UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
NEWSLETTER
December 2008
P.O. BOX 81776
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99708
DECEMBER DATES TO REMEMBER:
Sunday,
December 7 at 4:00 ---------Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra Christmas concert
Saturday,
December 13 ------------ International
Diners
Saturday,
December 13 at 8:00 pm --------University Chorus ÒChristmas Around the WorldÓ
concert
Sunday, December 14 at 3:00 ------Book Club in GulliverÕs meeting room
Tuesday,
December 16 at noon --------December Salad Luncheon
THINGS
TO LOOK FORWARD TO:
A
Sunday in January or February -------------Cabin Fever
Saturday,
March 28 at noon ----------Spring Recycle Sale
UWA HOLIDAY BAZAAR
all photographs courtesy of Craig Dorman
UWAÕs main
scholarship fund raiser for 2008, the Holiday Bazaar went off beautifully. I want to express my thanks to
all the volunteers for continuing to make the UWA Holiday Bazaar the best of
the best!
UWA had150 vendors, so we needed the help and talents of all these wonderful UWA members to manage the Bazaar: Kristina Ahlnas, Sine Anahita, Louise
Anderl, Barbara Braley, Anne Brenner Armstrong, Carol DeVoe, Celeste Goering,
Helen Howard, Shirley Jewett, Carol Johnson, Ute Kaden, Mary Keskinen, Mariclare Langan, Ellen Lopez, Joy
Morrison, Star Patterson, Lorraine Phillips, Anupma Prakash, Bess Rounds, Alexis
Runstadler, Rachel Seale, Margaret Short, Janet Taylor, Judy Williams, and Alison
York. The vendors were vocal with their appreciation of you.
A special thanks to the working committee
members who organized the Bazaar: Cynthia Dorman, Susan Hurley-Glowa, Kathy Ferrell, Ginny
Kawasaki, Rita McGrath, Rita Osborne, Kayt Sunwood, Elizabeth Shapland, Janet
Satchwell, August Abukasis Judy Williams, and Laura Walsh. You did so much to assure that things ran smoothly.
Thank you to UWA
members who encouraged their friends and family to attend the Bazaar. This
year we had a remarkable number of UWA friends who turned out to help us. They
are Barbara Day, Susan Dearborn, Wendy
Camber, Cathy Curby, Craig Dorman, LaVonne Gullickson, Mary Farrell, Sheila
Finch, Jean Wadland James, Sarah McConnell, Jeanette Moore, Michell Newton, Mark
Nielsen, Dan Osborne, Monica Owens, Anna Maria Richards, Adrienne Stanley, Amythe
Strobell, Pam Webster and Cindy Williams. As you can see, with the help of all
these wonderful people, the Holiday Bazaar could not have been anything short
of a success.
Because of the efforts of all our volunteers, UWA received many
wonderful compliments and we are receiving requests from the friends of friends
to be on the vendor mailing list for the November 7 & 8, 2009 Bazaar. We
are now forming the 2009 committee. If you would like to participate,
please contact me at nielsen@mosquitonet.com.
–Georgene Nielsen
BE PART OF CABIN FEVER DAZE
A Cabin Fever get
together is in the planning stages. Many people in Fairbanks have multi-faceted lives with
a
variety of passions and interests. Over the years, UWA members and their guests have attended UWA
Cabin Fever events and have been entertained and delighted to learn about
those interests.
Coordinator Rita
Osborne will select a Sunday in late January or in February for this
traditional UWA winter doldrums cure. We are looking forward to UWA Cabin
Fever Daze to shake off the blues of long, cold, dark days and nights!
Do you have something you would like to
share or do you know someone who does? Rita would be interested. UWA members and guests look forward to an afternoon of
socializing and developing a new talent or getting started on an
intriguing craft. Give Rita Osborne a call at 479-4535, if you
can assist with the planning of this event.
MEMBERSHIP
DIRECTORY
The UWA 2008-2009 membership
directory has been printed. Our thanks go to Laura Walsh for managing this
important project.
If you did not pick up your
copy at the UWA Holiday Bazaar, it will be mailed to you. Laura tells us that electronic
versions of the directory can also be produced if you would like them.
Available formats are .pdf, .vcf, text (comma or tab-delimited), and
Now-Contact.
It is preferred that you
contact Laura Walsh at lwalsh@acsalaska.net , but you may call 374-8084 (note: there is no answering machine).
We ask that you
write in this addition to your new directory:
Star Patterson
PO Box 10501
Fairbanks, AK 99710-0501
USA
spatterson@northstar.k12.ak.us
SPRING RECYCLE SALE
Monica Owens of the WomenÕs Center will chair the
Spring Recycle Sale. ItÕs set for Saturday, March 28th at noon in the Wood Center
ballroom. Now is the time to identify those items that you donÕt use from your
closets and shelves. Do you think they need a new home? Bring them to the
Recycle Sale!
You may contact Monica by email at fywoc@uaf.edu
or by calling the WomenÕs Center at 474-6360.
BOOK CLUB
November's book, Pride and
Prejudice, proved to be wonderful read and provided for some excellent
discussion. Elizabeth Shapland provided a great deal of background
material and we enjoyed talking about the various types of pride and prejudice
found in the novel and how they relate(d) to both Austen's time and our own.
For December, we are reading The Absolutely True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, which is a young adult title. It is a
semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in two worlds - the
Spokane Indian reservation and the neighboring white high school, which he is
the first Indian to attend. There is much to discuss which might relate to the
lives of Native Alaskans as well. And Alexie tells his story with humor
and compassion. If you haven't read this book, I would recommend it. It
is a fairly quick read, as I re-read it on the trip home from Connecticut.
The Book Club will meet Sunday,
December 14th from 3:00 to
5:00 p.m. in the small room
at Gulliver's upstairs. I do have an extra copy of the book available.
RSVP to Laura Walsh - lwalsh@acsalaska.net or 374-8084.
I am also taking suggestions
for January's non-fiction title. So far we have Traffic, The
Myth of Multitasking, The Limits of Power, Packaging
Girlhood, and a book about excellence that I don't have the exact title for
yet. Suggestions for February (adult fiction) are also welcome. –
Laura Walsh
UNIVERSITY CHORUS
PERFORMANCES
The University Chorus will be
singing in the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra Christmas concert on Sunday, December 7th at 4:00. Come watch and listen to your fellow UWA members perform. Tickets for
this concert are available at the FSO box office. As of December 5 there
were seven tickets left.
Laura Walsh reports that the University
Chorus will also be giving a
ÒChristmas around the WorldÓ concert
on Saturday, December 13th at 8:00
pm. Tickets for this concert are
available from Laura Walsh (lwalsh@acsalaska.net or 374-8084).
Tickets are $5 for students/military/seniors and $10 for adults. Children age
12 and under are free! Laura says
she has four complimentary tickets to give away.
INTERNATIONAL DINERS
International Diners is a fun way to collect some
great recipes and the dinners are a feast. The participants are asked to choose
a month they will host a meal and decide upon a cuisine theme. Those whose
homes are unable accommodate a dinner party may partner with someone who can.
When the theme and date are announced, diners interested in attending contact
the host and indicate if they are bringing a guest. The host plans a menu and
each diner receives one dish to prepare. The cost of the meal is divided evenly
among the participants. Every dinner offers a unique culinary experience with
an extensive variety of dishes to savor.
The International Diners next gathering is scheduled
for Saturday, December 13th at the
home of Jennifer Chambers. The
cuisine will be Mexican. Please let Jennifer know if you're interested in
coming by December 1st. You may email Jennifer at fsjsc13@uaf.edu or
call 799-2905. A recipe and
directions to her home will be provided.
SALAD
LUNCHEON
The Salad
Luncheon group meets once a month at a memberÕs home. The hostess chooses the
date. We each bring a salad and the hostess provides beverage, bread
and dessert. If you would like to introduce a friend to UWA, please invite
them to attend as your guest. ItÕs a fun way to meet with friends and relax
Ten intrepid UWA members braved the November weather for
the recent salad luncheon. Well
prepared hostess, Cynthia Dorman simply smiled as she added more chairs around
her table and enjoyed the company.
The December luncheon will be hosted by Elizabeth Shapland at noon on Tuesday, November 16th. She lives at 725 Cardinal Court and her phone number is 474-4725. Please give her a call to confirm if you are planning to attend.
The January
luncheon date is open, so we are looking for someone to host. If you would like to be our hostess, either email Helen Howard at hmh@acsalaska.net
or leave a
telephone message at 488-2314, and together you can set the date.
WALK/SKI GROUP - ALL WELCOME!
The walk/ski group meets at 11 AM Mon and Fri. for
skiing (Ballaine Lake parking lot) and Thursday for walking (Big Dipper ice
arena). We have a minus 5 cut-off
temp for skiing, determined by a phone call to 844 around 10 am. If it is below minus 5 on Monday or
Friday, we will meet to walk at the Big Dipper instead
of skiing.
No need to RSVP--just show up if you can--but if you
have questions, please call Elizabeth at 474-4725. Our group includes beginners as well as more advanced
skiers, so don't hesitate to give skiing a try.
Holiday greetings to all! - Elizabeth
GAMES NIGHT
I would enjoy scheduling and
hosting a Games Night - board games, card games, party games. Let me know if
you are interested. Laura Walsh, lwalsh@acsalaska.net or telephone
374-8084.
- Laura
WEBSITE
Current and past
UWA newsletters are available on the website maintained by Uma Bhatt at www.uaf.edu/uwa .
Please send
newsletter corrections, comments or interesting items to Georgene Nielsen at
nielsen@mosquitonet.com or telephone 479-0988.