People

From the 2008 Palm Springs Horticulture Judging Seminar

Always interesting to look back at a different time, different District leadership, different goals…

If you prefer to see the images in Gallery form rather than as a slideshow, the Gallery is here.

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From the 2013 Albuquerque Rose Show, June 1, 2013

Some of the Judges for the Show:

Suzanne and Les Hayt from Tucson

Suzanne Hayt

Suzanne Hayt

Les Hayt

Les Hayt

Lynette and John Vinson from Las Vegas, Jack Ortega with John

Lynette Vinson

Lynette Vinson

Jack Ortega and John Vinson

Jack Ortega and John Vinson

Marylou Coffman from Gilbert

Marylou Coffman

Marylou Coffman

Donaldina Joung from Tubac

Donaldina Joung

Donaldina Joung

LeRoy Brady from Mesa

LeRoy Brady

LeRoy Brady

Gerry and Dave Mahoney from Glendale

Gerry Mahoney

Gerry Mahoney

Gerry and Dave Mahoney

Gerry and Dave Mahoney

Lauren Toth from Peoria

Lauren Toth

Lauren Toth

Jerry Yoneda from Clearfield

Jerry Yoneda

Jerry Yoneda

Dick Jackson from Las Vegas

Dick Jackson

Dick Jackson

Judges not pictured are Helen Baird, Jackie Jackson, Nancy Medved, Hal Reynolds, and Lynn Twitchell. Perhaps at another rose event before long…

Some of the many people who helped make the rose show happen:

Charlene Bacchus keeps the Rose Garden running, which is a year-round job. For today’s rose show, she was in charge of the classification table, making sure entries were correctly named and placed in the correct classes.

Charlene Bacchus

Charlene Bacchus

Jack Ortega was Judges’ Chairman. He and his wife Juanita are outstanding exhibitors.

Jack Ortega

Jack Ortega

Jody Ifversen took reservations for photographs; served in classification and placement for photographs; and was the blue ribbon runner for the show.

Jody Ifversen

Jody Ifversen

Beth Baker was busy helping exhibitors in the morning, and then visitors later in the day. She took out just enough time to allow me to photograph her.

Beth Baker

Beth Baker

Rose friends in the Pacific Southwest District probably know Carroll Sue Wagner quite well. She has been both a Horticulture and Arrangement Judge (now Emeritus in Arrangements), Consulting Rosarian, famed pruning lecturer at the pruning demonstrations in the spring, and is another person who worked hard on the 1998 National Convention.

Carroll Sue Wagner

Carroll Sue Wagner

Debbie Butcher did whatever needed to be done. She is also the treasurer for the Albuquerque Rose Society.

Debbie Butcher

Debbie Butcher

Pat Jeremia has become a wonderful arranger since joining the Albuquerque Rose Society. For years she worked at the shows putting extra roses into bouquets and arrangements for sale, which helped as a fundraiser for the local society. Here she is shown before the show, working on what became her award winning arrangement. She won the Princess Award for an arrangement of all fresh roses.

Pat Jeremiah

Pat Jeremiah

Pat Stone had been a member for some time before I joined the Albuquerque Rose Society. For those of you who remember the 1998 National Convention in Albuquerque, Pat, along with her husband Hal (“Stoney”) contributed much to that convention. Pat has worked hard every year that I have been a member.

Pat Stone

Pat Stone

Miscellaneous

( The following images are snapshots that come from various rose shows and activities in the Pacific Southwest District (and a few from elsewhere) from 2004-2007. I have kept them for the history and the memories. Some of the people pictured are no longer with us. All were snapshots taken with a little Nikon Coolpix that fit in my purse while traveling to judge rose shows. The Coolpix was my first digital camera (2004-2008), and it was used just for traveling to rose shows, while I continued to use my Nikon film camera for everything else. These are from six to nine years ago. They hold pleasant memories for me as an ARS Accredited Rose and Rose Arrangement Judge, and I hope they hold pleasant memories for other judges and rosarians. This page and the images from this point downward were originally published in 2007. ~ March 22, 2013)

People You Might Meet

If you spend much time growing roses, you might come across some of these people.  As you can see, Southwestern gardeners look like a pretty happy bunch!
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Lynette and John Vinson
Lynette and John Vinson
Tucson Rose Show, April 14, 2007

Donaldina Joung and Lois Brandt
Donaldina Joung and Lois Brandt
Tucson Rose Show, April 14, 2007

Sue Diller and Barbara Schneider
Sue Diller and Barbara Schneider
Tucson Rose Show, April 14, 2007

Paul Wright, Lois Brandt, Donaldina Joung
Paul Wright, Lois Brandt, Donaldina Joung, Tucson Rose Show, April 14, 2007

MaryLou Coffman
MaryLou Coffman

Lew Shupe
Lew Shupe

MaryLou Coffman and Debbie Butcher
MaryLou Coffman and Debbie Butcher

Terry and Heidi Leavitt
Terry and Heidi Leavitt

Susan Bishop
Susan Bishop

Ron Feurer, Terry Swartz, Dan Bifano, Hetty Shurtleff
Ron Feurer, Terry Swartz, Dan Bifano, Hetty Shurtleff

Paul Wright and Terry Swartz
Paul Wright and Terry Swartz

Lois Brandt, Miriam Yoder, Sally Long
Lois Brandt, Miriam Yoder, and Sally Long

Lori Bencoe and Lois Brandt
Lori Bencoe and Lois Brandt

Kathy Green and Lois Brandt
Kathy Green and Lois Brandt

LeRoy Brady
LeRoy Brady

Leah Watterberg
Leah Watterberg

Walt and Diana Kilmer
Walt and Diana Kilmer

Kay Grant and Shirley Datillo
Kay Grant and Shirley Datillo

Kathy Green
Kathy Green

Hal Stone
Hal Stone

Pat Stone
Pat Stone

MaryLou Coffman, Terry Swartz, Kathy Green, and Dave Mahoney
MaryLou Coffman, Terry Swartz, Kathy Green, Dave Mahoney

Gary Barlow and Bill Carlson
Gary Barlow and Bill Carlson

Dan Bifano
Dan Bifano

Bill Carlson and Lois Brandt
Bill Carlson and Lois Brandt

Bert Grant, at Albuquerque Rose Show
Bert Grant

LeRoy Brady
LeRoy Brady

Helen Baird
Helen Baird

Louise Major
Louise Major

Carroll Sue Wagner
Carroll Sue Wagner

Gerry Mahoney and Terry Swartz
Gerry Mahoney and Terry Swartz

Alan Hunton and Paul Wagner
Alan Hunton and Paul Wagner

Mr. ans Mrs. Glenn Wonn
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wonn

Dick and Jackie Jackson
Dick and Jackie Jackson

Claudia Bonnett and Lois Brandt
Claudia Bonnett and Lois Brandt

Andy Core
Andy Core

Jackie and Alan Hunton, Paul Wagner
Jackie and Alan Hunton and Paul Wagner

Karen Cordova and Charlene Bacchus
Karen Cordova and Charlene Bacchus

3 thoughts on “People

  1. We need to get some pictures of you. Your picture would be wanted a lot more than the several of me. Show me how to take pictures of you with your camera and we will get some that you can put on this site.

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