Hope you all are enjoying August. We had a lovely meeting last Friday centering on Mint, with lots of goodies, and we are all looking forward to next month's presentation on Aromatherapy, including two ways to extract essential oils from your home-grown herbs. Jan Keahey and Nan Franz with be our presenters, so join us at the Veteran's on Friday Sept. 6th.

We'll have our fall Raffle, so bring in your items that may be treasures for other members, and we'll raffle them off to refill our treasury for more Herbie activities.

In October, we'll present our slate of officers for next year. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please let me (or any of our other officers) know about it. We are always looking for those who can help bring excitement to our programs.

This year, the President and Treasurer positions are up for election. Also, if you are interested in presenting a topic for next year's schedule, we'd love to have you share your information with the group. So speak up - it's YOUR Herb Society.

For anyone who can help with the Holiday Party, in October we'll be asking for volunteers to help Carolyn Fallis create our magical decorations and coordinate the food for December's meeting. All ideas and willing hands are welcome.....

Keep cool until we meet again!
Kitty Stewart, President