ynthia Nimerichter November 2011 Newletter

November 2011

AUTHOR’S DAY 2011- November 5

   Cynthia Nimerichter   Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes  Joyce B. Lohse     Jacqueline Lundquist

 The Colorado Springs chapter of the American Association of University Women is delighted to invite you to their 2011 Authors’ Day.  Meet these four engaging local authors and enjoy breakfast snacks AND a delicious lunch at the Garden of the Gods Club on Saturday, November 5th from 10am to 2pm.  These fascinating writers will share their best and latest works

Tickets are $60 and are available at Black Cat Books, 720 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, or call 719-685-1589.  Or go to www.aauwcoloradosprings.org and click on PayPal Payment Page. Discount tickets are available for AAUW CS Members, ($50) and AAUW Student Members, ($40).  Proceeds benefit local AAUW scholarships.  We hope you can join us for this fun and enlightening day!

Cynthia Nimerichter

Cynthia Nimerichter authored a weekly newspaper column titled “Related by Marriage,” in The Philadelphia Bulletin for three years. It dealt with everyday events in the life of a midlife crazed woman and her sweet but slightly befuddled husband. The column’s humor, warmth, and insight are now available in book form.

Cynthia’s professional speaking engagements project these same qualities. Her message – “You Deserve a Delicious Life!” – inspires audiences to consciously live in a more grateful, gracious, and generous way. The Delicious Theory™ will change your view of the world!

Cynthia has a juris doctorate from the University Of Colorado School Of Law and spent most of her legal career as a successful Deputy District Attorney. During her tenure at the Denver District Attorney’s Office, Cynthia excelled in the prosecution of those charged with physical and sexual violence against women and children.

Involvement in her community has been at the center of Cynthia’s life. For thirty years, she has served on nonprofit boards and committees, organized countless fundraisers, and stuffed perhaps four million envelopes with appeals for donations.

Cynthia lives in Colorado Springs with her husband Ted. It is not Ted’s favorite thing to have his foibles highlighted in “Related by Marriage” each week and he frequently needs to be reminded that exaggeration is a part of humor writing but he is very supportive of his wife of two decades.

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes 

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD, is an internationally recognized scholar, award-winning poet, diplomate senior Jungian psycho-analyst, and cantadora (keeper of the old stories in the Latina tradition). In addition to her international bestseller Women Who Run With the Wolves, Dr. Estés is a managing editor and columnist writing on politics, spirituality, and culture at the newsblog TheModerateVoice.com, and she is a columnist at The National Catholic Reporter online.

"Call her Our Lady, La Nuestra Señora, Holy Mother-or one of her thousands of other names," says Dr. Estés.  "She wears hundreds of costumes, dozens of skin tones, is patroness of deserts, mountains, stars and oceans. Thus she comes to us in billions of images, but at her center, she is the Great Immaculate Heart."  With Untie the Strong Woman, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés invites us to reconnect with "the fierce and loving Blessed Mother who is friendly, but never tame-she who flies to our aid when the road is long and our hearts are broken, ever ready to rekindle the inner fire of our creative souls."

In her first book in more than a decade, Dr. Estés illuminates Our Lady through blessings, images, and narrative."

"The Blessed Mother is often 'Friend to the friendless one' and Mother to all-yet too many of us have been estranged from her for far too long."  Untie the Strong Woman opens a channel to this sacred and nurturing force-"breaking through walls that have held us back from her presence, and instead, inviting us to shelter under her starry green mantle."

Joyce B. Lohse

Joyce Lohse is an award-winning biographer and journalist, who has been inducted into the Colorado Women Hall of
Fame. She also serves as executive director of Women Writing the West.

Joyce’s books include several Now You Know Biographies, including Unsinkable: The Molly Brown Story, General William Palmer: Railroad Pioneer, and Justina Ford, Medical Pioneer, as well as several other stories of historical lives on the Front Range, such as First Governor, First Lady: John and Eliza Routt of Colorado, Baby Doe Tabor: Matchless Silver Queen, and her latest, Emily Griffith: Opportunity’s Teacher.

You can buy Joyce’s books at the Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum, as well as at many other historic sites in our wonderfully rich region, or borrow them at any Pikes Peak Library District location.

Jacqueline Lundquist

Jacqueline Lundquist is a 1986 graduate of the University of Virginia, where she earned a degree in Rhetoric and Comm-unications and of the Alliance Francaise in Paris. Her background is in advertising, public relations and media. She has worked on national community service issues for

President George Bush Sr. and President Bill Clinton. In addition, she worked as an entertainment reporter for CBS television.

Jacqueline’s husband, Richard Celeste, served as Ambassador to India under President Clinton from 1997-2001. As first lady of the US in India, Jacqueline worked on a variety of issues including HIV/AIDS, women's and children's causes, the environment, breast cancer awareness and the promotion of fashion and the arts. In 2002, Jacqueline was awarded the Special Award for Contribution to Promotion of Indian Fashion Globally at the Zee Gold Bollywood Awards in New York City.

Jacqueline is the co-author, along with Sam Celeste, her thirteen-year-old son, of the children¹s book There's A Mouse in Roosevelt House and wrote the forward for Indian Journeys, a collection of Indian photographs. Jacqueline’s love of India spawned a variety of business enterprises.  Her jewelry company, I’m Sari, sold in the US at Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord and Taylor and a variety of boutiques across the country.  Her fashion company, Karma, promoted Indian fashion designers in the US.  For several years, Jacqueline imported furniture, carpets and accessories from India under the name One World 2 U Warehouse.

She currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:

Our program committee, chaired by Jann Nance and Jean Koch, got us off to a great start at the September meeting. Joan Capesius and Judy Casey arranged for a delicious lunch at Mackenzie Place. Thirty-seven members attended an interesting presentation arranged by Jann. Jacquie Ostrom’s factual approach to Climate Change challenged us to examine our preconceptions. Thanks to all the “J”s, including Jeanne Marsh, who made this happen.

October 8’s snow did not inhibit attendance at the All Member’s Coffee held at the Colorado Springs School. Forty five members attended along with a student affiliate member from UCCS, and seven prospective members—one of whom has joined! I’d like to say a special thanks to Jean Koch for heading up the event, and for arranging to have Kathleen Murphy play the harp for us. We also owe a big thank you to Caryl Schrab and to her daughter, Jennifer Hedden, who handled logistics with the school. Other people who helped make the event very special were: Colleen Braeger, Joan Capesius, Judy Casey, Pam Doane, Sandy Johannsen, Cara Koch, Beth Lowe-Moore, Lani Manning, Ginger Miller, Jann Nance, Joann Oh, Diane Savage, and Gini Simonson. The teamwork was wonderful to see!

Is November 5, 2011 marked on your calendar? Author’s Day at Garden of the Gods Club promises to be a fun and educational way to raise money for local scholarships. Our web mistress, Su Piercy, has set up a PayPal account so we can take on-line registrations. YOU do NOT need a PayPal account—all you need is a credit card. Go to www.aauwcoloradosprings.org and click on PayPal Payment Page.   

The 2011-12 budget, as adopted by the Board, and presented to the members at the September meeting, is included in this newsletter. We are NOT including wreath sales in our fund-raising plans for this year. The cost of freight has become prohibitive. If you have any questions about the budget, you can call me at 598-3020 or Gay at 685-3222.

I look forward to seeing YOU at an upcoming event!

Pauleta

We heard you! The board voted to STOP forwarding AAUW Washington Updates and Action Network alerts to all members. If you want to continue receiving these updates, you need to subscribe directly—here’s how:

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Step 1: Get a Yahoo ID

Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ Follow all the instructions to fill out a profile and make the choices that you want to apply to your ID on any Yahoo! Features. When you are done, you will get an email with a code or a link to verify your sign up. After you click on the email link, you will be able to use your ID to sign into any Yahoo! group.       

Step 2: Join the AAUW Colorado Group

Use your browser to go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aauw-Colorado/ (You may or may not be already signed in. It doesn’t matter because you are not a member yet. You are here to sign up. Click on the blue JOIN THIS GROUP button to start and be a member. Or… Send an email to be a member to

aauw-Coloradosubscribe@yahoogroups.com. An email is sent to the moderator and you will get an email when your membership has been approved.

Step 3: Inside the AAUW Colorado Group

Use your browser to go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aauw-Colorado/ You may need to sign in with your Yahoo ID and password. Just click the Sign In button next to the Yahoo! Groups logo. At this site, use the menu links on the left to post a message, add your name to the phone book under databases and see a calendar of events that all Colorado branch members need to know.

THE “F” Word: FUNDRAISING For the Cause

In years past, our branch has had a Christmas wreath sale to raise our annual contribution for the Educational Foundation and the Legal Advocacy Fund (LAF).  However, the freight costs are now absorbing most of the profit for that endeavor.  So, this fall, our branch board has decided to try something new. We’d like to encourage all members to participate in the Branch fundraiser by either buying King Sooper’s gift cards or making a direct donation to the AAUW Fund or Local Scholarship. Please help make this a record-breaking sale!

The AAUW Educational Foundation, established in 1955 to raise funds for fellowship programs, is now called the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) and is under the umbrella of the AAUW Funds. The AAUW Funds also includes the LAF, as well as three additional Funds: Leadership, Public Policy and the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund.  The diagram of the Funds is too large for this newsletter but will be attached electronically.

One of the world's largest sources of funding for graduate women, AAUW provided more than $3 million in funding for more than 200 fellowships and grants to outstanding women and nonprofit organizations in the past academic year. Due to the longstanding, generous contributions of AAUW members across the U.S., a broader community of women continues to gain access to educational and economic opportunities. In Colorado, women have received one Community Action Grant, one Public Policy Impact grant that was used for VoterEd and seven Fellowships.   In addition, four student members from UCCS attended the National Conference of Collegiate Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL) this summer which is funded by the Leadership Program. So, it is important to note that money given to the national organization does come back to our local communities.

In the past our branch has supported generously the AAUW Funds through the profits of our past Tailored Tours program. That money will run out this year. Branches of AAUW are asked to contribute donations to amounting to $25 per branch member (which means if we have close to 170 members, we should have a goal of $4250). Our usual contribution of $2000 a year is less than half that amount. The King Soopers card fundraiser is a simple way for members to help support this important fund while they do their normal shopping.

So, the Fall sale begins! King Soopers will rebate 5% of our total sales (as long as our order is over $5000). Of the money we make this year, 75% of the take will be designated for AAUW Funds and 25% will go to local scholarships. The gift cards are redeemable at face value for merchandise AND GAS  at King Soopers and City Market. There is no expiration date and if gift cards are lost or stolen and you have recorded the card number, the balance can be replaced on a new card. You lose nothing and the branch gains the rebate. You may also ‘reload’ the gift cards – thereby keeping the fundraising continuous and not just a one-time deal. You can still get award points on your credit cards, by simply using the credit card to reload your gift card prior to purchases. More to follow on this process at the next branch meeting.

 Consider buying gift cards for personal use, gifts, stocking stuffers, or for donations to food banks, or shelters. The goal is for every member to order gift cards. Encourage your friends, relatives, and neighbors to buy as well. If you feel you would not be able to use a gift card, direct contributions are much appreciated. If you have any questions, feel free to call or email me. Thanks!  Brenda Wolfe – Branch EF/LAF Chair

719-337-7817; brenda.wolfe@metso.com

 

BRANCH FUND-RAISER - KING SOOPERS GIFT CARDS                                                                 

Deadline for orders is December 1, 2011. Gift cards can be purchased for any amount from $5 to $500 and will be distributed at the December 11 meeting or mailed the following week. Large orders will be delivered. 

Make checks to AAUW. The form and check should be mailed to EF/LAF Chair, Brenda Wolfe, (719-337-7817)  1011 Acacia Dr,  Colorado Springs, CO  80907.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Welcome Our New Members

Rosemary Scheuering
307 Elkhorn Road, Manitou Springs CO 80829  Phone: 685-4688  B'day: 9/13

scheuring_R@msn.com
University of Colorado awarded Rosemary a Master of Fine Arts in Art Education. This was preceded by a Master of Arts from Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Albuquerque. Rosemary is a Pikes Peak Plein Air painter, belongs to the Colorado Archeology Society and the Over the Hill Gang. She is interested in our hiking group.

 

 

Sharon LaMothe
2037 Patrician Way Colo. Spgs 80909-2055
Phone: 473-7083         B'Day June 28

slamothe628@aol.com

Sharon joined us at the Membership Coffee. She received her AA in Business Management from North Central Michigan College in Petoskey, Michigan. She is retired from the Diocese of Gaylord, Michigan. She volunteers (as Treasurer and a member of the Administrative Team) of LWVPPR. She is interested in our History, Literature, Politics, Computer Studies and Mah Jongg. She might be interested in our Membership committee.

 

Directory Correction:

Grace Toms Phone Number: 719-262-6673

EDUCATING CHILDREN OF COLOR SUMMIT

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

STEM professionals needed to facilitate classes for high school seniors at the Educating Children of Color Summit on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at UCCS.  The summit is for students, parents, educators, and others working with youth to encourage them on their journey to success.

STEM classes will be held for students to encourage their interest in those fields, while parents will participate in seminars on scholarships, college choices, etc.  

Volunteers also needed to help with registration and other duties at the summit.

Check out their website for more information:

www.educatingchildrenofcolor.org   To volunteer, please contact Lindy Conter at linconter@gmail.com or 719 594-9443 by November 1.  Thanks for helping students in our community

 

2011-2012 Colorado Springs AAUW Budget
	Budget	Prior Year Actuals
Receipts
Dues (160 x $80)	$12,800.00	$12,957.00
Programs ( 7x $750)	$5,250.00	$6,382.64
Interest	$100.00	$96.76
Fundraising
Educational Foundation	$450.00	$453.00
Wreaths	$0.00	$2,876.00
Geraniums (200 * $8)	$1,600.00	$805.00
Legal Advocacy	$100.00	$75.00
Local Scholarship	$2,000.00	$1,872.43
Authors' Day	$3,100.00
Black Cat Books	$370.00
Cartridge	$0.00	$10.00
Withdrawal from reserve funds	$2,017.00
Total Income	$27,787.00	$25,527.83
	$25,770.00	$25,527.83
Expenses
Dues to Nat'l and State (160 x $59)	$9,440.00	$9,405.00
Programs (7 x $850)	$5,950.00	$5,640.72
Conventions/Workshops	$3,652.00	$0.00
Local Directory	$275.00	$263.40
Newsletter	$300.00	$304.05
Insurance	$830.00	$180.00
Membership	$25.00	$20.00
President Administrative Fund	$100.00	$150.00
Web Site	$200.00	$180.04
Postage/Misc Office Costs	$400.00	$359.30
Donations
Educational Foundation	$1,000.00	$1,000.00
Legal Advocacy	$325.00	$325.00
Local Scholarship	$2,000.00	$1,500.00
Wreath Payment	$0.00	$2,318.43
Geranium Payment (200 * $5)	$1,000.00	$500.00
Author's Day	$1,800.00
Community Outreach/Involvement
Girls' STEM PPCF	$250.00	$500.00
Science Fair	$90.00	$0.00
History Day Award	$50.00	$50.00
Special Projects	$0.00	$0.00
Other	$100.00	$300.00
Total Expenses	$27,787.00	$22,995.94

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Monday:        HARDY HIKERS: C: Charla Dowds, 574-7568

7          Hike Coral Bluffs.  Call Gini Simonson, 481-8843

            14        Hike Mitchell Creek Trail.  Call Shay Green/Donna Beynon, 488+9027

            21        Hike Intemann Trail West.  Call Ginger Miller, 685-1870

            28        Hike Prairie Canyon Ranch.  Jeanne Allen (call Charla) 5741-7568

Tuesday

1          COMPUTER GROUP II:  9:30 a.m. C: Barbara Dieter.    H: Shirley Swinney, 720 Point of the Pines Dr.

8          POTPOURRI BOOK GROUP: 1:00 p.m. C: Darlene Aspedon, 471-7192. H: Darlene Aspedon. B: Sarah’s Key –Tatiana Rosnay. DL: Darlene Aspedon.

DINNER BOOK CLUB: C: Kay Atteberry, 599-3187, kayatteberry@aol.com.  B: One Day – David Nicolls. Dinner at 5:45 pm. at The Edelweiss Restaurant,  34 E. Ramona Ave. 633-2220. RSVP Kay Atteberry

22        UFO’S (UNFINISHED OBJECTS): 1:00 p.m. C: Wynn Weidner, 598-5259, wynnweidner@q.com.  H: Martha Lee, 6570 Foxdale Circle, 594-9039, mleewest@att.net.

Wednesday:

            AMIABLE AMBLERS: C: Kay Atteberry, 599-3187.

2          Hike Fountain Creek Regional Park. Meet the Nature Center off 85/87 on Pepper Grass Lane at 9:30 a.m. Lunch at Applebee's in Fountain. Call Kay Atteberry 599-3187 or kayatteberry@aol.com to rsvp.

23        No Hike. Thanksgiving

9          SOUTHWEST STUDIES: 2:00 p.m. C: Jean Reynolds, 598-1784. H: Helene Schafer, 590 Thames. Topic: Railroad - Alamosa to Cucharra.  Presenter: Betty Peterson.

16    LUNCHEON NOVEL I: 11:45 a.m.  Co-chairs:  Mary Eiber, 597-1730 & Georgina Burns, 598-7773 H: Mary Eiber, 597-1730 Co-H: Dotti Barnett, 265-0386 Book: Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran

      AFTERNOON READERS: 1:30 p.m. C: Joyce Johnson, joycepjohnson@msn.com, 536-0741. H/DL: Charla Dowds, 2570 Villa Loma Dr. 574-7568. B: A Long Way Gone – Ishmael Beah.

      LUNCHEON NOVEL TOO:  12:00 p.m. C: Judie Werschky, 632-9989, judiewer@aol.com.  H/DL: Janet Condit, 175 Raven Hills Rd, 277-7590. Co-H: Pam Doanne, 598-2442, pamdoane@q.com.  B: Rooftops of Tehran – Seraji.

23        CHOCOLATE LOVERS: Co-chairs: Ellie Solomon - 630-7465, elron3@msn.com & Sally Mathewson -473-0228, mathewson3@juno.com. No meeting, next meeting December 7, 1:00 pm.

 Thursday:

10        THURSDAY BRIDGE GROUP: 10:00 a.m. C: Ilene Steinkruger, 332-8613. H: Wynn Weidner, 1614 Westmoreland Rd., 598-5259.  AAUW members interested in becoming bridge substitutes, call or email Ilene: ijas@comcast.net.

MAH JONGG: 1 p.m., Patty Jewett Clubhouse, C: Jan McKenzie, 597-7161, janzie@att.net 

17        COMPUTER GROUP: 9:30 a.m. C: Aileen Maley, 227-0759, H: Judie Werschky, 3112 Leslie Dr., 80909. Call Judie 632-9989 or email at judiewer@aol.com if you can attend.

FILM GROUP: 1:00 p.m. East Library. C: Marti Ficklin, 337-2129, martifick@hotmail.com and Jean Reynolds, 598-1784, jreyno1932@aol.com. H: Gloria Chapman, 332-8483, cjgloria@msn.com.   Members view and discuss arts, foreign and independent films.        

Friday:

4          EXPLORING LIVES AND CULTURES:  10:00a.m., East Library.  C: Jan McKenzie, 597-7161 or janzie@att.net .  (Native American Heritage Month)  B: Set Me Free by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

18        LOCAL HISTORY: C: Darlene Aspedon, 471-7192. Brook Cruz will tell us about William Blackmore, English financier who was a patron and stockholder in General Palmer’s companies.  He also held property including the Maxwell Grant, mines at Central City and “our own” Red Rock Canyon.  He is given credit for changing the name “La Font” to “Manitou” because of his interest in Indian lore, when he saw the Utes at the soda springs.  Meet at 10 a.m. at the Manitou Heritage Center, 517 Manitou Ave.  Call Jann Nance, 528-6443 or cell: 334-1487.

Various Dates: WINE AND DINE: For more information call Lucy Rees 531-7437 llrees@comcast.net or Jeanne Marsh 590-7237 jmarsh@pcisys.net. Wine tasting meets gourmet cooking as AAUW members host diners in their homes. Oct/Nov/Dec hostesses are Gini Simonson, Dixie Gordon and Cara Koch.

 

COLORADO SPRINGS AAUW BRANCH

 

Branch President: Pauleta Terven, 2641 Deliverance Dr, 80918, 598-3020 pauletat@aol.com.

 Dues/Renewals: Gay Hatcher, 4450 Monitor Rock Lane, 80904, 685-3222

Tom-Gay.Hatcher@MesaNetworks.net

Address/Directory Changes: June Hallenbeck, 115 Dolomite Dr, 80919, 598-2979

        junehallenbeck@comcast.net .

Prospective Members: Diane Savage, 4716 Seton Hall, 80918, 260-5990, dianelsavage@mac.com.

 

Newsletter: Deadline is November 17 for the December/January newsletter. Send interest group notices and news item to June Hallenbeck, 115 Dolomite Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80919, or junehallenbeck@comcast.net.

 

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AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research.