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HOBBY BLOSSOMS INTO NEW ROLE.


Byline: SHARON COTAL COTAL Confederación de Los Organismos Turisticos Para America Latina (Spanish: Confederation of Latin American Tourism Organizations)   Staff Writer

VALENCIA -- Steve Jones Steve or Steven Jones is the name of:

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 planted his first rosebush in 1985, and his passion for the hobby A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. Origin of term
A hobby-horse was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn,
 just blossomed from that moment.

Jones, who admits that he tends to be compulsive com·pul·sive
adj.
Caused or conditioned by compulsion or obsession.

n.
A person with behavior patterns governed by a compulsion.



compulsive

the state of being subject to compulsion.
 at times, immediately began researching roses and bought every book on roses he could find.

He joined the American Rose Society, and when he discovered there was a local chapter, he joined it, too. He planted more roses -- lots of them.

On Oct. 16 in Dallas, Jones, 52, who has about 400 roses of all varieties planted in his yard in Valencia, will take office as president of the American Rose Society. ``I am excited and nervous. All I can do is do my best,'' he said. ``I have some ideas to bring more life into the organization.''

During his three-year term, Jones said he hopes to increase membership, make the organization more educational, bring awareness to the preservation of older rose varieties and bring the organization into the 21st century by focusing more on electronic communication.

``That's what I'm trying to move the organization toward,'' he said. ``I want to bring fun back to the hobby and get some enthusiasm going.''

Jones encourages locals who are interested in growing roses to attend the SCV SCV Santa Clarita Valley (California)
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 Rose Society's annual Rose Show on Oct. 14 in Valencia. Unfortunately, he won't be able to attend himself, since that is the weekend of his inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. .

``If people are interested at all in growing roses, they're not that hard to take care of. Everyone thinks roses are difficult, but they're not, and some will bloom bloom

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 all year round,'' he said. ``Roses are very versatile. If you have a spot, we can find a rose for it.''

Membership in the SCV Rose Society is $15 per year for an entire family. The fee has not increased since the organization formed in 1992.``It's a lot of fun -- we have a good time,'' Jones said. ``Rose people are fun people.''

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