OLUME UMBER 7 APRIL 2015 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE · We were given assorted colors of carded wool...

Founded in 1918 under the n a m e Lamoille H o m e -m a k e r ’ s Club, the Lamoille Women’s Club is a m e m b e r of the General Federation of Wom-en’s Clubs and Nevada Federation of Women’s Clubs. Our mission is to promote the social, educational, and economic interests of women in Elko County, Nevada.

www.lamoillewomansclub.org

WHAT ’S INSIDE

APRIL 2015

MEETINGS

1ST WEDNESDAY MONTHLY

2ND WED. JAN. & SEPT.

NOON—2PM

NO MEETING JUL. & AUG.

LAMOILLE WOMEN’S CLUB

795 CLUBHOUSE LANE

LAMOILLE, NV 89828

EXECUTIVE BOARD

President

Linda Maclaren 775-748-5235

Vice President

Donna Potter 650-773-1309

Secretary

Ida McBride 775-738-4835

Treasurer

Joyce Kay 775-753-7242

Co-Treasurer

Jane Stevens 775-738-4488

Past President

Martha Wallace 775-777-1108

G F W C L A M O I L L E W O M E N ’ S C L U B

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE 1-2

FIBER ARTS CELBRATION 2

THE SECRET NEEDLE 3

QUILT APPRAISAL 3

APRIL BIRTHDAYS 3

LAMOILLE COUNTRY FAIR UPDATE 4

GFWC 2015 NEVADA CONFERENCE 5

COOKBOOK UPDATE 5

OUT AND ABOUT 6

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: MILLIE MCCARLEY 7

VETERANS CIP NEWS 8

ONGOING VETERANS COLLECTIONS 8

LES MISERABLE VISITS ELKO 9

ADVERTIZEMENTS 9-11

UPCOMING EVENTS 12

PRESIDENT ’S MESSAGE

VOLUME 9, NUMBER 7

I'm sure you're tired of reading my "pep-talk" messages, and I'm tired of writing them. So this month is going to be a simple train-of-thought message. Less message, more ramble.

Spring is in the air, at least according to the calendar. But nature is a fickle mistress and tends to do things in her own time and her own way. We've had beautiful weather for the past few weeks, but I'm holding my breath: we're bound to have more traditional winter weather soon. At least I hope so. We need more snow...<sigh>

Is anyone tempted to start planting? I've heard that no one should plant in Spring Creek until after Memorial Day (i.e. June 1), and I imagine it's pretty much the same for the rest of the area. With Spring Creek water rates so high, I'm not going to plant anything new but instead try to keep up with the plants I have. My grape hyacinth and daffodils are blooming amid the burgeoning weeds. At some point, I'm going to have to start dealing with those pesky, spiky, thorny, hairy weeds; I think I'll treat myself to a new pair of gloves.

Have you done anything creative over the winter months? I know some of us sew; several of our sewing group have produced beautiful quilts. I got into a card-making phase; it's another hobby that I love, and having discovered Create and Craft TV, I've been buying all sorts of lovely new stamps and dies and papers. Like fabric, card making can be an ex-pensive hobby! I've also made some lovely cards with Jana' DeMore, who's a Stampin' Up rep. She's so talented!

And reading! It's another favorite pastime of mine. Although my summer garage sale will be filled with "old friends" for which I no longer have the room, I still buy my A-list au-thors in hardback. Others have been relegated to my Kindle...what a marvelous inven-tion! Although I started with British mysteries long ago, I've tended toward American mysteries of late. I have many favorites: Craig Johnson, John Sandford, Donna Andrews, J.D. Robb (my "guilty" pleasure, although I confess I skip over the juicy bits), Nevada Barr (does anyone else think she's writing much darker lately?), Janet Evanovich, Diane Mott Davidson, and so many others. I've given up on Patricia Cornwell; until she gets some mental health help, I can't read her books any more...and I can't get used to that first-person, present-tense nonsense. It's so omniscient).

A Fiber Arts Celebration Ida McBride, Linda Maclaren, and Joyce Kay, went out to the California Trail Interpretive Center on March 2nd, for their Felting Spring Flowers workshop. They must have had 25 to 30 ladies show up. We were given assorted colors of carded wool roving, bubble wrap and a splash of soap wa-ter. We mushed the wool and soap water between the bubble wrap to felt the wool together. After a rinse with hot water, beautiful flowers started to pop up. We then had a picnic lunch and short hike up the hill. We wandered around the Trail Center until the Art of the Needle Embroidery demonstra-tion opened. Where our own Diane Quenell showed her Sashiko, and two other ladies showed Black Work and Canvas Work. It was a fun outing for us all!

PRESIDENT ’S MESSAGE (CONTINUED)

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A goal of mine is to have a clean house. Not many of you have been inside my home, which I've

lived in for almost 9 years. It's filled with "stuff", most of it still in boxes, and I can't seem to

make any headway in organizing, sorting, or discarding it all. Too many clothes, too many hob-

bies, too many bits and pieces. And cooking stuff? Good grief, I have enough for a convention! I

can't get rid of a single bowl or plate to make even a dent in my massive collection of tableware,

cookware, glassware, and bakeware. I confess, if I had four ovens, I could probably bake 8 casse-

roles at a time. (And the worst part of this is that I don't really cook!!) When people tell me their

homes are a mess, they have no idea what they're talking about. If you don't have to walk side-

ways to get through your living room, your house is perfectly fine!

So, tell me what you've been up to over the winter months. Treat my "message" like a friendly e-mail and write back to

me about what you've been doing, or plan to do this summer. Sorry for the babble, but I am really tapped out on Club

stuff.

Thanks….Linda

Don’t Forget the Date!

May Ruby Views Newsletter articles are due on Sunday, April 26th by midnight

Submit to Newsletter Editor, Jesica Ford Reporters: Please send articles to: [email protected]

Quilt Appraisals By Martha Wallace

While I was in Pahrump, I at-tended the Annual Quilt Show sponsored by the Arts Council and the Shadow Mountain Quilt-ers. As always, some of the quilts were over whelming. It sometimes took the ladies one or two years to complete the quilt of their dreams. The quilts were beautiful and very interesting. I talked extensively to a Quilt Appraiser I found apprais-ing quilts for some of the ladies. She was from Arizona and is always invited to the Shadow Mountain Quilters Quilt Show. I watched with interest as she measured the quilt blocks and determined the material and style of the quilts. She said it was wise to appraise the quilts so you would have proof of the value of the quilt should some-thing happen to them. After all, the material could be very expensive and in some cases many, many hours of labor was expended. The appraiser puts a value on the quilts that may be used for insurance purposes. I asked the appraiser what she charged. She said individu-ally she charged $50.00 per quilt for an appraisal. For the quilt show, she only charged $25.00 per quilt because she can do several at one location. Possibly the Lamoille Women’s Club sewing ladies have already considered having some of their quilts appraised. If not, it is something to think about. One of the contests held by the quilters consisted of providing the same half-yard of material to each contest-ant. The contestants had to make something that con-tained the material and then present it at the Quilt Show for judging. What a selection of items were made. Some used the material as a piece of panel for a jacket or blouse. Some made bags, mats, covers, and all kinds of things. What imaginations these ladies had. Attendees had the opportunity to vote for their favorite item. The Shadow Mountain Quilters now have 140 members and meet once a week. They also put on the Quilt Show each spring. I always look for-ward to seeing the show each spring.

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There is fabric a flying most Thursdays at the Club House. If they don't have it in their stash they can always look in the bags at the back of the room, as they are all sorted into similar colors. Oh there is cutting going on for this project or that and stitching or tying on quilts. Lunches can be mild or spicy you just never know what is served. Sometimes lately there have been more desserts that lunch food and then there is one that will always try to bring some-thing healthy. But the coffee is hot and good cheer is passed around each week. You can even see someone use a seam ripper and that's when I get excited because I get to go through the fabric a sec-ond time, maybe even more. Come on down to see the ladies work on their projects. Every Thursday from about 9 am to 3 pm, they are there working on some-thing. The Secret Needle

April Birthdays

Be sure to wish these gals

a very “Happy Birthday”.

Betty Vaughan—April 3rd

Marilyn Tipton—April 11th

Doris Toothman—April 13th

JoAnn Eklund—April 19th

Ruth Baty—April 27th

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Our Publicity chair, Pam Osmonson, has been hard at work getting articles prepared and put into

all of the various advertising venues.

Our Treasurers, Jan Barngrover and Jane Stevens have been putting money in the bank ($$$) for

the 18 new vendor applications this month, as well as paying a few bills that have already come

in.

O’Carroll’s have graciously offered their back yard and tables, which will already be set up, for our

Kick off Dinner. It will be held Saturday, June 27th at 5pm. If you are planning to attend please

RSVP ASAP to Ruth Baty at 775-934-9183 or to [email protected] . Tell how

many are planning to attend so we can get an accurate count for food.

The Banners are ready for pick up at Print N Copy.

Grant forms have been picked up, and will be in the mail this week.

Posters are ready to be hung up. If anyone is going to Wells, Ely or Carlin let Pam know and she

will get you the posters.

Hopefully each one of you has gotten their tickets to sell for the opportunity drawing of the quilt dur-

ing the Lamoille Country Fair, June 28th. If you haven’t, you will be able to get those tickets at the

meeting April 1. Don’t forget to sign

up to help with the selling of the op-

portunity drawing tickets at the

Home Show, May 10-11. We appreci-

ate your help. A sign-up sheet will be

available at the meeting in April as

well as May. There are also a few other

opportunities to help with selling op-

portunity drawing tickets, which will

be presented at the April meeting.

We would love to have 100% partici-

pation in Fair activities so if you know

you won’t be here please let us know

so we can let you do some of the other

activities that lead up to June 28th.

Thanks, Ruth Baty, Chair

Lamoille Country Lamoille Country Lamoille Country

Fair UpdateFair UpdateFair Update

mailto:[email protected]

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How do you have a 19th Annual State Convention when the State is over 100 years

old? At one time we only had Conventions every two years…it has only been 19 years

since we started having them annually!

Going, going, gone….there are only 5 more spots for ladies from our club to sign up

for this Convention. Even if you can only come for part of the day, please do! There

are several ladies from Las Vegas that have not been up here before, let’s be well

represented from our club!

Workshops will be held on Parliamentary Procedure, Reporting, and Fundraising. It

should be a fun, informative day!

We have goodie bags for everyone! A big huge thanks to several ladies from our club

who have sewing abilities and others who asked businesses for various items. If you

have anything else to add let Ruth Baty know at 775-934-9183.

Even if you aren’t able to come to the Convention at the Hilton Garden Inn during

the day, please join us for a potluck at our clubhouse at

6 pm Saturday evening April 11. We will have signup

sheets at our April meeting. Come get to know some of

our fellow clubwomen from Las Vegas!

GFWC Nevada

2015 Convention

The “Cookbook”—“Recipes from the Heart”, has been submitted!

Morris Press said the proof should be ready the week of April 13th. We will then

proof that copy and resubmit it. They said we should have it by the end of May! We

do have some forms to take orders. They are called “Advance Sales Cookbook Cou-

pon”. You can presell the cookbooks to make sure you, your friends and family get

one of the first “hot off the press”! There are also “Cookbook Gift Certificates” you

can use to give to your friends and family that you bought one for. We will begin to

COOKBOOK UPDATE

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Hi Ladies. I am sorry this column missed the March newsletter. I just hadn’t been in touch with enough of you to put it togeth-er. The purpose of this endeavor is to keep us all more up to date with one another’s comings and goings?

David and I plan to return to Nevada just after Easter, and I expect that some of our other snowbirds are heading north as well. The Branscombs spend the winter near Wickenburg, AZ, horses and all. And Martha and Bill escape a few of the coldest months by going south to Pahrump. Leslie and Raul Hernandez live near us in Tubac. Gaylon Simmons and her hubby spend the winters in Florence, AZ. Marilee and Tom Kuhl were coming south, but didn’t drop by? Next time! Becky and Mike Ker-na are going back and forth between Elko and Henderson, where they are in the process of buying a house. Donna and Pat Pot-ter with dogs, Willie and Gus, visited us for a few days. It was great to see them, and to go to some of the visitors’ places such as the Tumacacori Mission, San Xavier del Bac Mission, Old Tucson, and the Desert Museum. They continued their trip by visiting parks in Northern Arizona and Utah. But I understand that North Eastern Nevada has had a pretty mild winter, with far too little snow or rain. On some days it was as mild in Spring Creek as it was here south of Tucson.

I had a great chat with Darlene Exposito, and hoped she and Lavonne might get down to Arizona during the Ohio winter. But Darlene blew her budget by buying an old Victorian house at auction. How many of us can say we did that? Darlene says she misses the friendliness of our community and that it is much harder to meet up with folks in East Palestine, OH. But she does belong to a sewing group at her church. And rather than work on individual projects, the ladies make prayer quilts, where they sew blocks, piece the top, assemble the quilt, then hang it where church goers can all tie some knots and offer a prayer. The quilt is then given to someone who is ill, grieving or needy. It is a lovely concept, and similar in a way to making quilts for vet-erans.

I also had a nice phone chat with Frances Hopkins, who has happily resettled in California, near her daughter. I got her mailing address and have mislaid it somewhere, but will find it again and put it in our record. As a LWC member, she was always will-ing to help where ever needed, and participated in some of our memorable lunches. Frances is a wonderful baker.

Andrea Davis gave me a call from Silt, Colorado. Glenn has retired and is enjoying it. Andrea is still working with her doctors, and having lots of therapy, and will be a new woman when we see her next. She thinks she’ll get back to her home in Spring Creek in June. Good luck with the workouts, friend.

Many of our club members attended Great Basin Colleges performance of Les Miserable. Jesica Ford praised the show calling it “a wonderful theatrical presentation of a great classic”.

I spoke to Diane Quenell before and after the gathering for Dixie Botsford, and it seems that it all went very nicely, and friends

and family shared good memories of Dixie. It is so good that the LWC can do these things. We have been talking for some

time about our club, bringing it into the 21st century, and adapting to the working, professional women who are joining us

these days. We all share an interest in doing good projects in and for the community, in finding innovative and inspiring ideas

from our members in order to move forward, in learning about and using today’s technology, and in working our butts off.

But, surely, one of the very best reasons for our club is to meet and make lifetime friends. I miss seeing so many of you, and

look forward to catching up on all that I have missed. Next month’s article will be more complete, talking about the newest

babies, the latest adventures, the newest projects. David and I are looking forward to meeting a new great grandson, named

Luke Hughes, who was born m March 9th at the Northern Nevada Regional Hospital. And I promise to have a more complete

resume of all our members’ activities in the May newsletter.

Until then, keep well, Eleanor

By Eleanor CollinsBy Eleanor Collins

Ruby Views Volume 9, Number 7

A little history about our longtime valuable Member and Friend

By Elisabeth Moore

Mildred (Mille) McCarley

Millie joined the Lamoille Women’s Club in 1981 and jumped right in with lots of projects. In 1984 Millie was instrumental in putting a sprinkler system in our club house back yard. Not yet done in 1989 they put a new siding around our clubhouse, because the old one was literally rolling up. The Ladies just kept on going to make our clubhouse looking good. A porch was added to back of the clubhouse.

From 1993 to 1995 Millie was our 59th Club President.

Millie started to gather all the information about our Past Presidents and placed a Gallery of them on the wall. Remodeling has not stopped, Kitchen, windows and lots of more what was needed.

In 1992 the Ladies from the club and Millie cleaned up the Lamoille Grove Park, so it would always look nice. Before installing the sprinkler system Millie watered all the trees at the Lamoille Grove by hand, what a job. Millie was very instrumental having the sprinkler system installed at the Lamoille Grove Park in 2000. Sherry Bitton, Richard Bitton and Marilyn Tip-

ton helped the crew installing the sprinkler system and also provided lunch and drinks for all the helpers.

Millie is also our Building and Grounds Chairman for many years and makes sure our clubhouse and grounds are always very presentable.

Due to all the hard work what was done to the Lamoille Grove Park from Millie and the Ladies we have the Park free for our Fair.

Recorded and passed at the Elko County, pursuant to NRS 244.1505(3), the 6th day of January, 2005. The County of Elko has determined to grant to the Lamoille Women’s Club free use of the Lamoille Grove Park on the fourth weekend in June of each year for the Lamoille Country Fair due to their long term maintenance of the Lamoille Grove Park Facility.

In 2009 we celebrated our 90st Birthday for the Lamoille Women’s Club. We entered a big float with all the projects our club accomplished. And our Millie was the Grant Marshal.

What an accomplishment from our Mildred “Millie” McCarley, there’s lots more this fine Lady has done. I would have to fill a book and we don’t have that much space in our Ruby View News.

The Lamoille Women’s Club Lady’s thank you for all the hard work you have done.

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Veterans CIP The LWC is continuing to work on quilts for local area veterans. La-

dies in the Sewing Group are working on pieced quilts from a com-

bination of donated and purchased fabrics. These are amazing

works of art from simple scraps. Other club members, including

those who don't quilt have made wonderfully warm, fuzzy tied

quilts with a branch of service logo. We have more fabric on hand

to make at least 3 more of these

tied quilts with an Army theme.

Any club member who wishes to

join in this Community project

should come join in on Thurs-

days at 9:30 until 2:30. We have

a potluck lunch and a lot of fun.

Support the Troops, Families

and the VFW Auxiliary

Please continue to collect the following items and bring them to the LWC Clubhouse at the General

monthly meetings or any Thursday from 9:3900 to 2:30. We pass these on to the VFW Auxiliary. The Aux-

iliary uses these to raise funds or to directly help military families,

troops, or the work the Auxiliary does for Veterans and their families.

Items to collect are:

Pull tabs from pop or beer cans

Box tops for Education

Grocery coupons from the manufacturer

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RUBY VIEWS OPPORTUNITIES


Les Miserable...A Big City Production in Our Small Town Last month we met John Rice, Theater Director at Great Basin College, at our Womens Club meet-ing. He came to tell us about the upcoming performance of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserable at Great Basin College. We had the opportunity to hear how the project came about and to see some of the costumes that would be worn. During his presentation, John informed us that Dr. Scott Gavorsky would be doing a special lecture on the French revolution prior to the March 19th show. I knew I had to go see the show! I also thought it would be interesting to get some background on the time period, so I attended the special engagement that included the history lecture.

Before the show, we learned that the French Revolution lasted from 1789-1817, and the actual story takes place in 1815. The French people were in such a desperate state that they were unable to meet the cost of living with their wages. Today in America we spend approximately 8% of our in-come on food. During the French Revolution, food costs were approximately 75% of persons’ wag-es. Many people had to choose between a place to live and eating. The story is based on that very premise. Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread to feed his sisters children. He lives to pay handsomely for his choice, becoming Prisoner 24601. There is a clear picture of inequality and greed throughout the story.

The production utilized other institutions in Salt Lake City and Idaho, as well as making many costumes. The cos-tumes were high quality and ornate, adding to the experience. I was delighted by the outstanding cast that varied in age and appearance to match their roles. Although there is a full cast on stage at most times, all with great singing

voices, each actor gets the opportunity to shine in solos through the show.

Although the production did not have full scene changes they achieved sev-eral atmospheric changes made by moving props on and off the stage. The set was perfectly balanced with enough props to give a clear image of where the scene was taking place while allowing quick, fluid scene changes. In addi-tion to the stage, the cast used the aisles, making the audience feel like they were in the thick of things. The cast maintained their characters while sing-ing and acting in the aisle which was great.

After the show, many in the audience stood and applauded with exuber-ance. The show was a wonderful experience and truly a gift to the commu-nity. I’m so grateful that I attended, there was no better way to spend my birthday. By Jesica Ford

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GFWC LAMOILLE WOMEN’S CLUB

GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN ’S CLUBS

Next Meeting/Luncheon— May 6th, 2015

P.O. Box 281426 Lamoille, NV 89828

Telephone: (775) 748-5235

http://www.lamoillewomansclub.org

N e w s l e t t e r E d i t o r J e s i ca Ford

801-859-6828 j e s i ca_b@comcas t .net

Ad v e r t i s i n g

Linda Mac la ren (775) 748 -5235

Re p o r t e r s L inda Mac la ren J e s i ca Ford

E l eanor Co l l ins Donna J ewel l Mi l l i e McCar l ey Ann Pat t on Donna Pot te r E l i sabeth Moore Ani t a Sa l i sbury Mar tha Wal l ace

Upcoming Events in April and May

April 1st—LWC General Membership Meeting, 12:00 noon-

2:00 p.m., at the LWC Clubhouse

April 1st—Short Convention Planning meeting after mem-

bership meeting

April 5th– Easter

April 11th— 19th Annual State Convention 10:00 a.m. Hil-

ton Garden Inn

April 1th— State Convention Farewell Luncheon 6:00 p.m.,

at the LWC Clubhouse

April 26th– Newsletter Articles Due

Every Thursday in April — LWC Sewing Group, 10:00

a.m.-3:00 p.m., at the LWC Clubhouse

May 6th—LWC General Membership Meeting, 12:00 noon-

2:00 p.m., at the LWC Clubhouse

May 5th—Cinco de Mayo

May 10th—Mother’s Day

May 25th– Memorial Day

Every Thursday in April — LWC Sewing Group, 10:00

a.m.-3:00 p.m., at the LWC Clubhouse

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