The Breeze
The Newsletter of the Wooster, Ohio Branch
Vol. 88, No. 1
August / September 2014
MESSAGE FROM NEW WOOSTER BRANCH AAUW PRESIDENT
I hope that you all had a great summer. After the winter that we had I know we were
all glad to be able to get outside in the sunshine. But it’s time to think about what
comes next and that means fall weather and another year of AAUW programming and
working together. The fall membership meeting is planned for September 4 and will be
held at Wooster High School from 3 - 5:00 p.m. We hope that an afternoon meeting
will be convenient and will encourage attendance. Plan to come to this informative
meeting and bring a potential member. Bring your electronic devices, plan to get your
“tech” questions answered, and discover new ways to be more “tech savvy.”
Your Board has been busy planning programs for the year that we hope will interest our
members and continue the work done on our scholarship program, Start Smart, and
Carol McKiernan
Expanding Your Horizons. And we will need help from all of you to make the
upcoming Used Book Sale a success. By the time you get this newsletter you will have received and hopefully
returned a questionnaire from the Board. We are looking ahead beyond this year and want to determine what
programs/activities will be of the most interest to our members. If you didn’t have the opportunity to complete it,
please feel free to contact me with your ideas.
I look forward to the coming year and working together to promote the goals of AAUW. We need all of you for that.
There is a quote from Mahatma Gandhi that I like: “What you do may seem insignificant, but it is very important that
you do it.” I hope to see you all the Membership Meeting, September 4.
AAUW WOOSTER FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tech Talk, our fall general meeting arranged by Vice President Anita Greene,
will be held Thursday, September 4, from 3 - 5:00 p.m. Members will meet at the
Wooster High School computer classroom where faculty and AP students will
provide a brief program followed by questions-and-answers. Bring your laptop,
Ipad, or digital phone for this interactive session. Enter the school from the west,
pass the gym, and you will be directed to the classroom by an AAUW member.
To ensure this is a successful event, please share the digital topics you would like
covered, such as photos, connecting to library ebooks, software issues, security
and email situations, navigating your system or preferences folder, apps, or
anything else you would like. Email or mail your suggestions to Anita Greene,
[email protected] by August 25.
Please note that our banners are
flying in W ooster!
And remember to bring a guest! For those wishing to continue the evening,
members and guests will head to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner.
JANE BUCH TO “RUN” THE OCTOBER 22 GENERAL MEETING
On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, Jane Buch will be presenting the program “Running
Away from Home . . . and Back Again.” The meeting, arranged by Clara Ann Fain, will be
held in Wesley Hall at the First Methodist Church in Wooster from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Who is Jane Buch? Jane, and her husband Tom, are retired educators from Smithville
who have traveled throughout the world enjoying commonalities in different cultures.
Jane and Tom didn’t plan to be globetrotters, but a 1981 trip to Japan where Jane was
running a marathon opened the world to them. Jane and Tom met through a church
youth group when in junior high. Jane went on to study at Ashland University, and
Tom headed to Manchester University.
A young Jane Buch....
The Buchs became avid runners when Tom’s school (Doylestown) asked him to coach its new cross country
team. The couple ran before and after school and also did weight training. In the summer they ran more
than 100 miles a week, but on average maintain runs of 70 miles per week. But it was Jane who really
excelled, and she won the 1981, ‘82, and ‘83 Bank One Marathon at Columbus. In 1985 Jane was featured
on the Wheaties cereal box.
Running led the Buchs overseas where Jane’s marathons took her to China and Japan. They have traveled
and run “all over” to Europe, Southeast Asia, the Amazon River and their favorite–Antarctica.
They are now in the process of endowing a scholarship which they hope will open the world to Manchester
University students.
Clara Ann asks that we have a good member turnout (guests can come too) to support this local woman who
has “run” the world!
AAUW-KIWANIS USED BOOK SALE BEGINS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
The 2014 Used Book Sale is nearly upon us. Plans are being finalized for our joint venture with Wooster Kiwanis.
An outline of dates and times are as follows:
Saturday, September 6
Sunday, September 21
Monday, September 22
Tuesday, September 23
W ednesday, September 24
Thursday, September 25
Friday, September 26
Saturday, September 27
Saturday, October 4
Last book drop-off at Branstetter Street warehouse
Books moved from warehouse to fairgrounds (Buss Hall). Time to be announced.
Book setup - Buss Hall - 9 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.m.
Book setup - Buss Hall - 9 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.m.
Books sales begins - 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. - Fairgrounds
Book sale continues - 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. - Fairgrounds
Books sale continues - 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. - half-price day - Fairgrounds
Book sale ends - $5 Bag Day - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Fairgrounds
Clean up / Pack up - 2 p.m. to 4 or 5 p.m.
Book drop-off resumes - 10 a.m. to 12 noon - Branstetter Street warehouse
Kay Rowekamp is in charge of scheduling AAUW members’ work shifts at the sale. Please consider working more
than one shift if you can. We are requesting our usual volunteer groups to help with the book moving day, setup, and
tear down. As usual we receive much support from community businesses and various organizations. It is truly a
community effort and worthwhile for all involved!
Please contact Cathy Frame Stone ([email protected], 330-262-9446) or Gail Carter ([email protected],
330-234-3756) with any questions you may have.
JUNE OUT-AND-ABOUT TRIP TO GAMBIER, OHIO
Five members (Pam Everett, Mary Beth Henthorne, Judy Kastelan, Julie Mennes, and Mary Ann Merchant) joined
some 15,000 attendees in visiting the Schnormeier Gardens Open House in Gambier on Friday, June 6. This 75-acres,
owned by Ann and Ted Schnormeier, includes nine gardens and a Frank Lloyd Wright inspired home completed in
1994. Open in early June for their annual “free” open house, this place was breathtaking, and the lovely weather only
enhanced the visit.
Mary Ann, Julie, Mary Beth, Judy,
and Pam start their tour of
Schnormeier Gardens.
Japanese Tea House
Ann Schnormeier (owner)
answered many of Pam’s questions
concerning the gardens.
Wildlife Open Area
Quarry Water Fall
It’s hard at this time of year for Facilitator Mary Ann Merchant to plan Out-and-About trips, but one is scheduled
for Thursday, September 11, at the Massillon Museum to see Fragile Waters, a traveling exhibition featuring
119 black and white photographs by Ansel Adams, Ernest Brooks II, and Dorothy Kerper Monnelly spanning a
century while addressing the fact that water is crucial for all life on our planet. Group will also hit a spot for lunch
in the area. As usual we will meet at Odd Lots Parking to share rides/cost of gas and will depart from there at 10 a.m.
Please let Facilitator Mary Ann Merchant know if you are interested in attending this trip.
Also, Mary Ann is looking for a co-facilitator to help plan trips. Anybody interested? Not a lot of work, but ideas
for trips and planning ahead is important.
From our Outgoing Wooster Branch Co-Presidents, Linda Crouch and Judy Kastelan:
On June 19th, our final AAUW Board meeting as co-presidents, we were surprised with gifts of
appreciation on your behalf. The AAUW-logoed gifts of a silk scarf, mug, and president’s pin, and a
note log book will always be colorful reminders of the last three years. As many of you have also served
in leadership, you are well aware of the cooperation and support from members. Through you, years
of experience were available to guide us. We were energized by your kindness, enthusiasm, and vision.
Thank you for your thoughtfulness toward us.
SUMMER REFRESHER BRIDGE LESSONS
Facilitator Mary Ann Merchant’s Monday refresher bridge
classes ran from June 16 through August 18 with students Gwen
Bayless, Linda Crouch, Nancy Danby, Kris Evans, Mary Beth
Henthorne, Judy Kastelan, Judy Mallonn, Carol McKiernan,
and Sue Olive. Seems the class always has fun!
Mary Ann would like to know if any members are interested in
attending a beginning bridge class. If you are, please contact her
(330-264-9371 or [email protected]) so that a mutual time
can be set up for those attending–afternoon or evening during
the 2014-2015 year
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES
Thursday, September 4
Saturday, September 6
Thursday, September 11
Monday, September 15
Tuesday, September 16
Sun.-Tues., Sept 21, 22, 23
W ednesday, September 24
Saturday, September 27
Saturday, October 4
Thursday, October 9
Fall Membership meeting, W ooster High School, 3-5 p.m., for the
Tech Talk program
Last day of book drop-off before Used Book Sale
Out-and-About to Massillon Museum’s Fragile W aters Exhibit
AAUW Social Bridge; Hostess: Leslie Breeden
Literary meets at The W ooster Book Company, 7:15 p.m.
Moving of books to Buss Hall (Fairgrounds) on Sunday and setup
on Monday and Tuesday for Used Book Sale
Used Book sale opens at 9:00 a.m. in Buss Hall
Last Day of Used Book Sale
Tuesday, October 14
Monday, October 20
Tuesday, October 21
Tuesday, October 22
Book drop-offs resume after Used Book Sale
W ooster AAUW Board Meeting, W ayne County Public Library,
6:30 p.m
Candidates’ Night, W ayne College, 7 p.m.
AAUW Social Bridge, Linda Crouch Hostess
Literary meets at the home of Julie Mennes
Branch General Meeting at United Methodist Church
W ednesday, November 6
Monday, November 17
Tuesday, November 18
General Meeting to be held at The College of W ooster, 7:00 p.m.
AAUW Social Bridge, Hostess: Audrey Thomas
Literary meets at the home of Mary Ann Merchant, 7:15 p.m.
December 11
AAUW Annual Holiday Luncheon, Quailcrest Farm
M ark your calendars now for our Annual Spring Luncheon to be held on Saturday,
April 25, 2015, at The W ooster Country Club!
The AAUW Holiday Luncheon will
again be held at Quailcrest Farm,
12:45 p.m., with items this year going to
the Boys and Girls Club of Wooster.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11 TH !!
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
On May 15, 2014, the Scholarship Committee (Helen Atchison, Prue Holtman, and Sue Buchwalter) selected the
following women to receive scholarship for 2014-2015:
Brittany Bullard of Wooster who plans to complete her Independent Study at The College of Wooster this summer.
This is her second AAUW scholarship.
Rhonda Donda of Orrville, who is attending Wayne College to complete requirements to enter the Kent State
University College of Nursing.
Leigh Ann Sterner of Wooster who attends the School of Nursing at Malone University, planning to graduate in 2015
with a B.S.N. This is her second AAUW scholarship.
Jennifer Warden of Wooster is enrolled at the University of Akron Wayne College to work on a BAA in business.
Kelly Williams of Orrville works as an LPN at The Cleveland Clinic and has been accepted into the Kent State
University Tuscarawas campus for her LPN Associate Degree in nursing.
More biographic and educational information on these winners is included in our Wooster Branch Program Booklet.
The vacant position on the Scholarship Committee to replace Helen Atchison has been filled. Please welcome Judy
Mallonn.
LITERARY READING FOR FALL 2014
Letty Nault, facilitator for Wooster Branch Literary, has announced
the books to be read through November 2014. All reviews are
Tuesdays at 7:15 p.m. No group meeting in December.
August 19 - The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline was
reviewed by Mary Beth Henthorne at her home with Helen
Atchison serving as co-hostess.
September 16 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt will be reviewed Literary Group enjoyed the review by Mary Beth
by Sharon Taylor at The Wooster Book Company with Wendy and refreshments by Helen and Mary Beth during
Zimmerman as co-hostess.
the Orphan Train literary meeting.
October 21 - Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver will be reviewed by Judy Mallon at the home of Julie
Mennes. Co-hostess is Janice Miller.
November 18 - Pei-Hsin Gedalecia will review The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown at the home of
Mary Ann Merchant with Betty Raber as co-hostess.
BRANCH MEMBERSHIP
As of the end of August 2014, 60 members have renewed their memberships. If you have not already done so,
please send your membership renewal in as soon as possible. Memberships must be received by September 15
in order to be listed in the Program Booklet. Missing a form? Contact Membership Vice President Anita Greene,
330-264-9700 or [email protected], or Treasurer Sarah Miles, 330-988-3304 or [email protected].
Also please note we are asking you to receive the newsletter (Breeze) by email if possible to help with postage costs.
CANDIDATES’ NIGHT TO BE HELD TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14
This fall Candidates’ Night will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 7:00 p.m., at the Student Activities Center
at Wayne College. As in the past, Wooster Branch of AAUW will furnish refreshments and share any costs for this
event which is sponsored this year by The League of Women Voters (LWV), Wayne College, and AAUW Wooster.
Hope to see many of you there!
NATIONAL BOOK READING (ADELANTE! BOOKS OF THE MONTH 2014-2015)
Our Wooster Branch Board encourages members to read at least one of the following titles and submit the title(s)
to Branch President Carol McKiernan. Summaries of these books are on the branch website:
http://wooster-oh.aauw.net/groups/literary/.
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Latinnovating: Green American Jobs and the Latinos Creating Them by Graciela Tiscareño-Sato
The W oman W ho Changed Her Brain: And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain
Transformation by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young and Norman Doidge, M.D.
The Round House: A Novel by Louise Erdrich
Calla Lilies: A True Story of Four Sisters and Their Struggle to Survive Abuse, Addiction, and Poverty in
America by Kay Corbett
W hat W orks for W omen at W ork: Four Patterns W orking W omen Need to Know by Joan C. W illiams and
Rachel Dempsey, with a forward by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Ebony and Ivy: Race, slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities by Craig Steven Wilder
M y Beloved W orld by Sonia Sotomayor
Crazy Love by Leslie Morgan Steiner
Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and W hite by Frank W u
Redefining Realness: M y Path to W omanhood, Identity, Love and So M uch M ore by Janet Mock
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the W ay W e Live, Love, Parent and Lead by
Bre ½e Brown
Rocket Girl: The Story of M ary Sherman M organ, America’s First Female Rocket Scientist by George Morgan,
with a forward by Ashley Stroupe
WOOSTER PROGRAM BOOKLETS
READY!
Members! Don’t forget to pick up your program
booklets for the 2014-2015 year
at the Used Book Sale even if you
are not working at the sale.
AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.
AAUW provides funds to advance education, research, and self-development for women, and to foster equity and
positive societal change.
AAUW provides funding and a support system for women seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination.
AAUW, in principle and in practice, values and seeks a diverse membership.
There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual
orientation, national origin, disability or class.
Mary Ann Merchant
Newsletter Editor
Wooster Branch AAUW
P.O. Box 1191
Wooster, OH 44691