Educational Foundation Pot Luck Luncheon

Volume 38, Number 8
Grapevine
Los Gatos/Saratoga Branch
American Association of University Women
April, 2007
You are invited to our annual
Educational Foundation Pot Luck Luncheon
Saturday, April 21, 2007
11 am – 1:30 pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
14103 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga
:
¨ BRING
your
favorite
Gourmet
Salad,
Tasty
Appetizer,
Relish or
Interesting
Cold Dish
The
branch
will
furnish
rolls,
coffee,
tea and
dessert
Meet the women who benefit from our efforts raising money to provide educational opportunities.
Tech Trek Scholarship Students
Local Scholarship Recipients
Introduced by Linda Hagelin
Introduced by Sheila Cagney
2007 Educational Foundation Named Gift Honorees
Introduced by Virginia Turner
Current EF American Fellowship Recipient Fouzieyha Towghi
will discuss her research in Medical Anthropology
We will also elect our branch officers and announce our 50-Year Members.
For information or to arrange a ride please call Virginia Turner, VP – Educational Foundation at 866-4234.
April, 2007
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Message From the President
A
pril will highlight several
AAUW programs in
which we participate
through our Branch, the state
organization (AAUWCA) and/or
the national Association. Our
local Committee on Homeless
Women and Children will hold
its annual English Tea. It is their
major event that raises funds for
the assistance the committee
gives to the Georgia Travis
Center, Inn Vision, and the San
Jose Family Shelter.
Our April Branch Meeting will
be a luncheon where we will
meet some of the last year’s
recipients of our Tech Trek
Camperships and this spring’s
winners of our Transfer Scholarships for Women Majoring in
Science or Mathematics at West
Valley College. The main
speaker at the luncheon will be a
Recipient of an Education Foundation Grant for graduate study.
At the end of the month,
Branch President Elect, Gladys
Armstrong, and I will attend the
AAUWCA Convention in
Ontario, California as your
delegates. If you are interested in
joining our delegation please call
me as soon as possible.
The theme of the state meeting
this year is Advancing Our
Leadership Legacy: Celebrating
our Past (125 years) and Creating
our Future. We will be discussing
AAUW advocacy positions on
education, welfare reform, salary
equity, health care reform, and
other issues of concern to
women. There will be workshops
on publicity, membership, personal finance, and other topics of
benefit to members and branches.
We will also be voting on the
proposed AAUWCA Bylaw
changes, which all of you should
have received by mail. Please see
the summary on page one and
details about the changes on
subsequent pages. On Tuesday,
April 3, our local Board will
discuss the proposed changes in
voting procedures, election of
state officers, and how a smaller
AAUWCA Board of Directors
will function. If you would like to
participate in the discussion and
the advisement of your delegates,
please carefully review the bylaw
changes and attend the board
meeting which will be from 4 to
6 p.m. at the Saratoga Fire Station. You may also call me at
867- 0588 or Gladys at 867-1090
if you have questions or suggestions.
Sharon Kelkenberg
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Officer Nominations for
2007-2008
President Elect
Margaret Bard
Program Vice President
Open
Membership Vice President
Susan Boyd
Educational VP
Louise Quenon
Legal Advocacy VP Tina Hubbard
& Sumi Tanabe
Financial VP
Joan Kjemtrup
Recording Secretary Linda King
March 4, 2007
Submitted by Gladys Armstrong
Chair,Nominating Committee 2007
Number 8
April, 2007
BRANCH COMMITTEE INFORMATION
Local Scholarship
Committee
The Local Scholarship
Committee’s program on February
24, 2007 featuring Gloria Heidi
was enjoyed by all who attended.
The Baltic Room at West Valley
College was transformed into
Hollywood, by Linda King’s
decorating talent. Virginia Turner
provided two chocolate fountains
and a variety of desserts for the
event. A protégé of Academy
Award movie costume designer,
Edith Head, Gloria’s background,
rooted in the magic of Hollywood
imagery, gave us the history of
women through the movies using
various fashions and hats. She had
large posters of movie stars such as
Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Bette
Davis, and Barbara Stanwyck. A
best-selling author, Gloria has
written five books. Her latest is
Hang-Ups, The Secret Life of
Clothes, which she had available to
for purchase.
As part of the Hollywood theme,
we asked people to dress up if they
so desired. After Gloria Heidi’s
performance, the following were
winners of the best costume:
1st place – Louise Webb; 2nd
place – Judy Gilchrist; and 3rd place
– Patty Weber. There were others
who wore spectacular dresses as
well. Sue Boyd stood out in her
hot pink and green outfit. Prizes
were awarded to the winners.
Congratulations!
The event was a fundraiser for
the Local Scholarship Committee
to raise money for scholarships for
West Valley College women who
are majoring in math, science or a
related field and who will transfer
to a 4-year college or university in
the fall of 2007 or spring 0f 2008.
We would like to thank all of you
who attended this fundraiser. We
truly appreciate your support. We
would also like to thank those of
you who could not attend the event
but donated money. Your presence
and donations assured that our
committee can again award scholarships to deserving women students. The recipients will be
honored at the Educational Foundation Awards Luncheon on April 21,
2007.
Thanks to the following committee members: Virginia Turner,
Linda King, Donette Dake, Sheila
Cagney, Ginny Aragon and Sharon
Kelkenberg.
Sumi Tanabe, Co-Chair
Local Scholarship Committee
Louise Webb, winner of “most glamorous” at the Hollywood fundraiser.
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April, 2007
Tech Trek
Helen Lemmon, president of
Saratoga Lions, once again helped
us reach our goal to send five girls
to Stanford’s Tech Trek Science
Camp. The Saratoga Lions Board
supported our program with a grant
of $775.00, enough for one scholarship. Thank you Helen Lemmon
and the Saratoga Lions Board of
Directors.
The Tech Trek committee would
like to have two service clubs in
Saratoga and two in Los Gatos to
support our program each year. The
campers are willing to speak to any
group recounting their experiences
at Tech Trek.
Following is a thank- you note
from a 2006 camper:
Dear Los Gatos-Saratoga
AAUW,
Thank you so much for sponsoring my scholarship to Tech
Trek! I have had such a great
time here. One of my favorite
activities so far has been the
night with professional
women.º It was interesting to
meet so many successful (or
soon-to-be-successful)
women. It was also fun to hear
from the women engineers.
Before this, I had heard about
engineers, but I didn’t really
know what they do. This is
now a career that I could
really see myself studying in
the future.
Thank you so much for this
opportunity and all that you
did to make this happen.
Love, Alyssa Coffin
Nancy Hobbs, Tech Trek
Co-Chair
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Committee on Homeless
Women and Children
At the February 14, 2007 meeting,
Sister Margaret Gregg, Santa Clara
County Homeless Concerns, told
us that the count of the homeless
both in shelters and unsheltered is
done every two years in order to
receive Federal money. Two weeks
after the count, community workers
interview both the sheltered and
unsheltered. This information will
later be published. Sister Margaret
said that the count two years ago
was 4,868 unsheltered and 2,778
sheltered totaling 7,646. The chair
of the County Board of Supervisors, Don Gage, has made the
problem of the homeless one of his
four goals. He has formed a blue
ribbon panel to see how the county
can meet the 10-year program to
end homelessness. Sister Margaret
indicated that the nationally Catholic Charities survey found the
causes of poverty/homelessness to
be in the following categories: 1/
3rd situational poor, issues that can
be repaired; 1/3rd generational
poor; and 1/3rd mental illness
including drugs and alcohol. She
ended her presentation by saying
that the key to housing the homeless is building homes and getting
deep pockets for funding.
On February 28, 2007, the Mercury News published an article
about the Board of Supervisors
dedicating $2.45 million to four
projects that will create 49 housing
units for people who are mentally
ill and chronically homeless. The
money will come from the Housing
Plus Fund, which the Board established in 2006. The fund stands at
$4 million: $2 million from the
state Mental Health Services Act,
and $2 million from the county.
The groups to develop the housing
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are First Communities Housing and
Charities Housing. The first 27
units will be available this fall,
with 10 more in the spring of 2008,
and 12 more in the summer of
2009. The Mercury News also had
an article about the number of
homeless in the United States
estimated to be 754,000 in 2005.
That number is about 300,000 more
people than there are available beds
in shelters and transitional housing.
Trish Crowder, Director of the
San Jose Family Shelter, will be the
guest speaker at the March 13,
2007, meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at
the home of Nancy Anderson,
13561 Lomond Ct., Saratoga. You
are welcome to attend any of our
meetings; particularly on the days
we have guest speakers.
The Homeless Committee is busy
with activities for the Spring “April
Showers” Tea, which will be held
at the West Valley College Student
Center on Saturday, April 14, 2007.
Please support this event by purchasing tea tickets and raffle tickets
for the necklace drawing and
donating no-onger-needed jewelry
to JoAn Lambert (867-6237). We
truly appreciate your support.
Sumi Tanabe
Number 8
April, 2007
Earth Day Network Reality Check
177 billion
Number of dollars U.S. consumers saved in 2005 because of
improvements in automobile efficiency since 1973
13.1 billion
Number of gallons saved if every American converted to one of the four
most efficient cars in each class
8 billion
Amount American consumers lose daily because of idle electronic
functions such as lit display clocks, memory chips, and remote control
functions
495 million
Number of dollars U.S. consumers spend on gasoline every day
75 million
Number of dollars saved in electricity costs if all U.S. companies
switched to Energy Star exit signs
550,000
Number of trees you would save if you recycled all the newspaper in the
U.S. on one average Sunday
22,000
Number of pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) released by the average
household each year
4281
Number of acres of rainforest lost every hour worldwide
2020
Year that Mt. Kilimanjaro’s glaciers will be completely gone
70
Percent of world’s population that lives in the tropics and will therefore
be dramatically affected by climate change effects such as rising sea
levels and warmer temperatures
50
Number of years it will take for the Greenland ice sheet to be completely
eliminated at the current rate of emissions
30
Number of dollars saved in energy costs for every light bulb replaced
with an Energy Star bulb
20
Percentage of total heat lost in a typical home because of poor sealing
9
Percentage of species facing extinction because of global climate change
3
Percentage of average heating bill a household would save for every
degree it lowers its thermostat in the winter
1
Number of people it takes to start change
Taken from the Earth Day Network web site
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Earthday, April 22
Save The Date
Annual Games Party to benefit
Tech Trek
Wednesday, July 11th, 1-4 pm
The Terraces, Los Gatos
Louise Quenon
Attention: Bridge Players
Beginning April 10th and continuing through May 29th, Sharon
Krawetz will be teaching an Advanced Bridge Class through Los
Gatos Recreation. Some of our
AAUW bridge players have taken
classes from her and say she is a
wonderful teacher. The class meets
Tuesday afternoons from 1 - 3 pm
and you may register online at
www.lgsrecreation.org or by
calling 354-8700
April, 2007
Support the Paycheck
Fairness Act
In 2005, the most recent year for
which data is available, women
earned only 77 cents on the dollar
to their male counterparts. Minority
women face a larger wage gap:
compared to white men, African
American women make 67 cents
on the dollar (African American
men make 75 cents); Hispanic
women make almost 58 cents, and
(Hispanic men make almost 66
cents).
The wage gap has real consequences. With a record 69 million
women in the workforce, wage
discrimination hurts the majority of
American families. In addition,
wage discrimination lowers total
lifetime earnings, reducing
women’s benefits from Social
Security and pension plans and
inhibiting their ability to save not
only for retirement but for other
lifetime goals such as buying a
home and paying for a college
education.
Although the number of women
attaining college degrees now
surpasses the number of men, it has
not translated into equal income.
This gap emerges within the first
year after graduation—even when
women are working full-time in the
same fields as men—and widens
during the first ten years in the
workforce. In 2004, a typical
college-educated woman working
full-time earned $31,223 a year,
compared to $40,798 for a collegeeducated man—a stark difference
of $9,575.
On Tuesday, March 6, Rep. Rosa
DeLauro (D-CT) and Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton (D-NY) introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act.
This bill would expand upon the
original scope of the Equal Pay Act
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of 1963 and would, among other
things, allow individuals to sue for
fair wages; force employers to
explain wage gaps; and develop
training for women and girls on
compensation negotiations.
Equal pay for equal work is a
simple matter of justice for women.
AAUW strongly supports initiatives like the Paycheck Fairness
Act that seek to close the persistent
and sizable wage gaps between
men and women, and minorities as
well. Remind our leaders that
equity is still an issue, and equal
pay is essential in eliminating wage
discrimination
Gladys Bernyk
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Origin of April Fool’s
April Fools’ Day began in the
1500s when the Gregorian calendar
took over from the Julian. Those
who forgot the change and attempted to celebrate New Year’s
(previously celebrated on the 1st of
April) on the wrong date were
teased as “April fools.”
It has become tradition on the
first of April to pull jokes of the
harmless variety on those near and
dear to us. We plot and we scheme,
and often the jokes are funnier in
our imaginings than how they play
out in reality, but that doesn’t stop
us from sending the little kid in us
out on a rampage. Even the most
staid among us have been known to
indulge in a practical joke or two,
so beware of trusting anyone on
that day.
In Scotland, an April fool is
called an April “gowk” — Scottish
for cuckoo, an emblem of simpletons. In England, a fool is called a
gob, gawby or gobby. In France,
the victim of a hoax is called a
“poisson d’avril,” an April fish.
(“April fish” refers to a young fish,
thus one easily caught.) The French
delight in shouting “Poisson
d’Avril!” at the denouement of the
foolery. Some also insist that all
pranks include a fish or at least a
vague reference to same within the
joke. Asking someone during a
phone conversation to hold the line,
then later returning to the call and
inquiring of the victim if there’d
been any bites is a popular groaner.
So are pranks which trick the
victim into placing calls to fish
shops or the local aquarium.
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April, 2007
APRIL 2007 AAUW CALENDAR
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Tuesday
Board Meeting 4-6 pm at the Saratoga Fire Station, Corner of Saratoga Ave &
Saratoga/Los Gatos Rd.
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Thursday
Great Decisions 1-3 pm at the Saratoga Senior Center. For information call: Anne or Al
Stewart at 358-3177 or Sharon Kelkenberg at 867-0588.
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Friday
Travel 7:30 pm at The Terraces. “India-Its People and Places” –Gail Nichols takes us
to both the north and south of India where she has found that people make the journey.
Tour the cities where Gail has encounters with children everywhere. Visit a small village
where their driver invites Gail and her husband to visit his home. Enjoy an intimate visit
to India!
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Tuesday
Committee on Homeless Women and Children, 7:00 –9:00 pm at the home of Nancy
Anderson, 13561 Lomond Ct., Saratoga. English Tea planning. For information please
call Sumi Tanabe at 253-6191.
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Tuesday
Conversation in Spanish 1:30-3:00 pm at the Saratoga senior Center Fireside Room.
Come and listen, come and speak, come and enjoy. For information call Sharon
Kelkenberg, 867-0588 or Helen Lemmon, 867-0575.
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Wednesday
Let’s Do Lunch 11:30 am at Café Marcella, 168 Village Lane, Los Gatos. Call Hostess
Sue Boyd for reservations at 354-9083. Chair: Jean Power, 356-5122. Visitors are
welcome.
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Thursday
Hikes and Walks, meet promptly at 9:00 am at Argonaut Shopping, Saratoga, way out
front of Longs. San Bruno Mountain. Fabulous Views – fabulous wildflowers. Call:
Kay Duffy, 867-0508 or Jane Bishop, 356-7796.
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Tuesday
PM Book Review 7:30 pm at the Saratoga Retirement Center, Licia Thomson, 7417611. Book: “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls. Reviewer: Liz Brownwell. CoChairs: Pat Khan, 378-8894 and Marlene Lamb, 356-8441.
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Thursday
Great Decisions 1-3 pm at the Saratoga Senior Center. For information call: Anne or Al
Stewart at 358-3177 or Sharon Kelkenberg at 867-0588.
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Friday
AM Book Review 9:30am, at the home of Geri Williams, 4630 Corrida Circle, SJ.
RSVP Geri Williams, 296-1939. For information call Pat Dalcher, 358-1071.
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Saturday
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Tuesday
EF Potluck Luncheon 11am-1:30pm at Immanuel Lutheran Church. See front page for
details.
Conversation in Spanish 1:30-3:00pm at the Saratoga senior Center Fireside Room.
Come and listen, come and speak, come and enjoy. For information call Sharon
Kelkenberg, 867-0588 or Helen Lemmon, 867-0575.
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Tuesday
Film Buffs 7 pm at the home of Mary Ellen Madden, 1616 Inglis Lane, San Jose. RSVP
Mary Ellen 264-4488. Chair: Mary Ellen Madden
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Thursday
Back by Noon Hike, meet promptly at 9:00 am at Argonaut Center, Saratoga, by
Longs.
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Grapevine Newsletter Editor, Donette Dake (353.2342), Co-Editor, Sarah Model.
Distribution: Judy Zaccone ([email protected]). Copy due on the 10th of the month ([email protected]).
Published monthly except July and August by Los Gatos-Saratoga Branch of the American Association of University Women.
Periodical postage paid at Saratoga, CA 95070.9998.
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2007
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SPICY DEVILLED EGGS
6 hard cooked eggs
1 tbsp. fresh parsley
1 tbsp. scallions, minced
1 small jalapeno pepper
1/4 cup Mayonnaise
1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon cilantro (optional)
pinch cayenne pepper
pinch chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon horseradish, grated
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
Slice each egg in half crosswise. Scrape out yolks saving contents in a bowl. Add mayonnaise, mustard and
blend together. Add remaining ingredients to combine.
Spoon approximately 1 tbsp. of the yolk mixture into each egg half. Sprinkle lightly with chili powder and
paprika. Garnish with a sprig of parsley.
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In principle and practice, AAUW 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, or disability.
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is California’s most active and diverse organization for women offering:
action for equity, personal and professional growth, community leadership, and friendships.
April, 2007
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