January 15, 2009, meeting of Fayetteville AR Telecommunication Board

June 2009 meeting of Town Branch Neighborhood Association with developers planning student apartment complex adjacent to Fayetteville National Cemetery

Jim Bemis speaks at Telecom Board meeting on December 16, 2010

GOVERNMENT CHANNEL SCHEDULE published Friday, December 17, 2010, the day following Telecom Board meeting, does not include Telecom Board meeting video to be run during week of 12/17/2010 through 12/12/2010. Bemis' comments, therefore, will not be shown on Cox Cable or AT&T U-verse until long after the Fayetteville City Council meeting at which the CAT contract will be voted on Tuesday, December 21, 2010.
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Jim Bemis speaks at Telecom Board meeting on December 16, 2010

GOVERNMENT CHANNEL SCHEDULE published Friday, December 17, 2010, the day following Telecom Board meeting, does not include Telecom Board meeting video to be run during week of 12/17/2010 through 12/12/2010. Bemis' comments, therefore, will not be shown on Cox Cable or AT&T U-verse until long after the Fayetteville City Council meeting at which the CAT contract will be voted on Tuesday, December 21, 2010.
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Buy a federal duck stamp to provide habitat for waterfowl and many other species all over the continent

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Hunting season dates in Arkansas

December meeting of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

October 25, 2010, video clip from World Peace Wetland Prairie

Ducks Unlimited gives thanks to donors who protect wetland across the continent

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Cox Cable changes of interest to viewers of Fayetteville's public channels

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Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Cox Cable advertisement in recent issue of The Northwest Arkansas Times. For several years I have been able to turn away phone and online salesmen wanting me to take the satellite systems and later the Uverse TV system of AT&T. But now Cox has set up a situation that will require me to drop their service and take the Uverse, which will automatically cut my cost because I have AT&T phone service already. Cox has one thing the others don't have: The local public stations at minimal cost. This is the time for the city administration to begin negotiating with COX. This is a draconian measure that will hurt COX in the long run.

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Cox Cable advertisement in recent issue of The Northwest Arkansas Times.

For several years I have been able to turn away phone and online salesmen wanting me to take the satellite systems and later the Uverse TV system of AT&T.
But now Cox has set up a situation that will require me to drop their service and take the Uverse, which will automatically cut my cost because I have AT&T phone service already.
Cox has one thing the others don't have: The local public stations at minimal cost.
This is the time for the city administration to begin negotiating with COX. This is a draconian measure that will hurt COX in the long run.

Cox Cable pulls surprise on city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, with plan to move public-access, government channel and educational channel to EXPENSIVE digital tier of channels: So much for open government when thousands of people will not be able to afford access to the public channels

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Cox Cable advertisement in recent issue of The Northwest Arkansas Times.

For several years I have been able to turn away phone and online salesmen wanting me to take the satellite systems and later the Uverse TV system of AT&T.
But now Cox has set up a situation that will require me to drop their service and take the Uverse, which will automatically cut my cost because I have AT&T phone service already.
Cox has one thing the others don't have: The local public stations at minimal cost.
This is the time for the city administration to begin negotiating with COX. This is a draconian measure that will hurt COX in the long run.

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Highway Commission vote could end mowing and dredging practices that cause erosion, loss of wildlife habitat and decrease beauty of roadsides in Arkansas

Please click on image to ENLARGE. Two hours after this photo was made on October 12, 2010, this area had been brushogged into oblivion. Sure, the swamp milkweed will sprout from its roots next summer. But these plants not only held pods offering hundreds of milkweed seeds but also were feeding milkweed caterpillars that could have made chrysalises and become final 2010 generation monarchs traveling to Mexico and with a chance to return in spring and find fresh milkweed on which a new generation of monarchs could have been raised to keep the cycle of life intact for this seriously threatened species of migrating butterfly. If you want to talk to your Northwest Arkansas representative on the Highway Commission, he is Dick Trammel.

Monarch caterpillars were still eating the foliage of these swamp milkweeds and the seed pods were almost mature when the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department Mowers came down the road and crushed and cut them off near the ground. Amazing hypocrisy for a state agency that touts its wildflower program. And possibly worse hypocrisy is touting its stormwater-protection work and then mowing and dredging ditches repeatedly every year.

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To learn more about the Arkansas Highway Commission,  please see AHC  link.

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Two such wetland plants growing together are a strong indicator of wetland

Please click on image to ENLARGE and widen view of Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) and Verbena hastata (swamp vervain) growing together on south Fayetteville wetland.

Sample of 300 photos made Sunday morning on World Peace Wetland Prairie

Please click on images to ENLARGE and widen view of 12-foot-tall cup plant, close up of cup plant flower with tiger swallowtail, native thistles with tiger swallowtails and bumblebees and skipper moths.

Springs beneath Bates School may be dug into to create underground storage of stormwater after Bates is demolished to make space for new high-school buildings

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Flower, garden and Nature Society's 'Through the Garden Gate' tour main topic of June 2010 newsletter

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From the President........ 

June, and our "Through the Garden Gate" tour, are now 

behind us. And what a great tour it was. There are a lot of 

people who made it possible, starting at the top with our 

co-chairs, Gloria McIntosh and Lois Slusarek, who did an 

amazing job of finding gardens (and finding seven of 

them!) and keeping up with and coordinating all of the 

scads of details. I'm very impressed with their 

organizational skills, not to mention their persuasiveness. 

They also pulled together a great team of people to help 

them. Libby Wheeler and Mary Bess Mulhollan found and 

scheduled the FGNS volunteers who worked at the 

gardens. Sue Kerst and Ann   Engskov handled publicity 

for the tour, and Martha Ward and Valerie Fletcher took 

charge of refreshments. And of course there are all of you 

who volunteered to base a garden, or to work a shift. 

Thanks to all of you, because we needed all of you. 

I should also thank the garden owners, several of whom are 

or have been FGNS members, who allowed us to bring a 

large number of people into their gardens, and who spent 

countless hours all spring long preparing. 

So how did we do? We know we had at least 374 visitors at 

Lynnwood, Lynn Roger's garden. And we know that we 

made somewhere around $4,700 this year (I say "around" 

because there may still be a few minor expenses that are 

still outstanding, but that's going to be pretty close). I think 

both of those numbers are fantastic. Our highly efficient 

treasurer, when she reported them, called it "an 

extraordinary effort and an outstanding success", and I 

completely agree. As always, half the profits will be 

donated to the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, and the 

other half will fund our FGNS activities and speakers for 

2011. 

Thanks again, everyone. 

Steve 

June 2010 

Volume 15 Number 6 

We come from the earth 

we return to the earth 

and in between 

we garden. 

THE FLOWER, GARDEN, AND NATURE SOCIETY OF NORTHWEST 

ARKANSAS 

FGNS Officers 

Steve Marak 

President 

3460 Roma Drive 

Springdale, AR 72762 

H 479 271-5278 

samarak@cox.net 

Heather Cook 

Vice-president 

4436 Highland Knolls Rd 

Rogers, AR 72758 

H 479 366-9067 

aacook@cox.net 

Joyce Mendenhall 

Secretary 

689 Winbaugh Lane 

Fayetteville, AR 72703 

H 479 466-7265 

mailto:joycemendenhall@ 

yahoo.com 

Sharon Haley 

Treasurer 

11651 Red Bluff Road 

Hindsville, AR 72738 

H 479-789-2127 

wareaglesharon@gmail 

.com 

Gail Pianalto 

Past President 

P.O. Box 444 

Tontitown, AR 72770 

H 479 361-2198 

pgp31@cox.net 

___________________ 

Paula Marinoni 

Founder 

617 W. Lafayette 

Fayetteville, AR 72701 

H 479 444-6170 

pm@paulamarinoni.com 

Garden Tour 

Special Edition 

Watch for the 

July newsletter. 

See you at the 

July meeting 

with Joyce 

Mendenhall. 

Inside 

President's Message p. 1 

Garden Tour Photos p. 2 

Members Corner p. 5 

Other Garden Events p. 5 

Calender p. 6 

What's On the Web p. 6 

2010 Speaker List p. 7

Many people helped to make the “Through the Garden Gate” garden tour a success. 

Special thanks to our co-chairs, Gloria McIntosh and Lois Slusarek and volunteers 

committee, Libby Wheeler and Mary Bess Mulhollan. 

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Garden tour co-chairs Gloria 

McIntosh and Lois Slusarek 

Libby Wheeler and Mary Bess 

Mulhollan 

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Members Corner 

Don't forget to visit Lynn Roger's blog at: 

 http://fromlynnsgarden.wordpress.com/author/lynnfromthegarden/ 

Other Garden Events 

aThe Tulsa Herb Society welcomes Crescent Dragonwagon to Tulsa, specifically to the 

Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave., Tulsa, OK on July 12th from 7:00 – 8:30 pm. 

Crescent Dragonwagon a.k.a. Ellen Zolotow is a writer, teacher, and performer who works 

in the literary, culinary and dramatic arts and the author of more than fifty books. Her 

presentation is titled, "Food, Shelter, Story: The World comes to us by Plate & Word". 

aPlant Delights Plant Sale. We all enjoyed Tony Avent of Plant Delights and now he's having 

a sale but it won't last long! See Below. 

We need some space to propagate for spring, so instead of kicking these plants to the curb...a 

little soccer lingo, we thought we'd give you a chance to purchase them for your own gardens 

at 20% off. The 20% off only applies to orders placed by midnight July 5, 2010 and scheduled 

to ship or be picked up no later than July 7, 2010. Quantities are limited on some items, so sale 

prices are only valid while current stock lasts. Because our cost of doing business is less on 

the website, this sale is available only for orders placed on the website. Thanks for 

understanding and enjoy! 

Click the soccer ball below to go to the website. 

  

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All are welcome to join the Flower, Garden and Nature Society of Northwest Arkansas. 

MEMBERSHIP—2010 

For membership, clip and return to Sharon Haley, 11651 Red Bluff Road, Hindsville, AR 72738. 

Name(s) __________________________________________________________phone_________________ 

Family Members__________________________________________________________________________ 

Address ____________________________________________City/Zip _____________________________ 

E-Mail __________________________________________________Fax ____________________________ 

Main Interests____________________________________________________________________________ 

Type of Membership: New____ Renew____     $15 Individual         $20 Family               # years in area ____ 

Please include names of family members, ages of child(ren), and * those who need cards and name tags. 

Memberships are annual (January-December) and renewable in December. 

Make checks payable to FGNS of NWA (The Flower, Garden and Nature Society of 

Northwest Arkansas). 

For more information regarding membership, call Jeanne Silvestri 479-587-1785 

Calendar of Event 

July 

15 

Joyce Mendenhall 

Washington County 

Master Gardener 

Scenes of Monet’s 

Garden in Giverny 

Meetings start at 10:00 

with social time at 9:30. 

August 

21 

Renee Reed 

Garden writer and 

owner of Reed;s 

Designs Landscaping 

Herbs: Their 

Folklore and What 

To Do With Them 

Meetings start at 10:00 

with social time at 9:30. 

September 

18 

Fred Spiegel 

U of A Professor of 

Mycology 

What is That 

Fungus 

Meetings start at 10:00 

with social time at 9:30. 

Whats on the WEB? 

FGNS..... 

Contribute to the newsletter! 

Tell us where you've been, what you've 

grown, or what you have seen around 

town. Ask us to help you solve a garden 

problem or identify a plant. The newsletter 

is better with your contributions. 

Cathy Marak, FGNS Newsletter Editor 

clmarak@cox.net

2010 Laurin Wheeler Program Series 

Flower, Garden and Nature Society of NWAR 

January 16 Round-table discussion, bring favorite garden tool for show and tell. 

February 20 Jeb Leggett, Custom Landscape and Nursery, Mt. Vernon, AR  “Unusual Landscape Trees and 

Shrubs” 

March 20 Tony Avent, owner Plant Delights Nursery, Raleigh, North Carolina, “Exploration to 

Exploitation” 

April 17 Berni Kurz, Washington County Extension Agent, “Care and Maintenance of Water Gardens” 

May 15 Ricky Corder & Jon Zawislak, entomologist, UA Cooperative Extension, “Solitary Bees and 

Syrphid Flies As Pollinators” 

June 5 Through the Garden Gate tour at selected NWAR gardens 

July 17 Joyce Mendenhall, Washington County Master Gardener, FGNS member, “Scenes of Monet’s 

Garden in Giverny” 

August 21 Renee Reed, garden writer and owner of Reed’s Designs Landscaping, “Herbs: Their Folklore 

and What to do with Them” 

September 18Fred Spiegel, UA Professor of Mycology, “What is that Fungus?”   

October 16 Lynn Rogers, FGNS member, “Tree Identification Workshop”   

November 20Steve Marak, FGNS member, “Botanical Latin” 

  

Social time begins at 9:30 with the programs starting around 10:00 a.m. Contact: Lynn Rogers, 479-841-8759. 

Meet in Student Center of NWAR Technical Institute, Ford Av. and Old Missouri Rd., Springdale, AR. 

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John Rule to read from his own poetry today at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas. TONIGHT!

Please click on image to enlarge to read introductory page and half of book's first poem.

This buckeye butterfly was on nonnative butterfly bush in the peace-circle portion of the World Peace Wetland Prairie on June 11, 2010. You may be able to see it and many other pollinators Saturday June 12, 2010, at some of the 8 private gardens on the OMNI Tour of Peace Gardens

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Buddleia with
Precis coenea nectaring on it on June 11, 2010, at World Peace Wetland Prairie in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
For interactive map and information about 2010 OMNI Peace Garden Tour, please see OMNI Peace Gardens blog.