2013 Historian Report
Master Gardener Association Yavapai County
Assembled by
Christi Armer and Susan Tolley January 25, 2014
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OFFICERS Executive Board President – Bob Gessner President-elect – Betty Loos Secretary – Faun Vogel Treasurer – Bev Turnbull Past President – Ron Zmyslinski
President – Bob Gessner President-elect – Betty Loos Past President – Ron Zmyslinski
Secretary – Faun Vogel Treasurer – Bev Turnbull
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COMMITTEES/BOARD Executive Board President – Bob Gessner President-elect – Betty Loos Secretary – Faun Vogel Treasurer – Bev Turnbull Past President – Ron Zmyslinski
By-Laws Pam Bowman
Historian Christi Armer (Chair) Susan Tolley
Membership Committee Cathy Michener (Chair) Pam Bowman Herdis Maclellan Betty Loos (Mentor Program) Tom Konzem (Mentor Program)
Program/Education Committee Suzette Russi
Public Relations Steve McIntyre (Chair) Nirmala McAfee (MG Facebook page) Nora Graf (Newsletter) Judy Mannen Angie Mazella
Social Committee Dede Erceg (Chair) - Prescott Ann Baugh Sondra Haile Terrilyn Green – Verde Valley Marla Giordano
Speakers Bureau Angie Mazella (Chair) Lee Vadnais Sandy Lundgren Sondra Haile Tom Watkins (quarterly reports only) Bill Cart
Volunteer Projects Committee Mary Barnes (Chair) Sherry Howard (Co-chair) Joy Inman Carole Jolly Kathy MacCauley Steve McIntyre Gwynne Reese Missy Sandeen
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EMERITUS
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CALENDAR
Date Event Location Time Notes
January, 2013 Jan 16th MGA Meeting Prescott Extension Ofc 6:30pm CE: Local Farmers Panel ‐
Come with your questions
February, 2013 Feb 20th Cancelled for snow
MGA Meeting Superior Court Bldg, Camp Verde
6:30pm
March, 2013 Mar 16th Propagation Workshop Prescott Extension Ofc 9‐noon Contact: Steve McIntyre
Mar 20th MGA Meeting Prescott Extension Ofc 6:30pm CE: Symphony of the Soil DVD & discussion
April, 2013 Apr 10th Mentor Training Prescott Extension Ofc 1:30pm
Apr 17th MGA Meeting Superior Court Bldg, Camp Verde
6:30pm CE: Mike Wagner ‐ Entomology
May, 2013 May 15th Class Welcome Meeting Prescott 6:30pm
May 15th Certification Plan Workshop (for Mentors & Mentees)
Prescott Extension Ofc 8:30am to
10:30am
May 15th Public Outreach Training for 2013 Class (optional for mentors)
Prescott Extension Ofc 10:30am to
12:30pm
June, 2013 June 8th Mid‐year MGA
Officer/Chair Meeting Prescott Extension Ofc 9am ‐
12pm Mid‐year check‐point for Officers and committee Chairs
June 14th Flagstaff Arboretum Trip Flagstaff Make reservation with Suzette Russi
June 19th MGA Meeting Superior Court Bldg, Camp Verde
6:30pm CE: Cliff Deane ‐ "Bee Knowledgeable"
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July, 2013 July 13th Monsoon Madness Plant
and Yard Sale Prescott Extension Ofc
August, 2013 Aug 21st MGA Meeting Prescott Extension Ofc 6:30pm CE: Rose Kern, Micro‐
climates Start sign‐up for 2014 MGA committees
September, 2013 Sep 14th Recognition Picnic Willow Lake, Prescott
Sep 18th MGA Meeting Superior Court Bldg, Camp Verde
6:30pm CE: Gail Morris (Maricopa MG w/ Monarch Watch) "Creating Monarch Habitats"
October, 2012 Oct 12th Arizona Highlands
Garden Conference Miami, AZ Pre‐conference activity
on Oct 11th
November, 2013 Nov 20th MGA Meeting Superior Court Bldg,
Camp Verde 6:30pm Election of 2014 Officers
CE: Jeff Schalau "Food Safety for the Backyard Gardener" or "Hoophouses"
December, 2013 Dec 7th Officer & Committee
Mtg Prescott Extension Ofc 9:30am 2014 Planning meeting
for MGA Officers and all committee members
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RESULTS
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SPEAKER’S BUREAU REPORT
Speaker’s Bureau Report 2013 Submitted by Angela Mazella
This was a year of new beginnings for the Speaker’s Bureau. Because the notes from the
former chair were not available, we had to recreate most of the material. Here is a summary of what we accomplished and what we started.
Training: We (Mary Barnes, Lee Vadnais, Cathy Michener and Angie Mazella) developed speakers'
training material which outlines the procedures, methods of putting together a talk, reporting and how to give an effective talk. One class was given in 2012 in Prescott and the material was e-mailed to the Speaker’s Bureau (SB) on 3/5/2013.
Special classes: Two PowerPoint training classes were conducted in Prescott and Verde Valley
(February 18 and March 11, respectively). List of all the presentations made by the MGA SB. I gathered all of the presentations made by
MGA speakers (Word documents, PowerPoints, handouts) over the last couple of years. Mary Barnes and I put this material on the website: https://extension.arizona.edu/yavapai-county-master-gardener-speakers-bureau-documents. I periodically ask the SB for copies of their talks. There are 45 MGs on my Speaker’s Bureau list.
List of topics that should be covered. With help from other MGs, I developed a list of topics that SHOULD be covered by the speaker’s Bureau. A starting point for canvassing for speakers and topics.
List of MGs and the topics they speak about. This is an important list that I like to share with clients who request speakers. It is the List of Topics that should be covered (mentioned above) arranged by specific talks and the MGs who have volunteered to talk on those topics. I need to update this list for 2014.
Client list. I made a list of all the people who have requested a speaker in 2013.
Engagements. We received about 22 requests for speakers in 2013. We fulfilled all but 3. The unfulfilled requests were not filled because of timing (needed speaker within a week) or the topics were too esoteric (trees in the Tlaquepaque courtyard). We also conducted 2 OLLI courses on Gardening. The Spring II course included 12 topics by 12 MGs. The other course was 1 MG for a one day course.
Statistics. Tom Watkins is maintaining the Completed Presentations list for Jeff and his annual report. We have given 46 presentations (by 46 MGs) to an audience of 976 members of the Yavapai Community
Special Projects. Some MGs made suggestions about topics we could present to the public. One was on children’s presentations we could make and the other was for new homeowners on what to plant, how to water etcetera. There are 2 groups working on these but as yet no progress has been reported.
2014 Plans. GAPS: There are topics with no presentations and no speakers. It would be nice to get volunteers to prepare talks on these topics and then find speakers. It is easier to find speakers when the research is already done and we have a presentation prepared for them (Word document or PowerPoint). I made a list of all the people who have requested a speaker in 2013. I will send them the list of topics and speakers when it is updated for 2014. Buddy program: Some speakers have requested to go on a talk that another SB member is giving to see how it is done. I will do some pairing in 2014.
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SPEAKERS BUREAU PRESENTATIONS COMPLETED
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PROJECTS COMPLETED 1. Projects Completed in 2013 Project Dates Chairs 2. Prune fruit tree orchard for city of
Cottonwood Feb 4th, 10am Mary Barnes
3. Camp Verde Pecan and Wine Festival – Pecan Judging
Feb 15th Nora Graf
4. Camp Verde Pecan and Wine Festival MG Info Table
Feb 15th – 17th
Susan Williams
5. Rose Pruning, Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott
March 12th 8am
Kathy MacCauley
6. Village Ace Hardware MG Info Table March 13th Dick Sitts 7. MG Info table at AlterNATIVE Expo
@ Verde River Growers, Cottonwood March 23rd Garry Neil
8. Verde Thumbs Garden Expo, Old Town Center for the Arts, Cottonwood
Sunday, March 24th
1pm – 5pm
Toni Coon
9. MG Cookbook Completed March 2013
Judy Cowan
10. Highland Center Plant Sale – MG Table
May 4th Carole Jolly
11. Mortimer Outreach Fair – MG Information Table
May 11th Lynne Sitter
12. 2013 Master Gardener Class Nov 2012 – May 2013
Mary Barnes / Debbie Allen
13. Community Nature Center Native Plant Demonstration Garden, Prescott
2012 - 2013 Lesley Alward
14. Monsoon Madness Plant and Yard Sale
July 13th Christi Armer / Steve McIntyre
15. Highland Center Plant Sale – MG Info Table
Sep 7th Carole Jolly
16. Prescott Valley Farmers Market Jun to Sep - Tuesday
Dick Ryan, Ann Wilson, Tony Dale
17. Prescott Farmers Market May to Oct - Saturday
Bostrom/Wise – May, Jun, Jul, Oct Harvey/Deane – Aug Sitter/Bethea - Sep
18. Camp Verde Farmers Market - Ramada
Jun 1st to Oct 5th Every Saturday
Susan Williams, Barbara Saul, Tana Allman
19. Yavapai County Fair Floriculture – Prescott Valley
Sep 26 / 29 Nancy Gibson
20. Sedona Farmers Market Year Round Dick Sitts
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VOLUNTEERS
RECOGNITION HOURS 150
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Emeritus
Barnes, Mary 03 X Black, David 08 X Bostrom, Bev 03 X Bowman, Pam 03 X Brook, Susan 09 X Coon, Toni 09 X Deane, Nancy 12 X Erceg, Dede 11 X Fleming, Anita 03 X Fonnet, Hope 11 X Gessner, Bob 09 X Graf, Nora 92 X Grams, Jane 08 X Hilton, Paula 11 X James, Laura 01 X Janowski, Lois 11 X Jolly, Carole 11 X Kennedy, Roni 11 Konzem, Tom 09 X Loos, Betty 08 X Loving, Connie 02 X X
Mannen, Judy 02 X Mansoldo, Janet 04 X Marmaduke, Bill 11 X X Mazella, Angela 05 X McIntyre, Steve 09 X Michener, Cathy 05 X Mullins, Virginia 11 X Neil, Garry 10 X Peterson, Rich 11 X Peterson, Susan 11 X X Reese, Gwynne 10 X Roelofs, Faith 07 X Rosenow, Lois 10 X Rotta, Pauline 11 X Sandeen, Melissa 03
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Sanzo, Linda 11 X Schnur, Paul 03 X Sheehan, Jim 12 X X Simpson, Lynn 09 X Sisley, Kathy 11 X Vadnais, Lee 12 X Vogel, Faun 11 X
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Emeritus
Wackerly, Toni 08 X Wagley, Karen 03 X X Williams, Rose 05 X Wilson, Deborah 07 X Wise, Richard 03 X
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CERTIFIED/RECERTIFIED
Certified / Re‐certified to Vote in November 2013 Election Allen, Debbie 07 Erceg, Dede 11 Konzem, Tom 09 Perkins, Marilyn 98 E Vogel, Faun 11
Alward, Lesley 05 Ferguson, Eileen 09 Lockhart, Jan 12 Peterson, Rich 11 Wackerly, Toni 08
Ames, PJ 02 E Filippino, Art 93 E Lockwood, Georgene 99
Peterson, Susan 11 Wagley, Karen 03 E
Anderson, Rennie 11 Fleming, Anita 03 E Loos, Elizabeth 08 Pierce, Joan 12 Wagner, Mike 12
Armer, Christi 09 Fonnet, Hope 11 Loving, Connie 02 E Preuss, Rosh 02 E Warren, Jennifer 10
Austermiller, Karen 13 Gaffney, Kay 07 Lukaszewski, Matthew 09
Pritz, Ava 12 Weston, Michele 12
Barnes, Mary 03 E Garcher, Diane 13 Lundgren, Sandy 11 Reese, Gwynne 10 Williams, Rose 05
Baugh, Ann 12 Gerber, Lisa 06 MacCauley, Kathy 07 Reagin, Sarah 13 Williams, Susan 12
Beatty, Patrick 09 Gessner, Bob 09 Maclellan, Herdis 05 Ricklefs, Eunice 01 E Wilson, Anna 92 E
Becker, Evelyn 02 E Gibson, Nancy 11 Mannen, Judy 02 E Riggins, Jerry 12 Wilson, Deborah 07
Belcher, Lydia 13 Giordano, Marla 12 Mansoldo, Janet 04 Rizzo, Jackie 07 Wise, Richard 03 E
Benes, Elinor 02 E Gotfredson, Lois 12 Marmaduke, Bill 11 Roelofs, Faith 07 Woodson, Carlon 02 E
Berkshire, Sally 04 Grace, Veronika 10 Martin, Cathie 11 Rosenow, Lois 10 Young, Jennifer 08
Bethea, Sally 12 Graf, Nora 92 E Martin, Nancy 12 Rotta, Pauline 11 Zmyslinski, Ron 08
Bice, Ginger 12 Graff, Christine 06 Mazella, Angela 05 Russi, Suzette 07 Billiam, Jan 04 Grams, Jane 08 McAfee, Nirmala 12 Ryan, Dick 11 Black, David 08 Green, Terrilyn 06 McBride, Jodi 12 Sandeen, Melissa 03
E Black, Trudy 08 Haile, Sondra 12 McCurry, Barbara 13 Sanzo, Linda 11 Blake, Jonella 01 E Harvey, Joni 12 McIntyre, Steve 09 Saul, Barbara 10 Bourdage/Allman, Tana 06
Heald, Wendy 12 McKelvey, Diane 05 Sawyer, David 12
Bowman, Pam 03 E Heisinger, Pete 08 McMillan, Douglas 01
E Scheerer, Linda 91 E
Brook, Susan 09 Hilton, Paula 11 Michelson, Marilyn 12 Schieber, Janet 07 Busch, Bob 10 Holt, Kris 09 Michelson, Tricia 13 Schnur, Paul 03 E Cart, Bill 99 E Howard, Sherry 05 Michener, Cathy 05 Sheehan, Jim 12 Cole, Jean 11 Hughes, Kirby 09 Miller, Leroy 11 Simpson, Lynn 09 Conrad, Pattie 97 E Inman, Joy 08 Moody, Stephen 06 Sisley, Kathy 11 Coon, Toni 09 Jackson, Jack 13 Moreno, Judee 11 Sitter, Lynne 12 Corum, Kathleen 13 Janowski, Lois 11 Morton, Sherry 07 Sitts, Dick 12 Cowan, Judy 08 Jastrzab, Cindy 13 Mullins, Virginia 11 Smith, Sue 07 Crutcher, Susan 11 Jensen, Chris 12 Neil, Garry 10 Stoddard, Ruth 12 Deane, Nancy 12 Johnson, Dolores 00
E Norris, Jeanne 07 Switanek, Andy 12
Downing, Eric 09 Jolly, Carole 11 Overman, Mary 12 Troutner, Stephen 10 Dutton, Shari 11 Kennedy, Veronica 11 O'Rourke, Donna 08 Turnbull, Beverly 02
E Earls, Ken 07 Kimberly, Linda 10 Patrick, Judy 13 Tyler, Joan 04 Emerson, Beverly 99 E Kinnen, SanDee 04 Paustian, John 01 E Vadnais, Lee 12
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CLASS OF 2013
Karen
Austermiller Lydia Belcher Andrew Bianco Bob Borok
Diana
Breitenstein Karen Brown Kathleen Corum Tony Dale Shannon Fillmore
JoAnn Forristal
Diane Garcher Marilyn Hardt Sharon Harris Al Herron
Linda Hochman Stan Hochman Jack Jackson
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Cindy Jastrzab
Bill Jenkins Phyllis Jiacalone Marion Johnston Scholly Ketcher
Annee Kuehler
Dropped Karen Maeser Barb McCurry Tricia Michelson Betsy Miller
Bob Miller
Steve Miller Ken O'Finan Judy Patrick Sarah Reagin
Maria Sancho Susan Tolley Diane Uczekaj Joy Whiting
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Master Gardener Class Certification Workshop and Class Welcome Meeting– May 2013
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MOONSOON MADNESS FLYER
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PHOTOS & FUN
Sharlot Hall Museum Rose Pruning - March 2013
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Propagation Workshop – March 2013
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Community Nature Center Planting - May 2013
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Prescott Valley Community Garden – May 2013
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CONEX Storage Move – June 2013
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Monsoon Madness – July 2013
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“Rodeo Gitano”
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General Meeting – August 2013
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VA Hospital Greenhouse – August 2013
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Recognition Picnic – September 2013
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