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Outagamie County Home & Community Education

News & ViewsSummer 2016

President’s LetterTable of ContentsPresident’s Letter . . . . pg 1

Advisor’s Letter . . . . . . pg 2

Upcoming Events . . . . . pg 2

Announcements . . . . . . pg 3•2016 Fair Booth•Picture Perfect Project•Bits N Pieces

Announcements . . . . . . pg 4•Wisconsin Book Worms•WAHCE NE District

Book Drive

Thank You . . . . . . . . . . . pg 5•Scholarship Thank You•Patriotic Quilts•New Member Welcome

Hello Everyone,

Summer is here and so is Fair time. The Outagamie County Fair is July 26-31, 2016 and our theme for the booth this year is 76 Trombones Leading HCE.

Please bring your ideas and items for the Fair booth to the Committee meeting on July 7th. Set up of the booth will take place on July 26th at 1:00 pm if you would like to help.

Join us on our Shawano area Barn Quilt Tour and Lunch in August. Call the UW-Extension Outagamie County office to register before August 12.

In September look forward to our State meeting and Picture Perfect Day. I’m looking forward to both.

The NE District Meeting was held in Sturgeon Bay on May 5th. There was 76 in attendance with six from our Outagamie County. It was a good meeting. Calumet County will be collecting gently used children’s books that will be distributed to under privileged children around the world.

In the month of May we will be reading the 750,000th book to children through Wisconsin Bookworms™. Give yourselves a hand and continue the good and rewarding work. Readers that have been in the program for 10 and 15 years we be recognized at the state meeting. We will recognize Lois Dalke who is a 15 year reader from Outagamie County.

Have a great summer and keep up the good work.President Linda Biese

“Success is finding satisfaction in giving little more than you take”. Christopher Reeveswww .facebook .com/WAHCEinc

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Dear HCE Members,When in doubt...what do you do? A recent article Winners Conquer Doubt from the Ohio State Leadership Series is an interesting piece to chew on as we move into a time of uncertainty in so many different aspects of our future - elections, funding, budgets, and life in general. Knowing our goals and mission are so important as we move forward with strong convictions and beliefs. Knowing what we would like in life helps us direct our decisions as we move forward.

Sincerely,Karen DickrellAdvisor to HCEFamily Living Educator and Department Head

Winners Conquer DoubtNot one of us is free of it. We all have moments when we question our ability to succeed and our ability to make good decisions. Why? Because we can’t know the future. Winners feel doubt just as often as anybody else. They understand you have to earn success. They know you can’t be haphazard if you want to make progress toward your most important goals. These truths inevitably lead to questions about their ability to succeed.

If we aren’t on guard, though, those moments can expand and can kill our spirit. They can demoralize. They can give us a faulty perspective. They can distract us and disrupt our forward momentum. They can waste our precious time. The clock is ticking and you can spend your time worrying and doubting or you can spend your time working. When you allow doubt to send you into a tailspin of indecision and hesitation, you invite fear. You grind to a halt. All work stops, and with no work, you have no hope.

Weidel, L. (2015). SERIAL WINNER: FIVE ACTIONS TO CREATE YOUR CYCLE OF SUCCESS. Austin, TX: Greenleaf Book Group Press (pg 14-15)www.Leadershipcenter.osu.edu

Advisor Corner Upcoming Events

June 12Breakfast on the Farm K&T Dairy, LLCN2518 Holland Rd, Freedom 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

July 7 Fair Booth Committee Meeting UW-Extension | 9:00 am

July 26-31 Outagamie County Fair

July 30 Newsletter Deadline

DATE CHANGEAugust 2

Newsletter Committee MeetingUW- Extension | 9:00 am

August 2 HCE featured on WHBY 1150 AM Good Neighbor Show

August 4-14 Wisconsin State Fair

August 17

Barn Quilt AdventureFarm Inn. Shawano | 11:00 am

RAIN DATE: August 24 Barn Quilt Adventure

September 7HCE Potluck picnic and Executive Board Meeting11:30 am

September 12-14

WAHCE State meeting Eau Claire, WI

September 21Picture Perfect Day Town of Center 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

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2016 Fair BoothWe invite you to exercise your creativity for the 2016 Fair Booth. We decided to use the state’s theme of 76 Trombones Leading HCE.

If you have any ideas or items that can be used in the booth please contact one of the fair booth committee members. What we use for the fair will be used again at the state meeting and for our display at the library during HCE week in November.

Please bring any ideas and/or items to the next fair booth committee meeting on Thursday, July 7 at 9:00 am at the UW-Extension Office. We also will need help setting up at Fair on July 26 at 1:00 pm.

Fair Booth Committee

Charity Workshop Picture Perfect DayWe are preparing the donated calendars to be assembled at our Picture Perfect Day on September 21. We know the added preparation will make it easier on picture perfect day.

Bits N PiecesWhile looking thru the history of our club, I found this poem by a deceased member of our club. I remember her when I was a young girl in 4-H and my children were in 4-H and then for years as a member of the Never Idle club.

The homemakers started meeting in the dining room of the old hall at Stephensville in 1925, but did not orgainze Never Idle as a club until September of 1940. Their first lesson was making a foot stool, followed by how to clean a sewing machine, fix a leaky faucet, make dress forms, refinishing furniture, food and canning. Thru the years they had lessons on rug making, that were real heavy and never wore out. Sewing or tailoring clothes, making drapes, making a women's suit from an old man's suit. They made a lot of alumium trays, where you pounded the design in it. Lessons were also given on outdoor cooking, color in the home and meat cookery.

In 1948 at the Wisconsin Centenial which was held at the Achievement Day in Black Creek. Each club make name tags and Margaret Nelson designed Never Idle's name tag in the shape of Wisconsin.

The name tags were judged by a lady from Madison with our club winning and getting a 5lb box of candy. In those days they like to put on hat shows, style shows and entertainment programs.

Things sure have changed, but then again they have not.

Never Idle,Marcie Suprise

Dorothy PlatzerLinda BieseMarcie Suprise

Lois DalkeLois Schwister

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

-Jane Goodall

“The year's have passed so swiftly by, at homemaker's for you and I. We all had joined when we were young, to learn something and have some fun. Now 30 years has just passed by many things have been learned by you and I. But best of all, when said and done We're all just first name friends by gum.”

by Sadie Root

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Fundraising Success!Our big fund-raiser in Outagamie County was a quilt raffle, which was held on May 2, 2016. Catholic Financial Life Chapter #188 & #197 pledged $1,500.00 matching funds and challenged us to raise that amount in ticket sales. We surpassed our goal and reached $1,779 .00 by selling 355 books (1,067 tickets). Great job everyone, we knew you could do it.

Thank You to Marcie Suprise, Linda Biese, The Giving Bees, and Dolly Mleziva for donating the prizes and to all HCE members who sold tickets for the raffle. We want to remember our sponsors, Catholic Financial Life Chapter #188, Sharon Reynolds, and Chapter #197 Ruth Biese for supporting Wisconsin Bookworms this year. Both chapters have been a big help to our literacy program by matching funds for our raffles in the past.

Bookworm Coordinators

Volunteer Readers 2015-16 School Year

Judy Asman Jeanne Baum

Lois Dalke Margaret Hinz.

Jeanne Lautenschlager Dorothy Paltzer Marge PaulsonLois Schwister

Judy Shafel Marcie Suprise Faye Wichman Marjorie Zibell.

At the state conference this year Lois Dalke will be among those honor for being a 15 year reader.

Wisconsin Bookworms provides early literacy programming for Wisconsin’s children. The Statewide Wisconsin Bookworms project started in 1998 with innovative grant funding. That year 130 volunteers readers read books to 1,375 children in 26 counties. Now each county gets their own funding. Wisconsin Bookworms project is currently in its 18th year statewide, with 545 readers reading books to 5,300 children in 42 counties. In May of 2016, we will have read over 750,000 books to children 3-5 years of age in our statewide program .

Judy Asman766-5578

Marcie Suprise757-5407

We have to keep working hard to continue our Wisconsin Bookworms program for our county. We want to keep on reading to children, giving them books and seeing their smiles. Next years reading program with Head Start and Oneida is already in process. In August, letters will be sent out to the current readers. If you would like to be a reader please contact Judy or Marcie by August 1st.

Raffle Prize Winners 1st prize Bow Tie quilt Marlene Hofacker 2nd prize Cancer quilt Carolyn Page 3th prize Frog quilt Pat Theobald 4th prize Girls quilt Becky Mueller 5th prize Purple table runner Gabe Wright.

WAHCE Northeast District Book Drive May 16 - October 20, 2016

Being held in conjunction with the WAHCE’s focus on literacy. Sponsored and coordinated by the Calumet County Association of Home and Community Education (CAHCE)

We will be collecting books and monetary donations to fill libraries in third word countries. Monies donated will be used to purchase books and learning materials by educators in the chosen third world country. Books and monetary donations can be delivered to the UW-Extension Outagamie County office or brought to a countywide HCE program meeting.

Donated books and monies from each county HCE will be collected at the WAHCE Northeast District meetingon October 20, 2016 hosted by CAHCE at Cobblestone Creek Dining and Banquet Hall in Brillion, WI. After CAHCE distributes the donated monies and books they will report back to all County HCE’s in the WAHCE Northeast District where the books and monies were donated post October 20th meeting.

MISSIONCollecting children’s, young adult reader and adult books to fill sparsely filled libraries in

schools, reservations and community libraries in the United States. Can be new and used books

Dear HCE Scholarship Selection,Thank you so much for awarding me the 2016 Jeanette Fenske Scholarship. This is a great opportunity to further my education at Wisconsin Lutheran College. I am looking forward to meeting you on May 2nd and sharing my future endeavors. SincerelySeth Harmann

Thanks for doing the quilt raffle. I was lucky enough to win the bow-tie quilt. My mom did a lot of quilting so I know how much thought and work goes into one. I know she would love it as much as I do. ThanksMarlene Hofocker

Cookie DecoratingThank you to Faye Wichman who taught cookie decorating at a recent Country Apples club meeting. Not only were the cookies delicious it was a fun and educational meeting.

Patriotic QuiltsWe are finishing up our 4th Patriotic Quilt. The quilts will be given to local veterans. Thank you to those who donated and gave us additional help.

Thank You

Welcome to new memberRose Hertzfeld to the

Country Apples HCE Club

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Outagamie County Home and Community Education3365 W Brewster StAppleton, WI 54914

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Agents | Educators | CoordinatorsKaren Dickrell Family Living Educator and Department HeadEvan Groth Nutrition Educator*

Kevin Jarek Crops, Soils, and Horticulture AgentAnne Donnellan Seasonal Horticulture AssistantZen Miller Dairy and Livestock AgentJames Resick Community Development EducatorMaryBeth Seib 4-H Youth and Family Program CoordinatorKristine Soper Nutrition Educator*

*Serves Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago Counties

Support Staff Joan Behle Office Assistant Carey Behnke Education & Communication Specialist Terry Hampton Office Assistant Vicki Handschke Office Assistant Shari Peterson Program Assistant

County Administration Thomas Nelson County Executive | 920-832-1684 Craig Moser County Executive Administrator Jeff Nooyen County Board Chair Joy Hagen County Board Vice Chair

Extension Education Committee Dan Rettler Chair Daniel Melchert Vice Chair Debbie VanderHeiden Secretary BJ O’Connor-Schevers Member Keith Suprise Member

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