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Upcoming State Events
Upcoming Regional Events
May 2 to 5, 2012 Southeast Regional US Master Gardeners in Natchez, Ms
Upcoming Out-of-State Events
Mississippi County Programs
The following is a list of Mississippi Counties with Master Gardener Programs (Updated December 2005). Contact should be made through the each county Extension director. To obtain county contact information go to the directory within this Web site: http://msucares.com/counties/
| 1. Adams 2. Alcorn 3. Attala 4. Calhoun 5. Carroll 6. Clay 7. DeSoto 8. Forrest/Lamar 9. George 10. Grenada 11. Hancock 12. Harrison |
13. Hinds/Copiah 14. Itawamba 15. Jackson 16. Jones 17. Lafayette 18. Lauderdale 19. Lawrence 20. Lee 21. Lincoln 22. Lowndes 23. Madison 24. Monroe |
25. Montgomery 26. Oktibbeha 27. Pearl River
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Events by Region
Northwest Region
Your NW Region Board Members are: Lisa Cox, Sherri McCalla, Martha McKey, Barry McCalla
Southeast Region
Pearl River County Events
2010 Recurring Garden Events
near South Mississippi
mcd/prcmg 8/26/10
Local programs web sites for updates:
www.crosbyarboretum.msstate.edu./
http://msucares.com/lawn/master_gardener/index.html
MSU Calendar: http://msucares.com/calendar/index.html
LSU Calendar: http://lsuagcenter.com/calendar/
International Master Gardner Committee: http://imgc.ext.wvu.edu/
(conference in odd years)(site changes to next conference location)
In even years a region sponsors a conference as assigned in bylaws of IMG.
Junior Master Gardener Program: http://jmgkids.us/
Master Urban Forest Training: http://www.msurbanforest.com
USDA Extension: http://www.extension.org/mastergardener
PRCMG regular monthly meeting is at 12:30 pm on the first Friday of the month at the Crosby Arboretum. Holidays and special events may change this schedule and will be announced in advance.
Crosby Arboretum membership and volunteer events are separate from the PRCMG, but are encouraged and count for PRCMG volunteer hours for the MSU Extension Service. Volunteer meetings are on Saturday with work days scheduled. Sign up to receive email notice of lectures and programs.
Local Garden groups with regular meetings:
Crosby Arboretum Volunteers New Orleans Old Garden Rose Society
Picayune Garden Club Jackson Ms Old Garden Rose Society
Slidell Camellia Club Miss Gulf Coast Rose Society
Gulfport Camellia club Coastal Native Plant Society
North shore Camellia Club Picayune Garden Club Residents of Hide Away Lake
January 2010
1 Dues for PRCMG, MMGA, Crosby Arboretum for 2010
7 U.S. So. Region 2012 video planning meeting
8 Monthly PRCMG meeting- Dr. Bachman
8 Board Meeting for new Officers see MSU publication 2324
8 MMGA awards proposals of PRCMG with completed forms due for
local review. Applications for 5 year and ten year MMGA recognition
pins to be turned in to County coordinator for review.
http://www.msmastergardener.org/MS%20MG%20Awards.htm
22 MMGA state board meeting in Jackson
Other Events:
Camellia shows: enter blooms 8-10am, public viewing in afternoon
9 NOCC Camellia Show New Orleans 3314 Richland Ave. Metairie
16 MCC Camellia Show Mobile, Al. Colonial Mall Bel Air
__ Camellia Show local Poplarville Garden club
__ Gulf Coast Orchid Society Show
__ Gulf States Horticulture Expo Mobile (wholesale only)
28-30 American Camellia Society at Burden Center in Baton Rouge, LA.
February 2010
1-3 Natl Assoc. of Conservation Districts Annual Meeting in Orlando,
Florida
http://www.nacdnet.org/events/annualmeeting/
4 U.S. So. Region 2012 Planning video meeting
5 SEDMG meeting 10 am Interactive video links-Dr Porter
5 PRCMG monthly meeting 12:30pm
5 Local PRCMG review deadline for MMGA awards ( to mail 90 days before the MMGA Annual meeting)
23-4/1 Master Gardener Class every Tuesday & Thursday
Other Events:
6 BCC Brookhaven Camellia Show Rec. Dept. Hwy 51
12 Arbor day in Miss. tree planting programs (2nd Friday)
17/18 GCM how to judge symposium in Greenwood coopcooper@aol.com
20 Grafting tutorial MGCC Gulfport 1st Methodist Church 1pm
13 Crosby Arboretum Arbor day tree sale
__ Camellia Stroll LSU Hammond Station (& plant sale)
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/mcms/webtools/calendar.aspx?calid=Img
26-28 MLA Garden Show in Biloxi http://www.msasla.org/
March 2010
10 Deadline for MMGA SPRING BLURBS
4 U. S. So. Region 2012 meeting video planning
5 PRCMG monthly Meeting
6 SWDMMG meeting in Natchez
12 Mail deadline for MMGA Awards
Master Gardener Class every Tuesday and Thursday
19 MMGA state board meeting Jackson
Other Events:
12-14 MLA Garden Show Hattiesburg http://www.msasla.org/
25-28 Mobile Festival of Flowers by Provident Hospital, azaleas in bloom
http://www.festivalofflowers.com/ landscape programs & displays
___ LSU Ext. Hammond Spring field day, plant sale, lectures
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/mcms/webtools/calendar.aspx?calid=Img
___ Ocean Springs herb and garden festival
___ Pass Christian pilgrimage of homes and gardens 1-4pm
6-4/10 Natchez Pilgrimage of home and gardens
http://www.natchezpilgrimage.com/
____ Crosby Arboretum Native Plant Sale
April 2010
Test for new Master Gardener Class
8 U. S. So. Region 2012 meeting planning video
9 PRCMG monthly meeting Graduate of MG Class recognition
___ SEDMG meeting Forrest/ Lamar hosts
Other events:
10-11 Picayune Street Fair, plant sales http://picayunemainstreet.com/
__ New Orleans Botanical Gardens Plant show and sales
http://www.neworleanscitypark.com
__ Bulb sale at Van Zyverden in Meridian
__ Roses in bloom: Poplarville Extension Station, USM campus,
MSU Campus, LSU Burden Center
6-8 Garden Clubs of Miss. convention,
http://www.gardencentral.org/ms/calendar/
__ Landscape Seminar by Stone County Ms. Extension
May 2010
6 U.S So. Region 2012 planning video meeting
7 PCMG monthly meeting
__ Work dates for PRCMG Projects
__ School Garden solarization and weed prevention
Other events:
13 Canton Flea market
14&15 NGC Meeting in Atlanta, Ga. http://www.gardenclub.org/
15 Early
__ Spring Garden Day at Verona Ms. Station
26 Final day for registration for MMGA Conference (none at the door)
31 Hattiesburg Daylily Garden tour (as PRCMG group)
June 2010
10 Deadline for submission to MMGA Summer Blurbs
3 U.S. So. Region 2012 meeting planning video
4 PRCMG monthly meeting
10 MMGA state board meeting in Southhaven ___AM
10 Bonus tours before MMGA in afternoon
11-12 MMGA Conference in Southhaven, Ms
Other Events:
5 Hattiesburg daylily show www.hattiesburgdaylily.com for rules
13 Blueberry Jubilee in Poplarville downtown & USDA tours
(No 2010 Southern Regional Master Gardeners Conference)
July 2010
1 U.S. So. Region 2012 planning video
9 PRCMG monthly meeting
___ SEDMG meeting ???
Other Events:
__ School garden weed prevention
__ Agronomics Field day at Stoneville, Ms. Station
August 2010
5 U.S. So. Region 2012 meeting planning video
6 PRCMG monthly meeting
20 MMGA board meeting by video link
Other events:
21 Muscadine Field Day at McNiel Ms. Station
September 2010
10 Deadline for submission of articles to MMGA Autumn Blurbs
2 U.S. Southern Regional meeting planning video
10 PRCMG monthly meeting
13-17 County Fair for Pearl River at Poplarville Fairgrounds
Other events:
__ Lamar County Fall Garden Day at Lamar Multipurpose Bldg.
24-25 Pecan Festival in Richton, Ms.
October 2010
1 PRCMG monthly meeting
7 U.S. So. Region meeting planning Video
7 SEDMG meeting to follow Field day at Poplarville
Other events:
1-2 Gulf coast Camellia Society in Pensacola, Fla.
14 Canton Flea market
___ Jones County MG competitive flower show
15-16 Crystal Springs Field day
9 Crosby Arboretum Native Plant sale
___ Old Garden Rose Sale in Jackson www.msogr.com/
November 2010
4 U.S. So. Region 2012 meeting planning video
5 PRCMG monthly meeting ELECTION of Officers for 2011
12 MMGA Board meeting in meridian
6-7 Picayune Street Fair & plant sale
http://www.picayunemainstreet.com
___ Welcome Station bed planting PRCMG Project
___ PRC Extension bed PRCMG Project
Other events:
___ Bulb sale in Meridian at Van Zyverden
19-20 Miss. Gulf Coast Camellia Show
30 Deadline for 2010 MMGA activity report to county Coordinator
December 2010
10 Deadline for submission to MMGA Winter Blurbs
1 Begin 2011 MMGA activity report period
1 Sign up for MLA Garden Show as volunteer with area Horticulturist
for the 2011spring shows in Biloxi, Hattiesburg, and Jackson
2 U.S. So. Region 2012 meeting planning video
3 PRCMG monthly meeting/party/ new report year, Dues 2011
3 New Officers board meeting and records exchange
Other events:
4 SCC Camellia Show Slidell Municipal Auditorium
11 PCC Camellia Show Pensacola
18 NSCC Camellia Show Covington, La.
2011 Early Planning
MMGA May 11, 12, 13, At Ellisville campus of Jones Jr. College
International Master Gardener Conference in Charleston West Virginia
http://imgc.ext.wvu.edu/ Oct 11-14, 2011
2012 Early Planning
May 2 to 5, 2012 Southeast Regional US Master Gardeners in Natchez, Ms
(counts as MMGA convention in 2012)
2013 Early Planning:
IMG meeting
MMGA conference in Brookhaven
Your SE Region Board Members are: Mary Beth Tigert, Carolyn Dickson, Janie Kilgore, Patty Gossett
Southwest Region
Who will host
next SW district meeting....................................
Spring 2010 -- Adams :-)
(Natchez on
March 6,
more to come)
SAVE THE DATE
Fall 2010 -- Pike *
Spring 2011 -- Hind/Copiah
Fall 2011 -- Lincoln
Spring 2012 -- Rankin
:-) Mississippi will host Southern
Regional Master Gardener Conference in Natchez in
2 May 2012!
(involves 22 States of MG groups)
Fall 2012 -- Warren
Spring 2013
-- Madison
:-)
2013
Southwest District will host the conference again in Lincoln County
(Brookhaven)!
Spring 2014 ??? New groups -- Scott, Lawrence
Fall 2014 -- Adams
2017 Southwest District will host the conference again
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The SW district
Master Gardeners' Meeting will be March 6, 2010, at Kuehnle Hall next to
Trinity Episcopal Church at 305 South Commerce Street, Natchez, Mississippi.
There will be a demonstration by Shirley Estes on Camellia pruning at
9:00A.M. She will be giving information on identifying, pruning, and
restoring very old Camellias. The business meeting will start AT 10:00 and
we will have lunch at noon. From 1 to 3:00 P.M. several gardens will be
open for Master Gardeners to look at. We need to have a attendance count
by February 25th.
Warren County MG Calendar
January 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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1/5 |
1:00 PM |
Executive Committee Meeting |
Extension Office |
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1/9 |
10:00 AM-11:00AM |
Take a Walk on the Wild Side with Buddy Lee |
Crosby Arboretum Picayune, MS |
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1/11 - 1/13 |
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Landscape Design Course III National Garden Clubs |
Lake Tiak-O-Khata Louisville MS |
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1/19 |
12:00 Noon |
MG Monthly Meeting |
Extension Office |
Program: Business Meeting |
February 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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2/16 |
12:00 Noon |
Monthly Meeting |
Floral Hall at Crawford Street United Methodist Church |
Program: |
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2/17 |
8:30 PM 3:30 PM |
Into to Excel Classes |
Extension Office |
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2/23 |
1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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2/25 |
1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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March 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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3/1 |
5:30 PM |
March Mondays |
Extension Office |
Program: 'Grow Your Own Groceries' presented by Sonny Hale, MG |
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3/2 |
12:00 Noon |
First Tuesday Spring Gardening Series |
Extension Office |
Program: Gardening Trends |
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1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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3/4 |
1:00 - 5 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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3/6 |
9:00 AM |
Southwest District Meeting |
Natchez, MS |
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3/8 |
5:30 PM |
March Mondays |
Extension Office |
Program: 'Shiitake Mushrooms' presented Jim Pennington, MG |
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3/9 |
1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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3/10 |
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM |
Excel Data Management 1 Classes |
Extension Office |
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3/11 |
1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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3/12- 3/14 |
MNLA Plant & Patio Show Lake Terrace Convention Center |
Hattiesburg, MS |
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3/15 |
5:30 PM |
March Mondays |
Extension Office |
Program: 'Tough Plants of Vicksburg' presented by Jeff Richardson, Landscape Architect, City of Vicksburg |
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1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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3/18 |
1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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3/18 - 3//20 |
Alabama MG Assoc. State Conference |
Montgomery, Alabama |
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3/19 3/21 |
MNLA Plant & Patio Show Jackson Trade Mart |
Jackson, MS |
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3/22 |
5:30 PM |
March Mondays |
Extension Office |
Program: 'Not Tonight, Deer!' presented by Jim Brannon, MG & Ann Sherard, MG |
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3/23 |
1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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3/25 |
1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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3/29 |
5:30 PM |
March Mondays |
Extension Office |
Program: 'Weed Alert! - "Escaped Ornamentals"' presented by Virginia DuBowy, MG |
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3/30 |
1:00 PM 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
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April 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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4/1 |
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
MG Training Classes |
Extension Office |
Final Class |
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4/6 |
12:00 Noon |
First Tuesday Spring Gardening Series |
Extension Office |
Program: Kitchen Gardening |
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4/14 |
8:30 AM - 3:30 |
Intro to Powerpoint & Advanced Powerpoint Classes |
Extension Office |
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4/20 |
12:00 Noon |
Monthly Meeting |
Extension Office |
Program: |
May 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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5/4 |
12:00 Noon |
First Tuesday Spring Gardening Series |
Extension Office |
Program: Tabletop Gardening |
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5/12 |
8:30 AM 3:30 PM |
Powerpoint Photos and Photo Albums Classes |
Extension Office |
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5/18 |
12:00 Noon |
Monthly Meeting |
Extension Office |
Program |
June 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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6/9 |
8:30 AM 3:30 PM |
Intro to Word and Word Graphics Classes |
Extension Office |
|
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6/11 6/12 |
Master Gardener State Conference |
Southhaven, MS |
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6/15 |
12:00 Noon |
Monthly Meeting |
Extension Office |
Program |
July 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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7/14 |
8:30 AM 3:30 PM |
Word Tables and Other Word Stuff Classes |
Extension Office |
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7/20 |
12:00 Noon |
Monthly Meeting |
Extension Office |
Program |
August 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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8/11 |
8:30 AM 3:30 PM |
Merge in Word Classes |
Extension Office |
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8/17 |
12:00 Noon |
Monthly Meeting |
Extension Office |
Program |
September 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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9/7 |
12:00 Noon |
First Tuesday Fall Gardening Series |
Extension Office |
Program: Succulent Gardening |
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9/9 |
8:30 AM 3:30 PM |
Adobe Photoshop Elements Classes |
Extension Office |
|
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9/21 |
12:00 Noon |
Monthly Meeting |
Extension Office |
Program |
October 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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10/5 |
12:00 Noon |
First Tuesday Fall Gardening Series |
Extension Office |
Program: Vermicomposting |
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10/20 |
8:30 AM -3:30 PM |
File and Folder Management, Burning CDs Classes |
Extension Office |
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Landscape Symposiom |
MSU |
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Crystal Spring Fall Festive |
Crystal Springs, MS |
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November 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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11/2 |
12:00 Noon |
First Tuesday Fall Gardening Series |
Extension Office |
Program:Theme Wreaths |
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11/10 |
8:30 AM 3:30 PM |
MicroSoft Publisher Classes |
Extension Office |
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11/16 |
12:00 Noon |
Monthly Meeting |
Extension Office |
Program |
December 2010
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Place |
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Christmas Party |
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Your SW Region Board Members are: Margret Lamb, William McGehee, Kelly Parks, Alton Sims
Northeast MS Region
Your NE Region Board Members are: Charles Wood, Jackie Beckham, Pat Wheeler, Sandy Witt