OAFCS
DISTRICT B SPRING NEWSLETTER
APRIL
2006
From Sandy Ranftl, District B President:
It
has been my pleasure to serve you as president this past year. I wish to thank the executive board members who
have helped to make this an eventful and exciting year. I hope that you have enjoyed the meetings
this year. Please send any board member
ideas for speakers or places to hold our meetings.
I
would like to introduce Mara Lee Albright who will be our student
representative on the Executive Board.
Mara Lee is attending
The District also has a
web page: www.geocities.com/oafcsdistrictb. Visit our page for meeting information. Please send AAFCS your e-mail address. Newsletters and legislative updates are being
sent through email. You do not want to
miss any news.
Help Needed! The 100th anniversary
of AAFCS is coming up and we have been requested to write a history of the
District to include in our OAFCS information.
Information, stories, pictures, annual meeting programs, board minutes
or any other items that you feel will tell our story are needed. Please forward that information or any
documents to Sandy Ranftl. We need your
help.
A change has occurred in
our membership. It is decreasing. Each of us needs to be a mentor to those who
are not members. Encourage FCS people to
join our organization. Bring them to a
meeting as a guest. Each of us should think about serving our profession by
being involved. Come join the other
officers provide programs and information at the district and state level. Our
organization is only as good as the members ask us to be; give us your input.
The Executive Board will
be meeting the first week of June. Let
us know what you would like or information that you need.
I hope I will see you at
the Spring Meeting,
Sandy Ranftl,
President [email protected]
From Kelly Shoemaker,
Nominating Committee Chair
Nominees placed on the
ballot were:
Secretary – Sharon Seitz (2006-2008)
Nominating Committee Chair – Kelly Shoemaker
(2006-2008)
President-Elect
– Virginia Gunn; (the first year as President-Elect, the
second year as
President and the third year as Counselor)
(2006-2009)
Thank you ladies for being
part of our executive board. Hope
everyone voted.
Kelly Shoemaker, Nominating Committee Chair [email protected]
Shelley Ann Sweazy, Vice-President-Membership
Development
Each
Fall District B recognizes an FCS professional who is outstanding in the field
from this district. This person should
show a dedication, involvement, and contribution to the organization and field
of Family and
Consumer Sciences. These criteria should
consider job commitment and responsibility, community service activities,
professional commitment and involvement in OAFCS, AAFCS, and related
professional organizations. Please look
around you and nominate a colleague who deserves. Give us his/her name and we will do the
rest. Thanks for your nominations.
Shelley
Ann Sweazy, Membership Development
[email protected]
OAFCS District B Executive
Board Members 2005-2006:
President
– Sandy Ranftl, [email protected]
President-Elect
– Toni Carlton, [email protected]
Secretary
– Alice Darr, [email protected]
Treasurer
– Sandra Laurenson, [email protected]
Counselor
– Rita Wass, [email protected]
Vice-President-Membership
Development – Shelley Ann Sweazy [email protected]
Nominating
Committee Chair – Kelly Shoemaker [email protected]
Newsletter
Editor- 2005-2007- Rebecca McKenna, [email protected]
Public
Policy Chair – Joanne Fleming, [email protected]
Public
Relations Chair – Nancy Sampson, [email protected]
Student
Representative- Mara Lee Albright, [email protected]
Dates and Places to Remember
OAFCS meeting will be April 20-22, 2006 in Columbus,
June 22-25, 2006, AAFCS Annual Meeting,
July 16-21, 2006, IFHE Council Meeting,
June 21-24, 2007, AAFCS Annual Meeting,
June 19-22, 2008, AAFCS Annual Meeting,
June 25-28, 2009, AAFCS Annual Meeting,
April 2006 is Child
and Family Awareness Month
Positive Tips for
Parents
1.
Remember… no one is perfect and we all make mistakes.
2.
Spend quality time with your children.
3.
Hug your children and tell them you love them
everyday.
4.
Celebrate your children’s creativity by displaying
their art.
5.
Show interest in your child’s education, schoolwork
and special events.
6.
Talk to your child about what he or she sees on
television and share your own beliefs and values.
7.
Praise all positive behaviors quickly and often.
8.
Be open to your children’s feelings by talking about
both the happy and sad events in your lives.
9.
Discuss your child’s day during a family dinner.
10. Provide
plenty of supervision, encouragement and love.
Omnova Solutions Foundation
USEP-OHIO PARENT TIP: Night
Terrors
This brief Parent Tip is provided at no cost
by United Services for Effective Parenting-Ohio, Inc. as a tool to assist
parents, teachers, grandparents and all who help care for and raise our
children. For more information on this and other tools from USEP-OHIO refer to
the conclusion of this Parent Tip.
Some of the most often-asked questions we have received from parents
over the years have been about sleep issues affecting their children.
Several years ago USEP-OHIO assisted as a
All children have dreams but not every child experiences night
terrors. Youngsters are generally thought to be able to have bad dreams
once they have acquired enough language to encode and retrieve
memories. So the things that they see, hear and experience begin to
enter their dreams. Sleep experts feel that most dreams come during REM
(Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, which comprises about forty per cent (40%) of sleep
in young children but decreases to only about 20% of adult sleep. So kids
have more dreams. Dreams and night terrors both require parents to calm
and soothe their children with the goal of teaching them to calm
themselves.
We think night terrors differ from dreams in several ways. It is
often difficult to awaken a child having a night terror. In fact they may
appear to be fully awake. They usually cannot remember when awake what
they saw during the experience. Night terrors are often the same images
repeated over weeks or even years. There are clues in body movement and
eye reaction that are more usual in night terrors.
My own daughter had a night terror that repeated over several
years. It was always the same. She would cry out, sit up in bed,
and repeatedly shake her hands in front of her. This lasted for several
minutes and sometimes repeated during the night. We washed her face, took
her to the bathroom, held her, and talked or sang to soothe her. I began
to realize that she might respond to my questions, take a sip of water, and
seem to be awake, but was not fully awake. I tried to determine if she
was awake. If she seemed unresponsive and continued to shake her hands –
it was probably our old friend night terror.
Over time, I learned not to fear these episodes. We talked about
what happened when she was awake to make her aware of what had happened, taking
care not to make her feel foolish or that she made our night difficult.
We asked her to try to discover what it was that she “saw” during the
terror. Finally we all became detectives and shared with one another some
of the fear dreams we experienced. About four years after the terrors
began,
Night terrors are mysterious, but they don’t have to terrify.
They are a normal part of the sleep experience. Not everyone experiences
them. To learn more about sleep issues for yourself and for your children
check out www.sleepohio.com/childs_sleep_schedule.asp or www.drgreene.com/21_155.html .
We invite you to share this
USEP-OHIO publication with other parents and professionals at home or work. You
have permission to copy Tips as written, send on as email, or print for a
newsletter or handout. Email [email protected] or call
1-800-262-4KIDS to add email addresses to our list, to give us feedback about
how the information works for you, or for other topics, publications and
programs. Clm3
If you are
interested in keeping up with is happen in the legislature with meetings and
issues and bills that effect your programs, sign up for weekly emails at [email protected]
This site is called
USEP
The Federal Reserve
Board
The Federal Reserve Board
unveils a new Web site aimed at youngsters from 11 to 14 years old. A cartoon of a smart-looking eagle- with
really big talons- is tour guide of sorts for the site. The site offers a dose of Fed history. Since school kids are accustomed to tests,
there’s even a 10-question quiz. The
kid’s page is part of the Fed’s effort to bolster financial literacy among
young people. The new Web page provides
younger students with a basic approach to the complexities of the Federal
Reserve.
www.federalreserve.gov/kids
OAFCS DISTRICT B SPRING
MEETING
Saturday, May 6th, 2006
10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
AMISH CULTURAL TOUR, Ridgeview Farms,
Come join us for an exciting
day learning about the Amish Culture.
Listed below are the places that may be visited during the day. Sharon Grover is our guide for the day. All participants
will meet at Ridgeview Farm at 9:45. We
will then ask those with larger vehicles to take others in a carpool to each of
the stops.
Buses were too costly. By carpooling we will be able to get from one
place to another more quickly. It will
be fun and a great learning experience.
Emma’s home cooked meal is phenomenal! All the above sites are within 2
miles of each other. Dress for the
weather; IF IT IS WET OR RAINY, WEAR APPROPRIATE SHOES AND SOCKS and
RAINWEAR. Please be on time so that we can
start the day immediately at 10:00.
PDU’s have been applied for this meeting.
AMISH QUILT AND FURNITURE
SHOP
Begin
the day with a glass of lemonade or a cup of coffee and sample Mrs. Miller’s
sweet treats. The Miller’s will explain Amish weddings and their culture.
MIDDLEFIELD BAKERY
Baker’s
will discuss their Amish recipes passed down over the generations. You will have a chance to purchase some Amish
bakery.
MIDDLEFIELD ORIGINAL CHEESE
CO-OP
See
cheese makers at work. You may sample
fresh curds and various cheeses.
Purchase some fresh cheese to take home.
EMMAS HOME COOKING
Lunch
will be served in Emma Miller’s kitchen.
You will enjoy a traditional AMISH WEDDING DINNER (fresh fruit, 7 layer
salad, date/nut pudding with whip cream, baked chicken, mashed potatoes and
gravy, fresh vegetables, homemade bread, Amish pie and coffee or tea). Amish ladies will serve you and you will be
able to ask questions about Amish cooking.
AMISH SCHOOL HOUSE
Visit
Amish classrooms. A speaker will explain
their educational processes.
END OF COMMONS
Visit
a popular landmark, the oldest operating general store in
RIDGEVIEW FARMS
Relax
as you take a hayride through the fields and look over the valley as you learn
about the daily operations of the Grover's real working farm, since 1926.
There
will be time to visit their farm market (items will be seasonal).
Cost: OAFCS members: $35.00 Nonmembers: $40.00 OAFCS Student members: $32.00
Directions:
Ridgeview Farm, 5488
Kinsman Rd. (SR 87), 7.5 miles West of SR 45, 3.5 miles East of Middlefield,
Trumbull
County, Farm is located in Mesopotamia, Ohio
May 6, 2006 SPRING MEETING RESERVATION
NAME_________________________________________________ AAFCS member number _______________
ADDRESS________________________________________________________ PDU needed _________________
CITY__________________________ZIPP___________PHONE____________
Position & Company/School______________________________________
____Members
attending program @ $35.00
Total__________
____Student
members attending program @ $32.00 Total__________
____
Non-Members attending program @ $40.00 Total__________
Guest
Name/s_______________________________________________
Payment for reservations must be received
by TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2006.
Please make checks payable to the OAFCS -District
B.
Mail promptly to Sandra Laurenson,
Any program ideas, speakers or places to hold a meeting that you would like to suggest for Dist. B?
Suggestion for Outstanding Professional of District B: _______________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
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