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Grand Rapids Timberline
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NEWS
FOR AND ABOUT
AAUW GRAND RAPIDS
BRANCH
MEMBERS
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Volume
40, Issue 2 October 2015
FROM THE PRESIDENT – Enjoy the Fall and AAUW fellowship
The attendance at our September
21st meeting was a wonderful statement of the concern and involvement of our
members in the community. We had 46 members and three guests come to hear the
presentation by Dr. Bruce Thomas regarding the needs of our school district in
the coming years. Following his talk a parent encouraged us to vote” yes” for
the November 3rd referendum for our schools. There was a good article in the
September 27th Herald Review
discussing the school funding issue. Following our program, Karen Karls read an
article of excerpts from remarks prepared for delivery at the Humphrey School
forum, "Unfinished Business: The
Continuing Work of Arvonne Skelton Fraser".
Please remember to RSVP for our dinner meeting each month to
Charmayne Nelson so our cook can have an accurate count. Always know you
are welcome at any and all of the special interest groups. Everyone says that
and it is TRUE.
Please keep AAUW member Pat
Anderson, who was in a car accident and is at home with a halo harness, on and
former member Mae Howe, who is terminally ill, (write to Mae at 2001 Oakwood ,
Grand Forks, N.D. 58201) in your prayers.
Our next meeting is October
19th. We will have our Used Book Sale fundraiser for our scholarships. Please
put a fair price on your books.
Mayor Dale Adams will talk about
population predictions for Grand Rapids. I hope everyone can get out this month
and enjoy at least one color drive down 63 or up 38 as it is getting really
beautiful.
Marj Lavalier
QUOTABLE
“Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person,
having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.”
― George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans, 1819-1880)
** BRANCH NEWS **
October 19 Dinner Program
Location:
United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids
Registration: 5:15 PM - Dinner: 5:30 PM - Business: 6:15 PM - Program: 6:30 PM
Registration: 5:15 PM - Dinner: 5:30 PM - Business: 6:15 PM - Program: 6:30 PM
MENU:
Braised beef, garlic mashed potatoes, green bean almandine, roll &
dessert.
TOPIC: Minnesota
Demographics…what will our state look like in 10 years?
Speaker: Dale Adams, Grand Rapids Mayor
Mayor
Adams will talk about Minnesota demographics and what that means for northern
Minnesota between now and 10 and 20 years into the future. Minnesota will be seeing a dramatic shift in
diversity of the population, the end of the baby boomer time, a shift in the education
and workplace population, changing training and education requirements for the
environmental conditions, and economic conditions. Northern Minnesota will have challenges that
require planning and political will.
REMINDER: ALL members must make a food reservation for each meeting. Please
be sure to include your guest if you have one. See reservation info above.
COATS TO DONATE? The annual coat
drive for those who may be in need is sponsored by the Methodist Church in late
October. The church will accept new or slightly used coats, mittens, boots,
hats, etc. for cold weather wear for both adults and children. Items should be
clean and in good repair and you can drop them off at our October dinner
meeting.
USED BOOK SALE: Come to our October dinner meeting early--at 5:00 PM or so--to shop our annual used book sale. Have books to donate? Bring only books that you would want to buy! All proceeds from the sale, as always, go entirely to scholarships we support.
JAR or BOTTLE Silent Auction with a Twist
We will be raising money for our scholarships through "Silent Auction With a Twist"...our bottle or jar fundraiser. It will be held in December. What can you put in a bottle or jar? Flowers, Christmas ornaments, homemade goodies, gift cards, a bottle of wine, mix for cookies, earrings, scarf, Christmas cookies...and the list goes on and on. Be Creative! We had some very creative items in the bottles and jars last year.
We will be raising money for our scholarships through "Silent Auction With a Twist"...our bottle or jar fundraiser. It will be held in December. What can you put in a bottle or jar? Flowers, Christmas ornaments, homemade goodies, gift cards, a bottle of wine, mix for cookies, earrings, scarf, Christmas cookies...and the list goes on and on. Be Creative! We had some very creative items in the bottles and jars last year.
SNOWBIRDS:
You can participate too--even if you are not here in December. Simply put an item in a bottle or jar for the
scholarship fundraiser and give it to Cyndy Agle, Jean Hoshal or Jan Miland
before you leave.
September
2015 FINANCIAL REPORT
GENERAL CHECKING ACCOUNT: $6,780.76; Savings Account: $1,695.39
- Total Liquid Assets: $ 8,476.15
DEDICATED FUNDS - Local
Foundations: $56,966.88
Local Scholarship Itasca
Community College Foundation: $28,222 12/14 Ending Balance: new report year
end 2015
- $ 19,269 (endowment –
permanently restricted)
- $ 8,953 (temporarily
restricted funds)
Community
Foundation: Grand
Rapids AAUW Anniversary Scholarships: $28,744.88 (06/30/15 - 2nd Quarter Report)
- GRACF (Endowed
Fund): $26,301.77
- GRACF (non-endowed): $2,443.11
MEMBERS TO ADD TO YOUR
AAUW DIRECTORY…
Renewing:
Betty Brandt (dual member of Hutchinson & Grand
Rapids branches)
Home: (320) 587-9655 Cell:
(218) 244-5219
1259 Bradford Street S.E., Hutchinson, MN 55350
Birthday: September 21
Mankato State University: BS-Educ.-Media, Home Ec; MS-Early
Childhood Ed
WELCOME
New Member Alexandra Zimmerman!
Home: 326-0420 Cell:
(218) 565-8433
32616 County Road 326, Bovey, 55709
Birthday: January 25
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, AAS-Parks
& Recreation; BA-History
** INTEREST
GROUPS **
Any member can start an interest group
and recruit members to join. The subject
should have something to do with our mission and/or public policy issues. We all like to learn and find new
interests. Any member is welcome to join
any of our interest groups. A Writing group and group to promote a “vote yes
for our kids” group have been suggested. Also several new members have
suggested that they will help members get comfortable with all the new
information and social systems. So that
can become a group. Groups plan for their own meeting time and communications
system. They do not have to meet monthly
all year long. They can meet for a month or just in the summer, or for the
duration of their stated purpose. If you are interested, please inform
President Marj Lavalier or Program co-chairs Joann Bakken or Marilyn Rossman, who
can help you get a group organized.
BRIDGE
Do you
like to play bridge? Why not join our AAUW monthly bridge group. The group
meets at Majestic Pines Bistro at 11:30 AM for lunch, and then plays a few
rounds of social bridge. We meet the first Thursday of each month except
January, February, March and April. We
encourage any level of bridge player. Contact persons are: Anita Firman, Ann
Clark, Pat Anderson, Mary Singsank, Carol Rassmussen, Betty Akre, Shirley Jacobson.
CREATIVE ART
Open studio for painting is held at the MacRostie
every Tuesday, 10 AM through the afternoon. Free for members; nonmembers pay
$5. Margaret Z. Morris sends an email to those interested each week, including
if this group will not meet some weeks. Bring your lunch. This is open for
anyone of any level of painting or any media. We have watercolor and
acrylic, and welcome other media. No cost or instruction, learning
from each other and having fun. Margaret’s email: ipaint@paulbunyan.net or phone 999-9683.
LITERATURE –
Monday group
Group meets on 1st Monday at
10:00 AM at
Grand Rapids State Bank Annex. For more
info, contact Jan Hill, 246-9791 or jmhgkh@paulbunyan.net
Oct. 5: “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel Brown, leader is Nancy Raymond
Oct. 5: “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel Brown, leader is Nancy Raymond
LITERATURE – Wednesday group
The group meets at 10:30AM on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, Grand Rapids Library, September-May. Contact is Barbara Zimmer, 327-0911.
The group meets at 10:30AM on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, Grand Rapids Library, September-May. Contact is Barbara Zimmer, 327-0911.
Oct. 14: “Windigo Island” by William Kent Krueger
Nov. 11: “The Pearl That
Broke Its Shell” by Nadia Hasmimi
PUBLIC POLICY
The group will meet Thurs., Oct. 8, 3:30 PM at the KAXE Meeting Room.
The group will meet Thurs., Oct. 8, 3:30 PM at the KAXE Meeting Room.
Victor Moen, Minnesota State
Parole Director in our area, will be our guest speaker. At our planning meeting in September, prison
reform and reform in prison sentences was a topic we wanted to know more
about. We are interested in the scope of
the issues, good questions to ask about current work on the issues and about
the possibilities for change in the current sexual offender problem. There seem to be few good solutions and the
least bad solutions need to be examined. The public policy issues around these
issues are very political and acute. Victor's task is to help us understand
what questions must be asked, who is really involved, what are some of the suggestions,
what research is being done, etc. The prison system and the punishment lobby,
and the “get tough on crime” movement have not worked out well. There are
always unintended consequences with any legislation. This issue has become a
family issue and thus a women's issue.
The current system is very expensive and the results are not helpful for
anyone involved.
All
AAUW members are invited to join our group. Guests are welcome. We need to know
ahead of time as there is limited space at KAXE meeting room. To have your name
added to our list for emails, please contact Karen Karls, k.karls@yahoo.com or 326-2053. Questions: Marilyn Rossman,
326-6775 or Jean Halverson, 327-9158.
WALKING & TALKING
We're still walking on Wednesday mornings at 9
AM but will switch to Tuesdays at 1 PM soon, depending on the weather and the
wishes of the group. We generally walk for 1 to 1½ hours and then have
coffee. Typically we walk in the Grand
Rapids area, local trails and neighborhoods, but also travel to some outlying
county trails. Group is flexible and open and does not require weekly
participation. Plans are generally made week-to-week by the participants; group
members receive email notification of the upcoming location. To be added to the
group email k.karls@yahoo.com or call 326-2053. This group is for all kinds of walkers (maybe not
the hard-core speed walkers) and there is always lots of conversation.
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS – Best Wishes!
Myrna Peterson – 13 Marva
Jean Hutchens - 22
** AAUW
Minnesota News **
Reading
the most recent issue of the Minnesota Pine, I noticed some changes in
the officers listed on pages 22-23 of our member directory. Please make
the following changes if you wish. - Lynette Eck
Secretary/Historian -
Lisa West,
651-587-2878
Pine Editor - Gail
Glashan,
651-437-6356
Website - Teresa
Sagen,
tksagen@gmail.com
** AAUW
National News **
Which woman
will be on the next $10 bill?
To commemorate 100 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment
(women’s right to vote) the U.S. Treasury has announced plans to put a woman on the $10 bill in 2020. While the bill won’t be circulated for another five years,
Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Jacob Lew has called on
Americans to submit suggestions for redesign of the $10 bill, including who should be on it.
Which woman would you choose to feature on the new $10? Submit your
choice in the poll at http://www.aauw.org/2015/09/16/who-should-be-on-the-new-10-bill/#poll
In later October, AAUW will
share the results at a private roundtable to discuss the new $10 bill redesign
with U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios…and will also announce the results on its
website and social media channels.
AAUW GRAND RAPIDS BRANCH BOARD MEETING
September 28, 2015, 10:30 AM, Grand Rapids
Members present: Nancy Raymond, Cyndy Agle,
Lynette Eck, Sharon Quern, Cheryl Vogel, Karen Karls, Shirley Jacobson, Jean
Hoshal, Jan Hill, Marj Lavalier and Jan Miland.
The meeting was called to order by President,
Marj Lavalier. The secretary’s minutes were approved.
The treasurer’s report shows a balance of
$6,780 in the general checking account. The full report was given to the board
members. She will present the budget in October.
The membership committee reported one new
member. The AAUW blank cards are available for any use, such as thank-you
notes.
Karen Karls will contact Mayor Dale Adams for
information on our October meeting in the Grand
Rapids Herald Review.
The Public Policy meeting will be held October
8, 4PM, at the KAXE building.
Jan Hill is the new hospitality person because
Nancy Raymond is now on the new fundraising committee. Karen Lonson is new to
the Historian committee.
Lynette thanked Connie Burley at the September
regular meeting for setting up the directory process.
Cyndy mentioned that there were 17 more people
than planned for at the September meeting, but the caterer graciously provided
for all. Cyndy was thanked for setting up the meal plans for the year.
Jean said that the state scholarship funds, EF
and LEF, have been combined into one fund. The scholarship recipients at ICC
were not taking a full load, but it was agreed they should still receive the
scholarships.
A discussion was held to give Nancy some
direction for the fundraising committee.
Marj suggested we help with Amy Klobuchar’s
visit to Grand Rapids. She also would like to pursue interviewing elder stateswomen
in our AAUW group.
The October board meeting will be Monday, the
26th.
Respectfully submitted, Jan Miland, Secretary
AAUW GRAND RAPIDS BRANCH MEETING
September 21, 2015, 6:00 PM, YWCA, Grand Rapids
The September 21, 2015 Grand Rapids Chapter,
AAUW meeting was held at the Methodist Church.
Dr. Bruce Thomas, Superintendent of Grand
Rapid School District, spoke about the school referendum. He explained the need
and the plan. He can’t ask people to vote “yes”, but after his speech Julie
Fedge-Johnston, a citizen committee member urged everyone to vote “yes”.
Dinner was served after the speech and
discussion. There were 49 people to eat, but only 32 reservations had been
made. It made it difficult for the caterers, even though they stretched the
food, the set-up committee, and Charmayne. She does a great job of letting each
person know she has them counted and feels sad when members don’t make their
reservations.
Jean Hoshal announced that a book fair will be
held in October. Lynette Eck handed out the yearly information booklets.
Marilyn asked Karen to read about an important woman—Arvonne Fraser—in history.
Marj recognized the guests and September
birthday women.
Respectfully submitted, Jan Miland, Secretary
ADVANCING EQUITY FOR
WOMEN & GIRLS
– FOR MORE INFORMATION
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