January 2008 WN Newsletter

Note: History Maker of the Year nomination form is included below.


**A very BIG and sincere thanks to Odie McReynolds who hosted our annual Christmas Pot Luck on December 13 in the clubhouse at Shadow Lake! A wonderful time was had by all! Thanks to Odie and her daughter, Linda Mathews, who provided the delicious ham.**

January Happenings
During the month of January we do not have a program but celebrate the new year quietly on the second Sunday of the month with the first of usually three of four Cinema Sundays running from January thru March or April beginning January 13 at 2:00 p.m. the home of Dave and Joan Dreisker. Bring yummy snacks to share! The film we will watch is “The Bostonians,” a 1984 Merchant Ivory film, based on Henry James' novel of the same name with Vanessa Redgrave playing a 19th-century Boston woman dedicated to the suffrage movement.
Also, there will be no board meeting this month.


Heads Up!
Susan Murphy, Director of Martha’s Task, will be our speaker for the February program. We will meet at NOON on Thursday February 21 in the upstairs meeting room at the B’ville Public Library. Susan’s story is inspiring to all who hear it as she shares how many women’s lives are being changed “one stitch at a time” by learning to sew and thus finding their way out of poverty here in B’ville. You won’t want to miss it.

Welcome New Members!
Kathleen Rutledge

January Book Group
Due to an ice storm that wracked our part of Oklahoma in December, our book group was sensibly cancelled and we will attempt to discuss Eat, Pray, Love on January 6
at 3:00 p.m. at the home of Carol and Cassie Nagel.

Our January Birthdays
Becky Wallace, January 28

Birthdays to be noted
If you would like your birthday to be noted in the WN newsletter, please contact Marilyn Blumer at: coppernod@bartnet.net or by calling 337-0646 or 918-519-9245. Only the month and date will be published—not the year!

Membership Changes/Corrections
Email change for Kathi Swanson:
kathi@kathiswanson.com

Dues Reminder
Please remember to pay your dues for the 2007-2008 year. The amount is $20. Send a check to our WN Treasurer, Jerry Fries, P.O. Box 417, B’ville 74005


Request to Our Members
To our members who were unable to attend the December potluck, please contact Judy Buys to arrange a time to pick up your 2007-2008 Women’s Network Yearbook at 766-0347 (residence) and 214-6327 (mobile.)

Lost and Found
A nice Rubbermaid container w/lid for hard boiled eggs, two pot holders w/a snowman on them and a dish towel w/teacups on it were left at the Xmas. Potluck. Marilyn Blumer will bring them to book group in Jan. and the general mtg. in Feb. OR you can call her at 337-0646 to claim them.

Quotation of the Month
"Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own."
—Oprah Winfrey
*More*


WOMEN’S NETWORK
HISTORY- MAKER OF THE YEAR NOMINATION FORM

This award will be presented in March during our annual National Women’s History Month celebration.

Nomination Deadline: Friday, January 18, 2008

Selection Committee: President Elect, Chair: Janice P. Dreiling and committee

Nominations should be e-mailed to jpjudge@aol.com
If e-mail is not available, please call 333-3119 and advise.

History-Maker of the Year Award Criteria:

May be nominated by a member of Women’s Network or by any Bartlesville resident.
Nominee must not be a member of current Women’s Network Board.
Nominees should be/have been:
Advocates/pioneers devoted to improving the human condition.
Advanced the status of women either by example or direct action.
The basis for nomination can be a single achievement or the cumulative
activities of a lifetime.

YOUR NAME:

ADDRESS:
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E-MAIL ADDRESS:

NOMINEE’S NAME:

ADDRESS:
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REASONS FOR NOMINATION: (take as much space as you need.)