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2006
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Myra Bonhage-Hale, Steward of
La Paix Herb Farm
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 Photo by Helen Caldwell Lavender Fair 2006 |
Myra Bonhage-Hale, Steward of La Paix Herb Farm,
will present an interactive workshop at the Yes Fest in Clarksburg, W.V.
on Saturday, March 24th, 2007. The initial planning meeting for the Fourth Sustainable Fair in West Virginia was held at La Paix on Dec. 2nd, 2006. It was decided to hold a Sustainable Fair on Earth Day Week in April of 2008 at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. Next meeting-Saturday, April 7th, 2007 at Stonewall Resort, Chef Dale Hawkins chair. For photo of members present at December meeting, click the WV Sustainable Living page. If you are interested in participating, click here. |
| My Son and Daughter: William Nicoll Hale, III Bill graduated from Glenville State College, West Virginia in Behavioral Science; worked as Resource Coordinator at Valley Mental Health Center, Morgantown, West Virginia and is now a Crisis Counselor at Valley Mental Health. Bill comes to La Paix frequently on week ends and works in the gardens and shop. He is learning all about La Paix. Bill hopes to begin his Master's degree in Counseling in the near future. Kathleen Shannon O'Brien Hale Kathleen graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, earned her Social Work certification in West Virginia and is currently an administrator in the Fayetteville, Arkansas Headstart program. Currently enrolled in the Master of Adult Education program at the University of Arkansas. Kathleen has an A plus average and was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Scholastic fraternity when I was with her in April 2004. |
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Tormaline, Sweet Annie and Snuffles, all abandoned on Crooked Run Road, and now home. |
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And my Apprentices - what
wonderful young women and men. On the left is Kate Walsh, apprentice
2001 posing with Helen Caldwell, apprentice 2002. On the right are from the left: Denise Poole, my friend and co-director of the Sustainable Development group, my son, Bill Hale and Judith Vojik, apprentice 2000, with Helen Caldwell, apprentice 2002. Other West Virginia Wesleyan College students have apprenticed: Carrie Liller and David Nichols. Cass Nelson-Dooley came through ATTRA via the University of Georgia. In the program of 2003, I am expecting Yuri Kuramoto of Japan, who has a Masters in Japanese literature. She will conducting a Japanese Tea Ceremony at the WV Herb Association Fall Conference. The second apprentice was to be a gentleman from West Africa but his visa has been denied. I am disappointed. |
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La Paix Herb Farm
3052 Crooked Run Rd.
Alum Bridge, West Virginia 26321 U.S.A.
(304) 269-7681
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