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October 2011

Volume 20, Issue 2

Editor: Jerrie [email protected]

THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL

BETA ZETA BUZZ

Meeting:Monday, October 24,2010, 6 p.m.

Initiation and grant-in-aidfundraiser dinner atMemorial PresbyterianChurch Fellowship Hall607 N. Milam St., Fbg

Hostesses:

Janet Hext- LeadBeverly Harrell

Donna HenkeJerrie DooleyOlga PeacockJanet RabkeMarsha Weatherford

Program:Initiationand Remembrance

Purposes:

Purpose 2: To honor

women who have givenor who evidence a

potential for distinctiveservice in any field ofeducation.

Purpose 3: To advance

the professional interestand position of women

in education.

Service: Items for theBoys and Girls Club

Music: Delta KappaGamma Song

Beta Zeta Website:http://betazeta.weebly.com/

State website:www.alphastatetexas.orgInternational website:www.deltakappagamma.org

FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS

Fredericksburg,

Presidents MessageToday, I was thinking about Louise Nixon, a longtime member of DKG

Beta Zeta who passed away in August. As we initiate our new members, we will be honoring the memory of this special lady when we meet on October 24 th, the wbefore All Saints Day. Roman Catholics call this day the Solemnity of All Saint

honor of all the saints, known and unknown. In the Lutheran faith, "saints" are all thwho believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. Im not here to preach today, but believe that saints are all the believers on Earth and in Heaven, both LIVING and deTo me, Louise was a saint and is a saint, and you are a saint, too.

Many times in my daily work, I wonder what my students think of me. Tknow that Im a preachers wife, and they probably wonder why I act the way I do asay the things I do sometimes. I wish I could be perfect, but often the devil gets me, and sometimes it just feels good to be bad. Sometimes my students deserve topunished; at times Im good at doing that many times not. Often they dont deseto be punished when I think they do. I hope my students (past, present, and future)forgive me when Im wrong.

I love to hear someone say, She is a saint. Its usually because a teache

being very patient with a student. Teachers are saints to me. They put up with aevery day and put their hearts and SOULS into their work. They give it all theyveat school every day; theres not much left of any of us by nightfall.

Louise taught reading and speech at Horace Mann Jr. High in Baytown. also taught at Fredericksburg Jr. High. She had a bachelors degree in drama, directhe Fredericksburg Little Theater for years, and directed and choreograpFredericksburgs 125thAnniversary Pageant. In all those years of teaching, Im sthere were many times when others saw Louise as a saint!

When I die, I hope someone will say, She was a saint. I hope it will be onmy students or you. I didnt know Louise when she was alive, but I feel like I know now. Im not much of a preacher not even close but I do believe YOU are saisisters! Tammy Vitek, President

Mission statement: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society

International promotes professional and personal growth of

women educators and excellence in education.

Vision statement: Leading women educators impactingeducation worldwide.

Beta Zeta Welcomes New MembersFundraiser Dinner and Initiation Oct. 24th

Come to our October dinner and initiation on Oct. 24th at 6:00 p.m. at theMemorial Presbyterian Church on N. Milam Street. A very special program isplanned to initiate four new members. Read all about them on page 3.

The hostesses are preparing our popular baked potato dinner with chiliand other yummy toppings, salad, and dessert. Your donation of $7.50 willcover the hall fee and a contribution to the grant-in-aid fund. This and ourFounders Day dinner are our major fundraisers of the year.

Send your $7.50 for this fundraiser dinner to Tisha Clements at 306 W.Ufer St., Fbg. by Monday, October 18th. If you cannot come, please send yourdonation to Tisha to enable us to meet our $500 goal this year to assist astudent teacher.
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Happy Birthday toLaurie Ward October 11Carolyn Regan October 12Elizabeth Bispo-- October 16Debbie Klein October 22Jo Smith October 28Donna Henke October 29Marsha WeatherfordNovember 12Abban Lastovica November 20Katie Shafford November 20Janalee Hannemann November 26

Programs, Programs, ProgramsKaren Loeffler and her hard-working

committee have assembled an array of greatprograms and projects for this years meetings.

There is something for everyone!We got reacquainted at the September

meeting and even found out that Paula and Karenown goats! In October, we initiate and raise fundsfor our grant-in-aid at our dinner ceremony.

If you care about children and thats agiven in our group, you will learn more about whatour town does to help our young people to growinto fine adults. We will hear about the NeedsCouncil, Mentoring Program, Boys and Girls Cluband others and also about volunteer opportunities.

Its party time in December at Cynthia

Berkmans house. Januarys meeting will be onCASA which stands for Court Appointed SpecialAdvocates. This group provides each volunteerwith training to be a special advocate for a child infoster care.

Donna Ketchbaw, an award-winning HillCountry author, will share her experiences as awriter at the February meeting. Donna, a formerspeech pathologist in area schools, wroteSavannahs Choices, a suspenseful novel. It wona National Indie Excellence Award in 2010.

In March, we celebrate Founders Day and

install new officers. Finally, in April, we always liketo do something special. This year, we will meetfor a Saturday breakfast at Andys Grille, and learnabout the Nimitz and Museum of the Pacific War.Then all are invited to go tour the museum.

Thank you to Karen and her committee forputting together a great slate of programs!

Our own Elizabeth, a nurse and educator,answered the call of duty when fires broke outacross Texas in early fall. In her own words, hereis her story:

Extreme drought and devastating wildfireshave laid siege on Texas since December of2010. During the Labor Day weekend 180 firesbroke out in 28 counties across the state, andevacuations began. The Wildfires destroyed a

total of 1945 homes with the following countiesimpacted the greatest: Bastrop 1555 homes,Marion 88 homes, Travis 93 homes, and Waller 72 homes. The majority of structures weresingle family dwellings while 733 were mobilehomes and 37 were apartments.

I was on deployment assignment to theWildfires for three weeks. We typically worked 12-14 hour days sometimes underdifficult situations.Overall, we opened shelters, fed meals from fixedfeeding sites and from Emergency ResponseVehicles serving a 28-county area. We also

provided sifters, comfort kits, cleaning supplies,financial assistance for health services andrecovery information and referrals. Health andMental Health workers formed condolence andoutreach teams that helped people devastated bythese wildfires to begin the process of recovery. Iwant to thank everyone for their messages ofsupport, their prayers, and especially for anydonations made to support the victims of the fires.

And we thank you, Elizabeth, for yourwork!

Please bring books, supplies, small toys, games,etc for the Boys and Girls Club to the October

meeting. We will continue this at each meetingas a service project this year. We also plan tohelp with Special Olympics and start a newproject we will learn about at the Novembermeeting.

Elizabeth Bispo,Red Cross Nurse

Just when you thinkyou know someone,you find out they have

another life that is sogiving and wonderful!


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BETA ZETA BUZZ Page 3Marsha Pape grew up in San Antonio and earned her Elementary Education degree

and kinder endorsement at Abilene Christian University. She taught in Austin and San Angeloschools for 29 years and another year in a child development center, mainly at kinder level.

Although she says her original motivation for going into teaching was June, July, and Augustshe found that she loved teaching and children, as evidenced by her long career. Retiring toFredericksburg with her husband, Mark, son of the long-time postmaster here, she now enjoyspainting in watercolors, baking (and eating the sweet treats!), walking and swimming. Theyhave a daughter who is an MBA student at Vanderbilt.

Marshas advice for young educators is: Treat the children the way you would like tobe treated, with dignity and respect. Be positive. Always be open to hearing things from thechilds perspective. Document everything. Your memory may fail you.

Judy Mayo was born in North Carolina, but grew up near Quinlan, TX. She tookbasic courses at Abilene Christian University with the intention of completing aneducation degree and becoming an English teacher. She changed her mind after

observing nurses at the hospital when her husband was ill with a ruptured appendix.So she took a different path and enrolled in an RN program at San Jacinto College.She earned that degree and started a nursing career that has spanned 40 years, with36 of those years in school nursing. Judy and her husband Bud raised two daughtersand have 6 grandchildren ranging in age from 7 to 23. She also enjoys traveling andgardening. Judy loves helping others, solving medical issues, and teaching childrenabout their health. Her advice to young educators is: The most important thing youcan do in life is to reach out and help others, be it in teaching, nursing, or whatever,guiding them to a healthy, productive, worthwhile future.

Marsha Pape

Judy Mayo

Barbara Heinen had the unique experience of growing up in the Hotel Nimitz, as herparents owned it then. (What stories she must have to tell!) She graduated from TX ChristianUniversity and taught 2

ndgrade for 26 years at Fredericksburg Primary School. Barbara chose

teaching when her other career goals were somewhat derailed. She first wanted to be a nurseto work with her doctor grandfather, but fainted while watching a horse get a shot. Airlinestewardess was next, but her mother wouldnt let her fly in a plane. Experiences with readingbooks to children in Bible School and being involved in Future Teachers at FHS cemented herplans to become a teacher. She loved challenging her students, watching them grow and seeingthat light bulb turn on when they learned something new.

Now retired, she enjoys her grandchildrens activities, board games, reading, traveling,and volunteering in our town. To future teachers, she would say: If you enjoy working withchildren, the rewards are endless. To be able to take a young mind and fill it with knowledge isone of the greatest highs. Your students will change your life forever ... in a good way.Barbara Heinen

Floye Burnett grew up in Ada, Oklahoma and Bovina, TX, the birthplaces of her dad andmom. Married to Jerry, they have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. One daughter followed he

parents into the teaching field. Floye started teaching after just 3 years at Eastern New MexicoUniv. She took a brief time off when her first children were born as women were not allowed toteach when they were pregnant in 1965. After completing her degree at West TX State Univ.she taught 30+ years in public, private, and home school settings and every grade from Pre-Kthrough 7

th, but mainly in Pre-K and Kinder, her favorite level. She continues to home schoo

her grandsons today. Floyes father, a teacher in Oklahoma and Texas, was her inspiration toteach, and she has always loved the interaction with children she taught and the creativity anduniqueness of each child. She spends time reading, studying the Bible, journalingscrapbooking, exercising, watching the Spurs play, learning about technology, and going to fleamarkets. To aspiring educators, she would say: Teaching is a calling. You wont get rich inworldly goods, but you will have a richness to your world. There will be days you will cry, daysyou will laugh, and days when you do both. If you dont do more laughing than crying, thenyoumay need to rethink your career choice. I cannot think of a job with more built in potential to dogood than teaching. You are given minds to stimulate and hearts to inspire. The cool thing is itworks both ways.

Floye Burnett

Introducing Our Initiates


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Check out the

Beta Zetawebsite at:http://betazeta.weebly.com/.Carolyn Otto,keeps it up todate with news,pictures,

meeting info andmore. Thanks,Carolyn, for allyour work.

What a lovely treasure wasfound by our new memberBarbara Heinen. At right isa DKG Founders Dayprogram dated April 10,

1954. Carefully handpainted by Beta Zetamember Lyne Lewis, theprogram was dedicated tothe memory of Barbarasgrandmother, Clara StielerKeidel who was named anhonorary member in 1936.Mrs. Keidel was active inmany local organizationsincluding PTA, Historical Society, Medical Auxiliary,and others. Barbara will donate this treasure to theBeta Zeta archives at the October meeting. Thank

you for this gift, Barbara. And thank you, EvelynWeinheimer, for your research on this lovely artifactand its recipient.

What better fun than a cozy couch and astack of books to read with a friend! Janalee

Hannemann and her little friend, a PrimarySchool student, participate in the O.T.T.E.R(Our Time to Enjoy Reading) program twicea week. More volunteers are needed to readto the 90+ children who need that extraexposure to the pleasures of reading. Eachperson reads to the same child for 20 minuteson MW or TTH each week. Students havereally blossomed with the individual attention,and many are even reading to the volunteerby the end of the year. If you would like to

join this great group, call Lisa at the PrimarySchool at 830-997-7421.

In Memory of Louise NixoBeta Zeta will tak

few moments at our Octmeeting to honor the memof our longtime memLouise Nixon, who diedAugust 7, 2011 at age Those who knew Louise wiabout her intelligence

passion for family, history, service. She graduated FHS as valedictorian, earndrama degree from UT was married for 75 yearVictor Nixon, Sr. She tareading, drama, and speand served our communitPTA, the Historical SocMusic Study Club, and othShe directed Fbg. Little Theand the Fbg. 125th Anniver

Pageant. Her husbandchildren, 6 grandchildren, agreat-grandchildren survive

Louise was initiatedDKG in 1956 and served BZeta in many ways during55 years of membership.

Officers:Pres Tammy VitekVP1 Karen LoefflerVP2 AndraHudsonR. Sec Amy ONeilC. Sec Janet HextTr Tisha Clements

September MeetingMembers scramble tocompare similarities inthe opening activity toget to know eachother better.

Tammy shows off herconvention name badgewith all the ribbons thatBeta Zeta received toshow the awards wewonall pointing to anoutstanding chapter.

Archives Committee members, Beth, Helen, Eveand Barbara are deep in conversation about role in preserving and researching our DKG Beta Zeta heritage.

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