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President Nancy’s Message Can it really be time to write a message for February? Everyone is so busy in her personal life, her work life, her children/grandchildren’s lives – Is there time for anything else? I sure hope so. If you haven’t been to a Tau Chapter meeting in the past year, I hope you will make time to attend the February 11th meeting in Jefferson City. Our program is focused on education issues in the new session of the legislature. Our speaker will be Mike Bernskoetter, Rep-resentative from District 59 representing Cole and Miler counties. Be thinking of what questions and con-cerns you would like to ask. The rest of our meeting will focus on membership. We will initiate Amy Potts. Hopefully we will have several candidates to vote to invite to join us as members in April. Strengthening our membership is one of our strategic goals this biennium. I hope you have been talking up membership in Delta Kappa Gamma with your co-workers and teacher friends. The ‘Recommendation for Membership’ form is locat-ed under Resources on our Tau Chapter website. We will also have a Necrology Ceremony for Helen Schulte who died in November. Our business meeting will be brief. Besides voting on new members, we will vote on recipients for our recruitment grants. Our lead hostess for the next meeting is Charlotte Dudenhoeffer who has arranged for us to meet at the Missouri Retired Teachers Association Headquarters. It’s lo-cated at 3030 Dupont Cir, Jefferson City, MO. (from US 50, take Truman Blvd. ap-proximately 1.9 miles and turn left on Dupont Circle. The building will be on the cor-ner.) Let’s get 2017 off to a great start with good attendance at our February 11th meet-ing.

Tau Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma February 2017 Volume 13 Issue 5

In this issue:

No Minutes

December 3

Mid-MO meeting

Treasurer’s Report Chair Reports Recognition Meeting information

2016-2018 Officers

President Nancy Lewis

First Vice President Betty Mudd

Second Vice President

Gracie Fields

Secretary Sarah Porter

Treasurer Paulette Fischer

Parliamentarian Colleen Abbott

Educating Worldwide

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Treasurer Report Paulette Fischer January 23, 2017

Tau Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma Treasurer’s Report January 23, 2017

Balance on hand 11/23/2016 $3,681.66

Receipts: 1 A Dues @ 68 68.00 13 Mid-MO Brunch @ 20 260.00 Total Receipts: 328.00 Expenses: Mid-MO Dues (2013-14, 2015-16) 40.00 Mid-MO Brunch hostess expense 164.00 Osage National-Mid-MO Brunch 551.00

Total Mid-MO Brunch expense 715.00 Delta State/Int’l Dues 37@53, 2@27 2,015.00

Total Expenses 2,770.00 Balance on hand 1/23/2017 1,239.66 Note: Our total receipts for the Mid-MO Brunch were $760, bringing us a net income Of $45. Thanks to Debbie Ferguson and your wonderful Lake Ladies for a job well done!

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Scholarship Chair Alice Van Landuyt Remember that the postmark deadline for International Scholar-ships is February 1 and the deadline for Delta State and Bradford Schol-arships is March 1. Any interested members may contact your Tau Chapter Scholar-ship Committee for paperwork and assistance. Alice Van Landuyt, Chair Debbie Hiatte Bev (Kincade) Livingston “To Endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowship to non-member women educators”

REPORTS

First Vice President/Program Chair

Betty Mudd

Tau Sisters, please plan to attend our February 11, 10 a.m. meeting, at the Missouri Retired Teachers Associa-tion building on Truman Boulevard in Jefferson City.

It will be a very informative and vital meeting. We will en-joy a continental breakfast as we

review recruitment grant candidates,

vote on new members,

honor Helen Schulte in a necrology ceremony,

promote the state convention,

hear a presentation from Representative Mike Bernskoetter on legislative issues impacting education: “To inform the members of current economic, social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society”

And hope to initiate Amy Potts as an active member of Tau Chapter.

Amy Potts

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Webmaster Chair Nancy Lewis

Tau Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma

REPORTS

Jingle All the Way

To Lake Ozark

Tau Chapter website has numerous updates and revisions since October meeting. Be sure to check the additional pictures from the December MidMO area meeting posted under Tau Ta-les. Current DKG publications have been added to the Homepage. If you have suggestions for additions or revisions, be sure to contact Nancy Lewis: lewis.nm@gmail.com Reminder: taudeltastate.weebly.com. The password is tau chapter.

Mid-MO Meeting Chair Debbie Ferguson

Tau Chapter Hosts December DKG MID MO Meeting

“Jingle All the Way to Lake Ozark”

The Palmer Banquet Room within the Osage National Golf Resort Clubhouse in Lake Ozark was the setting for the Delta Kappa Gamma Mid MO holiday meet-ing on Saturday, December 2, 2016. Nineteen Tau ladies welcomed nineteen other DKG members from the Mid MO region representing four other chapters: Alpha Lambda, Beta, Beta Iota and ETA. Members registered, mingled, and enjoyed home baked cookies provided by Tau members Gracie Fields and Arlene Broeker and beverages including coffee, tea and water. Round, white clothed tables were decorated with a festive assortment of Santas, borrowed from Tau chapter members. Table favors, favorite Tau ladies’ recipes on holiday cards clipped to wooden apples decorated by Tau member, Deb Meisenhelter, as well as a Christmas tree ornament decorated by Osage students under the direction of Karen Blevins, were placed at each setting. Tau President Nancy Lewis brought the meeting to order with a special greeting, introduced each DKG chapter represented, and lead the group in the traditional DKG Song. The amazing vocal group, The Osage Upper Elementary Choralettes under the direction of our own Tau member Gloria Fields, UES Choral Director at School of the Osage, immediately entertained. The room filled with festive songs by about forty energized and fun-loving 5th graders who shared their love for holi-day music which produced a standing ovation to their grand performance.

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A mixer/trivia game “Jingles and Joy,” created by Tau members Karen Blevins and Deb Ferguson, had six teams competing against one another. Members from each chapter made up each team. Trivia categories included Christmas music, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Christmas literature, Christmas movies, and Christ-mas food. Do you remember who we pretend the snowman to be in the song, “Winter Wonderland”? Much chatter and laughter filled the room. The winning team received holiday notepads. Tau chapter President Nancy led the group in the DKG Prayer before a wonderful Osage National breakfast brunch buffet including scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits, gravy, potatoes, fruit and pastries. All en-joyed! Our special guest, Jill Wade, LPC & Clinical Coordinator, with Citizens Against Domestic Violence (CADV), spoke on behalf of the Lake of the Ozarks area outreach center which serves residents of Camden, Miller, and Morgan counties. Crisis services are offered twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. All services which include on-going advocacy, counseling, support groups, court advocacy, sexual assault response team, and safe shelter are confidential and free of charge. CADV’s mission provides safe shelter and advo-cacy services to victims of domestic and sexual abuse as well as promote principles that educate, empower, and support those experiencing domestic or sexual violence. Grants provide a great amount of funding. Community support provides volunteers, monetary donations as well as goods and services. DKG Mid MO ladies chose to help this non profit group for the holidays. Chapters presented Jill Wade, the CADV repre-sentative, with the following donated items: ninety-three rolls of toilet paper, twenty-seven rolls of paper tow-els, ten large bottles of laundry detergent, one hundred twenty-six undergarments and fifty-two feminine hy-giene products. These gifts of love were taken to the shelter the following week by Karen and Deb and re-ceived by Jill and her team for victim use at the center. Each chapter shared the past year’s success stories and plans for the coming year. Tau newsletter editor Judy Stanford took photographs of the whole group as well as individual chapters. Each chapter re-ceived an emailed photograph. Judy sent Deltagrams a Mid MO photo. Karen Blevins and Deb Ferguson were presented with home-baked Eggnog Bread and the recipe from Tau President Nancy Lewis for organizing the event with Lake Tau ladies. President Nancy recognized Josh Crowell, PGA & Director of Food and Beverage at Osage National Golf Resort, and his staff for their fine services and assistance. The gathering ended by Tau ladies presenting each attendee with a dangling jingle bell attached to an organ-za gift bag filled with Lake items collected in November by Lake TAU members--Robin Adams, Carol Bas-sett, Deb Ferguson, Deb Meisenhelter, and Judy Stanford. Items included coupons and discounts from Osage Beach businesses, Stonecrest Book and Toy, Shabby Chic Boutique, the Outlet Mall, lotion from Bath and Body, complimentary homemade candy from Blair & Co Confectionery and a notepad and compli-mentary holiday ornament from Victoria’s Station. Memories and friendships were created, and a fun time was enjoyed by all.

“To Unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellow-ship.”

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Second Vice President/Membership Chair Gracie Fields

Ladies, if you would like to recommend a candidate for membership or for Lady of Distinction, you can go to the website and go to Resources to find Tau Chapter Resources: taudeltastate.weebly.com and use the password is tauchapter. Please bring the form(s) with the information to our February 11th meet-ing. “To Honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for dis-tinctive service in any field of education”

Please report your volunteer contributions for the T.H.A.T. report. The hours you have devoted to support early career educators can contrib-ute to this report, as well as the monetary contributions you have made to education. The volunteer hours and contributions made between dates April 1, 2016, and March 31, 2017, will be reported to Delta State after April 1. Tau members have been T.H.A.T. leaders in the state—let’s keep up the good work. Please send your report to Arlene Broeker at arlenebroeker512@gmail.com or mail to 409 E. Main Street, Linn, MO 65051 after April 1. I look forward to including YOUR contributions in the Tau Chapter Report. Thanks.

Leadership Development (THAT) Chair Arlene Broeker

I sent the photo of Deb, Jill Wade, and myself delivering all our wonderful donated items to the CADV to all papers that would cov-er most of the local home areas of the ladies that attended. I know you saw it in The News Focus in Osage Beach. I sent the article to the Eldon Advertiser and the News Tribune, California Democrat and Fulton newspaper. I haven’t heard if it was published else-where. I would like to give a shout out THANKS to all of the ladies that helped with preparing for that meeting. We rocked it with all of our efforts! I just sent cards to Shelley Smith who is recovering from surgery and Joan Marsch whose husband is undergoing cancer treatment.

Mid-MO/Courtesy Chair Karen Blevins

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I sent the Bylaws to Delta State. They should be up to date. I have not received a reply.

Research/Bylaws Chair Colleen Abbott

The Recruitment Grant letters were sent to 12 area high schools on December 31 requesting a return of the Recruitment Grant Application form, a resume, and official transcript. The deadline for application was to be postmarked on/before January 31, 2017. I have received 3 very promising applications so far. In the past I received 8 or 10 more by the deadline date. This year we had the ice storm the first week of January and schools were closed.

Recruitment Grant Chair Ruth Willhite

MEMBER IN THE NEWS

The Runge Center newsletter January/February recognized Jan Griffin in November for 3000 hours of volunteerism. Submitted by Colleen Abbott

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MEETING DATE:

February 11 10:30am

MRT Building 3030 Dupont Circle

Jefferson City

MENU: Continental Breakfast

DIRECTIONS: The Missouri Retired Teachers As-

sociation building is located at 3030 DuPont Circle, just off Tru-man Blvd. If you are traveling from the east, you can take the Dix Road exit to Industrial Drive—

which becomes Truman Blvd. Turn right onto DuPont Circle. The destination is just past the Conservation Commission

grounds. From the west, you can take the S. Country Club exit (past the Capital Mall) on Truman Blvd. Turn left onto DuPont Circle. The meeting will be in the lower level

of the building. If you need assis-tance walking to the building, you can drive to the lower level—parking is available on the side of the building or in front.

Come. Share. Enjoy!

Don’t forget to bring

Buddy Pack items:

cookies, fruit roll ups, individual mac and cheese, peanut butter,

fruit cups, granola bars, etc. Feel free to go off the list! Kids

are counting on you!

Celebrate Valentine’s Day early with Tau!

Judy Stanford, ed. 30 Southern Pine Ln Village of Four Seasons MO 65049

Phone: 573.964.6271 Email: jastanford30@gmail.com