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* All Community Calendar Events are copied here in the Event Forum. EVENT CALENDAR LINK: >> DTEGC February Meeting > 2-22-24 Event Title: DTEGC February Meeting > 2-22-24 Event Author lavender Calendar: Community Events Event Date: 02/22/2024 07:00 PM to 02/22/2024 08:00 PM Event Location: The Down to Earth Garden Club will be meeting Thursday, February 22 at 7:00 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 875 Sunflower Drive. Spring projects and field trips will be discussed. For more information call 371-8672 or 375-9528, email downtoearthgardenclub@hotmail.com or visit the group’s web page at www.downtoearthgardenclub.org or check on Facebook.

* All Community Calendar Events are copied here in the Event Forum. EVENT CALENDAR LINK: >> DTEGC January 25th Meeting Event Title: DTEGC January 25th Meeting Event Author lavender Calendar: Community Events Event Date: 01/25/2024 07:00 PM to 01/25/2024 08:00 PM Event Location: The Down to Earth Garden Club will be meeting Thursday, January 25 at 7:00 pm. at Christ Lutheran Church, 875 Sunflower Drive. New officer will be under discussion as well as the Christmas Gift Wrapping.        For more information call 371-8672 or 375-9528, email downtoearthgardenclub@hotmail.com or contact the group through Facebook or the garden club webpage at www.downtoearthgardenclub.org

* All Community Calendar Events are copied here in the Event Forum. EVENT CALENDAR LINK: >> Gift Wrapping at the Mall December 16 to December 23 Event Title: Gift Wrapping at the Mall December 16 to December 23 Event Author lavender Calendar: Benefits & Fundraisers Event Date: 12/16/2023 11:00 AM to 12/23/2023 05:00 PM Event Location: The Down to Earth Garden Club will be gift wrapping at the DuBois Mall from December 16 to December 23 with the possible exception of Sunday, December 17. Hours are from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The group will be located at the front entrance to Penney’s next to Maurice’s. There will be no charge but donations will be gratefully accepted. The funds will go to supporting the many plantings that the group has around the downtown area, the Beaver Meadow Walkway and at Parker Dam. Thanks to Penney’s for their cooperation in making this possible.

Apparently, it is qute possible. You might want to look up hardwood cuttings vs softwood cuttings. If the branch has been around for awhile I would take a fresh cutting. Here is the procedure. Dogwood: How To Grow a Dogwood Tree From a Branch Like every other tree propagation process, a Dogwood tree from a branch must be healthy to propagate successfully. It also needs to be at least 12 inches long and has a diameter of about 1/4 to 1/2 inches. The cutting angle is also 45-degree, and all the leaves or buds should be removed from the lower half of the cutting. The rooting hormone will stimulate root growth, and you can plant the cutting, moist and well-draining soil away from direct sunlight.

Nope not going to watch it. Even infants know what a woman is. It's a given like water is wet. I like to keep an open mind but there is no point in trying to convice me that water is not wet. As far as I am concerned people are welcome to mess with their own bodies as much as they like but it doesn't change their chromosomes or my mind as to what a woman is or man for that matter. To misquote a wise man, "You is what you is."

The Down to Earth Garden Club spring plant sale will be held on Friday, May 19 from 7:00am-5:30 pm and Saturday 9:00am-12:30 pm. We will be at BMP (Business Machine Products) 1263 Maple Ave. (Thanks to Jeff who lets us take over his parking lot each year.) The plant list is currently up on our web page at www.downtoearthgardenclub.org We will update it as more plants come in but there are always last minute arrivals that don't get on the list. Prices are by pot size. You are getting that $20 day lily for whatever the price of the size pot we can fit it into. 2”-3” $2.00 4”-5” 4.00 6”-7” 5.00 8”-9” 6.00 10” and up 7.00 Proceeds go to support the Club’s projects in downtown DuBois. These include the DuBois Library, the City Building, the Pershing Parking Lot and the Reitz Theater. The group also plants and maintains the tiered butterfly bed and the small raised beds on the Beaver Meadow Walkway in addition to a butterfly bed at Parker Dam. Help is also available for individual or communal projects. Stop by and say hi!

Oh, I agree and I am not the one who made it public. Who was that I wonder? We tried to deal with it discreetly and in a reasonable manner on our own with very poor results (it was capitulation or else) and then went to the owners of the property I do reserve the right to defend against slander. We are not all that happy with the current regime in the city. They have done things that have made us very unhappy and we have a real whopper of a problem with them right now. Yes, we are using "cooperation" not "competition" tactics. The day they say we can't work on the project(s) we are currently doing we will cheerfully desert them all and find something else to do. It can't be to hard to find something to do when we provide all of the labor free and also fund the projects. We are fools by any definition.

I didn't listen to what Jen said but I have her rather viscous emails where she admitted removing spring flowers from the pots and disparaged 26 years of hard work on the part of some dedicated volunteers. Volunteer who did what no one else would do free of charge plus having bought all the pots and plants. We have tens of thousands of dollars in these areas over the years. Also the police report of her harassment. Want to see them? Maybe our budget for each area? The Beautification Committee has 2 members Eddie Tate and Jen Jackson. This came from the interim director of the Downtown Group. Are they going to take over the care of the City Building, the library and Pershing Lot and the 4 beds on the walkway? DTEGC might be on the small side because we ask our member to work, but we have quite a few more members than that. What if we take our "sour grapes elsewhere? Those areas would be overgrown with weeds in 2 months. We would have welcomed the help if she had asked. She didn't. We stay out of politics but anyone who would attack a group of volunteers who have asked for noting and have given so much of their time to beautify the community is pretty low. Proof in writing. I have it. Opinion isn't fact. Oh, and if anyone is saying that we do a lousy job check the pictures of the beds on our facebook page. The much disparaged Pershing Lot on which we do such a lousy job.

I think that a lot of what you are suggesting will happen with time and weathering. Anything new like that stands out like a sore thumb. Mother Nature may take care of in a few years about which time the weeds will be considering a coup d’état. I do agree that there is something discordant about it. I can't figure it out. You are right but part of it, I think, may be that you have to look at it so closeup. It needs distant viewing and a background other that prim and proper housing. A mountain would be nice.

I'd say go for it just for the laughs but she will make my life miserable.

You may of course believe what you wish but this started 2 years ago before any of this other stuff went down. The situation elevated to the point where it was considered harassment. The emails were very unpleasant and no volunteer group that has served the community for 26 years should be subjected to that sort of treatment. There may be justifiable complaints against the city administration but in this case they put an end to a situation that was untenable and had a group of dedicated volunteers very upset. The Pershing Lot and the library both are city property and the city has the right to decide who tends them. I don't think that many people would be very happy if someone came into their yard and took plants out of their pots and put in what they chose. The entire fall display on the lot was systematically destroyed this year a couple of weeks after it went up. Despite efforts at establishing a cooperative arrangement with the dear lady the city stepped in as a last resort. Over 20 years of free labor should entitle a group to some respect. You may not like something but that doesn't give you the right to destroy it. Oh, and there is nothing simple about flower planting in the city beds. It is grueling labor often done in hot weather, cold weather and a couple of times when it rained or snowed. Mulch is heavy and some of the large pots have to come in in the winter for snow removal. One person isn't going to be able to take care of it and said person wasn't willing to work with anyone. But believe what you wish.

There was a good reason that this occurred. Jen was removing plants that were put in by the group that has been taking care of that lot for over 20 years. She was planting pots that belonged to another group. She was asked to stop doing it, or at least coordinate activities. She acknowledged the request but didn't follow up and continued to do it for 2 years before the city council took action. Just to set the record straight. In fact she made life miserable for all concerned thus the city council stepped in. Can't seem to edit this without it duplicating. Nor can I get rid of it!

And Hilary Clinton came "under sniper fire" during a trip to Bosnia.

To misquote someone or other, never bring an axe to a gunfight.