From excellence to eminence

Auction items up for grabs!

Family Fun Night was a great success, but when the dust settled four auction items remained. Now they are available to the highest bidder and there is no minimum bid! Just be sure to include your bid amount in the your email. Auction closes Sunday, May 30. Check it out...

25 Custom invitations - $25 value Master Photographer Arbrook Haynes creates custom invitations using photography.  Please visit the website to see examples: www.seriousfocus.com. Donated by Serious Focus Bid now via email »
	Roof & gutter maintenance - $179 value Overhead Care Club Membership, including fall gutter cleaning (up to 150 ft.), 17 point safety analysis, skylight cleaning, debris removal, attic analysis, 10% discount on repairs. Donated by Arrington Roofing Bid now via email »
Roof repair - $200 value Labor only (materials not included) approx. 4 ft. x 4 ft. Donated by RV Roofing. RV Roofing is owned and operated by the Vidales family, whose children attend Harry Stone! Bid now via email »
	Podiatric foot exam with prescriptive orthotics - $550 value Full foot exam, customized fitting, and one pair of orthotics. Donated by Comfort Podiatry Group, Dr. Dan Jones, DPM Bid now via email »

If you have trouble submitting your bid, contact Audrey Pinkerton at audrey.pinkerton@sbcglobal.net

Outdoor classroom news

It’s butterfly season!
By Sandi Erspamer

Last week, buckwheat was planted along the walkway, where our Indian Hawthorne shrubs had been previously planted.  As many of you know, the shrubs were stolen over the summer.  Cover crops provide the following benefits: increasing organic matter and available nitrogen in the soil; providing habitat, nectar, and pollen for beneficial insects, while choking out weeds and Bermuda grass
In addition, a new path was mowed through the wildflower meadow.  We invite you to walk through and admire the second flush of bloom on the Indian Blanket,a benefit of the recent rains.

Other garden notes: Beans planted at the beginning of September around the teepee are taking off and will soon be twining up the poles. Sunflowers planted on August 27 by Ms. Massey's class are thriving and should bloom in a few weeks. October is peak butterfly viewing time.  The butterfly habitat garden is full of all kinds of butterflies, insects and hummingbirds too.