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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Volunteer Opportunities:</span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://vols.pt/VCmugw"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Roving Reporters</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: Putting the Idea Garden to Bed – October 31 at 8:30 a.m.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://vols.pt/T4ptdi"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Horticulture Hotline</span></a> – volunteers needed!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Counting Education: -</span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=13019"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Tour the Current Sky</span></a> – October 19 at 6:30 p.m.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CE: Four Seasons Gardening – Fall Series</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=12782"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Environmental Damage Affecting Trees and Outdoor Landscapes & Master Gardener Panel Discussion</span></a> – October 20 at 6:15 p.m.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Miscellaneous</span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://hyg.ipm.illinois.edu/"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Home, Yard and Garden Pest Newsletter</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/data/plantdb"><span style="color: #4276aa;">New Online Resource for Illinois Plants</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/downloads/61293.pdf"><span style="color: #4276aa;">2015</span></a> <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/downloads/61293.pdf"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Trial Plant Evaluations/Review</span></a> – by Ann Tice</span></li>
<li><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/champaignmg/1172.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #4276aa;">Reporting Volunteer/Continuing Education Hour</span>s</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>V: Roving Reporter(s)</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The Champaign County Master Gardeners need <strong>Roving Reporters</strong> to document specific programs/activities and submit them to the Cultivator newsletter. Each event requests one volunteer to attend the event and provide a brief synopsis of the event. The article has potential to be used for other media outlets as well.</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://vols.pt/VCmugw"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click on the VolunteerSpot calendar</span></a> to see which programs need Roving Reporters!</p>
<p>Didn’t read the latest edition? <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/champaignmg/3962.html"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Visit our website</span></a> to read the September/October 2015 version!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>V: Putting the Idea Garden to Bed</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Save the date for <strong>Saturday, October 31</strong> (yes, that IS Halloween!) for the annual “Put the Garden to Bed” workday. The fun will begin at 8:30 a.m. Please plan on helping the Idea Garden prepare for winter. Light, morning refreshments will be available to all hard workers. Come celebrate the end of the gardening season with some light-hearted and community garden work!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>V: Horticulture Hotline</em></strong></span></p>
<p><strong>October is the LAST month of the Hotline!</strong> While the season is winding down, we’re still receiving questions daily! Here are some common concerns and questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Emerald Ash Borer</li>
<li>How/when to prune trees and shrubs</li>
<li>Lawn maintenance</li>
<li>How to care for tender perennials and bulbs</li>
</ul>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://vols.pt/T4ptdi"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> to sign up on our Volunteer Spot calendar.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>CE: Tour the Current Sky – Astronomy with Dave Leake</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>TONIGHT - Monday, October 19 at 6 p.m.</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The East Central Illinois Master Naturalists (ECIMN) invite you to take a tour of the current sky by attending a public seminar on astronomy topics in the news.</p>
<p><strong>The program is free and being held at the Champaign County Extension office: 801 N. Country Fair Drive. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>CE: Four Seasons Gardening – Fall Series</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The Four Seasons Gardening webinars Fall Series begin in September. Here’s the schedule:</p>
<p>Tuesday, October 20 at 1:30 p.m.: Abiotic Plant Problems on Landscape Plants</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=11471"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> to register to <strong>view the webinars at the Champaign Extension office</strong>.</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/hmrs/4seasons/"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> if you wish to <strong>watch the webinars from the comfort of your own home</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>CE: Environmental Damage Affecting Trees and Outdoor Landscapes</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>& Master Gardener Panel Discussion</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Tuesday, October 20 at 6:15 p.m.</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=12782"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> for more information and to register.</p>
<p><strong>Beginning at 6:15 p.m.</strong>, refreshments will be available to attendees who are interested in learning more about the Champaign County Master Gardeners. At 6:30 p.m. a panel of Master Gardeners will give testimonies of their involvement in the program. The panel will talk about their hesitations in joining the program, what they experienced during training, and how they've been involved since. The panel will accept questions after the discussion.</p>
<p><strong>***This is a perfect time to invite your gardening friends who have questions about the Master Gardener Program! Visit the Champaign County Extension office for postcards to mail!***</strong></p>
<p><strong>Beginning at 7:00 p.m., </strong>Don White, Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Illinois, will begin his presentation on<em> Environmental Damage Affecting Trees and Outdoor Landscape</em>s. Dr. White is often asked by the public, “Why are our trees dying?” This has also been a common question posed by people who call the Champaign County Master Gardener Horticulture Hotline. All anyone needs to do is just drive around, and look at the number of trees that are failing. It seems that arborists are working full time taking down trees including many that are very old.</p>
<p>Dr. White will discuss this and other questions in a talk he is giving to the public and Master Gardeners on October 20th, 2015. The talk will be held at the Champaign County Extension Office, 801 North Country Fair Drive, Champaign, at 7:00 p.m. He will address several major causes of tree loss: some are environmental; others, disease-based; and in many situations, both work together to kill the trees.</p>
<p>The entire program is free and open to the public. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>CE: WeDigBio Transcription</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Saturday, October 41 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The Illinois Natural History Survey Herbarium is hosting WeDigBio Transcription at the Chemical and Life Sciences Lab (601 S. GOODWIN AVE. ROOM B102). This program is free and there will be pizza, games and prizes!</p>
<p>Members of the public are invited to one of the many transcription parties that will be held during the Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections (WeDigBio) Event. The WeDigBio Event will transform the handwritten or typewritten data sequestered on the labels of plant, fungi, insect, fish, and fossil specimens into an open, globally accessible, digital resource. Our local event offers a social setting where people can contribute and learn about our herbarium. Members of the public can contribute at any time from anywhere during the event using Mycoportal.</p>
<p>For more information:</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/collections/plants/wedigbio"><span style="color: #4276aa;">http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/collections/plants/wedigbio</span></a></p>
<p>Questions? Contact <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:minnaert@illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">minnaert@illinois.edu</span></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Last Issue (No. 18) of the Home, Yard and Garden Pest Newsletter</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Issue no. 18 of the Home, Yard & Garden Newsletter is now available on the Web. Point your browser to: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://hyg.ipm.illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">http://hyg.ipm.illinois.edu</span></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Last Issue for 2015</li>
<li>Plant Clinic Fungi-tastic Season Wrap-Up</li>
<li>The Return of the Unwanted House Guest: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug</li>
<li>Magnolia Scale</li>
<li>Index 2015</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>New Online Resource for Illinois Plants</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Illinois Plants (<a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/data/plantdb"><span style="color: #4276aa;">www.inhs.illinois.edu/data/plantdb</span></a>) is here: A new online resource for botanists and plant enthusiasts in Illinois.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>2015 Trial Plant Evaluations/Review</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Master Gardener Ann Tice (and recent Teamwork Award winner!) has compiled and completed the 2015 Trial Plant reviews! Always a great read to gain insight on how the season progressed and look forward to spring 2016!</p>
<p>The fact sheet is published on our website under <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/champaignmg/4475.html"><em style="color: #4276aa;">Useful Resources</em></a>. <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/downloads/61293.pdf"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> to read it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Reporting Volunteer/Continuing Education Hours</em></strong></span></p>
<p>As the year is winding down, now is the time to start entering your volunteering and continuing education hours. For a complete review, please visit the updated “<a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/champaignmg/1172.html"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Volunteer Hour Reporting</span></a>” on our website underneath “<a style="color: #4276aa;" href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/champaignmg/"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Champaign County Master Gardeners</span></a>.”</p>
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<p><em>Program Coordinator, Horticulture</em></p>
<p>University of Illinois Extension, Unit 13</p>
<p>Champaign County</p>
<p>801 N. Country Fair Drive, Suite D</p>
<p>Champaign, IL 61821</p>
<p><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:carmien2@illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">carmien2@illinois.edu</span></a></p>
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