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APRIL MEETING
Saturday, April 6, 2019 9:30 a.m.
StoneRidge Community Room 1300 StoneRidge Drive
Prescott Valley, AZ
Program Honors Brunch - Potluck
Speaker: Dr. Penny Hargrove “Lesson from a Resilient Spider”
Committee: Educational Excellence Chair: Georgia Davidson
Sherry Alimi-Kent, Sherry Baca, Jenda Ballard, Pat Buckley, Ellen Close, Linda
Cramer, Pam Dickerson, Janeth Dow, Kris Foster, Marilyn Jenkins, Marty Lewis, Barbara Scott, Carol Stafford, Veronica
Wilson, Theresa Yslas
RSVP to Georgia Davidson by Tuesday, April 3, 2019
928-925-3810 or [email protected]
DELTA KAPPA GAMMASOCIETY INTERNATIONAL FOR KEY WOMEN EDUCATORS
ETA CHAPTERHello Eta sisters!
The time for our Honors Brunch is just a few days away! It will be April 6th at the StoneRidge Community Center. Our handbook has our event starting at 9:30 which is correct. Historically, we start refreshments at 9 a.m. which allows the program to start at 9:30. We will have quite a spread for the brunch with wonderful breakfast casseroles, fruit, breads, etc. Our speaker is Dr. Penny Hargrove after which we will honor about
nine women throughout the county including two of our own!! What an event! Please do attend.
We also have one more workday at Taylor Highs School on April 10 from 2:30 to 4:30. Linda Cramer will have a sign-up sheet for the event at the brunch plus an email will be sent out.
The Omicron State Convention will be June 7 – 9 in Tucson. Please give it some thought earlier rather than later because of hotel reservations ($99/night – very reasonable!) and transportation arrangements.
Joyce Moore President, Eta Chapter
APRIL BIRTHDAYS
None!
DUES INFORMATION from Norma Bauer
For your budget planning, please remember that DKG International has revised our dues deadline. Dues for 2019-2020 (July through June) need to be paid by June 15, 2019. Thank you!
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA JULY 17-20
Sherry Alimi-Kent is planning to attend the Southwest Regional Conference and is looking for a roommate. If you are interesting in attending, please let her know: [email protected]
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Delta Kappa Gamma, ETA Chapter Minutes March 2, 2019 Prescott Country Club Property Owner’s Building
ETA Chapter Members Present: Sherry Alimi-Kent, Sherry Baca, Norma Bauer, Linda Cramer, Georgia Davidson, Mary Ellen Dotson, Janeth Dow, Dorothy Eichbaum, Mary Fiebiger, Chris Fonoti, Marilyn Jenkins, Dorothy Kellerman, Mary Lewis, Helen McDowell, Joyce Moore, Nika Nordbrock, Barbara Scott, Carol Stafford, Carol Stimple, Maurilee Walker, and Bonnie Waterer.
Guests: Cher Peterman (guest of Mary Ellen Dotson), Lynne Kincaid
Program:
Essential Oils: Sherry Alimi-Kent introduced our guest speaker, Lynne Kincaid, who presented a program on essential oils. Sherry met Lynne through PEO and Women of Wisdom at American Lutheran Church. Lynne got into essential oils through a friend who set up a table with essential oils at an art show at Lynne’s home.
Lynne stated that wellness is not merely the absence of disease, but how you feel and discussed the ways in which essential oils can be used to help achieve wellness by helping the body to heal naturally, backing up what the doctor tells you. Wellness includes self-awareness, prevention, and education
The four ways in which essential oils can be used are through aromatics, diffusers, topical application, and internally (with water or gel caps). Lynne stressed the importance of using therapeutic grade oils. Lemon and peppermint are two of the most prominent oils. Frankincense helps as a lead oil, pulling oils deep into tissues. Carrier oils include fractionated coconut oil and almond oil. Oils are also used in vitamins and skin care.
Following her presentation, Lynne invited members to select an oil as a gift. Though she doesn’t sell oils, Lynne is willing to answer any questions from members and obtain oils for them.
World Fellowship: Sherry Baca led members in playing a World Fellowship Bingo Game. Members answered questions about World Fellowship to fill in their bingo cards.
Business Meeting: The business portion of the meeting was called to order by Joyce Moore at 10:55 a.m.
Approval of Minutes: Minutes from the January Executive Board meeting and February meeting were approved as corrected.
Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was approved. Raffle proceeds are now reported with scholarship funds. Total proceeds from the raffle were $1,047.
Old Business:
April Meeting: Plans for the April 6th Honors Brunch were discussed. The meeting will be hosted by the Educational Excellence committee, Georgia Davidson, chair. The brunch will be a potluck. Dr. Penny Hargrove will be our guest speaker. We are expecting about 40 attendees for the meeting, including 4-5 honorees. Georgia has gone to schools, leaving cards requesting nominations. Honorees will be presented with roses (Sherry Alimi to order, Georgia to pick up) and certificates (Sherry Alimi to make). Sherry Alimi, Sherry Baca, and Georgi will be compiling bios. Honorees will be introduced by DKG members. Honorees can later be voted on for membership in DKG.
Update on our “adoptees”: Joyce contacted Karla Cruz at Skyview School regarding the amount of her award to purchase supplies. Joyce stated that Karla was very appreciative. She will collect the receipts and give them to Joyce.
New Business:
Forms for the State Convention: The state convention will be held June 7-9 in Tucson. We have received a display form for Women in the Arts and encourage people to participate. We have also received a registration form for the Rose Boutique.
May meeting: The luncheon following the May meeting will now be held at Los Pinos (formerly the Pine Cone Inn) at 11:00. The program will be at Watter’s Garden Center. If you would like to participate in building a container garden, there is a cost of $25.
continued on next page
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Guest Speaker Lynne Kincaid and Dorothy Eichbaum
Delta Kappa Gamma, March Minutes (continued)
Announcements:
Donna Stowell is recovering from a heart attack.
Dorothy spoke with Mary Shenefield. The doctors have given her six months to live. The family is looking for another group home for her.
Appreciation was expressed to members for bringing cards for use by the Sunshine Chair.
Veronica Wilson is “in great shape.” She had a church event today, so was unable to attend.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:20 following the singing of the DKG song.
Respectfully submitted,
Helen McDowell, Secretary, ETA Chapter
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ETA CHAPTER SUMMARIES by Sherry Baca
GEORGIA DAVIDSON: Please keep Georgia in you prayers. Her husband had a stroke and while he is back home, he is not doing well. They are still traveling to Phoenix for his treatments.
PAM DICKERSON: It is official - she will be retiring at the end of this school year from her job as principal at Sacred Heart School after working there for 9 years. She plans to spend more time with hubby Danny and enjoy this next chapter of her life.
DONNA STOWELL: She reports she is doing pretty well after her heart attack. She saw her cardiologist in mid March and he said all looked good so she didn’t have to come back for 6 months. Her niece who is married and lives in Humboldt comes by each day to check on her and pick up her mail. However, Donna relates that if her niece doesn’t get there early, Donna shuffles out to get the mail herself. She also has a good friend who drives her to her appointments in Prescott. But Donna thinks she is ready to start driving short distances near her home. If possible she will try to come to the April meeting. We send continuous well wishes her way.
DOROTHY EICHBAUM: She will be traveling to Phoenix on March 23 for her grandson’s wedding. This grandson belongs to her daughter, Carolyn, and is the last of her grandsons to get married.
SHERRY BACA: She and her husband recently spent a week in the RV in Tucson where they toured the old mission in Tumacacori and the presidio in Tubac, lunched at Mount Lemmon watching the skiers, explored Mission San Xavier, and visited friends. Sherry’s college roommate lives down there along with two other retired teacher friends.
SHERRY ALIMI-KENT: She is currently in California. Unfortunately, she and Steve had to cancel their trip to Spain because his passport had expired. Her advice to everyone is to check your passport.
MAURILEE WALKER: She spent time in Tennessee this past all at her dad’s farm She has also being doing collage quilting. She sent a photo of her Aussie Gracie at the farm. See the photo at the right.
MARY SHENEFIELD: She is doing as well as can be expected. Some days she is pretty weak but so far has no serious pain. She had first spent 2-3 weeks in the hospital after her pancreatic cancer diagnosis; then she stayed about 10 days in the Life Care Center at the Beatitudes. But she is now at home and her son Eric is with her. She has an assisted home health care nurse coming and doing vitals. She also has a physical therapist coming and someone who comes to help her bathe. The month of March has been very busy getting all of the home services set up and paper work completed. They have contracted with Medicaring - a program that has access to visits from hospice without actually being in hospice. Beginning in April she has a lady coming to clean the house every Monday - this is the same lady who helped her pack and move back into her home so the lady already knows where everything is and what to do. One of her nieces came to visit for a week - they had just moved somewhere near the ocean but came back to Phoenix and spent a lot of time with Mary organizing her files and helping her get ready to do her taxes. Another niece lives in Ahwatukee and visits her every Monday bringing her cartons of home cooked food. Last week she took Mary to the library to check out several books. Mary’s granddaughter from Georgia who has three sons is coming next weekend for a visit but will stay with Mary’s other granddaughter while down there. Mary works hard to stay active by walking and doing the stationery bicycle because she wants to prevent getting blood clots. She is really hoping that she can get up to Prescott one last time around March 24. Ever since her husband died 15 years ago, she has been taking a cake to the VA hospice floor in Prescott on March 24 to thank them for all of their care of her husband before he passed away. We hope that it works out for her and that one of her family members will be able to drive her up here to do that this year.
Mary is in good spirits and says she is at peace with the situation and in God’s hands as she has been all of her life. She would love hearing from any of you : 928-710-1900.
Maurilee Walker shared a photo of her dad’s farm in Tennessee with her Aussie Gracie enjoying clear skies
and a walk in the pond.
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PROGRAMS FOR 2018-2019
May 4, 2019 – Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Location: Watters Garden Center, 1815 W. Iron Springs Rd, Prescott, AZ. RSVP to Pan Dickerson at 808-372-1400. Program: Summer Gardening - make your own container garden ($25). Afterwards, brunch and meeting at 11:00 a.m., Los Pinos (Old Pinecone Inn). Sherry B. has confirmed program and Sherry A. has confirmed lunch location. Headcount must be in to Watters two weeks before.
June 1, 2019 - Saturday, 9:30 a.m. (Refreshments at 9 a.m.) Location: Joyce Moore’s home, 7103 Lynx Wagon Road, Prescott Valley, AZ. Program: Executive Board Planning Meeting - All Members Welcome followed by Book “Teaser”. Bring a copy of a book you would like to recommend along with a paragraph about the book. We will also have a “Book Bag” where you can bring books to lend so others can read them.
June 7-9, 2019 – Friday-Sunday. Omicron State Convention, Radisson Suites Hotel, Tucson.
TAYLOR HICKS WORKDAY - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Bonnie Waterer and Mary Fiebiger
PHOTOS FROM THE MARCH MEETING
Cheryl Peterman (guest) and Mary Ellen Dotson
Carol Stafford, Carol Stimple and Dottie Kellerman Chris Fonoti and Janeth Dow
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Georgia Davidson, Norma Bauer, Barbara Scott, and Linda Cramer
Helen McDowell, Marty Lewis, Joyce Moore
Maurilee Walker and Sherry Alimi-Kent Sherry Alimi-Kent and Marilyn Jenkins
PHOTOS FROM THE MARCH MEETING
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TENTATIVE PROGRAMS FOR 2019-2019
Programs for Next Year: Suggestions for programs for next year included: Coalition for Compassion and Justice re: homeless students; self-defense; balance; skin care; palliative care; YEI (tour?); Planetarium; ID theft. Tentative program schedule is as follows:
September 7th: Welcome back meeting. Place: PCC. Committee: To be determined. Program: CCJ-homeless students.
October 3rd: Retirees. Place: Stoneridge? Program: Skin care Committee: to be determined
November 2nd: Place: to be determined Program: Identity theft and phone safety (Norma to check on presenter)
December 8th: Christmas luncheon Place: The Club at Prescott Lakes? (Helen to confirm)
January 11, 2020: Executive Board Meeting Place: Joyce Moore’s home
February 4, 2020: Art Students Place: Sacred Heart School Committee: Arts and Music
March 7, 2020: ERAU Planetarium and Social Event
April 4, 2020: Grant in Aid/Scholarship vote Place: PCC Program: Balance (speaker from YRMC Speakers Bureau) Committee: to be determined
May 2, 2020: Place: Stoneridge Program: Travel Safety (Sherry B. to contact AAA) and Self-defense (Sherry B to contact Lori Stuckman) Committee: to be determined
May 30, 2020: Executive Board Meeting
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OMICRON STATE CONVENTION June 7-9, 2019 at the Sheraton Tucson Hotel and Suites
The theme of the convention this year is “Heart and Sol of the Southwest”. Due to unexpected renovations at the Radisson Suites, the convention has been moved to the Sheraton Tucson Hotel and Suites located at 5151 E. Grant Road. They matched the hotel guest room rate of $99 for both King or Double Suites. The registration form will be published in the next issue of the Sahuaro.
At the 2018 Convention in Prescott, chapter members enjoyed the 50/50 raffle baskets which gave members an opportunity to earn money for their Grants-in-Aid. If any chapter would like to create a raffle basket or have a piece of artwork for this purpose, “go for it”. Tickets will be sold at $1 each or 5 for $6. Below is a brief convention schedule:
FRIDAY 11:00 a.m. “Meet & Greet” Exchange Meeting and Luncheon 2:15 p.m. Roundtable Discussion, “Let Your Voices Be Heard,” International Representative Dr. Helen Popovich 3:30 p.m. Life Experience, “Teaching in AZ” a film documentary - at hotel 5:30 p.m. Appreciation Dinner (by invitation) 6:45 pm. Opening of Convention, Entertainment, Reception
SATURDAY 7:00a.m. Vendors/Exhibits/Rose Boutique 8:30 a.m. General Session/Business Meeting 10:10 a.m. Workshop Session I 11:10 a.m. Workshop Session II 12:15 p.m. Birthday Luncheon 2:30 p.m. Session III: 2 Workshops, Rose Boutique, Photo Booth, Hospitality 6:00 p.m. Processional, Rose Banquet - meet the new state officers
SUNDAY 8:00 a.m. Celebration of Life - Necrology Service 9:00 a.m. World Fellowship Breakfast
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Karla Cruz - 5th-6th Grade at Skyview School
Markers - like Crayola
Sheet Protectors for learning center info
Color Pencils
Thin and thick markers
Pink erasers
Lamps (small lamps to use in order to avoid use of the overhead fluorescent lights)
Washable paints (tempura) and brushes
Headphones
Paper Mache
Rubber Cement
Natalie Lusson - Kindergarten at Sacred Heart School
(Natalie wants to create a center-based Kindergarten classroom.)
Various seating, furniture; bean bags, shelves (Please ask Natalie what she needs, specifically).
Magnifying glasses, STEM materials
Scopes that students can put right over objects to magnify
Blocks, connectors and other hands-on manipulatives
Play dough and various books
EARLY CAREER EDUCATORS ADOPTED BY ETA CHAPTER
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Omicron State Calendar
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019, 11 a.m. DKG Exchange Meeting
JUNE 7-9, 2019 Friday through Sunday
Omicron State Convention Sheraton Tucson Hotel and Suites
5151 E. Grant Road Tucson, Arizona
JULY 17-20, 2019 Southwest Regional Conference
Hilton Orange County 3050 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, California
Eta Chapter Officers 2018-2020
President Joyce Moore (928) 759-7106
First Vice-President Georgia Davidson (928) 925-3810
Second Vice President Sherry Alimi-Kent (928) 830-2718
Recording Secretary Helen McDowell (928) 308-2317
Treasurer Norma Bauer (928) 713-5401
Parliamentarian Barbara Scott (928) 899-7955
Past President Mary Fiebiger (928) 710-9296
Mission StatementThe Delta Kappa Gamma Society
International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and
excellence in education
State ThemeHearts + Hands = Harmony
International ThemeDKG - Leading Women Educators Impacting Education Worldwide
USE THESE WEBSITES
Omicron State www.azdkg.weebly.com
DKG Arizona Facebook
DKG www.dkg.org
DKG Foundation www.dkgef.org/
ETA Chapter http://etachapteraz.weebly.com
COLLABORATIVE CONNECTIONS HOURS NEEDED Pat Buckley requests that you please email her at the end of each month your collaborative connection hours. These are volunteer hours you do in the community, at church, with your school, etc. She needs the following information emailed to her at [email protected].
NAME MONTH LOCATION(S) NUMBER OF HOURS
ARIZONA THEME Hands + Heart = Harmony
