Thompson Museum Hosts Garden Classes

Spring is here and now is the time to turn your thoughts to planning and planting in your gardens.  The William G. Thompson Museum, located at 101 Summit Street in Hudson, is offering classes to help you this spring with your gardening chores!

On April 12, 2008 Pat Rowley will present “Designing your Garden” at 10:00 a.m.  Students in the class will learn the basics of planning a new garden bed or revitalizing an old bed.  Topics covered will include site evaluations, assessing your needs and wants, as well as concepts of good garden design.  If the weather is fair, students will be given a chance at “hands on” bed preparation in the Thompson Gardens.  The cost of this class is $10.00 and pre-registration is required.

On May 10, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., Susan Betz will present a class on designing a kitchen herb garden.  She has been growing herbs for the past 25 years and has owned and operated “The Little Farm Herb Shop” in Allen, MI for over 10 years.  In addition, she has worked at the Slayton Arboretum at Hillsdale College.  Students will be given tips on herb selection, planting techniques, and herb garden design.  The cost of the class is $10.00 and pre-registration is required.

To register for a class, or for more information, call the Museum at 517-448-8125.

Hudson Museum Benefit Auction and Dinner May 3

Mark your calendars for Saturday May 3rd. Volunteers for the Hudson Museum are busily preparing for the annual benefit. Louise VandeZande is heading up a team of volunteers to gather antiques, collectibles, services, and other items of interest for the annual auction. This is a great time to clean your basements, attics, barns, garages, and sheds. Your white elephant might be someone’s treasure.

If you have items to donate, please drop them off at the library, the museum, or call 517-448-8841. Dinner will be served at 6:30 at the American Legion on Cadmus Road. The dinners will once again be $15 per person. Once dinner is over, Auctioneer Lynn Leichty will be exciting the crowd to bid on treasures from Hudson area attics and businesses. All proceeds are used to operate the Museum.

The donations for the dinner and auction pay for the heat and the electricity to run the museum. The museum is staffed totally by volunteers, headed by local historian and curator, Hazel Monahan.

If you have not had a chance to attend this event, try it this year. It’s fun, it’s entertaining, and it’s a great chance to support and preserve your local history museum. If you can not attend the benefit, you may still donate your treasures or money to keep the museum open. You can donate at the library or at the museum to Museum Fund.

Summer-Fest Plans Poker Tourney 

The Clayton Summer-Fest Committee will sponsor a Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, April 5, at the Clayton Fire Department. Registration opens at noon and play starts at 1:00 p.m. The buy-in is $40.00. with players receiving $2,350 in chips. There will be no re-buys, but an additional $1,000 in chips may be purchased for $5.

All players must be 18 or older. Play will continue until all but one player is eliminated. The payout will be 50 percent of the proceeds. A prize drawing is also planned. Trophies will be awarded to the top three winners. To register, call445-2227 or 673-0827. Proceeds will go to support the July 19 Clayton Summer-Fest and other community activities. 

Pittsford Garden Club News 

The March meeting was held at the home of Georgia Wollet with a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Janet Goering and Billie Deal assisted her. A delicious snack was served.

Members wore something green to answer roll call.

Donna Bertalon read a report on the history of the Shamrock prepared by Anna May Frank. Georgia showed a video of the family & their friends “Making Maple Syrup”. Election of officers was held. All remain the same except the office of Vice President. Linda Rinck has stepped down due to medical reasons. Helen Dennis will fill the position. We were pleased to have Tammy Immel petition for membership. She was accepted. Flower of the month is the daffodil representing chivalry!

Hudson Friday Club Meets

The Hudson Friday Club met at the home of Jean Ann Berlin. The speaker of the day was Delight Creech, Communities in Schools Coordinator. She works with the homeless adults and children in Hudson through the school. The next meeting will be a Luncheon at the Lyons Tavern at 1:00.

Boy Scout Dinner

Hudson Boy Scouts will hold a Swiss Steak Dinner Sunday April 6, 12:00 to 3:00pm at the American Legion. The cost is $8.00 per person. Proceeds to help offset the cost of Scout Camp

Spring Benefit Concert 

Child Evangelism Fellowship in Southeastern Michigan will be hosting a Spring Benefit Concert on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the Open Door Bible Church in Hudson MI.  The church is one mile south of Hudson on the corner of US-127 and Meridian Rd. The concert will begin at 7:00 P.M. and will feature 2 groups:  The Cousins 3 and The Flint Family.  An offering will be taken to help the ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship.   Following the fellowship will be a time of refreshments.  Reservations are not required.

Horton Hears a Who!

Hudson Cinema is teaming up with the Friends of the Hudson Public Library for their feature film this week: Horton Hears a Who!!! A portion of the proceeds from the Friday shows, at 4 & 7 p.m. will be donated to the Friends of the Hudson Public Library. Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 & Thing 2 will be greeting the guests and waving to passers-by, Hope to see you there!

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