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August 2017
Changing With Today
Presidentrsquos Message
Columbia County Association for Home and Community Education
October 2018
Greetings
Irsquom writing my October message from our WAHCE convention in
Pewaukee Mary Ellen Ruesch and I toured the Ten Chimneys Estate in
Genesee Depot Ten Chimneys is the estate of Broadway legends Alfred
Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Legendary stars of the 1920s and 1930s frequent-
ed their estate Every time I was visiting with the Lunts in Genesee Depot I
was in a sort of daze of wonder the extraordinary care and beauty and
tastea sort of dream a vision (Katharine Hepburn) Itrsquos a great place to
tour but you have to be able to walk since itrsquos not handicap friendly
I had two great lessons on Tuesday My first lesson was ldquoPerennials with a
Purposerdquo We were given a handout about perennials for cut flowers for
fragrance to attract hummingbirds for longest-lived that stabilize and inhib-
it weeds and that manage water This handout also listed perennials that
would work well under different conditions
My second lesson was given by Rochelle Pennington author of many books
This lesson was called ldquoOld Fashioned Christmas A heartwarming look at
the pastrdquo This was a nostalgic look back at Christmases from the 1930s 40s
and 50s One interesting fact was that during World War II the Macys Day
Parade was cancelled The World War II poster showed the balloons with
the caption Gone to WarmdashParade Cancelledrdquo The rubber from the bal-
loons was used to make tires for military vehicles
Rochelle was also our keynote speaker
in the evening and talked about The
Christmas Tree Ship This is a true
story about a ship the Rouse Simmons
(known as the Christmas Tree Ship)
that sank in Lake Michigan Captain
Herman Schuenemann also know as
Captain Santa sailed to Michigan to
harvest Christmas trees and bring them
back to Chicago for the needy On
November 23 1912 as the ship made
its way back to Chicago from Michigan (contrsquod on p 2)
Page 2
$1000 will be presented to Wisconsin Book-
wormstrade by an anonymous donor if 10 new members
are recruited by December 31 Get to work clubs
Wersquoll post the progress in the next
newsletters
(contrsquod from p 1) Presidentrsquos Message
the ship sank in bad weather with the loss of all on board Captain Santa ig-
nored several ominous warnings (he did not believe in them) Sailors be-
lieved it to be unlucky to begin a voyage on Friday Before the ship left the
harbor in Michigan several sailors saw droves of rats leaving the ship (a sign
of change in weather) so 13 sailors did not leave with the ship A horseshoe
was nailed to the side of the ship for good luck their horseshoe became loose
and was hanging upside down
In October of 1971 scuba diver Gordon Kent Bellrichard located the ship
resting on the lake bed in 172 feet of water They noted that at the time of the
find the Christmas trees still had their needles on them I am going to try to
find her book on this subject on amazoncom or at the library I think it
would be a good read
Kris Young President
Looking for 50-year members
Are you or anyone in your club celebrating 50 years of membership in HCE If so wersquod like to celebrate with
you at the Columbia County HCE Fall Council Please help us honor long-time membership by completing an
application for a 50-year membership certificate and
send it to LuAnn at UW-Extension by Oct 30 2018 A form is enclosed in this newsletter You can also call or
e-mail LuAnn with the information (contact info on p 15)
Page 3
Page 3
Columbia County Association for Home and Community Education
FALL COUNCIL Thursday November 1 2018 mdash 900 am-130 pm
Casino Supper Club N3233 Seier Road Fall River
$1500 (includes tax and tip) mdash lunch buffet with broasted chicken and Swedish meatballs The Costs of Climate Change and What We Can Do David Wernecke
Climate change is one of the major challenges to the continuation of a livable world we have been fortunate to have and hopefully pass on to those who follow David Werneckersquos talk will look at the causes and costs of climate change and the actions we can take to minimize and eventually reverse its harmful effects
Please bring an item for the food pantry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
FALL COUNCIL REGISTRATION FORM
NAME____________________________________________________ ADDRESS_________________________________________________ PHONE___________________________________________________ CLUB NAME or INDIVIDUAL_______________________________ Require special menu________________________________________ RSVP by October 29 by sending the registration form and your check for $1500 (payable to CCAHCE) to
Carol Beck CCAHCE Treasurer 5700 Prairie Stone Dr McFarland WI 53558
Page 4
One staple of the Portage fair circuit has been the cream puff which was again available through the University of Wisconsin-Extension Home and Community Educators who were raising funds for a slew of causes including the Columbia County Sheriffrsquos Office K-9 unit Neigh-bors in Constant Care of Columbus River Haven Homeless Shelter in Portage Hope House of Baraboo the Wisconsin Bookworms and the Portage Free Clinic ldquoIt starts at 11 but wersquove definitely already been sellingrdquo said Bobbie Goodman who explained that they had 240 pastries that they could puff though during the Columbia County Fair they do about 1000 ldquoAnd wersquore lucky this year that we donrsquot have wind The last two years wersquove had a big problem with wind and sometimes our tent came down and we had to hold it because you can see we canrsquot put it in the groundrdquo Goodman pointed to the tent poles standing on the bare concrete of the parking lot
Cream puff sales have been one of the major revenue sources for the organiza-tion Goodman said going back 16 years when its first whipping machine was pur-chased The group has developed a ldquosecretrdquo recipe involving ldquoa special kind of vanillardquo which Goodman recited by heart including measurements Nonetheless there was a laminated copy of the recipe posted in case one of the other members of the group needed to whip up a 60-puff batch mdashPortage Daily Register
August 26 2018
At the Taste of Portage on Saturday morning Bobbie Goodman puffs a cream puff for Home and Community Edu-cation donating funds to a host of local causes
Page 5
Thank you to all our helpers at the Columbia County Fair We
couldnrsquot do it without you
Margo Holzman Bea Pierquet Mary Ellen Ruesch
Kris Young Gert Stilson Joyce Abegglen
Jean Minick Elsie Taylor Linda Heckel
Betty Heller-Hobbs Linda Krejchik Kay MacLeish
Ann Tessmann Marge Steinich Judy Cuff
Anna Vedder Beth Hahn Betty Carrington
Cheryl Neef
Betty was in the hospital the day before What a trooper
(photo in August newsletter)
In addition to these people we have a few more people who have
gone beyond what would be expected of anyone
Beth Hahn bought us a spanking new apartment-size refrigerator
What a godsend at the fair to have it right in our booth at our fin-
gertips Thank you so very much Beth
How could I forget the two men in our cream puff endeavor Jim
Froehlich kept the whipper humming and working like a finely-
tuned machine Thank you Jim If anyone needs a tent put up or
secured because of high winds just give a holler to Luther Pohl
He was Johnny-on-the-spot at the Taste of Portage and Corn Daze
in Randolph Thank you Luther
We donrsquot pay much In fact we pay nothing So these three peo-
ple deserve a pat on the back And next year a free cream puff
Chris Berger Donna Kohnke Bobbie Goodman
Cream Puff Committee
Page 6
CCAHCE Executive Board Meeting President Kris Young called the May 15 2018 Columbia County HCE meeting to or-der at 930 am held at the Columbia County Administration Building Roll call was taken 9 members were present along with Pat Wagner Interim HCE Coordinator and the HCE Creed was recited Minutes of March 20 2018 CCAHCE Execu-tive Board Meeting ndash Linda Krejchik Secretary The minutes of the March 20 2018 CCAHCE meeting recorded by Liz Miller were read and accepted Treasurer Report ndash Kris Young (for Carol Beck absent) Kris Young reported on the Columbia County HCE Treasurerrsquos Report dated May 15 2018 The checking account balance is $1721333 the Emergency Savings Account balance is $565261 The report was filed subject to audit Kris also distributed the Income Expense 2018 report The audit remains to be completed by the audit committee Rendezvous Recap Attendees donated to River Haven cleaning items plus $70 which was designated to its roofing project Side note regarding additional River Haven dona-tions Aspen Family Counseling $500 Por-tage Pauquette Shelter organization $1500 Women Walk the World held April 29 2018 Charities Discussion tabled until November meeting One suggestion mentioned do-nating to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
Review for hotel stays for HCE business The tax-exempt form is no longer required See the latest info in Update HCE State Conference September 17-19 2018 Spring into Action Columbia County Display Barb Kell will ready the display as clubs contribute items of their HCE projectsactivities the next newslet-ter will make an appeal for clubs to do so Also the display is housed in the Columbia County building Invitation to 2018 educational programs (2) Keep Your Credit Report in Check Childhood TraumaAdverse Childhood Experiences Open to everyone ndash details in Update Cultural Arts Entries Members need to deliv-er their entries to the conference by 1100 am Monday September 17 ndash no later Oth-erwise entrants may bring their items to the county building by no later than September 10 Donna Kohnke and daughter will deliver the entries to the conference Kris will follow up to see if the display form was received by the conference committee Silent Auction HCE executive board is put-ting together a basket of goodies for the con-ference silent auction Items are to be donat-ed at the county building by no later than September 11 ndash to be ready for the next scheduled executive board meeting Planning for the Fall Council meeting November 8 2018 Casino Supper Club Fall River Planning is tabled until the Sep-tember meeting So far the theme ldquoCost of Climate Change and What We Can Dordquo Donna Kohnke will be contacting the speaker (contrsquod on p 7)
Page 7
National HCE Week November 4-19 2018 Tabled until further discussion with Barb Kell who was absent from this meeting In the meantime individual HCE clubs are encouraged to contribute a press release to local newspapers and other media during that week Spring Exhibition Saturday May 19 Bethany Lutheran Church Wisconsin Dells The Wisconsin Dells Tae Kwon Do Martial Art Club will exhibit techniques of self-defense fighting and board break-ing Their popular anti-bully thinking and practices will also be presented Ages 10 to mid-70rsquos are welcome essentially the event is free and open to everyone There is a summer class also available Other Business Southwest District Meeting April 11 2018 Dodgeville Kay MacLeish men-tioned the keynote speaker and subject about mindfulness which ties in with our leader training in May Essential Oils for Mindfulness Scholarship ndash Dorothy NeitzelDonna MacLeish Two applicants have been selected to receive this yearrsquos HCE Scholarship Cultural Arts ndash Gert Stilson Please see previous remarks International ndash Margo Holzman Margo had chosen the Caribbean as our international outreach VP Miller will share her experience of touring Cuba (in September) at the next Rendezvous
Fund Raising ndash Bobbie Goodman The June newsletter will include a sign-up sheet for the cream puff sale at the Columbia County Fair (July 25-29) Volunteers will be required to contact the appropriate chair to confirm Education Program ndash Linda Heckel Linda is currently researching topic(s) Bookworms ndash Pat Wagner (reporting for Marie Gabris) Bookworms was a success during the previous year June 12 will be the next meeting for readers Note May 22 is the deadline for ordering books (for those who donrsquot read but want the books) Barn Quilts ndash Margo Holzman Margo has been on the look-out for new barn quilt displays She mentioned one being at the Indian Agency House but was unsure if it is registered A New Chair leaders Cambria Beth Hahn ColumbusFall River Elsie Taylor Closing The next CCAHCE Executive Board meeting will be held on September 11 2018 The HCE Creed was recited and the meeting adjourned at 1110 am Respectfully submitted Linda Krejchik Secretary
Page 8
Columbia County Fair Youth Encouragement Award Thank-Yoursquos
Page 9
The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke
amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr
Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful
Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for
all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling
Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-
tunities to help
The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and
some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment
Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-
ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us
all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member
will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-
ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing
The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of
fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair
cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be
at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-
vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area
gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games
They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other
civic organizations
Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge
Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing
go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion
and meal What good fun
Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to
be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a
craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents
miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to
sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks
Beth Hahn
Cambria Center Chair
Page 10
Hi Everyone
We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and
Handi with 11 members
Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club
in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for
lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through
the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues
collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club
members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to
follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also
The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a
finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council
on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River
Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open
with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We
collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-
house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We
shared new ideas and made purchases
Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth
Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-
ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in
April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those
attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next
year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-
tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed
Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing
Elsie Taylor
Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman
Page 11
Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts
Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her
Page 12
Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch
Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry
Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry
Below State conference ldquoSpring Into
Actionrdquo winner (the frog)
Page 13
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018
It was a GREAT conference again this year
I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus
took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were
built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt
initiated to get people back to work
in recovery from the depression
The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues
What You Need to Knowrdquo present-
ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the
lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and
our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons
anxiety depression and urinary
frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels
drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses
Sleep may be interrupted up to 100
times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness
Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only
work for a short time and one
wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if
taking Tylenol PM was okay and he
said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM
sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about
30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay
The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo
presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf
so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so
Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette
says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look
directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention
simply tap them on the shoulder
and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them
can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the
lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking
to them Donrsquot shout This does
not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-
cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-
guage hand motions such as ldquoStop
Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us
a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70
million deaf people worldwide and
in each country the sign language is different
(contrsquod next page)
Page 14
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)
Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-
ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business
called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-
dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex
Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is
well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry
The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young
people for an opportunity to ap-
proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are
recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot
get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for
attention and some of them are
homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised
us to watch at the malls and if
we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police
She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad
The dad was in a store and the
young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told
her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-
ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out
the girl said ldquoLook dad this man
can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He
looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The
police were able to arrest the per-
son because the business card had a phone number Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of
the girls wanting out of the sex business
Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel
Statistics from the conference
Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21
First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1
Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399
42 counties participated
Page 15
provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614
UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and
Relationships Staff
Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430
Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair
2018 HCE Executive Board
UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff
Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director
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Columbia County Association for Home and Community Education
FALL COUNCIL Thursday November 1 2018 mdash 900 am-130 pm
Casino Supper Club N3233 Seier Road Fall River
$1500 (includes tax and tip) mdash lunch buffet with broasted chicken and Swedish meatballs The Costs of Climate Change and What We Can Do David Wernecke
Climate change is one of the major challenges to the continuation of a livable world we have been fortunate to have and hopefully pass on to those who follow David Werneckersquos talk will look at the causes and costs of climate change and the actions we can take to minimize and eventually reverse its harmful effects
Please bring an item for the food pantry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
FALL COUNCIL REGISTRATION FORM
NAME____________________________________________________ ADDRESS_________________________________________________ PHONE___________________________________________________ CLUB NAME or INDIVIDUAL_______________________________ Require special menu________________________________________ RSVP by October 29 by sending the registration form and your check for $1500 (payable to CCAHCE) to
Carol Beck CCAHCE Treasurer 5700 Prairie Stone Dr McFarland WI 53558
Page 4
One staple of the Portage fair circuit has been the cream puff which was again available through the University of Wisconsin-Extension Home and Community Educators who were raising funds for a slew of causes including the Columbia County Sheriffrsquos Office K-9 unit Neigh-bors in Constant Care of Columbus River Haven Homeless Shelter in Portage Hope House of Baraboo the Wisconsin Bookworms and the Portage Free Clinic ldquoIt starts at 11 but wersquove definitely already been sellingrdquo said Bobbie Goodman who explained that they had 240 pastries that they could puff though during the Columbia County Fair they do about 1000 ldquoAnd wersquore lucky this year that we donrsquot have wind The last two years wersquove had a big problem with wind and sometimes our tent came down and we had to hold it because you can see we canrsquot put it in the groundrdquo Goodman pointed to the tent poles standing on the bare concrete of the parking lot
Cream puff sales have been one of the major revenue sources for the organiza-tion Goodman said going back 16 years when its first whipping machine was pur-chased The group has developed a ldquosecretrdquo recipe involving ldquoa special kind of vanillardquo which Goodman recited by heart including measurements Nonetheless there was a laminated copy of the recipe posted in case one of the other members of the group needed to whip up a 60-puff batch mdashPortage Daily Register
August 26 2018
At the Taste of Portage on Saturday morning Bobbie Goodman puffs a cream puff for Home and Community Edu-cation donating funds to a host of local causes
Page 5
Thank you to all our helpers at the Columbia County Fair We
couldnrsquot do it without you
Margo Holzman Bea Pierquet Mary Ellen Ruesch
Kris Young Gert Stilson Joyce Abegglen
Jean Minick Elsie Taylor Linda Heckel
Betty Heller-Hobbs Linda Krejchik Kay MacLeish
Ann Tessmann Marge Steinich Judy Cuff
Anna Vedder Beth Hahn Betty Carrington
Cheryl Neef
Betty was in the hospital the day before What a trooper
(photo in August newsletter)
In addition to these people we have a few more people who have
gone beyond what would be expected of anyone
Beth Hahn bought us a spanking new apartment-size refrigerator
What a godsend at the fair to have it right in our booth at our fin-
gertips Thank you so very much Beth
How could I forget the two men in our cream puff endeavor Jim
Froehlich kept the whipper humming and working like a finely-
tuned machine Thank you Jim If anyone needs a tent put up or
secured because of high winds just give a holler to Luther Pohl
He was Johnny-on-the-spot at the Taste of Portage and Corn Daze
in Randolph Thank you Luther
We donrsquot pay much In fact we pay nothing So these three peo-
ple deserve a pat on the back And next year a free cream puff
Chris Berger Donna Kohnke Bobbie Goodman
Cream Puff Committee
Page 6
CCAHCE Executive Board Meeting President Kris Young called the May 15 2018 Columbia County HCE meeting to or-der at 930 am held at the Columbia County Administration Building Roll call was taken 9 members were present along with Pat Wagner Interim HCE Coordinator and the HCE Creed was recited Minutes of March 20 2018 CCAHCE Execu-tive Board Meeting ndash Linda Krejchik Secretary The minutes of the March 20 2018 CCAHCE meeting recorded by Liz Miller were read and accepted Treasurer Report ndash Kris Young (for Carol Beck absent) Kris Young reported on the Columbia County HCE Treasurerrsquos Report dated May 15 2018 The checking account balance is $1721333 the Emergency Savings Account balance is $565261 The report was filed subject to audit Kris also distributed the Income Expense 2018 report The audit remains to be completed by the audit committee Rendezvous Recap Attendees donated to River Haven cleaning items plus $70 which was designated to its roofing project Side note regarding additional River Haven dona-tions Aspen Family Counseling $500 Por-tage Pauquette Shelter organization $1500 Women Walk the World held April 29 2018 Charities Discussion tabled until November meeting One suggestion mentioned do-nating to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
Review for hotel stays for HCE business The tax-exempt form is no longer required See the latest info in Update HCE State Conference September 17-19 2018 Spring into Action Columbia County Display Barb Kell will ready the display as clubs contribute items of their HCE projectsactivities the next newslet-ter will make an appeal for clubs to do so Also the display is housed in the Columbia County building Invitation to 2018 educational programs (2) Keep Your Credit Report in Check Childhood TraumaAdverse Childhood Experiences Open to everyone ndash details in Update Cultural Arts Entries Members need to deliv-er their entries to the conference by 1100 am Monday September 17 ndash no later Oth-erwise entrants may bring their items to the county building by no later than September 10 Donna Kohnke and daughter will deliver the entries to the conference Kris will follow up to see if the display form was received by the conference committee Silent Auction HCE executive board is put-ting together a basket of goodies for the con-ference silent auction Items are to be donat-ed at the county building by no later than September 11 ndash to be ready for the next scheduled executive board meeting Planning for the Fall Council meeting November 8 2018 Casino Supper Club Fall River Planning is tabled until the Sep-tember meeting So far the theme ldquoCost of Climate Change and What We Can Dordquo Donna Kohnke will be contacting the speaker (contrsquod on p 7)
Page 7
National HCE Week November 4-19 2018 Tabled until further discussion with Barb Kell who was absent from this meeting In the meantime individual HCE clubs are encouraged to contribute a press release to local newspapers and other media during that week Spring Exhibition Saturday May 19 Bethany Lutheran Church Wisconsin Dells The Wisconsin Dells Tae Kwon Do Martial Art Club will exhibit techniques of self-defense fighting and board break-ing Their popular anti-bully thinking and practices will also be presented Ages 10 to mid-70rsquos are welcome essentially the event is free and open to everyone There is a summer class also available Other Business Southwest District Meeting April 11 2018 Dodgeville Kay MacLeish men-tioned the keynote speaker and subject about mindfulness which ties in with our leader training in May Essential Oils for Mindfulness Scholarship ndash Dorothy NeitzelDonna MacLeish Two applicants have been selected to receive this yearrsquos HCE Scholarship Cultural Arts ndash Gert Stilson Please see previous remarks International ndash Margo Holzman Margo had chosen the Caribbean as our international outreach VP Miller will share her experience of touring Cuba (in September) at the next Rendezvous
Fund Raising ndash Bobbie Goodman The June newsletter will include a sign-up sheet for the cream puff sale at the Columbia County Fair (July 25-29) Volunteers will be required to contact the appropriate chair to confirm Education Program ndash Linda Heckel Linda is currently researching topic(s) Bookworms ndash Pat Wagner (reporting for Marie Gabris) Bookworms was a success during the previous year June 12 will be the next meeting for readers Note May 22 is the deadline for ordering books (for those who donrsquot read but want the books) Barn Quilts ndash Margo Holzman Margo has been on the look-out for new barn quilt displays She mentioned one being at the Indian Agency House but was unsure if it is registered A New Chair leaders Cambria Beth Hahn ColumbusFall River Elsie Taylor Closing The next CCAHCE Executive Board meeting will be held on September 11 2018 The HCE Creed was recited and the meeting adjourned at 1110 am Respectfully submitted Linda Krejchik Secretary
Page 8
Columbia County Fair Youth Encouragement Award Thank-Yoursquos
Page 9
The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke
amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr
Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful
Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for
all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling
Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-
tunities to help
The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and
some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment
Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-
ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us
all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member
will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-
ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing
The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of
fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair
cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be
at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-
vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area
gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games
They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other
civic organizations
Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge
Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing
go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion
and meal What good fun
Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to
be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a
craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents
miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to
sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks
Beth Hahn
Cambria Center Chair
Page 10
Hi Everyone
We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and
Handi with 11 members
Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club
in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for
lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through
the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues
collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club
members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to
follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also
The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a
finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council
on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River
Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open
with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We
collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-
house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We
shared new ideas and made purchases
Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth
Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-
ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in
April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those
attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next
year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-
tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed
Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing
Elsie Taylor
Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman
Page 11
Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts
Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her
Page 12
Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch
Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry
Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry
Below State conference ldquoSpring Into
Actionrdquo winner (the frog)
Page 13
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018
It was a GREAT conference again this year
I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus
took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were
built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt
initiated to get people back to work
in recovery from the depression
The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues
What You Need to Knowrdquo present-
ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the
lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and
our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons
anxiety depression and urinary
frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels
drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses
Sleep may be interrupted up to 100
times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness
Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only
work for a short time and one
wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if
taking Tylenol PM was okay and he
said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM
sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about
30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay
The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo
presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf
so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so
Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette
says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look
directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention
simply tap them on the shoulder
and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them
can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the
lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking
to them Donrsquot shout This does
not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-
cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-
guage hand motions such as ldquoStop
Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us
a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70
million deaf people worldwide and
in each country the sign language is different
(contrsquod next page)
Page 14
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)
Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-
ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business
called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-
dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex
Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is
well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry
The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young
people for an opportunity to ap-
proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are
recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot
get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for
attention and some of them are
homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised
us to watch at the malls and if
we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police
She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad
The dad was in a store and the
young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told
her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-
ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out
the girl said ldquoLook dad this man
can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He
looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The
police were able to arrest the per-
son because the business card had a phone number Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of
the girls wanting out of the sex business
Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel
Statistics from the conference
Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21
First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1
Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399
42 counties participated
Page 15
provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614
UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and
Relationships Staff
Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430
Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair
2018 HCE Executive Board
UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff
Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director
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Thank you to all our helpers at the Columbia County Fair We
couldnrsquot do it without you
Margo Holzman Bea Pierquet Mary Ellen Ruesch
Kris Young Gert Stilson Joyce Abegglen
Jean Minick Elsie Taylor Linda Heckel
Betty Heller-Hobbs Linda Krejchik Kay MacLeish
Ann Tessmann Marge Steinich Judy Cuff
Anna Vedder Beth Hahn Betty Carrington
Cheryl Neef
Betty was in the hospital the day before What a trooper
(photo in August newsletter)
In addition to these people we have a few more people who have
gone beyond what would be expected of anyone
Beth Hahn bought us a spanking new apartment-size refrigerator
What a godsend at the fair to have it right in our booth at our fin-
gertips Thank you so very much Beth
How could I forget the two men in our cream puff endeavor Jim
Froehlich kept the whipper humming and working like a finely-
tuned machine Thank you Jim If anyone needs a tent put up or
secured because of high winds just give a holler to Luther Pohl
He was Johnny-on-the-spot at the Taste of Portage and Corn Daze
in Randolph Thank you Luther
We donrsquot pay much In fact we pay nothing So these three peo-
ple deserve a pat on the back And next year a free cream puff
Chris Berger Donna Kohnke Bobbie Goodman
Cream Puff Committee
Page 6
CCAHCE Executive Board Meeting President Kris Young called the May 15 2018 Columbia County HCE meeting to or-der at 930 am held at the Columbia County Administration Building Roll call was taken 9 members were present along with Pat Wagner Interim HCE Coordinator and the HCE Creed was recited Minutes of March 20 2018 CCAHCE Execu-tive Board Meeting ndash Linda Krejchik Secretary The minutes of the March 20 2018 CCAHCE meeting recorded by Liz Miller were read and accepted Treasurer Report ndash Kris Young (for Carol Beck absent) Kris Young reported on the Columbia County HCE Treasurerrsquos Report dated May 15 2018 The checking account balance is $1721333 the Emergency Savings Account balance is $565261 The report was filed subject to audit Kris also distributed the Income Expense 2018 report The audit remains to be completed by the audit committee Rendezvous Recap Attendees donated to River Haven cleaning items plus $70 which was designated to its roofing project Side note regarding additional River Haven dona-tions Aspen Family Counseling $500 Por-tage Pauquette Shelter organization $1500 Women Walk the World held April 29 2018 Charities Discussion tabled until November meeting One suggestion mentioned do-nating to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
Review for hotel stays for HCE business The tax-exempt form is no longer required See the latest info in Update HCE State Conference September 17-19 2018 Spring into Action Columbia County Display Barb Kell will ready the display as clubs contribute items of their HCE projectsactivities the next newslet-ter will make an appeal for clubs to do so Also the display is housed in the Columbia County building Invitation to 2018 educational programs (2) Keep Your Credit Report in Check Childhood TraumaAdverse Childhood Experiences Open to everyone ndash details in Update Cultural Arts Entries Members need to deliv-er their entries to the conference by 1100 am Monday September 17 ndash no later Oth-erwise entrants may bring their items to the county building by no later than September 10 Donna Kohnke and daughter will deliver the entries to the conference Kris will follow up to see if the display form was received by the conference committee Silent Auction HCE executive board is put-ting together a basket of goodies for the con-ference silent auction Items are to be donat-ed at the county building by no later than September 11 ndash to be ready for the next scheduled executive board meeting Planning for the Fall Council meeting November 8 2018 Casino Supper Club Fall River Planning is tabled until the Sep-tember meeting So far the theme ldquoCost of Climate Change and What We Can Dordquo Donna Kohnke will be contacting the speaker (contrsquod on p 7)
Page 7
National HCE Week November 4-19 2018 Tabled until further discussion with Barb Kell who was absent from this meeting In the meantime individual HCE clubs are encouraged to contribute a press release to local newspapers and other media during that week Spring Exhibition Saturday May 19 Bethany Lutheran Church Wisconsin Dells The Wisconsin Dells Tae Kwon Do Martial Art Club will exhibit techniques of self-defense fighting and board break-ing Their popular anti-bully thinking and practices will also be presented Ages 10 to mid-70rsquos are welcome essentially the event is free and open to everyone There is a summer class also available Other Business Southwest District Meeting April 11 2018 Dodgeville Kay MacLeish men-tioned the keynote speaker and subject about mindfulness which ties in with our leader training in May Essential Oils for Mindfulness Scholarship ndash Dorothy NeitzelDonna MacLeish Two applicants have been selected to receive this yearrsquos HCE Scholarship Cultural Arts ndash Gert Stilson Please see previous remarks International ndash Margo Holzman Margo had chosen the Caribbean as our international outreach VP Miller will share her experience of touring Cuba (in September) at the next Rendezvous
Fund Raising ndash Bobbie Goodman The June newsletter will include a sign-up sheet for the cream puff sale at the Columbia County Fair (July 25-29) Volunteers will be required to contact the appropriate chair to confirm Education Program ndash Linda Heckel Linda is currently researching topic(s) Bookworms ndash Pat Wagner (reporting for Marie Gabris) Bookworms was a success during the previous year June 12 will be the next meeting for readers Note May 22 is the deadline for ordering books (for those who donrsquot read but want the books) Barn Quilts ndash Margo Holzman Margo has been on the look-out for new barn quilt displays She mentioned one being at the Indian Agency House but was unsure if it is registered A New Chair leaders Cambria Beth Hahn ColumbusFall River Elsie Taylor Closing The next CCAHCE Executive Board meeting will be held on September 11 2018 The HCE Creed was recited and the meeting adjourned at 1110 am Respectfully submitted Linda Krejchik Secretary
Page 8
Columbia County Fair Youth Encouragement Award Thank-Yoursquos
Page 9
The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke
amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr
Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful
Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for
all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling
Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-
tunities to help
The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and
some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment
Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-
ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us
all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member
will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-
ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing
The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of
fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair
cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be
at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-
vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area
gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games
They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other
civic organizations
Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge
Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing
go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion
and meal What good fun
Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to
be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a
craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents
miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to
sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks
Beth Hahn
Cambria Center Chair
Page 10
Hi Everyone
We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and
Handi with 11 members
Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club
in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for
lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through
the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues
collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club
members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to
follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also
The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a
finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council
on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River
Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open
with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We
collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-
house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We
shared new ideas and made purchases
Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth
Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-
ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in
April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those
attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next
year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-
tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed
Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing
Elsie Taylor
Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman
Page 11
Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts
Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her
Page 12
Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch
Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry
Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry
Below State conference ldquoSpring Into
Actionrdquo winner (the frog)
Page 13
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018
It was a GREAT conference again this year
I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus
took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were
built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt
initiated to get people back to work
in recovery from the depression
The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues
What You Need to Knowrdquo present-
ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the
lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and
our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons
anxiety depression and urinary
frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels
drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses
Sleep may be interrupted up to 100
times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness
Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only
work for a short time and one
wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if
taking Tylenol PM was okay and he
said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM
sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about
30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay
The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo
presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf
so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so
Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette
says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look
directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention
simply tap them on the shoulder
and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them
can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the
lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking
to them Donrsquot shout This does
not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-
cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-
guage hand motions such as ldquoStop
Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us
a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70
million deaf people worldwide and
in each country the sign language is different
(contrsquod next page)
Page 14
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)
Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-
ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business
called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-
dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex
Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is
well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry
The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young
people for an opportunity to ap-
proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are
recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot
get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for
attention and some of them are
homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised
us to watch at the malls and if
we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police
She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad
The dad was in a store and the
young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told
her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-
ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out
the girl said ldquoLook dad this man
can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He
looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The
police were able to arrest the per-
son because the business card had a phone number Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of
the girls wanting out of the sex business
Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel
Statistics from the conference
Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21
First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1
Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399
42 counties participated
Page 15
provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614
UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and
Relationships Staff
Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430
Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair
2018 HCE Executive Board
UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff
Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director
An
EE
OA
ffirm
ativ
e A
ctio
n em
ploy
er U
nive
rsity
of W
isco
nsin
-Ext
ensi
on p
rovi
des
equa
l opp
ortu
nitie
s in
em
ploy
men
t and
pro
gram
in
clud
ing
Titl
e V
I T
itle
IX a
nd A
DA
req
uire
men
ts
Ple
ase
mak
e re
ques
ts fo
r re
ason
able
acc
omm
odat
ions
to e
nsur
e eq
ual a
cces
s to
edu
catio
nal p
rogr
ams
as e
arly
as
poss
ible
pre
ced
ing
the
sche
dule
d pr
ogra
m s
ervi
ce o
r ac
tivity
Page 16
Fam
ily D
evelo
pm
ent
Adm
inis
trati
on B
uildin
g
112 E
Edgew
ate
r Str
eet
Room
212
Port
age
WI 53901
(608)7
42-9
680
711 f
or
Wis
consi
n R
ela
y
AD
DR
ESS S
ER
VIC
E R
EQ
UEST
ED
NO
N P
RO
FIT
OR
G
US
P
OS
TA
GE
PA
ID
Pe
rmit
No
35
5
Po
rtag
e W
I 5
390
1
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F2
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teraquo laquo
Zip
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Page 7
National HCE Week November 4-19 2018 Tabled until further discussion with Barb Kell who was absent from this meeting In the meantime individual HCE clubs are encouraged to contribute a press release to local newspapers and other media during that week Spring Exhibition Saturday May 19 Bethany Lutheran Church Wisconsin Dells The Wisconsin Dells Tae Kwon Do Martial Art Club will exhibit techniques of self-defense fighting and board break-ing Their popular anti-bully thinking and practices will also be presented Ages 10 to mid-70rsquos are welcome essentially the event is free and open to everyone There is a summer class also available Other Business Southwest District Meeting April 11 2018 Dodgeville Kay MacLeish men-tioned the keynote speaker and subject about mindfulness which ties in with our leader training in May Essential Oils for Mindfulness Scholarship ndash Dorothy NeitzelDonna MacLeish Two applicants have been selected to receive this yearrsquos HCE Scholarship Cultural Arts ndash Gert Stilson Please see previous remarks International ndash Margo Holzman Margo had chosen the Caribbean as our international outreach VP Miller will share her experience of touring Cuba (in September) at the next Rendezvous
Fund Raising ndash Bobbie Goodman The June newsletter will include a sign-up sheet for the cream puff sale at the Columbia County Fair (July 25-29) Volunteers will be required to contact the appropriate chair to confirm Education Program ndash Linda Heckel Linda is currently researching topic(s) Bookworms ndash Pat Wagner (reporting for Marie Gabris) Bookworms was a success during the previous year June 12 will be the next meeting for readers Note May 22 is the deadline for ordering books (for those who donrsquot read but want the books) Barn Quilts ndash Margo Holzman Margo has been on the look-out for new barn quilt displays She mentioned one being at the Indian Agency House but was unsure if it is registered A New Chair leaders Cambria Beth Hahn ColumbusFall River Elsie Taylor Closing The next CCAHCE Executive Board meeting will be held on September 11 2018 The HCE Creed was recited and the meeting adjourned at 1110 am Respectfully submitted Linda Krejchik Secretary
Page 8
Columbia County Fair Youth Encouragement Award Thank-Yoursquos
Page 9
The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke
amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr
Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful
Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for
all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling
Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-
tunities to help
The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and
some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment
Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-
ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us
all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member
will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-
ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing
The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of
fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair
cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be
at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-
vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area
gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games
They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other
civic organizations
Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge
Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing
go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion
and meal What good fun
Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to
be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a
craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents
miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to
sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks
Beth Hahn
Cambria Center Chair
Page 10
Hi Everyone
We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and
Handi with 11 members
Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club
in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for
lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through
the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues
collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club
members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to
follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also
The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a
finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council
on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River
Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open
with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We
collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-
house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We
shared new ideas and made purchases
Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth
Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-
ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in
April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those
attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next
year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-
tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed
Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing
Elsie Taylor
Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman
Page 11
Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts
Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her
Page 12
Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch
Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry
Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry
Below State conference ldquoSpring Into
Actionrdquo winner (the frog)
Page 13
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018
It was a GREAT conference again this year
I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus
took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were
built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt
initiated to get people back to work
in recovery from the depression
The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues
What You Need to Knowrdquo present-
ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the
lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and
our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons
anxiety depression and urinary
frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels
drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses
Sleep may be interrupted up to 100
times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness
Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only
work for a short time and one
wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if
taking Tylenol PM was okay and he
said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM
sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about
30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay
The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo
presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf
so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so
Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette
says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look
directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention
simply tap them on the shoulder
and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them
can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the
lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking
to them Donrsquot shout This does
not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-
cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-
guage hand motions such as ldquoStop
Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us
a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70
million deaf people worldwide and
in each country the sign language is different
(contrsquod next page)
Page 14
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)
Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-
ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business
called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-
dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex
Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is
well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry
The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young
people for an opportunity to ap-
proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are
recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot
get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for
attention and some of them are
homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised
us to watch at the malls and if
we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police
She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad
The dad was in a store and the
young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told
her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-
ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out
the girl said ldquoLook dad this man
can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He
looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The
police were able to arrest the per-
son because the business card had a phone number Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of
the girls wanting out of the sex business
Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel
Statistics from the conference
Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21
First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1
Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399
42 counties participated
Page 15
provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614
UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and
Relationships Staff
Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430
Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair
2018 HCE Executive Board
UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff
Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director
An
EE
OA
ffirm
ativ
e A
ctio
n em
ploy
er U
nive
rsity
of W
isco
nsin
-Ext
ensi
on p
rovi
des
equa
l opp
ortu
nitie
s in
em
ploy
men
t and
pro
gram
in
clud
ing
Titl
e V
I T
itle
IX a
nd A
DA
req
uire
men
ts
Ple
ase
mak
e re
ques
ts fo
r re
ason
able
acc
omm
odat
ions
to e
nsur
e eq
ual a
cces
s to
edu
catio
nal p
rogr
ams
as e
arly
as
poss
ible
pre
ced
ing
the
sche
dule
d pr
ogra
m s
ervi
ce o
r ac
tivity
Page 16
Fam
ily D
evelo
pm
ent
Adm
inis
trati
on B
uildin
g
112 E
Edgew
ate
r Str
eet
Room
212
Port
age
WI 53901
(608)7
42-9
680
711 f
or
Wis
consi
n R
ela
y
AD
DR
ESS S
ER
VIC
E R
EQ
UEST
ED
NO
N P
RO
FIT
OR
G
US
P
OS
TA
GE
PA
ID
Pe
rmit
No
35
5
Po
rtag
e W
I 5
390
1
laquoF
4raquo laquo
F2
raquo
laquoF
6raquo
laquoF
8raquo laquo
Sta
teraquo laquo
Zip
raquo
Page 9
The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke
amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr
Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful
Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for
all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling
Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-
tunities to help
The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and
some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment
Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-
ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us
all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member
will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-
ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing
The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of
fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair
cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be
at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-
vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area
gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games
They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other
civic organizations
Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge
Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing
go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion
and meal What good fun
Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to
be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a
craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents
miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to
sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks
Beth Hahn
Cambria Center Chair
Page 10
Hi Everyone
We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and
Handi with 11 members
Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club
in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for
lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through
the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues
collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club
members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to
follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also
The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a
finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council
on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River
Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open
with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We
collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-
house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We
shared new ideas and made purchases
Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth
Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-
ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in
April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those
attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next
year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-
tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed
Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing
Elsie Taylor
Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman
Page 11
Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts
Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her
Page 12
Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch
Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry
Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry
Below State conference ldquoSpring Into
Actionrdquo winner (the frog)
Page 13
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018
It was a GREAT conference again this year
I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus
took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were
built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt
initiated to get people back to work
in recovery from the depression
The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues
What You Need to Knowrdquo present-
ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the
lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and
our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons
anxiety depression and urinary
frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels
drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses
Sleep may be interrupted up to 100
times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness
Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only
work for a short time and one
wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if
taking Tylenol PM was okay and he
said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM
sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about
30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay
The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo
presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf
so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so
Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette
says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look
directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention
simply tap them on the shoulder
and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them
can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the
lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking
to them Donrsquot shout This does
not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-
cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-
guage hand motions such as ldquoStop
Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us
a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70
million deaf people worldwide and
in each country the sign language is different
(contrsquod next page)
Page 14
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)
Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-
ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business
called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-
dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex
Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is
well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry
The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young
people for an opportunity to ap-
proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are
recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot
get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for
attention and some of them are
homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised
us to watch at the malls and if
we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police
She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad
The dad was in a store and the
young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told
her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-
ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out
the girl said ldquoLook dad this man
can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He
looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The
police were able to arrest the per-
son because the business card had a phone number Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of
the girls wanting out of the sex business
Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel
Statistics from the conference
Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21
First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1
Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399
42 counties participated
Page 15
provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614
UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and
Relationships Staff
Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430
Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair
2018 HCE Executive Board
UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff
Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director
An
EE
OA
ffirm
ativ
e A
ctio
n em
ploy
er U
nive
rsity
of W
isco
nsin
-Ext
ensi
on p
rovi
des
equa
l opp
ortu
nitie
s in
em
ploy
men
t and
pro
gram
in
clud
ing
Titl
e V
I T
itle
IX a
nd A
DA
req
uire
men
ts
Ple
ase
mak
e re
ques
ts fo
r re
ason
able
acc
omm
odat
ions
to e
nsur
e eq
ual a
cces
s to
edu
catio
nal p
rogr
ams
as e
arly
as
poss
ible
pre
ced
ing
the
sche
dule
d pr
ogra
m s
ervi
ce o
r ac
tivity
Page 16
Fam
ily D
evelo
pm
ent
Adm
inis
trati
on B
uildin
g
112 E
Edgew
ate
r Str
eet
Room
212
Port
age
WI 53901
(608)7
42-9
680
711 f
or
Wis
consi
n R
ela
y
AD
DR
ESS S
ER
VIC
E R
EQ
UEST
ED
NO
N P
RO
FIT
OR
G
US
P
OS
TA
GE
PA
ID
Pe
rmit
No
35
5
Po
rtag
e W
I 5
390
1
laquoF
4raquo laquo
F2
raquo
laquoF
6raquo
laquoF
8raquo laquo
Sta
teraquo laquo
Zip
raquo
Page 11
Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts
Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her
Page 12
Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch
Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry
Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry
Below State conference ldquoSpring Into
Actionrdquo winner (the frog)
Page 13
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018
It was a GREAT conference again this year
I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus
took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were
built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt
initiated to get people back to work
in recovery from the depression
The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues
What You Need to Knowrdquo present-
ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the
lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and
our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons
anxiety depression and urinary
frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels
drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses
Sleep may be interrupted up to 100
times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness
Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only
work for a short time and one
wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if
taking Tylenol PM was okay and he
said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM
sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about
30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay
The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo
presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf
so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so
Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette
says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look
directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention
simply tap them on the shoulder
and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them
can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the
lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking
to them Donrsquot shout This does
not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-
cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-
guage hand motions such as ldquoStop
Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us
a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70
million deaf people worldwide and
in each country the sign language is different
(contrsquod next page)
Page 14
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)
Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-
ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business
called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-
dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex
Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is
well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry
The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young
people for an opportunity to ap-
proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are
recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot
get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for
attention and some of them are
homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised
us to watch at the malls and if
we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police
She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad
The dad was in a store and the
young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told
her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-
ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out
the girl said ldquoLook dad this man
can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He
looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The
police were able to arrest the per-
son because the business card had a phone number Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of
the girls wanting out of the sex business
Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel
Statistics from the conference
Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21
First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1
Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399
42 counties participated
Page 15
provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614
UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and
Relationships Staff
Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430
Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair
2018 HCE Executive Board
UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff
Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director
An
EE
OA
ffirm
ativ
e A
ctio
n em
ploy
er U
nive
rsity
of W
isco
nsin
-Ext
ensi
on p
rovi
des
equa
l opp
ortu
nitie
s in
em
ploy
men
t and
pro
gram
in
clud
ing
Titl
e V
I T
itle
IX a
nd A
DA
req
uire
men
ts
Ple
ase
mak
e re
ques
ts fo
r re
ason
able
acc
omm
odat
ions
to e
nsur
e eq
ual a
cces
s to
edu
catio
nal p
rogr
ams
as e
arly
as
poss
ible
pre
ced
ing
the
sche
dule
d pr
ogra
m s
ervi
ce o
r ac
tivity
Page 16
Fam
ily D
evelo
pm
ent
Adm
inis
trati
on B
uildin
g
112 E
Edgew
ate
r Str
eet
Room
212
Port
age
WI 53901
(608)7
42-9
680
711 f
or
Wis
consi
n R
ela
y
AD
DR
ESS S
ER
VIC
E R
EQ
UEST
ED
NO
N P
RO
FIT
OR
G
US
P
OS
TA
GE
PA
ID
Pe
rmit
No
35
5
Po
rtag
e W
I 5
390
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8raquo laquo
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teraquo laquo
Zip
raquo
Page 13
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018
It was a GREAT conference again this year
I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus
took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were
built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt
initiated to get people back to work
in recovery from the depression
The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues
What You Need to Knowrdquo present-
ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the
lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and
our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons
anxiety depression and urinary
frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels
drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses
Sleep may be interrupted up to 100
times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness
Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only
work for a short time and one
wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if
taking Tylenol PM was okay and he
said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM
sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about
30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay
The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo
presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf
so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so
Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette
says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look
directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention
simply tap them on the shoulder
and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them
can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the
lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking
to them Donrsquot shout This does
not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-
cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-
guage hand motions such as ldquoStop
Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us
a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70
million deaf people worldwide and
in each country the sign language is different
(contrsquod next page)
Page 14
WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE
REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)
Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-
ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business
called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-
dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex
Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is
well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry
The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young
people for an opportunity to ap-
proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are
recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot
get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for
attention and some of them are
homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised
us to watch at the malls and if
we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police
She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad
The dad was in a store and the
young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told
her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-
ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out
the girl said ldquoLook dad this man
can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He
looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The
police were able to arrest the per-
son because the business card had a phone number Rachel
Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of
the girls wanting out of the sex business
Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel
Statistics from the conference
Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21
First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1
Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399
42 counties participated
Page 15
provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614
UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and
Relationships Staff
Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430
Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair
2018 HCE Executive Board
UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff
Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director
An
EE
OA
ffirm
ativ
e A
ctio
n em
ploy
er U
nive
rsity
of W
isco
nsin
-Ext
ensi
on p
rovi
des
equa
l opp
ortu
nitie
s in
em
ploy
men
t and
pro
gram
in
clud
ing
Titl
e V
I T
itle
IX a
nd A
DA
req
uire
men
ts
Ple
ase
mak
e re
ques
ts fo
r re
ason
able
acc
omm
odat
ions
to e
nsur
e eq
ual a
cces
s to
edu
catio
nal p
rogr
ams
as e
arly
as
poss
ible
pre
ced
ing
the
sche
dule
d pr
ogra
m s
ervi
ce o
r ac
tivity
Page 16
Fam
ily D
evelo
pm
ent
Adm
inis
trati
on B
uildin
g
112 E
Edgew
ate
r Str
eet
Room
212
Port
age
WI 53901
(608)7
42-9
680
711 f
or
Wis
consi
n R
ela
y
AD
DR
ESS S
ER
VIC
E R
EQ
UEST
ED
NO
N P
RO
FIT
OR
G
US
P
OS
TA
GE
PA
ID
Pe
rmit
No
35
5
Po
rtag
e W
I 5
390
1
laquoF
4raquo laquo
F2
raquo
laquoF
6raquo
laquoF
8raquo laquo
Sta
teraquo laquo
Zip
raquo
Page 15
provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614
UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and
Relationships Staff
Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430
Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair
2018 HCE Executive Board
UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff
Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director
An
EE
OA
ffirm
ativ
e A
ctio
n em
ploy
er U
nive
rsity
of W
isco
nsin
-Ext
ensi
on p
rovi
des
equa
l opp
ortu
nitie
s in
em
ploy
men
t and
pro
gram
in
clud
ing
Titl
e V
I T
itle
IX a
nd A
DA
req
uire
men
ts
Ple
ase
mak
e re
ques
ts fo
r re
ason
able
acc
omm
odat
ions
to e
nsur
e eq
ual a
cces
s to
edu
catio
nal p
rogr
ams
as e
arly
as
poss
ible
pre
ced
ing
the
sche
dule
d pr
ogra
m s
ervi
ce o
r ac
tivity
Page 16
Fam
ily D
evelo
pm
ent
Adm
inis
trati
on B
uildin
g
112 E
Edgew
ate
r Str
eet
Room
212
Port
age
WI 53901
(608)7
42-9
680
711 f
or
Wis
consi
n R
ela
y
AD
DR
ESS S
ER
VIC
E R
EQ
UEST
ED
NO
N P
RO
FIT
OR
G
US
P
OS
TA
GE
PA
ID
Pe
rmit
No
35
5
Po
rtag
e W
I 5
390
1
laquoF
4raquo laquo
F2
raquo
laquoF
6raquo
laquoF
8raquo laquo
Sta
teraquo laquo
Zip
raquo