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There will also be a brief review on how to enter blooms for the upcoming camellia show on weekend of Dec. 8 and 9. Bennett will discuss the details of registration and desirable aspects of new varieties. The talk will be illustrated by slides of the newly registered blooms. The Pensacola Camellia Club's 69th Annual Camellia Show will be held Saturday and Sunday Dec. 8 and 9 at the Wright Place, located at 80 East Wright St. in downtown Pensacola. This free and adjudicated event will display approximately 2,000 camellia blooms as well as exhibits by the Pensacola Federation of Garden Clubs and the Gulf Coast Bonsai Society. There will also be camellia plant sales at the camellia show. Experts will be on hand to discuss camellia care and help to identify unknown camellia blooms.
The GFWC Milton Woman's Club, Inc. will host the first in the 2007-2008 Women In The Arts series, "Write On," on Friday evening, Nov. 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The reception will be held at the Milton Clubhouse, located at 6863 Oak St., in historic downtown Milton. Guests will enjoy soups, hors d'oeuvres, dessert and a short program that will begin at 6:30 p.m. with introductions of the guest authors. There is no admission charge. Authors and publishers to be honored include: Mae Adkinson, Amber Burns, Dr. Patricia Edmisten, Margaret Fowlkes, Toni Ann Guadagnoli, Sarah Smiley and Cecile Stephens.
For more information on the GFWC Milton Woman's Club phone president Paula Lou Mapoles, at 850-626-9567 or email retsel4765@aol.com. Driftwood Garden Club The Driftwood Garden Club met on Oct. 25 for their monthly meeting at New World Landing in Pensacola with President Millie Dehn presiding. Kathy Cannon introduced the speaker, Doug Corbin, an agriculture and consumer protection specialist. Corbin's topic was entitled "The Buzz on Bees." He showed a short film on the Club show honeybee industry and then presented an interesting overview of the value of honeybee to the production of food. They provide honey, royal jelly, beeswax, and propolis. They are the prime pollinators of the planet and are social insects. Farmers actually rent colonies of bees to pollinate their crops. Even though other insects pollinate crops too, honeybees are one of the few that are synchronized and managed with the development of crops. If honeybees didn't pollinate, crops wouldn't be able to grow. Without the pollination from the honeybees, there would be one third less crops in the world than there is now, Corbin said. One honeybee with a nasty disposition is the hybrid Brazilian honeybee. This hybrid resulted when African bees were brought to Brazil in 1956. The African bees were imported to improve production in the bee keeping industry. African bees are very industrious earlier in the day and typically work longer in the evening. They also can work at higher or lower temperatures and thus produce more honey per year than the European species. However, they are very aggressive, sting with little provocation and chase their victims up to 328 feet. Right now the Africanized bees are widespread in South Africa, have become established in Mexico and have migrated as far as Texas. The affect of this bee on the United States beekeeping industry is uncertain. Also uncertain is how far north they will be able to survive. This was a very interesting program. Santa Rosa Shores Women's Club The Santa Rosa Shores Women's Club met at Trish Tracy's home on Harbor Lane on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. This month's program was getting ready for the Holidays with food, wine tasting and great Holiday ideas. The Santa Rosa Shores Women's Club is a Social Club open to any woman in the Santa Rosa Shores Community. If you are interested in joining, please call Julia Russel at 850-934- 5698 or Margaret Cunningham at 850-934-2914. NWF Disability Mentoring Day The North West Florida Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) Awards Ceremony was held Wednesday Oct. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze. The occasion included a catered reception. Gov. Charlie Crist is the Honorary Chair for this organization. Approximately 50 people including public officials, athletes, and business leader mentors and teens attended this event. Area high school students with disabilities spent the day shadowing professionals in a field of their interest. The disabilities of students range from learning limitations to physical impairments. The goal of DMD is to help disabled students learn how to advocate for themselves in an able-bodied work force. Those mentored included: Ryan Wilson, Nick Delgado, Claire Evans, Amanda Nelson, Kristopher Wuilliez, Matthew Olivero, Lisa Shelby, Whitney Harris, Alexandria Strange, Chelsea Giberson, Ryan O'Connell, William Figueiredo, Bridget Miller, Holley Simmons, Jacob Knight, Annette Russo, Camille Coleman, David D. Kimmons, Vinh Ton, Penny Basham, Harold Diehl, Troy Holmes, Shirley Benjamin, Michael Miller, Jason Jennings, David Mitchell, Deborah Brown, Michelle Million, Tricia Crafford, Michael Ladner, Carla Wall, Allison Mcelroy, Tera Newell, Christopher Byrd, Misty Freed and Debra Lee. The mentors included: representatives from the Department of Corrections, Hardees, Holm Elementary School, West Navarre Primary School, Escarosa Career Center, Sacred Heart Health Care, The ZOO - Northwest Florida, WUWF Public Media, Appetite for Life, New Horizons Computer Learning Center, Santa Rosa County Sheriffs Office, ERL Support Services, Landrum Staffing, ARC Gateway, Inc., PRIDE Industries, Southern Management Group, The Arc Santa Rosa Inc., Work Opportunities Unlimited, Blaze Sports City of Pensacola, Professional Career Services Pensacola Junior College, Work Opportunities Unlimited and Home Depot. Willie Davis, Program Operations Administrator for the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, read the proclamation. Program Director Panhandle High School/High Tech DMD 2007 Community Liaison, Darlene Maynard, MSW, gave an overview of the purposes of The North West Florida Disability Mentoring Day. Diana Doyle introduced the Honored Guests and Speakers beginning with the keynote speaker, Honor Bell. Bell. Bell received his bachelor's degree in general education from Cameron University, Okla., and his master's degree in public administration from Jacksonville State University, Ala. Bell is also a retired Army officer. His assignments included tours in Vietnam, Korea, Germany, and various bases in the South and Midwest. He has an extensive background in public relations, public speaking, training management, small business administration, event planning and teaching at the college level. He focused on his empathy and understanding of the challenges that students with disabilities face both in life and in the work force. Cat Keen, The Able Trust Program Manager, Florida HS/HT, and Sally Ash, The Able Trust Assistant Program Manager Florida HS/HT, spoke on the Able Trust organization. This organization is also known as the Florida Governor's Alliance for the Employment of Citizens with Disabilities, a 501(c)(3) public-private partnership foundation established by the Florida Legislature in 1990. Its mission is to provide Floridians with disabilities fair employment opportunities through fundraising, grant programs, public awareness and education. Eric Brockschmidt spoke about how he became disabled at the age of 3 as a result of an automobile accident and how, with the help of his mother, he coped with his disability and became proficient in sports. He discussed his association with BlazeSports America, a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Atlanta,Ga. that provides sport and physical activity opportunities for those with physical disabilities. For more information about this program, call Darlene Maynard at 850-384-9211 or email her at darlenem55@mchsi.com. |
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