MEMO FROM THE BOARD~

Our annual Craft Sale was a successful, fun

day on October 7th. We had a full house of

Crafters selling a wonderful variety of quality

crafts! Each year as I watch the crafters open

their totes and set up their tables, I am awed by

their talents, skills and creativity.

Thank you to our crafters, members, family

and friends for all you do to make the day go

so well.

Did you know this was our 22nd Annual Craft

Sale at the same location? Prior to 1995 we

held an annual “Holiday Fair” at various

locations. In those years members and clubs

displayed their own crafts made during the

year. We chose a theme for decorating our

tables. Some themes I recall were the 12 Days

of Christmas, Candyland, etc. We did not sell

crafts. Printed instructions were handed out,

and folks watched how-to demonstrations.

In the early years we did

not have a lunch or bake

sale. Fancy cookies, coffee

and punch were served by

members from the “Tea

Table” elegantly appointed

with a silver coffee service,

punch bowl, and fine china

platters.

People asked us time and again to purchase our

displayed handiwork. That sparked an idea and

the Craft Sale was born. We began with a

handful of crafters. More and more people

asked to sell their crafts at our sale. We

outgrew the National Guard Armory, (our sale

was there for several years), and moved to the

fairgrounds. Talk about a success!

Linda Williams, Secretary

Mission Statement for Wisconsin Association for Home and Community Education HCE offers opportunities for:

Learning in a social setting,

Sharing what we learn, and

Caring to make a difference in our

homes, communities, and the world.

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Douglas County HCE Superior, WI

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NOVEMBER 2017

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Memo from the Board 1 Non-discrimination, Civil Rights and Mission 1 Board Meeting Minutes 2 Board Meeting Minutes from 2016 3 Craft Sale Review & Thank you 4 From the Desk of Sue Hendrickson 5 Town & Country Holiday Gathering 6 Creative Ideas 7 Don’t Scratch it? by Sue Henrickson 7 Calendar 8

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HCE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

MINUTES

October 5, 2017 1:30 p.m. at Fuller’s Restaurant

Roll Call: Hilltoppers 3, Merry Mates 2, Town &

Country 2, Advisor 0

The meeting opened at 2:10 p.m. by President Cheryl

McCuskey. The HCE Creed was read.

Secretary’s Report: Linda Williams - The Secretary’s

Report was approved and placed on file.

Correspondence: None

Treasurer’s Report: Marge Keho – Presented

September ‘17 reports, placed on file for review.

Presented the 2018 proposed budget. A motion by

Sue Hendrickson, seconded by Jo Mersnick to accept

the proposed budget for 2018 to be presented at the

Annual Meeting. Passed. Marge reported the Head of

Lakes Fairgrounds raised the daily rental fee from

$500 to $600. She negotiated and it was reduced back

to $500.

Sunshine: Cheryl McCuskey. Contact her of need to

send greetings, etc.

Dispatch: Due October 15, 2017 for November issue.

Linda W., Board memo.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

VP Programming and Community Outreach: Jo

Mersnick – Program Planning 2018 will be finalized

in November. Annual Meeting-election of officers:

President, VP, Secretary. Current officers agreed to

another term. Appointed Committees: Cultural Arts,

Scholarship, Bookworms™, Audit: Sue H. and Jo M.

Merry Mates Club suggested that in lieu of no

volunteers for offices, to include an emergency

addendum clause to the Douglas County Bylaws to be

voted on at the Annual Meeting.

Cultural Arts: Mary Ann Gronquist—Items sent to

State will be displayed at the Craft Sale.

International: Christa Williams-Clements — Report

in October Dispatch.

Scholarship: Linda Williams – Sue H. attended the

Scholarship presentation at WITC in September.

Photo of scholarship recipient with Sue was in the

local newspaper and newsletter.

Membership/Marketing: Sue H – Annual dues of

$10 per member due the end of October to Treasurer.

PR for Craft Sale was placed in variety of venues.

WI Bookworms: Sue H.—Each book is read to

children two times. Book labels have been given to

RSVP. Ten year reader awards to be presented at the

Annual Meeting.

Family Living Educator: Sue H. –Request for a half-

time staff person for the Extension Office has been

approved. Hope to fill position by first of the year.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Craft Sale: Hilltoppers— Lunch: walking tacos,

beverage and bar $5. Plan for 125 lunches.

Volunteers needed at lunch, food shelf table and

admissions table. Marion Bradley will dress as a

clown wearing a sandwich board advertising lunch.

68 table spaces rented.

Quilts Raffle: Hilltoppers – 2018 two quilts for raffle

and two separate tickets to purchase. The club

reported they have a person to machine the quilts free

of charge.

NEW BUSINESS: Annual Meeting: November 2 at Fuller’s Restaurant.

Sue H. will contact Officer Bonnie Beste for “Coffee

with a Cop” program.

State Conference: Cheryl—Reported the State is

cutting back on paperwork to online access. She

attended meetings, officer elections, craft class,

education programs and a boat tour of Wisconsin

Dells.

OTHER: Facebook listing – Marge K. has placed DCHCE on

Facebook. She set up a way for people who have

inquired, to donate to HCE.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

October 19 District Meeting, Polk County

November 2 Annual Meeting, Coffee with a Cop

Program, Program Planning final

Closed with HCE prayer at 3:21 p.m.

Submitted for approval by Linda Williams, Secretary

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DOUGLAS COUNTY HCE ANNUAL

MEETING MINUTES

November 3, 2016, 12:30 p.m.

Douglas Historical Society Building,

Superior

Call to Order: 12:30 p.m. by Cheryl

McCuskey, President. Homemaker’s

Creed read in unison.

Roll Call: Hilltoppers 4, Merry Mates 5,

Town & Country 3, Advisor 0

Secretary’s Report: Linda Williams –

Copies of the 2015 Annual Meeting

minutes were handed out. Having no

changes/additions minutes were approved

and placed on file for review.

Correspondence: Letter from Library

notifying us of the 2017 meeting room

availability due to remodeling after May

2017. January-May meetings will be at the

Library, and $25 reservation fee has been

paid. UW Extension Office will be our

Sept-Dec. 2017 Board Meeting site.

Thank you note received from Faith

United Methodist Church for donation of

foods collected at the Craft Sale.

Treasurer’s Report: Marge Keho –

Presented proposed 2017 Budget. No

changes from 2016.

Motion by Sue Hendrickson, seconded

by Mary Ann Gronquist to accept the

2017 Budget as proposed. Motion

passed. Craft Sale Report – Presented and placed

on file for review. October 2016 monthly

YTD report presented and placed on file

for review. Sending the $500.00 Malinda

Boswell Scholarship for 2016 to UWS.

Motion by Sue Handrickson, seconded

by Marge Keho to pay speaker $25.00

for program presentation at November

Annual Meeting. Break for program: Molly Niven, Senior

student at Northwestern High School

presented her hand made 1880’s period

style dress. Her instructor,

Kathy Lahti, presented the school’s

program and background of Molly’s

project.

COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS:

VP Programming and Community

Outreach: Jo Mersnick – 2017 Program

Planning finishing

Cultural and Textile Arts: Mary Ann

Gronquist/Donna Tollefson—Article in

November Dispatch. Start working on

entries for 2017.

Membership/Marketing: Sue

Hendrickson – It has been busy with the

Craft Sale, programs and press releases

sent to TV/radio/newspapers. Marge K. is

completing 2017 membership list.

International: Board Members – “Taste

of India”, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2:00 p.m.

Library. $5.00 registration by Nov. 4th.

Setup at 1:00 p.m. tables, quilt raffle, PR

display, artifacts display table. Sue and

Ron Hendrickson will pick up food from

India Palace, Duluth. Linda will bring all

paper products, tablecloths. Sue and Mary

Ann, coffee pots for chai tea. Serving

dishes, etc. Sue and video ready. Sue and

Linda will make shortbread.

Scholarship Committee: Linda Williams

- UWS 2016 Scholarship Recipient,

Sylwia Orsone, a senior in Elementary

Education and minor in Special Education/

Early Childhood Education. No $50

applicants.

WI Bookworms™: Sue Hendrickson –

Successful program. All reader positions

filled. We appreciate all that RSVP does

for this program.

HCE Craft Sale: Merry Mates -

Successful sale day. Filled all table spaces.

All was good and thanks to all for help,

lunch, prizes, donations, PR, etc. Only

problem: no exterior handicap ramp.

Suggested by Sue to contact Land and

Development Committee regarding this

situation. Marge K. will contact

Fairgrounds re: exterior ramp.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Nominating Committee Report: Election of Officers: Ballot: President-

Elect (none) Cheryl McCuskey agreed to a

second term as President. Treasurer:

Marge Keho, two-year term 2017-18.

Appointed: Membership/Marketing: Sue

Hendrickson, Marge Keho, Mary Ann

Gronquist, two-year term 2017-18.

International Committee: Christa Williams

-Clements (reporter), Marian Simon,

program, two-year study of Iceland 2017-

18.

Motion by Sue Hendrickson, seconded

by Joyce Cook to unanimously accept

the ballot as presented. Carried.

Appointments: HCE Craft Sale:

Hilltoppers, Chair. Lunch: Merry Mates.

It was reported they can no longer do

cooking/standing. Referred to Craft Sale

meeting in 2017. Head of Lakes Fair

Booth: Membership/Marketing. Finance

Review: Sue Hendrickson, Jo Mersnick,

Mary Ann Gronquist. Nominating

Committee: Vice –President and one

member from each club. Scholarship

Committee – Linda W., chair, Marian

Simon, Marian Maki, Cheryl McCuskey,

Bonnie Gronquist.

OTHER BUSINESS: Program Planning: Jo Mersnick – See

2017 list reviewed.

Family Living Educator: Ariceli

Whitwam-Sell, no report

$25 Community Focus Donation:

Motion by Sue Hendrickson, seconded

by Marge Keho to send the donation to

the Douglas County Historical Society

for use of their facility for our

November meeting and program.

Passed Marge will send Linda a check to

be included in a thank you note.

District Meeting Report: Cheryl

McCuskey and Joyce Cook. Meeting was

in Menomonie. A very good speaker.

Business meeting.

State Meeting Report: Sue Hendrickson

and Cheryl McCuskey. Cheryl toured

Lienekuegels’. Sue kept up her 10,000

steps daily. Business meetings. State

treasurer stepped down and Judy Bender

will complete term. Sue’s report in

Dispatch.

Quiltathon: Marge Keho – Tickets for

2017 handed out. Purchased batting. Has

quilting machine available to sew quilts.

Nicaragua: Marge Keho – Nov. 17th start

9 a.m. at Country Peace Church will be a

sewing day of dresses. She has 50 already

cut with straps made to sew together.

Quiltlets for Nicaragua also sewn of 6 foot

long double fabric, no batting. An HCE

ID patch will be sewn on also.

Considering making tote bags for the

women to carry their items.

2016 Christmas Dinner: Town and

Country – Reservations in December/

January Dispatch. Reserve early. $5.00

per person, guests welcome. Deadline

Dec. 6th. For the dinner on Dec. 13, 6 p.m.

Dreamland.

Homemaker’s Prayer: Read in unison.

Meeting adjourned at 3:19 p.m.

Recorded and submitted for review,

Linda Williams, Secretary

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CRAFT SALE REVIEW AND THANK YOU

Congratulations to our Douglas County HCE

members for another very successful Craft Sale.

Your hard work and devotion to the success of

the Craft Sale was apparent in all areas. All

clubs and members working together made this

day a huge success.

The lunch was delicious and thanks to Ginger

LaPorte for her expertise in making Walking

Tacos they were a hit. Did you notice the clown,

our own walking taco, Marion Bradley? The

bake sale had a steady stream of customers.

Admission receipts showed that we had a larger

attendance than the previous year. Looking out

over the auditorium you could see the very busy crafters and it was a joy to watch the happy

shoppers leaving with their packages. We are fortunate to have such creative and talented

crafters.

Again, Linda Williams did a wonderful job of managing the crafters, letters, table rentals,

table set up, a HUGE job all the way to being there and opening the door for the crafters early

in the morning and locking the door after the last person left.

Thanks to Super One, East End, for their donation of doughnuts for the crafters early morning

coffee. Thanks to Diane Greely and Mary Ann Gronquist for setting up the early morning

coffee. Also, thanks to Peggy Moen for her donation of a fall arrangement to our door prize

table. Sue Hendrickson delivered the door prizes to three happy winners Monday after the

Craft Sale: Cindy Janousek, Duluth, won the fall basket; Amanda Fudally, South Range, won

the knitted items; Mary Jo Stupak, Superior, won the fall arrangement. Linda Williams

delivered the spa basket to Charles Everson, Superior, a relative of hers. Thanks to the clubs

for the nice prizes and for getting the Craft Sale posters out into the community along with

excellent publicity by Sue Hendrickson and Mary Ann Gronquist.

A final report of our proceeds will be presented at the November Annual Meeting. We are

always open to ideas, suggestions, comments, and criticisms regarding the craft sale. Please

direct them to Jo Mersnick 715-399-3002 or joandal@centurytel.net before Nov. 1, so they

can be addressed in the presentation to the board for next year’s planning.

Craft Sale Chair,

Jo Mersnick and the Hilltoppers

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COFFEE WITH A COP IS COMING!

We have a great program lined up for us for the

HCE Annual Meeting, Tuesday, November 2, beginning at

12:30 pm at Fuller’s Restaurant in South End. Officer

Bonnie Beste will acquaint us with the “Coffee with a

Cop” program including a question and answer time after.

These are turbulent times and we need to support our law

enforcement folks however we can. Find out what YOU

can do to make our community a safer, more peaceful

place. As one of my favorite fictional female detectives

says, “I respect our peace officers; they are the only thing

standing between us and chaos!”

NOTE: Please help publicize this program by

putting up the poster elsewhere in this Dispatch. Coffee

will be available. If you want lunch, come at noon to

order. See you there!

Congratulations to MaryAnn Gronquist,

Bonnie Gronquist, Ann Parker, and Jeanette

Rantala who recently received awards for

long-time service to Wisconsin Bookworms™.

Rosie Perala, Hilltoppers, is reading in two

classes also. Thanks to them and all our

reading volunteers for “reading books to young children.”

Lerna Mae Wiese, State HCE Wisconsin Bookworms™

Coordinator. We have 11 readers in 12 HeadStart with 227

kids.

We acquired a bonanza of sewing thread from

Irene Hudacek Puchalla, Morgan Park, for our

quilting and Nicaragua projects. Irene did alterations

for Younkers for many years, but is downsizing in her

retirement! Thanks, Irene!

Got hunters among your family and friends?

Please remind them that deer can be taken to Hursh Meat

Processing, 10083 E Oak Rd, Poplar, WI, so it can be

processed for area food shelves. Call 715-364-6855 for

hours of operation.

Thanks to the members that have turned in their

raffle tickets and money. Mine are taken care of too.

Good to get that done before the holidays are upon us!

10 SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO

TO HELP PROTECT THE EARTH

Put on a sweater. A cozy sweater or robe

will keep you warm so you don’t need to

turn up the furnace and burn extra fossil

fuels.

Put one foot in front of the other. Using fuel-

efficient cars is important, but we can save even

more fuel by simply driving less.

Go for seconds. Recycling isn’t just separating paper,

cans and bottles from the rest of the garbage, it can

mean using things a second, or third, time! Save

that nice padded envelope you got in the mail,

remove the stamps and labels and reuse!

Watch your waste. Items we throw away may

contaminate our soil and water. There are places to

properly dispose of oil, batteries, and mercury-

containing lightbulbs. Call your community

recycling coordinator for information. Printer ink

cartridges can be disposed of at the table outside

the Douglas County Extension Office in the Court

House.

Paper NOR Plastic. If we bring bags with us when

we shop we can cut down on the 350 bags the

average American uses each year and reduce the

presence of those flimsy plastic bags in our

environment—a danger to animals in our rivers,

lakes and streams.

BYOB. About 50 billion plastic water bottles were

purchased by Americans last year! Fill up a

reusable water bottle at home to bring with you.

Buy a filter if you don’t like the taste of your

water. It’s what many bottled water manufacturers

do anyway!

Flip ‘em off! In much of America we can’t even see

the stars because of electric lights. Light the room

you are in, but keep the rest dark. You will find it

soothing.

Get in touch with your roots. Plant a tree! It’s good

for the soil, the birds, the heating bill and the air

we breathe!

Get off. Catalogs are great when they are from

companies we like to order from; but if we call the

companies that send us unwanted ones, we can get

off their lists—and that’s an order!

Support groups that support our world. We can’t

belong to every group that works to protect our

world and its creatures (including us!), but we can

support them and their volunteers with our dollars

and our work. Pick a few…and give generously.

It’s an investment that will have effects long into

the future.

(Thank you to the World Wildlife Fund for the

inspiration for these comments.)

Submitted by,

Sue Hendrickson

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If you bring a

non-perishable product for

the food basket you will get a

ticket toward the drawing.

DECEMBER 12, 2017

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As I age I find myself repeating things my

Dad said while I was growing up. One of

his pearls inspired this

poem:

DON’T SCRATCH IT?

I woke up with an awful itch

One sad, unlucky day;

Where that devil came from

I really cannot say.

It itched me in the morning,

It bothered me at night,

It plagued me in the darkness,

And bugged me in the light.

I went on to the doctor

To get a blessed cure,

She said, “Where that thing came from

I really can’t be sure.”

She gave me some vile potions,

She gave me some huge pills,

She gave me some thick lotions,

Guaranteed to cure my ills.

But nothing made it go away,

Nor stopped its slow advance,

I suggested to the doctor

That she do a voo-doo dance.

I left the office drooping,

I lost my last small hope,

The itch and I were bonded,

My doctor was a dope!

When I got home, my father said,

“My wisdom you can borrow,

I s’pect you’ll find no cure today,

And prob’ly not tomorrow.”

“But there’s a bright side to this itch,

Great news! You cannot match it!

I cannot part you from your plague,

But it’ll feel so good to scratch it!”

~Sue Hendrickson

Lots of Creative Ideas!

Thanks to the dozen plus members that

contributed to the September program,

“Creative Ideas for Everyday Items.”

It was a great night of sharing and new

ideas. Special thanks to Marion Bradley

(see photo of Marion’s snacks) and Rosie

Perala for bringing snacks for coffee time!

I was thrilled to use the new-fangled

PowerPoint projector, and I learned how to

download a YouTube to my PowerPoint.

Learning is fun!

Submitted by, Sue Hendrickson

Douglas County UWEX

1313 Belknap Street

Courthouse Room 107

Superior, WI 54880

We’re on the web! Be sure to visit the Douglas County Family Living website at: http://douglas.uwex.edu/flp/ and click on Douglas County Home and

Community Education (HCE), then click on the Dispatch Newsletter link.

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HCE Week

Nov 24-25 Thanksgiving Courthouse Closed

DECEMBER

December 12 6:00 p.m. Holiday Gathering Dreamland Supper Town & Country

Dec 25-26 Courthouse Closed