Since Nov 21st the following reservations have been received: Dave
Arens for 2; Henry Shawa for 3; Wyat White SWEST for 12; Cynthia Eid
for 1; Tara & Rob Blokzyl for 2; Vickie & Wayne Riggs for 3; Gailee
Montgomery for 2; Judy Willingham for 1; Blaine Lewis for 6; Alice &
Steve Sauer for 2; Corrine Floyd for 1; Pat & Terry Glover for 2;
JoAnn Dean for 3; Betty Belmonte for 2; Ahmed Shareek for 1; Joseph
Bloyd for 1; Loren Damewood for 1; and Suzanne Danehy for 1. Will
post again in about a week. Pat Kulla @ Patania’s
Dear all, I want to get the word out about Swest. They have donated a
Sparkie II for the dinner raffle. Go check out the link swestinc.com and see for yourself. Only those
who attend the dinner will be able to get in on the raffles and
silent auction because we have no way to operate by remote, sorry.
The Sparkie is a donation of over $1,000 in merchandise, Thank VERY
much Swest. Sam Patania, Tucson
Hello Sam and Orchidians, Question: How does one buy a raffle
ticket? At the dinner or before then? Cost of said ticket? Any
other raffles to promote? (I’m still bummed that I didn’t win one
of Kenneth Singh’s mills last year.) Thanks to you for your extra
efforts in organizing the Orchid dinner!! Judy in Kansas
Judy M. Willingham, R.S.
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
237 Seaton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan KS 66506
(785) 532-2936
Dear all of Orchid, I have a special announcement this year for the
February Tucson Gem Show Orchid dinner. Hanuman will be attending
this dinner. We have asked that he speak to the gathering. The dinner
will be held the night of the 7th of February, 2003 and I will post
the costs of the dinner and times in the next week. I will save and
repeat this posting weekly. The 2002 dinner was such a wonderful
success in terms of attendance, meeting all of you who I read every
day and money to keep Orchid up and running. We had a wonderful
silent auction and donations from companies and individuals. I must
think this coming year will be even better with the attendance of
Hanuman. We will put a maximum on the number of dinners available.
We will post an attendance sheet on line soon for this dinner and
prices and times. If you need accommodations please check with Tucson
Chamber of Commerce and get them soon, they fill quickly. Two areas
you might try for accommodations if Tucson is already full are the
town of Benson , 30 miles east of Tucson on I10 and the Tubac/Green
Valley area 30 miles south of Tucsonon I19. These towns are both much
more pretty than Phoenix and closer. Hope to see you there, Sam
Patania, Tucson 520-795-0086 voice, 520 795-0341 fax @Patania_s
Dear All, Please use this link to get a registration form for the
February 7th, 2003 Tucson Orchid dinner. Please not that this form
must be sent to Patania’s with your check in order to reserve space
at the dinner. Even if you emailed us previously requesting a space
reservation it is not considered reserved until we have your
registration form and check received here in Tucson. Also note the
silent auction form link on the same Metalwerx site. www.metalwerx.com click on the Orchid link on Metalwerx home page to
get the for, print it out and send it WITH A CHECK to reserve a place
at the dinner. We will email a confirmation when we receive the form
and check. Than you and see you here, Sam Patania 3000 E. Broadway,
Tucson, AZ 85716 tb1@earthlink.com 520-795-0086
Hello Sam and Orchidians, Question: How does one buy a raffle
ticket? At the dinner or before then? Cost of said ticket? Any
other raffles to promote? (I'm still bummed that I didn't win one
of Kenneth Singh's mills last year.) Thanks to you for your extra
efforts in organizing the Orchid dinner!! Judy in Kansas
Dear Judy - See my response on the raffle tickets posted today.
Tickets can be purchased for $25.00 each with a total of 48 being
sold. Make check out to Pat Glover as she is raffle banker. See you
soon. Pat Kulla @ Patania’s
Dear All - the latest reservations received since Thanksgiving are:
Kevin for 2; Sheridan Reed for 1; Harvey Turner for 3; Jurgen Maerz
for 1; Terrie Masters for 1; Carol Schloo-Wright for 1; Phil Sykes
for 2; Randi Newbill for 1; Carolyn Duncan for 1; Brian Marshall for
1; Steve Mazzarella for 1;and Leah Hitchcock for 2; Today is Tues.
Dec. 10th. Will post in another week. Pat @ Patania’s
Dear all of Orchid, I have a special announcement this year for the
February Tucson Gem Show Orchid dinner. Hanuman will be attending
this dinner. We have asked that he speak to the gathering. The dinner
will be held the night of the 7th of February, 2003 and I will post
the costs of the dinner and times in the next week. I will save and
repeat this posting weekly. The 2002 dinner was such a wonderful
success in terms of attendance, meeting all of you who I read every
day and money to keep Orchid up and running. We had a wonderful
silent auction and donations from companies and individuals. I must
think this coming year will be even better with the attendance of
Hanuman. We will put a maximum on the number of dinners available.
We will post an attendance sheet on line soon for this dinner and
prices and times. If you need accommodations please check with Tucson
Chamber of Commerce and get them soon, they fill quickly. Two areas
you might try for accommodations if Tucson is already full are the
town of Benson , 30 miles east of Tucson on I10 and the Tubac/Green
Valley area 30 miles south of Tucsonon I19. These towns are both much
more pretty than Phoenix and closer. Hope to see you there, Sam
Patania, Tucson 520-795-0086 voice, 520 795-0341 fax @Patania_s
Dear All, Please use this link to get a registration form for the
February 7th, 2003 Tucson Orchid dinner. Please not that this form
must be sent to Patania’s with your check in order to reserve space
at the dinner. Even if you emailed us previously requesting a space
reservation it is not considered reserved until we have your
registration form and check received here in Tucson. Also note the
silent auction form link on the same Metalwerx site. www.metalwerx.com click on the Orchid link on Metalwerx home page to
get the for, print it out and send it WITH A CHECK to reserve a place
at the dinner. We will email a confirmation when we receive the form
and check. Than you and see you here, Sam Patania 3000 E. Broadway,
Tucson, AZ 85716 tb1@earthlink.com 520-795-0086
Dear All - We have sold the following raffle tickets for the
Sparkie:
DanaCarlson - one ticket
Arthur Lima - one ticket
Brian Marshall - one ticket
Patty Sandler - one ticket
Gary Strickland - one ticket
Fred Wood - one ticket
Sheridan Reed - two tickets
JoAnn Dean - one ticket
Karen Olsen - two tickets
Charles Lewton Brain - one ticket
Barbara McLaughlin - one ticket
Today’s date is December 20, 2002. We’ll post again after the first
of the year. Check Orchid site for other two raffle possibilities.
Please remember all money goes to Orchid and we would like to do even
better than we did last year. Pat Kulla @ Patania’s
keep up to date with the progress of The Orchid Yearly gathering at
Tucson. Reserve a space at the Orchid dinner in Tucson or find out
how to donate an item for the Silent Auction to benefit Orchid.
Dear All - Here are new reservations since last posting:
Rynn Nichols for 2
Tom Forgey for 1
Sally Heath Lloyd for 1
Steve Burns (Hoover & Strong) for 3
Charles Lewton Brain for 1
Jack Berry for 1
Connie Razmus for 2
Please get your reservations to me as soon as you can - it makes a
difference to how much room I reserve. Thanks, Pat Kulla @
Patania’s
keep up to date with the progress of The Orchid Yearly gathering at
Tucson. Reserve a space at the Orchid dinner in Tucson or find out
how to donate an item for the Silent Auction to benefit Orchid.
I will donate four AJT Metal Mold kits. You can see it on my new web
site http://www.ajt-online.com/moldkit.html . The kits retail for
$200.00 and currently there is an introductory offer for $150.00.
Dear All - We have 12 raffle tickets left for the Sparkie; 7 tickets
left for the Draw Bench and 2 tickets left for the Bench Drill!
Please remember that these three items are limited to the amount of
tickets mentioned and once those left are sold, that’s it. Can’t
take e-mail requests for tickets since that’s not fair to others.
First come in the mail, first served.
Every bit of money on these raffle items goes to Orchid courtesy of
our fantastic donors, SWEST and Kenneth Singh.
We want to remind all that generous Rio Grande is sponsoring our
Dinner this year and we will have a number of Rio Grande personnel at
the Dinner. There’s great support within our special community. We’re
at 169 reservations for the Dinner itself and still have some more
room at this time. Wish you all could be here to party with one
another and meet the fabulous Hanuman. Pat Kulla @ Patania’s
As I posted before, no more tickets are available for the Drill but
we have a few for the Sparkie and the Draw Bench. Thanks for all of
your support - we have a great community, haven’t we? Pat Kulla @
Patania’s
Dear All - We have NO raffle tickets left for the Bench Drill; 4
tickets left for the Draw Bench and 6 tickets left for the Sparkie.
I will post most recent names since last posting later today. What
great support from all of you. Hurrah for Orchid! Pat @ Patania’s
We are getting VERY close on reservations. The space I’ve reserved
will accommodate only 200 people and that only if I whine and plead
alot!
Because of this, we will NOT be able to have anyone show up at the
door without a reservation. Last year we had an extra 30 people come
without reservations and that was a scramble. If you think of it in
terms of ten persons to a table, that meant the restaurant had to
squeeze in three more tables and and thirty chairs. They were great
and did it for us but this year we won’t have the leeway to squeeze
in any more. The restaurant can be divided into two parts with a
close 200 in each or take the whole restaurant for 400. We had to
make the decision right after New Year’s whether we wanted half or
whole restaurant and so it was made.
We are at close to 190 right now and 200 will be it. We really
don’t want anyone to miss the party and meeting Hanuman but no one
has invented a building stretcher yet. Pat Kulla @ Patania’s
Dear All - Some of you who arrived later in the evening had a
problem with parking last year. One suggestion I have is to park
across the street (Broadway) in a good-sized strip mall where all of
the shops will be closed. Just be careful crossing Broadway - it’s a
really broad street (no pun intended). Pat @ Patania’s
We have no more tickets left for Sparkie or Drill. There are two
tickets left for the Draw Bench.
El Parador and I are working on that building stretcher and we may
be able to get a few more Dinner reservations in. Let me hear from
you if you are coming to Tucson and want to be with your fellow
Orchidians. Pat Kulla @ Patania’s
Hey all, I won’t be at the Orchid dinner, but would still like to
meet any who are at Tucson. So here’s the deal… I am at the show’s
from Wed 5th thru Sat 8th, I wear a light brown Stetson, and would
love to meet anyone who sees me. If you holler ‘Hey, Geo’, I’ll turn
to look for you, and you can wave your hand(s). It’s fun to put
aperson with a name. I’ll be looking forward to meeting you!
georockman
Hi George, Unfortunately, I also can’t make it to the dinner. If you
or any Orchid member can get away from Tucson, I will be in our
gallery (Bisbee Nature Gallery, next to the Copper Queen Hotel) with
some new Bisbee turquoise rough and would be happy to meet you and
talk jewelry. Have fun in Tucson. Will Estavillo