The Friendly Garden Club of Beverly has announced the winners of its annual Best of Beverly 2008 contest.
The club reports that it was delighted with the level of participation in the Garden City, which made the task for this year's judges all the more difficult. As so many citizens within Beverly were worthy of award and mention, the club created a few additional categories to highlight some of the outstanding gardens in the city. Photographs of the winning gardens are posted at the Beverly Public Library.
Winners in various categories are as follows:
Best large newly established flower garden: Ellen Marchand, 15 Spring St.
Best small flower garden: 1st — Jeff Liacos, 172 Bridge St.; 2nd — Kathryn Harwick, 15 Walnut St.; 3rd — Lisa Duzz, 9 Longfellow St.
Best vegetable garden: 1st — Norman "Dugie" Russell, 7 Yale Blvd.; 2nd — Norman Stewart, 6 Webber Ave.; Honorable Mention — Carol Gray, Barbara Murphy, Donna Mulligan and Sunni Dreyfus, 5 Knowlton St.
Best resident window box: 1st — Linda Atherton, 4 Tremont St.; 2nd — Dina Lisle, 11 Parsons Drive; 3rd — Marie Clarke, 34 Laurel St.; Honorable Mention — Janice Fisher, 23 Bancroft Ave.
Best business window box: 1st — Tastebuds, 151 Hale St.; 2nd — Goat Hill Grille, 90 Rantoul St.; 3rd — Cup Cake Café & Bakery, 297 Rantoul St.
Best traffic island: 1st — Beverly Rotary Club, Essex Street and Lakeshore Avenue; 2nd — Garden City Pediatrics, Herrick Street and Sohier Road; 3rd — Yale and Dartmouth Street Neighbors, Yale and Dartmouth streets
Most colorful flower garden: Karen Sullivan, 42 Cross Lane
Most pristine flower garden: Jude Pytlak, 31 Swan St.
Best English garden: Ardith Johnson, 30 Washington St.
Best small newly established flower garden: Brian Mahoney, 20 Gove St.
Best flower & vegetable garden from seed: Kevin Sopp, 3 Winthrop Ave.
Best themed flower garden: Janis Kowal, 2 Davis St.
Best fruit garden: Jay McKenna, 10 Longview Terrace
Best collector's showcase: Susan Carnevale, 208 Dodge St.
Best business large-area flower garden: Campbell Lee Moody Russell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot St. and 9 Dane St.
Special achievement award vegetable and flower gardens (3 acres): Maureen and August Faulstich, 28R Woodland Ave.
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The Peabody Historical Society will offer free tours of the Nathaniel Felton Sr. House at 43 Felton St. on Saturdays, July 5, Aug. 2, Sept. 6 and Oct. 4, at noon and 1 p.m.
Also from the society comes word that the Cassidy Art Museum, 33 Washington St. (in the historic Gen. Gideon Foster House) is the site of the Peabody Art Association's spring show. The gallery is open Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from noon to 3 p.m., through Aug. 3. Admission is free. For more information, call 978-531-0805.
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The Volunteers of St. John's Church Thrift Shop in Peabody report that the store will close today, July 4, for summer vacation and will reopen on July 24.
During the break, The Volunteers are looking forward to two special social events. One event will celebrate the birthday of volunteer Charles Broughton. The second event will be the annual thank-you party and celebration of five years of successful shop operation, to be held at the home of President Jane Harris.
All proceeds from the thrift shop go to St. John's Church. Along with ongoing help to needy families, assistance was also recently given to one of the victims of the Peabody fire.
The Volunteers thank Donald Harris for hanging new racks in the shop, giving it a neater, more organized appearance.
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Salem Rotary Club will have its annual golf tournament at the Wenham Country Club on Monday, July 14, with a shotgun start at 11 a.m., scramble format, box lunch and evening barbecue. Cost for golfers is $150 each; tee sponsors, $125 each. Golfers, tee sponsors, raffle prizes and volunteers to work the day of the tournament are all needed. For more information, contact Bob Conley at 978-744-1760 (bconley@RyanCoscia.com) or Rich Eisner at 978-744-5991 (docrse@verizon.net).
Proceeds benefit the local charities, college scholarships and international philanthropy of the Salem Rotary Club.
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Club News runs every Friday in The Salem News. If your club or organization has news to share, call Cynthia Garber at 978-531-5863, e-mail csgarber@comcast.net or fax 978-531-6756.
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