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I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Board Directory 2

President’s Message 3

Volunteer Corner 3

OWC Group Reps 4

Legislative Awareness 4

OWC Hospitality 5

Hidden Talents 5

Basket Bingo 6

Movie Luncheon 7

OWC Membership Form 8

Big Game Party 9

New River Event 9

OWC Scholarship Info 13

A D V E R T I S E R S :

American Hero Books

Attention to Detail

Bradley’s Jewelers

Carolina Pines MedSpa

Changes MedSpa

Crista Austin Photography

Courthouse Cafe

Doug’s Car Care

First Command

Fresh Fruit Bouquet

Furniture Fair

Gold Canyon Candles

Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund

Kidz Bizz

Kinnarney Carpet Care

Mac Daddy’s

Marine Federal Credit Union

Military Relocator

Sylvia Runyon Photography

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OWC World “Happy Valentine’s Day”

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2010—2011 OWC Executive Board Roster

Elected Positions

President Lynn Healey

1st Vice President

2nd Vice President Cathy Butler

Secretary Tonya Field

Treasurer Adrianne Huls

Parliamentarian Sarah O’Brien

Appointed Positions—Chairpersons

Advertising Alexis Soucie, January Rhinehart

Charitable Distributions Whitney Jezek-Power

Charitable Outreach Debora Morey, Heather Hayter

Community Relations Michelle Silva

Fundraising Emily Gyimah, Megan Kaskela

Healthcare Naomi Perkkio

Hidden Talents Sylvia Tijerina

Historian Juliana Norris

Hospitality Gina Ciarcia, Cheryl McClune

Legislative Awareness Abby Markham

Membership Jill Williams

Newsletter Sandy Foster

Publicity Bridgette McCoy, Shelley Hooker

Charitable Outreach Debora Morey, Heather Hayter

Reservations Mindy Strange

Retail Madeline Manzanet, Judy Dukes

Scholarship Dale Land, Angela Richwine

Web Designer Lynda Bonette

Group Reps

II MEF Rep Joan Cordero

MARSOC Rep Mila Masur

2d Division Rep Tori Clarke

2d MLG Rep Amanda Burch

MCB/MCI East Rep Kimberly Jasinski

Navy Spouses' Rep Terri Nellis

Retired Wives Rep Karen Dickerson, Dorothy Tisdale

MCCS Rep Kim Oliver

New River OSC Rep Charlotte DeBardeleben

Jen Brodfuehrer

Advisors

Honorary President Julie Jensen

Honorary Advisor Suzanne Dana

Honorary Advisor Laurie Craparotta

MCB Senior Spouse Jean Kilker-Lecce

Hidden Talents Advisor Marcela Miller

Camp Lejeune Officers’ Wives’ Club—Founded September 17, 1948

OWC World is published monthly, September - June, to keep OWC Members abreast of Club activities. Those eligible for OWC Membership shall be allowed to attend one (1) OWC

function as a guest of an OWC Member. Membership forms are available at each event, the OWC website, Hidden

Talents, and in each newsletter.

OWC President’s Pen

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2011 is well underway, and I don’t ever want to hear anyone say it doesn’t snow in North Carolina! The beginning of this year has given us everything from 70 degree weekends to kids at home for snow-days. I love it. Time marches on, and we are ready with a calendar full of events. Don’t forget to attend our Band of Sisterhood Luncheon as the OWC Ladies of 2d Marine Division entertain and delight us with their performance of Little Black Dress. Also, don’t forget to treat your Valentine to the Après Ski Wine Dinner at the O’Club – a very special evening, indeed. February is a short month, but we have more to fit in. Flocking will begin this month. So if you should see a bright pink flock descended upon your lawn one fine morning, be a sport and help support the Relay for Life OWC Team as we raise funds to fight cancer. I know all of you will enjoy our Relay For Life Kick-Off Happy Hour this month; look out for our next one, coming February 18th. Bring a friend and make some new ones, too. Membership dues are only $15 for those joining the OWC after January. March will bring some movie madness and, best of all, Basket Bingo! But I’ll save all that for next month…. Cheerio!

Lynn Healey, OWC President

Join Us!

Big Game Party

Follow Me Bar

Feb 6th

Band of Sisterhood

Luncheon

Feb 8th

February

Happy Hour

Feb 23rd

Basket Bingo

Marston Pavilion

March 12th

Flick For Les

Femmes

March 23rd

It’s Our Time Now

The Fisher House Camp Lejeune Volunteer Coordinator: Krystyn Case 910-450-3885

Jacksonville/Onslow Habitat for Humanity 910-347-9400 CLNC American Red Cross 910-451-2173 Council On Aging 910-455-2747 Onslow Community Ministries * Soup Kitchen 910-347-3227 Jacksonville/Onslow Volunteer Center: 910-938-4357 Onslow Women’s Shelter 910-347-4000 Operation Noble Heart Robin Karrati: 910-451-4642 USO 910-455-3411

Volunteering Spotlight These local charities could use your time and support if you enjoy helping others in need.

Navy Relief provides financial assistanceto eligible recipients in the form of: Interest free loans and grants, and scholarship and interest free loans for education. In addition, the society offers the following services: Financial Counseling, Budget for Baby workshops, Thrift Shops, Visiting Nurse services. Although sponsored by the Department of the Navy, the Society is a private non-profit organization whose pro-grams are totally funded by charitable contributions. For more information or to volunteer please refer to the infor-mation provided below Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society 910-451-5346 x235 Gini Schopfel, gini.schopfel@nmcrs.org

And Now A Word From Your OWC Group Reps...

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Camp Lejeune Officers’ Wives’ Club—Founded September 17, 1948

OWC Division Representative Roses are Red Violet's are Blue Thank You Division For all that you do! Ladies, we are on the final stretch with this OWC year. With that in mind, if you or someone you know is interested in the, "OWC Division Rep" position please contact me via email.

Tori Clarke, OWC Division Representative clarkefamilyrocks@yahoo.com

OWC MCI East/Base Representative If you'd like to join a spouses' group, and don't fall under any other major command (MEF, DIV, etc.), then please join US! We are a good catch-all group whose spous-es work at either Base, MCIEast or at any of the many tenant commands at CLNC. Please send an email to bump-er18@gmail.com or jkjasinski@aol.com and we'll add you to our email group. February's event will be a game night at Julie Jensen's home. Bring your sense of humor, wear jeans and be prepared to have fun!

Julie Jensen and Kim Jasinski, OWC Base & MCI East Representative

OWC Charitable Distributions

Representative This is a busy time of the year for me, our new applica-tion form will be posted on the website Monday 01 Feb 2011 and removed Tuesday 15 Mar 2011. The postmark deadline for these applications will be Saturday 19 Mar 2011. ONLY standardized applications will be accepted, NO late entries will be accepted! Please let those that would like to be con-sidered to go to our website, download the application and make sure it is postmarked appropriately. Mark your calen-dars if you are on the Charitable Distribution Committee for our review of prospective recipients on Wednesday 06 April 2011 at 0900 at the O'Club. Thank you for all that you do to make our distributions possible! Fondly,

Whitney Jezek-Power, Charitable Distributions Repre-sentative

Legislative Awareness Pay Increase and Extension of TRICARE Coverage On January 7, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011 (H.R. 6523). The bill provides a 1.4% pay increase for service members (updated pay charts can be found at www.military.com.) In addition, the bill extends TRICARE coverage to dependents up to age 26. In order to be eligible, young adult beneficiaries must, among other requirements, be under the age of 26 and must not be eligible to enroll in an employer-sponsored plan. Included in the bill’s many other provisions is the moving of retirement pay to the first day of the month so as to eliminate delayed payment when paydays fall on weekends, as well as $30 million in impact aid for local schools with high enrollment of military children and $10 mil-lion in impact aid for local schools with children with severe disabilities. Military Spending Reductions Proposed Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in early January, an-nounced that the Pentagon must cut total spending by $78 billion over the next five years. Although the details have yet to be unveiled, in its cost-saving measures, the Pentagon aims to shave $7 billion from TRICARE by restructuring med-ical departments, identifying ways to limit costs, and poten-tially increasing TRICARE fees for retirees under 65. A pro-posed reduction in troop strength, starting in 2015, would see the Marine Corps cut the number of Marines on active duty by 15,000-20,000 and the Army by 27,000, and yield a poten-tial savings of $6 billion. Adm. Mike Mullen, said, ―the [service] chiefs and I are in complete support of these deci-sions...We helped craft the specifics, and these are our deci-sions, too. . . . We can't hold ourselves exempt from the belt-tightening.‖ Secretary Gates explained that, ―the focus here is on a reduction in the rate of growth as opposed to absolute cuts.‖ Spending increases will slow annually and, by fiscal year 2015, the defense budget will see absolutely no growth beyond the rate of inflation, the first freeze on military spend-ing since September 11, 2001. More precise details are ex-pected to emerge in mid-February when the 2012 federal budget plan is released.

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It’s Our Time Now

OWC Hospitality/ Social Clubs Ladle, Leaf, & Loaf Club Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at a member's home from 11am-1pm. Enjoy a monthly, casual lunch and recipe exchange among friends. Sharla Desey: sd9708@yahoo.com Running Club Meets every Thursday at 9:00am. Training for an event, or just want to up your cardio? Running club will offer you the camaraderie you need to gain those extra miles of road. Danielle Lopes: danielle.lopes.327@gmail.com Tennis Meets every Monday at 9:00am at the Paradise Point tennis courts. These ladies aim to serve! Amber Miller: aboydmiller@yahoo.com

Book Club Meets the 4th Thursday at 9:00am at Barnes & Noble. If you love to read and enjoy a great discussion over coffee, then book club is for you. Jill Williams: daveandjillwilliams@charter.net Bunko Meets the 4th Tuesday evening of each month at a mem-ber's home. Bunko Club is the place to be if you are looking for a fun group of ladies. Megan Kaskela: m_bensman02@hotmail.com Girls Time Out Meets the 2nd Tuesday evening of each month at various locations. Get out of the house; go out with the girls; have a blast! Girls Time Out never gets old. Debora Morey: sdcm.fit@gmail.com Cheryl McClune: cjmcclune@yahoo.com Gourmet Club The Gourmet Club meets every third Thursday of the month. The Club has filled all of its slots for the year but is always looking for subs to sit in place of a regular mem-ber. All subs are emailed when there is a spot available and are placed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once your placement is confirmed, all you will need to do is show up at the address given with $15 to enjoy a 5-course lunch. Contact owcgourmetclub@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the sub list. Playgroup Want to meet other members with young children? Play-group is a great opportunity to enjoy adult conversation while the little ones play. The Playgroup Club meets Tuesday mornings at various locations around town. Sandy Foster: sandy.foster04@gmail.com

Hidden Talents Hello and I hope everyone had fun ringing in the New Year!! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. If you are looking for a special gift for your loved ones come and shop at Hidden Talents. We have an assortment of items… jewelry, home décor, candles, etc. Let your husbands know as well. We would be more than happy to show them around the shop. Our Spring Craft Fair is soon approaching and we have begun the planning. If anyone is interested in helping please let us know. We are always in need of volunteers. Hidden Talents needs to fill the volunteer positions of Craft Fair Manager & Craft Fair Manager Assistant. Hidden Talents is always looking for volunteers. We are now opened M-F 10am-2pm and will always need volunteers to work at the shop and help with special events. If you are interested please contact Hidden Talents, 451-2658. Benefits and Perks of Volunteering at Hidden Talents

Enjoy a 15% discount after just 12 hours of volunteer service

Get reimbursed for childcare expenses

Be entered in our monthly drawing for a $15 gift card to Barnes and Noble, Target, Starbucks

Come and join our team, you will have a blast! Hidden Talents

is on Facebook! Look for our group – Camp Lejeune’s

Hidden Talents Craft Store and invite your friends to join!

Thank You,

Sylvia Tijerina

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February OWC Happy Hour Where will you be at on Wednesday, February 23rd? At the Follow Me Bar! The marines will already be there for Warrior Wednesday, and the spouses can join them at the Follow Me Bar for a grand ole’ time! Beer specials, drink specials, and of course happy hour appetizers! Come out and make a friend, bring a friend, or be a friend! We will see you there! Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 5:00—7:00 PM

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The Camp Lejeune Officers’ Wives’ Club

P.O. Box 8607

Camp Lejeune, NC 28547

February 2011

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