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Outagamie County Home & Community Education

News & ViewsSpring 2017

President’s LetterDear HCE Members and Friends,

Can we trust that winter is almost over? I can remember a snowstorm in May back in the late 40’s and 32 degrees the morning in May when our family hosted Breakfast on the Farm. This year has been very unusual with 50 degree weather in February. Because of the warm temperatures, the trees were budding early so we didn’t tap our maple trees. Hopefully spring will really come when it is supposed to. The calendar says March 20, we’ll wait and see.

All of our members have been busy working on projects this winter and they deserve a standing ovation. We have future projects coming up and we hope everyone will get involved.

Is that a gentle touch? Was that a helping hand? How did these come to me? Ah, yes…through HCE. What is this time and talent all about? And turning a NOTHING into something? I don’t know how this came to be. Ah, yes…through HCE. For laughter, love and care abound This truly is a better place I now can clearly see Ah, yes…through HCE.

I wish you all a happy spring and relaxing days this summer.

Dorothy Paltzer

Table of Contents

President’s Letter . . . . pg 1

Advisor’s Letter . . . . . . pg 2

Upcoming Events . . . . . pg 3

Noteworthy News . . . . pg 4

Upcoming Programs . pg 4 - 7

Feature Report . . . . . . . pg 6

Thank You . . . . . . . . . . . pg 8

New Members . . . . . . . pg 8

Executive Board . . . pg 9 - 10

Facinating Facts . . . . . pg 10

Bits N Pieces . . . . . . . . pg 11

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Dear Home and Community Education Members,

Change is good…even as I write this letter I have seen change in a manner of hours. When I arrived at the office this morning the ground was covered with snow. As I write this at the end of the day, the snow has disappeared and there are lots of messy things on the ground…twigs..leaves…accumulations.

When I arrived at the office this morning my office was fairly in order – then the moving crew came and we rearranged my office to build a stronger sound barrier so that people can’t hear my conversations in the office next door.

Two examples of change – one I had no control over and one that I kind of have control over! Two recycling bins later and two boxes of old binders later, I have seen some change in my office. I still need to get things organized a little more and it will be a work in progress.

When you come to our office you will see some other changes as well… We have some new staff that we are excited to have join our team since last fall.

Ina Montgomery is the new Program Assistant and she works with the financials and office management details.

Kayla Viste is the Interim 4-H Youth Educator who is working with MaryBeth (Seib)Wohlrabe on the 4-H Youth Education outreach programs. Kayla is working with the 4-H Clubs, summer camp and other outreach efforts. MaryBeth got married in January –so she is still the same person with the same job title, just a different last name!

Becky Zoglman has joined our staff to take on the role of Education and Communication Specialist at 80% time. Becky is the person that has taken on the role of our social media and marketing and will be working with the HCE Newsletter committee to design and draft your newsletters.

Allyson Watson is our Community Resource Development Educator who is replacing Jim Resick who retired last summer. Allyson will be working 50% time in Winnebago and 50% time in Outagamie County. We are working out the logistics of what it means to have a job share with another county.

And finally today Kaitlin Bricco joined the team as our Horticulture Assistant, working 50% time as a county employee.

We are very fortunate to have added the staff we have and hope that we will be constant with this lineup of staff until the end of the year. In the meantime, nEXT Generation will be introducing changes to how we will be staffed and deliver programs in 2018. Many details will be developed and announced in the next nine months. Joan Behle, Vicki Handschke and Amy Beck will continue their support in the front office as office assistants. Zen Miller and Kevin Jarek will also remain in their roles until the end of the year. The FoodWIse program will continue on with Evan Groth and Kris Soper. I will continue as the Family Living Educator and Advisor to HCE and Department Head until December 31st. We will keep you posted as the change evolves!!

Melting snow happens much quicker on a warm day and the change is evidenced quickly. The changes in program are not happening that swiftly. We have been told we will have a UW Extension office in each county in the state, we are not sure how it will look or be staffed. Thank you for your support as we move forward and the change transition continues on.

Sincerely,

Karen DickrellAdvisor to HCEFamily Living Educator and Department Head

Advisor Corner

Upcoming EventsApril 10 Spring Association HCE Meeting and Salad Supper/Potluck and Style Show | 3 - 7 pm Good Shepherd Community Center Room, Seymour 3:00 Set up 4:00 Association Meeting 5:00 Salad supper 5:40 Style Show 6:30 Clean Up! 19 Northeast District Meeting | 8:45 am - 3:00 pm Seven Lakes Golf Resort, Manitowoc County host 20 Capitol Experience that was listed in the program book has been cancelled 21 DEADLINE: Memories Dinner Theatre

May 1 HCE Banquet | 5 pm River Rail, Shiocton, Country Apples host 5:00 Social and Silent Auction 6:00 Dinner Entertainment will be by Black Sand. Bring silent auction items prior to 5:00 start time. 9 Extension Education Committee Presentation by HCE Board | 9 am Outagamie County Highway Dept. 20 Master Gardener Plant Sale | 8 am UW-Extension Grounds 30 HCE Newsletter Deadline

June 5 Newsletter Committee | 9 am 5 Fair Booth Committee | 10 am 5 History Committee | 11 am UW-Extension 7 Memories Dinner Theatre Port Washington, Country Apples organizing 7 DEADLINE: Oncology and Hematology registrations due Call the office to register 920-832-5126 11 Breakfast on the Farm | 8 am – 12 pm Voight Place 21 Oncology and Hematology Tour | 11:00 am 3925 Gateway Drive, Appleton WI

July 25 County Fair Booth display setup | 1 pm Open Class Building, Fairgrounds, Seymour 25-30 Outagamie County Fair Seymour

Noteworthy NewsWAHCE Facebook InformationBy Phoebe Shourds, via wahceinc.org

To find the WAHCE Facebook page: from your own Facebook page, in the search bar (upper left hand corner) type in “Wisconsin Association for Home and Community Education”, once there “Like” or “Follow” us to get WAHCE information.

Please submit any flyers Community Events/Craft Fairs/Spring and Fall Council invites, etc. to any or all of the fol-lowing contacts (via email). We will gladly post your event.

Phoebe Shourds: [email protected] Betty Anne Tubbin: [email protected]

Christine Larson: [email protected] Joan Staffon: [email protected]

If you have any pictures of your event you’d like to share on the State Facebook page, (it will be assumed that there is a photo release on file at your extension office for members and guests), please submit and write a brief description i.e. county, event name, first names (optional).

If you have, or start up, a county Facebook Page, please let us know (via email), we can like it and have linked to the WAHCE Facebook page. NOTE: you do need to actually visit the Facebook page to see all the various posts.

The State Facebook page is following NVON, ACWW, CWC, WISNIC, but you will need to either go to the State Facebook page to see or follow/like from your own Facebook page to see all the great information coming from these Facebook pages.

If you would like assistance in setting up a County Facebook page, just let Phoebe or Christine know, it doesn’t take very long, maybe an hour, we can help you.

Reminder; it has been decided that NO recipes will be included on our Facebook page. We have plenty of other great things we are involved in.

WAHCE State Conference

If anyone is interested in attending the WAHCE State Conference in Wisconsin Dells, Kewaunee County is sponsoring a bus. Questions can be directed to Mary Vogel 920-863-6586.

Upcoming Programs

Upcoming ProgramsOn the Move and in the GrooveFebruary 28 to May 27, 2017By JoAnn Blonien, via wahceinc.org

Family and Community Life will again be focusing on walking and exercise as a countywide activity. Any activity you do between February 28 and May 29 can be counted. This includes walking, cleaning, gardening, dancing, swimming, and you-name-it exercise of any kind. Each 20 minutes equals 1 point, for example, one hour equals 3 points. Please report your totals in points, not hours.

All forms for individuals or groups are available on-line, or you may develop your own...as long as you use points for your totals. Remember, one point for every 20 minutes of activity.

LInda Biese will compile reports at the county level and she will send them to the Vice President for Family and Community Life. Your reports should show totals for each individual. Remember to include the name, address, county, phone or email of the person sending the report.

In 2016 there were 33 counties that reported participation in ‘On the Move and in the Groove’ with total points at 136,834, up from 98,989 in 2015! Way to go! I’m sure we will break 150,000 points next year with everyone Movin’ and Groovin’!

The winners for 2016 were Kewaunee County with 19,713 points and Brown County with 12,240 points. Outaga-mie and Rock Counties were not far behind, so let’s keep this competition going for everyone’s good health and well being.

PLEASE forward your County reports to me by June 10th, 2017. This is very important because our State Presi-dent needs the information for the NVON Conference. These numbers look good on our report for NVON.

THANK YOU for your participation and looking forward to 2017!

Memories Dinner Theatre, Port Washington, Wednesday, June 7

In the Time of Old Age (Revenge is sweetest when least expected. Just when you think the parade has passed you by, life gives you another chance. Two gentlemen, a Jewish widower and his friend, an Irish-American WWII veteran, unex-pectedly come into a fortune. With their new status and the help of a beautiful lawyer, they have some fun pulling off a brilliant sting on a bank manager of questionable integrity and morality, all to the benefit of the elderly.)

A Country Apples sponsored trip. Questions? Call Judy 920-740-6059

Deadline to register is April 21.Cost $70 (you will get some money back if we get 35 or 40 people)

Send check to Judy Shafel, W7589 Park Ave, Shiocton, WI 54170, check made out to Nationwide Travelers.

Leave and Return:Appleton (Nationwide) 9:40 am / 6:20 pmCenter Valley Town Hall 10 am / 6 pmBlack Creek Lake Park 10:15 am / 5:45 pm

Upcoming ProgramsThe Impact of HCE 2017

By JoAnn Blonien, via wahceinc.org

For 2017 we would once again like you to keep track of your Volunteer Hours. Remember, these hours must be activities directed by HCE. They started on June 1, 2016, and go to May 31, 2017. There are new forms for Member and County re-ports. Executive Board forms will remain the same. The form is on page 7 of this newsletter and on the WAHCE website www.wahceinc.org under Awards Forms & Info.

Please give your completed forms to your county for compilation. Counties will send full reports to the address below by June 10th.

JoAnn Blonien VP of Family and Community Life S589 County Road WW, Elroy, WI 53929

Totals for 2016 were very impressive!

37 Counties participated: Outreach: 72,258 hours Donations: $103,622Executive Board: Time spent: 22,845 hours Donations: $32,862

Keep up the GREAT WORK. Looking forward to 2017!

Feature ReportBy Judy Asman, Individual Member

As winter winds down, some of us look eagerly for seed catalogs to appear in the mailbox so we can start plan-ning our flower and vegetable gardens. For me, it is Road Scholar catalogs and flyers so I can compile a list of programs to check out.

“What do you want to learn?” is the question that motivates nonprofit Road Scholar to create the greatest col-lection of learning adventures you’ll find anywhere. With classrooms as big as the Grand Canyon, as historic as Gettysburg and as fascinating as the Everglades, they guarantee you will love learning with them. With 15 Road Scholar Programs under our belt, my husband and I totally agree with them.

Our latest program was Glory Days of the Railroad based in White River Junction, Vermont. Along with a wealth of seminars about the history of the area as well as railroads, we journeyed on three trains: the Conway Scenic Railroad, the Mt. Washington Cog Railway and Amtrak on smooth quarter mile rails. Our new friends included a magician/psychic with an interest in Houdini, a doctor and his physical therapist wife, two widows who had been college roommates, a retired female Methodist minister who travels in a camper van and an amazing woman who has opened her heart and home to over 100 foster children. There were many interesting conversations around the table as we enjoyed delicious nutritious meals.

HCE also gives us a great deal of education throughout the year. Programs are planned to give us an opportunity to stretch our brains and give us new information.

It’s never too late to learn something new, and maybe make a new friend on the process.

Impact of HCE -- 2017 HCE Club Member Contribution Report

To recognize the achievements and contributions of HCE members, each member is asked to complete the following sheet. Information will be compiled into an “Impact of HCE” Report. The dates for the report for 2017 are June 1st, 2016, to May 31st, 2017. Please give your reports to your Club President or your County Coordintor so they can be compiled. Counties will put everything together on the County Form and send to JoAnn Blonien, WAHCE Vice President for Family and Community Life by June 10th 2017. Thank You! Contact information: (will not be shared, for record keeping only) Club Member’s Name: County: Club: In the past year please indicate the number of times you attended and the amount of time you gave for the following: Event # Attended Time Spent County HCE Executive Board Meetings County HCE Spring Event(s) County HCE Fall Event(s) County HCE Educational Sessions HCE Club Meetings HCE District Meetings HCE State Meetings TOTAL ____________ Please list any fundraising activities you were involved with on behalf of HCE. (example: bake sale at the bank for HCE)) Fundraising Activity Time Spent TOTAL: Please list any community outreach activities that are directly related to HCE. (example: Bingo at the nursing home for HCE)) Community Outreach Time Spent TOTAL: Please list the value of any individual donations (monetary or otherwise) you made for HCE. Note: Club donations will be obtained from Club Treasurer. (example: crocheted baby blanket for HCE) Donations Estimated Dollar Value TOTAL:

Upcoming Programs

Thank YouNorthesast District Book Drive Deemed a Huge Success

The WAHCE Northeast District Fall Book Drive has been deemed a huge success. The Book Drive was held in conjunction with the 2016 Northeast District fall meeting. The Calumet County Association of Home and Com-munity Education (CAHCE) who were the hosts of the Northeast District fall meeting sponsored the Book Drive. The Book Drive was held with two missions to accomplish. The two missions were a Book Drive to collect new or gently used books to supplement a sparsely filled library in a Wisconsin school and to collect monies to purchase books to fill a library in a third-world country.

HCE members from the eight counties in the Northeast District donated 3,173 books over late summer/fall of 2016 that were collected at the fall Northeast District meeting held on October 20 in Brillion. The new and gently used books collected were a wonderful assortment of preschool through young adult fiction and nonfic-tion books. In November 2016, the books were delivered to Luther Burbank Elementary School in Milwaukee. 87.67% of Burbank’s students are economically disadvantaged. The school is using the books to fill their school library along with incentives for award programs and as gifts for children so they continue reading in their home environment. A thank you note was received from Pam Locket, Library Instructional Aide at Luther Burbank El-ementary School with the closing line reading, “Your group is amazing. All I can say is keep on making the world a better place because you have made a huge impact right here in our own state. I am sending each one of you a huge hug with my sincerest thanks.”

Hope North, a school in Uganda was chosen as the recipient of the monies collected at the Northeast District fall meeting. The monies collected will be used to purchase books for the library at Hope North School. Monetary donations were collected from the Calumet and Door County HCE Associations along with three individual HCE members. In addition, a silent auction was held at the Northeast District fall meeting with all proceeds going to the Hope North School library fund. To learn more about Hope North visit www.hopenorth.orgTHANK YOU…THANK YOU…THANK YOU to all individuals and County HCE Associations who contributed book and monetary donations to the WAHCE Northeast District Book Drive. Your generous donation has impacted lives in our own state of Wisconsin and the country of Uganda that truly are making an impact in a life of a child.

Welcome New MembersWanted: New Members

Remember we are only as strong as our weakest link.

Let’s all be strong and recruit new members.

Membership Chairs, Lois DalkeLois Schwister

Executive Board ReportWisconsin Bookworms

“Reading to children is the most satisfying volunteer work I have ever done.” All volunteer readers get a good feeling when reading to children, interacting with them and giving them their very own books. That is what Wisconsin Bookworms is all about and our county has been doing just that for 18 years. Throughtout the state of Wisconsin, with 40 counties par-ticipating, the 750,000 books will be read and given out in the month of May.

“Thank you”For donations we received $200 from St. Bernards Crafty Ladies and $25 from the American Legion Auxiliary in Kimberly.

Our biggest fundraiser is the Quilt Raffle, which started in January and will go until late April. You were each giv-en 15 tickets to sell or buy. We ask those that can sell more, please contact Linda 920-833-2618, Carol Theobald 920-984-3344 or Marcie Suprise 920-757-5407. Last year you did a great job by selling 1,065 tickets and took in $1,779. We will not have matching funds this year, so we need to do our best again this year.

Prizes: 1st Packer Quilt (100X100) 2nd Packer Quilt and Pillow (60X62) 3rd Sports Quilt (65X80) 4th Sports Quilt (48X60) 5th Packer Quilt (44X60) 6th Sports Quilt (54X62) 7th Wisconsin Badger CenterpieceRiver Rail donated an Aaron Rodgers Jersey and is selling tickets for HCE. Thanks to Dick.

In December Judy and Marcie went to Lambeau Field to accept the $2,000 grant from the Green Bay Packer Foundation. All the hours Judy spent on writing the grant paid off. Good work to both Judy Asman and Marcie Suprise.

Presentation

Judy Asman and Marcie Suprise did a presentation on Wisconsin Bookworms at the WAFCS Conference.

“I was at both sessions. These are some awe-some and very enthu-siastic women! I really enjoyed both projects.”Debbie Gagnon, WAFCS

Quilt Show

Vender letters were sent out in January. To date, we have two vendors signed up. Exibitor let-ters were sent out last week. We are encouraging members to make items to be sold in our booth with the proceeds going to Wisconsin Bookworms.

Executive Board Report

Charity Workshop

We are working on Wednesdays as weather per-mits. If you are interested in helping, call Linda 920-833-2618 to make sure we are working.

We delivered 28 heart pillows to the Cancer Center in January. We have donated several walker bags to individual people. We have been working on quilts, walker bags, picture books and cards. We have our 85 card folders for Camp American Legion ready and 650 Christ-mas cards for the troops.

Cultural Arts

Please be working on items for the Cultural Arts at the State Convention. The registration form is included as a seperate sheet (yellow) with this newsletter.

Fascinating Facts

Our Logo

The roof of the home symbolizes our past heritage with Extension Homemakers. The letters H (Home) C (Community) and E (Education) make it a sutiable logo by the state, county and club. The house without walls confirms a commitment to membership open to all, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, handicap or national origin.

Picture Perfect

Thank you to Outagamie County HCE members for conducting two workshops at the WAFCS State Con-ference held in Appleton in March.

REFRIGERATOR & FREEZER STORAGE CHART

Since product dates aren’t a guide for safe use of a product, consult this chart and follow these tips. These short but safe time limits will help keep refrigerated food 40° F (4° C) from spoiling or becoming dangerous.

• Purchase the product before “sell-by” or expiration dates. • Follow handling recommendations on product. • Keep meat and poultry in its package until just before using. • If freezing meat and poultry in its original package longer than 2 months, overwrap these packages

with airtight heavy-duty foil, plastic wrap, or freezer paper, or place the package inside a plastic bag.

Because freezing 0° F (-18° C) keeps food safe indefinitely, the following recommended storage times are for quality only.

Product Refrigerator Freezer

Eggs Fresh, in shell 4 to 5 weeks Don’t freeze Raw yolks, whites 2 to 4 days 1 year Hard cooked 1 week Don’t freeze well Liquid pasteurized eggs or egg substitutes,

opened 3 days Don’t freeze unopened 10 days 1 year

TV Dinners, Frozen Casseroles Keep frozen until ready to heat 3 to 4 months

Deli & Vacuum-Packed Products Store-prepared 3 to 5 days Don’t freeze well (or homemade) egg, chicken, tuna, ham, macaroni salads

Pre-stuffed pork & lamb chops, chicken breasts stuffed w/dressing 1 day Don’t freeze well

Store-cooked convenience meals 3 to 4 days Don’t freeze well

Commercial brand vacuum-packed dinners with USDA seal, unopened 2 weeks Don’t freeze well

Raw Hamburger, Ground & Stew Meat Hamburger & stew meats 1 to 2 days 3 to 4 months Ground turkey, veal, pork, lamb 1 to 2 days 3 to 4 months

Ham, Corned Beef Corned beef in pouch 5 to 7 days Drained, 1 month with pickling juices

Ham, canned, labeled “Keep Refrigerated,”

unopened 6 to 9 months Don’t freeze opened 3 to 5 days 1 to 2 months

Ham, fully cooked, whole 7 days 1 to 2 months Ham, fully cooked, half 3 to 5 days 1 to 2 months Ham, fully cooked, slices 3 to 4 days 1 to 2 months

Hot Dogs & Lunch Meats (in freezer wrap) Hot dogs, opened package 1 week 1 to 2 months unopened package 2 weeks 1 to 2 months

Lunch meats, opened package 3 to 5 days 1 to 2 months unopened package 2 weeks 1 to 2 months

Product Refrigerator Freezer

Soups & Stews Vegetable or meat-added & mixtures of them 3 to 4 days 2 to 3 months

Bacon & Sausage Bacon 7 days 1 month Sausage, raw from pork, beef, chicken or turkey 1 to 2 days 1 to 2 months

Smoked breakfast links, patties 7 days 1 to 2 months

Fresh Meat (Beef, Veal, Lamb, & Pork) Steaks 3 to 5 days 6 to 12 months Chops 3 to 5 days 4 to 6 months Roasts 3 to 5 days 4 to 12 months Variety meats (tongue, kidneys, liver, heart, chitterlings) 1 to 2 days 3 to 4 months

Meat Leftovers Cooked meat & meat dishes 3 to 4 days 2 to 3 months Gravy & meat broth 1 to 2 days 2 to 3 months

Fresh Poultry Chicken or turkey, whole 1 to 2 days 1 year Chicken or turkey, parts 1 to 2 days 9 months Giblets 1 to 2 days 3 to 4 months

Cooked Poultry, Leftover Fried chicken 3 to 4 days 4 months Cooked poultry dishes 3 to 4 days 4 to 6 months Pieces, plain 3 to 4 days 4 months Pieces covered with broth, gravy 3 to 4 days 6 months

Chicken nuggets, patties 3 to 4 days 2 months

Fish & Shellfish Lean fish 1 to 2 days 6 months Fatty fish 1 to 2 days 2 to 3 months Cooked fish 3 to 4 days 4 to 6 months Smoked fish 14 days 2 months Fresh shrimp, scallops, crawfish, squid 1 to 2 days 3 to 6 months

Canned seafood after opening out of can (Pantry, 5 years) 3 to 4 days 2 months

Bits and Pieces

Outagamie County Home and Community Education3365 W Brewster StAppleton, WI 54914

Outagamie.uwex.edu

UW-Extension Staff Karen Dickrell Family Living Educator and Department Head Amy Beck Office Assistant Joan Behle Office Assistant Kaitlin Bricco Seasonal Horticulture Assistant Evan Groth Nutrition Educator*

Sarah Grotjan Dairy and Livestock Agent Vicki Handschke Office Assistant Kevin Jarek Crops, Soils, and Horticulture Agent Zen Miller Dairy and Livestock Agent Ina Montgomery Program Assistant Kristine Soper Nutrition Educator*

Kayla Viste 4-H Youth Educator Allyson Watson Community Development Educator MaryBeth Wohlrabe 4-H Youth and Family Development Coordinator Becky Zoglman Education & Communication Specialist *Serves Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago Counties

County Administration

Thomas Nelson County Executive Craig Moser County Executive Administrator Jeff Nooyen County Board Chair Joy Hagen County Board Vice Chair

Extension Education Committee

Dan Rettler Chair Keith Suprise Vice Chair Daniel Melchert Secretary BJ O’Connor-Schevers Member Debbie VanderHeiden Member

Phone Number 920-832-5121Fax Number 920-832-4783

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