[Bristol-Birds] BBC has nice turnout and great banquet success for 2010 !!

  • From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:16:04 -0400

Rick Phillips presented an entertaining program to the
Bristol Bird Club's annual banquet held Friday night.
A turnout of 30 persons was on hand to hear and see
him trace how he has developed a hobby of taking
beautiful digital bird photos "on the cheap."

A biology teacher on 
the faculty of East 
Tennessee State 
University and teaching 
at the Kingsport campus,
Rick traced the years 
during the last decade 
or more to show how he 
learned to use very 
inexpensive cameras,
lenses made from old 
binoculars and pieces 
of plumbing hardware 
to build telephoto systems .
The many beautiful color
photos of birds were enthusiastically appreciated.

President Dave Worley began the evening introducing
details of a fund-raising calendar using photos submitted 
by the Elizabethton Bird Club Herndon chapter members.
The Elizabethton club is raising funds for their club by
producing and selling the calendars during October.
A list was sent around the banquet tables asking BBC
members to pitch in and help the Elizabethton club.  Those
attending the banquet placed orders for 17 calendars 
which will result in approximately $220 raised by BBC
folks for that project.  The club will place a single order
with a club check and eventually distribute the calendars
at Bristol meetings.
Janice Martin
distributed an
array of 
marketing
materials 
used to
promote the
upcoming
joint TOS/VSO
state bird club
meeting which
will be sponsored
in the area by
the Bristol Bird Club.  
The items includes t-shirts, note cards, magnetic calendars, 
business cards, mouse pads and many more.  A committee of 
14 BBC members has been working almost daily and has given 
the 2012 spring meeting an enormous jumpstart.  Some of the 
most challenging and difficult parts of the planning, decision
making, risk taking and footwork are completed and the
meeting is 18 months away.

The City of
Kingsport, with
the advice and
suggestions of
the Bristol Bird
Club, have 
developed the
"Kingsport
Birding Trail"
as part of the
city's development program and mitigation efforts along the
Kingsport Greenway.  Working with the Kingsport Chamber
of Commerce, the city was able to contact a vendor the
chamber had been using and came up with beautiful
decals, using concepts and art provided by members of the
BBC.  The club has taken an active role in trying to help
the city focus on the outstanding opportunities for birding in
the city as well as a successful mitigation program for bird
habitat.

Rack Cross distributed a handful of the first decals to be
shown publically and those attending the banquet got a
sneak preview.  The city has drafted a letter to BBC to
express appreciation for the efforts made by club members.

Those attending the banquet included:

Ruth Clark, Mary Clark, Lois Cox, Wilma Boy, Dave Worley,
Diana Worley, Joann Detta, Marty Huber, Mary Jane Erwin,
Judy Roach, Neal Henson, Jean Henson, Fred Martin, Janice 
Martin, Rick Knight, Jacki Hinshaw, Roy Knispel, Faye Wagers,
Ed Burke, Julie Burke, the Burke's son, Wallace Coffey, Carolyn 
Coffey, Rack Cross, Tracy Slagle, Bert Hale, Loraine Hale,
Rick Phillips, Michele Sparks and Lloyd Jones.

The excellent dinner and good care was provided by the ladies
of the Addilynn Memorial United Methodist Church, where
the Rev. Lloyd Jones is the minister.  He was an active
member of BBC and served as vice-president and then
treasure of the club from March 1993 to July 1997, just
before entering school to study for the ministry.

 

Rev. Jones (left) with current BBC
treasurer Janice Martin at the
banquet held at his church.  It
marked the club's third year holding
its banquet at that location.







 


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