SPOKES VOL. LXIV NO. 5 August 1, 2017
We met this morning at Blue Horizon Nursery and Gardens on 59th Street in Grand Junction. Matt Schaffer provided an exceptional continental breakfast.
President Renner opened our outdoor meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and our invocation.
Guests:
We welcomed prospective member and hospital representative Jeff Melvin along with the spouses of several of our members.
Correction: Last week I listed our youngest guest as Jim Davis’ granddaughter. She was not. She belongs to Jean Stein. We enjoyed her company regardless who’s granddaughter she is.
Music:
Dottie could not make the trip to Grand Junction this morning so we managed to get by without songs this morning.
Spotlight:
No Spotlight this morning.
Announcements:
- Don’t forget the Club Runner App for your phones, it’s a great resource!
- Dorothy Lockwood and Rhonda Wendzel are working with the visitor’s bureau on Haven Harvest, scheduled for October 21st.
- Our annual summer/fall picnic will be held at the Gruber cottage on Tuesday evening, August 15. Beverages and meat will be provided. Please bring a dish to pass and a couple of chairs. No meeting that morning.
- The sign up list for the next pancake breakfast is being passed around. We need all hands on deck!
- If you know folks with antique cars, remind them about the car show at the fly-in.
- You should have received at least one electronic copy of your quarterly bill. You only have to pay once, no matter how many copies you received.
50/50
We dispensed with the 50/50 drawing this morning to allow more time for our program.
Fines:
- Again, to allow more time for our program, we dispensed with fines, although there was some talk of doubling them next week.
Don Hodgman introduced our speakers this morning, the owners of Blue Horizon Nursery and Gardens, Bill Anyder and Paul Sirian.
Bill and Paul led us on a tour of the gardens and explained their business.
Blue horizon Nursery is a grower offering some of the rarest and finest trees and ornamental shrubs.Their collection includes dwarf and miniature conifers, ginkgoes, Japanese Maples, flowering dogwoods and more.
The nursery was established in 2003 on 56 acres of land.It is Open from 10 – 6 Wednesday thru Sunday.
On our tour, Bill and Paul explained how they propagate plants through grafting and using root cuttings.We were introduced to a number of new plants grown from grafts.
The nursery’s website is www.bluehorizonnursery.com
Thanks to Bill and Paul for an interesting and entertaining tour!
Next week’s program: Dene Hadden will introduce Edward DeLong who will talk about his experiences as a Rotary-sponsored attendee at the World Affairs Seminar
Next week’s Greeters: Don Hodgman and Bob Brickman
Editarian: Dene Hadden