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AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter
RPD Notes
As this edition of the
Region 2 Newsletter
goes to the printers, there are
signs of spring everywhere in
the garden.
Spring flowers are forming
buds and a few of the daylilies
are breaking through the
mulch (much too soon for
their own good).
After attending the Region 2
Symposium 2000 last week,
Ed Myers listening to the speakers, and
seeing some of the future
introductions, I can hardy wait for another bloom
season to begin.
Everyone who did not get a chance to attend this
Symposium 2000 certainly missed a great program of
speakers that Curt Hanson assembled.
Again it is my job to remind all Region 2 members to
send in their Popularity Poll ballots before September
1st of this year 2000.
Last year 195 ballots were received, which was an
increase from previous years. I am sure our members of
Region 2 can do better this year, if we can just remind
all members to send in their ballots.
This year as an incentive for members to vote in the
Popularity Poll, voting members' names will be placed
in a drawing for one of 3 daylilies, COPPER ROYAL
(Carr), STREET URCHIN (Kirchhoff) and LADY
ARABELLA (Salter).
These daylilies have been donated by Richard Norris of
Ashwood Gardens, Glouster, Ohio.
And to make it easier to vote this year, you may send me
your vote by E-mail at edvamyers@aol.com before
September 1, 2000.
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Editor’s Message
s a retiree, it is wonderful
to be able to
work–without considering
pay per job or pay per
hour. A certain age brings
valued benefits (xy@ >>:” [+]
pwy!...whupps... and goodness
gracious...is that age
65+).
I hope you, along with me,
have noticed that changes
come more frequently and
Gisela Meckstroth more quickly as time goes
by. Not even the cost of
printing this newsletter stands still! And, since you
Region 2 members work so hard to raise the money
for printing it, its costs should be held down, right
The printer and editor are testing some cost-saving
methods on inside-pages that we may use in this or the
next issue. We also considered adding 4 inside pages of
color (perhaps for advertisers) for an additional cost of
$700 to $800 and another $1200 to $1500 for higher
quality, coated paper (which would be necessary to print
good color). Needless to say, because of its high cost,
the topic of “color on inside pages” has moved itself to
the very end of the priorities list .
Again, my sincere thanks to all who have given feedback
about this newsletter, and a big Thank You to
all you willing members who have written articles
about our hybridizers, about our interesting regional
daylily topics, about the presentations at our–oh, so
wonderful–regional symposium in Cleveland, and
about your local club events. Region 2 has 25 local
clubs now, almost twice as many as it had about 6
years ago.
I do hope that all of you, who were not able to be at
the symposium, can read the articles in this issue
(even though–to get them all on 52 pages–a few are
in such small print) and feel that you were there with
us in spirit and that reading about the symposium
activities and the interaction between guest speakers
and daylily devotees will
make you want to reserve
that time slot next year!
Gisela
Don’t miss the Summer Meeting
or the next Symposium.
Photo above was taken by:
MCDS Member Bill Johannes
Thank You
For sharing information
within our region.
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