Greetings to you this Fall:

The year is really rolling along– Another full moon for October which makes me think of October’s “ bright blue weather”(from a line in the poem which school children from my era learned in school). Also, time for pumpkins and Halloween. On to November-:don’t forget to vote or the invasion of deer hunters. And remember to count your blessings every day and especially at Thanksgiving. Before you know it you’ll be singing Christmas carols and baking Christmas cookies. Thanks to Muriel Anderson and Amy Kopecky for representing our county at our conference in Middleton. They voted to accept the District map, as proposed, by the State Board. The North West District has invited the county presidents from the North District to attend their Fall meeting on October 8, to be held in Barron. We look forward to working with some new people.

We in turn will invite their presidents to attend our North District meeting in Poplar, Oct. 18. Let’s have a good group sending in your registration form by Oct. 11, 2012 and let’s pool rides. Our new district will be called North West District starting Jan. 1, 2013.

Bur ne t t Coun ty

Fran Krause HCE Co-President

Newsletter Editor: Dani Miller

Newsletter Design: Amy Kopecky

Letter from Co-President Fran Krause Inside this Issue

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Greetings from HCE Advisor Mexican Night invitation Upcoming Events/Club Notes

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International Report:Guatemala 4

State Conference pictures Article submitted by Amy Kopecky State Conference article submitted by Muriel Anderson Fall County meeting invite

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County Executive Board Minutes 9-13-12 Insert: Fall District Meeting Information and Registration Form— Pre-registration Due October 11

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Update Subscription “Building Through Communication” 8

Correction: The North

District Fall Meeting

registration should be

sent to Sue Hendrickson

at 5112 South Stone Rd.

South Range, WI

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Greetings HCE Members!

I would like to introduce myself. While I am not a new face to the Burnett County Extension office, I

am new to you! My name is Danielle Miller, and I am now working with Family Development

programs in Burnett County, which includes serving as the advisor for HCE.

For the past two years, I have been working in Burnett County as the 4-H Youth Development Agent

half-time. This September, my position was revised and expanded, and my new title is: “4-H Youth &

Family Development Educator”. I am excited to work in this area, and set the path for this new blend of

programs in Burnett County. I have always thought that the two areas of Youth Development and

Family Living go so well together, because youth are such an integral part of families!

A little about me...I grew up in Southeast Wisconsin in Plymouth, that’s right, Plymouth,

Wisconsin...not Minnesota. My family still lives in that part of the state, and while it is quite a trek (6

hours!) I still enjoy travelling down there and enjoying Lake Michigan, Brat Fry’s on every corner,

Johnsonville, and more cheese factories than you can imagine (Plymouth is the home of Sargento)!

I went to college at UW-La Crosse, where I received both my Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees of

Science in Recreation Management. During college I held internships with two different county

Extension offices (Sheboygan and Vernon), Extension’s Outdoor Learning Center as a Naturalist, and

with a city Park and Recreation Department. I am currently taking classes online to pursue an additional

master’s degree in Family Life Education.

While at college, I was lucky enough to meet my future spouse. We were classmates and friends for

three years before we started dating two years ago. We will be getting married this November, so I

won’t by Danielle Miller for much longer. After November 11th, I will be Danielle Ganje.

I love working with youth, parents and volunteers. I have many hobbies including cooking, baking,

crafting, hiking, camping, backpacking, and paddling (if only I had the time). I look forward to

partnering with HCE in the future and learning all about your organization.

Dani Miller

Burnett County Association of Home and Community Education (HCE)

Invites you to a free

Mexican Night with Amelia

October 25, 2012

Starting at 5:30pm

In the Government Center, Room 165

Authentic Mexican food will be served,

With an educational flair.

All are welcome to attend, please reserve your seat so we can plan accordingly.

Extension Office at 715-349-2151 or Amy Kopecky at 715-866-4529

By October 22

Club Notes

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HCE Upcoming Events

Harmony members met at LaVonne O’Brien’s home in July for a picnic luncheon. There were nine present with good food and conversation had by all on a beautiful day. With August came the annual picnic at Cedarwood Manor in Webster. Hotdogs from the grill were served to the residents along with other picnic foods. There were 31 people who enjoyed this end of summer treat. September’s meeting at Fran Krause’s home was a busy one. Ten members attended with much business discussed. Among the topics decided was to send donations collected from members to Haiti for clean water/wells as was done at a county meeting prior to ours. Discussion on the upcoming North District Fall meeting in Poplar with many interested in attending. Our program was led by Amy K.. She had just come back from State HCE conference and told us all about the event and gave us some highlights from the speaker and the classes she took. Lots of ideas were sparked for future HCE meeting programs. Very Exciting! Harmony Club is helping plan an authentic Mexican dinner that will be open to the public on Oct. 25. Come join the fun.

July meeting was held at Judy Marek’s with ten members and one guest attending. Discussed Rosie’s very good program on the plastic wreath, going to the Barron Food Pantry in July for our summer trip, collecting baking and cookie pans to send to Nicaragua. Muriel collected sheets, too. Donated money from bake sale to county’s general fund. Had a good White Elephant sale at Judy’s-always fun. The September meeting was held at Irene’s with five members attending and one visitor. Judy led the meeting in Barb’s place as she recovers. Muriel said we have a part time worker in the Extension Office for HCE-good news. Judy volunteered to be program director

4 9:30 a.m., 10:30a.m. ,10:45a.m. and 12:50 p.m. WI Bookworms TM, Head Starts

9 1:00 p.m., Odds ‘N’ Ends Meeting

18 North District Fall Meeting Douglas County Hosts, Peace Lutheran, Poplar

23 10:00 a.m., Harmony Meeting 25 Mexican Night with Amelia Calixto, BCGC, Room 165 1 9:30 a.m., 10:30a.m. 10:45a.m., and 12:50 p.m. WI Bookworms TM, Head Starts 4 Day Light Saving Time ends

4-10 HCE Week

13 1:00 p.m., Odds ‘N’ Ends Meeting

20 10:30 a.m., County Fall Meeting BCGC, Room 165 - Host: Odds & Ends Program; Elect County Officers; Lunch

27 10:00 a.m., Harmony Meeting 6 9:30a.m., 10:30a.m., 10:45a.m. and 12:50a.m. WI Bookworms TM, Head Starts

with Maggie. Discussed the Barron Food

Pantry trip, and there was some talk about

WI Bookworms’s 13 years. Decorations

were made for the Fall meeting. Muriel

had an idea to do a lunch for seniors in

Webster. Plans were made for the

Christmas party.

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Guatemala

Just south of Mexico is Guatemala, a central American country with the highest

population of all central American countries. Half of the population are Indians from

Mayan ancestry and the other half are a mix of Indian and Spanish. Indians speak native

languages and dress in Indian clothing and are usually very poor. Ladinos, or those of

mixed race, speak Spanish and have more Spanish-American traditions. The choice of

being one or the other depends more on lifestyle than on heritage. The Indians live in

small communities whereas Ladinos live more in cities or towns.

Guatemala is controlled by a democratic government. The president is elected for one

5-year term as is the Vice-President. The president chooses a Cabinet of ministers to help

run the government. Laws are made by a 100-member Congress that are elected by the

people to also run for a 5-year term. The two major political parties are the Christian

Democratic Party and the Union of the National Center. There are several others, also.

Guatemala is divided in 22 departments which are further divided in to 320 municipios or

municipalities, as we would say. The departments are run by a governor who is appointed

by the president whereas the municipal is led by an elected mayor and his council.

The population of Guatemala is about ten million. Children go to school from age

seven to 13. About half the population go to elementary school, but only 15% attend high

school. More children in cities go to school than the rural children. About 80% of rural

children can not read or write as compared to 30% of urban children. Overall, 50% of the

population cannot read or write. Guatemala does have five universities, the oldest and

largest being the University of San Carlos in the capital, Guatemala City.

Guatemala is divided into three major land regions. The Northern plain is a region of

dense tropical rainforest. Few people live in this region. Chicle used in making chewing

gum is harvested here from the sap of some of the trees found here. This is where most

Mayan ruins are found. The Highlands consists of a great mountain chain, similar to our

Rockies, which lies from east-west across the country. The highest mountains are found in

the Western region and many active volcanoes are found here. Most Guatemalans live in

this region and grow coffee and corn. The Western region is mostly Indian and the

Eastern highlands is mostly Ladinos. The capital city of Guatemala City is found in the

middle of this region and is 4850 feet above sea level. The Pacific Lowland, which

borders the Pacific Ocean, is mostly farmland. Crops include sugar cane and cotton, and

livestock and farms.

Climates and rainfall vary greatly here depending on elevation. In the plains and

lowlands the temperature averages 80 degrees F and has frequent rain falls. In the

Mountain valleys temperatures range from 60-70 degrees F. This region receives 30-60

inches of rain in a year.

Transportation is limited as most Guatemalans do not own a car. Buses are the most

popular form of transportation. There are railroads that extend from East to West coasts

traveling through Guatemala City. An International airport is located in the capital city.

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Amy Kopecky’s State Conference Report

First of all I would like to thank all who supported me in going to State Conference in

Middleton this year. I truly enjoyed going and am willing to share what I have learned

with anyone who is interested.

This year’s speaker really hit home to me. David Rendall has written a book entitled

“Freak Factor”, which helps us to understand how to use our weaknesses to their best

advantages. He told the story of “ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, the very popular

story about a reindeer with a weakness. It starts with Rudolph being ,of course, born with

a red nose and how the other deer teased him and would not let him play with them (not

accepting his difference) and then trying to cover up his nose (trying to make him the

same as everyone else). And then in the end Rudolph found his calling when on a foggy

night Santa needed a very bright light so that he could see to deliver the presents that

Christmas. How fortunate for Rudolph to be able to find a use for his unique feature. We

also have unique attributes that can be covered up and not used to their full potential.

Let’s try to remember when we see someone different to try and find the greatness in him

or her instead of trying to change her or him.

I also went to get more ideas on how to get more members, and I learned about

butterfly gardens. “Cutting Back & Keeping Up” gave me some information that I can

share as a Program, Opportunity, Outreach, and Leadership lesson, on how different

options to save money for just about anything. I was very proud to represent Burnett

County as the voting delegate and found that whole process familiar and interesting. Let’s

keep HCE going strong!

The Old Woman Who Lives In A Shoe entry The winning military boot entry

Our speaker David Rendall and outgoing Pres. Lylene Amy Kopecky and Muriel Anderson

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2012 WAHCE STATE CONFERENCE Submitted by Muriel Anderson The annual state conference was a huge success. We followed the theme: A "Capital" Experience Learn, Share, Grow. Three Hundred Sixty-six people attended the event in Middleton, September 17-19 including fifty-four "First Timers." and eleven Family Living Educators. Amy Kopecky, our delegate and Muriel Anderson, North District Director attended from Burnett County. Both Amy and Muriel toured the Centennial Gardens and Babcock Hall where we viewed equipment for making butter, ice cream and cheese. We were invited to enjoy gourmet ice cream. The gardens and educational dairy products building was located at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Campus. Monday evening the Opening General Session was held. Tuesday morning the WAHCE Annual Business Meeting was conducted for the delegates. Following the reports the voting delegates voted to accept or reject the district map as proposed. Following discussion delegates voted to accept the map which means WAHCE which will have six districts instead of eight beginning in January 1, 2013. Election was held for Vice President, Marketing Chair and Vice President, International Chair. During the Rosholt meeting November 4-5 one county president or representative from each county will be invited to attend. The objective is to work on transition, meeting dates, locations and select candidates for district officers and committee chairs in our new district. We will have 10 counties in our new district. The standing district committee chairs will not be included this year. They will participate in a Wisline meeting later. After the business meeting adjourned the new districts met for one-half hour to start organizing. We will be known as North West District.

The attendees were offered Thirty-two workshops which were held during Tuesday morning, afternoon, and Wednesday morning during the six sessions. There were so many interesting ones offered it was hard to select favorite subjects. Both Amy and I attended two of the three P.O.O.L.s offered. Burnett County will have new programs from the three P.O.O.L. presentations including a C. D. Several awards were earned from our district during the conference. We will try to display several Cultural and Textile Arts and honor the North District award winners at our North District Meeting in Poplar, October 18. Several counties and members earned award certificates in varied categories. We congratulate them for their outstanding work.

ODDS "N" ENDS CLUB MEMBERS INVITE BCAHCE MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE COUNTY FALL MEETING

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2012 -- 10:30 A.M.

GOVERNMENT CENTER -- ROOM 165

LUNCH WILL BE SERVED

BCAHCE Annual

Fall Meeting

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Association for Home & Community Education

Fall County Meeting

September 13th, 2012

Burnett County Government Center, Room 165

Meeting was called to order by Co-President Fran Krause. Opened with the WAHCE Creed.

Attendance – 10 – 8 members – 1 Guest – 1 Advisor

Muriel Anderson gave an update on Jan Frazee ( back surgery) and Barb Cunningham ( had a

stroke) both are doing ok.

Adeline Ingalls gave a treasury’s report: Report was put on file for review.

Amy Kopecky – update history book in October, 2012.

Karen Brooks – wants information for scholarships sent to committee so they can look over to

make changes.

Amy Kopecky will be going to State HCE Conference in Middleton, Wi. September 17-19th.

Muriel Anderson will attend the meeting on October 8th, 2012 for state information in Barron for

redistricting. She will bring information back to us on what happens.

Our new part-time HCE Advisor, Dani Miller started September 1st, 2012. Welcome!

Amy Kopecky is working on our International Dinner. Information will come soon.

Meeting was adjourned with

WAHCE prayer.

Respectfully Submitted,

Jan Frazee, Recorder

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