Last chance to register for annual dinner

[Dave Small]

2009 Annual Dinner Meeting
Reserve your seat for dinner by contacting Cindy Hartwell (978) 544-5783 or cindyha...@gmail.com by Sunday November 8th

 

Wednesday, November 11, 6 p.m. Annual Lasagna Dinner

 

Join us at 6 p.m. for dinner A buffet supper of lasagna with all the fixings Members $10 per person; non-members, $12 per person will be served at 6 p.m., and the free meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Both are open to the public. Reservations are required for the dinner; (even if you told us already please let Cindy know so we can get a good count) please respond to Cindy Hartwell (978) 544-5783 or cindyha...@gmail.com by Sunday November 8th to reserve your spot. The event will also feature an always popular Chinese auction*; participants are encouraged to bring and donate an item for the auction. Location: Liberty Hall, Athol Town Hall, 584 Main Street Athol Ma

*From Wikipedia, A Chinese auction is a type of raffle (actually a combination of raffle and auction) that is typically featured at charity, church festival and numerous other events. Other groups have named it penny social, tricky tray or pick-a-prize to avoid any possible racial overtones. The difference between a raffle and a Chinese auction is that in a raffle with multiple prizes, there is one "hat" from which names are drawn, but in a Chinese auction each prize has its own "hat". This allows ticket buyers to choose which prize to focus on, as opposed to having a first, second, third, etc. prize. In a Chinese auction, bidders are not prospective buyers (as in the conventional English auction). Instead, they buy tickets, which are chances to win items. Bidders may buy as many tickets as they like, and bid them on any item(s) they want by placing them in a basket or other container in front of the item(s) they are trying to win. At the conclusion of bidding, the winning ticket is drawn from the tickets bid on each item, and the item is given to the owner of that ticket. A bidder may increase the chance of winning by buying and bidding more tickets on a specific item. Although there is generally no limit to the number of tickets a given individual may bid on a specific item, the chance of winning depends on the total number of tickets bid by all individuals.

Members wishing to donate a pan of Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Cider, salad or Dessert for the dinner please contact Larry Duprey 978-249-4964 larry_...@hotmail.com

 

Wednesday, November 11, 7 p.m Tom Wessels, "Reading the Forested Landscape" (speaker following dinner free and open to all)

It might be called forest forensics-using clues like the shape of trees, scars on their trunks, the pattern of decay in stumps, or the snags in a pond to interpret the history of the forest. That's what Tom Wessels, author of the best-selling book Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England, will be demonstrating at the annual meeting of the Athol Bird & Nature Club on Wednesday, November 11

Wessels is an ecologist and the founding director of the master's degree program in conservation biology at Antioch University New England. He serves as an ecological consultant to the Rain Forest Alliance's SmartWood Green Certification Program and helped draft green certification assessment guidelines for forest operations here in New England. Wessels' other books include The Granite Landscape, Untamed Vermont, and The Myth of Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future. Wessels will have his books for sale and autographing after the meeting. For the many people who walk or hike in the forests of the North Quabbin, this program will be a literal eye-opener. As one reviewer put it, Wessels helps "New Englanders answer the questions that come to mind as they wander this landscape of stone walls, stunted apple trees, and towering hemlocks." The program is made possible by grants from the Athol and Orange Cultural Councils, local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. No reservations are necessary for the program.in Liberty Hall, downstairs at the Athol Town Hall.

Dave Small

Athol, Massachusetts

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