Monday, October 1, 2012


OSET October 2012 Newsletter

 

October 7th at 2 pm (Gray community center) will be the next meeting date for OSET. Our Speaker will be the fabulous Tom Harper of Stone River Orchids. He will be speaking on Phalenopsis and will have plants to sell. Tom is current President of the International Phalenopsis Association one of its founding members.   He will be bring us information on new things going on in the world of Phalenopsis and share cultural information tailored to our growing conditions in East Tennessee.

Hostess Table

Sandy Heaton has one person volunteering for the the hostess table in October. Trish Jenkins will bring a salty snack. OSET needs a volunteer to bring a sweet snack. If anyone can do this for October, please email tpfletcher@charter.net and I will pass the information on the Sandy Heaton.

Sandy tells me we have no one signed up for the November meeting. Please see her at the meeting and sign up to bring a salty or sweet snack to one of our meetings.

Upcoming events

Nov.  4th  - Members Swap and Sell Day. This is a great opportunity to sell/trade your extra divisions that might be taking up room in your growing space. It is also a nice time to pick-up a new orchid or two. It is a fun social event as well!

 

Dec.9 th - OSET Annual Christmas Party at the Earl's house in Kingsport. Remember that everyone who has paid their dues for 2013 will receive a free in bloom or budded orchid.

 

Just for Fun

 

I posted this link on OSET’s face book page the other day and am posting it here for non -face book users. The link is to a book review on a new orchid book published that tells the story of Michael Kovach and the Peruvian Phrag that he brought back to the states and had named after him.

The title of this new book by Craig Pittman, "The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid," is designed to catch the reader's eye but it is not to be taken literally.”


Submissions for the newsletter will be welcomed! Please email your news, reports or articles by the 22nd of the month to ensure they are included in the new edition. Mail to tpfletcher@charter.net

Directions to the Gray Community Center:

Directions from I 26(I-181) - Take the Gray exit #13 and turn Right. Turn Left onto Old Gray Station Road from the traffic light in front of Dairy Queen. Take the 1st Left onto Gray Station Road. Take the 2nd Right onto Gray Ruritan Drive. The 2nd building on your Left is the Gray Community Center. This building is located next to the Gray Volunteer Fire Department. Address is 113 Gray Ruritan Road, Gray TN 37615

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