Re: Sad news.

**"* M* <s*@gardenmediagroup.com>**

A gentleman and a garden writer!

Suzi McCoy
Garden Media Group
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On Aug 2, 2010, at 8:33 PM, "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>  
wrote:

> Thanks Jeff for letting us know of Jim Wilson's passing.
>
> My Jim story began in 1997 when I attended my first GWA symposium in  
> Boston. Fellow Texan, Bill Adams introduced me to Jim and we  
> instantly hit it off. He encouraged me to spread the word about  
> growing vegetables, as I had just begun my six-year sint as garden  
> editor at Woman's Day magazine.
>
> When I moved to Illinois from Texas the next year, I plunged into  
> organizing PAR statewide.  Jim and I spoke in Peoria at the Master  
> Gardener's convention in 2000 about PAR.  He was inspiring; I just  
> picked up the back. For the last four or five years, Illinois has  
> contributed the largest percentage of annual PAR collections in  
> North America.  A couple years ago, we collected 40 percent of the  
> PAR yearly total.
>
> Thanks Jim.  Tens of thousands of hungry people have eaten a healthy  
> meal thanks to you.
> Doreen Howard
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