level projects that make us proud to recognize her as our benchmark Beautifica-tion Volunteer and Individu-al Service Award winner for 2018!

It is the hope of The Beauti-fication Council of South-eastern Michigan that these high-level recognitions will engage more residents in all of our communities in beau-tification volunteerism for the greater public good. BCSEM wants to thank all of our member communities for their partnership, for their collective efforts in beautifying their communi-ties, and for their steward-ship of our precious environ-ment.

Congratulations, again, to Ms. Irma Slimko, BCSEM 2018 ISA Award recipient, on your remarkable achieve-

ments !

The Beautification Council of Southeastern Michigan Individual Service Award recognizes the achievements of individuals who have been notable long-time vol-unteers and contributors at a high level in their communi-ty, and whose work is highly regarded by their colleagues. These are persons who have devoted much time and en-ergy in engaging their re-spective communities in their love of gardening, and in community beautification. The BCSEM Individual Ser-vice Award nominees are judged by the following cri-teria: 1) longevity as a vol-unteer; 2) scope of their vol-unteer activities; 3) leader-ship demonstrated during their volunteer activities; 4) recognitions, proclamations, and awards received; and 5) certifications and credential-ing. The BCSEM 2018 ISA award was presented at the BCSEM Autumn Quarterly

Meeting hosted by the City of Inkster at the beautiful Inkster Valley Golf Club on

September 20, 2018 .

Irma with ISA Award.

The Beau-tification Council of Southeast-ern Michi-gan is proud to recognize Ms. Irma Slimko, Grosse Ile

Township, as the 2018 Indi-vidual Service Award recipi-ent! Her tenure on the Is-land Beautification Commit-tee, her tireless work con-stantly tending the flower beds at the “Four Corners” on Grosse Ile, and her self-less donation of prints of her beautiful self-painted water-color of the Grosse Ile Lighthouse to benefit the Grosse Ile Historical Socie-ty, are but a few of the high-

Ordinance Change Protects GPP Monarch Butterflies by Lisa Kyle

In 2016, Mrs. Neely’s class at Maire Elementary School, Grosse Pointe, wrote a letter to Mayor Robert Denner in Grosse Pointe Park (GPP). They requested that he take action to save the monarch butterfly by committing to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Mayors’ Monarch Pledge - and he agreed! Since that time, under the direction of GPP City Forester Brian Colter and with the support of staff and volunteers, the city worked diligently to comply with multiple facets of the program to help ensure the survival of this iconic creature. see Butterflies p.4.

BCSEM 2018 INDIVIDUAL SERVICE AWARD PRESENTED by John Darin

Contents

Park Protects Monarchs

1

Quarterly Meeting in Detroit Details

2

Parking Infor-mation for Meeting

2

2019 Proposed Slate of Officers

3

Clothing

Recycling 3

B C S E M Beautification Council of Southeastern Michigan

D e c e m b e r , 2 0 1 8 V o l u m e 4

Our next quarterly meeting

will be hosted by Keep Detroit Beautiful on Tuesday, December 12th at the Corner Ballpark on 1680 Michigan Avenue in Detroit,

CALENDAR

Quarterly Meetings

April 16th BCSEM and KMB joint meeting at The Gazebo in Warren

June 20th City of Novi

Fall Meeting in Sterling Heights September 19, 2019

Winter Meeting in Redford Township December 12, 2019

December, 2018

P a g e 2 Keep Detroit Beautiful Hosting the Winter Quarterly Meeting on December 13th, 2018

BCSEM’s next meeting will be held in the new Corner Ballpark on Michigan and Trum-

bull 1680 Michigan Avenue in Detroit. Registration and Hospitality begin at 9:00 AM.

This is a time change from our usual start. The program begins at 9:30 AM. Our guest

speaker will be from the City of Detroit Parks and the Keynote Speaker will be from De-

troit Renewable Energy. Registration continues to December 12th. Carpooling recom-

mended. It can be a walk from the parking to the meeting. Drop friends at the door.

Parking for the BCSEM

Quarterly Meeting

December 13 – 9:00 a.m.

Location: 1680 Michigan at

Cochran

Parking available on both

sides of Street on Cochran.

(see oval insert above)

KDB Signage will be

posted in designated

parking areas.

Parking also

available in the

parking lot at

the end of block

at Cherry .

Officers

President John Darin

Immediate Past President

A.Pat Deck

1st Vice President

2nd Vice President

Recording /Corr. Sec.

Flo Jaglieski

Treasurer/Membership

Dorothy Wood

Historian

Toni Bailey

Directors 2017-2018

Lois Adams

Jim Keehn

Directors 2018-2019

Henrietta Baczewski

Jerald Stone

Committees

ISA Award

John Darin Travel Trophy

Lois Adams Raffle

Henriette Baczewski Parliamentarian

A. Pat Deck

Newsletter

Sandie Fischer fischerh@ameritech,net

P a g e 3 V o l u m e 4

Avon Lake

Bingham Farms

Brighton

Brownstown

Canton

Farmington Hills

Farmington

Garden City

Harrison Twp.

Howell

Huron Twp.

Lincoln Park

Milford

Milford Twn.

Novi

Pinckney

Simple Recycling

Cities Using Simple Recycling

14.3 Million Tons of Clothing fills our landfills each year.

85% of all clothing ends of in the landfill, only 15% gets recycled or donated.

The average person throws away 68 lbs. of clothing per year, Clothing and housewares account for approximately 10% of the municipal waste stream.

Simple Recycling makes it simple to dramatically reduce the 40 billion tons of clothing in municipal waste stream through their free, easy and simple curbside collection program.

Simple Recycling for Clothing and Housewares follows the existing recycling collection schedule. It is offered at ZERO cost to the city and residents. Municipalities earn income from the Simple Recycling program.

Saline

Southfield

Southgate

South Lyon

Taylor

Walled Lake

Wayne

Westland

White Lake

Wixom

Wolverine Lake

Ypsilanti

Your Community?

Tell your local municipality about Simple Recycling. Toll free at 866-835-5068 or http://www.simplerecycling.com

President: John Darin Newsletter Editor:*: Sandie Fischer *Appointed

Imm. Past Pres:** A. Pat Deck Directors 2019-2020: **No vote required

1. Jim Keehn ***Seeking candidates 1st Vice President*** 2. Lois Adams 2nd Vice President*** Directors 2018-2019: ** We will be voting on the proposed slate of officers Recording/Corresponding 1, Henrietta Baczewski and directors at the Secretary: Flo Jagielski 2. Jerald Stone December meeting. Treasurer/Membership: Website:* Jim Keehn Dorothy Wood Travel Trophy:* Lois Adams Historian:* Toni Bailey

**Thank you Inkster for the September Quarterly Meeting. In addition to the program presented by Abe Hachem from Midwest Recycling, here is another recycling program used in Southeastern Michigan.

Proposed Slate of Officers and Directors

Beautification Council of S.E. Michigan

16 Alger Place

Grosse Pointe, MI 48230

Butterflies from page 1 As little as forty years ago, monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) were seen in abundance during the summer months in southeastern Michigan. Today their populations have decreased dramatically threatening the eventual sur-vival of the species. Numbers of populations migrating in Mexico have dropped from an annual 1 billion to only 56 million in 2015. Because their life cycle requires a very specific food source for reproduction and larval development, it is imperative that suitable habitat be redeveloped and maintained throughout their seasonal breeding range if this butterfly is to survive.

Monarchs eat very differently as caterpillars than they do as adults. Adult butterflies depend on nectar producing plants for their sustenance while larval caterpillars eat one type of food only, milkweed (Asclepias). Females lay their eggs on milkweed plants so hatchling caterpillars are born directly on their food source. Without milkweed, the cater-pillars fail to eat and eventually die. Unfortunately, due to its tendency to spread quickly in gardens and landscapes, milkweed is being eradicated across the U.S. and is listed on noxious weed ordinances of most cities. As part of the NWF Pledge, Grosse Pointe Park has just removed it from their noxious weed list, property owners are now free to include this plant at their homes and businesses.

You can support monarchs too by including milkweed and nectar producing plants in your gardens. Milkweed can spread quickly, dig up sprouts in unwanted areas and pass them along to friends so they can pitch in and support. Common milkweed (Asclepia syriaca) is native in Michigan and I had great results with monarch eggs, caterpillars and hatched chrysalides during my first full season of milkweed - its flowers produce nectar for the butterflies as well. Native nectar plants to try include butterfly bush (Buddleia), Eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) and aro-matic aster (Symphytotrichum oblongifolium). There are many more plants that support pollinators and additional methods to help them survive. Visit the National Wildlife Federation at www.nwf.org for more information.