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Greetings, Tau Sisters What a pleasure it is to plan for another exciting meeting with the “Lake Ladies”. They always treat us to a fun meeting in a beautiful setting. I hope you have enjoyed a wonderful, and somewhat dry season. The summer is passing much too quickly and many of our members are plan-ning to return the classroom as administrators, counselors, teachers, and volunteers. Three Tau members represented the Chapter at the Delta State Leader-ship Seminar in June—Paulette Fischer, Judy Stanford, and your presi-dent. Dr. Lulu Lopez focused on the power of women and involved us in activities involving communication styles and relationship strategies. Her observation of successful people is to “be your word and keep agree-ments.” Dr. Lopez quoted Oscar Wilde “Be yourself—everyone else is already taken.” (continued on page 2)

A Message from President Arlene

TAU CHAPTER “Party like a Lake Girl” July 25 at Lake Ozark Christian Church

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VOLUME 11 ISSUE 14

JULY 2015

In this issue:

Officers’ updates

Committees’ reports

Members’ salute

Special ceremonies

Delta State Conven-

tion

Meetings information page

Recruitment Grants Pres-

entation

President Arlene, Kay Haller, Fatima High School, West-phalia, and her mother; Nora Van-sant, Jefferson City High School and her mother; Ruth Willhite, chair, pre-sented each recipi-ent with $500.00 cash awards.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS for two events. The Mid-Missouri Council Brunch will be hosted by Eta Chapter on December 12 at 10:30 at the Fulton Country Club. They will provide more details later. The Delta State Convention is scheduled for April 21-22, 2017, at Courtyard by Marriott in Columbia, MO. Re-gional Conferences will be announced for the spring of 2016. I have accepted an invitation from Delta State President Cay Sergent to serve as Northeast Area Coordinator. More infor-mation about the Northeast Area Conference will be reported after a planning meeting in August. Paulette Fischer will join other officers and members of Delta State at the Southwest Regional Conference in Wichita, KS, the weekend of July 25. At last report she was looking for “boots and bling” for one of the sessions. We are so fortunate to have a Tau member serving Delta State! It was so moving to recognize the dedication and service of

Tau members at the April meeting. YOU are the reason Tau Chapter is successful! Our membership is en-hanced by three new members—Sarah Porter, Theresa Struemph, and Sara Wallis. Once again, we con-gratulate Gloria Fields as Tau Chapter Lady of Distinction. In April, Colleen Abbott was presented the Past President Award by the University of Missouri Ag Alumni As-sociation. These awards are the organization’s highest honor—presented for teaching, advising, research, extension and volunteering, and to outstanding staff, alumni, students and student clubs. Congratulations, Colleen! We are proud of you.

Thanks to Tau member Gloria Fields for an update about Helen Schulte. Earlier this month, Helen chose to reside at the Miller County Nursing Home in Tuscumbia. She hopes to regain enough strength to return home, but she is now 96 and did not know if that would be possible. Let’s remember Helen in our prayers and, with a cheerful card. The address is Miller County Care & Rehabilitation Center, 1157 Highway 17, Tus-cumbia, MO 65082. As DKG members, we are to review our SAP (Strategic Action Plan) annually, so we will ask for suggestions at the July meeting. Membership has been our focus for the past several years—do we continue with a focus on membership for another year? Please share your recommendations at the meeting. HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: At the July meeting we will take time to re-evaluate our committee goals (for 2014-2016). The stated goals should be met by the end of the biennium—April 2016. You can find the goals on the website tauchapterdelta.org – choose Resources then select Committee Goals and Responsibilities. Also, you can access the Strategic Action Plan from the Resources page. Each committee will have an op-portunity to report on revisions to the goals during the chapter meeting. (A few printed copies will be available at the meeting.) Tau members will continue to support THAT (Teachers Helping Another Teacher) program. Please continue to report volunteer hours and mentoring of students as well as financial contributions for the THAT program. Sherri Carter has provided excellent leadership for the Tau Teachers Care program. Also, we will continue our contributions to Buddy Packs as a Service Project—please check Tau Tales for details. As Tau members, we have so much to be grateful for—and so much more to accomplish. I appreciate the opportunity to serve as your president. Arlene

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Secretary Julie Martin Minutes April 18, 2015

Arlene Broeker called the meeting to order and opened with an opening inspiration.Twenty-three members were present. Sarah Porter,Theresa Struemph and Sara Wallis were initiated as new members. Minutes from the last meeting were approved, and Paulette gave the treasurer’s report. Karen Blevins shared a “thank you” from Eldon for Buddy Packs. Old Business - A good way to get to our chapter's website is tauchapterdelta.org to check committee goals and the progress of those goals. Improvements will continue on the Tau Chapter website.

New Business - Instead of a program, Arlene gave a report from the Delta State Convention. Tau was represented well and received several awards and recognitions. Paulette will be the new Executive Secretary/Treasurer for Delta State. Nancy Lewis was recognized as a Key Woman Educa-tor. At the convention, Judy Stanford accepted Tau’s Five Star Achieve-ment Award for attendance, initiation of new members and community ser-vice. THAT award was given to Tau for recorded hours helping new teach-ers. Tau earned the Order of the Rose. Commu-nication Award for graphic design was also given to Tau Tales. From one speaker, Arlene re-ceived the message, "It is always the right time to do the right thing." Excellent workshops were offered. There will be a Delta State Leadership Seminar on Saturday, June 27, from 9:30 to 3:00 at the MRTA Building, 3030 DuPont Circle, Jef-ferson City. All members were encouraged to attend.

Lady of Distinction - Arlene recognized Gloria Fields as a Lady of Distinction. She has been a member of DKG for 16 years. (See page )

Recruitment Grant Presentation - Ruth Will-hite presented both Katy Haller from Fatima High School and Nora Vansant from Jefferson City High School with a $500 scholarships and certificate from Tau Chapter. (page 1) Recognition of Tau Members with Service Awards - Several members have reached milestones in membership. Lillian Anderson, 60 years (pictured on page ); Rosalie Buehrle, 52 years; Helen Schulte, 50 years; Lela Zey, 50 years; Jerena Griffen, Arlene Broeker, and Al-ice VanLanduyt, 40 years. All members in at-tendance were recognized for their member-ship. (All photos will be in April 2016 slide show.) Individual members reported. Arlene thanked

the Eldon members for their wonderful hospitality and reminded all about the Lake meeting in July.

Leadership Seminar

Delta State Convention

Rosalie 52 years Alice 40 years

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Treasurer Paulette Fischer Reports

From the Treasurer: I am sorry I won’t be at the July 25 meeting. I will be at the Southwest Regional Conference in Wichita. If you would like to pay your dues early, you can mail them to me at: Paulette Fischer 102 N Taylor California, MO 65018 However, it will be fine to pay your dues at the October 3 meeting here in California. Also, I would encourage you to consider buying a membership pin if you have not already done so. I have a limited supply of pins available at the old prices: Small Pins $15.00 Large Pins $16.50 I will have them available at the October meeting on a first come-first served basis.

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Sarah Porter taught high school Spanish and middle school English, music, technology at St. Joseph n Pilot Grove; Tip-ton, GED and ESL in Columbia Adult Ed.; and ESOL coordinator in Jefferson City. Sarah lives in Wardsville. Her favorite snack is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and puppy chow. Her teaching hint is “If you accidentally write on a dry erase board with a permanent marker, don’t panic. Just write over with a dry erase marker, erase, and all will be removed.” Email: porters@centurylink.net and sarah.porter@jcschools.us Theresa Struemph, a business teacher, taught 9 years at Iberia; 1 year at School of the Osage, marketing and COE; and 18 years at St. Elizabeth, also A+ coordinator. Theresa is retired and lives in St. Elizabeth. Her favorite snack is chocolates! Her family includes her husband Stan and two children Jacob and Elizabeth. Her teaching hint is “Be pre-pared and flexible. Anything can happen and often does.” Email: struemphfamily@yahoo.com Sara Wallis has taught Pre-K, kindergarten, 1st grade, Reading Recovery at Eldon and Osage and currently teaching at Eldon South Elementary. She is a lover of “chocolate anything,” working in her flower garden, and hanging out with her girls—Kikaya and Kelsey. Her teaching hint is “Always make sure your students feel loved!” Email: wallis-fam94@gmail.com

Second Vice President Angie Wolfe’s Report

Initiation Ceremony: Julie Martin; Sarah Porter, JCPS AEL coordinator; President Arlene;

Theresa Struemph, St. Elizabeth High School business and A+ Coordinator; Betty Mudd; Sara Wallis, Eldon Public School, Pre-K; Angie Wolfe, membership chair.

Gloria Fields was recognized as our Lady of Distinction for her many years of hard work and service. Congratulations Glo-ria! Thank you for being such a wealth of knowledge to our chap-ter! (See page 10)

Please welcome them to our group when you see them at our meeting on July 25 at the lake! If there is a colleague that you think might be interested in joining our society, July is a great meeting to have them attend as a guest! See you

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As we prepare for another school year, it’s also time to remember the financial assistance that DKG offers through scholarships. A reminder of available scholarships and Grant-in-Aids will follow in the next two Tau Tales. Any interested member is encouraged to contact the Tau Chapter Scholarship Committee now for further assistance and to begin necessary paperwork.

Dana Burkle

Debbie Hiatte

Members Scholarship Chair Alice Van Landuyt

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July Hostesses Report Theme: “Party like a Lake Girl”

Roll Call activity: When your name is called, you could say one piece of personal trivia the girls probably don't know about you. For example: I was Miss Camden County Fair Queen or won the Eldon Middle School Spelling Bee in 7th grade, or went on a date with the guy who went on to start the Applebee's restaurant chain or my grandpa attended Ronald Reagan's inauguration, etc. Be prepared to say just your state-ment!

Your hostesses pictured—Karen Blevins, Anita Chilton, Robin Adams,

Beverly Kincade, Debbie Misenheimer, and Angie Wolfe—invite all!

Program:

The Lake hostesses are pleased to announce the program for the meeting will be Lake Girl Team Trivia. Each lady at-tending our meeting will be randomly assigned a team. We will have six sets of questions covering a variety of topics, including DKG trivia! The team with the most points shall be our Lake Girl Trivia champs. Prizes will be awarded. There will be two team building activities and mulligan options to add to your team points. Be prepared to impress your sisters with your knowledge and be prepared for some smart fun!

After the meeting hit the best of discount shopping!

COMMITTEE REPORTS

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Nominations Chair Sharon Buster

We will continue the Tau Teachers Care program for new teachers in the dis-tricts we have previously done. We have enough cups so all we need from members is No. 2 Yellow Pencils (unsharpened) to put in the cups. We put 24 in each cup, and last year we filled 72 cups for new teachers. Please do not send mechanic pencils because they do not fit correctly into the current cups we are using. If members could start bringing these to the July meeting (while school supplies are on sale...) we can start working on them as I will be deliver-ing them by the first of October at the latest. Thank you very much for your generosity in helping us with this very worthwhile project.

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60 Lillian Anderson (R) 52 Rosalie Buehrle 52 Lela Zey (R) 50 Helen Schulte 41 Jerena Giffen (honorary) 40 Arlene Broeker 40 Alice VanLanduty 39 Carol Bassett 36 Dana Burkle 34 Dorothy Williams 33 Judy Stanford 31 Janice Griffin 30 Sharon Buster 31 Ginger Moore 30 Barbara Swanson (R) 28 Paulette Fischer 28 Nancy Lewis

26 Charlotte Dudenhoeffer 24 Ruth Willhite 20 Betty Mudd 18 Charlotte Parsons 16 Karen Blevins 16 Linda Eisinger 16 Gloria Fields 16 Pat Seifert 16 Connie Wyrick 16 Debbie Ferguson 15 Debbie Hiatte 14 Mary Ellen Laden 12 Gracie Fields 11 Julie Martin 9 Colleen Abbott 9 Michele Bilyeu 8 Ashley Angle

8 Anita Chilton 6 Lianne Hollander 6 Carol Schulte 6 Sandy Wilson 5 Bev Kincade 5 Angie Wolfe 4 Joan Marsch 4 Carrie Martin 3 Kim Edwards 3 Sherri Carter 1 Robin Adams 1 Lori Means 1 Debbie Meisenhelter 1 Shelley Smith 1 Suzanne Hale Reserve member (R)

We commend our great slate of officers that are presently serving. We have out-standing leadership and we are so appreciative. The nomination committee con-tinues to seek members who are willing to serve as officers. We already have a volunteer for one office for the next biennium. That's the Tau spirit!!!

TTC Chair Gracie Fields

Executive Board’s Service Awards Presentation

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TAU NEWS

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Lillian Anderson 60 Years Membership

Lillian Anderson received her 60 year recognition certificate for membership in Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. Gracie and Gloria Fields delivered it to her at the nursing home in Paris on Mother's Day. She was glad to see us and to re-ceive the award, even if she did have to turn down her Cardinal's game on the radio while we talked to her!

Lela Zey 52 Years Membership

Last week I visited with Lela Zey and took her picture. The California Com-munity Band played at her care center and she so enjoyed the music. We had such a nice chat afterwards. She's already talking about celebrating her 100th birthday in 2 and a half years! I told her I'd be there. I thought you might include her picture in Tau Tales. Nancy Lewis

Colleen Abbott Past President Award

Colleen Abbott was presented the Past President Award by the University of Missouri Ag Alumni Association. The award was given on April 9, 2015 at the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources' Celebration of Excellence event in Colum-bia. The Ag Alumni Association Awards are the organization's highest honor. Awards are presented for teaching, advising, research, extension and volunteering, and to out-standing staff, alumni, students and student clubs. "Colleen has been an outstanding leader of our alumni association," said Bryan Garton, CAFNR associate dean, in a news release. "She has represented the association well with the Mizzou Alumni Association and with CAFNR student organizations, always pre-sent when needed and called upon. She has done an exceptional job of ensuring an all-volunteer board worked together for the benefit of our college, students and fac-ulty. We greatly appreciate Colleen's many years of service to CAFNR."

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Lake of the Ozarks Charitable Foundation Board Members donated food items to the School of the Osage Buddy Pack program enabling them to top their 2014 goal. Each year Paul’s Supermarket helps the foundation obtain the food items that are needed most by local school and food pantries for the foundation’s annual food drive. (February 4, 2015, Focus, Osage Beach)

Bev Kincade and Buddy Pack Program

The Marsch’s celebrated with a private open

house with family and friends, hosted by their

children and Carol (Marsch) Williams.

Ron and Joan Irick were married May 29,

1965, at First Baptist Church, Monroe City. (May 24, 2015, News Tribune, Jefferson City)

Congratulations!

Joan Marsch Celebrates 50th wedding anniversary

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Karen Blevins’ GATES kids

Hope House announced that nine School of the Osage students in the GATES Program received funding for their sum-mer educational activities. These stu-dents will attend William Woods College for Kids, Drury Summerscape, or South-west Baptist University. None of these students would be able to participate in these summer programs without this support. (June 3, 2015, Focus, Osage Beach)

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Tau Chapter Lady of Distinction

Gloria Fields

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Gloria has seved 27 years as an educator. Gloria currently serves as Music Educator for School of the Osage district—

grades K-2 at Mills Elementary and grades 3-5 at Upper Elementary. She previously taught music K-8 at Schuyler

County Schools in Moberly and Louisiana Public Schools.

Gloria was initiated into Tau Chapter April 10, 1999: a 16-year member.

Gloria served as Tau Chapter President 2004-2006. Prior to that year she served in chapter offices. Her leadership is

evident in the committees she ha chaired and served. Gloria took Tau from our paper yearbook to digital!

Congratulations, Gloria! You have been an innovator and such a delightful member.

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Members Honored at April Meeting

Front Row: Kim Edwards, Charlotte Parsons, President Arlene, Betty Mudd, Judy Stanford Second Row: Dorothy Williams and Colleen Abbott Third Row: Carol Bassett, Lady of Distinction Gloria Fields, Shelley Smith Fourth Row: Sharon Buster, Gracie Fields, Carol Schulte, Debbie Hiatte, Robin Adams Fifth Row: Ruth Willhite, New Member Sara Wallis, New Member Theresa Struemph, Angie Wolfe Sixth Row: Dana Burkle, Alice VanLanduyt, Delta State Treasurer Paulette Fischer, Rosalie Buehrle Seventh Row: New Member Sarah Porter, Carrie Martin, Secretary Julie Martin, Karen Blevins

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Report on 81st Delta State Convention Nadine’s Theme: Spice up your life—with friendships

Your Chapter was represented at Delta State by 4 members: Paulette Fischer, Nancy Lewis, Judy Stanford and your president. Paulette was introduced as the new Executive Secretary/Treasurer of Tau. She will take office July 1. Nancy Lewis was recognized for Key Woman Educator at the Saturday luncheon. We are proud to have Nancy represent Tau Chapter as a Key Woman Educator. Judy Stanford, Achievement Awards Chair recognized Chapters earning Achievement Awards. Tau chapter received a Five Star Chapter Achievement Award for outstanding accomplishments and contributions—attendance at meetings, programs, and initiation of new members. I want to commend all of you for this award—your contributions to Tau Chapter are evident! Tau Chapter was also awarded the following:

· T.H.A.T. Award—Teachers Helping Another Teacher. Delta State reported over 2,500 total hours and

$9,000 in monetary contributions (thank you Betty Mudd for collecting and submitting this data)

· Order of the Rose—one rose for maintaining membership (thank you Paulette Fischer for your diligent

reporting of membership dues)

· Communication Award—1st place for Tau Tales graphic design (thank you Judy Stanford for continu-

ing to produce award-winning newsletters)

· Certificates were awarded--for 50 years of membership to Helen Schulte and 40 years of membership

to Alice VanLanduyt, Arlene Broeker and honorary member Jerena Giffen.

The Delta State Scholarship Committee Chair, Grace Weber, announced that they recommended Megan Humphreys of Eldon to receive the Bradford Grant-in-Aid award in the amount of $1,000. My duties were to assist with Order of the Rose presentation and the Celebration of Life ceremony on Sunday. 37 members were honored with a white rose at the Celebration of Life. There were several excellent speakers—the NW area coordinator Claudette Scott-Rogers welcomed us with “All I need to know I learned in 4-H (Kindergarten)” 4-H promotes “Make the best better” and that is something we can all follow. The luncheon speaker, Dr. Jennifer Webb of Epsilon Chapter addressed Teachers with Style—the style repre-sents Show respect, Take responsibility, a You can do attitude, Leading positively and Exhibiting safety. She explained each component with examples and said she emphasizes to students “It’s always the right time to do the right thing.” Elinor Etterling, former Delta President from Raytown, entertained us at the Sunday breakfast with her com-ments and humorous stories. She suggested we can be “over the top friendly at meetings because no one wants to go where they are not wanted.” There were excellent workshops offered—I learned about the use of Google Classroom and Google Docs to improve student learning, and suggestions to improve membership. New officers for Delta State were installed—President Cay Sergent, 1

st VP Karen Evans, 2

nd VP Marty Tidd,

Recording Secretary Jana Siefkas, Executive Secretary/Treasurer Paulette Fischer. There were 175 DKG members registered representing 43 chapters. We were very proud to represent Tau Chapter at the Delta State Convention. The site for the 2017 convention has not been named, but it will be in the Central area—committee looking at a Columbia location. The 2017 Delta State Convention will be held April 21-23 at Courtyard by Marriott in Columbia.

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Mission Statement

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

promotes professional and personal growth of

women educators and excellence in education.

Judy Stanford, ed. 30 Southern Pine Ln Village of Four Seasons

JULY 2015

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JULY 25 at 10:00 am Lake Ozark Christian Church

on Bagnell Dam strip

Theme: “Party like a Lake Girl”

TAU MEETING DATES

October 3, 2015—California—Nancy

and Michele

December 2015—TBA—Mid-MO

Regional Christmas gathering

February 6, 2016—Jefferson City—

Rosalie and Lianne

April 2, 2016—Eldon—Sandy and

Carol Schulte

April-June 2016—Delta State Area

Conferences

July 5-9, 2016—Gaylor Opryland

Resort/Convention Center, Nashville,

TN

Strawberry lemonade in Mason jar glasses,

Spinach artichoke dip and chips, Lil’l smoky bacon

wraps, cheeseball and crackers, veggy tray, fruit pizza

Pinwheels, pimento cheese sandwiches, meatballs,

ham sliders

Choco/vanilla custard, sprinkles, and cones

Donations accepted for the two 2016 Recruitment

Grants.

Raffle Tickets available for lake related items: ladies at the

meeting volunteered $5 each to get the following: a $25 Baxter's gift card, $10 Randy's card, coupon book for lake activities, putt putt golf passes, LO Profile and/or Lake Lifestyle copy.

PARTY MENU

DIRECTIONS: Crossing the dam, Lake Christian is the first church on your right. Coming from 242, Lake Christian is the second church on your left after turning right onto Bagnell Dam Blvd.

Bring pencils, please! 2 Homework assignments!

Phone: 573.964.6271 Email: jastanford@aol.com