The Iowa State Organization

NEWS BULLETINof the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

Spring 2020 Volume 74 Number 1

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Here’s what’s waitingfor you in Philadelphia

Elections, workshops setfor summer district meetings

At this writing, district meetings are still on for this summer. The purpose of these meetings will be for training incoming chapter presidents along with committee members for the follow-ing standing committees: Communications, Educational Excellence, Membership, Nomi-nations, Rules, Scholarship and World Fellow-ship. We also will elect district directors. We encourage all members to attend these

meetings. Members will be able to attend any training session that day, whether they are on that specific committee or not. It is important to have a good representation

of our membership at each district meeting for the election of the new district directors. As Pat Yates, Iowa State Membership Chair

said, “What an opportunity we have to initiate change in the way the state conducts business and reaches our members! We want the time to-gether to be informative and fun as we make new connections in our chapters.” Below is a list of the meeting specifics:

Northwest:June 8 - Bethlehem Lutheran Church

300 East Bow Drive, Cherokee Southwest:

June 20 - Panorama High School 701 W. Main, Panora

Southeast: June 17 - Price Creek Event Center

4709 220th Trail, AmanaCentral:

June 23 - St. Cecilia Church 2900 Hoover Avenue, Ames

Northeast: June 26 - Central Rivers AEA

1521 Technology Parkway, Cedar Falls

Pennsylvania will be joining with New Jer-sey, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia to host the 2020 DKG International Convention in Philadelphia July 7-11 at the Downtown Marriott Hotel.

Why should you put this event on your cal-endar? We can think of at least seven reasons:

It’s Good For Your Health. No, we aren’t making this up. Studies have found that when you stop thinking about your own problems and focus on an event or learning, your stress levels start to decrease, your immune system is strengthened and your overall sense of life sat-isfaction increases.

This is because learning interrupts tension-producing patterns and replaces it with a sense of purpose, positive emotions and high confi-dence levels.

Give Back to DKG. You have an opportunity to present a session where your passions lie. Let your love of DKG create a positive experience for those attending the 2020 Convention.

Make Real Connections. Attending the 2020 Convention will let you meet people from all the regions and state organizations of DKG. You could meet your new best friend, future business partner or have a conversation that sparks a real change in your life.

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What’sInside...

- 2 -Laurie’s Letter

- 3 -Scholarships

- 4 -Student Awards

- 5 -Habitat Project

- 7 -Kosovo Outreach

- 8 -Virus Update

- 9 -Celebrations

- 10 -Video Tips

- 11 -Chapter Events

Note:At the time of pub-lication, all events are still scheduled as indicated. Stay in touch with your chapter officers to learn of any can-cellations or re-

schedules of DKG events.

by LAURIE MARPLE (Alpha)Iowa State Organization President

As I begin my letter for the Spring Bulletin, it is with many uncer-tainties for all of us.

The year 2020 is giv-ing us many challenges. We are facing interesting times in our world, which none of us have experi-enced before.

I know many of you have concerns about health issues, jobs, families and the future. We do not have the answers to those questions, but we are all in this together.

If you can reach out to a relative, friend, neighbor and offer assistance or reassurance, I’m sure it will be re-ceived positively. Unfortunately, in our Iowa State society, distance between members plays a major role.

Please know that as the state leadership team, we will address your concerns as quickly as we can. Your individual chapters may need to make changes and adjustments with your meetings and activities.

We know there are questions about whether the district meetings will still be held this summer. We are monitor-ing the situation and will make a deci-sion as we get closer to the scheduled dates and as government mandates.

As of this writing the 2020 DKG convention in Philadelphia has not been cancelled. They do not anticipate cancelling the convention unless the federal government restrictions are still in effect.

As soon as headquarters makes any announcements, I will keep you abreast of their decisions.

Please be safe and careful as we all work together to protect our communi-ties.

Despite these new challenges, the year 2020 is set to be an outstanding opportunity for each of you to embrace change and enjoy the journey.

Embracing change is out there for all of you to experience from your local chapter to the state and inter-national level. Chapter nominating committees will soon be reaching out for new officers and committee chairs for the next biennium. Please consider stepping up and saying “yes” when you are called upon to assume an of-fice and/or committee chair.

Many of you have great leadership skills; embrace the change that you could experience by helping to lead your chapter. I know it may appear overwhelming but you have the sup-port of the members in your chapter and those of us at the state and interna-tional level.

We often think we don’t have the time or skills for a leadership commit-ment, but each one of us has the potential and capability at some level and at some time. This may be the time for you.

Embracing the change from yearly state conventions to state conventions in the odd years and district meetings in the even years is an exciting new path for our Iowa State organization. What an exciting time to be a member!

Being an even year, summer 2020 will be the first year for district meet-ings. Please refer to the article in this Bulletin with information (date, location and address) for each of the summer meetings.

As we gather with the members of our respective districts, we will enjoy camaraderie with other members while we participate in training opportunities for chapter presidents and the fol-lowing standing committees: Com-munications, Educational Excellence, Membership, Nominations, Rules, Scholarship, and World Fellowship.

Members in attendance at each dis-

trict meeting will also elect their next district director. I encourage everyone to make plans to attend these district meetings.

Attending the training sessions will be beneficial for chapters and for individual members as we acquire new skills and share ideas of successes and accomplishments. The energy that each of you can share will be seen and felt by many.

Enjoying the journey is a wonderful way to experience new places, things and people. We can all be a part of enjoying the journey by participating in DKG events.

Attending events sponsored by your own chapter is supportive of your group and its members as well as a chance for you to experience new

activities.The various

chapter newslet-ters that I receive are evidence of all your projects and programs. What a journey all of

you are able to be a part of with the members of your chapter!

This summer’s district meetings will be a great chance to enjoy the journey of DKG and the new begin-nings for our state organization.

At the international level, there is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the journey as members attend the 2020 International Convention in Philadel-phia July 7 – 11. Use this link for more info and to register: https://www.dkg.org/DKGMember/Events/2020_Inter-national_convention/2020_Interna-tional_Convention_Philadelphia.aspx.

Attending an International Conven-tion is a very special experience. There are many workshops, speakers and fo-rums along with opportunities to net-work with educators from around the world. It is definitely a memorable part

Laurie’s Letter: Look forward to upcoming meetings

Embracing change is out there for all of you to experience...

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of Delta Kappa Gamma. If you’ve never par-

ticipated in an International Convention, I know you would not regret it.

I would like to congratu-late Iowa State First Vice President Kristin Merkle (Tau) for being selected to attend the DKG Ignite Leadership Seminar Con-ference (formerly Golden Gift) in Austin, TX, July 19-26. I am so excited for Kristin. She is a tremendous representative for our state and the perfect example of a woman who embraces change and enjoys the journey.

The Ignite Leadership Seminar Conference is open to any DKG member; con-sider applying for the 2022 class for a great leadership experience.

Finally, please welcome Carole Henning (Tau) as the new editor for the Iowa State News Bulletin. Carole is another example of a member ready to embrace change as she helps to keep our members informed.

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by JUDITH OLSON (Chi)Iowa State Organization Scholarship Committee Chair Applications for the 2019-2020 Iowa State Orga-nization Scholarship are due to the committee no later than April 15. The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International offers

up to 30 scholarships an-nually to members of the Society to enhance the ful-fillment of its fifth purpose, “To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women edu-cators in pursuing graduate study...” The award is $600 and it is to be used for graduate work completed in the fiscal year in which the scholar-ship is awarded.Applicants must:• Be an active member of

The Delta Kappa Gam-ma Society International for a minimum of three years (initiation prior to April 15, 2017).

• Provide evidence of ac-tive participation and demonstrated leader-ship in The Delta Kappa Gamma Society Interna-tional.

• Have completed a bach-elor’s degree or equiva-lent.

• Be accepted and en-rolled in a graduate program of a nationally accredited institution of higher education.

• Provide evidence of ex-cellence in scholarship.

• Provide evidence of ser-vice to the community.

The 2019-2020 state scholarship forms and the updated 2020 International form are included in the DKG Wiki:http://upsilonstate.pbworks.c o m / w / p a g e / 8 0 5 9 2 11 /Scholarship%20Committee Applications should be sent to Judith Olson, 1200 Craig’s Ct., Spencer, IA

51301 or emailed to jaol-son@ncn.net (preferred method) by April 15. The 2019-2021 Iowa State Organization Scholar-ship Committee Members include: Judith Olson, chair (Chi - NW), Diane Burgma-ier (Beta Kappa - SW), Bon-nie Downes (Alpha Iota - SE), Janice Reutter (Eta - C) and Paula Warren (Xi - NE). The Iowa State Organiza-tion Scholarship Commit-tee’s goals for 2019-2020 are:• To familiarize ourselves

with the State Bylaws and Standing Rules re-garding scholarships,

• To revise the scholarship application forms,

• To update the scholar-ship portion of the Wiki page,

• To continue to notify local chapters electroni-

State scholarship deadline fast approaching

2019-2021 Iowa State Organization Scholarship Committee Members include Paula Warren (Xi - NE), Judith Olson (chair, Chi - NW), Janice Reutter (Eta - C), Bonnie Downes (Alpha Iota - SE) and Diane Burgmaier (Beta Kappa - SW).

cally of scholarship op-portunities,

• To continue to encour-age members to apply for scholarships,

• To plan the scholarship committee training for the five summer district meetings in even years,

• To increase awareness of scholarship opportu-nities by continuing to distribute scholarship brochures at the state convention in odd years and district meetings in even years,

• To communicate that scholarships will be awarded during odd years at the state con-vention, and

• To communicate that scholarships will be awarded during even years at the five summer district meetings.

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Convention-con’t from p. 4 Gain Perspective. Ex-

periencing DKG at the In-ternational level will open your mind to the scope of our organization.

The Food. The globally inspired food (available for breakfast, lunch, din-ner and dessert as well as for snacking) is the main draw, while butchers, bak-ers, chocolatiers, cheese mongers and produce ven-dors offer food and goods for sale.

From scrapple and sa-mosas to soul food and smoothies, nearby Read-ing Terminal Market is such a fantastic place to eat that it can be tough to choose what to get.

Beloved by locals and tourists alike, this historic indoor market features more than 80 vendors of-fering a variety of foods, with some vendors oper-ating in much the same way that they did when the market opened in 1892.

Get Inspired. Meet successful women on the same path. Learn how they overcame obstacles on their way to success. Expe-riencing DKG at the Inter-national level will change how you see the Society.

Explore. The city has something for everyone. Historic sites such as In-dependence Hall, the Lib-erty Bell and the Philadel-phia Museum of Art (run the Rocky steps!) are just steps from the hotel.

We encourage Iowa State DKG chapters to support our 2019-2020 World Fellowship grant recipients through mailings and small gifts. Here are our current award winners:• Sunduni Agampodi, 14781 Airport

Road, Ottumwa, IA 52501• Shareen Iqtadar, 2517 Royal Dr., Apt.

#8, Cedar Falls, IA 50614• Hacer Karmese, 313 Samoa Ct., Iowa

City, IA 52246• Katie Samuels, 605 Washington St.,

Fayette, IA 52142 One of our statewide goals is to assist young women education students from other countries currently studying in the United States. The Iowa State Organization of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International annu-ally awards $1000 grants to international women at Iowa colleges or universities. Earlier this year, the Iowa World Fellow-ship Committee sent letters to 52 Iowa col-lege/university international advisers about Iowa’s DKG International Student Grant Application for 2020-2021, chair Dena Hig-ginbotham (Beta) said. Advisers were asked to share this form with eligible students. When selecting the grant recipients, the selection committee carefully considers the overall application and four specific criteria: scholarship, references, financial need and

plans to return to their homeland and work in some field of education to give back to their respective cultures. Applications and supporting documents are required on or before April 1; recipients are notified by May 15. During the 2020-2021 school year, each grant recipient receives $500 when she has sent her transcript showing that she has suc-cessfully completed her first semester; the other $500 is sent when second semester progress is documented. At the International level, there are re-quirements that applicants for International World Fellowship financial awards not be from member countries. This stipulation does not apply to the Iowa International Student Grants. Iowa accepts applications from all international women who are attending a college or university in the state. Grant money comes solely from dona-tions, so chapters are encouraged to collect funds at meetings to support the effort. The number of grants offered annually depends on the amount of funds available. In a fun spirit of competition, the chap-ter donating the most money per member receives the honor of hosting “Katrina” for the next year. Katrina is a doll, Miss Iceland, first purchased at the Northwest Regional in 1993. The winning chapter is announced at a statewide meeting each summer.

Philly offers newviews for visitors

The Arts & Humanities Jury of The Delta Kappa Gamma So-ciety Interna-tional has an-nounced the publ icat ion of two works of art created by Jill Brown (Mu). During the January/Feb-ruary 2020 submission pe-

riod, Jill had an untitled acrylic painting and a poem entitled “A Woman I No Longer Recognize” accept-ed into the DKG Gallery of Fine Arts, an online gallery of works of art and letters at www.dkg.org. The jury anticipates the unveiling of new Gallery works in late April or the first week of May.

The pieces will be dis-played on the Gallery for six months, after which they will be archived, according to the organization. Jill will also have the opportunity to present and discuss her works during a Wednesday breakout work-shop at the Philadelphia in-ternational convention in July.

Brown tapped for creative art honor

Greetings requested for grant recipientsWorld Fellowship —

Jill Brown

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A community grant of more than $2,000 has boosted Iota Chapter’s ongoing project to get learning ma-terials into the hands of northeast Iowa’s most needy families. Iota received a $2,255 Wom-en’s Fund grant from Women for Good, a division of the Commu-nity Foundation of Northeast Iowa that makes grants to organizations changing the lives of women and girls in Black Hawk County. One of the things this grant al-lows the chapter to do is purchase an increased the number of new books, including those written on themes of empowerment for girls and women. The goal of the project, “Iota Chapter Learning Shelves: A Col-laboration with Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity,” is to pro-vide learning shelves focused on reading and thinking skills for the children of families moving into

Iota builds learning shelvesfor Habitat home occupants

newly-dedicated Habitat for Hu-manity homes. The donation of the shelves and materials by Iota contributes to an environment that emphasizes lit-eracy in each receiving home. Learning shelves are filled with age- and interest-appropriate books, games, and puzzles as well as other items to facilitate learning. They also include a reading lamp, a throw in which to wrap up and read and a stuffed animal to read with or to. A questionnaire circulated to the receiving family provides information used to per-sonalize the shelves for each child. Iota Chapter started the 2019-2020 fiscal year with four learning shelves for children moving into a new Habitat home in November. This makes a total of 85 learning shelves placed in Habitat homes since the chapter began its project in 2011.

Iota Chapter has been creating and placing learn-ing shelves like the one above in Habitat for Hu-manity homes since 2011.

Members celebrated Chi Chapter’s 65th birthday at their October meeting with tables decorated with teacher memorabilia, conversation and cake. Many wore an item of clothing from their teaching career and

shared a picture, a memory of a teacher they admired or an incident they experienced while teaching. At the end of the meeting, everyone enjoyed a piece of birth-day cake and the singing of the DKG song.

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Become a Founding Luminary

Giving to Educate the World

Contribute $1,000 or more before June 1, 2020, to DKG International Educators Foundation to be designated as a “DKG Founding Luminary.”

Help educators and education, members and non-members, worldwide with

your donation.

Founding Luminaries will be recognized during the Philadelphia Convention.

by BONNIE DOWNES (Alpha Iota) Members of Alpha Iota Chapter threw on their aprons and hit the floor as servers and other staff at the Burlington Pizza Ranch to raise funds to combat pov-erty. Money raised was used to purchase books for the children of students in the local Bridges Out of Poverty (BOP) program, an organi-zation which teaches victims of generational poverty how

to break the cycle and move forward financially and edu-cationally into better lives for themselves and their children. Each week, while the parents are in class, classes are also conducted for their children; one aspect of those classes involves fostering reading skills. Although two Alpha Iota members were already working with the BOP pro-gram through their churches, when a program was begun

in which organizations could purchase age-appropriate books for children to take

Members of Alpha Iota hold the check sfor their earnings as “guest staff” at Burlington Pizza Ranch. Funds went to the chapter’s project with a Bridges Out of Poverty program.

Alpha Iota service helps children bridge out of poverty

home and keep two years ago, the entire chapter got involved. In the first year, the group earned money to purchase a set of 150 books by “fill-ing the box” with donations at each meeting. In 2018-19, the group signed up for a Community Action Night at Pizza Ranch and were able to purchase two sets of books. After great community response, members of Alpha Iota hope to be back at Pizza Ranch later this spring to continue these efforts. Alpha Iota also presented their 2019 Excellence in Ed-ucation Award to Vern Reed of West Burlington High School, who began BOP classes for some of his high school students. These class-es have enabled these teens to get a head start on break-ing the cycle of generational poverty. Bridges Out of Poverty and its efforts have become very important to the mem-bers of Alpha Iota who feel that bettering the education-al lives of area children is a worthy project to undertake.

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by KAREN SINDELAR (Beta Nu) One of the goals for the DKG Edu-cation Excellence Committee (EEC) is to foster connections between Iowa and Kosovo. The EEC would like to sponsor a DKG member to Kosovo to meet with Kosovo’s Ministry of Education, visit schools and meet educators to find points of connection between Iowa ed-ucators and teachers in Kosovo. We also have another DKG member, Lona Aldrich, who is going to Kosovo this September to teach. Kosovo is an Iowa sister state and there are many sister cities with cit-ies of Kosovo. Iowa Sister States is a volunteer-driven non-profit organiza-tion based in Des Moines that strives to build sustainable international partner-ships connecting Iowans to the world community. Iowa has a powerful history of citi-zen diplomacy and our volunteers and staff are proud to continue this legacy. This first step for DKG in Kosovo is building relationships to find a recipro-cal partnership with hopes of expand-ing continuing relationships to support educational growth and understanding in both countries. The cost of sending a DKG repre-sentative to Kosovo through the Sister States program to build that bridge is close to $4000. It is imperative that we as an organi-zation understand that this is not a hand out, but rather a hand up because many well-meaning donations from the U.S. have had lasting toxic impacts on the receiving country. For example, if a well-meaning or-ganization sends children’s shoes to a village across the world so that the chil-dren have good footwear, this organiza-tion may unwittingly be putting a local cobbler out of business. This cobbler may need to fold his

small business due to lack of demand for shoes this year. This cobbler, now unemployed, will now need to turn to handouts since the village no longer needs his business. The next year, however, the well-meaning organization may not send shoes (or backpacks or school sup-plies) and since the local entrepreneur has now gone out of business, there is now a void of that product or service in their village. The children no longer have a local source for their shoes (or backpacks or school supplies) and the international donor has moved on to other projects. This is not responsible or sustainable giving. Instead, we need to find new mod-els of reciprocity to promote resilience; perhaps helping the entrepreneurs to build their small businesses to meet

local demands would be a better way to keep all parts of the village in good economic health for the future. Working face-to-face, hand-in-hand with Kosovo educators, we can build relationships, better understand what gifts and talents we can share with each other and build lasting richer educa-tional programs for both countries. To donate to the project, please send checks made out to Iowa DKG to San-dy Aronson, DKG state treasurer; put in the memo line that it is for Kosovo. Interested in learning more? Here are a couple books that help to explain ways to give a hand up rather than a hand out: Toxic Charity: How Church-es and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It) by Robert D. Lupton; and Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions by Steve Cor-bett and Brian Fikkert.

Sponsorship funds sought for Kosovo outreachKosovo Connections —

Andrea Harbaugh, a language arts educator from South Middle School in Waukee, used literacy grant money she received from Nu Alpha Gamma Chap-ter to buy books for her students that give them “windows and mirrors.” Andrea told members at their No-vember 2 meeting that, “Windows provide the opportunity to see outside oneself and see life through a new lens. Mirrors provide the opportunity for students to see themselves and connect to the literature they are reading.” She expressed thanks for the chap-ter’s generous donation. She illustrated her points about “windows and mir-rors” with several examples and ex-cerpts of books she recently purchased for her sixth and seventh grade students using chapter funds. Andrea also explained the value of the donation by giving a brief book talk on several of the titles she purchased.

Nu Alpha Gamma supports Waukee readers

Andrea Harbaugh, a language arts teacher from South Middle School in Waukee, displays one of the books she was able to purchase with funds from Nu Alpha Gamma.

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Many chapters have found it chal-lenging to do essential business in ac-cordance with DKG governing docu-ments and chapter rules because of meetings canceled due to the pandemic. At President Cathy Daugherty’s re-quest, Helen Popovich, international parliamentarian, has offered informa-tion about how chapters may abide by all relevant rules and parliamentary procedures in handling business. National, province, state and local laws, statutes and orders that have the force of law always have greater au-thority than the governing documents of any organizations within their re-spective jurisdictions, Popovich said. If a chapter rule exists that says members will meet at a time when a “stay-at-home” order is in effect, the chapter rule is null and void for as long as the government’s order is in effect. Fortunately, Popovich says that chapters may meet electronically and do business by mail. The DKG Constitution gives chap-ters leeway in how to conduct chapter business. Article IX, Section A.1 says: “b. All members being notified, chapter meetings may be face-to-face, through electronic communications or through a combination of the two, as long as members present may simultaneously hear one another and participate during the meeting. c. A quorum for chapter business shall be determined by the chapter. d. All members being notified, mat-ters requiring immediate chapter action may be voted upon by mail (postal or electronic) that provides a valid receipt of each responding chapter member’s vote. A majority vote of chapter mem-bers shall be required for action. e. Ratification of all voting by mail (postal or electronic) must be made at the next face-to-face meeting of the chapter.” Popovich points out three things:

1) a quorum must be present for elec-tronic meetings, just as for face-to-face meetings; 2) “a majority vote of chap-ter members” means a majority vote of all chapter members; and 3) these con-stitutional rules have greater author-ity than any chapter rules that may be more restrictive. Prospective members may join chapters at any time, Popovich said. Chapter officials may simply collect dues from a prospective member at any time and she will immediately become a member, eligible for all DKG benefits such as scholarships, access to DKG publications, etc. The new member(s) may be induct-ed later at a face-to-face meeting if the chapter wishes, but induction is not mandatory, Popovich said. Chapters also may elect officers without having a a face-to-face or elec-tronic meeting. “These guidelines are in my own words,” Popovich says. “They are based almost entirely on those that were prepared by Ohio State Organization Parliamentarian Joyce Jones Weinkam. Remember that they are guidelines, not directives. “They were written without review-ing each chapter’s rules; chapters may modify the guidelines to best fit their own circumstances,” she said. When electing officers, if a chap-ter’s rules don’t require a ballot vote, they may follow the procedure given in DKG’s parliamentary authority, Rob-ert’s Rules of Order, 11th Edition: “If only one person is nominated and the bylaws [in this case, the chap-ter rules] do not require that a ballot vote be taken, the chair, after ensuring that, in fact no members present (in this case, no chapter members) wish to make further nominations, simply de-clares that the nominee is elected, thus effecting the election by unanimous consent or ‘acclimation’ [RONR (11th

ed.), p. 443, ll.7-12]. To use this procedure, the president or her designee must provide every member with the slate of nominees and state that any member who wishes to nominate an additional candidate should submit the name to the presi-dent by a certain deadline. If there are no other nominees sub-mitted by the deadline, the president can declare the original nominees elect-ed. If there is more than one candidate for any office, a vote will be required. If the chapter rules do not require a secret ballot for elections, the president or her designee may send out a ballot by mail (electronic or postal) with a deadline for when it is to be completed and returned. The president or her des-ignee may count the votes and the pres-ident should announce that the winner is elected. If the chapter rules require a secret ballot for elections, the chapter may follow this process:1) If two or more members are able to meet, the president should appoint two tellers and mail each member a paper ballot with instructions on how to fold it, a return envelope addressed to one of the tellers and a deadline by which the ballot must be returned. Tellers should meet, open the enve-lopes, put the folded ballots into a pile or container, shuffle them and then un-fold and count them.2) If no two members (tellers) can meet, folded ballots should be returned to the president or her designee who should open the envelopes, shuffle the folded ballots and then unfold and count them. 3) The ballot count should be reported to the chapter president, who should announce that the winner is elected. Questions or concerns about any of the recommendations or other ques-tions that are not addressed here, should be directed to Popovich at hpopovich@mac.com.

Parlimentarian outlines CoVid accommodations

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IOWA ORGANIZATIONMEMBERS FOR 50+ YEARS:

Gamma-H. Dallas Spencer-72 yrs. (4-1-48); Barbara Butler-52 yrs. (4-1-68)Lambda-Arline Dieterich-72 yrs. (4-1-48); Lois Cipalo-57 yrs. (9-1-63)Chi-Verna Peterson-69 yrs. (4-1-51)Tau-Rowena Beck Arnold-68 yrs. (4-1-52); Betty Attwood-66 yrs. (4-1-54); Vona Ann Burbank-60 yrs. (4-1-60); Janet Hayes-55 yrs. (4-1-63); Maxine H. Robinson-64 yrs. (11-1-56)Alpha-Shirley Kilfoy-66 yrs. (4-1-54); Odelia Schrunk-54 yrs. (4-1-66); Constance Cummings-54 yrs. (10-1-67); Rose Mary Zemanek-52 yrs. (10-1-67)Zeta-Marian Ponder-62 yrs. (4-1-58); Judy J. Swenson-52 yrs. (4-1-68)Mu-Connie Hoag-58 yrs. (4-1-62); Carolyn Rants-58 yrs. (4-1-62); Marie Haley-56 yrs. (4-1-64)Psi-Rose A. Jero-58 yrs. (4-1-62); Mary Schendel-57 yrs. (4-1-63)Iota-Margery J. Herrick-55 yrs. (5-1-65); Mary K. Weiking Fran-ken-52 yrs. (4-1-68)Sigma-Alice M. Peterson-53 yrs. (4-1-67)Eta-Marian M. Greene-52 yrs. (4-1-68)Theta-Lorraine Bonkamp-52 yrs. (4-1-68)Alpha Chi-Anita Davis-70 yrs. (4-1-50)Alpha Nu-Lois Romine-62 yrs. (4-1-58); Corrine Tandy-55 yrs. (5-1-65)Alpha Pi-Hilda L. Fedeler-65 yrs. (12-1-61); Kathleen Rahlf-60 yrs. (4-1-66)Alpha Iota-Etta K. Owen-57 yrs. (4-1-63); Margaret Orr-55 yrs. (11-1-65); Mary Esther Hutchcroft-59 yrs. (10-1-67)Alpha Epsilon-Irene Smith-56 yrs. (4-1-64)Alpha Sigma-F.M. Bumgarner-53 yrs. (4-1-67)Alpha Omega-Rita Mae Ross-man-53 yrs. (4-1-67)Alpha Phi-Joan Van Gorp-52 yrs. (4-1-68)Beta Alpha-Frances Lehman-54

yrs. (4-1-66)Beta Nu-Marcia Richmann-54 yrs. (12-1-66)Beta Theta-Patricia Thorell-53 yrs. (4-1-67)Nu Alpha Gamma-Lois Marie Mills-57 yrs. (4-1-63)State-Margaret G. Fox-63 yrs. (1-1-57); Micky Combs-53 yrs. (4-1-67); June Goldman-52 yrs. (10-1-68)

50-YEAR PLUS CHAPTERS

Alpha-82 (2/26/38)Beta-81 (1/14/39)

Chapters, members celebrate 50+ years of DKGGamma-81 (3/4/39)Delta-81 (10/30/39)Zeta-80 (3/8/40)Eta-79 (11/8/41)Theta-79 (11/8/41)Iota-79 (11/8/41)Lambda-76 (1/15/44)Mu-76 (2/26/44)Xi-72 (3/6/48)Pi-72 (4/17/48)Sigma-69 (11/10/51)Tau-68 (4/17/52)Phi-66 (5/15/54)Chi-66 (10/2/54)Psi-65 (10/22/55)Omega-65 (10/29/55)

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With “social distancing” being the order of the day, many chapters are resorting to digital communications to meet with and inform their members. Video can be shot using virtually any “smart” phone and it provides a great way to get material to members. Mary Zirkelbach, state DKG website director, of-fers these hints gleaned from some of her favorite experts to make your short smart-phone videos better: 1. Don’t shoot vertical video. Computer monitors, televisions, even websites, all have landscape-oriented displays. You wouldn’t ex-pect to go to the cinema and see the screen turned on its side. We live in a widescreen world. Although there are apps that can counter this, do the world and yourself a favor by turning your phone on its side and recording horizontal footage. 2. Use a tripod. Using a tripod to stabilize your foot-age is paramount in creating a professional video. Most digital cameras can be used with a lot of basic tripods, and there are adapter clips for smartphones that can work with these tripods too. You’ll never have unstable footage again. 3. Don’t use digital zoom. Sometimes it can be tempting to use the zoom feature on your smartphone to get a closer shot of your subject, but simply walk closer to your subject for the

clearest images. 4. Lighting. My favorite lighting source to use is free and accessible for almost everyone: the sun. Natural lighting looks great in al-most every instance. Face your subject toward a window for great natural light. Never have the win-dow behind the subject, though, or you’ll be left with a silhouette. 5. Exposure and focus. Smartphones and digital cameras will automatically detect and adjust exposure and focus accordingly. Simply tap on your sub-ject using your smartphone’s default app to manually lock exposure and focus in your footage. Most modern digi-tal cameras also offer this tap feature. 6. Audio recording. Most of the time, recording audio directly from the camera’s built-in microphone will be enough. 7. Clip-on lenses. You might encounter an instance where you would like to widen your shot or focus on a subject that is super close. The best use of these lenses is for B-roll footage rather than for using them in an in-terview circumstance. 8. Permission. If you are conducting video interviews of any type that will later be published, then it is impera-tive that you require permis-sion from the interviewee before filming. Subjects should be made fully aware of the context in which the footage will be

used and where it will be pub-lished. Source - digitalcom-munications.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2016/03/23/8-tips-on-recording-professional- vid-eo-with-a-smartphone/ 9. Framing. Now that you’re recording in the prop-er orientation (see above), completely fill the frame with your subject. You can also put him or her or it slightly off-center to create a more visually interesting scene. Just play around and see what looks best. Source - pocket-lint.com/phones/news/131351-10-tips-for-recording-better-video-with-your-smartphone 10. Point of view. Ask

Keep your device horizontal to get quality video from your smartphone. Photo from Pexels.com.

Learn to get great video from your smartphone

yourself “Where am I point-ing my camera lens and from what angle?” Consider point of view figuratively, as well: “How will the video’s point of view help me tell the sto-ry?” Some videos are like self-ies and use a very subjec-tive point of view to connect viewers to the story. For other videos you might want a more detached, less personal point of view. And when shooting small children or babies, get right down on the floor to shoot. S o u r c e - n y t i m e s .com/2018/04/17/smarter-l iving/beginners-guide-phone-video.html

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to pay your 2020DKG dues.

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Sara Winkelman, owner of S&B Distillery, ex-plains her business to Beta Omicron members at the company’s facility in Bancroft.

Sara Winkelman, owner of S&B Distill-ery presented a pro-gram at her place of business in Bancroft for Beta Omicron members in Novem-ber. She told of her venture into the busi-ness and explained the process of establish-ing a distillery and the requirements to meet the many federal and state regulations. Having no back-ground in business

or spirits, Winkel-man shared her trials and errors in creating quality products. Even though the business was just es-tablished in 2018, S&B was recently awarded silver and bronze medals for two of their products at international competi-tions. Chapter members enjoyed samples with punch and appetizers furnished by the mem-bers.

Beta Omicron gets peekinto local distillery business

Mu Chapter members recently helped “turn the dreams of a child into the promise of a bright fu-ture.” The group’s spring Silent Auc-tion for Dolly Parton’s Imagina-tion Library exceeded expectations with a total of $180 raised. This was possible because members donated an array of items for the silent auction and brought their checkbooks to make purchases. Matched by the chapter’s proj-ect fund, Mu donated $360 to the United Way of Siouxland, local affiliate for the library, which pur-chased 144 books for area children.

Alpha Omega In November, members met at the new Rec Center in Humboldt for a tour of the facilities and learned how it came about and its current uses. No one “did laps,” but they walked through the whole building and around the track once, seeing what an asset to the community of Humboldt the facility is which allows people in

Mu partners with Imagination Libraryto acquire books for local affiliate

As a follow up to the project, Aaron Buetler from the United Way shared information about the Imagination Library with members at their December meeting. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Li-brary delivers specially selected, age-appropriate books to children up to age five each month, each book personalized with the child’s name and mailed directly to the child’s home. This creates a gifting experi-ence, making books exciting. The Blue Ribbon Book Selection Com-mittee selects several bilingual English/Spanish titles each year. The United Way of Siouxland has been the local affiliate for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library since 2001. In May 2019 3,281 books were mailed to enrolled children who live within a 40-mile radius of Sioux City, including South Sioux City, Nebraska. The Imagination Library is free to any preschool child living in a service area. To register for the program, an adult completes a sim-ple registration form and returns it to the United Way of Siouxland.

Humboldt and the surround-ing areas the means for con-tinued health and wellness. Gamma At their January meeting, members assembled 15 gift bags for beginning teach-ers in the Boone County to reward them for “surviving” their first semesters of teach-ing. Members personally de-livered the bags to the teach-ers and were met with many

smiles and thank yous.Zeta As a long-term project, members sewed large bags for the Care Bag Founda-tion. The chapter met in No-vember for either cutting fabric, pressing or sewing large bags. That night, along with two other sewing days, the chapter sewed 18 bags to donate along with various

Heather Hennings, United Way of Siouxland president, accepts a check for children’s books from Mu members Chris Case, Connie Hoag and Carolyn Rants.

Chapter Happenings ~ Chapter Happenings ~ Chapter Happeningsitems for bags that will go to foster children as they move to a new home. The group then met at the Care Bag Headquarters in Newton during its February meeting to assemble items in the bags.Tau In November, members assembled 120 cookie mix jars which, when sold for $10 each, put $1200 into the group’s grant-in-aid fund.

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by NANCY MIDDAUGH (Beta) “Garden of Reflection” was the theme of the Ceremony of Remem-brance presented by the State Member-ship Committee at the June convention in Cedar Rapids. Since the convention would close after the banquet, the ceremony was held preceding Presidents’ March. The committee, chaired by Judy O’Brien (Beta), included Sherry Craig (Mu), Connie Gillaspie (Alpha Rho) and Mary Hellige (Alpha Epsilon). The program included responsive reading, group singing and poetry. Roses were presented in memory of 13 Iowa State Organization sisters:• Marie Sunderman (Eta)

October 17, 2018• Mary Arlene Grefe (Epsilon)

May 10, 2018• Arline Helen Dieterich (Lambda)

January 27, 2019• Eloise Anthony (Zeta)

August 31, 2018• Linda Perrenoud (Zeta)

February 4, 2019• Mary Louise Bayne (Alpha Chi)

August 19, 2018• Murval Weidlein (Alpha Chi)

January 31, 2019• Etta K. Owen (Alpha Iota)

April 26, 2019• K. Elene Alstott (Alpha Omega)

January 6, 2019• Shirley Ann Collins (Beta Alpha)

December 30, 2018• Kathleen Sauer (Beta Nu)

January 15, 2019• Joan Terese Moore (Beta Theta)

March 23, 2018• Clarice Ross (Nu Alpha Gamma)

September 15, 2018 I’d like to share a quote from the program booklet: “If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.”—Claudia Grandi

Rose ceremonymemorializes members

Communications Committee seeks your input Iowa Chapters: how can the Com-munications Committee help you with your marketing and communications? We are planning a summer training session in each district and we want to make it relevant to your chapter. Are you interested in copyright law? Do you want a template for a chapter monthly newsletter? How about as-sistance in creating and or certifying a chapter website? What can we do for your chapter? Please send your suggestions to Mary Zirkelbach, Iowa State DKG Communications Chair and Webmaster at mezirk@gmail.com. Here are all the ways you can stay up-to-date on Iowa DKG activities:

• state website: https://iowadkg.wee-bly.com. (Note it is now “https.”) The “s” at the end of “https” stands for “secure.” The website is also searchable using keywords.

• state wiki: http://upsilonstate.pb-works.com. State DKG leaders are able to add and edit pages and doc-uments. All members can access Iowa DKG pages and documents without a log in.

• state Facebook group: https://www.facebook. groups/269440488242/ To find our group, use the search words “DKG-Iowa.” Anyone can see who is in our group and what has been posted. Only members of our group have the ability to post.