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Branching Out
Paradise Branch Newsletter
Vol. 29, No. 5 • May 2009 |
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Branching Out is published five times a year
by the Paradise Branch of the American Association of University
Women. |
AAUW SPRING LUNCHEON
Saturday, May 2nd at 11:45 AM
Oak Knoll Senior Center
1007 Buschmann Road, Paradise
Cost: $10.00 per person
(NOTE: Reservations were due to Paulette Jones or jonespaulette@sbcglobal.net
by April 23rd.) |
Slate of Officers for the 2009/2010 Fiscal Year
The list of nominees will be voted on at the April 22nd annual
meeting:
President: Satsie Veith
President-Elect: Open
Membership: Katie Rosenberg
EF/LAF: Connie Ferrell
Secretaries: Dianne Lorenz
Merrie McLaughlin
Treasurer: Kay Hinerman
Program: Open
A big "thank you" goes to each of these members for
agreeing to serve in a branch leadership role next year.
Call to Members for Program Suggestions
The Paradise Branch will have no official Program Vice
President for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. The Board would like
suggestions from members for topics and presenters for our
branch meetings and for the Inter-Branch Council meeting in
February 2010. (continued next column) |
AAUW Paradise Branch is committed to advancing lifelong
education opportunities and equity for girls and women. We will
do this while providing growth opportunities and support for our
members and establishing a positive visible presence on the
Paradise Ridge.
AAUW promotes equity for all women and girls, lifelong
education and positive societal change. |
The View From Here
Congratulations and thank you to the Women’s History team
who worked so hard bringing living history presentations to
Ridge school children again this year. Carole Chumbler, the
project coordinator, did a great job planning, organizing and
carrying out the schedule, as well as appearing as Julia Morgan.
Thanks also to Sara Baz and Kay Hinerman for introducing the
children to Annie K. Bidwell and Dame Shirley, and thank you to
the members who helped out at the presentations. And thanks
especially to Carole Chumbler, on behalf of our branch and the
schools, for agreeing to do this job again next year! You are a
treasure.
The branch Women’s History meeting in March featured member
Louise Ross, who talked about her ongoing work as a midwife with
the Lakota, Navaho and other tribes. Louise’s job takes her
away for weeks at a time, and we were fortunate that she was
here to give us a fascinating and thought-provoking insight into
the lives of the people she helps and the difficulties and
rewards of her work.
As I write it is a few days before our April 22nd
annual meeting, but I anticipate that the members will approve
our nominees for officers for the 2009/2010 year. Thank you to
those officers and chairs that have agreed to stay on another
year, and thanks to Connie Ferrell, the new nominee for EF/LAF.
We will not have a Program Vice-President next year, or a
Hospitality Chair, so the responsibility for these jobs will be
shared by us all. Please be thinking of ideas for programs and
presenters for next year’s branch meetings, and for the
Inter-Branch Council Meeting next February; it is our branch’s
job to arrange the program. You may communicate your ideas to me
or another branch member by any method you prefer. We’ll have
a program planning meeting sometime this summer to go over the
suggestions and start making arrangements.
It’s been a real honor and joy to serve as Branch President
this year. The job has been made
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easy by all the support and help I’ve gotten from our
members.
- Satsie Veith
President
Soup Supper and Tech Trek Donations…
…will help three young women join twenty-seven others, who
will have attended during our eleven years’ participation at
Stanford’s Camp Marie Curie. Also, we have a good start
financially on 2010 scholarships. It now costs $750 plus a $50
fee paid by each camper.
Thank you again to everyone that donated raffle items,
prepared food or took charge of set up and clean up. A special
thanks to the men who not only moved tables but also helped in
clean up after the event. It was great not to have to worry
about blowing fuses, with the help of Chris Hoffman’s
expertise in electricity. This year’s event cleared close to
$1000.
Special thanks go to Jackie Westbrook, who takes on the
raffle event each year, and Connie Ferrell, who took charge of
reservations. Thanks to Kay Hinerman, Kay Zimmerlee and Satsie
Veith, who kept all the various monies accounted for. Connie
Rogers, Paulette Jones and Stanford Camp Director Carol
Holzgrafe all helped make up those wonderful baskets. Connie and
Carol again joined me in the camper nominees selection process.
We continue to track our past campers, even through their
college years, and are very proud of their accomplishments. It
appears that the Paradise High School valedictorian will be
Tanya Angell (2004), who wrote in her seventh grade essay that
she would be valedictorian of her class. She hopes to attend UC
San Diego, majoring in Marine Biology.
Our 2009 scholarship recipients are Breanna Beach and Elise
Saeger from Paradise Intermediate School, and Kaitlyn McElroy
from Pine Ridge School. Lauren Gregario, 2006 camper, will
return to Stanford as a Junior Counselor.
- Marygrace Colby
Tech Trek Coordinator
NOTE: Thanks to whoever donated the Kinkaide painting for the
Soup Supper, Karen Hilleman was able to sell it on E-bay for
$125. |
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AAUW – Paradise
2009/2010 Dues Notice
Please return completed form with payment
by June 13, 2009
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AAUW-CA Says Vote Yes
The State AAUW Public Policy Committee asks AAUW members to
vote "Yes" on the budget proposals on the May 19
ballot. The notice from the committee states:
"We believe the budget proposals are the best we can
expect in this difficult time. AAUW members are asked to take a
deep breath and vote yes for the budget items 1-A, 1-B, 1-C,
1-D, 1-E and 1-F on the May 19th special election
ballot."
The committee made this recommendation in support of its
earlier statement urging "a balanced approach of revenue
increase and expenditure reduction geared to maintaining a
safety net of vital government services."
To read the full ballot measures, go to www.sos.ca.gov and
click on ballot measures.
- Connie Rogers
Public Policy Chair |
Dates for Your Calendar
• Annual Spring Luncheon, Saturday, May 2nd,
11:30 a.m., Oak Knoll Senior Center
• Board meeting, Tuesday, May 12th,
7:00 p.m., Oak Knoll Library
• Evening Book Group will meet Friday, May 29th
at 7:30 p.m. to discuss The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein. If you’re interested in joining us, call
Joan Regan (872-4613) or Dianne Lorenz (872-8967).
Former Member
Sadly, we report that former member Barbara Muhl passed away
in April 2009 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease.
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AAUW President VP Membership VP EF/LAF Co-VP Program
2008/2009 Satsie Veith Katie
Rosenberg Connie Rogers Sara Baz
Carole Chumbler
Co-Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Dianne Lorenz Kay Hinerman Lynn Eads
Merrie McLaughlin |
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AAUW-Paradise Branch
P. O. Box 1585
Paradise, CA 95967-1585 |
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Branching Out
Paradise Branch Newsletter
Vol. 29, No. 4 • March 2009 |
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Branching Out is published five times a year
by the Paradise Branch of the American Association of University
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March Branch Meeting to
Celebrate Women’s History Month
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
7:00 P.M.
Oak Knoll Senior Living Center
1007 Buschmann Road, Paradise
Learn about the interesting professional history of one of
our AAUW members at our March branch meeting.
Since l981 Louise Ross has had a career as a midwife
assisting in the birth of hundreds of babies. She works
part-time for a local doctor and also does short term
assignments with the Sioux in South Dakota and the Navajo in
Arizona. In addition to delivering babies Louise teaches Women’s
Health Care classes. She will be sharing some of her medical
experiences from the past 29 years and discussing issues in
women’s health care.
The evening’s program will also include a short report
on our Branch’s school-based Women’s History
project. Memorial books will be presented to the Paradise
Unified School District for distribution to the school
libraries.
Join us on March 17th for a celebration of
Women’s History. |
April Branch Meeting
April 22, 2009, 7:00 P.M.
Pine Ridge Elementary School Library
13878 Compton Drive, Magalia
The scheduled presenter on water issues, April Grossberger,
has just accepted a five-month position checking water sources
in the backcountry of Yosemite Park and will be unavailable for
our April meeting. Perhaps we can get her to speak to our group
in the fall. You will be contacted concerning the replacement
topic. |
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AAUW Paradise Branch is committed to advancing lifelong
education opportunities and equity for girls and women. We will
do this while providing growth opportunities and support for our
members and establishing a positive visible presence on the
Paradise Ridge.
AAUW promotes equity for all women and girls, lifelong
education and positive societal change. |
The View from Here
We had a great turnout for the Soup Supper on January 26,
and it was once again a very successful fundraiser for our Tech
Trek scholarship fund. The event raised nearly $1000 for the
fund, including monies from a used book sale and a raffle of
items ranging from movie tickets to teacups. Of course the soups
were delicious as always and the former Tech Trek scholars who
spoke were, I thought, funny, touching and inspiring.
This summer, thanks to our members’ generosity, we will be
able to send three girls to science camp. Thank you to
everyone who has contributed soup, money, time, and effort,
and most especially to our indefatigable Tech Trek chair,
Marygrace Colby. State Tech Trek coordinator and Paradise branch
member Carol Holzgrafe told the Soup Supper audience that of the
40 Tech Trek chairs she works with, Marygrace is the best!
I couldn’t make it to the February 10 general meeting
at the Family Resource Center, but those who were there tell me
that the DA Investigator’s presentation on Identity Theft was
very interesting and informative. See Carole Chumbler’s
article for more information. This month’s upcoming Women’s
History March 17 general meeting will feature our own
Louise Ross speaking about her career as a midwife—luckily, I
won’t have to miss that.
The Interbranch Council held its annual luncheon on
February 7 at the Italian Cottage in Chico, with a crowd of
about 60. The program, presented by the Oroville Branch, was a
DVD called "The Story of Stuff"—meant, it’s safe
to say, to wake us up a bit about the costs of our consumer way
of life—and a general discussion afterward. See Pat Nohrnberg’s
article for more details. Six of our members attended. I hope
that all our members know that the IBC luncheons are open to
all branch members and well worth attending.
Please see my separate article on another great event, Career
Trek on January 10.
- Satsie Veith
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Women's History Project
Fourth graders in Paradise schools will have the
opportunity to meet women of California history during classroom
presentations the weeks of March 9-13 and March
16-20. Members of our Branch are portraying Annie Bidwell
(Sara Baz), Julia Morgan (Carole Chumbler) and Louise Clapp, the
author of the Shirley Letters (Kay Hinerman).
Presentations will be made to students at Paradise
Elementary, Ponderosa, Achieve Charter, Cedarwood, Pine Ridge
School and the Children’s Community Charter
School. Costumed presenters tell stories about their
character’s life, answer questions from the students
and share vintage photos and artifacts. Dame Shirley
teaches the students songs from the gold mining
period. Annie Bidwell hands out her calling cards and Julia
Morgan tells the inside story of how Hearst Castle was
built.
The 4th graders are studying California History in
their social studies and our program helps them understand the
contributions of these three women to the history of our
state.
Tutors Needed at our Elementary Schools
The Boys and Girls Club runs a fine organization at our
elementary schools, where the children participate in a varied
curriculum of wonderful activities. At present one
important thing lacking is enough adult tutors. Some of our
members volunteer at Paradise Elementary School, and I am the
only tutor at Ponderosa Elementary School. The children
really need the one-to-one help and encouragement of an adult
mentor. It only takes one or two hours a week of your time.
If you have other talents you would like to share, e.g. art, it
is also appreciated.
To volunteer to help, please call the Director, Scott
Bennett, at 899-0335. He would love to hear from you.
- Paulette Jones
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EF/LAF Donors Support the Cause
Paradise branch members’ response to the November
Educational Foundation/Legal Advocacy Fund fundraiser has been
generous. As of late January, members had donated $1,430.00 to
the combined funds—$982.50 to EF and $447.50 to LAF. Good job!
Both funds support justice for women and girls. EF provides
funds "to advance education, research and self-development
for women and to foster equity and positive societal
change." The LAF mission is "to combat sex
discrimination in higher education and the workplace."
So thanks to the generous members who contributed to these
important efforts.
- Connie Rogers
EF/LAF Vice President
"Career Trek" Shows Girls How To Do It
On Saturday, January 10, 2009, "Career Trek" took
place at the Butte College Main Campus. About 75 8th-grade
girls, 12 of them from Paradise and Magalia, got to choose three
presentations from a wide array of professions, but all
requiring math and science training. The presenters, all women,
introduced the girls to what the job is about and what kind of
education and training are needed to pursue it. As a helper, I
got to see terrific presentations by a physical therapist, state
park rangers, and a psychologist—our own Linda Menicucci.
Butte College staff was very much a part of this event.
Before the presentations, President Diana Van Der Ploeg and a
financial aid administrator spoke to the girls about the
importance of a college education and how to finance it. After
lunch, the girls saw four mini-presentations by college faculty
and staff, designed to get them excited about math, engineering,
biology, physics, chemistry, and geology, and to let them know
it’s okay to want to do that stuff—even though they’re
girls.
The plan is that "Career Trek" will be an annual
event, and it has the potential to attract a lot more students.
The cost to each student was only $5.00, plus whatever the
transportation costs were. In return the girls got a look into
career and life possibilities they might not get any other way.
- Satsie Veith
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IBC Annual Luncheon Report
The IBC annual luncheon was held on February 7 in Chico. It
was well attended by AAUW women from Marysville-Yuba City,
Oroville, Chico, Gridley and six members from Paradise.
This year’s program was a DVD presentation titled "The
Story of Stuff" with Annie Leonard, followed by a
discussion.
This is a good video promoting sustainability at multiple
levels; extraction, production, distribution, consumption and
disposal. Three interesting facts from the "The Story of
Stuff:"
• In the past three decades, one-third of the planet’s
natural resource base has been consumed.
• In the United States less than 4% of our original
forests remain.
• For every garbage can of waste you put out on the curb,
70 garbage cans of waste were made upstream to make the junk
in that one garbage can.
In the film Annie says, "The good thing about such an
all pervasive problem is that there are so many points of
intervention." Everyone can make a difference with a little
or big action.
Below are a few suggestions:
• Power down (use less energy, drive less, buy local, buy
less packaging)
• Waste less (use both sides of paper, carry own mugs and
shopping bags, repair not replace)
• Talk to everyone about these issues. (raise awareness,
build community, inspire others to action)
• Unplug (TV and Internet) and plug in (community)
• Park your car and walk
• Recycle
• Change light bulbs
• Buy green, buy fair, buy local, buy used, buy less
For more information, go to www.storyofstuff.com.
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Tech Trek Soup Supper Event
Thanks again to everyone for their part in making our annual
Tech Trek Soup Supper fundraiser a success. After all bills were
paid, our profit was $965. We will be able o send three young
women to Stanford in July and have a start on next year’s camp
funding.
We found that raffle items that provide services, movies or
food seem to be very popular. It is not too early to start on
potential services/vendors for next year, so think about all the
places/people you visit locally and let us know of potential
contacts. If you are willing to make the contact, we can give
you fliers and information on Tech Trek.
In these tough economic times, fewer donations are being
made. However, I have found that several places I did not
contact have said if I had asked them they would have provided a
gift certificate, because they believe in the help we give the
young women who live on the Ridge. Also, please say thank you
when you shop at Joy Lyn’s Candy, Noble Orchard, Cinema 7,
PostNet or Heaven Scent Candles or eat at Debbie's Restaurant.
Individual donations, written to AAUW-CA Special Projects
Fund, are welcome at any time and should be sent to AAUW, P.O.
Box 1585, Paradise, 95967.
For any services or donor suggestions please contact Jackie
Westbrook or Marygrace Colby.
- Marygrace Colby
Tech Trek Coordinator
New Book Focuses on Minority Girls and Science Education
A new book, Swimming Against the Tide: African American
Girls and Science Education, takes a look at how a
race-biased education systems and low expectations of African
American women and other minorities in classroom settings,
particularly science classes, translate into negative effects on
self-confidence, attitudes and achievement. In an interview with
Inside Higher Ed, author Sandra L. Hanson, a professor of
sociology at Catholic University, explains how the unequal
distribution of educational resources to different schools also
has limiting effects on the ability of students to achieve.
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Fraud and Identity Theft
Tips on how to avoid having your personal information
captured by skilled identity thieves were shared by Investigator
Jos Van Haut from the Butte County District Attorney’s Office
at our February 10th branch meeting. Important points
that were mentioned include:
1. Never give out personal information over the phone or
the internet unless you initiated the contact.
2. Deposit outgoing mail that contains your personal
information only in a secure/ locked mail box or give
directly to your letter carrier.
3. Shred or tear up unwanted documents that contain
personal information before discarding them.
4. Use a combination of letters (lower and upper case)
and numbers for personal passwords.
5. Keep your social security number in a secure location
and not in a purse or wallet where it might be stolen. Don’t
give your number out unless absolutely necessary.
6. Consider getting a low value credit card to use in
restaurants and other places where your card may be taken
out of your sight to be run.
7. Keep income tax returns in a secure location. A
burglar who steals them would have access to a mountain of
your personal information.
8. Get a credit report and clean up any errors. Go
to www.annualcreditreport.com (877-322-8228) for information
about a free yearly service.
9. Don’t be afraid to admit if you are the victim of
identity theft. Many seniors do not report cases of fraud
because of embarrassment.
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in
America. A worsening economy will only increase the number of
thieves looking to capture your identity. The local Indian
casinos donate the funds that pay for community educational
programs on Identity Theft such as the one Mr. Van Hout
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Pay Equity Was First Bill Signed by Obama
AAUW applauds President Barack Obama for signing the Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restores the long-standing
interpretation of civil rights laws and EEOC policies that allow
employees to challenge any discriminatory paycheck they receive.
"President Obama has put pay discrimination at the top
of the agenda, right where it belongs. The wage gap doesn’t
just hurt working women, it hurts families as well," said
AAUW Executive Director Linda D. Hallman, CAE, who attended the
signing ceremony. "We are especially pleased that this
measure is the first bill moved by Congress and signed by our
new president, sending a strong message that economic issues and
pay equity are a top priority."
Statistics on women in the workplace speak to the need for
action. The average woman earns just 78 cents of every dollar
earned by her male counterparts, and disparities appear just one
year out of college—even for those with the same job and the
same major. Women of color make even less.
"AAUW is hopeful that the swift action on this important
law is a harbinger of what we can expect from both the new
Congress and the new administration," said Lisa Maatz, AAUW
director of public policy and government relations. "Thanks
to the remarkable Lilly Ledbetter, who stood up to injustice
despite great personal sacrifice, women and others in her shoes
will be able to seek a fair day in court."
Lilly Ledbetter is perhaps the best-known face of pay equity.
She worked for nearly two decades at the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company in Gadsden, AL. Despite receiving top performance
awards, Ledbetter discovered that she had been paid
significantly less than male co-workers with the same job. After
her November 1998 retirement, she filed suit under Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and was awarded back pay and other
remedies in a jury trial. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4
decision not only erased Ledbetter’s award, but also left
women, minorities, and others in Ledbetter’s situation with
virtually no recourse to pay discrimination.
"The wage gap not only affects a woman’s paycheck, it
can eventually reduce retirement and social security income.
That could mean the loss of
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$1 million or more over one woman’s lifespan," Hallman
said. "This victory has energized us," said Maatz.
"President Obama and Congress have made a good down payment
on their promise to close the wage gap, but we’re not resting
on our laurels. The House also passed the Paycheck Fairness Act,
a bill which would close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act, and
AAUW and our allies are determined to see the Senate do the
same."
Read more about AAUW’s "Keep the Change" pay
equity campaign at www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/actionpages/payequity.efm.
Boxer Starts New Subcommittee on Global Women
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will be chairing a new Senate
Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and
Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women’s
Issues. This is the first ever subcommittee to encompass a
specific focus on global women, the New York Times reported.
In a similar vein, Sen. Boxer introduced the International
Women’s Freedom Act of 2009 (H.R. 606/S. 230) last month. Rep.
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) sponsored the act in the House. The bill
would create a new State Department office to focus on
international women’s rights. An ambassador-at-large and a
federal commission would lead the new department and inform
Congress and President Obama about the status of women’s
rights abroad according to Women’s eNews.
New Member Information
Please note for your directory:
• Jan Keller
P. O. Box 341
Paradise, CA 95954
email: cruizinfools@att.net
• Sidne Gray
13434 Adrian Drive
Magalia, CA 95954
email: graydolp@clearwire.net
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Interest Group News
The Evening Book Group will meet Friday, March 27 at
7:30 p.m. to discuss Bless Me Ultima by Rodulfo Anaya. The
book for the following meeting in April or May is The Art of
Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. If you’re interested in
joining us at either gathering, call Mary Johnson or Joan
Regan.
Gourmet Group will be gathering on Sunday, March 1 for
"A Taste of Southern Germany." Contact Karen
Hilleman if you are interested in participating in the
preparation and enjoyment of regional and international cuisines.
Dinners are hosted at members’ homes on a rotating cycle. If
there is enough interest, a second group can be formed.
(Note: This item arrived too late for the print version of the
newsletter but is included here for your information.)
The Paradise AAUW Hiking Group is breaking new ground,
going to new heights, pushing the limits! They are leaving The
Ridge, driving to Nevada City and hiking the famous Empire Mine
Trails. And lunching. Would you like to be part of this exciting
day trip on Friday, March 20, 2009?
Details: Leave at approximately 8:00 a.m. from Paradise
Park and Ride; carpool to Nevada City (2± hours).
Hike: We can choose from several formal trails, none too
long or too strenuous (2 to 4 miles and degree of
difficulty
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2 to 4). Hike participants will decide which one to take.
Food: We plan to picnic to leave more time to hike and
tour so bring a bag lunch or picnic food (ice chests will be
available).
Shopping: If time permits, we can wander the town—the
entire downtown is on the National Register of Historic
Places so, if you haven't been there recently….
Tour: We can choose to tour the Empire Mine and/or wander
the grounds. Check out everything the mine has to offer at www.empiremine.org/.
To go directly to the hiking page, click on this link: www.empiremine.org/trail.html.
For questions or to sign up, just give Carol Holzgrafe a
call. Please let us know by Monday, March 16th if you
plan to join us.
Dates for your Calendar
• Board meeting, Tuesday, March 10th, 7:00 p.m.,
Oak Knoll Senior Center
• General meeting "Women’s History," Tuesday,
March 17th, 7:00 p.m., Oak Knoll Senior Living Center
• Board meeting, Tuesday, April 14th, 7:00 p.m.,
Oak Knoll Senior Center
• General meeting, topic to be announced, Wednesday, April 22nd,
7:00 p.m., Pine Ridge School Library
• Board meeting, Tuesday, May 12th, 7:00 p.m., Oak
Knoll Library
• Annual Spring Luncheon, Saturday, May 16th (time
and location TBA)
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AAUW President VP Membership VP EF/LAF Co-VP Program
2008/2009 Satsie Veith Katie
Rosenberg Connie Rogers Sara Baz
Carole Chumbler
Co-Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Dianne Lorenz Kay Hinerman Lynn Eads
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Branching Out
Paradise
Branch Newsletter
Vol. 29, No. 3
• January 2009
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TECH
TREK SOUP SUPPER, 2009
Monday January 26th, 6:00 p.m.
Apple Tree
Village
1400
Kilcrease Circle, Paradise
The Soup Supper dinner, which
is our major fundraiser for Tech Trek campership scholarships, is priced
at $12, which includes food, beverages and two prize tickets. Dinner
will be served at 6:30 p.m. Please bring your own table service.
Following dinner, Tech Trekkers will update us on their lives since
attending camp.
Reservations are required! Call Connie Ferrell (873-0725) and leave your name,
phone number and the number attending. Payment
may be made at the event. Please
remember that if you signed up to work or bring
food, you still need to make a reservation. The
reservation deadline is January 20th.
New
tax rules and AAUW insurance coverage requirements have required some changes. Wine cannot be sold, but
donations can be accepted. You will be provided with
tax information at the event. It would be helpful if you bring CASH (particularly $1’s) for prize tickets, book
sales, etc.
Donations
for prize drawings and books for the book sale may be dropped off,
starting January 5th,
at Graphic Impressions (Dianne
Lorenz), 7654-B Skyway, just
above Bille Road, and at Post Net (Kelley Connor), 6038-A
Clark Road, next to Round Table Pizza. Deadline
for donations is January 16th. If
you have any questions about prize drawings or books, contact
Jackie Westbrook (877-8711).
Volunteers
are still needed to help during the evening. Please
contact Marygrace Colby
(873-6252) to let her know how you can help.
(NOTE: The backup date for
this event is Monday, February 2nd.)
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IBC
Luncheon
This year’s
Interbranch Council Luncheon will be on Saturday, February 7th
at Angelo’s Cucina Trincria, 407 Walnut Street, Chico (time TBA).
The
Oroville branch has arranged a presentation on environmental
sustainability.
The price
of the lunch is $14.50 per person, including tax and gratuity. Wine is
available at additional cost. Menu choices are chicken piccata or
spinach and cheese ravioli.
If you
would like to attend, please send a check in that amount to our
treasurer, Kay Hinerman, or to Satsie Veith by Wednesday, January 28th,
so that we can let the Chico branch know how many attendees to expect.
Please also
let Satsie know if you need directions to the restaurant or want to
carpool.
Satsie
Veith Is EF Honoree
Satsie
Veith, our branch president, is this year’s Paradise AAUW Education
Foundation Named Honoree. The award was made at the December holiday
meeting, when Satsie was presented the Named Honoree pin.
Each year,
the branch is allowed to name one honoree for each $750 we donate to the
Education Foundation. The person is selected by a secret ballot of the
branch board of directors for outstanding contribution to the branch.
All members are eligible except those who have been named within the
past five years.
Satsie is
more than qualified for the honor, having served as bylaws chair,
secretary, treasurer and, now, president. Having joined the branch in
2001, she has been busy on our behalf. Thank you, Satsie!
– Connie
Rogers
EF/LAF Vice President
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AAUW
Paradise Branch is committed to advancing lifelong education
opportunities and equity for girls and women. We will do this while
providing growth opportunities and support for our members and
establishing a positive visible presence on the Paradise Ridge.
AAUW
promotes equity for all women and girls, lifelong education and positive
societal change.
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The View from Here
Holiday
Party:
Thank you to everyone who helped with the Holiday Party on December 9th,
particularly to Carole Chantal and her music students who put on a
perfectly lovely program of Christmas music, and to Connie Rogers and
the Gold Nugget Museum for letting us use their wonderful space again.
I missed
the November
branch meeting due to illness, but I have gotten great reports
from those who did attend. Some of our branch members spoke about their
experiences and observations about getting by on less during hard times.
Thanks to Sara Baz and Carole Chumbler for thinking of the program and
organizing it, to Laurie Baker, Lynn Layton, Shirley Liston and Connie
Rogers for their participation on the panel, and to all others who
helped.
Upcoming
Events:
The Butte County AAUW “Career Trek” event is taking place on
Saturday, January 10th, and is written about elsewhere in
this newsletter. Twelve Ridge 8th-grade girls responded that
they plan to attend. Thanks are due to our members Marygrace Colby and
Madeleine Caton for help in getting the applications to and from the
schools. This event has the potential to be a great contribution to
expanding the horizons for girls in our community, which is, after all,
AAUW’s core mission.
– Satsie
Veith
President
EF/LAF
Donations Still Welcome
Thanks to
the members who have donated to the EF/LAF fund raising drive. Branch
members received a solicitation letter in November and have donated
generously. Thank you!
There is no
firm end date to the funding drive, so if you haven’t yet contributed,
please consider doing so. Scholarship and research for gender equity and
education of women and girls need our support. Times are tight, and
every donation helps.
– Connie
Rogers
EF/LAF Vice President
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“Career
Trek” Event – Helpers Needed!
Saturday,
January 10, 2009 is the “Career Trek” event at the Butte College
Main Campus. About 75 8th-grade girls and parents from all
over Butte County, including Paradise and Magalia, will be attending
presentations by professional women who will tell the girls about their
jobs and the kind of skills and education required. The girls got to
choose three presentations from professions including a civil engineer,
ER nurse, criminalist, dermatologist, accountant, naturalist,
veterinarian, fire fighter, psychologist and several others. Lunch and a
tour of the campus will follow the presentations.
We are
looking for a few of our members to attend the event and help make it
run smoothly. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the program will
conclude at 2 p.m.
Please let
Satsie Veith (sadveith@cs.com,
873-9566) know if you are interested in helping out.
AAUW
Partnership with Barnes & Noble
Exciting
news! Beginning immediately, AAUW has a new partnership with Barnes
& Noble's online sales site, BN.com. Customized for AAUW
members, the www.bn.com/aauw
website is our own AAUW bookstore. AAUW members automatically receive a
5 percent discount on purchases (10 percent periodically)…and that’s
on top of other available discounts that apply to the purchase. You
will also find information on
•
AAUW’s ¡Adelante! book club reading list
•
publications by AAUW members
•
AAUW award-winning books
•
International Affairs Committee reading list
– Cordy Galligan
Director of Corporate Relationships
AAUW National Association
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AAUW-Paradise
Branch Policies Review
Reminder to board members: Board members were recently sent a scanned
version of our current Policies and Procedures, as it has been quite a
while since these were reviewed and updated.
Please
remember to review the Policies and Procedures as it relates to the job
description for your particular board position, and then make
suggestions for any changes that you think ought to be made. (Of
course feel free to review the rest of it if you want to!)
Email
your suggested changes to Satsie (sadveith@cs.com)
before the next board meeting, which is January 13th. If you
have no changes to recommend, please email that message to her.
Props
Needed for Women’s History Presentations
The 4th
graders who view our presentations on historical women important to the
development of California enjoy handling the various props
representing the period. If you have any of the following items,
please consider loaning or donating them so we can expand our collection
of vintage props. The use of these items would be carefully supervised
by our presenters, teachers and classroom assistants.
•
Annie Bidwell: plant press, button-up shoes, drawstring corset
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Dr. Ella Gatchell: vintage glass medicine bottles,
turn-of-the-century medical tools or other doctor equipment
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Julia Morgan: architectural plans, drawings and models
•
Dame Shirley: straw hat for mining camp wear
Please
contact Carole Chumbler (877-5635) if you have materials to share.
Classroom
Assistants Needed for Women’s History Presentations
Would you
like to make history come alive for 4th graders here on the
Ridge? If you have one or more mornings available during the second or
third week of March (9-13, 16-20), consider volunteering as a classroom
assistant for our Women’s History presentations.
Assistants
attend a dress rehearsal to familiarize themselves with historical
character and then assist
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Classroom Assistants (continued)
in the
classroom by setting out props and photos and interacting with the
students as they examine the materials. You would be providing valuable
support and have the fun of seeing the 4th graders “meet”
our four historical women. Contact Phyllis Larsen (877-3369) to
volunteer.
Memorial
Book Donations
Is there an
AAUW member you would like to honor? Consider donating funds towards the
purchase of school library materials as part of our Branch's
celebration of Women’s History in March. Books such as Julia
Morgan Builds a Castle, Grace
Hopper: Computer Whiz or Light
Shining Through the Mist: The Photobiography of Dian Fossey could be
purchased and donated to local school libraries with a book plate inside
indicating the honoree’s name.
Send your
check in any amount to AAUW, P.O. Box 1585, Paradise 95967 and
indicate that the funds are for purchase of Memorial Books.
Interest Group News
The Evening Book Group will meet Friday, January 9th
at 7:30 p.m. to discuss Hard Times by Studs Terkel. The book
for our following meeting in February or March is Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. If you’re interested in joining us at either
gathering, call Mary Johnson (877-3906) or Joan Regan (872-4613).
The
Hiking Group will see a new view of Paradise Lake on Tuesday, February 3rd.
We will meet at 9:00 a.m. in the parking lot of Jackie’s Hilltop
Restaurant on Skyway in Magalia. The hike takes about one hour and is
level most of the way. We will be walking around the back side of the
lake, which is very picturesque and pristine. Snow or heavy rain will
cancel the hike. Please call Phyllis Larsen (877-3369) with any
questions.
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Dates
for your Calendar
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“Career Trek” Day, Saturday, January 10th, Butte
College
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Board meeting, Tuesday, January 13th, 7:00 p.m., Oak
Knoll Senior Center
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Tech Trek Soup Supper, Monday, January 26th. Apple
Tree Village
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IBC Luncheon, Saturday, February 7th, time to be
arranged, Angelo’s Cucina Trincria ,Chico
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General meeting “Identity Theft,” Tuesday, February 10th,
11:30 a.m., Family Resource Center (brown bag lunch)
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Board meeting, Tuesday, February 10th, 7:00 p.m., Oak
Knoll Senior Center
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Board meeting, Tuesday, March 10th, 7:00 p.m., Oak
Knoll Senior Center
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General meeting “Women’s History,” Tuesday, March 17th,
7:00 p.m. (location TBA)
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Board meeting, Tuesday, April 14th, 7:00 p.m., Oak
Knoll Senior Center
•
General meeting “Water Issues,” Wednesday, April 22nd,
7:00 p.m., Pine Ridge School Library
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Board meeting, Tuesday, May 12th, 7:00 p.m., Oak Knoll
Library
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Annual Spring Luncheon, Saturday, May 16th (time and
location TBA)
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AAUW
President
VP Membership
VP EF/LAF
Co-VP Program
2008/2009
Satsie Veith
Katie Rosenberg
Connie Rogers
Sara Baz
Carole Chumbler
Co-Secretary
Treasurer
Newsletter Editor
Dianne Lorenz
Kay Hinerman
Lynn Eads
Merrie McLaughlin
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Branching Out
Paradise Branch Newsletter
Vol. 29, No. 1 • September 2008
Branching Out is published
five times a year by the Paradise Branch of the American Association of
University Women.
Annual Fall Luncheon
Saturday, September 20, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
Paradise Chamber of Commerce
5550 Skyway, Paradise
Our full luncheon will be on Saturday,
September 20 th
at 11:00 a.m. at the Paradise
Chamber of Commerce. Access to the meeting
room is from the parking lot to the east (uphill)
side of the building. There will be a salad bar buffet,
including drinks, for $12.00 per person.
Our program will be our two Pence Reentry
Scholarship recipients. We will also have interest
group information and sign-up sheets.
For reservations, call Kay Zimmerlee (872-
9222). Reservations must be made by noon on
Friday, September 12 th.
Please pay at the door.
Prospective members are welcome as guests free
of charge, but be sure to let Kay know if you are
bringing guests.
For more information, call Marygrace Colby
or Satsie Veith.
AAUW 2nd Annual
Art Fest
When: October 11, 2008
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(various workshop times)
The second annual Paradise Art Fest will feature
three local artists in a beautiful, natural and
inspiring setting. Noble Orchard, located at 7050
Pentz Road, is the last orchard in Paradise. Each
workshop gives the participants the chance to
explore new art forms or expand on already
acquired skills. It is an opportunity to meet and
learn from three talented Butte County artists:
• Melony Hannah – Stamping and Paper Arts
• Ashley Rasmussen – Jewelry Making
• Kim Victoria – Drawing Techniques
Classes are kept small so that individual attention
can be given. Attendees, in addition to creating their
own finished art piece, will have the opportunity to
view and purchase the artist’s work.
Free coffee and tea will be available during the
day, as well as delicious snacks and lunch available
for purchase. Proceeds from this event fund Frances
Pence Reentry Scholarships.
The cost to attend one workshop is $20, two
workshops is $30 and three workshops is $40. Reservations
are required and space is limited. For more
information, visit www.aauwparadise.org/artfest
For questions or to make a reservation, contact Pat
Nohrnberg or pnartfest2@gmail.com.
AAUW Paradise Branch is
committed to advancing lifelong education opportunities and equity for girls and
women. We will do this while
providing growth opportunities and support for our members and establishing a
positive
visible presence on the
Paradise Ridge.
AAUW promotes equity for all
women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change.
The View from Here
Our 2008-2009 year is just beginning, but our
members are already hard at work planning some
great events.
The Art Fest, a fundraiser for the Pence Scholarship
that was a big success last year, will be held
this October (see article) and of course the Soup
Supper in January will benefit our Tech Trek
scholarship fund. Paradise was able to send three
girls to science camp this August, and we hope to
do as well next summer.
The Butte County branches of AAUW are
teaming together to put on a Career Day at Butte
College on January 10 th.
Eighth grade girls from
around the county will be invited to hear from
women in various walks of life about some of the
opportunities that are open to them. (See information
in this newsletter.)
Our Program VP’s this year are Carole Chumbler
and Sara Baz, and they have planned an excellent
series of general meeting programs, with a
variety of topics and speakers – from our own
members discussing “how to get by in hard times”
to Butte County water issues.
Our Membership VP this year is Katie Rosenberg.
She will be planning a New Member’s event
for this fall. Be sure to let Katie know of any folks
out there who may be interested in our group – you
might also invite them to the Fall Lunch.
In addition to all that, our interest groups will
be reforming. The Interest Group Coordinator this
year is Gail Prince. She will have sign-up sheets at
the Fall Lunch. If you have ideas for a new group,
please let Gail know.
Finally — please keep in mind that we still
have opportunities for our members to step forward
and help out: we need committees to help
with program and decorations for the Holiday
Party (December 9 th
at the Gold Nugget Museum)
and to help plan the Spring Luncheon (May 16 th).
- Satsie
Veith
President
Tech Trek Campers Celebrate
Even though Tech Trek celebrated its 11 th
summer, Paradise Branch celebrated its 10 th
year
of involvement by sending a total of twenty-seven
Ridge young women to Stanford University. Our
2008 campers are now in the eighth grade. We
continue to track our campers through at least high
school. Many of our girls have graduated from
high school and gone on to college; it is possible
that the campers from our first two years in attendance
have graduated from college.
As you may remember, our own branch member,
Carol Holzgrafe, has been the Stanford Camp
Director for four years. With the split into two
separate camps this year, she coordinated both
camps (Marie Curie for week 1 and Grace Hopper
for week 2) in terms of housing and registration as
well as numerous aspects of program organization.
Each camp had approximately eighty girls in
attendance, instead of 130 involved in one week.
The result was an opportunity for more participation
for smaller groups of campers. Since Marie
Wolbach, the founder of Tech Trek, has “really”
retired, Carol will serve as the AAUW-CA Tech
Trek Coordinator for all seven camps, as well as
directing a week at Stanford. I will again serve as
the AAUW-CA volunteer coordinator, responding
to any and all volunteer inquires received from
members.
This year I had an extra challenge in locating
two of our campers and their parents and pets
(found one family of five, plus two cats and a dog,
in a small motel room in Paradise) during the July
Camp Fire evacuations. They got off safely on
July 13 th.
Also, Carol and Jim Holzgrafe, along
with their cat, fled to relatives during the week
prior to camp.
In reading our camper thank you notes, I
learned that Natalie Crawford, Paradise Intermediate
School, was in the Cooking Chemistry core
class, learning about what she eats. Since she lives
with two brothers, she was thrilled to leave camp
with twenty new “sisters.” Tia Strand, Paradise
Intermediate School, has wanted to pursue a career
as a marine biologist, and her camp experience
made her want even more to continue on that path.
She especially enjoyed living with her “big” family
in the dorms. Melodie Glasser, Paradise Charter
Middle School, talked about her
bio-technology core class, DNA, proteins and
making bacteria fluorescent. Listening to professional
women tell their stories was a special
event and living in such a friendly dorm environment
made this adventure one of the best weeks in
her life.
- Marygrace
Colby
Tech Trek Coordinator
This Fall Voting Is What Counts
The major effort of AAUW’s Public Policy this
fall is of course getting out the vote. In a program
called “Woman to Woman,” the organization is
encouraging all of us to get ourselves and the
women around us to the polls. In the process, of
course, we need to support issues important to
women and the candidates who support those
issues.
Local, state and national elections all matter,
and in most cases we have clear choices. Whether
it’s pay equity, reproductive rights, environmental
issues, or even constitutional rights, each vote
counts. Be sure you are registered to vote, particularly
if you have moved recently.
And then vote. Each vote counts!
- Connie
Rogers
Public Policy Chair
Coming Events
October General Meeting
During the recent fires many of us experienced
a sense of panic when we weren’t able to
quickly retrieve important documents upon receiving
the order to evacuate our homes. Wouldn’t it
reduce stress to know just how to organize and
safeguard those critical papers that we all have? The
speaker for our October general meeting is local
attorney John D'Ewart. He will guide us through
issues such as determining which documents are
critical ones, where originals should be stored,
home storage of documents, how long papers need
to be kept and how to obtain copies should the
originals be destroyed. Bring your questions and
concerns and we’ll learn what we can do to reduce
stress in this one area of our lives.
The meeting will be held on October
21, 2008
at 7:00 p.m. in the upstairs (elevator available)
meeting room at Oak Knoll at 1007 Buschmann
Road in Paradise.
Interbranch Council (IBC) Career Day Event
Branches that are located in Butte County
(Chico, Gridley, Oroville and Paradise) hopefully
will undertake a new Career Day event, which will
be scheduled on Saturday, January
10, 2009 at
Butte College. Eighth grade girls from each branch
may participate on a first-come, first-served basis.
People are needed to find and communicate
with speakers, handle registration, coordinate publicity
efforts in schools, prepare handouts, coordinate
logistics with Butte College and be there to
help on the day of the conference. Enthusiasm has
been high and with enough woman power to pull
off such an event, we can provide an outstanding
Career Day.
Volunteers are needed from our branch to be
involved in this venture. Please contact Marygrace
Colby (873-6252) as soon as possible if you are
willing to participate in some way and/or to offer
any ideas for potential career presenters.
Annual Soup Supper
Save Monday, January
26, 2009 for Tech
Trek’s Annual Soup Supper Fundraiser.
Thanks again especially to Carol Holzgrafe and
Connie Ferrell for being on the camper selection
committee and to Jackie Westbrook for the great
raffle event each year. Branch members’ continuing
support, contributions and efforts have made it possible
to provide so many Ridge girls an opportunity
of a lifetime.
It’s A Non-Event Fund Raiser Again This Year
Each year, the branch honors one (or two) of its
own as a named-gift honoree of AAUW’s Educational
Foundation. For each honoree, we donate
$750 to the national Educational Foundation. To
make the donation, the branch conducts a special
fundraiser.
Given everyone’s busy schedules, we won’t be
holding an actual event this year but instead will
ask members to contribute to EF and LAF by mail.
You will receive a letter from me later in the fall
explaining the need and asking for your generosity
and support.
The Educational Foundation supports research
and higher education for women and the Legal
Advocacy Fund fights gender discrimination in
higher education. They need our support.
- Connie
Rogers
EF/LAF Vice President
Interest Group News
The Evening
Book Group will meet Friday,
September 12 th
at 7:30 p.m. to discuss In
the Time
of Butterflies by
Julian Alvarez. If you are interested
in joining us, call Mary Johnson
or Joan Regan.
The Potluck
Group will meet for appetizers
and wine on Sunday, September 7 th
at the home of
Louise and Charlie Ross. We will meet at 3:00 p.m.
We would welcome new members, singles or couples.
You fix only one dish and end up with a full
and delicious dinner plus good conversation and
companionship. Call Marilyn Eldridge
if you would like to join us.
Come join the Hiking
Group on a new walk/
hike in the Upper Pines area above Lovelock on
September 23 rd.
The forest trail is a fairly level dirt
toad and less than three miles total walking. At the
end of the trail, we will view a sparkling waterfall
and wading pool.
Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the parking lot in front of
Susan’s on the Ridge Restaurant in Magalia, where
we will carpool to the hiking trail. Bring drinking
water and bug spray. Call Phyllis Larsen with any
questions.
Meet Our New Members
Diane and Jim Handley
have lived in Paradise
for 13 years. Diane is a counselor at Las Plumas
High School in Oroville and Jim is a project manager
for PG&E.
Diane joined AAUW when she lived in
Lafayette but with a young family to care for she
didn’t have time to become active. Now, with her
children safely on their way to adulthood, she looks
forward to having some “me” time and plans to get
involved
Diane has a Bachelor of Science degree in education
from University of the Pacific in Stockton
and a Masters Degree in counseling from Humboldt
State University. She and Jim have four children.
Their daughter Heather is a graduate of UC San
Diego and recently performed as “Crystal Waters”
in the much-acclaimed Gold Nugget Days melodrama.
Two sons attend UC Santa Barbara and the
third son is a senior at Paradise High School. All
three boys have played football for Paradise High
School.
We are delighted to welcome Diane to our
branch.
Meet Sally
Lee. Sally has a Bachelor’s
degree
in math from University of Akron and a Master’s
Degree in Systems Management from the University
of Southern California. Sally and husband
Robert first retired to Sarasota, Florida. Robert is
an engineer and had been a professor of engineering
at California Polytechnic University in San Luis
Obispo. Sally worked as a civil servant at the
Pacific Missile Test Center at Point Mugu.
Eventually a serious hurricane blew Sally and
Robert back to California where they settled in
Paradise. Before leaving Sarasota Sally attended
the Ringling School of Art and became a certified
botanical artist. Here Sally is a member of the
Paradise Art Center where she works in watercolor,
acrylic and silver point. She is also a member of the
Paradise Garden Club. Robert plays violin locally.
Daughter Sandra is curator of the Warner
Brothers collection at USC. A stepson owns a business
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Welcome, Sally. You will be a wonderful addition
to our organization.
AAUW PARADISE
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2008-2009
September 2008
Tuesday, 9 th
– Board Meeting, 7 PM, Oak Knoll
Library
Saturday, 20 th
– Fall Luncheon, 11:30 AM,
Paradise Chamber of Commerce
October 2008
Saturday, 11 th
– ARTFEST, 10 AM – 4 PM, Noble
Orchard
Tuesday, 14 th
– Board Meeting, 7 PM, Oak Knoll
Library
Tuesday, 21 st
– General Meeting, 7 PM, Oak
Knoll, “Safeguarding Documents”
November 2008
Tuesday, 11 th
– Board Meeting, 7 PM, Oak Knoll
Library
Saturday, 22 nd
– General Meeting, 10 AM – 12
PM, Paradise Library, “How to Get By on
Less”
December 2008
No Board Meeting.
Tuesday, 9 th
– Holiday Party, Gold Nugget
Museum, 5 PM – 7 PM
January 2009
Saturday, 10 th
– Career Day, Butte College
Tuesday, 13 th
– Board Meeting, 7 PM, Oak Knoll
Library
Monday, 26 th
– Soup Supper, Appletree Village
February 2009
Saturday, 7 th
– IBC Luncheon, Chico
Tuesday, 10 th
– General Meeting, 11:30 AM – 1
PM, Family Resource Center, “Identity
Theft” (brown bag lunch)
Tuesday, 10 th
– Board Meeting, 7 PM, Oak Knoll
Library
March 2009
Tuesday, 10 th
– Board Meeting, 7 PM, Oak Knoll
Library
Tuesday, 17 th
– General Meeting, 7 PM, Gold
Nugget Museum, Women’s History:
Louise Ross
April 2009
Tuesday, 14 th
– Board Meeting, 7 PM, Oak Knoll
Library
Wednesday, 22 nd
– General Meeting, 7 PM, Pines
School Library, “Water Issues”
May 2009
Tuesday, 12 th
– Board Meeting, 7 PM, Oak Knoll
Library
Saturday, 16 th
– Spring Luncheon, Location TBA
LAF Helps Win Another One
Graciela Chichilnisky, one of Columbia University’s
most distinguished international economists
and mathematicians, has settled her AAUW
LAF-supported suit against the university for pay
discrimination under the Equal Pay Act and Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act.
“I was rewarded a substantive monetary settlement,”
Chichilnisky said. “I am pleased and ready
to move forward.”
Chichilnisky has been a tenured, full professor
at Columbia since 1979. She studied at MIT and
UC Berkeley and has two doctoral degrees, one in
mathematics and one in economics.
“Despite being internationally recognized for
her research and publications, Professor Chichilnisky
was still confronted by pay discrimination,”
said AAUW Executive Director Linda Hallman.
“Her case illustrates the inequities women continue
to face.”
AAUW’s Legal Advocacy Fund contributed
significant funds to offset Chichilnisky’s latest
round of legal expenses.
- Connie
Rogers
EF/LAF Vice President
AAUW-Paradise Branch
P. O. Box 1585
Paradise, CA 95967-1585
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