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Mohawk Hudson Bonsai SocietyNOVEMBER

22 TOOL SHARPENING

short business meeting after lunch at noon

DECEMBER 5 7PM ANNUAL DINNER & AUCTION

MEETINGS AT PFM BONSAI STUDIO

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DAVID KNITTLE TOOL SHARPENING WORKSHOP

LEARN hoe to keep your tools sharpened. Bring your tools and get them sharpened by David. You can come early for some pre meeting sharpening at 10:30 AM or get them sharpened after his presentation after the noon lunch and business meeting. Any tools not sharpened at the meeting will go home with David and he will ship them back to us.

DECEMBER 5 7 PM CHARLTON TAVERN SEE PAGE TWO FOR MENU AND DETAILS.

Annual Dinner and Auction

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Annual Club Dinner Party and Auction December 5 at 7PM

Charlton Tavern The evening is scheduled later so we can have the room to ourselves for the evening

Cash Cocktail Hour 7 PM Complimentary Chilled fruit , cheese and grape display A slow roasted Prime Ribs of Beef- savory aujus and served with a dollop of creamy horseradish sauce.

Stuffed Shrimp Rockefeller - served with a lemon cream sauce

Tavern Osso Bucco- presented with tender root vegetables in a herbed stock.

Choice of Caesar or Spinach Salad Chef Choice Vegetable and Starch Coffee and Tea

Homemade Pumpkin Cheesecake

BRING YOUR WRAPPED BONSAI ITEMS FOR THE BLIND AUCTION. REMEMBER THIS IS OUR MAJOR FUND RAISER FOR THE YEAR. If an item is of greater value please put a minimum bid note on it. NO minimum bids on joke items please.

Send your $43 check made out to MHBS and meal choice (beef, shrimp or Osso Bucco) by November 27 to Molly Beverage 285 Hickory Hollow Road , Pawlet VT 05761

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MHBS ANNUAL SHOW MANY thanks to all who made our annual show a great success. The Saratoga Springs Public Library turned out to be a wonderful venue for the show. We certainly had many people who enjoyed the event. We plan on returning to this event next year. The club had so many accent plants that we filled two extra tables with them after insuring that each bonsai had an accent. Congratulations to Larry Mossey for winning the BCI medallion and to Pauline Muth for winning the ABS medallion. Thanks to Jake DeSilva for judging the show and giving us knowledge filled critique. Club members choose the following trees for the 2016 MABS exhibit. For not shohin trees Pauline’s hornbeam land and water Rob’s Azalea Bill’s Maple Tom’s Pyracantha ( back up) Larry’s Brazilian Raintree ( back up)

For our shohin exhibit Tom’s cotoneaster Sandy’s Hinoki Pauline’s 3 black pines Bill’s white pine Iris’s Ficus

Remember to keep your exhibition trees in good shape!! We know things happen over winter, so we have back ups.For those of you who missed it, here are some photos by Alan.

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• Nov. 22 David Knittle: tool sharpening workshop • Dec. 5 Holiday party at The Charlton Tave

2016 Note due to some scheduling issues, we will again have a fall show

• JANUARY 31 Larch Wiring Workshop • FEBRUARY 28 Make your own pottery workshop • MARCH See April 8 • APRIL 8 FRIDAY Mauro Stemberger workshop and demo • APRIL 15-17 MABS • APRIL 24 Eastern White Cedars with Mark Arpag • MAY 12-15 ABS in Grand Rapids MI • MAY 21-22 Special weekend with guests Mark Comstock and his truck of stock & Bonsai Master Jim Doyle

conducting bring your own tree workshops • JUNE 25-26 Trip to Longwood Gardens and _______ • JULY 31 Club Field Trip • AUGUST Demo and Workshop with David Hodgetts • SEPTEMBER 25 Club Show • OCTOBER 30 Wiring plus lesson and workshop • NOVEMBER 27 Display • DECEMBER 3 Annual Dinner and Auction

UPCOMING EVENTS

APRIL 15-17 MABS SPRING FESTIVAL IN CT

MAY 12-15 ABS LEARNING SEMINARS IN GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN

SEPTEMBER 10/112016 5TH NATIONAL BONSAI EXHIBITION IN ROCHESTER

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MHBS OFFICERS

MANY THANKS TO ALL OUR OFFICERS FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR President Tom Kiszkiel 845 687 9115 Kiszclove00@aol.com

Vice President Programs Jon Staples (802) 379-7873 jstaples423@gmail.com

Vice President club show Pauline Muth 518 882 1039 Pauline@pfmbonsai.com Treasurer Molly Beverage 802-384-0310 mbevera@gmail.com Secretary Sandy Kiszkiel 845 687 9115 Kiszclove00@aol.com

Past President David Payton 518-356-3299 dpayton@nycap.rr.com Newsletter Editor Pauline Muth 518 882 1039 Pauline@pfmbonsai.com

Club Photographers Alan Tallman 914-980-5407 Awtallman@aol.com Webmaster Larry Mossey 518 368-7960 LAMossey@gmail.com

WEB SITES OF INTEREST

American Bonsai Society - www.absbonsai.org Bonsai Clubs International - www.bonsai-bci.com

MidAtlantic Bonsai Societies www.midatlanticbonsai.org National Bonsai Foundation - www.bonsai-nbf.org

THE MHBS WEB SITE IS http://mohawkhudsonbonsai.org