Committee photo

Thank you to Meiring Borcherds for taking this photo at our holiday party.

Front left - Barb Holtz, Carolyn Suguichi, Fran Hogg
Center (holding plaque) - Ken Messinger-Rapport
Back left - Frank Skala, Gary Bloom, Stephen Albro
Right - Rick Evans, Jeanette Evans, Lou Drasler, Larry McFadden

Festive holiday party

Celebrate the season by joining us for this festive fundraising event

Friends of Euclid Creek Holiday Gathering

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

New this year ----

Dinner will be catered by California Salads

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Dinner at 7:00 p.m

Mayfield Village Community Center

Enter off SOM Center Road ~

behind Mayfield Village Fire Department

(NW corner of Rte. 91 and Wilson Mills Road)

Good company, good food and good music for a great cause

$22.00 per person advance reservation

$25.00 per person at the door

Chinese Raffle --- great prizes!

Questions? Please call Barb Pophal at (216) 481-4397

Your raffle donations are always welcome.

The image of American Holly comes from the http:/wildflower.org gallery.

Contest winners

Best of Show  Congratulations!

Autumn Leaves - Brianna Motley

2010 / 2011 Photo Contest complete list:

Plants and Animals:

3^rd Place #40 Red Leaf Pearl Ernat

2^nd Place #36 Mushroom Jim Bowser

1^st Place #27 Chipmonk Rock Peter Shenk

Recreation:

3^rd Place #3 Everybody Enjoys Walk Mary Bode

2^nd Place #1 Dad and Daughter Kathleen Fleming

1^st Place #8 Walker on Bridge Mary Bode

Cultural and Historic Places:

3^rd Place #4 Quarry Creek #2 Jim Bowser

2^nd Place #2 Monticello Bridge D. Mason

1^st Place #3 Quarry Creek Jim Bowser

Black and White:

3^rd Place #9 I Stand Alone Derrick Mason

2^nd Place #8 Rocks Elizebeth Jacob

1^st Place #2 Bowl of Plenty Susane Sande

Round of applause for paticipants and Judges

Best of Show:

#12 Autumn Leaves Brianna Motley $100

Best of Show Runner Up:

#16 River in Snow Daniel Hancock $25

2010/ 2011 Photo Contest Winners

Under 17 Plants and Animals:

3rd Place #3 Euclid Creek #1 Anna Russ

2^nd Place #16 River in Snow Daniel Hancock

1^st Place #12 Autum Leaves Brianna Motley

Under 17 Recreation

No Entries

Under 17 Cultural and Historic Sites

3^rd Place #35 Creek Building Rob Spielman

2^nd Place #30 Second Bridge Nicole Blatchford

1^st Place #1 Richmond Rd Bridge Hanna Keyerleber

Under 17 Black and White

3^rd Place #28 Euclid Creek Cori Smith

2^nd Place #7 Bee Brendan Ryan

1^st Place White Flowers Nicole Blatchford

Best of show

Congratulations to our best of show winners

Best of Show:

Autumn Leaves
Brianna Motley

Best of Show Runner Up:
River in Snow
Daniel Hancock

Holiday donations

Thank you so much for your donations 

Master List for FOEC Chinese Auction 12-5-2011

Tee fees for four people; no carts

Donor:  Cleveland MetroParks

Winner:  Fran Hogg

Four Zoo/Rainforest Passes

Donor:  Cleveland MetroParks

Winner:  Judy Dearden

The two items above were obtained via Barb Holtz

Bucket of wine, peanut butter nuggets, and whole cashews

Donor:  Barb Pophal

Winner:  Larry and Chris McFadden

Book “Marley and Me” by John Grogan in basket with LED reading light, mug, and container of Ghirardelli Double Hot Cocoa

Donor:  Barb Pophal

Winner:  Virginia Aveni

Waterford Holiday Heirloom Quilted Sparkle Stocking & Snow Crystals Pierced Ornament

Donor:  Georgine Welo, Mayor of South Euclid

Winner:  Steve and Joan Albro

One-Year Cleveland Botanical Garden Family Membership

Donor:  Cleveland Botanical Garden

Winner:  Barbara Langlots

The membership above was obtained via Connie Herron

$25.00 Trader Joe’s gift certificate and Trader Joe’s bag with bottle of  Johnson Estate Red Ipocras Lake Erie Wine

Donor:  Connie Herron

Winner:  Theresa Bloom

$50.00 Gift Card to Playhouse Square (good for 3 years)

Donors:  Gary and Theresa Bloom

Winner:  Christine McFadden

“My Rotisserie” including Cutting Board box, Silicone Glove, & recipe book

Donor:  Lillian Houser

Winner:  Christine McFadden

Four Abuelo’s Complimentary Entrée cards (divided into two sets of two)

Donor:  Abuelo’s Mexican Restaurant

Winners:  Paulette Paluso, Madeline Watts

Set of 4 Floral Designer Mugs

Donor:  Virginia Aveni

Winner:  Carolyn Sugiuchi

2010 and 2011 “America The Beautiful” State Parks Quarters Proof Sets and a set of Holiday Votive Candles

Donors:  Rick and Jeanette Evans

Winner:  Mike Granito

Wild Bird’s “Feed the Birds Basket”

Donor:  Wild Birds Unlimited

Obtained by:  Steve and Joan Albro

Winner:  Paulette Paluso

Wild Bird’s Unlimited 20 pounds Deluxe Bird Seed, and 4 Suet Cakes

Donor:  Carolyn Sugiuchi

Winner:  Shirley Wozniak

Five framed photos taken at National Parks:

Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata), Glacier National Park, Montgana

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis), Mt. Howard, Oregon

Avalanceh Lily (Drythronium montanum), Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

Wallowa Lake, Wallowa Lake State Park, Oregon

Donor and photographer:  Anna Julnes

Winners:  Frank Skala won the Blanket Flower photo and Mary K. Evans won the other four photos.

Two musical birds (Holiday Cardinal and American Robin) from Wild Birds Unlimited, a Wild Birds Unlimited 2012 calendar, and an 18 oz bag of pistachio nuts

Donor:  Frank and Marybeth Skala

Winner:  Shirley Wozniak

Two $25.00 Yogurt V (Legacy Village) Gift Certificates

Donor:  Hoi Ling Cheung

Yogurt V

Obtained by Barb Holtz

Two Winners:  Lillian Houser and Lou Drasler

Two separate items- Tabletop Gas Grill

Bamboo Knife Set with Cutting Board box (originally from Green Street Solutions in Oakwood Village)

Donor:  Judy Dearden

Winner:  Marybeth Skala won both items

Two $25.00 Yogurt V (Legacy Village) Gift Certificates

Donor:  Hoi Ling Cheung

Yogurt V

Value:  $50.00

Obtained by Barb Holtz

Two Winners:  Lillian Houser and Lou Drasler

Two photo albums and a decorative picture frame

Donor:  Fran Hogg

Winner:   Larry and Chris McFadden

Bushnell Binocular, 12 x 32

Donor:  Chris and Larry McFadden

Winner:  Carolyn Sugiuchi

Whose Water is This?

Part of LWV Whose Democracy Is This? series:

Whose Water is This? The State of Water in the State of Ohio

Speaker:

Jane Goodman, Executive Director, Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization

Date, time and location:

Thursday, December 1, 7-9 pm, Cleveland Heights Community Center, 1 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Heights 44118.

November update

Welcome
December meeting is our party/fund raiser

Be sure to attend our holiday party and fund raiser at the Mayfield Village Community Center on the first Tuesday of December. Please contact Frank Skala, Barb Pophal, or jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net for details about our December meeting and to donate to our Chinese raffle.

The cost for the event is $25 at the door or $22 in advance and includes a chicken or vegetable entree. Come prepared to bid on our Chinese raffle fund raiser.

Donations for the raffle are always welcome.

November meeting showcases photo contest winners
Our November meeting recognized the awesome winners of our photo contest. Check back soon for more details. Thank you to photo contest judges - Bob Hinkle, Cleveland Metroparks, and Stuart Pearl, Stuart Pearl Photography. The exciting November program included announcing the winners and awarding cash prizes.

Youth corps installs rain garden
Thank you to all involved at Mayfield High School and FOEC for completion of this project at the Cuyahoga County Airport.

Congratulations to our photo contest winners

Plants and Animals:

3^rd Place #40 Red Leaf Pearl Ernat

2^nd Place #36 Mushroom Jim Bowser

1^st Place #27 Chipmonk Rock Peter Shenk

Recreation:

3^rd Place #3 Everybody Enjoys Walk Mary Bode

2^nd Place #1 Dad and Daughter Kathleen Fleming

1^st Place #8 Walker on Bridge Mary Bode

Cultural and Historic Places:

3^rd Place #4 Quarry Creek #2 Jim Bowser

2^nd Place #2 Monticello Bridge D. Mason

1^st Place #3 Quarry Creek Jim Bowser

Black and White:

3^rd Place #9 I Stand Alone Derrick Mason

2^nd Place #8 Rocks Elizebeth Jacob

1^st Place #2 Bowl of Plenty Susane Sande

Best of Show:

#12 Autumn Leaves Brianna Motley $100

Best of Show Runner Up:

#16 River in Snow Daniel Hancock $25

Under 17 Plants and Animals:

3rd Place #3 Euclid Creek #1 Anna Russ

2^nd Place #16 River in Snow Daniel Hancock

1^st Place #12 Autum Leaves Brianna Motley

Under 17 Recreation

No Entries

Under 17 Cultural and Historic Sites

3^rd Place #35 Creek Building Rob Spielman

2^nd Place #30 Second Bridge Nicole Blatchford

1^st Place #1 Richmond Rd Bridge Hanna Keyerleber

Under 17 Black and White

3^rd Place #28 Euclid Creek Cori Smith

2^nd Place #7 Bee Brendan Ryan

1^st Place White Flowers Nicole Blatchford

Please visit regularly
See these wonderful sites for interesting information about environmental issues related to the Euclid Creek watershed.

Claire Posius' Soil and Water Conservation District Enews-Letter at http://www.cuyahogaswcd.org/EuclidCreekFiles/enewsletter.htm- Thank you Claire!

FOEC website at http://friendsofeuclidcreek.nhlink.net/index.htm- Thank you Meiring!

Highland Heights Green Task force meeting minutes at http://www.highlandhtsgreen.com/

Photo contest winner

Best of Show (see above)
Autumn Leaves - Brianna Motley
Congratulations!

Some contest entries

Year in review

Thank you to Frank Skala and all else involved. Here is a listing of programs provided in the 2010-2011 term.

Sept. 2010 - Meiring Borcherds, FOEC web site update
October 2010 -Claire Posius, Barb Holtz, watershed issues

November 2010 -Dianne Bickett, Director of Solid Waste District, recycling
December 2010 -Barb Pophal, holiday party/fund raiser

Jan. 2011 -Claire Posius, Watershed Planning Guide review
Feb. 2011 -Ginny Avemi, mapping future watershed projects

March 2011 -Tom Evans, URS, watershed planning
April 2011 -Claire Posius, Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation update

May 2011 -Cleveland Metroparks Staff, Master Plan update
June 2011 -Ken Messinger-Rapport, gas well drilling, Gasland

July 2011 -Summer picnic, Euclid Creek Reservation
August 2011 -Lou Rifici, water quality monitoring in Euclid Creek

September 2011 -Joe Logan, Ohio Environmental Council, water quality
October 2011 -Tour of Mayfair Country Club

November 2011 - Larry McFadden, photography contest recognition
December 2011 - Barb Pophol, holiday party/fund raiser

Steering committee meeting

The steering committee met on November 16 at the South Euclid Community Center. Frank Skala called the meeting to order around 7:00 PM.

Present at the meeting were Claire, Larry, Fran, Rick, Jeanette, Lou, Ginny, Frank, Carolyn, Gary, and Ken.

Topics discussed include the following.

Planning for 2012

Claire asked that we look at events for the coming year. Ideas include Lyndhurst events, healthy habits for hourseholds workshop, Wildwood plantings, community home days, school events, stream monitoring.

We discussed speakers to cover topics such as harmful algae blooms (speaker from CSU), heavy rainfall (Meiring), climate change, potpourri, brownfields (Ginny), dusty goldenrold walk (Barb Holtz).

Holiday party

We discussed invitations, Ken to build list of who will attend, projector, year in review slide show, screen, catering, desserts, drinks, awards, music.

Raffle tickets are to be $1 each or 6 for $5.

Photo contest

Larry is to look at prices for note cards. We agreed we do not want calendars.

Treasurer reports

Ken updated on tax return.

Sign in sheets

Jeanette to send sign in sheets to Frank.