The Kitsap Wave
A Newsletter for Port Orchard Business and Professional Women
(Editor: Barbara Luddon, 360-373-0431, [email protected])
January 2011
Port Orchard BPW
Officers
2010-2011
 President
Wilma Eads
(360) 871-2445
 Vice President
Marcia Loraditch
(360) 871-2148
 Secretary
Claudia Heckart
(360) 275-1216
 Treasurer
DeLona Kent
(360) 871-0208
Website:
www.bpwportorchard.org
State Website:
www.bpwwa.org
Business and Professional
Women’s Foundation is
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issues that impact women,
families and employers.
Successful Workplaces are
those that embrace and
practice diversity, equity and
work life balance. BPW
Foundation supports
workforce development
programs and workplace
policies that recognize the
diverse needs of working
women, communities and
business. BPW Foundation is
a 501(c)(3) research and
education organization.
The Business and
Professional Women’s
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Washington, D. C. 20006
www.bpwfoundation.org
Port Orchard BPW
January Meeting
to it all. I want to be involved in it all.
Will you join me?
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
6:00 PM
Lighthouse Restaurant
429 Bay, Port Orchard
Order from the Menu
We have a new gift to the Port Orchard
Business and Professional Women in
2011. It is the www.bpwportorchard.org.
We want to thank Jack Eads for our new
website.
The meeting will be a business meeting
and planning session. We want to work
on our plans for the BPW/WA State
Conference that we will be hosting this
coming May. Contact DeLona Kent at
360-871-0208 for additional information
or reservations.
Once again, I thank you for your
treasured involvement in PO/BPW, and I
look forward with excitement to our
activities in 2011,
President’s Message…
January
Highlights in US
Women's History
Jan 3, 1949 - Margaret Chase Smith (RMaine) starts her tenure in the Senate,
where she stays in office until 1973; the
first woman to serve in both the House
and Senate as she previously served in
the House (R-Maine, 1940-1949)
Jan 5, 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross is
inaugurated as the first woman governor
in U.S. history (governor of Wyoming)
Jan 7, 1896 - Fanny Farmer's first
cookbook is published in which she
standardized cooking measurements
Jan 7, 1955 - Marian Anderson is the
first African American woman to sing at
the Metropolitan Opera
Jan 8, 1977 - Pauli Murray, the first
female African American Episcopal
priest, is ordained
Jan 11, 1935 - Amelia Earhart makes
the first solo flight from Hawaii to North
America
Jan 12, 1932 - Hattie Wyatt Caraway
(D-Arkansas) is the first woman elected
to the U.S. Senate. She was the first
woman to chair a Senate Committee
and the first to serve as the Senate's
presiding officer as well
Jan 25, 1980 - Runner Mary Decker
became the first woman to run a mile
under 4 1/2 minutes, running it at
4:17.55
Jan 29, 1926 - Violette Neatly Anderson
is the first black woman to practice law
before the U.S. Supreme Court
"Happy New Year!" 2011 is a new start.
We can look back on 2010 and the
successful work of many hands: our
New Teachers' Breakfast, our
scholarships, our generous gift to
Delilah's Pt. Hope, and our fun, festive
Christmas Party. We now look forward
in 2011 to two special birthday parties,
new scholarship winners and our
hosting of the 2011 Spring State
Conference in Bremerton. The look
back at our success will fuel our energy
to accomplish the best in the future.
One hand can do some, two hands can
do more, many hands can do the
impossible.
The first celebrations are for birthdays,
DeLona Kent's (90th) and Lydia
Simonson's (100th). DeLona's will be
celebrated January 8th at the
Lighthouse at 12:00 and Lydia's will be
celebrated January 20th at her
retirement home at 3:00. These are
very special events for very special
ladies, and we want to show them how
much they mean to us and our lives.
We look forward to awarding our new
scholarships funded chiefly through the
New Teachers' Breakfast and Barnes
and Noble events.
Most of all, beginning with the January
BPW meeting we will begin to work in
earnest on the 2011 Spring Conference
in Bremerton. There are many areas to
cover and only with many hands will it
be the best ever. I am looking forward
Wilma Eads
President
January Birthdays
Jan 3, 1793 (1880 ) - Lucretia
Mott, women's rights pioneer,
Quaker minister, pacifist; NWHP
co-founder Molly MacGregor is
honored to share her birth day Jan
7, 1891 (1960) - Zora Neale
Hurston, pioneering scholar of
African American folklore
Jan 8, 1867 (1961) - Emily Greene
Balch, economist and sociologist;
co-founder of the Women's
International League for Peace
with Jane Addams (1919); won the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1946, shared
with John Mott
Jan. 9, 1941 - Joan Baez, award
winning singer and songwriter;
human, civil, and peace activist;
founder of Humanitas International
Human Rights Committee (1979)
Jan. 9, 1859 Carrie Chapman
Catt, woman's suffrage leader and
president of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association
(NAWSA)
Jan 11, 1885 (1977) - Alice Paul,
suffragist leader, founder of
National Women's Party (1916);
her strategies helped pass the
19th Amendment giving women
the right to vote (1920); initiated
the Equal Rights Amendment
(1923)
Jan 12, 1820 (1914) - Caroline
Severance, early suffragist, social
reformer; co-founded the American
Woman Suffrage Association
(1869); first woman to register to
vote in California (1911)
Jan 13, 1850 (1911) - Charlotte
Ray, first African-American woman
lawyer and first woman admitted to
the bar in D.C.
Jan. 13, 1917 - Edna Hibel the first
woman to win the Leonardo da
Vinci World Award of Arts.
Jan 19, 1905 (1995) - Oveta Culp
Hobby, second women in the U.S.
Cabinet (20 years after Frances
Perkins), first Secretary of the Dept
of Health, Education, and Welfare
(1953); awarded the Distinguished
Medal of Service for her work as
Director of the Women's Army
Corps (1945)
Jan 23, 1918 (1999) - Gertrude
Elion, biochemist, won the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine in
1988
Jan 24, 1968 - Mary Lou Retton,
first and only American woman to
win a gold medal in the All-Around
in gymnastics at the Olympics
(1984) and first American woman
to win a gold in gymnastics, first
woman featured on a Wheaties
cereal box
Jan 26 (or 20), 1872 (1957) - Julia
Morgan, first woman licensed
architect in CA, innovative
architect of Hearst Castle and over
700 extraordinary buildings
Jan 26, 1892 (1926) - Bessie
Coleman, first African American
woman in the world to fly a plane
and earn an international pilot's
license
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Saturday, January 8
Help DeLona Kent celebrate her
90th birthday (which was actually
on Jan .3rd ) with lunch at the
Lighthouse at noon. Please make
your reservation by calling Bonnie
Chrey at 360-308-0011 or cell 360710-6298, or contact DeLona at
360-871-0208.
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Thursday, January 20
Honor Lydia Simonson
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celebrating her 100 birthday at
her retirement home at 3:00 p.m.
at Ridgemont Terrace, 2046
Pottery Ave. It will be in the Dining
Room. We will have someone at
the main door to direct people to
the Dining Room. For further
information, contact DeLona at
871-0208.
BPW/AAUW-WA Lobby Day
January 24, 2011
Women earned the vote in 1910 –
We celebrated in 2010. In 2011,
we will let our legislators know
where we stand.
BPW/WA has the honor of once
again co-hosting this wonderful
event with AAUW (American
Association of University Women)
and they have secured amazing
speakers for the morning
introductory session including
Senate Majority Leader Lisa
Brown. Following the morning
session on an overview of
important issues that will occupy
the session, you will have the
opportunity to meet with your
legislators and express the issues
important to you and your district.
Unsure of what legislative district
you reside/vote in? Contact
BPW/WA state legislation chair
Raechelle Turner at 206-718-2022
or [email protected], and
she can let you know your district
and Senator/Representatives.
Call your legislators for an
appointment. Get your carpool
together. Join us in Olympia at the
First United Methodist Church,
12223 Legion Way SE.
8:00am – Coffee, Check-in
8:30am – Introductions
8:45am – Speakers
(including Sen. Lisa Brown)
12noon – Lunch
12:45pm – Off to the Capitol
State President Margaret Way
“would like to see a large group of
BPW members representing all
parts of the State” at this event.
Please see attached flyer for more
information and the registration
form.
You Are Invited to Another
AAUW Event this Month
The Seattle and Highline Branches
of AAUW proudly present “The
Most Dangerous Woman in
America: Machine Guns, Coal
Dust, Mother Jones and the
Making of the American Dream”
with Therese Diekhans
Saturday, January 15, 2011
9:30am to Noon
We are fortunate to have Therese
Diekhans present her incredible
one-woman show featuring Mother
Jones as labor organizer,
humanitarian, hell-riaiser, and
miner’s angel. Ms. Diekans plays
not only Mother Jones, but 15
other characters. Her performance
brought her the award for Best
Solo Performance in the 2010
inaugural Hollywood Fringe
Festival. Come and join us for a
stimulating and informative
program.
Location – Best Western Executive
Inn, 260 Taylor Ave. North,
Seattle.
Reservations required by
Wednesday, January 12. AAUW
members & Guests $15; students
with ID $10
For information and reservations
contact Pauline Barrett 206-3908454
Port Orchard, Washington
Business and Professional Women
Meeting Minutes
Wednesday November 10, 2010
Blondie’s Restaurant in Port Orchard
Attendance: 29
6:00 pm – Networking and ordering dinner.
6:20 – Meeting called to order by President Wilma Eads;
Sue Server led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. An
Inspiration was given by President Wilma Eads, followed
by Introduction of Members and our guests, including
State President Margaret Way.
GUEST SPEAKER: Delilah from 106 FM Radio
Delilah delighted us with stories from her very busy radio
career, beginning while she was still in high school. Born
in North Bend OR, she has lived in many places,
including her current home in Port Orchard. She also
runs the Cozy Kitchen in Port Orchard on Harrison, near
Amy’s on the Bay. She bought a 20-acre farm in Port
Orchard, commuted to Seattle for the first 2 years, then
remodeled her house to include a studio so she could
broadcast from home. She is now on 222 stations; and
is #1 in New York City where 4.5 million listen to her
program.
Delilah has 11 children, some her biological children
and some adopted; 6 are still at home. She also has 6
grandchildren.
But the main love of her life now is Point Hope in Africa
– where 86,000 people live on 20 acres with a life span
of 36 years. They had no fresh water source; got water
from a sewer across the road; had no toilets. Feces
piled 6 feet high around the camp; girls going out to the
bathroom at night were raped; and 7-year-olds had
STDs. Now the proceeds from her radio show fund the
program in Point Hope. Fresh water was installed and
the mortality rate dropped dramatically. 380 orphans are
fed 3 times a day. She visits personally and made her
th
16 trip recently. She adopted 3 children from there.
This November Delilah launched a clothing line,
designed to help young women have more self-respect;
100% of the profits goes to supports Point Hope. The
line is called “Hootchie Ware” in reference to the
Hootchie Girls from the 1930’s – strong independent
women who started working during the war and were
earning their own way for the first time. The goal is to
create independence among the people.
www.hoochieware.com
Tax deductible donations can be made, with checks
made out to Point Hope.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILMA! – a cake was brought in
and served to everyone!
REPORTS: For lack of time, the reports were not given
this time.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: BPW bylaws. Barbara
Ludden made the motion to accept the revised bylaws
as they stand; seconded by DeLona Kent. Motion
carried.
NEW BUSINESS: Dec 8th, Christmas Party, silent
auction, raffle, food for Helpline; at 6pm
Collect was said by all. Meeting was adjourned at 8:47
PM.
Respectfully Submitted by Claudia Heckart, Secretary
Port Orchard, Washington
Business and Professional Women
Minutes from the Christmas Party
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
At Blondie’s Restaurant in Port Orchard
Attendance: 22
6:00 pm – Networking and ordering dinner.
Cards were passed around to be signed for Gretchen
Wilburt, who could not be with us because she is sick;
and for Lydia Simonson, who will be 100 years on Jan
20th 2011. We plan to have a party for her at her
apartment.
DeLona Kent, January 8, 2011, will be 90 years old.
6:20 – Meeting called to order by President Wilma Eads;
An Inspiration was given by Toni McBride; playing the
CD from Delilah telling the Christmas story.
Dinner was served and at 7:23 we began Introduction of
Members and guests.
7:50 begin White Elephant gift exchange
8:30 Melinda Bondo sang several Christmas songs for
us.
The raffle was drawn with 4 prizes, then the 5 poinsettias
were raffled off also.
January meeting will be a work session for the Annual
BPW conference coming up.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:40 pm with singing “We
Wish You a Merry Christmas”.
Respectfully Submitted by Claudia Heckart, Secretary
Barbara Luddon
165 NW Alta Drive
Bremerton, WA 98310
January 1
January 8
January 12
January 17
January 20
January 24
February 26
March
April 12
May 13-15
2011
New Year’s Day
DeLona Kent’s 90th Birthday Party
Port Orchard BPW Meeting
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (observed)
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Lydia Simonson’s 100 Birthday Party
Lobby Day - Olympia
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90 Anniversary of BPW Washington
Women’s History Month
Equal Pay Day
State Conference – Port Orchard host