Nunews - Jan 14

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Volume 20 No.
5 January, 2014
NuNews
Nu Chapter#13 Area VII Alpha State, Texas Hays & Blanco Counties
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.
Leading Women Educators Impacting Education Worldwide Editor: Mary Nabers [email protected]
Tri County Luncheon

Saturday, January 25, 2014 Silver Center, 510 E. Court Street Seguin, Texas Social at 11:00 am---Lunch at 11:30 am Hosted by Alpha Theta Cost: $11.00 Program: Ivy Koehler of Texas Tales
RSVP to Barbara Pevoto by Jan. 17. You can pay at the door, but we need an accurate count of our members by the 17th. [email protected]
Take time to visit with our neighboring sisters.
Directions to Silver Center are on last page.
Barbaras Page:
Santa has been to Wimberley and is probably back at the North Pole as we look forward to the 2014 New Year with hopefulness and caring thoughts for those less fortunate. Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year and is another opportunity to share with those in need in our communities. We need to begin our Delta Kappa Gamma plans for the coming year. We are attending the Tri-Chapter luncheon on Saturday, January 25, at The Silver Center, Ezell Room, 510 Court Center in Seguin from 11 AM to 1 PM. The meal entre will be Chicken Alfredo, with vegetable and salad, tea, coffee. Desserts will be prepared by the host chapter, Theta Kappa. Cost is $11.00, which can be paid at the door. I will need to have an RSVP list by January
17, so please let me
know if you are attending.

The host chapter is busy planning door prizes and an interesting program will be presented. Directions can be located in this newsletter and car pools can be organized from our various locations. I will be driving from the Wimberley area, so let me know if you plan to ride and we can determine a meeting place. It is also time to begin making plans for our 2014 International Convention to be held in Indianapolis July 28-August 1. Beginning January 1, you can make reservations online at https://resweb.passkey.com/go/deltakappa or call 1-866704-6162 and mention you are part of the DKG group. Happy New Year! Looking forward to a great 2014!
Barbara
Help Needed!
Our President, Barbara Pevoto, is seeking assistance in preparing a 3-4 minute presentation about our Nu Chapter. Any outstanding events, accomplishments, etc. related uniquely to Nu Chapter will be appreciated. Also, were you a member when the chapter was founded? Please let her know. Many thanks!
Alpha State Convention Time

To get information about hotels and workshops and all the frills so you can register early, go to the website: http:/2014convention.weebly.com/ Or go to the state website: www.alphastatetexas.org and use the link. Or go directly to the hotel site given in the Presidents letter. The international website has information about the international convention in July in Indianapolis. Check it out too! Attending the state convention gives you the Big Picture about Delta Kappa GammaDKG is not just our little chapter and our monthly meetings. We belong to an international organization that awards scholarships and grants to women all over the world. To belong to Delta Kappa Gamma means to be a part of a group of key women educators who have worldwide impact. Seeing a thousand Delta Kappa Gamma members in action changes your view of our organization. (The workshops are really good too!) And International gives the Really Big Picture!
Lubbock June 19-21, 2014
Member News
From Nadyne: I have spent the last week monitoring my husband after his hospital stay. He is doing well, but you know how we are when someone has been out of commission. Henrietta Smith enjoyed all her family over Christmas, including daughter Shelly family from Detroit. Guess who had his first visit from Santa? Grandbaby Gavin! Robin Estepp visited her daughter Melissa in Houston environs to help pack goodie bags for Melissas students before the holiday. Of course, she enjoyed grandbaby Kendall too! An Update from Sallye Baker::Maybe I can get to (meetimgs) in Johnson City, but not making a promise. I feel so overwhelmed with all I have to do. I'll not move back to J.C. We sold the house there in Aug. 2012. We raise cattle so someone needs to be here to keep tabs on the ranch. (This week I had to break ice on the watering trough three different days for the cattle!!) I'm taking a day at a time. My brother puts out feed twice a week and I have a Hispanic man that helps one day a week - so at least three days there is someone around. Our son and his wife live at Spicewood (Briarcliff) and come over often. He is a pilot for Southwest Airlines and has 3 or 4 days off at a time.
Chapter Rules Revision Committee Report At the December meeting, the Chapter Rules
Revision committee set up a time to meet in January to work on this. That will be: SandraMorales, Loretta Eiben and Ruth Spear. They hope to give a full report at our next meeting.
Scholarship Committee Report

As reported at the December meeting, Jennifer Robuck has been chosen as our scholarship recipient. She will be doing her student teaching in English at San Marcos High School during the spring semester and will graduate in May. Jennifer is also a Refuge leader at the Baptist Student Ministry at Texas State where she leads a small group Bible study each Thursday evening and mentors. After graduation, Jennifer plans to intern with the Baptist Student Ministry and then teach in an inner-city high school or go abroad and teach English in a Spanish-speaking country. She would also like to begin her masters in Literature or perhaps get a Seminary degree. Jennifer expressed her appreciation to DKG for this scholarship. She said, Next semester, due to student teaching, I will not be able to work and this scholarship will cover some of the deficit from that loss. Due to your generosity, I will receive the opportunity to gain knowledge through hands on experiences as a student teacher. What I will learn next semester will forever change and affect me, making me a better teacher and a better person.
Book Review
By Mary
The Magicians Assistant

By Anne Patchett
The magician, as we learn on about page one, has died. But that fact doesnt mean he is not a character in the novel. Sabine, his assistant, devastated by the sudden loss of the man she loved, haunted by her memories of him, is shocked to learn that most of what he had told her about his early life is a lie. The story deals with grief, deception, loyalty, dreams, all the stuff of real life. Sabine loved Parsifal and devoted her life to him, as his assistant and friend even when it became apparent that they would never have a romantic relationship, for Parsifal is gay. Her love was returned by friendship and loyalty. When his partner died and he knew he, too would die, Parsifal married Sabine just so she could easily inherit his fortune. It turns out, however, that Parsifal also made a bequest to his family. First, Sabine must deal with the revelation of his having family; then her coming to know his mother and sister and understanding his deception is the heart of the story. As Sabine goes from the sun drenched palms of California to the icy snowbanks of Nebraska, as she makes peace between her memories and the hard truth, as she goes from being steeped in grief to finding a reason for living, Sabine travels a hard road, but she finds that she is no longer alone. Her
parents and Parsifals mother are endearing characters in the novel, and Parsifals sister, trapped in an abusive marriage, physically resembles him. In reality, Sabine becomes the magician, as she is able to change the lives of his mother and sister just like pulling a rabbit out of a hat or an egg out of an ear. (The rabbit is even a character.) Anne Patchett usually seems to leave a slightly ambiguous ending, and the working out of The Magicians Assistant fits the formula. But it is a satisfying ending for a very satisfying novel. It is far from just a feel good novel, but Sabine is such a warm character and her memories are so good that as she heals, we can be happy about possibilities too. Recently Patchett was interviewed on PBS. She said that there is nothing of her own life in her novels. She has, however, just published a collection of her essays, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, which, is, of course, personal. But while she says writing fiction is harder work, she enjoys writing it because she is in control of the situation. For this novel, she evidently did her homework on magicians and how magic works so that aspect of the novel is also interesting. Finally, Patchett is such an excellent writer, so polished in her craft, that becoming engrossed in one of her books is easy.
Guess whats still available?
Carol Grimm also has crocheted necklaces available. Do you have a Valentines necklace? Or a Valentine to give?
Check out news and photos on the web! Get the Minutes on the web. http://nuchaptertxdkg.weebly.com
Directions to the Luncheon, Jan. 25 From San Marcos, take Hwy 123 South to Seguin. Turn right onto Court Street. The Silver Center is on the right hand side of 510 E.Court St. with parking in the front and on the side of the building. If anyone decides to take Business 123 South which is also Austin St., she would turn left onto Court Street and go to 510 E. Court. The building would be on the left.
See you on Saturday the 25thin Seguin!

Happy New Delta Kappa Gamma Year!

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The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Volume 20 No.

Tri County Luncheon

Take time to visit with our neighboring sisters.

Directions to Silver Center are on last page.

17, so please let me

know if you are attending.

Alpha State Convention Time

Lubbock June 19-21, 2014

Scholarship Committee Report

The Magicians Assistant

Guess whats still available?

See you on Saturday the 25thin Seguin!

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