UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
November 2006
P.O. BOX 81776 FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99708
www.uaf.edu/uwa
SALAD LUNCHEON
The Salad Luncheon group meets once a month at a member's home. The hostess
chooses the date. We each bring a salad and the hostess usually provides beverages,
bread and dessert. If you would like to introduce a friend to UWA, please invite
them to attend as your guest. It's a fun way to meet with friends and relax.
Cynthia Dorman (457-4428) and Helen Howard (488-2314) are coordinating for
the group.
Our compliments and our thanks to Judy Williams who hosted the salad luncheon
on October 25th.
Cynthia Dorman will host the November luncheon at her home 1020 Baneberry Lane,
Fairbanks. Phone 457-4428 to RSVP and to receive directions or email c.dorman@gci.net . Cynthia
writes “I'm inviting you all for the Salad Lunch at my house on November
16th at noon. Hope you can come.”
Salad Luncheon hostess are needed for the remainder of the winter season.
Call Cynthia Dorman now at 457-4428 to have the best choice of those months.
RECYCLE SALE
The Fall Recycle Sale took place Saturday, October 28. As always, many willing
volunteers helped with a variety of shifts. Co chairs Rita Osborne and Georgene
Nielsen send warm thanks for the efforts of Bob and Cam Carlson, Carol Johnson,
Roseanne Lamoreaux, Eva Rothman, Cynthia Dorman, Jane Reilly, Mary Beth Leigh,
Mary Keskinen, Barbara Farris, Kathy McGowan, Liz Peltola, Teal Rogers, Laura
Walsh, Beatriz Roederer, Barbara Day, Janet Taylor, Cora Cook, Mariclare Langan,
Lars Osborne, and Alison York.
SKI/WALK GROUP
Group members are scheduled to meet at the Ballaine Lake parking lot at 10:30
AM on Tuesday and Friday. If anyone is interested in walking on the
indoor track at the Big Dipper Ice Arena, give Cynthia Dorman (457-4428)
a call and she'll meet you there. There is a use fee, but a card for multiple
walks can be purchased at a reduced rate.
At the moment, the trails are not good and haven't been groomed, so skiing
is put on hold until we get some new snow.
UWA ACTIVITY GROUPS
One of UWA’s most popular groups, the Salad Luncheons, needs a coordinator.
Fifteen people have signed to participate in Salad Luncheons. This group plans
to meet monthly, and coordination is not hard.
Another popular activity Group, the Scholarship Application Readers also needs
a coordinator. Please contact UWA president, Rita Osborne, (479-4535) if you
can head this group.
Newsletter editor, Georgene Nielsen would be glad to announce it in the UWA
newsletter if you would like to organize any other groups, such as Needlework,
Quilting, Sewing, Chess, or Play activities for children. Send your announcements
to 479-0988 or <mailto:nielsen@mosquitonet.com>nielsen@mosquitonet.com.
Here’s a suggestion from Laura Walsh: “I am interested in hosting
either a one-time event or a group if people are interested - games for grownups.
I would include things like Blokus, Set, Scrabble, Apples and Oranges, and
lots of others. My husband isn't interested in games, but I would enjoy playing
them every once in a while.”
All those who are interested should contact Laura Lynn Walsh at 374-8084 or
email lwalsh@acsalaska.net.
2006 HOLIDAY BAZAAR
This year’s Holiday Bazaar ran for two days: Saturday, November 4th and
Sunday, November 5th. We had over 161 vendors. The Bazaar is a
big undertaking and this year the chairperson position was shared among Rita
Osborne, Georgene Nielsen and Jane Reilly. First, we want to extend our heartfelt
thanks the volunteers who helped Saturday and Sunday. The following people
made those two days a great fund raiser for the UWA Scholarship fund: Louise
Anderl, Cam Carlson, Kathy Wenzel, Cora Cook, Craig and Cynthia Dorman, Judy
and Frank Williams, Carol Johnson, Mary Langan, Ruth Levey, Gael Murakami,
Lorraine Phillips, Bess Rounds, Janet Taylor, Deb Weber, Wendy Rousalis, Mary
Beth Leigh, Alexis Runstadler, Judy Shapiro, Barbara Farris, Kristina Ahlnas,
Allison York, Kathy McGowan, Linnette Finstad and Laura Walsh.
Special thanks go to the Bazaar planning committee: Helen Howard (Membership
Directory), Floss Caskey (publicity and beautiful posters), Ginny Kawasaki
(volunteer coordination), Mary Keskinen (publicity), and our treasurer Barbara
Day.
Because we did not have enough volunteer staff, UWA contributed to two campus
organizations: Namastee India and Native Alaskan Business Leaders for providing
us with additional staff.
Finally, we want to thank to all the UWA members who encouraged family and
friends to attend.
Rita, Georgene and Jane.
INTERNATIONAL DINERS
For those who have not participated in International Diners before: A host
chooses a month and decides upon a cuisine theme. The host contacts all International
Diners who have indicated that they plan to attend. Based on the response,
the host plans a meal, and all participants will get a recipe to prepare. Participants
are asked to keep a monetary total of what they spend to prepare their
dish. During the dinner, all totals are added together, and an average sum
is assigned to each person. Thus, a person who prepared an inexpensive dish
will likely end up paying some money, and those who prepared an expensive dish
will likely get some money back. It is a fun way to collect some great recipes
and the dinners are a feast.
The first meeting of the International Diners was held on October 28th at the
home of Alan and Barbara Braley. Barbara tells us “International Diners
ate happily and abundantly from a wonderful assortment of Asian food at our
first dinner at the Braley's house.”
This month the International Diners will meet at the Thai House Restaurant
on November 25th at 7pm. The Thai House has moved to 412 5th Avenue in Fairbanks.
Please contact Barbara Braley at <mailto:bbraley@acsalaska.net>bbraley@acsalaska.net
or call 457-8957 if you would like to attend. She will tell the restaurant
the exact number of diners by November 20th.
This just in from Ruth Levey: Hal and I will host a December International
Diners dinner on the 16th of December at our house. I will send more details
later or people can call me at 458-7161 or email <mailto:rlevey4@gci.net>rlevey4@gci.net. Does
anyone want to co-host it? Perhaps we could organize a meal around dishes from
each family’s national origin. (My family came from England and Norway.
Hal’s from the Czech Republic.) It might be fun to research the origins
of our family names. <mailto:bbraley@acsalaska.net>
BOOK GROUP
Our book club, now called "Page-Turners Book Club," will meet at
7 p.m. Tuesday, November l4 at Gulliver's Bookstore on College Road. Food is
available upstairs in their cafe. The book for November is The Good Earth by
Pearl Buck.
The December meeting will be dinner at Wolf Run Restaurant on University Avenue.
The date has yet to be determined. We have not designated a particular book
to read, but bring a book you enjoyed for Christmas exchange. Our book selection
for January will be Running with Scissors, a nonfiction book about growing
up with a neurotic psychiatrist for a parent. For more information,
call Mariclare (Mary) Langan at 479-2332.
FOUND AFTER THE RECYCLE SALE
At the recent Recycle Sale, one of the baby car seats (or some other Cosco
equipment) was either sold or returned to its owner without the important black
web “tether” straps that went with it. Maybe someone who worked
the Recycle Sale will recall who brought baby equipment and I could call them.
Thanks,
Jane Reilly
NEW MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
The new UWA Membership Directory was available at the Holiday Bazaar. Many
of our members picked up their copy.
We have 72 members at the moment. This includes a few past members we believe
still wish to continue membership but they either haven't paid the $15 renewal
fee or haven’t sent in their Membership Application form. If you have
not sent in the form, please do so. These are useful in case you wish to change
your choice of groups for participation. Applications can be downloaded from <www.uaf.edu/uwa/>www.uaf.edu/uwa/
As always, if any members have friends who would like to join UWA, please let
vice president – Membership, Helen Howard know.
CHANGING ADDRESSES
Send us your new e-mail address, if it has changed. Also, if you know anyone
who has changed her address and is no longer receiving the newsletter, please
let us know.
WEBSITE
Current and past UWA newsletters are available on the website, www.uaf.edu/uwa,
which is maintained by Uma Bhatt.
Please send newsletter corrections or comments to Georgene Nielsen at nielsen@mosquitonet.com
or phone 479-0988.