8
August 2017 Changing With Today President’s Message Columbia County Association for Home and Community Education October 2018 Greetings, I’m writing my October message from our WAHCE convention in Pewaukee. Mary Ellen Ruesch and I toured the "Ten Chimneys Estate" in Genesee Depot. Ten Chimneys is the estate of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Legendary stars of the 1920's and 1930's frequent- ed their estate. "Every time I was visiting with the Lunts in Genesee Depot, I was in a sort of daze of wonder; the extraordinary care and beauty and taste...a sort of dream, a vision," (Katharine Hepburn). It’s a great place to tour, but you have to be able to walk since it’s not handicap friendly. I had two great lessons on Tuesday. My first lesson was “Perennials with a Purpose.” We were given a handout about perennials for cut flowers, for fragrance, to attract hummingbirds, for longest-lived, that stabilize and inhib- it weeds, and that manage water. This handout also listed perennials that would work well under different conditions. My second lesson was given by Rochelle Pennington, author of many books. This lesson was called “Old Fashioned Christmas: A heartwarming look at the past.” This was a nostalgic look back at Christmases from the 1930's, 40's and 50's. One interesting fact was that during World War II the Macy's Day Parade was cancelled. The World War II poster showed the balloons with the caption, "Gone to War—Parade Cancelled.” The rubber from the bal- loons was used to make tires for military vehicles. Rochelle was also our keynote speaker in the evening and talked about "The Christmas Tree Ship." This is a true story about a ship, the Rouse Simmons (known as the Christmas Tree Ship), that sank in Lake Michigan. Captain Herman Schuenemann, also know as Captain Santa, sailed to Michigan to harvest Christmas trees and bring them back to Chicago for the needy. On November 23, 1912, as the ship made its way back to Chicago from Michigan, (cont’d on p. 2) Page 2 $1,000 will be presented to Wisconsin Book- worms™ by an anonymous donor if 10 new members are recruited by December 31. Get to work clubs! We’ll post the progress in the next newsletters. (cont’d from p. 1) President’s Message the ship sank in bad weather with the loss of all on board. Captain Santa ig- nored several ominous warnings (he did not believe in them). Sailors be- lieved it to be unlucky to begin a voyage on Friday. Before the ship left the harbor in Michigan, several sailors saw droves of rats leaving the ship (a sign of change in weather), so 13 sailors did not leave with the ship. A horseshoe was nailed to the side of the ship for good luck; their horseshoe became loose and was hanging upside down. In October of 1971, scuba diver Gordon Kent Bellrichard located the ship resting on the lake bed in 172 feet of water. They noted that at the time of the find the Christmas trees still had their needles on them. I am going to try to find her book on this subject on amazon.com or at the library. I think it would be a good read. Kris Young, President Looking for 50-year members! Are you or anyone in your club celebrating 50 years of membership in HCE? If so, we’d like to celebrate with you at the Columbia County HCE Fall Council! Please help us honor long-time membership by completing an application for a 50-year membership certificate and send it to LuAnn at UW-Extension by Oct. 30, 2018. A form is enclosed in this newsletter. You can also call or e-mail LuAnn with the information. (contact info on p. 15)

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August 2017

Changing With Today

Presidentrsquos Message

Columbia County Association for Home and Community Education

October 2018

Greetings

Irsquom writing my October message from our WAHCE convention in

Pewaukee Mary Ellen Ruesch and I toured the Ten Chimneys Estate in

Genesee Depot Ten Chimneys is the estate of Broadway legends Alfred

Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Legendary stars of the 1920s and 1930s frequent-

ed their estate Every time I was visiting with the Lunts in Genesee Depot I

was in a sort of daze of wonder the extraordinary care and beauty and

tastea sort of dream a vision (Katharine Hepburn) Itrsquos a great place to

tour but you have to be able to walk since itrsquos not handicap friendly

I had two great lessons on Tuesday My first lesson was ldquoPerennials with a

Purposerdquo We were given a handout about perennials for cut flowers for

fragrance to attract hummingbirds for longest-lived that stabilize and inhib-

it weeds and that manage water This handout also listed perennials that

would work well under different conditions

My second lesson was given by Rochelle Pennington author of many books

This lesson was called ldquoOld Fashioned Christmas A heartwarming look at

the pastrdquo This was a nostalgic look back at Christmases from the 1930s 40s

and 50s One interesting fact was that during World War II the Macys Day

Parade was cancelled The World War II poster showed the balloons with

the caption Gone to WarmdashParade Cancelledrdquo The rubber from the bal-

loons was used to make tires for military vehicles

Rochelle was also our keynote speaker

in the evening and talked about The

Christmas Tree Ship This is a true

story about a ship the Rouse Simmons

(known as the Christmas Tree Ship)

that sank in Lake Michigan Captain

Herman Schuenemann also know as

Captain Santa sailed to Michigan to

harvest Christmas trees and bring them

back to Chicago for the needy On

November 23 1912 as the ship made

its way back to Chicago from Michigan (contrsquod on p 2)

Page 2

$1000 will be presented to Wisconsin Book-

wormstrade by an anonymous donor if 10 new members

are recruited by December 31 Get to work clubs

Wersquoll post the progress in the next

newsletters

(contrsquod from p 1) Presidentrsquos Message

the ship sank in bad weather with the loss of all on board Captain Santa ig-

nored several ominous warnings (he did not believe in them) Sailors be-

lieved it to be unlucky to begin a voyage on Friday Before the ship left the

harbor in Michigan several sailors saw droves of rats leaving the ship (a sign

of change in weather) so 13 sailors did not leave with the ship A horseshoe

was nailed to the side of the ship for good luck their horseshoe became loose

and was hanging upside down

In October of 1971 scuba diver Gordon Kent Bellrichard located the ship

resting on the lake bed in 172 feet of water They noted that at the time of the

find the Christmas trees still had their needles on them I am going to try to

find her book on this subject on amazoncom or at the library I think it

would be a good read

Kris Young President

Looking for 50-year members

Are you or anyone in your club celebrating 50 years of membership in HCE If so wersquod like to celebrate with

you at the Columbia County HCE Fall Council Please help us honor long-time membership by completing an

application for a 50-year membership certificate and

send it to LuAnn at UW-Extension by Oct 30 2018 A form is enclosed in this newsletter You can also call or

e-mail LuAnn with the information (contact info on p 15)

Page 3

Page 3

Columbia County Association for Home and Community Education

FALL COUNCIL Thursday November 1 2018 mdash 900 am-130 pm

Casino Supper Club N3233 Seier Road Fall River

$1500 (includes tax and tip) mdash lunch buffet with broasted chicken and Swedish meatballs The Costs of Climate Change and What We Can Do David Wernecke

Climate change is one of the major challenges to the continuation of a livable world we have been fortunate to have and hopefully pass on to those who follow David Werneckersquos talk will look at the causes and costs of climate change and the actions we can take to minimize and eventually reverse its harmful effects

Please bring an item for the food pantry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

FALL COUNCIL REGISTRATION FORM

NAME____________________________________________________ ADDRESS_________________________________________________ PHONE___________________________________________________ CLUB NAME or INDIVIDUAL_______________________________ Require special menu________________________________________ RSVP by October 29 by sending the registration form and your check for $1500 (payable to CCAHCE) to

Carol Beck CCAHCE Treasurer 5700 Prairie Stone Dr McFarland WI 53558

Page 4

One staple of the Portage fair circuit has been the cream puff which was again available through the University of Wisconsin-Extension Home and Community Educators who were raising funds for a slew of causes including the Columbia County Sheriffrsquos Office K-9 unit Neigh-bors in Constant Care of Columbus River Haven Homeless Shelter in Portage Hope House of Baraboo the Wisconsin Bookworms and the Portage Free Clinic ldquoIt starts at 11 but wersquove definitely already been sellingrdquo said Bobbie Goodman who explained that they had 240 pastries that they could puff though during the Columbia County Fair they do about 1000 ldquoAnd wersquore lucky this year that we donrsquot have wind The last two years wersquove had a big problem with wind and sometimes our tent came down and we had to hold it because you can see we canrsquot put it in the groundrdquo Goodman pointed to the tent poles standing on the bare concrete of the parking lot

Cream puff sales have been one of the major revenue sources for the organiza-tion Goodman said going back 16 years when its first whipping machine was pur-chased The group has developed a ldquosecretrdquo recipe involving ldquoa special kind of vanillardquo which Goodman recited by heart including measurements Nonetheless there was a laminated copy of the recipe posted in case one of the other members of the group needed to whip up a 60-puff batch mdashPortage Daily Register

August 26 2018

At the Taste of Portage on Saturday morning Bobbie Goodman puffs a cream puff for Home and Community Edu-cation donating funds to a host of local causes

Page 5

Thank you to all our helpers at the Columbia County Fair We

couldnrsquot do it without you

Margo Holzman Bea Pierquet Mary Ellen Ruesch

Kris Young Gert Stilson Joyce Abegglen

Jean Minick Elsie Taylor Linda Heckel

Betty Heller-Hobbs Linda Krejchik Kay MacLeish

Ann Tessmann Marge Steinich Judy Cuff

Anna Vedder Beth Hahn Betty Carrington

Cheryl Neef

Betty was in the hospital the day before What a trooper

(photo in August newsletter)

In addition to these people we have a few more people who have

gone beyond what would be expected of anyone

Beth Hahn bought us a spanking new apartment-size refrigerator

What a godsend at the fair to have it right in our booth at our fin-

gertips Thank you so very much Beth

How could I forget the two men in our cream puff endeavor Jim

Froehlich kept the whipper humming and working like a finely-

tuned machine Thank you Jim If anyone needs a tent put up or

secured because of high winds just give a holler to Luther Pohl

He was Johnny-on-the-spot at the Taste of Portage and Corn Daze

in Randolph Thank you Luther

We donrsquot pay much In fact we pay nothing So these three peo-

ple deserve a pat on the back And next year a free cream puff

Chris Berger Donna Kohnke Bobbie Goodman

Cream Puff Committee

Page 6

CCAHCE Executive Board Meeting President Kris Young called the May 15 2018 Columbia County HCE meeting to or-der at 930 am held at the Columbia County Administration Building Roll call was taken 9 members were present along with Pat Wagner Interim HCE Coordinator and the HCE Creed was recited Minutes of March 20 2018 CCAHCE Execu-tive Board Meeting ndash Linda Krejchik Secretary The minutes of the March 20 2018 CCAHCE meeting recorded by Liz Miller were read and accepted Treasurer Report ndash Kris Young (for Carol Beck absent) Kris Young reported on the Columbia County HCE Treasurerrsquos Report dated May 15 2018 The checking account balance is $1721333 the Emergency Savings Account balance is $565261 The report was filed subject to audit Kris also distributed the Income Expense 2018 report The audit remains to be completed by the audit committee Rendezvous Recap Attendees donated to River Haven cleaning items plus $70 which was designated to its roofing project Side note regarding additional River Haven dona-tions Aspen Family Counseling $500 Por-tage Pauquette Shelter organization $1500 Women Walk the World held April 29 2018 Charities Discussion tabled until November meeting One suggestion mentioned do-nating to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)

Review for hotel stays for HCE business The tax-exempt form is no longer required See the latest info in Update HCE State Conference September 17-19 2018 Spring into Action Columbia County Display Barb Kell will ready the display as clubs contribute items of their HCE projectsactivities the next newslet-ter will make an appeal for clubs to do so Also the display is housed in the Columbia County building Invitation to 2018 educational programs (2) Keep Your Credit Report in Check Childhood TraumaAdverse Childhood Experiences Open to everyone ndash details in Update Cultural Arts Entries Members need to deliv-er their entries to the conference by 1100 am Monday September 17 ndash no later Oth-erwise entrants may bring their items to the county building by no later than September 10 Donna Kohnke and daughter will deliver the entries to the conference Kris will follow up to see if the display form was received by the conference committee Silent Auction HCE executive board is put-ting together a basket of goodies for the con-ference silent auction Items are to be donat-ed at the county building by no later than September 11 ndash to be ready for the next scheduled executive board meeting Planning for the Fall Council meeting November 8 2018 Casino Supper Club Fall River Planning is tabled until the Sep-tember meeting So far the theme ldquoCost of Climate Change and What We Can Dordquo Donna Kohnke will be contacting the speaker (contrsquod on p 7)

Page 7

National HCE Week November 4-19 2018 Tabled until further discussion with Barb Kell who was absent from this meeting In the meantime individual HCE clubs are encouraged to contribute a press release to local newspapers and other media during that week Spring Exhibition Saturday May 19 Bethany Lutheran Church Wisconsin Dells The Wisconsin Dells Tae Kwon Do Martial Art Club will exhibit techniques of self-defense fighting and board break-ing Their popular anti-bully thinking and practices will also be presented Ages 10 to mid-70rsquos are welcome essentially the event is free and open to everyone There is a summer class also available Other Business Southwest District Meeting April 11 2018 Dodgeville Kay MacLeish men-tioned the keynote speaker and subject about mindfulness which ties in with our leader training in May Essential Oils for Mindfulness Scholarship ndash Dorothy NeitzelDonna MacLeish Two applicants have been selected to receive this yearrsquos HCE Scholarship Cultural Arts ndash Gert Stilson Please see previous remarks International ndash Margo Holzman Margo had chosen the Caribbean as our international outreach VP Miller will share her experience of touring Cuba (in September) at the next Rendezvous

Fund Raising ndash Bobbie Goodman The June newsletter will include a sign-up sheet for the cream puff sale at the Columbia County Fair (July 25-29) Volunteers will be required to contact the appropriate chair to confirm Education Program ndash Linda Heckel Linda is currently researching topic(s) Bookworms ndash Pat Wagner (reporting for Marie Gabris) Bookworms was a success during the previous year June 12 will be the next meeting for readers Note May 22 is the deadline for ordering books (for those who donrsquot read but want the books) Barn Quilts ndash Margo Holzman Margo has been on the look-out for new barn quilt displays She mentioned one being at the Indian Agency House but was unsure if it is registered A New Chair leaders Cambria Beth Hahn ColumbusFall River Elsie Taylor Closing The next CCAHCE Executive Board meeting will be held on September 11 2018 The HCE Creed was recited and the meeting adjourned at 1110 am Respectfully submitted Linda Krejchik Secretary

Page 8

Columbia County Fair Youth Encouragement Award Thank-Yoursquos

Page 9

The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke

amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr

Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful

Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for

all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling

Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-

tunities to help

The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and

some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment

Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-

ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us

all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member

will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-

ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing

The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of

fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair

cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be

at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-

vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area

gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games

They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other

civic organizations

Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge

Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing

go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion

and meal What good fun

Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to

be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a

craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents

miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to

sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks

Beth Hahn

Cambria Center Chair

Page 10

Hi Everyone

We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and

Handi with 11 members

Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club

in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for

lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through

the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues

collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club

members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to

follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also

The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a

finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council

on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River

Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open

with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We

collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-

house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We

shared new ideas and made purchases

Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth

Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-

ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in

April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those

attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next

year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-

tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed

Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing

Elsie Taylor

Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman

Page 11

Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts

Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her

Page 12

Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch

Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry

Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry

Below State conference ldquoSpring Into

Actionrdquo winner (the frog)

Page 13

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018

It was a GREAT conference again this year

I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus

took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were

built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt

initiated to get people back to work

in recovery from the depression

The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues

What You Need to Knowrdquo present-

ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the

lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and

our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons

anxiety depression and urinary

frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels

drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses

Sleep may be interrupted up to 100

times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness

Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only

work for a short time and one

wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if

taking Tylenol PM was okay and he

said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM

sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about

30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay

The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo

presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf

so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so

Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette

says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look

directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention

simply tap them on the shoulder

and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them

can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the

lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking

to them Donrsquot shout This does

not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-

cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-

guage hand motions such as ldquoStop

Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us

a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70

million deaf people worldwide and

in each country the sign language is different

(contrsquod next page)

Page 14

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)

Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-

ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business

called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-

dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex

Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is

well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry

The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young

people for an opportunity to ap-

proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are

recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot

get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for

attention and some of them are

homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised

us to watch at the malls and if

we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police

She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad

The dad was in a store and the

young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told

her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-

ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out

the girl said ldquoLook dad this man

can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He

looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The

police were able to arrest the per-

son because the business card had a phone number Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of

the girls wanting out of the sex business

Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel

Statistics from the conference

Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21

First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1

Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399

42 counties participated

Page 15

provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614

UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and

Relationships Staff

Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430

Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair

2018 HCE Executive Board

UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff

Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director

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Page 3

Columbia County Association for Home and Community Education

FALL COUNCIL Thursday November 1 2018 mdash 900 am-130 pm

Casino Supper Club N3233 Seier Road Fall River

$1500 (includes tax and tip) mdash lunch buffet with broasted chicken and Swedish meatballs The Costs of Climate Change and What We Can Do David Wernecke

Climate change is one of the major challenges to the continuation of a livable world we have been fortunate to have and hopefully pass on to those who follow David Werneckersquos talk will look at the causes and costs of climate change and the actions we can take to minimize and eventually reverse its harmful effects

Please bring an item for the food pantry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

FALL COUNCIL REGISTRATION FORM

NAME____________________________________________________ ADDRESS_________________________________________________ PHONE___________________________________________________ CLUB NAME or INDIVIDUAL_______________________________ Require special menu________________________________________ RSVP by October 29 by sending the registration form and your check for $1500 (payable to CCAHCE) to

Carol Beck CCAHCE Treasurer 5700 Prairie Stone Dr McFarland WI 53558

Page 4

One staple of the Portage fair circuit has been the cream puff which was again available through the University of Wisconsin-Extension Home and Community Educators who were raising funds for a slew of causes including the Columbia County Sheriffrsquos Office K-9 unit Neigh-bors in Constant Care of Columbus River Haven Homeless Shelter in Portage Hope House of Baraboo the Wisconsin Bookworms and the Portage Free Clinic ldquoIt starts at 11 but wersquove definitely already been sellingrdquo said Bobbie Goodman who explained that they had 240 pastries that they could puff though during the Columbia County Fair they do about 1000 ldquoAnd wersquore lucky this year that we donrsquot have wind The last two years wersquove had a big problem with wind and sometimes our tent came down and we had to hold it because you can see we canrsquot put it in the groundrdquo Goodman pointed to the tent poles standing on the bare concrete of the parking lot

Cream puff sales have been one of the major revenue sources for the organiza-tion Goodman said going back 16 years when its first whipping machine was pur-chased The group has developed a ldquosecretrdquo recipe involving ldquoa special kind of vanillardquo which Goodman recited by heart including measurements Nonetheless there was a laminated copy of the recipe posted in case one of the other members of the group needed to whip up a 60-puff batch mdashPortage Daily Register

August 26 2018

At the Taste of Portage on Saturday morning Bobbie Goodman puffs a cream puff for Home and Community Edu-cation donating funds to a host of local causes

Page 5

Thank you to all our helpers at the Columbia County Fair We

couldnrsquot do it without you

Margo Holzman Bea Pierquet Mary Ellen Ruesch

Kris Young Gert Stilson Joyce Abegglen

Jean Minick Elsie Taylor Linda Heckel

Betty Heller-Hobbs Linda Krejchik Kay MacLeish

Ann Tessmann Marge Steinich Judy Cuff

Anna Vedder Beth Hahn Betty Carrington

Cheryl Neef

Betty was in the hospital the day before What a trooper

(photo in August newsletter)

In addition to these people we have a few more people who have

gone beyond what would be expected of anyone

Beth Hahn bought us a spanking new apartment-size refrigerator

What a godsend at the fair to have it right in our booth at our fin-

gertips Thank you so very much Beth

How could I forget the two men in our cream puff endeavor Jim

Froehlich kept the whipper humming and working like a finely-

tuned machine Thank you Jim If anyone needs a tent put up or

secured because of high winds just give a holler to Luther Pohl

He was Johnny-on-the-spot at the Taste of Portage and Corn Daze

in Randolph Thank you Luther

We donrsquot pay much In fact we pay nothing So these three peo-

ple deserve a pat on the back And next year a free cream puff

Chris Berger Donna Kohnke Bobbie Goodman

Cream Puff Committee

Page 6

CCAHCE Executive Board Meeting President Kris Young called the May 15 2018 Columbia County HCE meeting to or-der at 930 am held at the Columbia County Administration Building Roll call was taken 9 members were present along with Pat Wagner Interim HCE Coordinator and the HCE Creed was recited Minutes of March 20 2018 CCAHCE Execu-tive Board Meeting ndash Linda Krejchik Secretary The minutes of the March 20 2018 CCAHCE meeting recorded by Liz Miller were read and accepted Treasurer Report ndash Kris Young (for Carol Beck absent) Kris Young reported on the Columbia County HCE Treasurerrsquos Report dated May 15 2018 The checking account balance is $1721333 the Emergency Savings Account balance is $565261 The report was filed subject to audit Kris also distributed the Income Expense 2018 report The audit remains to be completed by the audit committee Rendezvous Recap Attendees donated to River Haven cleaning items plus $70 which was designated to its roofing project Side note regarding additional River Haven dona-tions Aspen Family Counseling $500 Por-tage Pauquette Shelter organization $1500 Women Walk the World held April 29 2018 Charities Discussion tabled until November meeting One suggestion mentioned do-nating to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)

Review for hotel stays for HCE business The tax-exempt form is no longer required See the latest info in Update HCE State Conference September 17-19 2018 Spring into Action Columbia County Display Barb Kell will ready the display as clubs contribute items of their HCE projectsactivities the next newslet-ter will make an appeal for clubs to do so Also the display is housed in the Columbia County building Invitation to 2018 educational programs (2) Keep Your Credit Report in Check Childhood TraumaAdverse Childhood Experiences Open to everyone ndash details in Update Cultural Arts Entries Members need to deliv-er their entries to the conference by 1100 am Monday September 17 ndash no later Oth-erwise entrants may bring their items to the county building by no later than September 10 Donna Kohnke and daughter will deliver the entries to the conference Kris will follow up to see if the display form was received by the conference committee Silent Auction HCE executive board is put-ting together a basket of goodies for the con-ference silent auction Items are to be donat-ed at the county building by no later than September 11 ndash to be ready for the next scheduled executive board meeting Planning for the Fall Council meeting November 8 2018 Casino Supper Club Fall River Planning is tabled until the Sep-tember meeting So far the theme ldquoCost of Climate Change and What We Can Dordquo Donna Kohnke will be contacting the speaker (contrsquod on p 7)

Page 7

National HCE Week November 4-19 2018 Tabled until further discussion with Barb Kell who was absent from this meeting In the meantime individual HCE clubs are encouraged to contribute a press release to local newspapers and other media during that week Spring Exhibition Saturday May 19 Bethany Lutheran Church Wisconsin Dells The Wisconsin Dells Tae Kwon Do Martial Art Club will exhibit techniques of self-defense fighting and board break-ing Their popular anti-bully thinking and practices will also be presented Ages 10 to mid-70rsquos are welcome essentially the event is free and open to everyone There is a summer class also available Other Business Southwest District Meeting April 11 2018 Dodgeville Kay MacLeish men-tioned the keynote speaker and subject about mindfulness which ties in with our leader training in May Essential Oils for Mindfulness Scholarship ndash Dorothy NeitzelDonna MacLeish Two applicants have been selected to receive this yearrsquos HCE Scholarship Cultural Arts ndash Gert Stilson Please see previous remarks International ndash Margo Holzman Margo had chosen the Caribbean as our international outreach VP Miller will share her experience of touring Cuba (in September) at the next Rendezvous

Fund Raising ndash Bobbie Goodman The June newsletter will include a sign-up sheet for the cream puff sale at the Columbia County Fair (July 25-29) Volunteers will be required to contact the appropriate chair to confirm Education Program ndash Linda Heckel Linda is currently researching topic(s) Bookworms ndash Pat Wagner (reporting for Marie Gabris) Bookworms was a success during the previous year June 12 will be the next meeting for readers Note May 22 is the deadline for ordering books (for those who donrsquot read but want the books) Barn Quilts ndash Margo Holzman Margo has been on the look-out for new barn quilt displays She mentioned one being at the Indian Agency House but was unsure if it is registered A New Chair leaders Cambria Beth Hahn ColumbusFall River Elsie Taylor Closing The next CCAHCE Executive Board meeting will be held on September 11 2018 The HCE Creed was recited and the meeting adjourned at 1110 am Respectfully submitted Linda Krejchik Secretary

Page 8

Columbia County Fair Youth Encouragement Award Thank-Yoursquos

Page 9

The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke

amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr

Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful

Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for

all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling

Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-

tunities to help

The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and

some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment

Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-

ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us

all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member

will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-

ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing

The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of

fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair

cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be

at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-

vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area

gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games

They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other

civic organizations

Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge

Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing

go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion

and meal What good fun

Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to

be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a

craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents

miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to

sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks

Beth Hahn

Cambria Center Chair

Page 10

Hi Everyone

We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and

Handi with 11 members

Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club

in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for

lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through

the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues

collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club

members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to

follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also

The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a

finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council

on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River

Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open

with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We

collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-

house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We

shared new ideas and made purchases

Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth

Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-

ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in

April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those

attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next

year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-

tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed

Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing

Elsie Taylor

Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman

Page 11

Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts

Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her

Page 12

Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch

Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry

Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry

Below State conference ldquoSpring Into

Actionrdquo winner (the frog)

Page 13

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018

It was a GREAT conference again this year

I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus

took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were

built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt

initiated to get people back to work

in recovery from the depression

The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues

What You Need to Knowrdquo present-

ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the

lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and

our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons

anxiety depression and urinary

frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels

drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses

Sleep may be interrupted up to 100

times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness

Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only

work for a short time and one

wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if

taking Tylenol PM was okay and he

said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM

sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about

30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay

The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo

presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf

so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so

Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette

says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look

directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention

simply tap them on the shoulder

and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them

can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the

lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking

to them Donrsquot shout This does

not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-

cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-

guage hand motions such as ldquoStop

Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us

a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70

million deaf people worldwide and

in each country the sign language is different

(contrsquod next page)

Page 14

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)

Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-

ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business

called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-

dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex

Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is

well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry

The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young

people for an opportunity to ap-

proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are

recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot

get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for

attention and some of them are

homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised

us to watch at the malls and if

we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police

She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad

The dad was in a store and the

young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told

her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-

ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out

the girl said ldquoLook dad this man

can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He

looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The

police were able to arrest the per-

son because the business card had a phone number Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of

the girls wanting out of the sex business

Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel

Statistics from the conference

Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21

First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1

Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399

42 counties participated

Page 15

provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614

UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and

Relationships Staff

Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430

Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair

2018 HCE Executive Board

UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff

Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director

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Thank you to all our helpers at the Columbia County Fair We

couldnrsquot do it without you

Margo Holzman Bea Pierquet Mary Ellen Ruesch

Kris Young Gert Stilson Joyce Abegglen

Jean Minick Elsie Taylor Linda Heckel

Betty Heller-Hobbs Linda Krejchik Kay MacLeish

Ann Tessmann Marge Steinich Judy Cuff

Anna Vedder Beth Hahn Betty Carrington

Cheryl Neef

Betty was in the hospital the day before What a trooper

(photo in August newsletter)

In addition to these people we have a few more people who have

gone beyond what would be expected of anyone

Beth Hahn bought us a spanking new apartment-size refrigerator

What a godsend at the fair to have it right in our booth at our fin-

gertips Thank you so very much Beth

How could I forget the two men in our cream puff endeavor Jim

Froehlich kept the whipper humming and working like a finely-

tuned machine Thank you Jim If anyone needs a tent put up or

secured because of high winds just give a holler to Luther Pohl

He was Johnny-on-the-spot at the Taste of Portage and Corn Daze

in Randolph Thank you Luther

We donrsquot pay much In fact we pay nothing So these three peo-

ple deserve a pat on the back And next year a free cream puff

Chris Berger Donna Kohnke Bobbie Goodman

Cream Puff Committee

Page 6

CCAHCE Executive Board Meeting President Kris Young called the May 15 2018 Columbia County HCE meeting to or-der at 930 am held at the Columbia County Administration Building Roll call was taken 9 members were present along with Pat Wagner Interim HCE Coordinator and the HCE Creed was recited Minutes of March 20 2018 CCAHCE Execu-tive Board Meeting ndash Linda Krejchik Secretary The minutes of the March 20 2018 CCAHCE meeting recorded by Liz Miller were read and accepted Treasurer Report ndash Kris Young (for Carol Beck absent) Kris Young reported on the Columbia County HCE Treasurerrsquos Report dated May 15 2018 The checking account balance is $1721333 the Emergency Savings Account balance is $565261 The report was filed subject to audit Kris also distributed the Income Expense 2018 report The audit remains to be completed by the audit committee Rendezvous Recap Attendees donated to River Haven cleaning items plus $70 which was designated to its roofing project Side note regarding additional River Haven dona-tions Aspen Family Counseling $500 Por-tage Pauquette Shelter organization $1500 Women Walk the World held April 29 2018 Charities Discussion tabled until November meeting One suggestion mentioned do-nating to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)

Review for hotel stays for HCE business The tax-exempt form is no longer required See the latest info in Update HCE State Conference September 17-19 2018 Spring into Action Columbia County Display Barb Kell will ready the display as clubs contribute items of their HCE projectsactivities the next newslet-ter will make an appeal for clubs to do so Also the display is housed in the Columbia County building Invitation to 2018 educational programs (2) Keep Your Credit Report in Check Childhood TraumaAdverse Childhood Experiences Open to everyone ndash details in Update Cultural Arts Entries Members need to deliv-er their entries to the conference by 1100 am Monday September 17 ndash no later Oth-erwise entrants may bring their items to the county building by no later than September 10 Donna Kohnke and daughter will deliver the entries to the conference Kris will follow up to see if the display form was received by the conference committee Silent Auction HCE executive board is put-ting together a basket of goodies for the con-ference silent auction Items are to be donat-ed at the county building by no later than September 11 ndash to be ready for the next scheduled executive board meeting Planning for the Fall Council meeting November 8 2018 Casino Supper Club Fall River Planning is tabled until the Sep-tember meeting So far the theme ldquoCost of Climate Change and What We Can Dordquo Donna Kohnke will be contacting the speaker (contrsquod on p 7)

Page 7

National HCE Week November 4-19 2018 Tabled until further discussion with Barb Kell who was absent from this meeting In the meantime individual HCE clubs are encouraged to contribute a press release to local newspapers and other media during that week Spring Exhibition Saturday May 19 Bethany Lutheran Church Wisconsin Dells The Wisconsin Dells Tae Kwon Do Martial Art Club will exhibit techniques of self-defense fighting and board break-ing Their popular anti-bully thinking and practices will also be presented Ages 10 to mid-70rsquos are welcome essentially the event is free and open to everyone There is a summer class also available Other Business Southwest District Meeting April 11 2018 Dodgeville Kay MacLeish men-tioned the keynote speaker and subject about mindfulness which ties in with our leader training in May Essential Oils for Mindfulness Scholarship ndash Dorothy NeitzelDonna MacLeish Two applicants have been selected to receive this yearrsquos HCE Scholarship Cultural Arts ndash Gert Stilson Please see previous remarks International ndash Margo Holzman Margo had chosen the Caribbean as our international outreach VP Miller will share her experience of touring Cuba (in September) at the next Rendezvous

Fund Raising ndash Bobbie Goodman The June newsletter will include a sign-up sheet for the cream puff sale at the Columbia County Fair (July 25-29) Volunteers will be required to contact the appropriate chair to confirm Education Program ndash Linda Heckel Linda is currently researching topic(s) Bookworms ndash Pat Wagner (reporting for Marie Gabris) Bookworms was a success during the previous year June 12 will be the next meeting for readers Note May 22 is the deadline for ordering books (for those who donrsquot read but want the books) Barn Quilts ndash Margo Holzman Margo has been on the look-out for new barn quilt displays She mentioned one being at the Indian Agency House but was unsure if it is registered A New Chair leaders Cambria Beth Hahn ColumbusFall River Elsie Taylor Closing The next CCAHCE Executive Board meeting will be held on September 11 2018 The HCE Creed was recited and the meeting adjourned at 1110 am Respectfully submitted Linda Krejchik Secretary

Page 8

Columbia County Fair Youth Encouragement Award Thank-Yoursquos

Page 9

The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke

amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr

Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful

Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for

all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling

Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-

tunities to help

The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and

some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment

Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-

ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us

all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member

will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-

ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing

The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of

fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair

cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be

at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-

vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area

gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games

They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other

civic organizations

Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge

Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing

go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion

and meal What good fun

Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to

be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a

craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents

miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to

sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks

Beth Hahn

Cambria Center Chair

Page 10

Hi Everyone

We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and

Handi with 11 members

Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club

in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for

lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through

the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues

collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club

members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to

follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also

The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a

finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council

on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River

Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open

with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We

collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-

house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We

shared new ideas and made purchases

Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth

Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-

ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in

April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those

attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next

year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-

tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed

Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing

Elsie Taylor

Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman

Page 11

Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts

Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her

Page 12

Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch

Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry

Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry

Below State conference ldquoSpring Into

Actionrdquo winner (the frog)

Page 13

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018

It was a GREAT conference again this year

I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus

took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were

built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt

initiated to get people back to work

in recovery from the depression

The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues

What You Need to Knowrdquo present-

ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the

lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and

our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons

anxiety depression and urinary

frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels

drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses

Sleep may be interrupted up to 100

times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness

Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only

work for a short time and one

wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if

taking Tylenol PM was okay and he

said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM

sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about

30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay

The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo

presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf

so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so

Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette

says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look

directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention

simply tap them on the shoulder

and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them

can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the

lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking

to them Donrsquot shout This does

not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-

cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-

guage hand motions such as ldquoStop

Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us

a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70

million deaf people worldwide and

in each country the sign language is different

(contrsquod next page)

Page 14

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)

Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-

ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business

called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-

dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex

Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is

well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry

The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young

people for an opportunity to ap-

proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are

recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot

get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for

attention and some of them are

homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised

us to watch at the malls and if

we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police

She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad

The dad was in a store and the

young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told

her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-

ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out

the girl said ldquoLook dad this man

can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He

looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The

police were able to arrest the per-

son because the business card had a phone number Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of

the girls wanting out of the sex business

Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel

Statistics from the conference

Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21

First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1

Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399

42 counties participated

Page 15

provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614

UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and

Relationships Staff

Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430

Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair

2018 HCE Executive Board

UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff

Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director

An

EE

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Page 16

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112 E

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35

5

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390

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Zip

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Page 7

National HCE Week November 4-19 2018 Tabled until further discussion with Barb Kell who was absent from this meeting In the meantime individual HCE clubs are encouraged to contribute a press release to local newspapers and other media during that week Spring Exhibition Saturday May 19 Bethany Lutheran Church Wisconsin Dells The Wisconsin Dells Tae Kwon Do Martial Art Club will exhibit techniques of self-defense fighting and board break-ing Their popular anti-bully thinking and practices will also be presented Ages 10 to mid-70rsquos are welcome essentially the event is free and open to everyone There is a summer class also available Other Business Southwest District Meeting April 11 2018 Dodgeville Kay MacLeish men-tioned the keynote speaker and subject about mindfulness which ties in with our leader training in May Essential Oils for Mindfulness Scholarship ndash Dorothy NeitzelDonna MacLeish Two applicants have been selected to receive this yearrsquos HCE Scholarship Cultural Arts ndash Gert Stilson Please see previous remarks International ndash Margo Holzman Margo had chosen the Caribbean as our international outreach VP Miller will share her experience of touring Cuba (in September) at the next Rendezvous

Fund Raising ndash Bobbie Goodman The June newsletter will include a sign-up sheet for the cream puff sale at the Columbia County Fair (July 25-29) Volunteers will be required to contact the appropriate chair to confirm Education Program ndash Linda Heckel Linda is currently researching topic(s) Bookworms ndash Pat Wagner (reporting for Marie Gabris) Bookworms was a success during the previous year June 12 will be the next meeting for readers Note May 22 is the deadline for ordering books (for those who donrsquot read but want the books) Barn Quilts ndash Margo Holzman Margo has been on the look-out for new barn quilt displays She mentioned one being at the Indian Agency House but was unsure if it is registered A New Chair leaders Cambria Beth Hahn ColumbusFall River Elsie Taylor Closing The next CCAHCE Executive Board meeting will be held on September 11 2018 The HCE Creed was recited and the meeting adjourned at 1110 am Respectfully submitted Linda Krejchik Secretary

Page 8

Columbia County Fair Youth Encouragement Award Thank-Yoursquos

Page 9

The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke

amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr

Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful

Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for

all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling

Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-

tunities to help

The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and

some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment

Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-

ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us

all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member

will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-

ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing

The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of

fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair

cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be

at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-

vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area

gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games

They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other

civic organizations

Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge

Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing

go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion

and meal What good fun

Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to

be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a

craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents

miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to

sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks

Beth Hahn

Cambria Center Chair

Page 10

Hi Everyone

We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and

Handi with 11 members

Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club

in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for

lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through

the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues

collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club

members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to

follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also

The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a

finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council

on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River

Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open

with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We

collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-

house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We

shared new ideas and made purchases

Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth

Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-

ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in

April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those

attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next

year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-

tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed

Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing

Elsie Taylor

Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman

Page 11

Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts

Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her

Page 12

Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch

Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry

Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry

Below State conference ldquoSpring Into

Actionrdquo winner (the frog)

Page 13

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018

It was a GREAT conference again this year

I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus

took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were

built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt

initiated to get people back to work

in recovery from the depression

The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues

What You Need to Knowrdquo present-

ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the

lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and

our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons

anxiety depression and urinary

frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels

drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses

Sleep may be interrupted up to 100

times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness

Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only

work for a short time and one

wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if

taking Tylenol PM was okay and he

said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM

sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about

30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay

The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo

presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf

so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so

Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette

says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look

directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention

simply tap them on the shoulder

and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them

can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the

lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking

to them Donrsquot shout This does

not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-

cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-

guage hand motions such as ldquoStop

Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us

a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70

million deaf people worldwide and

in each country the sign language is different

(contrsquod next page)

Page 14

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)

Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-

ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business

called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-

dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex

Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is

well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry

The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young

people for an opportunity to ap-

proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are

recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot

get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for

attention and some of them are

homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised

us to watch at the malls and if

we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police

She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad

The dad was in a store and the

young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told

her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-

ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out

the girl said ldquoLook dad this man

can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He

looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The

police were able to arrest the per-

son because the business card had a phone number Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of

the girls wanting out of the sex business

Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel

Statistics from the conference

Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21

First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1

Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399

42 counties participated

Page 15

provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614

UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and

Relationships Staff

Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430

Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair

2018 HCE Executive Board

UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff

Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director

An

EE

OA

ffirm

ativ

e A

ctio

n em

ploy

er U

nive

rsity

of W

isco

nsin

-Ext

ensi

on p

rovi

des

equa

l opp

ortu

nitie

s in

em

ploy

men

t and

pro

gram

in

clud

ing

Titl

e V

I T

itle

IX a

nd A

DA

req

uire

men

ts

Ple

ase

mak

e re

ques

ts fo

r re

ason

able

acc

omm

odat

ions

to e

nsur

e eq

ual a

cces

s to

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

ams

as e

arly

as

poss

ible

pre

ced

ing

the

sche

dule

d pr

ogra

m s

ervi

ce o

r ac

tivity

Page 16

Fam

ily D

evelo

pm

ent

Adm

inis

trati

on B

uildin

g

112 E

Edgew

ate

r Str

eet

Room

212

Port

age

WI 53901

(608)7

42-9

680

711 f

or

Wis

consi

n R

ela

y

AD

DR

ESS S

ER

VIC

E R

EQ

UEST

ED

NO

N P

RO

FIT

OR

G

US

P

OS

TA

GE

PA

ID

Pe

rmit

No

35

5

Po

rtag

e W

I 5

390

1

laquoF

4raquo laquo

F2

raquo

laquoF

6raquo

laquoF

8raquo laquo

Sta

teraquo laquo

Zip

raquo

Page 9

The Head Cream Puff GalsmdashBobbie Goodman (Pardeeville) Donna Kohnke

amp Chris Berger (Cambria) and thankfully assisted by Mr Goodman Mr

Froehlich and the Pohl family (also of Cambria)mdashhad a busy and successful

Fair Taste of Portage and Labor Day We owe them each our gratitude for

all the storing ordering scheduling pickup setup errands and dismantling

Volunteers are always welcome Donrsquot miss the good fun and sign-up oppor-

tunities to help

The Kozy Korner club has been active with meetings bingo at Wyocena and

some fun outings to nearby interests of hostas food and entertainment

Donna Kohnke has again been an exceptional part of leadership program-

ming and all things HCE at all levels The death of John Link saddened us

all This year after several years Lorraine Hahn a 60-year plus member

will not be attending the state conference She is again sending a blue-

ribboned floral painting for the cultural arts judging She is amazing

The Cambria club is celebrating the end of a busy summer and beginning of

fall programming Chris Berger invites everyone to try better-than-state-fair

cream puffs next year The new fall council date is November 1 and will be

at the Casino Fall River Roxanne Krueger enjoyed her first HCE state con-

vention in Pewaukee and invites you each to go next time The Cambria-area

gals run the concession stands by turn for volleyball and basketball games

They also do private charitable assisting with the Kiwanis the park and other

civic organizations

Prairie club women are busy involved and active Ann Tessman and Marge

Steinich sold lots of cream puffs at the fair The women schedules allowing

go to each leader training meeting as a group and follow-up with discussion

and meal What good fun

Cambria independent members report that Judy Cuffrsquos cardstock is going to

be going to state again as are Sandy Pohlrsquos entries Sandy is going to be a

craft workshop state presenter Gals she can pack a car lug its contents

miles and do a mean presentation Anna Vedder and Judy also invite you to

sell cream puffs and do conventions What fun it is to meet new folks

Beth Hahn

Cambria Center Chair

Page 10

Hi Everyone

We have two clubs in our centermdashSparkettes with 5 members and

Handi with 11 members

Sparkettes are planning how to celebrate their 60th year as a club

in HCE Congratulations ladies They meet at different places for

lunch recite the Prayer Creed review past minutes reports go through

the newsletter and discuss lesson materials Election of officers dues

collected and the financial report are sent to the county All the club

members may attend leader training meetings with their meeting to

follow Pennies for Friendship are collected also

The most recent projectmdashwreath makingmdashwas enjoyed by all with a

finished project to take home The group plans to attend Fall Council

on November 1st at the Casino Supper Club Fall River

Handi (my club) also meets different places for lunch We open

with the HCE Creed review minutes reports and the newsletter We

collect Pennies for Friendship Our May meeting took us to a green-

house in Iron Ridge There were lots of garden ideas and plants We

shared new ideas and made purchases

Project lessons are shared and discussed We donated $40 to the Youth

Encouragement Awards Fund We also entered the ldquoFun Catego-

ryrdquo (Spring Into Action) at the Southwest District meeting held in

April and we won Many of us attended the wreath project and those

attending enjoyed leaving with a finished fall wreath Offices for next

year were filled and dues were collected Many members plan to at-

tend Fall Council Our meetings close with the HCE Prayer Creed

Take care ladies Keep learning caring and sharing

Elsie Taylor

Columbus-Fall River Center Chairman

Page 11

Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts

Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her

Page 12

Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch

Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry

Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry

Below State conference ldquoSpring Into

Actionrdquo winner (the frog)

Page 13

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018

It was a GREAT conference again this year

I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus

took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were

built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt

initiated to get people back to work

in recovery from the depression

The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues

What You Need to Knowrdquo present-

ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the

lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and

our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons

anxiety depression and urinary

frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels

drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses

Sleep may be interrupted up to 100

times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness

Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only

work for a short time and one

wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if

taking Tylenol PM was okay and he

said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM

sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about

30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay

The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo

presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf

so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so

Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette

says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look

directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention

simply tap them on the shoulder

and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them

can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the

lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking

to them Donrsquot shout This does

not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-

cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-

guage hand motions such as ldquoStop

Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us

a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70

million deaf people worldwide and

in each country the sign language is different

(contrsquod next page)

Page 14

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)

Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-

ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business

called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-

dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex

Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is

well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry

The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young

people for an opportunity to ap-

proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are

recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot

get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for

attention and some of them are

homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised

us to watch at the malls and if

we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police

She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad

The dad was in a store and the

young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told

her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-

ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out

the girl said ldquoLook dad this man

can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He

looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The

police were able to arrest the per-

son because the business card had a phone number Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of

the girls wanting out of the sex business

Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel

Statistics from the conference

Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21

First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1

Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399

42 counties participated

Page 15

provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614

UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and

Relationships Staff

Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430

Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair

2018 HCE Executive Board

UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff

Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director

An

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OA

ffirm

ativ

e A

ctio

n em

ploy

er U

nive

rsity

of W

isco

nsin

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on p

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pro

gram

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mak

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Page 11

Wow Amazing Incredible Beautiful These are some of the words we heard applied to entries arriving at the State Cultural Arts Exhibit Columbia County collected quite a few of them If it had been a baseball game there would have been quite a few runs batted in Donna MacLeish hit a grand slam with her childrens overalls and shirt winning a MERIT AWARD not to mention a near miss with her embroidery and non-fiction writing winning blue ribbons Sandy Pohl added to the score with blue ribbons on her photos and jewelry set Judy Cuff (mixed media cards) Nonalee Savoy (hooked rug) Mary Ellen Ruesch (pieced quilt) and Lorraine Hahn (oil painting) continued the run with blue ribbons on each of their entries Phyllis Peterson (tied quilt) continued the ribbon count with a solid red Sue Petersons (knit shawl) blue ribbon was perhaps the sweetestmdasha fitting memorial to an outstanding woman who enjoyed making many crafted items Those Brewers cant hold a candle to the HCE women of Columbia County Congratulations to all these winners Gert Stilson Cheryl Neef Co-ChairmenCultural Arts

Halloween humorhellip Two monsters went to a Halloween party Suddenly one said to the other A lady just rolled her eyes at me What should I do The other monster replied Be a gentleman and roll them back to her

Page 12

Above left Mary Ellen Ruesch

Above right Donna MacLeishrsquos entry

Right Sue Petersonrsquos entry

Below State conference ldquoSpring Into

Actionrdquo winner (the frog)

Page 13

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018

It was a GREAT conference again this year

I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus

took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were

built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt

initiated to get people back to work

in recovery from the depression

The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues

What You Need to Knowrdquo present-

ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the

lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and

our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons

anxiety depression and urinary

frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels

drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses

Sleep may be interrupted up to 100

times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness

Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only

work for a short time and one

wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if

taking Tylenol PM was okay and he

said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM

sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about

30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay

The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo

presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf

so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so

Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette

says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look

directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention

simply tap them on the shoulder

and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them

can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the

lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking

to them Donrsquot shout This does

not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-

cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-

guage hand motions such as ldquoStop

Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us

a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70

million deaf people worldwide and

in each country the sign language is different

(contrsquod next page)

Page 14

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)

Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-

ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business

called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-

dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex

Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is

well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry

The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young

people for an opportunity to ap-

proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are

recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot

get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for

attention and some of them are

homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised

us to watch at the malls and if

we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police

She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad

The dad was in a store and the

young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told

her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-

ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out

the girl said ldquoLook dad this man

can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He

looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The

police were able to arrest the per-

son because the business card had a phone number Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of

the girls wanting out of the sex business

Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel

Statistics from the conference

Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21

First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1

Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399

42 counties participated

Page 15

provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614

UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and

Relationships Staff

Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430

Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair

2018 HCE Executive Board

UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff

Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director

An

EE

OA

ffirm

ativ

e A

ctio

n em

ploy

er U

nive

rsity

of W

isco

nsin

-Ext

ensi

on p

rovi

des

equa

l opp

ortu

nitie

s in

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ploy

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t and

pro

gram

in

clud

ing

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IX a

nd A

DA

req

uire

men

ts

Ple

ase

mak

e re

ques

ts fo

r re

ason

able

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omm

odat

ions

to e

nsur

e eq

ual a

cces

s to

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

ams

as e

arly

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poss

ible

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ced

ing

the

sche

dule

d pr

ogra

m s

ervi

ce o

r ac

tivity

Page 16

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ily D

evelo

pm

ent

Adm

inis

trati

on B

uildin

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112 E

Edgew

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Room

212

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WI 53901

(608)7

42-9

680

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Wis

consi

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DR

ESS S

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Page 13

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT-SEPT 17-19 2018

It was a GREAT conference again this year

I chose to go on the tour to ldquoTaste of Homerdquo in Greendale The bus

took us on a tour of some of the homes in Greendale which were

built during the 1930rsquos through a program which President Roosevelt

initiated to get people back to work

in recovery from the depression

The first session I attended on Tues am was ldquoSleep Issues

What You Need to Knowrdquo present-

ed by Dr Fawad Khan Since we spend 13 of our life sleeping the

lack of sleep can affect our heart health brain health our lungs and

our energy It can cause atrial fi-brillation dementia Parkinsons

anxiety depression and urinary

frequency During sleep apnea breathing may stop oxygen levels

drop snoring occurs and the air-way relaxes andor collapses

Sleep may be interrupted up to 100

times per hour causing early morn-ing headaches and day sleepiness

Dr Khan does not recommend sleep medications as they only

work for a short time and one

wakes up feeling groggy and not refreshed One person asked if

taking Tylenol PM was okay and he

said ldquoNo it interrupts our REM

sleeprdquo REM (rapid eye movement) sleep normally occurs during about

30 of our total nightrsquos sleep He said taking melatonin is okay

The next session I attended was ldquoAmerican Sign Language Todayrdquo

presented by Kara Thomas I have a great granddaughter who is deaf

so I thought this session would be helpful and it was very much so

Deaf and hard of hearing etiquette

says when you are with a deaf per-son itrsquos important to talk and look

directly at them and not the inter-preter To get their attention

simply tap them on the shoulder

and give a quick hand shake to get their attention as some of them

can lip read However only about 20-30 of speech is visible on the

lips Do not turn away to point cover your face or eat while talking

to them Donrsquot shout This does

not improve communication Smile Deaf people like to be in-

cluded just like anyone else She showed us some simple sign lan-

guage hand motions such as ldquoStop

Help Please Yes No Bathroom and Thank Yourdquo She also gave us

a web site which teaches sign lan-guage There are more than 70

million deaf people worldwide and

in each country the sign language is different

(contrsquod next page)

Page 14

WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE

REPORT (contrsquod from p 13)

Session 5 was ldquoHuman Traffick-

ing in Wisconsinrdquo by Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox She is an attor-ney and has her own business

called Lotus Legal Clinic Sex traffic is the largest growing in-

dustry in the world Milwaukee is known as the ldquoHarvard of the Sex

Universityrdquo Wisconsin Dells is

well known for recruiting young girlsboys into the sex industry

The ldquopimpsrdquo or ldquojohnsrdquo hang out at the malls and watch the young

people for an opportunity to ap-

proach them alone 12-14 years of age is when many of them are

recruited to enter the sex trade Many of these young people donrsquot

get along with their parents They are lonely and looking for

attention and some of them are

homeless One in ten 18-25 year olds are homeless She advised

us to watch at the malls and if

we see something suspicious to immediately inform the police

She told of one young girl that was at the mall with her dad

The dad was in a store and the

young person was out in the mall when a man approached her told

her how beautiful she was and that he could get her into model-

ling He gave her his business card When the dad came out

the girl said ldquoLook dad this man

can get me a modelling jobrdquo and gave him the business card He

looked at it and took her immedi-ately to the police station The

police were able to arrest the per-

son because the business card had a phone number Rachel

Monaco-Wilcox provides legal services free of charge for any of

the girls wanting out of the sex business

Submitted by Dorothy Neitzel

Statistics from the conference

Registration Entire conferencemdash279 One day registrationsmdash21

First timersmdash19 Out of statemdash0 Menmdash4 UW-Extensionmdash1

Cultural Arts Total entries 425 with 26 no show for a total of 399

42 counties participated

Page 15

provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614

UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and

Relationships Staff

Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430

Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair

2018 HCE Executive Board

UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff

Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director

An

EE

OA

ffirm

ativ

e A

ctio

n em

ploy

er U

nive

rsity

of W

isco

nsin

-Ext

ensi

on p

rovi

des

equa

l opp

ortu

nitie

s in

em

ploy

men

t and

pro

gram

in

clud

ing

Titl

e V

I T

itle

IX a

nd A

DA

req

uire

men

ts

Ple

ase

mak

e re

ques

ts fo

r re

ason

able

acc

omm

odat

ions

to e

nsur

e eq

ual a

cces

s to

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

ams

as e

arly

as

poss

ible

pre

ced

ing

the

sche

dule

d pr

ogra

m s

ervi

ce o

r ac

tivity

Page 16

Fam

ily D

evelo

pm

ent

Adm

inis

trati

on B

uildin

g

112 E

Edgew

ate

r Str

eet

Room

212

Port

age

WI 53901

(608)7

42-9

680

711 f

or

Wis

consi

n R

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y

AD

DR

ESS S

ER

VIC

E R

EQ

UEST

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NO

N P

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P

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Page 15

provides oversight to UW-Extension Mike Weyh (chair) 608-742-2314 Harlan Baumgartner 920-992-5180 John A Stevenson 608-516-1528 Tim Zander 608-948-8216 Gary Leatherberry (secretary) 608-206-3614

UW-Extension Columbia County Human Development and

Relationships Staff

Vacant Homepage httpcolumbiauwexedu LuAnn Olson Administrative Assistant Phone 608-742-9688 luannolsoncesuwexedu Office hours Mon-Wed 800-430

Kris Young President Liz Miller Vice President President Elect Kay MacLeish Past President Vacant MembershipMarketing Linda Krejchik Secretary Carol Beck Treasurer Margo Holzman International Coordinator Linda Heckel Education Program Coordinator Dorothy Neitzel ldquo Changing with Todayrdquo Editor Cheryl Neef Cultural Arts Gertrude Stilson Cultural Arts Barn Quilts Committee Bobbie Goodman Fund-raising Chris Berger Fund-raising Donna Kohnke Fund-raising Donna MacLeish Scholarship Dorothy Neitzel Scholarship Donna Kohnke Education Community Outreach Coordinator Marie Gabris Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Donna MacLeish Wisconsin Bookwormstrade Avis Link Sunshine Linda Heckel CaledoniaPortageWI Dells Lewiston Center Chair Beth Hahn Cambria Center Chair Elsie Taylor ColumbusFall River Center Chair Cheryl Neef Pardeeville Center Chair Kris Young PoynetteLodi Center Chair

2018 HCE Executive Board

UW-Extension Columbia County Office Staff

Jennifer Evans Administrative Assistant Caitlin Richardson FoodWIse Program Coordinator Kathleen Haas Communities Extension Educator George Koepp Agriculture Extension Educator Pat Wagner Human Development Youth Extension Educator Jeff Hoffman Area Extension Director

An

EE

OA

ffirm

ativ

e A

ctio

n em

ploy

er U

nive

rsity

of W

isco

nsin

-Ext

ensi

on p

rovi

des

equa

l opp

ortu

nitie

s in

em

ploy

men

t and

pro

gram

in

clud

ing

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e V

I T

itle

IX a

nd A

DA

req

uire

men

ts

Ple

ase

mak

e re

ques

ts fo

r re

ason

able

acc

omm

odat

ions

to e

nsur

e eq

ual a

cces

s to

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

ams

as e

arly

as

poss

ible

pre

ced

ing

the

sche

dule

d pr

ogra

m s

ervi

ce o

r ac

tivity

Page 16

Fam

ily D

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ent

Adm

inis

trati

on B

uildin

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112 E

Edgew

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age

WI 53901

(608)7

42-9

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