District
II
2011 - 2013 OFFICERS
Officers of the Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs for 2011-2013
are, seated from left, Margie Breaux, District II director; Mary Ellen
Miller, president, and Mary Jacobs, president of the Louisiana Council
of Garden Clubs. Standing are, Gail Lonibos, parliamentarian;
Marieanne Arata, treasurer; Lee Baraldi, corresponding secretary;
Tricia Ortalano, 2nd vice-president; Mary Crumb, secretary; Betty
Gibbs, 1st vice-president, and Joe Baucum, immediate past-president and
recording secretary.
article/photo
by Coleen Landry
July 2011
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Jefferson
Parish Council of Garden Clubs and Terrytown Garden Club Dedicate a
Blue Star Memorial Marker in Terrytown
Terrytown
Garden Club, under the leadership of President Tricia Ortalano and
partnered with Terrytown Lions Club, Terrytown American Legion Post
378, and Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs dedicated a Blue
Star Memorial Marker in the 400 block of Terry Parkway in Terrytown
on March 20, 2012. Jennifer Van Vrancken, Deputy Chief Operations
Officer of Jefferson Parish, served as the Master of Ceremonies.
Jefferson Parish Councilman Ricky Templet presented a Proclamation
from the Jefferson Parish Council to the Terrytown Garden Club for
their sponsorship of the memorial. Two chapter presidents of
Louisiana Blue Star Mothers, Linda Furr of Baton Rouge and Suzette
Johnston of Houma, brought poignant messages based on personal
observations and the service experiences of Louisiana military
veterans. Tricia Ortalano, mother of two sons with military service
and District II Director-Elect, brought the Louisiana Garden Club
Federation and National Garden Clubs messages to the audience. This
memorial is the seventh Blue Star Memorial erected by Jefferson
Parish Council of Garden Clubs within a 16-month period. At least
three more are in the planning stages.
Shown
with the Terrytown Blue Star Memorial Marker are (l to r): Joe
Baucum, JPCGC Blue Star Memorial Marker Chairman; Jennifer Van
Vrancken, Jefferson Parish Deputy Chief Operations Officer; Tricia
Ortalano, President of Terrytown Garden Club and District II
Director-Elect; and Mary Ellen Miller, President of Jefferson Parish
Council of Garden Clubs.
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Jefferson Parish Arbor Day Celebration 2012
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Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs celebrated Louisiana Arbor Day
during its monthly meeting on January 24, 2012. The Council planted
a young Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) in the gated garden at
the rear of the Foundation Center in Lafreniere Park in Metairie.
To the right of the young tree shown above is Mary Ellen Miller,
President of Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs. Member clubs
participating in Arbor Day activities included Acres of Green Garden
Club, Better Swamps and Garden Club, Chateau Estates Garden Club,
Colonial Garden Club, Creative Planters Garden Club, Metairie Ridge
Garden Club, Petals of North Bridgedale Garden Club, Rambling Rose
Garden Club, River Ridge Garden Club, Shady Oaks Garden Club, Terrytown
Garden Club, and Whitney Heights Garden Club.
Joe Baucum, JPCGC Arbor Day Chairman, had presented a Power Point
presentation on Arbor Day and had shown selected chapters of a digital
video disk (DVD) entitled “Our Heritage, Our Lives”, an educational
video which featured the benefits of trees and the values of the urban
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BLUE
STAR MARKER DEDICATION
In ceremonies on November 10,
2011, a Blue Star Marker was placed and
dedicated at Memorial Park at Veterans Boulevard and Causeway Boulevard
in Metairie. Keynote speaker was Captain Peter Gautier, U. S.
Coast
Guard and Captain of the Port of New Orleans. Mistress of
Ceremonies
was Councilwoman Cynthia Lee-Sheng. Remarks were made by
Jefferson
Parish President John Young. The history of the Memorial Park, which
dates back to the first memorial of the giant flagpole by Sheriff Harry
Lee in 1981, was presented by Coleen Perilloux Landry, Live Oak Society
Chairman and a retired Colonel in the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Joe Baucum, immediate past president of the Jefferson Parish Council of
Garden Clubs, in cooperation with the Jefferson Parish
Council of Garden Clubs, Councilwoman Lee-Sheng and Jefferson Parish
Sheriff Newell Normand, brought the project to fruition.
In
photo, from left are LGCF, Inc. President Mary Jacobs; Joe Baucum,
immediate past-president of the JPCGC and Blue Star Marker chairman;
Jefferson Parish Councilwoman Cynthia Lee-Sheng; LGCF, Inc. Blue Star
Marker Chairman, Mary Hazen; JPCGC President Mary Ellen Miller, USCG
Captain Peter Gautier, and USN Commander Chief Master Leslie E. Burl.
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article written/submitted by Coleen Landry Nov2011
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