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From the Presidents Pen by Sydney Baker

Volume 35 Issue 1

Dear Sisters in DKG,

This afternoon, George and I walked the perim-

eter of our yard to get some fresh air and to look forsigns of spring. I was so surprised to see all of my daf-

fodils up and ready to bloom. What surprised me the

most was seeing my purple hyacinth in full bloom.

Spring is just around the corner!

Our March meeting was the Joint Meeting hosted by Gamma Xi at th

Courtyard by Marriott in Hamilton. Our Chi Chapter was represented by 2

members in attendance! It was a wonderful opportunity to meet other Butle

County teachers and to visit with those you already know. Dr. Norma Kirby

Alpha Delta State President attended the meeting. Everyone enjoyed th

speaker, Jeanne Rolfes who gave an Armchair Virtual tour of Cincinnati Land

marks. Next March, Chi will host the Joint Meeting for Gamma Xi.The 75th Anniversary of Alpha Delta State will be celebrated at th

State Convention at Hilton Columbus at Easton from April 12 14th. We hav

three members who will be going up on Friday for the weekend. Some mem

bers will be driving up in one car (maybe two) to attend the convention on Sat

urday. There is still time to get your reservations in for this special celebratio

of Alpha Delta State. I am so proud of our Chi Chapter for collecting over 40

books for the Literacy Project. Children at five Ohio Children Hospitals wi

benefit from your generosity.

We will meet April 11th at Miami University-Hamilton. Bill Deitzer wi

give a PowerPoint presentation on Why the Great Smoky Mountains Nationa

Park is Like No Other Park. This sounds like an interesting program. Pleasask any prospective members to join us for a fun evening with our Chi Sisters.

If you have any prospective members you would like to ask to join ou

Chi Chapter, you will find the application form online. See directions insid

newsletter for printing the form. Our Chi Chapter is truly a group of amazin

women. We continue to grow in membership and friendship!

Looking forward to seeing all of you at our April 11 th meeting.

Yours Truly in Delta Kappa Gamma,

Sydney

Cindy Grantz, Editor

Cindy Grantz, Editor

Application for mem-

bership

2

Treasurer/Fellowship

& Scholarship

2

Minutes 3

Program/Project/PICS 4

Mystery Sisters

Red Roses

5

Book Club/PICS 6

Calendar, B-Days 7

Inside this issue:

Mission Statement: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

promotes professional and personal growth of women educators

and excellence in education.

CHI CHATTER

March 19, 2013CHI Chapter, Alpha Delta State


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FROM OUR TREASURERby Shirley Snyder

As of December 4th, we have a balance of

$5,438.35.

The treasurer's report is filed monthly for

audit.

FELLOWSHIP/ LEGISLATIVE/

PROFESSIONAL / NEWS

By Marilyn McKnight

Did You Know?

Delta Kappa Gamma's World Fellowship

Program began in 1946 at the National Conven-tion in San Francisco. It was established to help

women in war torn countries. In 1948, with finan-

cial help from Delta Kappa Gamma, four German

women educators, spent eight weeks of study and

visitation in Sweden. Then in 1952, the World Fel-

lowship Program began an alliance with UNESCO

to provide special help for Korean women. From

1958 to 1960 an agreement was made with the In-

stitute of International Education or IIE. It pro-

vides dossiers where a Delta Kappa Gam-

ma committee selects its recipients for study here

in the U.S. In 1972, World Fellowship became astanding committee and in 1974 became a part

of Delta Kappa Gamma's Constitution. Today, Chi

chapter and many others continue to support these

women world wide. Now You Know!

Editors note: Marilyn McKnight will be providing

informative articles monthly under this umbrella

of topics. Thanks, Marilyn, for keeping us in-

formed!

SAVE THE DATES!!!

April 12-14, 2013- 75th Anniversary of Alpha Del-

ta State at The Hilton at Easton, Columbus, OH.

July 28-Aug. 1, 2014 International Convention in

Indianapolis, Indiana.

SERVICE PROJECT

DKG VOLUNTEER

OPPORTUNITIES

SHARED HARVEST

& SCHOOLS FOR AFRICA

Amounts will be updated in the April new

letter.

CHINESE AUCTION / SCHOLARSHIP

Our support for our local scholarship fun

through our monthly Chinese auction give

us money for our scholarship.

Update from Barb Blair: The deadline fo

the scholarship applications was March

2013. The applications are now being circulated

to the committee members. We will then meet, as

group, to make a final decision.

Letters were mailed to the former scholarsh

recipients to check on their progress. Hopefully, w

will have some responses back before our next meeing in April.

PRINTING APPLICATION

FOR MEMBERSHIPIf you have any prospective members you wou

like to ask to join our Chi Chapter, you will find th

application form online at:

http://alphadeltastate.weebly.com/index.html

On the left, choose Deadlines and Forms. Re

ommendation for Membership will appear.

you have difficulty, contact Sydney Baker and sh

can provide a form.


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CHI Chapter, Alpha Delta State Honoring our pastBuilding our Future Page 3

MINUTES for Dec. 4, 2012 - Holiday Baking

The December meeting of Delta Kappa Gamma was held at the Hanover Community Center on Decem-

ber 4, 2012. Betty Collins gave the invocation and dinner was served. We enjoyed a meal of salads and holiday

cookies. President Sydney Baker thanked the December hostess committee which Lynda Combs chaired. Our

guests were acknowledged: Brenda Conley, Lois Cropenbaker, and Bev Dees.

The minutes from November were printed in our newsletter. Sue Samoviski made a motion to accept the

minutes and Betsy Berenzweig seconded. The minutes will be filed for audit as printed.

Shirley Snyder, Treasurer, reported a balance of $5,438.35. The treasurer's report will be filed for audit.

Corresponding Secretary Bev Howard sent out cards. Sympathy cards were sent to Conchetia Gibbons

and to Marilyn McKnight. A thank you note was sent to our November speaker, Brian Page. A congratulations

card was sent to Miriam Kramer on the birth of her granddaughter, and thinking of you notes were sent to Ka-

ren Reddin and Liz Johnston.

President Sydney Baker reported on the 75th Anniversary activities planned for Alpha Delta State Con-

vention. Books were collected at the meeting to help with the book project. The books we collect at our chapter

need to be in by March first so that they will know how many name plates to order. Books will be given by Al-

pha Delta State to five children's hospitals around Ohio. An envelope was sent around for donations so that

they can be purchased for our chapter. There is also a contest for designing the program book cover for the con-

vention. Those with artistic abilities will want to enter.

Lynda Combs read over the remainder of the revised chapter rules: Article VIII - Committees, Sections A

-C, Article IX - Meetings, Article X - Parliamentary Authority, Article XI - Amendments, and Article XII - Disso-

lution.

Joyce Davin gave the Shared Harvest update. As of November 7, we have donated 166 bottles of laundry

detergent and collected $1,248. We were encouraged to purchase laundry detergent when it is on sale to get the

most for our money.

Rita Francis reported on Ice Fest which will be January 18 and 19. The theme is Landmarks of the

World. The bricks purchased will be part of The Great Wall of Hamilton. The bricks will be $30. We will pur-

chase one for this year as we did the last Ice Fest.

Lynda Combs reported on Schools for Africa, State's International Project. Our chapter has collected

$155.82, which shows our commitment to this project. An envelope was sent around for donations.

Cindy Grantz reported that Book Club will be having their December meeting at The Wine Guy instead

of Max and Erma's. The January and February meetings will be lunch meetings instead of dinners. All in the

chapter are invited whether you have read the books or not. You may find you want to read it after you hear

about it! Information about the next two meetings was in the Newsletter.

Cindy Grantz announced the deadline for the next newsletter is February 10.

Barb Blair reported on the December play that is planned on December 9. They will be eating after at

Riverbank Cafe due to the closing of Mahoganys.

March meeting will be a joint meeting with Gamma XI hosting. Get you reservations in now.

Linda Roemer gave an update on Pam Thorpe's daughter. Pam is with her in California helping her

with health problems.

Information of Andra Surratt knee replacement surgery and rehab was given. An address will be sentvia e-mail to sends cards of support.

Linda Augspurger read about our Mystery Sister, Donna Armstrong. What an interesting life she has

had!

The meeting ended with our Chinese Auction.

We then enjoyed a presentation on Holiday Baking and Sweet Treats by Terri Chatfield.

Respectfully Submitted,

Gerry Frechtling, Recording Secretary


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APRIL PROGRAM

Come To a

DKG SPRING

FLING!

WHO: DKG Chi Sisters

PLACE: Wilks Room Miami U. Hamilton

DATE: Thursday, April 11, 2013

COST: $7

TIME: 5:30 P.M.

FOOD: Fruit cup chicken salad, muffins,

pistachio dessert, drinks

*Let us know if you have a

peanut allergy.

PROGRAM: A power point presentation:

Why the Great Smoky Mountains National

Park is Like No Other by Bill Deitzer

RESERVATIONS:

$7 check made out to :

Nina Miller

7748 Oceola Lane

West Chester, OH 45069

Please RSVP to Nina Miller by Friday,

April 5th, 2013

Committee: Joan Avery, Carolyn Dishun, Kathy

Kessler, Sue Kinch, Marilyn McKnight, Nina Mil-

ler, Virgie Rutledge and Carol Wolffer

75th ANNIVERSARY

PROJECT

Alpha Delta State Convention

By Sydney Baker

Our Chi Chapter is truly anamazing group of women! We have

collected 401 books so far for the

75th Anniversary Literacy Book Pro-

ject. We will continue to collect

books through our April 11th meet-

ing. I am so proud of our Chi Chap-

ter for supporting this wonderful project.

If you have not mailed in your reserva-

tions for the Alpha Delta State Convention on

April 12 - 14th there is still time to do so. We

have one group driving up on Friday for theweekend and one group driving up on Saturday

for the day. This is a special year for Alpha Del-

ta State as we celebrate this momentous mile-

stone. Hope to see you there!

PICS from December meeting, above and below.


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CHI Chapter, Alpha Delta State Honoring our pastBuilding our Future

GETTING TO KNOW YOU, GETTING TO

KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU!

November Mystery Sister

Ruth Ann Charles...

Served in leadership positions for Odys-sey of the Mind and Destination Imagi-

nation.

Served as President of the Franklin Edu-cation Association!

Was President of the Shovel and HoeGarden Club of Middletown.

Raised 5 children with husband Robertand now has 33 grand and great grand

children!

December Mystery Sister

Donna Armstrong...

Began her teaching career in St. Louis andtaught there until 1972 when her daughter

was born.

Found love when a former boyfriendresurfaced while attending her sons

band competition.

Retired in 2006 from Milford school district.

Enjoys reading, sewing, bicycling, jet skiingand riding motorcycles, and also enjoying

friendship within DKG.

RED ROSES FOR SPECIAL SISTERS by Sydney Baker

To Gail Schlenk and Shirley Snyder for going to the Scholastic Warehouse to purchase

books for Chi to donate to the "Reaching Out to Children Through Literacy" project for Alpha

Delta State. Through the money donated by our Chi Sisters they were able to purchase 273

books.

To Lydia and Rich Hoffman for taking our Chi photograph for

the 75th Anniversary of Alpha Delta State. Also, for volunteering

at the Scholastic Warehouse sale and helping to select book titles

for the Alpha Delta State book project.

To Rita Francis for making arrangements for our Chi Chapter to

be represented with a carved ice block at the 2013 Ice Festival.

CHI Carved Ice Block!


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BOOK CLUBBook Club continued meeting during

our chapters off months. Neither rain, snow,

sleet or good sense kept us off the roads and

away from our commitment to eat at a differ-ent restaurant each month!

On Jan. 21st we met at T-Birds in

Trenton and discussed The Language of

Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. This took

place the day of the numerous pile-ups dur-

ing the sudden white out. The food was warm

and delicious, and we discussed how even if

we did not particularly like a character, we

could still have that feeling of not wanting to

put the book down.

On Feb. 18th we met at First Watch in

West Chester to discuss One Thousand White

Women byJim Fergus. This book was unusu-

al in that it began with a true idea from his-

tory, but then took off in the opposite direc-

tion. First Watch was lovely.

On March 18th, we met at the Coach

House at Berkley Square to discuss Angry

Housewives Eating Bon Bons, a selection by

Lorna Ladvik. This story was about a group

of women who bonded over years of meeting

monthly for a book club. Very appropriate for

our group.

Future Selections:

April: Paris Wife by Paula McClain at Kidd

Coffee in Fairfield.

May: Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomb-

er at SmoQ

June: Homefront by Kristin Hannah at Casa

Bianca

July: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled

Hossein at Papa Luigis.

Please join us anytime!

Terri Chatfield shares dessert at Dec. meeting!

Above and below: PICS of Joint Meeting.


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Program CalendarSAVE THESE DATES!!!!!

September: 9/13/12 Thursday 5:30 P.M. Middletown complete

October: 10/8/12 Monday 5:30 P.M. Butler Rural complete

November: 11/1/12 Thursday 5:00 P.M. Highland El. complete

December: 12/4/12 Tuesday 5:30 P.M. Hanover complete

March: 3/2/13 Saturday 10:30 A.M. Hamilton Marriott complete

April: 4/11/13 Thursday 5:30 P.M. M.U. Wilks Smoky Mt. NP

May: 5/15/13 Wednesday 5:30 P.M. Butler Tech Tour

June 6/22/13 Saturday 6:30 P.M. Nichols Rd. DKG Picnic

September: 9/11/13 Thursday 5:30 P.M. Middletown Initiation

*As the dates for these programs get closer, more details will be included in the monthly newsletters.

CindyGrantz,Edito

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513-887-6166

[email protected]

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CarolWolffer

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