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Sunday, February 08, 1998

Fellow Belleekers !!  (lettre # 2.2)

**** WELCOME ****

To our 26th (yes, we're growing) official BCIS Collectors'
Chapter !!  Thanks to our friends down Atlanta, Georgia
way, Linda and Larry Beard !!  I meet both of them at
the international convention and Linda was more than
ready upon their return to get a chapter rolling !!  
She and a couple fellow collectors spent the many 
dedicated hours necessary to plan for a chapter.  I 
have been told that they had 28 in attendance at their 
formative meeting !!  Ms. Angela Moore has promised to 
be in attendance for their first actual formal meeting !!  

** BREAKING NEWS !! **

Just heard from Linda and they had 29 members at their
formative meeting !!  The Chapter will be the Magnolia
Chapter and they currently have members from both 
Georgia and Alabama !!  Their upcomming meeting will 
be March 7 !!

** NEWS FROM THE HOME OFFICE !! **

I had a REAL nice letter from Ms. Lisa O'Neill, 
executive assistant to Angela a couple of weeks ago.  
In a subsequent conversation with her we discussed the 
numerous calls she receives from (mostly) non-members 
who have several or more pieces of Belleek they have 
acquired in one of several manners including 
inheritance.  In many cases, these folks have NO 
interest in Belleek (can ANY of us understand that)
and are trying to locate an individual or (s) to market 
their items to.  Unfortunately, Lisa, in many cases, 
has no one to refer them to.  SOoooo .... what we would
like to do is provide a 'Regional' Directory of 
collectors interested in providing either value 
estimates or actually purchasing items themselves or 
passing the information on to other members of their 
chapter who may be interested !!  What we need from 
EACH chapter IS .... An individual from your chapter, 
this may be one of your chapter officers, who would be 
willing to either correspond or have telephone
conversations with these folks !!  I refer to this as
regional since, for example, if a call came in from
Leavenworth, WA (NOT Kansas) it would be referred to
the Evergreen Chapter.  Now, the individual from the
'referred to' chapter, if they were modivated, may in
turn contact other chapters OR if NO interest is shown
may simply have the person list their items on the 
Belleek Web Site at Oceanside with Bob Douglas !!  If 
you have someone so oriented, PLEASE have them contact 
either myself or Lisa, at the BCIS headquarters, and 
let us know how you would prefer to be contacted, i.e.,
either by letter, phone, through Lisa or myself !!

** UPCOMING EVENTS !! **

And don't forget the 2nd. Annual Belleek Collectors 
Fair which is being held again in Portland, OR this 
fall on October 17, 1998 !!  If you have ANY questions 
regarding this spectacular event, contact either : 

                Lori or Ben Harlan
                613 - 10th Avenue
                Kirkland,  WA 

        
           tele to (425) 828-4247
   or E-Mail to harlan@gte.net !! 


A NO HOST dinner is  scheduled for the participating 
dealers and the FIRST 100 people who sign up !!  We're 
SORRY, but space is VERY limited and we MUST provide 
seating for the dealers so that only leaves like room 
for another 100 !!

** MORE LATE BREAKING NEWS !! **

Lady Marion Langham is currently planning on attending the
Belleek COllectors' Fair !!  

** I'VE FINALLY DONE IT !! **

Well, I guess it just had to happen ??  Yes, I now have
a web site ??  I can be found @ : 
         
      The Beauty and Romance of Irish Belleek

If the above 'HyperLink' DOES NOT work, try doing a
simple SELECT/COPY/PASTE of the following directly into
your browser (NOT bowser) :

    http://delyicious.magix.net/public/index.html

** MENU HOLDERS !! **

I just couldn't think of anything to photo here so 
after many minutes of thought, it came to me !!  It's 
(almost) spring (excluding El Nino affected areas !!) 
and time to get out the barbecue and have some good 
old fashioned picnics !!  And what better to impress 
your guests with other than Belleek Name or Menu 
holders  ??  Here are three of mine which are all 
second period and appear (from left to right) to be a 
rose, carnation and daisy !!  Belleek made these in 
MANY flavours and I would like to know of other flowers 
out there !!  The center example is of special interest
to me as it seems to have been designed 'upright' ??  
Maybe it's design came after a craftsman's noon nap 
while he was in a prone position ??

 

Belleekingly,

Del E. Domke, Belleek Consultant
16142 N.E. 15th. Street
Bellevue,  WA    98008-2711
U.S.A.

Telephone :  1 (425) 746-6363
Message :    1 (425) 746-6363
FAX :        1 (425) 746-6363 
E-mail :     delyicious@comcast.net
Web-site :   The Beauty and Romance of Irish Belleek  (or) : 
           http://delyicious.magix.net/public/index.html