HCE Connection Manitowoc County Association of Home and Community Education

April 2017- May 2017

President’s Letter…

Well, March has sure come in like a lion this year. We

were spoiled in February so knew it had to happen. The March

1st program, “Keeping Our Brain Fits as We Age”, has been

rescheduled for Wednesday, May 10th at 1:00 PM at the

Extension Office. We thank Kim Jackquart Franzen for working

with us to get the program out to our members.

We are happy to announce we have an intern FLE and

her name is Kya Diehl. She started March 1st and is eager to help

us. I am sure information and knowledge about many topics will

be shared both ways.

I hope everyone is working hard on their cultural arts

entries. I know I am trying hard to get one thing done but it’s

going to be close. I have a couple of other items already

finished. This is my first try entering so will see how it goes. I

am getting butterflies in my stomach just writing about it and it is

still weeks away.

Keeping track of your HCE hours will be coming to an

end soon and I hope is going well. You keep track of hours until

May 31st. I will start accepting your sheets at the Salad Supper

on May 3rd. the deadline is June 5th for calculation. Remember,

the hours need to be HCE related like: club meetings, focus

lessons or Stitches of Love projects. We do lots of things all

year round but when you get all the sheets together and start

adding it up it boggles the mind. This is great for our members

but is also helpful to show the county and state officials how

much we do and how much it is worth to support HCE at all

levels of government. We do not get any direct monies but

having staff at our local UW Extension office for support to

make our lives and the community better.

State conference is coming up in September in

Wisconsin Dells. If anyone is interested in attending let myself

know sooner, rather than later. There are some slight changes to

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the room rates that may not be in the State newsletter so I want to

make sure everyone is aware before they register.

Well, let’s all think positive and spring will be here

soon. Our flowers and gardens will need our attention. Start

planning and see everyone soon.

Amy Kohlmann,

Manitowoc County President

Advisor’s Letter…

Dear HCE members,

I want to take a moment to introduce myself as your

new advisor! I started my role as Family Living Educator on

March 1st and am very exciting to be getting my feet wet!

Previously, I worked as a Community Wellness Coordinator at

the Fond du Lac Family YMCA. I have a degree in Community

Health Education from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse

and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Illinois

at Chicago. I spent time working and traveling around the

country including Seattle and Traverse City, Michigan before

settling back home in Wisconsin a few years ago. I am new to

the Manitowoc area but grew up down the road in Kohler. My

husband, Andrew, and I recently bought a house in Kohler and

are settling into a new home and new jobs all at once. I had the

pleasure of meeting Amy Kohlmann and learning more about

the history of HCE and what this group is currently doing. To

say I was impressed is an understatement! I took a look

through the roster and was blown away when I saw members

join dates back to the 1950s! Your passion and dedication for

your volunteer work is clearly evident.

One reminder as we move forward is to please try to get

information for the newsletter to Amanda electronically. I

know this may be a challenge for some so we are going to

brainstorm some ways to make it more accessible and efficient

for everyone. I look forward to meeting more HCE members

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and providing guidance along the way. I have a feeling I may

learn a few things from all of you as well.

Take care!

Kya Diehl

UW-Extension Family Living Educator

Tue. March 28

HCE Board Meeting

1 PM

MCOC Room 111

Wed. April 5

Study Focus: Manitowoc County K-9

MCOC Room 300

1 PM Only

(Lunch Bunch-Room 111 noon to 1 PM)

Wed. April 19

Spring NE District Meeting

Seven Lakes Golf Course

Registration 8:30 AM

Meeting 9:15 AM

Thur. April 27 Deadline for Cultural Arts Project

Registration

Mon. May 1

Cultural Arts Project Due at Expo or

to Judy Yanda

Tue. May 2

Cultural Arts Judging

MCOC Room 300

Registration due April 26

Projects due May 1

Wed. May 3

Salad Supper

First Reformed United Church

HCE Dates to Remember

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Wed. May 10 May 1st Study Focus Rescheduled:

Keeping Our Brain Fit as We Age

MCOC Room 300

1PM only

(Lunch Bunch- Room 111 noon to 1PM)

Wed. Nov 1 Fall Association Meeting

Twin Fountains

3 Cheers for Team HCE

Date: Wed. May 3

Location: First Reformed United Church of Christ

3613 Waldo Blvd.

Manitowoc, WI 54220

Registration: 4:30PM

Meal: 5:30PM

Meeting: 6:30PM

Cost: $6 per person- pay at door

Each club is asked to bring a large

salad to serve eight members

attending, a basket for silent auction

and baked goods for the bake sale.

Please contact your Center Chairs by

Salad Supper Association Meeting

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Friday, April 21 if you plan to attend. South Center can

contact Nancy Oehldrich at 920-683-8721.

Individual members are asked to donate as they see fit. For

reservations, call any Center Chair. Individual members from

South and West are asked to help set up and clean up also, if

possible.

Center chairs are to submit NAMES of all members and guests

attending to Helen Isaacson: 920-732-3820 by April 24th.

Thank you.

Nancy Oehldrich 920-683-8721

Ellen Stecker 920-732-3753

Helen Isaacson 920-732-3820

In January the book readers read the

book Flip and Flop by Dawn

Apperly. Black paper plates were

turned into penguins. The

preschoolers added eyes, a beak,

and sponge painted

white tummies on them.

For February we read I’m Not Sleepy, It’s a book about a baby

owl. Some groups made paper owls with celery printing while

other groups made owls with the children’s handprints.

If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff was the book

read for March. The children put pictures from the book in

sequential order. They made pink donuts by painting paper

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plates with a hole in the middle and adding sprinkles.

Giraffes Can’t Dance was the book read in April. Giraffe faces

were made out of yellow paper plates with brown spots painted

on them.

Finally in May the book Chicka, Chicka, Boom,Boom was

read. Some groups made a tree out of toilet paper tubes stuffed

with green tissue paper. Other groups made a flat coconut tree

with a paper trunk and

green paper leaves. Alphabet letters were glued on both trees

going up and down the trees.

Thanks to Judy Yanda and her Zander/Maribel Club for the

Head start book bags this year.

More readers are needed. Contact Linda Verlinden to read for

the 2017- 2018 school year. Her phone number is 683-3432.

Two children and one adult scholarships are available to family

members of current HCE members. Forms are due by April 1st so

get your information going. Forms are available at the office or on

our UW-Extension website. For further information, please contact

Marge Henrickson at 920-755-4457 or Mary Ann Rabitz at 920-901-

337.

Scholarships

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“Spring into Caring” Date: Wednesday, April 19th

Time: Registration starts 8:45

Meeting at 9:15

Place: Seven Lakes Golf Course

1420 N. County S, Whitelaw

Northeast District Spring meeting is April 19th, 2017 at

Seven Lakes Golf and Resort with Manitowoc County HCE

hosting. We will be having a raffle for scholarship benefit so if

any clubs or individuals would like to donate a basket or item

please let Amy Kohlmann know for space planning. The

speaker will be Lylene Scholz and her friend Marcelline

Protheroe about their recent trip to Nicaragua to see the works

of the WI/Nicaragua Cares projects. Cost will be $15 per

person and people will need to register with Phyllis Hickmann

or Amy Kohlmann by April 7th.

A Note from Fall NE District Meeting

A note from Calumet County HCE about their book

drive in October 2016. In November 2016, 3173 books were

donated to the Luther Burbank Elementary School in

Milwaukee. 87.67% of Burbank’s students are economically

disadvantages. The school is using the books to fil their library

along with incentives for award programs and as gifts for

children so they continue reading in their home environment.

A thank you note was received form Pam Locket, Library Aide

at Luther Burbank Elementary School with the closing line

reading “Your group is amazing. All I can say is keep on

making the world a better place because you have made a huge

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impact right here in our own state. I am sending each one of

you a huge hug with my sincerest thanks.”

The monies collected at the NE District Fall meeting

were donated to the Hope North School in Uganda and were

used to purchase books for their library. Donations and

proceeds from the silent auction all went to the school. T0

learn more about the Hope North, Google

www.HopeNorthSchool-Uganda.

Thank you to all the individuals and County HCE

associations who contributed books and monies to the WAHCE

NE District Book Drive to make it such a success. Your

generous donation has impacted lives in our won state and the

county of Uganda that truly are making an impact in a life of a

child.

Sue Schultz, Calumet County HCE President

Spring is in the air. In spite

of snow, robins are in the yard and

Pussy Willows in bloom along the

railroad track. Meanwhile, our HVE

group continues to have interesting

Study Focus meetings with good

daytime attendance. Invite a friend

or relative to attend with you. Later this month, I will be giving a

presentation about HCE at a church’s Women’s Group. I’m looking

forward to this and would be pleased to do more.

I looked up membership from past years and was surprised

to see we had 775 members in 1986. Gradually, we have gone down

to 131 for 2017. Many of our good members have died and new

ones are not joining. Keep asking your friends and continue to wear

Wisconsin Extension Manitowoc County HCE

Membership

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HCE pins and clothing. Our state outreach focus this year is to find

and recruit retired and newly retired for HCE membership.

It’s early to bring up the Manitowoc County Fair, August 22-

27, but time goes by quickly. Consider volunteering with

Manitowoc County Soil and Water Conservation Department to do

nitrate screening. Neighboring counties have had problems with

well water contamination. Let HCE help to protect our children,

adults, and animals.

Shirley Oswald

Membership and Marketing.

Twenty-eight attendees heard Abbey Bubolz, a

registered dietitian from Holy Family Memorial, explain the

difference between food allergies and food intolerances. It was

eye-opening to hear all of the foods that can caus reactions in

the form of an allergy or food intolerance. Abbey graciously

sent her presentation to the Extension office to be added to our

web page. To get her presentation, please go to the Manitowoc

County UW Extension homepage. Click on Family Living,

then Home & Community Education, Recent Events, and

finally February Study Focus, Food Allergies & Intolerances

by Abbey Bubolz. The presentation is printable. You can also

contact Abbey at 920-320-4576.

February Study Focus Review

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Date: April 5th

Time: 1:00PM Only

Presenter: Keto

Description: We will have the honor of

watching Keto and his handler, Lieutenant

Cummings. They are an important part of

keeping Manitowoc County Safe.

Date: May 10th

Time: 1:00PM only

Location: UW Extension Office

Presenter: Kim Jackquart Franzen,

Dementia Care Specialist

Description: Besides a nourishing

diet, what is needed to keep our brain

fit? Kim, from Aging and Disability

Resource Center of the Lakeshore,

will share information that may

encourage members to change their

lifestyle.

April Study Focus:

Manitowoc County K-9 Unit

Study Focus Rescheduled:

Keeping our Brain Fit as We Age

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Amy Kohlman, President, called the meeting to order at 6:34 P.M. Ellen Stecker gave the welcome and thanked Judy Yanda for the pretty cake decorations. Helen Isaacson led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and the Homemaker’s Creed. Linda Verlinden called the roll call of HCE Clubs and individual members. There were 77 club members, 14 individual members and 3 guests for a total of 94 people. The minutes of the fall HCE meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. Phyllis Hickman gave the financial report and it was approved as printed. The group voted to split the monies 50/50 for the water filter project and the Heifer Project. We also voted to buy 2 stoves for Nicaragua. Nancy Oehldrich gave her report on programming. We had an average of 39 people attending our study focus sessions this year. Please let her know if you have any suggestions for topics or speakers for next year. Cindy Christianson thanked us all for the many spices collected for the 4 food pantries in our county. Teri Zuege-Halvorsen gave everyone a yellow sheet called “21 Day Gratitude Challenge.” It listed one topic for each of the 21 days of May that we could focus on and give thanks. We can go to www.kindspring.org/challenge for more information. The idea behind the challenge is that happiness is a choice and breeds success. Let’s take up the habit and be happier in our lives! Sherri Ewert gave the scholarship report. This year’s scholarship winners are Erin Scholz and Rachel Winter. Erin is

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a senior at Muskego High School and wants a degree in a medical field at UW-LaCrosse. Rachel is a junior at Martin Luther College and is pursuing a degree in secondary instrumental music and elementary education. Lylene Scholz gave the international report. On October 3 we will learn about “Desserts Around the World.” She will be attending the ACWW Conference in Great Britain in August. She thanked us for our monies for the water filter project and for the stoves. Shirley Oswald passed around the clipboard for volunteering to do water testing at the county fair. There is now new equipment for water testing. She thanked the people who made caps for the cancer patients. Wilma Rehbein told us to “blow your horn for HCE.” This means to wear your HCE pins to advertise our organization. She told us our county HCE has 141 members with 7 new members this year. We should put our HCE label on all sewing items. Diane Lau stated that she and Ann DeMark are leaving the newsletter committee. New people are needed to take this over so we will continue to have a newsletter. June 30th is the deadline for the summer newsletter. Linda Verlinden showed some art projects done for Reading Buddies at Head Start this year. More readers are always needed. The time commitment is 1 hour per month October-May. Call her at 683-3432 to volunteer. Judy Yanda and the Zanders/Maribel Club were thanked for sewing the book bags for Head Start. There were 19 entries for our cultural arts show tonight. Judy Yanda thanked all the participants and gave out the ribbons. Carol Voelker won the People’s Choice Award. On Sept.7 we will make cobbler aprons and Christmas decorations at our creative craft fair. Amy Kohlman told us that the Spring East District HCE

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meeting in Sturgeon Bay stressed writing down HCE volunteer hours. Please fill out the volunteer hour worksheet which is in tonight’s program by June 1. The State HCE Conference will be held Sept. 12-14 at Stevens Point. Kewaunee Co. has a bus going to the state conference. Let Amy know if you will be using the bus. There is a new state committee on children’s literacy. They will be grant writing for money. Our county can apply for this too. We were all invited to the Fall East District HCE Meeting. It will be October 20th at Brillion at the Cobblestone Restaurant. There will be a book drive. We will donate books to a foreign country. Cheryl Domrath told us that the HCE pillow cases will not only be given to hospitals but also to Hope House and the Domestic Violence Center. Our Fall Manitowoc Co. HCE Meeting will be Wednesday, Oct. 26 at Millhome Supper Club, Kiel.The speaker will be Peter Hahn, owner of Rainbow Orchards. Judy Yanda won the bonus category. The silent auction winners were announced. Jan Schramm thanked all the helpers for tonight’s salad supper. The centerpieces were given out by the number on our name tags. We closed the meeting with the HCE Prayer at 7:45 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Linda Verlinden, Secretary

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We are looking into creating "fidget mats" for dementia units in our Senior Citizen facilities. These mats are for dementia patients to use with their hands for mobility and occupation therapy. We are looking for used items like old zippers, buttons, piece of elastic, ribbon and beads. A study of the project and its implication will be done and presented to the members.

Dress and pillowcase kits are available for pick up and sew. Other projects you might consider are sewing, knitting or crocheting a lap robe. Suggested sizes 30" - 36" x 42"-48".

Please continue to knit or sew cancer hats for chemo patients.

Thanks to Kathy Meyers, Doris Schuler and Judy Yanda for making chemo caps for local hospital distribution.

Submitted by Janet Wesener

Just a reminder that you can

participate in our Community Outreach

project this year by collecting items

needed for The Crossing of Manitowoc

County. You can drop them off at The Crossing located at 814

Washington Street in Manitowoc or bring them along to the

Salad Supper on May 3th. A list of suggested items was printed

in the February/March newsletter. Thank You for your

participation! Cindy Christianson, 775-4010.

Community Outreach 2017

Stitches of Love

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2016-2017 HCE Time and Commitment Log

Name: ______________________________________

Club Member: Individual Member:

Club Name: ________________________________________

Please track all your time invested in HCE activities from June 1,

2016 to May 31, 2017. We will compile the information collected

from all current members and submit to WAHCE. Please include

club meetings, study focus meetings, community service, etc.

Date Event Hours

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Cultural Arts

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Cultural and Textile Arts Show Registration Form Pre-registration required by April 20, 2017

Name Phone________________ Address __________________________________________________ Club Name_________________________________________________

Item Registered Category _______________ Item Registered Category _______________ Item Registered Category _______________ Item Registered Category _______________ Item Registered Category _______________ Item Registered Category _______________ Item Registered Category _______________

Send completed registration to: Judy Yanda, Cultural Arts Committee

Chairperson, 6131 Old Y, Maribel, WI 54227

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Ruth Rienks

Age 97

12/30/2016

Manitowoc Extension Homemakers

Winifred Busse

Age 89

1/9/2017

White Trail Homemakers

Jean Dvorak

Age 93

2/15/2017

Brockville Homemakers. Jean was president of UW Extension

MCO Homemakers from 1953-1954. In 1995, Manitowoc

County Homemakers was changed to WI Extension Manitowoc

Co. HCE.

In Loving Memory

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The August-September newsletter deadline is June 28th

UW Extension will no longer accept articles after

the deadline. NO EXCEPTIONS. UW Extension

would like to continue providing this newsletter

service to HCE, but with limited staff resources, it is

necessary for HCE to follow these deadlines so that

UWEX may schedule to complete the newsletter in a

timely manner.

If possible, please submit articles electronically by

emailing them to

Amandacordova@co.manitowoc.wi.us

An EEO/Affirmative Action employer, University of Wisconsin-Extension provides equal opportunities in

employment and programming, including Title IX and ADA requirements. Please make requests for

reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to educational programs as early as possible preceding

the scheduled program, service or activity.

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