Newsletter of The Garden Island Orchid Society Coming Events Affiliated with the American Orchid Society January-February 2010 The GIOS newsletter is published by the Garden Island Orchid Society on a bi-monthly basic. Contact them at P. O. Box 1056, Hanapepe, HI 96716. www.gardenislandorchidsociety.org GIOS Board 2010-2011 President: Carol Kanna Vice Pres. Gwen Teragawa Secretary: Pennie Duke Treasurer: Lee Anderson Ex Officio: Gwen Teragawa News/Publ: Ada Koene, 742-0333, thekoenes@cs.com Membership: Bobbie Agena & Marlene Domingcil By Laws: Ryan Metzger Awards: Mildred Konishi February 12, 2010. Ann Reid, AOS Judge from Kauai will be our guest speaker.she will talk about preparing your plants for the orcid show and about general orchid culture. The meeting will start at 6:00 in the United Church of Christ in Hanapepe and there will be no Orchids 101. Membership Dues should be in by the end of February in order for you to keep getting your newsletter. March 26 and 27, 2010. Spring Fantasy Show. See Page 2 for review and instructions. For honohono lovers, it is time to peel the leaves from the stem. Stop fertilizing and water only once or twice a week. Gwen Teragawa General Meetings 2010/2011: February 12 Show Dates: Spring Fantasy 2010 - March 26 and 27. In this issue Coming Events President s Message Spring Fantasy and Kauai Orchid and Art Festival GIOS 2009 Christmas Party in Photos President s Message Happy New Year! Thank you Gwen, for leading us through 2008-2009. You are a hard act to follow. Economic recovery is still a concern for all of us. However as of this date, GIOS is doing okay. I urge all members to be involved not only because of your interest in orchids but to enjoy the fellowship also. Let the Board members know of your concerns. We always welcome new ideas and suggestions from the membership. The first of the events for 2010 is the upcoming Spring Orchid Show, March 26 and 27 So start grooming your plants and bring them for display at the spring show. More details regarding future events will be announced at a later date. Reminder: The next general meeting date is Friday, February 12, at 6 pm. Please mark your calendar. See you there! Carol Kanna, President 2010 Calendar GIOS Membership Form
January - February 2010 Page 2 GIOS Board and Committee Heads 2010 and 2011. We would like to thank the following people for stepping forward to be officers of the club, Board Members and or Committee Chairpersons. The Board for 2010 President: Carol Kanna Vice President: Gwen Teragawa Secretary: Pennie Duke Treasurer: Lee Anderson Newsletter/Publicity: Ada Koene By-Laws; Ryan Metzger Show Judging: Mildred Konishi Makana: Nancy Nakama Standing & Special Committees Membership: Bobbie Agena & Marlene Domingcil Librarian: Harold Shimono Plant Name Tags: Stella Shimatsu Refreshments: Susie Kaohi & Mary Shimogawa Spring Show Chairpersons: Gwen Teragawa & Lorraine Kawane Spring Show Display: Anne Notley & Carol Yasutake Fall Show Chairpersons: Gwen Teragawa & Lorraine Kawane Fall Show Display: Anne Notley & Carol Yasutake Crafts: Judy Matsumoto Orchids 101: Neill Sams Orchid Care Workday: Gwen Teragawa Tee-Shirts: Gayle and Bette O Donnell Awards: Mildred Konishi & Mildred Tsubakihara Spring Fantasy and Kaua i Orchid and Art Festival - 2010 Plans are being finalized for the Spring Fantasy Show in March this year. The theme of our show will be Arts and Flowers. Our Spring Fantasy show will again be held in conjunction with the Hanapepe Economic Alliance. Our part of the show will be held on March 26 and 27. As usual, set up for the show is on Thursday afternoon, March 26 starting at 1:00 p.m. at our usual venue, the United Church of Christ in Hanapepe. We will not supply Thursday evening dinner this year for the volunteers who are there to help with the set-up. Thus there will be Makana Award points given for this set-up participation. Those bringing plants to display should notify Stella Shimatsu via phone 651-2692; by mail at: 3733 Elau Rd., Kalaheo, HI 96741; or by email at skshima@ hawaiiantel.net two weeks before the show or no later than Wednesday evening, March 24th with the complete name of the plant and the owner s name (as you wish it to appear on the label). If you find a plant that has opened at the last minute, bring it and we will block-print the name tag. Display plants must arrive between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon to be considered for judging the next day. Everyone, please bring at least one orchid to display. Even if you do not think it is a prize winner, let us be the judge. It looks a lot better to the public when our amateurs and enthusiasts care enough about our organization to participate rather than leave ail the work up to the commercial growers. Both ribbons and cash rewards are given to the first, second and third places. Judging of the display plants will take place on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. The show will open to the public at 1:00 p.m. or later, if the judging takes longer than anticipated. Show times are: 1:00 until 7 p.m. on Friday and 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. We Need: Baked Goods Volunteers for refreshments, raffle, membership, GIOS plant and craft sales Helping hands to help set-up the show. Seamstresses and Sales Persons for the crafts table. (Call Judy Matsumoto at 335-3759 Last but not least-orchids, Orchids, Orchids. Orchids for the show and orchids that you wish to donate to the for the orchid sale. Help in distributing Flyers (call Ada Koene at 742-0333)
January - February 2010 Page 3 GIOS 2009 Christmas Party in Photos The Annual GIOS Christmas Party was held on December 5 th and was enjoyed by everyone. A new Board was sworn in for 2010 and 2011 and outgoing President Gwen Teragawa thanked all of her former board members for their hard work the past two years. What we needed to do was to thank Gwen for the wonderful job she did as our leader and for giving her all in making the club a success. The food was excellent. After dinner, Morgan Lopez presented a slide show that she had made from Ada Koene s photos showing the club in action over the past year. Some games were also played such as Bingo and an interesting version of Jan-ken-pon (rock, paper, scissors), see photos on the following pages. It may look like our members are mad at each other but it was all in good fun. So many orchids were given away as part of the Makana Point System. It is nice to see how many members turned out to help with the shows, tours, workshops and meetings. We can look forward to another successful year under the guidance of our incoming president Carol Kanna. Ada Koene
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Garden Island Orchid Society Club Calendar Board Meeting General Meeting Orchid Shows (Spring Fantasy, Orchids in Paradise to be announced)
The Garden Island Orchid Society 2010 Membership Form Our dues for membership are $15.00 a year and are due January 1, 2010. They should be paid by the end of February if you wish to continue to receive your newsletter. Please make checks payable to the Garden Island Orchid Society or GIOS. Treasurer, Garden Island Orchid Society P. O. Box 1056 Hanapepe, Kauai, HI 96716 Member s/applicant s Name Street/Post Office Address: Phone/Fax number: E-mail address: I am interesting in helping out with (check any or all): Refreshments, Show Set-Up, Show Security, Serving on the Board Newsletter, Other (please specify) Garden Island Orchid Society Ada Koene, Editor P. O. Box 1624 Koloa, HI 96756 Marcia McIntyre 1831 Poipu Rd. #523 Koloa, HI 96756