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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Lewis County Branch November 2017
OFFICERS 2017-2018
President ................................. Kerry Serl
Program Vice-Presidents .........................
................... Kristi Nelson and Jan Snider
Membership Vice-President ....................
........................................... Kristi Nelson
Secretary ....................... Nancy Leventon
Treasurer .......................... Donna Loucks
EYH Chair ................................. Jan Leth
Book Sale ......................... Donna Loucks
Directory Editor .............. Jeanne Nygard
Early Morning Discussion ......................
........................................... Norma Green
EF Program Chair ..................... not filled
Art Group ........................... Bonnie Blake
Book Group. ................. Nancy Leventon
Travel Group ................... Donna Loucks
Historian ........................... Priscilla Tiller
Hostess Coordinator ........... Marja Lentz
Legal Advocacy Fund .............. not filled
Newsletter Editor ................. Peggy Barth
Profiles ............................... Kristi Nelson
Scholarship Committee Chair ..................
.......................................... Priscilla Tiller
Sunshine Chair ................. Jeanne Gordon
BRANCH MEETING Thursday, November 2, 2017
6:45 p.m.
“Food for Our Future: Feeding Hungry Children in
Lewis County”
Speakers: Gracie Anderson,
Keri Anderson and Cathy Cavness
The Gathering Place (Community Room) at Stillwaters Estates
Hostesses: Peggy Barth (chair), Ann Tuning and Sharon Winningham
MEETING ACCESS: The gate to Stillwaters
Estates from the Scammon Creek Road (near the
Colonial Residence) is open until 7:00 p.m.
Remember that the front gate on Cooks Hill Road
still closes at 6:00 p.m.
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
Kerry Serl
Thank you everyone for your tireless efforts to
bring off a successful Expanding Your Horizons!
As Luana and I peeked into every workshop to
take some photos, I could tell the girls enjoyed the
experience. Smiles and laughter and girls helping
each other.
From Facebook the moms said, “The girls had
such a great time.” and “My daughter really
wanted to attend but it was the last day of cheer.”
and “How did you get both girls photographed?”
reply, “I know Kerry Serl.”
Maria Carter wrote on Facebook Expanding Your
Horizons page,
“Very cool pic of the girls! I like the swagger! :) Love seeing them happy as it brings me back to the school each time. It's the energy that fuels us for the next year!”
She reposted this photo saying, “This is one of the
most rewarding programs I have ever been part of
and am happy to continue my support all the
way!”
Kerry
NOVEMBER PROGRAM
“Food for Our Future: Feeding Hungry Children in Lewis County”
There are hungry children in Lewis County and a
group of dedicated people who are trying to do
something about it. Learn about “Food for Our
Future” from Gracie Anderson, who established
the program in Chehalis three years ago at the age
of 15. Gracie’s mom, Kerri Anderson, a
counselor at RE Bennett, and Cathy Cavness, a
recently retired teacher and new AAUW member,
will also discuss their roles in the program.
AAUW
HOLIDAY BANQUET
Thursday, December 7
See article for details.
EXPANDING YOUR HORIZONS
Jan Leth
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR!
Although the day was wet and blustery, our
AAUW members warmly welcomed over 300
young women to the Centralia College Campus on
Saturday, October 21.
In this, our 24th year of presenting EYH in
conjunction with the college TRIO program, we
were pleased to expand our girls' snack time
location to the new TransAlta Conference Center,
which allowed the girls to sit at tables. We, also,
were fortunate to partner with Twin Star Credit
Union who provided pens and bags for each
attendee.
Per usual, major thank you's go to the following
chairpersons: Kristi Nelson and Sharon
Winningham, whose talents and hard work
produced both a lovely Hospitality Room and a
sumptuous Presenters' Luncheon; Ceci Hauer and
JoAnn Watson, who planned and executed the
girls' Snack Break; Sharon Lyons, who used her
practiced skill in not only securing presenters, but
also signing up hostess/facilitators to help and
critique them; and Peggy Barth, who makes
registering over 300 girls look easy!!! Kerry Serl
and Cindy Mund did a fantastic job of publicizing
our event through all media avenues. THANK
YOU! THANK YOU!
Of course, without all our sister AAUW members,
who volunteered their time and talents, this year's
endeavor would not have been possible. You
were here, there, and everywhere...talking to girls
and parents, decorating tables, putting food on
platters, directing traffic, and answering questions.
You are all, indeed, the engine that runs the event!
This year, at Snack Break, we were fortunate to
have Morgan Lakey, Lexi Akins, and Zi Chen,
who are all Centralia College student body
officers and biology and pre-med majors, speak to
the girls about their STEM course backgrounds
and encourage them to always seek challenges in
their choices of public school coursework. What
great role models they are! The three young
women were there to assist us with anything and
everything EYH.
It goes without saying that our yearly Expanding
Your Horizons event is well known throughout
not only our county, but those which adjoin us!
This event gives us such a great “face” in the area
and exemplifies our mission statement. We all
can be proud to belong to an organization that
gives back so much to the community.
Donations have been made to the
Lewis County AAUW Branch
Endowment Fund
In honor of
Luana Graves 50th Year in AAUW
Priscilla Tiller
Sandy Godsey
Drusilla Heidar
Jan Leth
Kristi Nelson
Kerry Serl
Donna Loucks
Ann Tuning
Marian Osterby
Jan Snider
Karen McInturff
Nancy Leventon
Patricia Zimmerman
Judith Bell
Peggy Barth
Corene-Jones Litteer
Sharon Winningham
Mary Metzger
Cecilia Hauer
Janet Lyon
Donations in Luana’s name totaled $790!
ART GROUP Bonnie Blake
Art Group will meeting on
Thursday, November 16, from
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Details
will be sent via email. If you
want to be added to the email
list, please contact Bonnie
Blake.
EARLY MORNING DISCUSSION
Norma Green
On Thursday, November 9, at 7:30 a.m., the
Early Morning Discussion Group will try another
new meeting place – The Centerville Café at
111 Tower Street in Centralia. It’s across the
street from the Olympic Club. We will have a
room in the back.
Continuing with our Art topic
for this year, Jeanne Nygard
will lead the discussion on
“Graffiti & Street Art.” Some of the fun subtopics to
be covered will be Yarn Bombing, 3D Street Art,
and Rock Balancing Art just to name a few. For
more information, contact Jeanne.
All AAUW members are welcome to join us on
Thursday, November 9. Along with the breakfast
of your choice, you will enjoy our informative
discussions and warm, friendly, sometimes
humorous conversations.
If you are not on our e-mail list and would like to
be, please contact Norma.
RAVENOUS READERS
BOOK GROUP Nancy Leventon
The November meeting of the Ravenous Readers
will be on Tuesday, November 21 at 7:00 p.m.
We will be meeting at Bonnie Blake’s house.
Please let Bonnie know that you will be coming.
The book for discussion is The Little Paris
Bookshop by Nina George. Cindy Mund will be
leading that discussion. Copies of our books for
the year are available at Book n Brush in Chehalis.
Planning Ahead: Ravenous
Readers will not meet in
December. The book for January
is A Gentleman in Moscow by
Amor Towles.
.
SUNSHINE REPORT
Jeanne Gordon
Please call or email Jeanne to let
her know of any members and their
families whom we want to keep in
our thoughts.
“Happy November Birthday” to:
M. Penny Abnet (04)
Drusilla Heidar (04)
Cathy Cavness (07)
Amy White (21)
MEMBERSHIP Kristi Nelson
Please add Donna La Lond's cell phone number to
your directory: 360-388-8957
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE AND
ENDOWMENT FUND
Priscilla Tiller
Our Kate Gregg Scholarship winner, Hannah
Schneider, is excelling in Media Studies courses at
Centralia College. She is working at the Live 95.1
radio station and has been elected Media Club
President. To us she says, "I can't thank you all
enough for everything you all have done."
"You're welcome, Hannah. Keep up the good
work."
Donations to the Lewis County Branch
Endowment fund are applied to academic
scholarships for women from the area. All
donations are tax exempt. All endowment fund
investments are insured. For further information,
contact Donna Loucks.
HOLIDAY BANQUET
Kristi Nelson and Jan Snider
Preparations are
underway for the Winter
Holiday Banquet on
Thursday, December 7
at Once Upon a Thyme,
in Chehalis. The plans
are not yet finalized.
Details and the reservation form will be sent in a
separate email after the November Branch
meeting.
TRAVEL GROUP
Donna Loucks
Travel Group will not meet in
November or December because
our meeting day of the 4th
Thursday falls too close to the
holidays. We will look forward
to hearing from Jeanne Nygard in
January, Kerry Serl in February and Gail Gibbard
in April. We usually skip March because we are
busy with the book sale.
BOOK SALE
Donna Loucks
Books are already
flooding in for next
spring’s sale, which
will be held March 22-
24, 2018. Make sure
that all your friends
know that we collect books, and if you can’t pick
them up, contact Donna Loucks, Peggy Barth, or
Marja Lentz for pick-up. In the Members Only
section of our web page under Book Sale is a
“thank you” letter that you can print to give to
people who donate books. You can use it as a
receipt – just hand-write the number of boxes,
date, and your signature on the top. Also at the
web page is additional information on sorting and
what to discard. We will start getting serious
about book sale tasks after the first of the year.
BITS ‘n PIECES
Dedication of an area in the new TransAlta
building at Centralia College in honor of Alice
Forth will take place on Tuesday, November 28,
2017, at 3:00 p.m. The Student Center Area
where the event will take place is located on the
second floor of the TransAlta building. Alice was
a former faculty member and Dean of Students at
the college.
The Centralia College Lyceum is a series of
public conversations presented Wednesdays, 1:00-
1:50 p.m. in the TransAlta Commons room 122,
and is free and open to the public. The November
programs are:
Nov. 1 - American Muslims: History, Culture,
and Politics: This presentation is sponsored in
part by Humanities Washington.
Nov. 8 - What Your Teachers Never Told You
About the American Revolution: Author, Don
Glickstein This presentation is sponsored in part
by Humanities Washington.
Nov. 15 - International Student Panel
Nov. 29 - The Artistic Process: Centralia
College Graphic Arts instructor Alex Solomon.
BRANCH WEB PAGE and
Donna Loucks and Kerry Serl
Have you ever visited our Branch web page?
You can enter the full URL: http://lewiscounty-
wa.aauw.net/ or if that is too clumsy, just Google
“Lewis County AAUW.” Then bookmark it so it
is easy to go to in the future! It is our “face” to the
public, but it also is a place where Members can
access information they might need. After you
click the “Members Only” tab, you’ll need to enter
the password which is in the directory. If your
browser allows it, just save the password so you
don’t have to enter it each time. Once you’ve
logged in, you will need to go back to the tab to
see the choices on the drop-down list. They
include: Book Sale (including a “Thank You”
letter you can hand out when you pick up books, a
list of the Categories we use to sort, and other
information); Bylaws; Directory (in case you
misplace your printed one); Past Branch
Newsletters; Profiles (of people who have joined
in about the last 5 years); Sharing; and Sunshine.
We are always open for contributions to Sharing
and Sunshine.
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/American-
Association-of-University-Women-Lewis-County-
1594584720774399/timeline/
AAUW NEW MEMBER PROFILE by Kristi Nelson
Sarah White was born in Centralia, at home, by midwife delivery. She says her mom, Amy White, was
auditing hospitals at the time and decided a home birth was the way to go. Everything worked out great!
Her mom delivered her brother at home a few years later.
Sarah attended Centralia schools, graduated from The Evergreen State College with a B.A. in Social Work,
and in 2015 earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Washington. Her graduate
work required taking many classes including two practicums: one involved working with teenagers in an
alternative school; the other, an advanced practicum, was connected with little kids in a preschool at Pike’s
Place Market in Seattle.
After graduation, Sarah got a job in Olympia dealing with young children who had severe behavioral and
emotional issues. For months at a time, she would be on call 24/7 with only a few days off, which was
extremely tiring and stressful.
Since then, Sarah changed jobs and now works for Triple AAA: Area Agency on Aging, which serves
Lewis, Thurston and Mason counties. She has a caseload of 90 clients consisting of the elderly and the
younger disabled, works from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and says she got her life back! Her job is to help
people stay in their homes for as long as they can, making sure they are safe and get the assistance they need.
Not only is it more cost effective to maintain people at home, but also they are usually more comfortable
when surrounded by their family, pets and familiar things.
Sarah enjoys her clients and loves listening to them tell about their backgrounds and personal experiences.
She says she encounters some really amusing people – truck drivers and veterans have the best stories!
Sarah considers herself a “crafty” person and enjoys sewing, jewelry making and crocheting. She is
currently crocheting a beautiful starburst patterned blanket in vivid blue, chartreuse and pink yarn. She likes
hiking, cooking, reads a lot and is a pop culture nerd, following such television shows as “Arrested
Development” and “Game of Thrones.”
A progressive at heart, Sarah cares about women’s rights in general. Working at the Human Response
Network when she was 20 influenced her a lot. She says attitudes that make violence toward women and
children acceptable must change and that it is time for misogyny to end: “we’re done with misogyny.” She
feels people in power are a barometer of the culture and should be obligated to set a good example.
It is a pleasure to welcome you to AAUW, Sarah!!
CALENDAR
Thursday, November 2 ........................... Branch Meeting
Thursday, November 9 ........................... Early Morning Discussion
Thursday, November 16 ......................... Art Group
Tuesday, November 21 .......................... Ravenous Readers Book Group
Friday, November 24 .............................. December Newsletter Deadline
Thursday, December 7 ........................... Holiday Banquet