Mark your Calendars! Annual Membership Meeting--May
5:
What: This is the spring meeting for our entire
membership. Do come
socialize, bring a friend, and hear about this year's successes and next
year's plans. New members are always welcome.
When/Where: Sunday, May 5, 2002, from 2-4pm
on the 5th floor of the
International Arctic Research Center (IARC), on campus west of the
University Museum, next to the Geophysics Building.
Agenda: Business Meeting: Election of Officers,
Treasurer's Report and
distribution of funds, early renewal of memberships for next fall.
Throughout the meeting there will be a silent auction of a lovely
watercolor donated to UWA by Fairbanks' artist Pati Axtell. Special Treat:
A short demonstration on creating your own watercolor greeting cards by
Gael Murakami.
We are looking for a few good finger foods (cookies, chips/veggies/dips,
etc.) Please call or email Uma Bhatt to volunteer provisions:
bhatt@iarc.uaf.edu , 474-2662(W), 458-8576(H).
Note: The IARC building will be locked at the time of the meeting,
therefore someone will be standing by the front entrance door to let the
UWA folks in and tell them how to get up to the 5th floor. We will
definitely have someone at the door from 1:45 to 2:15pm. After that people
can ring us on a cell phone and someone can come down (number is
250-0885).
Nominations for 2002/2003 Officers:
The following members volunteered to serve again next year unless there is
someone else who would like to step forward: President: Uma Bhatt; Social
VP: ; Service VP: Barbara Braley; Membership VP: Carol Woodall; Secretary:
Heidi Supkis; Treasurer: Colleen Jones.
The following members have volunteered for these appointed positions:
Newsletter: Ruth Levy and PJ McCracken; Member-at-Large: Gael Murakami;
Scholarship Chair: Nicole Molders.
Recycle Sale Thank you. Thank you to Beth Olson
for volunteering to serve
as Spring Recycle Chair. Also, thanks to all who helped with the event.
There were many positive comments from sellers who are very thankful that
we do this.
Salad Lunches: Thanks to Judy Williams for the
April luncheon.
The May Salad luncheon will be Sherry Hansen, on Monday, May 13 at noon.
Please RSVP with her at 451-0780. Looking ahead: June will be Grace
Moore, and July Cora Cook.
Play Group: Beth Olson is interested in hearing
from any other members
who want to set up a children's play group. beth_scotto@hotmail.com or
452-0589. We will meet once a week for 2 hours outdoors if weather
permits, or we will alternate members houses or other indoor places when it
doesnot. I am open for suggestions.
Thanks, Beth Olson
International Diners: Thanks to Wendy Rousalis
for hosting "Just Desserts"
in April.
The next dinner will be held on Sat., May 18 at the home of Nancy and Tim
Klammer, 1391 Pickering Dr., Fairbanks. The theme will be "Dinner in
Monet's Garden" and will feature simple French country cooking using
recipes from the cooking journals of Claude Monet. Please contact Nancy at
457-4647 or e-mail to tklammer@gci.net by May 11 if you wish to attend.
Hostesses are needed for the summer months. Please contact Nancy Klammer
if interested in volunteering.
Scholarship Committee: The scholarship committee
met and chose the
following winners
for the Fall semester, 2002:
$1,000 scholarships to Kristine Niles, Pre-med major from Fairbanks; Raena
Fites, Chemistry major from Big Lake, AK, and Keiko Ino, Physics major from
Japan (I'm unsure of the town.)
$500 scholarships to Tina Buxbaum, Biology major from Fairbanks, and Beth
Caissie, Geology major from Fairbanks.
$250 scholarships to Jasmine Akalaonu, Education major from Fort
Wainwright, and Elisabeth Smart, Early Childhood Education major from
Fairbanks.
I thank all of the UWA members who worked at fundraising events over the
past year to earn the money to give to these deserving students. Special
thanks to the scholarship committee for their time and thoughtful decision
making: Nicole Molders (next year's chair), Jane Reilly, and Myllie
Thomas.
- Jane Bechtel, committee chair
Holiday Bazaar: We are working on putting together
a committee to handle
next fall's Bazaar. If you are contacted by anyone wanting to be a vendor
next fall or wanting any other information, please have them send their
name/address/phone and question to the UWA address: PO Box 81776,
Fairbanks, AK 99708. and make it Attention: UWA Holiday Bazaar.
If you want to be on the committee, please contact Uma Bhatt.
UWA Book Discussion Group: The location is the
Noel Wien Library held the
2nd Monday of each month at 5:30pm Contact Judie Triplehorn at 455-6723
for information.
May 13: Much Depends on Dinner by Margaret Visser
June 10: Aztec by Gary Jennings
July 8: Winter Wolf: Wyatt Earp in Alaska by Richard Parry (genre: western)
August 12: Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
September 9: Cold Starry Night: An Alaskan Memoir by Claire Fejes
October 14: Outlander by Diana Galbadon
November 4: Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
December 9: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Classified: As space permits, we print short
"classified" ads for members
who provided services such as baby-sitting, dog walking, etc. If you have
your own business and want a sentence of two included here, please e-mail
or mail the item to the newsletter editor.
Barbara Fay and Nancy Klammer will be available during summer time at the
Georgeson Botanical Gardens on Monday evenings - 7:00 p.m. to talk, and
exchange ideas on "HERBS"......and a possible local HERB
SOCIETY......growing, harvesting, preserving and culinary information;
exchange from any and all folks is welcome. Come join in the companionship
of others: Maybe share food samples and cuttings, and lore.....evenings at
the gardens can be breathtakingly beautiful and inspirational as well.
Donations needed: Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living (formerly
known as WICCA) needs donations of towels, blankets, pillows and sheets.
Other desirable items are art supplies, childcare books, toys and clothing.
The shelter is located at 717 9th Ave.
Sherry Hansen is an Independent Beauty Consultant with Mary Kay Cosmetics.
Contact her by phone at 451-0780 or e-mail: sherryhansen1@hotmail.com
Vonna K. Husby, First Vice President, Morgan Stanley, is a Financial
Advisor and Retirement Planning Specialist. Contact her at 456-8341 or
800-478-8341, vonna.husby@morganstanley.com, 100 Cushman Street, Suite 514,
Fairbanks, AK 99701.
"LEAF it to ME" Plant Care Service - by Heidi Chapman Supkis : Interior
and "Summer Blooms" Exterior Plantscaping available for business and
home.
Maintenance and care for plants for various environments - contact :
459-1903
B & B Spectacular views! Delicious fresh-baked pastries with your hearty
breakfast. Cranberry Ridge B&B offers a lovely private suit or cozy rooms
with separate entrance. Custom flightseeing tours to the Arctic Circle and
Mt. McKinley are also available. Contact Floss Caskey at 457-4424.
Watercolor Workshops. Gael Baxley Murakami: Ben Franklin Workshops:
Summer Trees: May 13&20, noon-3pm, $40; Skies & Clouds: May 18&25,
1-4pm,
$40; Mnts & Rivers, June18&20, 6:15-8:45pm, $40. Call Ben Franklin Crafts
to register: 452-4771. She will also be teaching in Homer May 31-June 2,
at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival July 14-26, and the Denali Institute,
August 17-18. Call her at 479-0804 for more information. Also, check out
her new web page at www.MurakamiStudio.com.
Officers and committee Chairs:
President: Uma Bhatt
Social Vice President: Nancy Klammer
Service Vice President: Barbara Braley
Secretary: Heidi Supkis
Treasurer: Colleen Jones
Membership Vice-president: Carol Woodall
Newsletter: Gael Murakami
Christmas Bazaar: Nan Macgregor-Scott
Walking Group: Diane Shoemaker
Scholarship committee: Jane Bechtel
Book Discussion Group: Judie Triplehorn
Salad Lunches: Floss Caskey
Telephone Tree: Ginny Kawasaki
Welcome Event: Judie Triplehorn & Margaret Colony
Recycle Sale: Beth Olson
Publicity:
Member at Large: Cam Carlson
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