THE BUCK HILL BREEZE
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JUNE 2019
• Wahoo, the Buck Hill Falls summer is about to start! Time to reconnect with friends, put the garden furniture out, gear up for tennis, golf, and lawn bowling, tweak your brain with culture, and simply relish the thoughts of the glorious days ahead. • Hey, look, it’s our very own cottager, Mary Kate Reeves-Hoche adorning a banner right near the Pour House in Mountainhome! The HomeTown Hero program, run by Rotary is open to anyone who is currently in the military or who had served in the military. Mary Kate served in the United States Air Force Nurse Corps for 19 years from 1978-1997, including deployment in Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Desert Sweep. In Saudi Arabia, where the Air Force had their most forward operating Mary Kate Reeves-Hoche is location, she was the night shift a HomeTown Hero for her triage officer making decisions on service in the Air Force. all incoming wounded. Mary Kate, thank you for your service. And please also note, BHF friend and ranger John Styk’s banner hanging in front of the diner. • The Buck Hill Garden Club was such a success last summer they have expanded it with nine additional beds and are fully subscribed for the 2019 season. There are now a How our garden grows. Nine new beds total of 23 beds. were added this year. Come visit the garden, which has proven to be a new hive of community activity. • Last year Betsy and Bruce Finley, Cottage 33, bid on “Dinner for 14” auctioned at the Buck Hill Art Association Fundraiser dinner/dance. This year, on May 4, they collected on that investment as 14 guests sat down to dinner at their new home in Charleston, SC. Buck Hiller and chef John Fretz prepared the sevThe Charleston dream dinner was hosted en-course repast by the Finleys.
Shootin’ The Breeze
with assistance from sous chef, Adrienne Fretz. Fellow cottager Susan Rusbasan served as sommelier with the perfect wine parings. The table was artfully set in the garden with jasmine in full bloom and the scent of their flowers wafting in the night air. The lucky 14? Buck Hillers Betsy and Bruce, their daughter Daisy and her boyfriend Jamie, Chuck and Susan Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Rusbasan, Adrienne and Picnic anyone? John Fretz, JR Robbins (who flew in for the event), and five Charleston friends. Sounds right out of central casting. • Art connoisseurs admire the Buck Hill Art Association Permanent Collection paintings, which recently returned from the Acorn Club of Philadelphia exhibit. With the paintings’ return, the Grille has been adorned with some old favorites like this snow scene by Edward Redfield the noted Pennsylvania Impressionist and frequent Buck Hill visitor.
Check out the new installation of paintings from the BH Art Collection at the Fairway Grille.
• Here’s a special fuzzy Buck Hill love story for you. Robert Woodward and Nadya Shmavonian, Cottage 25, have a male golden retriever called Gus. Chris and Kelly Powers, Cottage 56, have a female golden retriever named Luna. Just before Gus was to be neutered, the dogs were mated. The day after Gus was altered, the owners found out Luna was to be a mom to three female pups. Two of the darlings will stay in Buck Hill: Lilly with her pop Gus, and Gussie with her mom Luna. Nadya says they are looking forward to the furry chaos when the two sides of the family are reunited this summer when Chris, Kelly, their children, and dogs are back in BHF.
Buck Hill parents and pups (from left): Gus and Lilly; and Gussie and Luna.