Mid-August 2018 Volume 1, Issue 14
Tupper Lake
IN THIS ISSUE

By-Laws Revisions

Proposed Slate of Officers 2018-20

August 14 Meeting Reminder
Ausable Club, Keene Valley

Kent Delord House and Museum
Visit Recap

Adirondack Garden Club Annual Meeting
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

AGC Membership Directory
A printable version attached

Did you know....?
The Plight of the Humble Bees

2018 Program Schedule
90th Anniversary special programs
Musings from our President

Greetings of Mid-Summer,

We are a full fledged 90 now. How perfect a program tomorrow hearing from our celebrated 
member colleague, Frisky (Mary Paige) Hickey, botanical artist, as she brings to us a personal peek into botanical artistry.  

Cheers!

Nancy
BY-LAWS REVISIONS
Dear Ladies,

The By-Laws Revision Committee (ad hoc) has met and perused the present By-laws with great scrutiny. We also received more suggestions from your Executive Committee as a whole. We will call for a vote of these revisions at the Annual Meeting in September. Please review and forward to us your comments.
*Note- the new suggested wording is in blue and the verbiage to be removed has a line through it.

The proposed revisions to the AGC Constitution and By-Laws are found HERE.

By-Laws Revision Committee
PROPOSED SLATE OF OFFICERS
Please find the proposed Slate of Officers for the years 2018-2020 which will be voted on at the September meeting.Please direct any questions to Linda Rockefeller .

President
Cornelia Forrence - 2020

First Vice President
Elizabeth Derr - 2020

Second Vice President
Jennifer Lagor - 2020

Treasurer
Jeanne Warner - 2019

Recording Secretary
Airlie Lennon (to complete Janet Molay's second term) - 2019

Corresponding Secretary
Linda Rockefeller - 2019

Directors
Nancy Howard (2020), Lynne Perry (2019), Patty Paine ( 2019)
AUGUST 14 MEETING REMINDER - TOMORROW!
American Native Plants:
Botanical Drawings

Tuesday, August 14
9:30 AM

This meeting continues our celebration of AGC’s 90 th Anniversary featuring Frisky Hickey, American Native Plants – Botanical Drawings. Frisky will be exhibiting many of her paintings, as well as explaining the whole process. Her book will also be available for sale at the price of $20 and notecards will also be for sale (cash or checks made payable to Mary Paige Hickey).

Place:  The Ausable Club / 135 Ausable Road / Keene Valley

Time:  
  • 9:30 AM Coffee, tea
  • 10:00 AM Business Meeting and the Anniversary Celebration Continues!
  • 11:00 AM Break
  • 11:15 AM Program
  • 
12:15 PM Luncheon. $25 per person including a birthday cake prepared by the staff of the Ausable Club. Please pay by check (made out to AGC) or cash. 
Directions:  Proceed South on Rte. 73 from Keene Valley approx. 3 miles. In the hamlet of St. Huberts, just past the sign for the Episcopal Chapel, you will see a sign with the AC initials on it. Turn Right onto Ausable Road. Bear right just past the beginning of the golf course. Turn left in front of the tennis courts and park next to the tennis court. The Casino is to the left of the clubhouse.
KENT-DELORD HOUSE RECAP
The Kent-Delord House Museum and Garden in Plattsburgh

The trip to the museum and garden was filled with history and great company. Although we did not have a formal garden tour, we enjoyed the information that was garnered about the history of the Kent-Delord House and had a wonderful time together. Enjoy a few photos below.
ANNUAL MEETING DETAILS
Adirondack Garden Club Annual Meeting
Tuesday September 11, 2018

Lyn Flynn’s home
355 Rock Harbor Road
Westport, NY

9:30 am             Refreshments                                                                
10:00 am            Meeting

Brown bag lunch – Hospitality will provide beverages and sides.

RSVP by clicking here to Lynne Perry or call her: 518-359-2630
Please reply yea or nay by Thursday September 6, 2018
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

Our Membership Directory is available HERE in a printable version. Please check that your address is up-to-date. If it is not correct, send changes to Linda Rockefeller .

Please note the following members have changes to their email address:

Frisky Hickey friskyhic33@gmail.com
Meredith Prime meredithmprime@gmail.com
DID YOU KNOW...?
A honeybee visits a pink almond tree flower. Photo credit: ISTOCK
The Plight of the Humble Bee
by Thor Hanson
Stung by the ‘beepocalypse,’ farmers and scientists are struggling to replenish fallen colonies, as bee rustlers swipe hives and food crops suffer
The world’s bees are in decline, driving up the price of pollination so high it has spurred a black market of bee rustlers dealing in stolen hives. The almond growers of California’s central valley, who need 1.8 million hives each year, have seen the price to rent them grow over the past decade from $50 to as much as $200—valuable enough for thieves to spirit thousands away each season in the dead of night, to be rebranded and pawned off to different growers. Last year, police uncovered one cache of contraband bees worth close to $1 million.

To read the complete article published in The Wall Street Journal click here.
2018 AGC Program Schedule
The Program Committee has updated the calendar for 2018. Additional details will be included in future newsletters.
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Tuesday, August 14*
*Note: 2 nd Tuesday
90 th Anniversary continued
American Native Plants at the Ausable Club in St. Hubert’s
Frisky Hickey – Botanical Drawings
RSVP to Lois Barrett  by August 7
Lunch catered
9:30 AM

Tuesday, September 11*
*Note: 2 nd Tuesday
Annual Meeting at Lyn Flynn’s Home in Westport
Garden Tour and Lunch
Brown Bag lunch
9:30 AM
           
Sunday, September 30
Pot Luck at Liz Jaques’ Home in Keene
Liz Jaques - RSVP
11:30 AM
AGC eNews
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produced by the Communications/Website Committee
of the Adirondack Garden Club

PO Box 72
Keene, NY 12942

Editor, Jennifer Lagor