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2005 Christmas Dinner Report
Approximately 30 people attended the club’s annual Christmas dinner in December at The China Buffet in Marshall. Larry presided over a brief business meeting. Bob Emery and Mark Thomeczek were thanked for their service on the board as their terms have been completed. Steve Drake and Carl Hufford were elected to the board as new members. Other board members whose terms had not expired include: Denise Cantlin Sandy Hendrix Kathy Wright Ray Prichard All current officers were re-elected unanimously for another term. They are President................. Larry Arrowood Vice-president......... Arline Borchers Secretary................. Wendy Ragan Treasurer................ Connie Rieth The club by-laws were amended to change the term of office for board members from 2 years to 3 years. This will allow for the rotation of 2 members off the board every 3 years. Annual Centerpiece Contest The winner of the centerpiece contest was Denise Cantlin (for the third year in a row). She won a $15 Gift certificate from Elsea Gardens. Photo Contest winners from our November meeting were presented with their gift certificates. The winner of each category got a $5 gift certificate from Granddaddy’s Garden and the best overall winner got a $15 gift certificate. The photo contest winners are: Fish and Frogs............. Kristi Brown Most Unusual.............. Mark Thomeczek Flowers........................ Steve Drake Garden features.......... Angela Dickens People in the garden... Kristi Brown Best Overall................ Mark Thomeczek These photos can be seen on our website www.finsandfriends.com The members held a charades contest with a gardening theme. Everyone won a prize since we are all so good at acting or maybe it was to avoid being even more embarrassed.
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March 16 Meeting When...................... March 16, 2006 Time................................ 7 pm Where.............. Butterfield Youth Services 1180 Hwy WW Marshall, MO We will make plans for our activities this summer and develop ideas for our community service project. Arline Borchers and Kayte Elsea will have the program called “Fun Night”. Only they know for sure what is going to happen. April Activities April will be a busy month for the club as we have several activities to complete. The club has agreed to take over the maintenance of the Jim the Wonder Dog Park for the summer. This means that in addition to getting the water garden ready we will need to clean up the rest of the park as well. We are scheduling the first work day on April 8 at 10 am. Depending on the weather, we will either clean the water garden or work on the park. A second work day will be decided at our March meeting. We will also clean up the golf course water garden this spring since it will be on the water garden tour in June. This is our community service project from last year. Our community service project for this year will be to remodel the water garden at Butterfield Youth Services. We will install a filtering system and build a waterfall around the new biofalls. The landscaping around the water garden will be improved. 2006 Public Water Garden Tour Plans are developing for our 2006 public water garden tour to be held on June 25. In addition to the usual tour of ponds, we will also have a plant sale by local nurseries with a 10% discount for tour ticket holders. Demonstrations will be featured on such subjects as: How to build a water garden How to make a homemade filtering system Making concrete garden art Other educational exhibits Homes on the tour this year are: Wally and C.J. George Jack and Micki Uhrig Lucy Fletcher Steve Drake and Kristi Brown Joe and Norma Chitwood Troy and Barbara Wilson Steve and Brenda Smith Indian Foothills Golf Course (2004 community service project) Tim and Brenda Ryan Larry and LaDonna Arrowood
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