June 2007 Newsletter

June Meetings

NOTE: CHANGE IN MEETINGS. Basic Class will continue to meet on the 3rd Wednesday and the Intermediate Class will now meet the 4th Wednesday of each month. There will be no meetings in August.

Meetings are held in the large upstairs room at the Heather Farm Garden Center, Walnut Creek, and are scheduled on the 3rd and 4th Wednesday of the month, from 7:30PM to 9:30PM.  Meetings start at 7:30PM with a brief business meeting, and end at 9:30PM.
Please be ready to meet at 7:30PM.

Tuesday - June 12 - Board Meeting, Charlotte Wood School, Danville. 7:30PM.

Wednesday, 20th - 7:30pm. Basic Class Meeting.
                                          Lecture 7:30-8:00pm - Topic to be announced.
                                          Workshop 8:00 - 9:30.
                                          Refreshments and help with cleanup and close: Ken McMillan.

Wednesday, June 27th - 7:30pm. Intermediate Class Meeting.
                                          Lecture 7:30-8:00pm - Topic to be announced.
                                          Workshop 8:00 - 9:30.
                                          Refreshments and help with cleanup and close: Robert Lausten.

 Notes

Welcome to our new Members: We had two new members join in December 2006, and five more in 2007. Please make welcome - Dick Hipskind, Ted Holmsen, Brian and Connie Kelly, Ken Mc Millan,  Brian Rasmussen and Barbara Sampson.

Diablo Bonsai Club Look Ahead Schedule

Wednesday, July 18th. 7:30PM. Basic Class Meeting. Topic to be announced.
Refreshments: Bill & Joan Pangburn.

Wednesday, July 25th. 7:30PM. Intermediate Class Meeting. Topic to be announced.
Refreshments: Jack Mahshi.

Events Elsewhere

Sunday, June 3, Seaside. Monterey Bonsai Club 44th Annual Exhibition at the Monterey Buddhist Temple in Seaside at 1150 Noche Buena. Show hours are 11AM-4PM. Demonstration at 1:30PM by Katsumi Kinoshita.

Saturday and Sunday, June 2-3, San Mateo. Sei Boku Bonsai Kai: 24th Annual Show at the San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way. Hours are 10AM-4PM both days.

Saturday and Sunday, June, 2-3, Oakland. Bay Area Satsuki Aikokai : 13th Annual Satsuki Bonsai Show at the Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Ave. Hours are 10AM-5PM Saturday, 10AM-4PM Sunday. Demonstrations using mature trees each day at 1:30PM by Rick Garcia on Saturday and by Johnny Uchida on Sunday.

Diablo Bonsai Club Officers

Steve Huskins - President,      Byron Nobriga - First Vice President,
Sylvia Roemer - Secretary,     Jim Stalker - Treasurer,
Lois Naye - Club Historian,    Newsletter Editor & Webmaster - -