Note: History Maker of the Year nomination form will be found at the end of the newsletter.
Our December Program
This year our traditional Christmas Pot Luck Dinner and Get Together will be at the Shadow Lake Clubhouse, 3200 Price Road, at 6:00 p.m. on December 13. Please remember to bring canned goods for us to donate to C.O.N.C.E.R.N. Please come a little early if you are able to assist with setting up the tables. ALSO,
MUTUAL Girl’s Club has had some bad luck as of late. The building was flooded and can use any help folks are able to provide. If you can, please bring a $ donation to our pot luck or mail a check to them.
Heads Up! Cinema Sundays return!!
During the month of January we do not have a program but celebrate the new year quietly on the second Sunday afternoon of the month with the first of usually three of four Cinema Sundays running from January thru March or April. Join us on 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.
Welcome New Member(s)!
Kathryn C. Reese
December Book Group
We will meet at the home of Carol and Cassandra Nagel at 3:00 p.m.
on Sunday, December 9 and the book we will discuss is Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. It is a true account of one woman’s journey to Italy, India and Indonesia searching for inner peace after her divorce. It is available in paperback. [Note: The date has been changed from the first Sunday to the second Sunday because Dec. 2 is the day of the Bartlesville Choral Society’s performance of “Messiah” at the BCC, 2:00 p.m.. Try to come see this concert if you can!]
December WN Board Meeting
Our December Board Meeting will be on December 11 at 1:00 p.m. at the Bartlesville Public Library.
Our December Birthdays(s)
Jan Dreiling—December 7
Thank You!!
Thank you to Kathryn Reese for her generous donation to Women’s Network!
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 are 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.)
Remember . . .
Sue Lauffer is with her husband, Don, at the Mayo Clinic until the middle of Dec Hope Lodge, 411 2nd St. NW, Rochester, MN 55901
Quotation of the Month:
"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect."
-- Oren Arnold
*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:
TELEPHONE:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NOMINEE’S NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
REASONS FOR NOMINATIO N: (take as much space as you need.)
Saturday, December 29, 2007
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:
TELEPHONE:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NOMINEE’S NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
REASONS FOR NOMINATION: (take as much space as you need.)
**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:
TELEPHONE:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NOMINEE’S NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
REASONS FOR NOMINATION: (take as much space as you need.)
November 2007 WN Newsletter
Our November Program:
Our November meeting will take place on November 15, 7:00 P.M. at the B’ville Public Library in the meeting room upstairs.
Our speaker will be Lisa Beeman, Director of Community Development. Her topic will be “The City Planning Process and the Status of City Planning in Bartlesville.”
Please send questions for Ms. Beeman to answer during her presentation. All questions should be sent to Sandra Waldo at scwaldo@cableone.net or call Sandra at 918-336-1210 by 5 p.m., Friday, November 9th.
Heads Up! Our Annual Christmas Potluck will be on Thursday, December 13, 6:00p.m at the Shadow Lake Club House, 3200 Price Road. Contact Sarah Winn at 333-3695.
Welcome New Members!
Mary Lou Mannschreck
Judy Sutton
Bridget K. Wood
Judy Sutton
Bridget K. Wood
November Book Group
We will be discussing Look Me in the Eye – My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robinson. The book is available at Amazon.com for approximately $17.00 including shipping.
Carol and Cassie Nagel have a copy of it on tape if anyone wants to borrow it.
November WN Board Meeting
Our November Birthdays(s)
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!
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
New 2007-2008 WN Yearbook: Request to Our Members
To our members who are unable to attend the November program and the December potluck, please contact Judy Buys to arrange a time to pick up your 2007-2008 Women’s Network Yearbook. Judy’s phone numbers are: 766-0347 (residence) and 214-6327 (mobile.)
Membership Changes/Corrections
Linda D. Herndon, Dist. 2
Washington County Commissioner
400 S. Johnstone Ave., Rm. 201
Bartlesville, OK 74003
918-337-2820 Cell: 918-331-5119
lherndon@countycourthouse.org
Quotation of the Month:
"Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
—George Washington
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