Show” ribbon, too. Thanks to the following MGs for their efforts in putting together the entries:
Barbara McCoy Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman
Vicki Kay Dominique Loewenstein
Maggie Hoon Pat Hagerty
Ann Marie Bellamy Richard Boland
David Barkley
Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman has been elected President of the North Carolina Master Gardener Volunteer Association. Congratulations, Shirley.
Joe Loughlin will be taking over as newsletter editor starting with the January 2007 issue. Joe has a lot of newsletter experience and is a computer whiz, so you should see some exciting changes in future issues. I have really enjoyed doing this, but it’s time for a change and it couldn’t be going to a better person! If you have items for the newsletter, send them to him at jloughlin@ec.rr.com. Thanks to everyone who has contributed ideas and articles these past two years. Becky
Classes
Next year’s classes will include:
• Possibly two Master Gardener classes, one beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 6 and the other – if needed - beginning the following Wednesday.
• Three dates will be set up for the Turf class – watch the newsletter for the notices when the schedule is set up.
• Plant ID class will begin the end of March.
• There will be others – watch for notices.
• Possibly two Master Gardener classes, one beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 6 and the other – if needed - beginning the following Wednesday.
• Three dates will be set up for the Turf class – watch the newsletter for the notices when the schedule is set up.
• Plant ID class will begin the end of March.
• There will be others – watch for notices.
Timesheets
Please get your timesheets up to date before the end of the year. Charlie will be out for several weeks after the first of the year for hip surgery and he needs to get timesheets taken care of before then.
Not Getting Mail?
If you are not receiving e-mails from Charlie re: upcoming events and volunteer opportunities, it’s because either he doesn’t have your correct e-mail address (verify your address with the office) or your carrier is 2khiway.net, which blocks his e-mails (you will have to take care of this – Charlie can’t).
Meeting Speakers
Ozzie Coor… was a very entertaining speaker at the November General Meeting – we learned a lot about plants native to our area – his presentation and the photos were excellent – who knew there were so many varieties of hibiscus or that NC has the second largest number of native orchids (only Hawaii has more)?
We have a great line-up of Speakers for 2007. Once again, David Barkley and Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman have worked hard to develop a great group of speakers and topics.
On January 25, Bill Cline will talk to us about grapes and blueberries. Bill works at the North Carolina Horticultural Crops Research Station in Castle Hayne as the Small Fruits Plant Pathologist for the University. He works mainly with blueberry, grape and strawberry crop diseases.
Some of our other speakers for next year include Dan Keir (in February), the owner and operator of Japanese Maples of Wilmington; many of you have purchased Japanese Maples from him by way of the MG plant sales. He will talk to us about grafting; this will be a hands-on demonstration. In March we will hear from Gloria Kidd on Butterfly Gardening; April will bring us Debbie Roos to talk about Organic Gardening. Other speakers will be announced in future newsletters.
We have a great line-up of Speakers for 2007. Once again, David Barkley and Shirley Waggoner-Eisenman have worked hard to develop a great group of speakers and topics.
On January 25, Bill Cline will talk to us about grapes and blueberries. Bill works at the North Carolina Horticultural Crops Research Station in Castle Hayne as the Small Fruits Plant Pathologist for the University. He works mainly with blueberry, grape and strawberry crop diseases.
Some of our other speakers for next year include Dan Keir (in February), the owner and operator of Japanese Maples of Wilmington; many of you have purchased Japanese Maples from him by way of the MG plant sales. He will talk to us about grafting; this will be a hands-on demonstration. In March we will hear from Gloria Kidd on Butterfly Gardening; April will bring us Debbie Roos to talk about Organic Gardening. Other speakers will be announced in future newsletters.
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