The Bonsai News of Houston A Monthly Newsletter of the Houston Bonsai Society, Inc.

Cheryl Manning, September 2013, with demo tree she worked on 4 years ago in Houston

HBS Monthly Meeting

The next meeting of the Houston Bonsai Society will be on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 at 7:30pm, at The West Gray Multi-Services Center, 1475 W. Gray Street, Houston, TX 77019, between Dunlavy Street and Waugh Drive. Refreshments at 7pm.

Wednesday, October 2nd, Mini Bonsai Show, a short 2-hour show: All sizes of trees are welcome. There will be cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners. So spruce up those trees that are show worthy and bring one or two. There will also be a Novice table for those with less experience, with prizes also.

Upcoming Events

Saturday October 5th, Saturday Study Group at Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Garden, 22306 Aldine Westfield Rd, Humble TX 77338, 9am – 12Noon. Free, refreshments provided. Bring your own trees and tools.

Saturday October 12th, Basic Wiring Techniques at Timeless Trees, 9am – 12 Noon, with Michael McCluskey and Hurley and… Harland Boxwood workshop (styling and wiring), 1 – 4pm with Michael McCluskey

October 18-20, Kathy Shaner’s 2013 Seminar in Buda, Texas, near Austin

Saturday October 19th, Basic Bonsai Class at Timeless Trees, 10:30am – 2:30pm

Saturday October 26th, Day of Bonsai at Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens, 9am-3pm with a 30-bonsai show, demos, a Swap Meet of bonsai trees and supplies, and a Bring Your Own Tree study group. Bring bonsai trees for display one hour early for set up in the outdoor exhibit, some to work on or to trade. It will be a fun day!

Saturday, November 2nd, Japanese Black Pine Study Group at Timeless Trees 9am– 1pm, Trimming new shoots and pulling old needles with instructor Ken Credeur

Volume 42 Number 10 October 2013

IN THIS ISSUE

Upcoming Events Mini Bonsai Show

Showcase of the Month Autumn Azaleas & Fringe

October Bonsai Care John Miller

The President’s Message

HBS Board Meeting Minutes

September 2013

Invitation to Kathy Shaner Seminar

Texas Tour Speaker

Cheryl Manning Photos of Lecture/Demo

Plageotropism

Alan Walker

A surprising burst of colors with Autumn Azalea and

Fringe blossoms

October Bonsai Care

Now is the time to start your trees toward their winter siesta. If you wait until the temperature drops, you get too rushed and omit some of the little housekeeping duties.

When the leaves start turning, the sap has quit for the year and you may check the branches and twigs to see if any need to be trimmed. Remove any wire that is too tight. Rewire if necessary. Cutting back any protruding branches will keep them from snagging and possibly breaking other trees when you put them down. Don’t cut the buds off the spring flowering plants unless absolutely necessary, if you want flowers next spring.

Remove the top half-inch of soil and replenish it with new soil. This will remove weed seeds that have blown in and will make next year’s job easier. Of course if you plan on repotting next spring it isn’t necessary.

Do you need to change the pot? Making notes at this time will give you 3 - 4 months to find the proper pot.

For the beginners, plants like the cedar elm, oak, maple that are hardy much further north can be set on a clean gravel bed. When the real cold (26 or lower) gets here, cover the pots with a fairly loose mulch. Plants that grow south of Dallas, crape myrtle, firethorn, some azaleas, need to have root protection. I like to let them get frostbit but bring them in before freezing. Of course, the tropicals need to be babied.

All this is basically talking about the broadleaf deciduous trees. Evergreens do not go dormant in winter. Some broadleaf types like boxwoods slow way down but still need sunlight. These broadleaf evergreens need the basic winter protection of deciduous trees but have a higher water need.

Cut back on the watering now that the temperature is a little lower but don’t allow the trees to dry out. Trees require less water during the shorter days and lower temperatures. However you need to remember that the wind can still stress the trees so water by checking the soil and not just on a given schedule.

Pests on deciduous trees are not usually of much concern in the fall since the leaves are about to fall anyway. Scales must be taken care of with an horticultural oil spray. On evergreen plants, most problems are done for the year. Mites can be a problem if we get a few warm days in a row. The organic foliar spray with seaweed (kelp) will not only take care of them but will be beneficial to the tree as well.

Insects will continue to be present. Cooler (but not cold) days mean a resurgence of the aphids. Mites will also still be around. Scales also can be a problem. Treat with a light horticultural oil which will kill the adults and also wipe out the eggs and over-wintering pupae. Be sure to cover all the cracks in the bark to get to the eggs. The organic spray (one tablespoon each liquid kelp, fish emulsion, apple cider vinegar and molasses in one gallon of water) will work on evergreens and will also give them some nutrients. The dead scales will probably have to be removed physically. A soft toothbrush works for me (I sometimes need to wet the branch to loosen the scale shell).

Repot in the fall? The ‘best’ time to repot is when active growth begins. The plant tells you that conditions are right and it will respond immediately. However, your own schedule, business or personal events, or other reasons you may have to do it. Repotting means new root growth and new roots are usually very tender. You will need more protection for them and watch your watering carefully. This year I will be doing some repotting during the fall and/or winter.

Take a critical look at some of your trees. As time goes on with only refinement pruning, the branches and twigs will grow beyond your original design. You may need to do some heavier pruning. No heavy pruning will lead to the lack of refinement and a top heavy tree with branches out of proportion. Do the rejuvenating pruning this fall and repot at the proper time next spring. Creating some shohin bonsai can lead to some winter enjoyment. Since they do not take much room, you can find a space in the house or a small greenhouse. Let them go dormant for a short period and you can take them in.

They will show new growth in a very short time. Small elms are especially good for this. Then sit back and enjoy your little fellows in the house while the winter wears on.

Time to take a good look at your tropicals. Before going into the dry low light conditions most of us have for winter quarters, they need to be vigorous, pruned and free of problems. Give them a good feeding preferably with an organic fertilizer. If you use a water soluble type use a low dilution and feed every 2-3 days. Prune all new growth back to the trees best shape. Keep any new growth pinched to 2 - 3 leaves. Use your desired insecticide and/or fungicide now and again just before you take them in.

John Miller

John Miller, who writes a monthly column for the Bonsai Society of Dallas and Fort Worth Bonsai Society, has agreed to share his column with us. We need to make adjustments for our warmer and damper climate, with earlier springs, longer summers, late fall and erratic winters.

President’s Message

WOW!! So many cool things going on this time of year! Cheryl Manning’s visit, provided by LSBF’s Texas Tour speaker program was a treat. She had a great demo with a juniper Friday evening and good workshops on Saturday.

Our annual club Auction was a TERRIFIC success thanks to all of our members. We made over $3,000 for our club. That will pay for refreshments, visiting speakers, and other miscellaneous expenses. Thanks to the contributors, buyers, bidders and all of the volunteers who made it possible.

This month Ray Gonzalez, our Club Vice President, has a treat for us with a “Mini Bonsai Show” of developed trees. This mini show is in preparation of future judged shows later this month and the Texas State Convention next April. This will be a fun and educational event for all. We will host this Mini Show to see people’s project trees. We will offer cash prizes for 1

st, 2

nd and 3

rd. We

will also have a table for Novice trees, for people with less experience, with separate awards in that category. Ray will speak about how to prepare trees, presentation and judging criteria.

On Saturday, October 26th

, we will have a “Day of Bonsai” event at Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens. Because of the ongoing construction at Hermann Park, we will try a new event. This one day event will be from 9AM - 3PM, similar to the ones in Louisiana. The highlight will be a Bonsai Show with our best trees. It will be outdoors, in a covered area, open to the public. We have 10 tables available, so we can accommodate about 30 trees. Donald is picking up the stands. We want this to be a very nice display for the public, as well as for ourselves. We need to keep in mind

we only have an hour to set up and about the same to tear down.

We plan to have some events for our members to enjoy during the day. Inside, from 9AM -11AM, there will be a “Swap Meet” for members to trade or buy trees from each other. This is a low key event but it gives people a chance to find new material. From 10AM – 2PM, we will have a “Saturday Study Group”, to give people a chance to work with those new treasures. This is a BYOT (bring your own tree) event, so don’t forget those tools. We also hope to have a few demos during the day for the public to observe.

We will probably have vendors there too, but don’t have all the details yet.

This will be a new event for our club, so be patient with each other. Together we can make this a fun and educational event, which we’ll look forward to in future years.

We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting, on Wednesday, October 2

nd.

Have a great day,

Hurley

Cheryl contemplating the demo tree she did 4 years ago for HBS. Dean Laumen won this tree and has been doing a great job caring for it. (Photo: Shawn Nguyen)

Houston Bonsai Society

Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2013, 6:30pm

I. Call to order Meeting was called to order by Hurley Johnson at 6:30pm.

II. Roll Call A. Present: Hurley Johnson , Raymond Gonzalez, Donald

Green, Anthony Cutola, Alan Raymond, Eldon Branham, Pete Parker, John Edmonson, Barbara Adams, Keith McNay, Terry Dubois, James Stone, and Sandra Knight.

B. Quorum present: Yes.

III. Read and Approve Meeting Minutes Minutes for the meeting of August 7, 2013 were read. A motion was made to accept the, seconded, and approved.

IV. Treasurer’s Report Anthony Cutola presented the Treasurer’s Report of September 4, 2013. 8/07 Expense Reimbursement – CJ Everson ($37.91) (Meeting Refreshments) 8/07 Expense Reimbursement – Shawn Nguyen ($83.08) (Newsletter Expenses ) 9/01 Expense for Website Programming – Clifton Poe

($500.00) Total Debits ($620.99) A motion to accept the report was made, seconded, and approved. A motion to pay ordinary expenses incurred this was made, seconded, and approved.

V. Unfinished Business A. Fall Show:

A “Day of Bonsai”, October 26th, 8am – 3pm. at Mercer Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, will replace the annual Fall Show this year. We will have the breezeway and classroom available for our use. Details will be announced. Tables will be available to put on a simple show. Individuals displaying bonsai should bring their own stands if available and plan to stay until 3 p.m. to take their trees home after the show. There are no eating facilities on the grounds, but restaurants are conveniently located nearby. Possible planned activities include lecture/demos, Bring Your Own Tree workshop, Swap Meet (trade & swap).

B. Membership List Anthony Cutola is updating the list of paid members (~80 paid members). A list will be mailed to Board members for assistance in verification. Hurley Johnson will send reminder letters to old members that have not yet renewed.

VI. Routine Business A. Outreach Committee – John Edmonson, Coordinator

Plans to demonstrate presentation equipment to the committee volunteers is in the planning stages and may be held at the “Day of Bonsai”.

B. Publicity Strategy Update: Eldon Branham Website development for the 2014 LSBF Convention is in progress.

VII. LSBF Activities A. 2014 State Convention in Houston: Donald Green,

General Chairman

1. The convention will be held at the Marriott West Houston on April 10-14, 2014.

2. Planning committee meetings will be held on the third Tuesday each month. September meeting scheduled for September 20. (Must confirm room availability.)

3. Donald is lining up an impressive list of artists for the lectures and workshops. To date the list includes Arthur Joura, Curator of the Bonsai Collection at the North Carolina Arboretum, David DeGroot, Weyerhaeuser Company's Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection near Seattle, and Peter Adams, author and bonsai artist from Washington state.

B. Texas Tour Speaker – Cheryl Manning 1. Lecture and demo will be held Friday, September 6th,

7pm – 10pm at the West Gray Multi-Use Center. 2. Workshops will be held on September 7th in the

Yellow Room of the West Gray Multi-Use Center. The first will begin at 9am and end at 12 Noon. The second workshop will be from 1pm to 4pm. The cost is $40.00, bring your own tree.

C. September 7th, Saturday Study Group will be held at Maas Nursery, Seabrook, 9am – 12 Noon. Clyde will host the study group.

VIII. New Business A. Proposed modification to By-Laws to create Board

position for Publicity Chairman Alan Raymond presented the proposed changes to the by-laws as necessary to create a Board position for a Publicity Chairman to the general membership at the August meeting. A vote by the general membership to confirm the change will be held at the September meeting.

B. The following Nomination Committee to find new Officers for 2014 was appointed: Alan Raymond, Donald Green and Ray Gonzalez.

IX. Adjournment Motion was made to adjourn the meeting was carried. The meeting adjourned at 7:15 pm.

Minutes submitted by Sandra Knight

KATHY SHANER 2 0 1 3 S E M I N A R October 18-20, 2013 in Buda, Texas

* Seminar *

* Grafting Workshop *

* Bring-your-own-tree Workshop *

For registration starting in August and notification,

contact Collin Murphy at ckmurphy2000@gmail.com.

Kathy Shaner Seminar October 18th 20th, 2013

There is still time to plan for a seminar with one of the most exciting, knowledgeable and fantastic bonsai masters and teachers: Kathy Shaner.

This year’s workshops will cover several different topics: Grafting Pot Repair Wiring Difficult Trees into Pots Soils Branch Wiring

More details about the schedule will be provided in the registration confirmation.

The seminar will be in the conference center at Cabela’s, the outfitter emporium, 15570 S. IH35 in Buda, Texas just south of Austin’s City limits. Directions will be in your registration acknowledgment.

Registration includes seminar, Friday social, Saturday supper and observing the Sunday workshop. Seminar and workshop registrations are entered only on receipt of the Registration Form and payment.

Complete seminar details, driving directions, local hotel accommodations and what to bring will be in your registration acknowledgment.

Questions? Contact Collin Murphy at (512) 905-9364 or ckmurphy2000@gmail.com.

Cheryl Manning 2013 Texas Tour Artist

Cheryl Manning came to Houston on Friday, September 6th and Saturday, September 7th. On the evening of the 6th, she worked on a beautiful juniper.

She was fortunate to become a student and close friend of John Naka, the father of American Bonsai.

Cheryl didn’t bring enough copies of the John Naka's Sketchbook (National Bonsai Foundation, 2005) which she edited and contributed

“Sketchbook Stories” (anecdotes about the trees featured in John Naka's Sketchbook) for the NBF Bulletin. Those of you who did not get a copy at the demo can contact her or purchase it directly from Stone Lantern.

The Before demo juniper (Photo: Hurley Johnson)

She has written over fifty articles for major bonsai publications and a quarterly column “Trash To Treasure” for the Bonsai: Journal of ABS.

This busy bonsai artist is currently researching and writing a biography of John Naka.

The completed After tree, only half its former height, took on a new and gracious snake like style with jin and a dramatic shari (Photo: Shawn Nguyen)

The audience ooh and ahh as Cheryl kept cutting away at the very tall juniper. At the end of the evening, only less than half of the original tree remained. Within just a couple hours, it appeared ravaged by wind, lighting and snow.

Margaret Cooper was the lucky lady to take this beauty home.

QUESTION: What makes cutting-grown/air layered plants flower and fruit faster than seedlings. Hormones? Cell types? Do trees die of old age? Or do they die once they are too big to support themselves?

Supposing the average life of English oaks is 800 years old, would cuttings or air-layered branches of a 750 year-old tree die after a few decades or live 800 more years? It'd be horrible if all the Japanese maple cultivars just die one day. And the apples! It's a dumb question, but I have always wondered...) KIT

RESPONSES: On 6-15-99, under the topic of “plageotropism” (a cool new term for me), Colin Lewis shared: (WARNING: You may need your dictionary for some of this!) “Plants age differently to animals. Animals

age in a single ‘linear’ manner, pre-determined. Plants age in three different ways - chronologically, physiologically and ontogenetically – from the base upwards and from the inside outwards.

It is essential to understand the difference between chronological age, physiological age and ontogenetic age. For instance, although the cotyledonary node is the oldest part of any plant (chronologically old), it is also always the most juvenile (ontogenetically young). Its physiological age is governed by the general condition of the plant as a whole and is influenced by external as well as internal factors.

When considering plageotropism, one is dealing solely with ontogenetic age. On any plant, different parts may be in vastly different ontogenetic phases at any one time, because the ontogenetic development is controlled locally by the meristematic tissues.

Cuttings, layers or tissue cultures taken from any part of a plant will, for many years at least and sometimes ad infinitum, continue to grow in the same ontogenetic phase (or older) as the parent branch.

Lateral branches which grow sideways purely to seek light or solely because of environmental influences are in the same ontogenetic phase as the apex, (although possibly physiologically older) so cuttings taken from them will adopt the ontogenetically juvenile growth pattern - straight up.

Lateral branches that grow sideways (or adopt any other growth pattern) because of their growth phase - flower/fruit-bearing, spur-growth larch, cedar, ginkgo), adventitious rooting (ficus) or mutated growth – are ontogenetically more mature, so offspring propagated from them will continue to adopt that growth pattern.

So, if you see a branch that has growth characteristics that appeal to you, study it closely to see if those characteristics are the result of external factors or result from the ontogenetic phase of that part of the tree. If the former, cuttings will revert to juvenile. If the latter, cuttings will retain characteristics.”

On 6-26-98, Brent Walston shared another helpful post with, “We have covered this territory before and you might check the archives for more information. Most, if not all, woody plants have no aging mechanism as does the animal kingdom. There are physiological changes with age that are not well understood, but these commence maturity from a juvenile state, that is, they allow a plant to flower and fruit. It is possible to force most woody plants back into the juvenile state with hard pruning and invigoration of the root system. All aging in woody plants is related to environment and mass of structure (physical changes), the tissues themselves do not age in the sense that animal tissues age, that is, but they do not decline after each cell division.

Consider the case of cuttings. Some grape cultivars are thousands of years old, clonally reproduced and showing absolutely no sign of age. Same thing for some desert plants that reproduce clonally by underground roots.

They grow out in rings estimated to be in excess of ten thousand years old. This may not be true of annuals, but again, I don't think the process is well understood.

David Bockman added on 6-15-99, “In his book, Four Seasons of Bonsai (pp. 18-19, HB edition), Kyuzo Murata makes the following observations concerning Toyo Nishiki: “Young flowering quince trees bear white flowers, while trees over fifty years old bear red flowers. In order to achieve the desired dappled pattern of pink and white blossoms, try pruning some of the red-blossomed branches. A white blossom may grow in place of the trimmed branches. [I believe this is a warning that the technique may not work every time. DB]”

On the pages noted above is a superb mame with red flowers-- I'm guessing it was created by layering off an older branch which was already producing red flowers, or by layering off an older branch and 'waiting' for it to mature... or perhaps the layering act itself speeds the process up and helps create red blossoms sooner."

On a bizarre but tangential note, recently in the news we've read about the genetic age vs. actual age of Dolly the cloned sheep. Genetic researchers suspect that the telomeres are fraying at an accelerated rate matching the age of the original genetic material from which she was cloned. What are telomeres?

"Telomeres, which define the ends of chromosomes, consist of short, tandemly repeated DNA sequences loosely conserved in eukaryotes."

What is most fascinating is the recently discovered and researched compound that would stop or reverse the ‘fraying’ (i.e., aging) of telomeres, a substance fittingly dubbed ‘telomerase’. Telomerase is defined as “a ribonucleoprotein which in vitro recognizes a single-stranded G-rich telomere primer and adds multiple telomeric repeats to its 3-prime end by using an RNA template.”

Simply put, this substance tricks the telomeres into rejuvenating rather than self-destructing, the latter causing the destruction of the attached nucleus and cell.

Use in bonsai? We could someday artificially age a subject tree (anyone for 200 year old Ginkgo? Pop your cutting into the Telomere Microwave!) or conversely, rejuvenate much older specimen trees coming to the end of their genetically -determined lives (various Prunus come to mind).

Compiled by Alan Walker from Internet Bonsai Club posts by: Colin Lewis, Brent Walston of Evergreen Gardenworks, and David Bockman of Bunabayashi Bonsai – reprinted from LCBS September 2013 issue with Alan Walker’s permission).

News from our neighbor

Lake Charles Bonsai Society

Monday, 21 October 2013 at 7:00 pm: LCBS October meeting will feature a Jim Vanlandingham Workshop. Jim is returning to Lake Charles to start his fall tour! There will be a small $10 fee to help with the cost of bringing Jim here. Those who were here last year when Jim visited will recall that he is very pleasant and knowledgeable, so don’t miss this!

Jim says he will do private sessions for $25 an hour, so if you wish to have a private session, please let me (Alan Walker) know, so I can help you get it scheduled. Jim donates his fees to a good cause, so speak up!

November Program Changes Last month, we announced a program for November featuring Peter Adams. Unfortunately, we received very disturbing news that Peter is very ill and hospitalized in the United Kingdom with pancreatic cancer. He must cancel his tour arrangements with Bonsai Societies of Florida, which sponsors our visiting speaker program. Peter and his wife, Kate, appreciate everyone’s expressions of condolence and prayers.

We do have some good news to go along with this, however. Friday, November 15, 2013, Dan Robinson has agreed to make Peter’s tour, so we will have a very special guest artist

after all! Dan, who is especially noted for his carving and jin on bonsai, will do a lecture/demo or workshop from 2-5 pm.

I am requesting everyone to give input ASAP on whether you prefer a demonstration or workshop for this meeting, so we can announce it in a timely manner.

We are also in need of a piece of well-established material which is suitable for carving for a demonstration. I try to keep a few rough pieces of material on hand for this, but none of mine are likely to be suitable for this project.

Monday, January 13, 2014, Ben Oki returns to LCBS, 7-10 pm for the start of his farewell BSF tour. We hope to see the HBS members who came last year for Ben’s visit to Lake Charles return to learn from this very knowledgeable and personable master before he retires.

Later in January, (date to be announced), Owen Reich, a superb bonsai artist who has apprenticed in Japan, will start his tour with our club. Cordially, Alan Walker http://www.bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSbonsai.org

Donations for 2014 State Convention Raffle

Please start bringing the items you want to donate for the 2014 State Convention raffle to the club meetings, starting with the one on October 2nd.

Terry Dubois, Chair of State Convention Raffle Committee, will be there to collect those donations that don’t require care such as living bonsai. The goods can be either bonsai related such as books, tools, pots and stands, or non-bonsai related such as works of art, scrolls, antiques, Japanese dolls, decorations, even vacation packages or cruise tickets that you no longer need or want. Since raffle earning is the main source of income for our conventions, please give generously. Thanks!

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Calendar of Events 2013

OCT 2 HBS meeting – A Mini Bonsai Show

OCT 5 Saturday Study Group at Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens, 9am-1pm, 22306 Aldine Westfield Rd, Humble TX 77338

OCT 12 Basic Wiring Techniques at Timeless Trees 9am – Noon, with Michael and Hurley $20, then

Harland Boxwood workshop 1- 4pm with Michael – styling and wiring, $60 - Tree, pot, wire, all included

OCT 19 Introduction to Bonsai at Timeless Trees 9 – 10am, No Cost

Basic Bonsai Class 10:30am– 2:30pm , $60 including video, lunch, handbook, a pair scissors, a small tree and ceramic pot.

OCT 26 Day of Bonsai at Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens, 9am- 3pm. Bring bonsai to display, work on or trade.

OCT 18-20 Kathy Shaner 2013 Seminar in Buda, TX NOV 2 Japanese Black Pine workshop with Ken

Credeur, 9am – 1pm, trimming new shoots and pulling old needles at Timeless Trees, $20

NOV 6 HBS meeting NOV 9 Saturday Study Group at Timeless Trees 9am – Noon, Free, refreshments served

NOV 16 Dan Robinson lecture/demo in Lake Charles, 2 - 5pm

DEC 4 HBS Christmas party

Houston Bonsai Society, Inc. P. O. Box 540727, Houston, Texas 77254-0727

www.houstonbonsai.com

HBS Board Members President Hurley Johnson hurley@all-tex.net

1st Vice President Ray Gonzalez raygonzalez47@yahoo.com in charge of Education 2nd Vice President Jim Stone bnsaijim@yahoo.com Secretary Sandra Knight sandraknight@aim.com in charge of Membership

Treasurer Anthony Cutola acutola@gmail.com

Member at Large - O Barbara Adams adams.barbara1@embarqmail.com

Member at Large - O John Edmonson bonsai@edmonsonphoto.com

Member at Large - O John Williams kappijon3@gmail.com

Member at Large - E Andrew Sankowski andy@mossrockstudio.com

Member at Large - E Craig Boone boonetowing@comcast.net

Member at Large - E Keith McNay keith@mcnayart.com

Delegates Past President Alan Raymond amraymond@suddenlink.net

LSBF Delegate Peter Parker peteparkerbonsai@yahoo.com

LSBF Alternate Terry Dubois tdubois1@comcast.net

BCI Ambassador Donald Green donald.green12@att.net

TTSBE Representative Alan Raymond amraymond@suddenlink.net

Refreshments C.J. Everson c.j.everson@comcast.net

Website/email Gary Teeter houstonbonsai@gmail.com

Newsletter Shawn Nguyen hbs.news@yahoo.com

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