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Garden Project
Gardener of the Year
Georgia Haddon
1/12/2010 2:45:18 PM
The Shasta Lake Garden Project wishes to nominate Gennie Seely for recognition as 2009 CGCI Gardener of the Year.
Gennie is a person dedicated to the development of beautiful public gardens in her community. She is especially knowledgeable about native plants and their beneficial uses by Native Americans for food, medicine, weaving and other survival applications. She enjoys giving tours of our local native plants garden to interested groups, telling real-life stories of her first-hand experience camping in the wilderness with her father on hunting trips years ago. She has used that experience to teach survival techniques to our young people.
Today she is the primary caretaker of the native plants section of the Shasta Lake Memorial Garden, now in its third year. The garden is thriving under Gennie’s talented green thumb, with trees now looking like trees and ground cover actually covering the soil as it was intended to. Over the course of the year, Gennie has spent countless hours in the Memorial Garden, weeding out volunteers that threaten to overrun another plant, keeping weed grasses under control in the streambed area, pruning and shaping where necessary, mulching, and making sure the irrigation system is functioning properly.
She also turns out for every club garden maintenance workday which may take place at a number of other sites which Shasta Lake Garden Project maintains. She arrives early for a workday, and stays late. Her stamina is admirable. This woman is a real workhorse!
Gennie attends club meetings regularly, and contributes ideas to nearly every discussion Not only is she an active participant in our club, but she also provides a connection for us to other community groups, such as the Churn Creek Watershed Improvement Committee and the Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee, both groups which make decisions that impact our local areas. She keeps us informed as to what subjects these groups are dealing with that could affect our community.
It is members like Gennie that contribute time so generously to the goals of the club that make our organization the success that it is. The Community Memorial Garden is a garden showpiece that the community takes pride in. It is also a place where young people can learn about the past and where native plants have a place of honor, thanks to Gennie’s efforts.
The Shasta Lake Garden Project would like to see Gennie Seely’s outstanding accomplishments recognized statewide for 2009 Gardener of the Year.
SHASTA LAKE GARDEN PROJECT
P. O. Box 505
Shasta Lake CA 96019
Woman of the Year Nomination
Georgia Haddon
1/12/2010 2:42:17 PM
2009 WOMAN OF THE YEAR
The Shasta Lake Garden Project wishes to nominate Betty Head for recognition as 2009 Woman of the Year.
Our organization has had two major projects for 2009. One is our annual Garden Tour and English Tea – a fundraiser that enables us to continue to develop our projects. The other is our Memorial Garden, a major garden located on our main street in the center of the business district. Betty has played a major role in each of these endeavors.
For the Garden Tour and Tea, she and two other members preview the gardens to be included in the tour. The Tea requires five months of planning meetings. Early in the year, Betty starts bundling flatware into napkin rolls, finished with a decorative tie. She bakes 400 scones each year, then makes homemade strawberry jam to serve with them. Our servers, students from a local high school, wear pinafores and lace caps which Betty makes during the winter months when it is too wet to garden. She invariably volunteers to bake additional treats to be served at the Tea.
The china, linens, flatware, and other table accessories are stored in a building in Betty’s back yard, so she is instrumental in getting everything loaded onto members’ trucks and unloaded at the Tea site, not a small undertaking when you prepare to serve from 350-400 guests.
The Community Memorial Garden has been underway for four years. Betty volunteers to take care of the roses (about twenty) on a regular basis, feeding, deadheading, shaping, and generally giving them whatever is needed to present a well-tended appearance. She drops in regularly to weed, is always there when mulch needs to be spread, or major pruning needs to be done. There are three other gardens to be maintained also, and Betty can be counted on to show up early and leave late when a workday is scheduled!
When a volunteer is needed to help with a community affairs event, Betty is quick to contribute her time. Examples of these special events are the community’s Harvest Bazaar table in November, bell-ringing for the Salvation Army in December, and the Membership Drive tea in October.
Betty is an exceptional person, dedicated to the goals of her club in creating beautiful public gardens throughout the City of Shasta Lake. The Shasta Lake Garden Project would like to see Betty Head’s outstanding accomplishments recognized statewide for the year 2009 as Woman of the Year.
SHASTA LAKE GARDEN PROJECT
P. O. Box 505
Shasta Lake CA 96019
Final Count!!
Jane Layne
12/14/2009 9:24:07 PM
Thanks again! Total $419.53. I think that beats last year?
Jane
Thank You!
Jane Layne
12/13/2009 6:12:01 PM
Salvation Army Bell Ringing:
I just want to say thanks to everyone who participated in this event. I
started the day with Gennie, which was slow and I ended the day with Marty. I
will say the kettle was full. When we lifted it off the stand it was heavy.
Marty pushed the money down with his knife twice. I will call in a few days and
they will give me a total. Regardless how much was there, we did a great job.
Thanks again.
Jane
Judge Eaton Garden Pictures Wanted
Kathy Baars
12/8/2009 12:00:00 AM
Happy Holidays to all of you.
I am sending this mass e-mail in hopes that some of you may have pictures
from Judge Eaton's house and gardens. This may be weddings or just pictures. As
you can see Karen has given a link for giving this information or pictures. Our
garden club is partnering with the Judge Eaton folks to restore his gardens to
their former look. Karen Mcgrath is a landscape professional that has offered to
help with the technical and other aspects of this project. Please help if you
can. If questions please call her or me Kathy at 474-1162
--- On Tue,
12/8/09, Karen McGrath <kmcgrath@charter.net>
wrote:
From:
Karen McGrath <kmcgrath@charter.net>
Subject: Wanted: Judge Eaton
Garden Photos | A News Cafe dot com
To: "'Karen McGrath'"
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Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 7:34 AM
CGCI Newsletter December 2009
12/3/2009 10:01:51 AM
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Winter Board
Meeting
San Diego,
January 8-10,
2010
Members
of Palomar District invite CGCI garden club members to the CGCI Winter Board of Directors Meeting, January
8-10, 2010 in San Diego, CA. The CGCI Board of Directors holds a meeting each
winter to conduct the business of CGCI. But the meetings are not just filled
with business. The schedule is designed to allow plenty of time for attendees to
meet new people, network, exchange ideas and “grow.”
The location of the
winter meeting this year is on beautiful Mission Bay, right next door to Sea World. Join other CGCI members for this
enjoyable weekend on beautiful Mission Bay, seeing new places, learning new
things, making new connections with people from around the state and having a
whole lot of fun too. The registration form and additional information,
including hotel and driving information, can be found on the CGCI
website.
Free Admission to San Diego Botanic
Garden
For Garden Club
Members
All club members can present their CGCI
membership cards for free admission to the San Diego Botanic Garden (formerly known as Quail
Botanic Gardens) on January 6-10, 2010. The Garden is located
at 230 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas, CA (telephone 760-436-0917/email info@SDBGarden.org). In
addition, The Garden will be honored by the CGCI Landscape Design Council with a Landscape
Design Commendation at the CGCI Winter Board Meeting on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 8:00 pm. Any questions, contact the CGCI Landscape Design Council Chairman, Mary
Lou Goodwin. There will also be a joint meeting of all Environmental,
Gardening and Landscape Design Consultant Council members on Thursday,
January 7, 2010 at 7:00 pm.
Awards
January 10 is fast
approaching
For those award entries which are
due January 10, remember to postmark your award applications and books of
evidence by January 10 or sooner. See the CGCI
website for more information
about awards or contact the CGCI Awards Chairman, Nancy Lee Loesch. Remember, "You can't win, if you're
not in!"
Membership
News
New pamphlet for your
district/club to use
CGCI Third Vice President/Membership Chairman Rita Desilets has created a
new membership pamphlet entitled "Edible Landscaping." Your district and
club can make copies of this in black and white, put contact information on the
back, and distribute at events (like flower shows, plant sales, membership
events, meetings, etc.). It is now available on the CGCI website along with the other five pamphlets which are
currently available. More pamphlets are now being developed by your CGCI
chairmen.
New Rack Card & Tri-Fold Brochure
CGCI
proudly introduces a newly designed rack card and membership tri-fold brochure
for your district/club to use as membership tools for distribution to the
public in your local libraries, florists, nurseries and
garden centers to attract and interest new members. These
new tools, as well as the popular bookmarks and posters, are complimentary as a
benefit of membership in CGCI. Download the new order form.
Obtain these promotional materials from your district director (to be obtained
at the next CGCI meeting in San Diego in January) or order them directly from
CGCI Membership Chairman, Rita
Desilets, if they are to be shipped to you.
The
original four gardening pamphlets (Free Plants, Garden Safely,
Choose the Right Tree and Beautiful but Deadly), along with
the new Conservation Gardening and Edible Landscaping
pamphlets, can now be downloaded from the CGCI website. Each
has a place for your local club’s contact information.
Attn: Club
Treasurers
CONGRATULATIONS if you have increased your club’s membership!
Please use the additional new members form on the CGCI
website to report your increase.
The first quarterly payment covers the period of June 1 to November 30, 2009.
Once your club's check for $2.25 per new member is received, Membership
Chairman, Rita Desilets, will mail
the appropriate number of membership cards directly to your club’s treasurer.
"One by One” we will grow. Keep looking for those new members!
And, by the way, your new members will need
their CGCI membership cards for various discounts available including the
new Arboreta and Botanic
Gardens Benefit of CGCI membership.
Mary, Mary, How Does Your Garden
Grow?
Mary Crowell, the
Mary,
Mary Editor, wants to remind
you to check her page on the CGCI website. Mary Crowell writes a new article
every month and will tell you what to do in your garden from an amateur San
Francisco Bay Area gardener's perspective.
IRS Filing Requirements
For
non-profits
The Legislation/Government
Chairman, Chuck Goodwin, wants you to know that the number one issue for clubs and districts during
the past year has been the new IRS filing requirements for non-profits with
receipts normally under $25,000 annually. The first year
for this new filing was for the 2008 tax year (fiscal or calendar). CGCI
was able to assist many clubs and districts sort through this new report, which
is IRS Form 990N (the “e-postcard”). See the CGCI website for more information. And see
the CGCI website for information about the CGCI Group Exemption Program for nonprofit status
for your club.
Winter Protection for Roses
In the colder climates of
California, rose growers must deal with the issue of getting their roses through
the winter. The way
we protect roses in cold climates differs from the way people in the warm winter
areas handle this seasonal task. To see the complete article, go to the CGCI
website.
Club
Services
Business Commendations & Discounts
CGCI Member Award of Distinction
With
the CGCI Member Award of Distinction, there is a new
opportunity for garden clubs and districts to honor members. Upon application
and submission of the application fee of $50.00 (checks made payable to "CGCI"),
the club or district will receive a certificate and pin, suitable for
presentation to the honoree. Proceeds will benefit the CGCI Educational
Publications Fund. Click here for the application form. For more information, contact
the CGCI Member Award of Distinction Chairman, Mary-Jo Noth.
eNewsletter
Club Presidents:
Are you sharing your copies of the eNewsletter with your club members? If not,
maybe you should, and encourage them to sign up for it. It's free. Just tell
them to go to the CGCI website to sign up. It's easy!
Flower Show
Information
Here is a great opportunity for clubs to make
money by selling discounted tickets ($16 as opposed to $20) to the show. For
each ticket sold, clubs will make a $2.00 profit. Download the
revised (as of November 17, 2009) instructions
and order form from the
CGCI website. CGCI will have a floral
design exhibit at the show. For more information about the floral design
exhibit, volunteering to help or exhibiting a desig n, contact Gwen Nansen at
408-266-2694.
CGCI 7th Standard
Flower Show, April 8-11, 2010
Flower Shows
& Special Events -- Access a list of what's happening
statewide.
Keep checking the CGCI website for
all flower
shows and the website
calendar for special events
which are posted. Any CGCI district, club, associate plant society or affiliate
in good standing can post their upcoming flower shows or special events on the
flower show
page of the website
and/or website
calendar.
This service lists special events which are open to the
public. [Please note that regular monthly meetings and/or events may be posted
on the CGCI district calendar for the district in which they occur.> Send
information to the website chairman, Lynne
Hansen.
Kids Growing Strong
Donors to
the CGCI President's Project as of December 1, 2009
Carol & Robert Amenta
California Garden
Clubs, Inc.
CGCI in memory of Betty Hedtke
CGCI in memory of Betty
Taylor
Chico
Horticultural Society
Pat & Al
Clayes
Desert Crossroads Garden Club
Hanford Garden Club
Judges
Council of So. CA in memory of Sylvia Alderman
Judges Council
of So. CA in memory of Lucille Noble
Shane Looper (twice!)
Victoria
Lucido
Lorraine C.
Ornelas
Robin & Greg Pokorski
Ripon Garden Club
Sequoia
Foothills District
Beverly Switzer
Beverly Switzer in memory of Lucille Noble
Beverly Switzer
in memory of Jeanne Simpson
The Gardeneers
Tuolumne County Garden Club
Pat York
Martha Ann Walter (twice!)
Dave and Julie West
Marie Zimmerman
Total to date =
$6790.00
See the CGCI
website for more information
about Kids
Growing Strong. Donations can get sent
in any amount to Pat Zarnowski, KGS Financial Secretary, 7311 Katherine
Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91405. Make
checks payable to "Kids Growing Strong." Kids Growing Strong is a 501(c)(3) educational
organization.
News from NGC
2010 Vision of Beauty
Calendar
Five designs submitted by
California floral arrangers are included in the new 2010 NGC Vision of
Beauty Calendar from NGC. The designers are: Nancy Colvin
(2) of Furyu Floral Designers & Bay Area Floral Arrangers Guild;
Cheryl Feuerborn of Santa Rosa Flower Arrangers Guild & Bay Area
Floral Arrangers Guild; Carmine Hoye of Bay Area Floral
Arrangers Guild; and Joanne Ludwig of Santa
Rosa Flower Arrangers Guild. Calendars can be obtained from NGC Member
Services. See information on National Garden Clubs, Inc.'s website or call 800-550-6007 to order.
Operation Wildflower Educational
Grants
Is your district or club presenting an
educational wildflower/native plant symposium, conference or workshop? If so,
then why not apply for an Operation Wildflower Grant to help with expenses?
For more information, see the NGC website under Wildflower Grants information
and application form. CGCI Grants/NGC Special Projects Chairman, Marilyn
Oberti, suggests that you can also contact the NGC Wildflower Awards and
Grants Chairman, Sue
Redden, for more information.
NGC &
Facebook
Facebook members can now go
to NGC's
Facebook page and become a fan of
NGC. This site is excellent for the placement of pictures of
events, flower shows, gardens and related articles. And
NGC's Blue Star Memorial Project is now on NGC's Blue Star Memorial Facebook
page. Facebook members can go to NGC's Blue Star
Memorial Facebook page and become a fan and place photos, etc. See what CGCI
Blue Star Memorial Chairman-Southern California, George Unrine, posted a few weeks
ago.
Back to
School
Upcoming educational
opportunities
- February 18-20, 2010
Flower Show School, Course 4, Encinitas. Sponsor: Palomar District.
Chairman: Laura Crenshaw
- April 20-21, 2010 Gardening Study School, Series 21, Course II, Loomis.
Sponsor: Golden Foothills District. Chairman: Patsy
Jeffery
- October 12-14, 2010 Flower Show
School, Course 1. Sponsor: Sacramento River Valley District. Chairman: Mary
Arakelian
Websites
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Winter Board Meeting
Programs and Workshops
The
following programs and workshops will be taking place:
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Garden
Portraits
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Invasive Plants and
their Contribution to Drought & Increased Fire Hazard
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Powerful Publicity
Secrets
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President's Leadership
Forum (2 special forums)
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Succulent Dishes
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The Health of our Oceans
and Bays
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Waterwise Landscape
Design
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Waterwise
Plants
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Shelter in
Place
With informative
speakers and workshop presenters:
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Pat Clayes, CGCI 2nd
VP-Communications
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J. Lance Criley, US
Forest Ranger
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Meredith
French
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Donna Frye, San Diego
City Council Woman
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Cliff Hunter, Fire Marshall
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Maryanne Lucas, CGCI
President
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Nan Sternam,
Author
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Karen Sumek, Landscape
Architect
For more information
about these educational programs and workshops, check the CGCI website.
Winter Board Meeting
Bus Tour
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Information
for
CGCI Chairmen
"Call" to Winter Board
Meeting
Reporting at Winter Board
Chairmen are encouraged, but not required, to give
oral reports, limited to three minutes. Please inform the CGCI
President at least two weeks before the Winter Board Meeting that an oral
report will be given so sufficient time can be allotted at the meeting. Oral
reports may also be given by the chairman of the team in place of individual
chairmen's reports.
However, all Chairmen are asked
to prepare and submit three written reports: one each for the President and Golden
Gardens Editor, and a condensed (100 word maximum) report sent via
email, if possible, to the Recording Secretary Greg
Pokorski for distribution with the minutes.
Please review the article, "Write and Recite," which is on the CGCI
website. This article may help you with your report.
Personnel Forms
The Nominating Committee wants to remind you that
CGCI Personnel Forms are on the website. Here is
your opportunity to serve the largest volunteer state garden club in the
world! Fill out one if you wish to serve CGCI in any way in the future.
Chairmen should update their forms on an annual basis, if
possible. FYI: Any CGCI garden club member may submit a
personnel form if he/she wishes to serve CGCI in any way.
Golden Gardens
The Editor of
Golden Gardens would like you to consider sending articles for upcoming
issues. The deadline for submitting articles for the next issue is
December 15 for the February/March issue. If you have any
questions, contact Lynne
Hansen.
Other deadlines are:
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February 15 for the April/May
issue
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June 15 for the August/September
issue
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August 15 for the October/November
issue
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October 15 for the
December/January issue
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Blue Star Memorial Dedication
RoseMary Walter
11/4/2009 1:18:45 PM
Members! Please remember the Veteran's Celebration on Saturday, November 7! We would like a big representation at our BLUE STAR MEMORIAL - DEDICATION CEREMONY at 9:15 AM in front of the Lions Veterans Memorial. Following is the program. It will be very short.
NOVEMBER 7, 2009 9:15 AM
Welcome
Georgia Haddon, President, Shasta Lake Garden Project *
Invocation Bob Pesaro, California State Chaplin / M.I.A.P.
Presentation of Colors *
Shasta Lake American Legion Post 720
Pledge of Allegiance*
Eli Cahill, Boy Scouts of America
National Anthem **
Danny Frank, Shasta Lake Lions Club Member
Military Tribute
Clarence Barger, Veteran / American Legion Post 720****
Blue Star Memorial History
Julie West, California State Garden Clubs Inc.
Dedication of Marker
Georgia Haddon , President, Shasta Lake Garden Project *
Unveilingof Marker
Betty Head , Jane Layne, Shasta Lake Garden Project
Accepting / Blue Star Memorial
Roger YellowKnife, Veteran / SL Lions Club Member,
Retire Colors **
Shasta Lake American Legion Post 720
God Bless America***All
Feature: Shasta Lake Garden Project
Jennifer Jewell
10/30/2009 10:44:10 AM
This
weekend, October 31st and November 1st, 2009 In a
North State Garden features
the Shasta Lake Garden Project and Pride of Place: A Blue Star
Memorial.
Listen to
the segment on Northstate Public Radio (KCHO 91.7 FM in Chico and KFPR 88.9 FM
in Redding), Saturday at 7:34 am and again Sunday at 8:34 am. For additional fm
translators: www.kcho.org/_main/translators.asp.
Don't
receive the radio stations?
Listen at the time of broadcast via live stream from your computer by following
the link at www.jewellgarden.com. (Recorded
interviews are archived as podcasts to jewellgarden.com a few weeks after the
original air date.)
Until
next week - Happy Halloween and early November in your North State
garden!
Jennifer
Jewell, In A North State Garden
In A
Northstate Garden celebrates
the art, craft and science of gardening in California's North State
region. The
program is co-produced by Northstate Public Radio (www.kcho.org); and made possible in part by
support from the Gateway Science Museum on the campus of CSU, Chico. Weekly
essays can also be read at: Food for Thought: A News Cafe (www.anewscafe.com). All content and photos
copyright jennifer jewell.
Please
feel free to forward this mail to any interested parties. You have received this
email update because you indicated an interest. If you would like to be removed
from this list, please email gateway@csuchico.edu with:
Remove from List,
as subject line. Thank you!
Blue Star Memorial Program
9/22/2009 12:00:00 AM
 Blue Star Memorial Program
The
Blue Star Memorial Program honors service men and
women. This program began with the planting of 8,000 Dogwood trees by
the New Jersey Council of Garden Clubs in 1944 as a living memorial to
veterans of World War II. In 1945, the National Council of State Garden
Clubs adopted the program and began a Blue Star Highway system, which
covers thousands of miles across the Continental United States, Alaska
and Hawaii. A large metal Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker was placed
at appropriate locations along the way. The program was expanded
to include all men and women who had served, were serving or would
serve in the armed services of the United States. Memorial Markers and
By-Way markers were added to the Highway Markers, to be used at
locations such as National cemeteries, parks, veteran's facilities and
gardens.
The Blue Star became an icon in World War II and was seen
on flags and banners in homes for sons and daughters away at war, as
well as in churches and businesses. This program has been active
all through the years to the present, a fitting tribute always and
especially now. Many states and regions have been very dedicated, but
there is room for growth in some areas. The Shasta Lake Garden Project, Jayne Lane chairman, has obtained and will donate and dedicate a Blue Star Memorial Marker on Nov.7 in the Shasta Lake Veteran's Memorial Garden at the intersection of Hardenbrook and Shasta Dam Blvd. There will be a short ceremony and unveiling of the Marker at 9:00 AM prior to the Veteran's Day Parade. 
Dee's Garden
RM
6/11/2009 12:23:18 PM
Scenes from Dee's Gardens, 20694 Hwy. 299E :       
Jones & Brown Garden
RM
6/11/2009 11:55:01 AM
From the garden of Mary Jones & Tom Brown:        
Crall Garden
RM
6/11/2009 12:39:23 AM
All pictures of the Gardens have been taken by Paula Pierce.       
Garden Project News
Dwayne (webmaster)
4/26/2006 12:00:00 AM
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