1 February Meeting Dates The Advisory Board meeting is Wednesday, February 7 at 5:30 pm at the Crawford County Administration Building. The next regular Master Gardener’s meeting is Thursday, February 15 at 6:30 pm at the Crawford County Administration Building. I ASSOCIATION OFFICERS President: Julie Hazen 608-326-8707 Vice President: Caprice Ellefson 608-391-0535 Secretary: Sandy Vold 608-391-0494 Treasurer: Marla Hurley 608-632-3706 Editor: Caprice Ellefson 608-391-0535 FEBRUARY, 2018 Volume 10, Issue 95 CRAWFORD COUNTY MASTER GARDENER ASSOCIATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS Feb. 7: Executive Board Meeting-5:30 pm at the County Administration Building. Feb. 9 thru Feb. 11: Madison Garden Expo- starting at noon on Friday, 9:00am on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday. Feb. 15: Regular MG Meeting-6:30 pm at the County Administration Building. Come ready to vote and learn how to preserve your favorite blooms of summer. Feb. 17: Winter Wellness Workshop-10:00am in Gays Mills. Mar. 10: Spring into Gardening-7:30am in LaCrosse. Save the Dates Friday, June 8th Grant County and Crawford County MGVs are hosting a Mike Maddox workshop at the Lancaster Youth and Ag Building. The workshop will concentrate on working with special needs people. More details coming soon. At this month’s meeting we will vote on the Advisory Board positions of President and Secretary (all board members are voted in for a 2-year term). A vote will also be taken to amend our current bylaws (see page 2 for the changes). And Carley will be teaching us different techniques for pressing flowers. If we can’t grow flowers just yet, lets play with them. Saturday, February 17th Winnebago County MG Association’s Winter Escape, Summer Dreams gardening conference in Oshkosh. See brochure handout at this month’s meeting.
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February Meeting Dates The Advisory Board meeting is Wednesday, February 7 at
5:30 pm at the Crawford County Administration Building.
The next regular Master Gardener’s meeting is
Thursday, February 15 at 6:30 pm at the Crawford
County Administration Building.
B U S I N E S S N A M E
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
President: Julie Hazen
608-326-8707
Vice President: Caprice Ellefson
608-391-0535
Secretary: Sandy Vold
608-391-0494
Treasurer: Marla Hurley
608-632-3706
Editor: Caprice Ellefson
608-391-0535
F E B R U A R Y , 2 0 1 8 Volume 10, Issue 95
C R A W F O R D C O U N T Y M A S T E R G A R D E N E R A S S O C I A T I O N
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Feb. 7: Executive Board
Meeting-5:30 pm at the
County Administration
Building.
Feb. 9 thru Feb. 11:
Madison Garden Expo-
starting at noon on Friday,
9:00am on Saturday and
10:00am on Sunday.
Feb. 15: Regular MG
Meeting-6:30 pm at the
County Administration
Building. Come ready to
vote and learn how to
preserve your favorite
blooms of summer.
Feb. 17: Winter Wellness
Workshop-10:00am in
Gays Mills.
Mar. 10: Spring into
Gardening-7:30am in
LaCrosse.
Save the Dates
Friday, June 8th
Grant County and Crawford County MGVs are hosting a Mike Maddox workshop at the Lancaster Youth and Ag Building. The workshop will concentrate on working with special needs people.
More details coming soon.
At this month’s meeting we will vote
on the Advisory Board positions of
President and Secretary (all board
members are voted in for a
2-year term). A vote will also be
taken to amend our current bylaws
(see page 2 for the changes). And
Carley will be teaching us different
techniques for pressing flowers.
If we can’t grow flowers just yet, lets
play with them.
Saturday, February 17th
Winnebago County MG Association’s Winter Escape, Summer
Dreams gardening conference in Oshkosh. See brochure handout at
this month’s meeting.
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Come to the February Meeting to Vote on an Amendment to our Bylaws
A Past President and Editor will be added as officers to the existing bylaws.
Duties will be:
The Past President shall assist Master Gardener Volunteers (MGVs) on
how to fill out the Master Gardener Volunteer and Continuing Education
Hours Sheet (if the MGV does not have a mentor).
The Past President shall be responsible for making sure that the Master
Gardener Volunteer and Continuing Education Hours Sheets are
completed by each MGV at the end of each fiscal year.
The Past President will act as the WIMGA Local Representative.
The Editor shall be responsible for creating the Crawford County Master
Gardeners’ monthly newsletter. It is to be sent for review to the Crawford
County UW Extension Program Assistant and the President.
The Editor shall be responsible for sending the approved newsletter to all
active MGVs electronically, via email, and request that the Crawford
County UW Extension Program Assistant mail a hard copy of the
newsletter to any MGVs that do not have access to email.
Additional duties for the existing Vice-President will be:
The Vice-President shall assist MGVs on how to fill out the Annual
Project-Event Report (if the MGV does not have a mentor).
The Vice-President shall be responsible for making sure that the Annual
Project-Event Report is completed for each project and/or event, that it is
signed and that it is dated by the MGV in charge of
the project or event.
The Vice-President shall create and submit the
Crawford County Annual Accomplishment Report
(AAR) at the end of each fiscal year.
CRAWFORD COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS
CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH YEAR
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(Update on Soil Class 2/27 – Dave Troester will be facilitating this class)
Please remember to let Donna Teynor know which class you would like to do your
introduction to the class members at. Here is a list of what she would like you
to cover in your 10-15 minute introduction:
Name
Where you live
Why did you take the class
What did you gain from the class
Why have you stayed with the MGV association
What does the community, public, group or facility that you are involved
with gain from your participation
If you wish to stay for the class you can get continuing education hours for your
time. Please let the facilitator of that class know so that sufficient materials and
supplies can be planned for.
The new versions of the Annual Project-Event Report, New Project Request
sheet and examples of these are now up on our website. You can
download and print to fill out manually OR you can download and update
electronically.
Remember:
The New Project Request sheets are required before starting a
new project. Please submit them at one of our monthly meetings
or to one of the board members directly.
The Annual Project-Event Reports are due by 9/1/2018 to the Vice-
President, Caprice Ellefson.
LEVEL 1 TRAINING STARTS 2/13
CRAWFORD COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS
CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH YEAR
REVAMPED PROJECT SHEETS NOW AVAILABLE
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CRAWFORD COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS
CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH YEAR
1st Annual Winter Wellness Workshop
hosted by Crawford County UW-Extension’s Farm to School
Articles about the Kids in the Garden project can be found in:
WIMGA January Newsletter
Prairie du Chien Courier Press
MGV 2017 Annual Accomplishment Report
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Crawford County’s MG Association’s Mission Statement: We TEACH, LEARN, LEAD and SERVE, connecting with the University of Wisconsin and engaging with them in transforming lives and communities.
"An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and
programming, including Title IX and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements."
Highlighting MGVs for February
Caprice Ellefson: She was first certified in 2017 and is currently serving as Vice-President and Editor of the monthly local newsletter. She is originally from Kenosha, WI and is now residing outside of Boscobel, WI on a 40-acre property that she refers to as “the little farm”. She became an MGV because she wanted to make new friends with gardening interests after she retired. This turned into a joy for volunteering and helping others in our communities to enjoy and learn about gardening and related subjects.
“I am learning so much from the other MGVs and enjoy their friendship and willingness to help
and teach. And it is fun to help out on projects and events that I didn’t even know about
before.”
Joe Morovits: He was first certified in 2017. He is originally from the Seneca-Lynxville area
but now resides just outside of Prairie du Chien. He wanted to become an MGV, like so many
others, because he wanted to make new friends with gardening interests. He enjoys flower
gardening the most but now he also enjoys volunteering and helping others enjoy gardening
and to share his knowledge.
“I am finding it fun to help out on projects and it is great that I’m learning as I go, too.”
Deb Rider: She was first certified in 2008 in St. Croix county while she lived in River Falls,
WI and worked at 3M in St. Paul, MN. She joined because she wanted to meet others with
similar interests and learn more about different kinds of gardening. She retired and moved
back to Crawford County in 2010 and currently lives on a tiny piece of land near Eastman
with several critters. The miniature donkeys are her special buddies. And she is hoping to
get bee hives up and running this spring. She works part-time at the Prairie du Chien
library and LOVES it. Being a part of the Crawford County MGVs has allowed her to
become reacquainted with her hometown and meet a new and interesting group of like-
