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1 Martha Vye/ Carrie Tomko, Editors/ March 2014 Spring General Meeting At the Hower House 60 Fir Hill, Akron Thursday, March 20, 2014 THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON WOMEN S CLUB Visit us on-line at 6:00 p.m. Shop at the Gift Shop 6:30 p.m. Dinner followed by the program and business meeting Program: WC Member Kate Waits will present The Joys of Volkswalking U.S. State Capitals. For the past six years, Kate has participated in the low-cost, non-competitive walking program sponsored by the American Volkssport Association (ava.org). As part of that program, she has completed walks (designed by volunteers from local AVA clubs) in 46 states. Ohio is a hotbed of volkswalking activity the state has more than 50 year-round volkswalks, as well as many special one-day walks. One of Kate s greatest volkswalking pleasures has been to walk in state capital cities. To date, she s done volkswalks in 42 state capitals, plus her home town of Washington, DC. Kate s talk will briefly cover volkswalking basics but will focus on what she s encountered in those capitals (and capitol buildings) from Augusta to Olympia and Tallahassee to Phoenix. Her talk will include some photos, and there will be time for comments and questions from the audience. Our business meeting will follow the program. Below are the nominations for offices for the academic year. President Leslie Bain Recording Secretary Peggy Walchalk Treasurer Diane Wolf Corresponding Secretary Barbara Clark Newcomers Chair Tracy Cummins Newsletter Chair Martha Vye/Peggy Walchalk Program Chair Diana Kunze Publicity Chair Betty Miller Scholarship Chair Diane Vukovich Special Activities Chair Martha Vye

2 We will enjoy a delicious dinner and dessert from Waterloo Restaurant and Catering. The cost for this event is $15 and will be collected at the door. Members and their guests are welcome. Please RSVP by March 14 to Diana Kunze at or her at servusdiana@aol.com Please note: No cancellations after March 14 because of our commitment to our caterer. Spring Scholarship Event The University of Akron Women's Club Scholarship Event at Actors Summit Theater Handle with Care, a romantic comedy Sunday, April 6, 2014; Matinee at 2 p.m. $40.00 per person Greystone Building, 6th floor, 103 S. High St. in Akron After-party dessert reception - director and cast have been invited to join us! Some free parking adjacent to the theater; free city parking immediately across the street. Registrations postmarked by Thursday, March 27, will be eligible for a drawing for an Early Bird basket of goodies! Please register using the form below Spring 2014 Scholarship Event Names of attendees: Number attending x $40 = $ I am contributing a donation of $ Total enclosed = $. I am unable to attend but am enclosing a donation to the Scholarship Fund $. Please mail registration to: Kate Waits, 344A Village Pointe Dr., Akron, OH 44313, phone Deadline for all reservations is Monday, March 31, Make check payable to: UA Women's Club. Thank you!

3 Women s Club News and Notes Note: If you have any news regarding our members such as illnesses, births, or deaths, please call our Corresponding Secretary Barbara Clark at or bclark2275@att.net Barbara will send an appropriate card with regards from the Club. Save the Date: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, October 1, 2, and 3, We ll again go to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, for the Shaw Theatre Festival. This event will be a fundraiser for the WC Scholarship Fund. Molly McBurney will serve on the Scholarship Committee with Kate Waits, Diane Vukovich, and Sylvia Johnson. Note: Please make these corrections in your directory: Barbara Jones s address is bej208@sbcglobal.net Ruth Murray s address is ruthmurray132@gmail.com Anne Schwarz s new address is 200 Laurel Lake Drive, W-102, Hudson, OH Special Activities Chair: Tracy Cummins ; cumminst62@yahoo.com Newcomers are welcomed and encouraged to join any of these groups. Please call the chairpersons to let them know of your interest. Afternoon Book Review Co-Chairs: Betty Seiberling and Jackie Fay ( ) This group meets the last Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. If you don t like driving at night, this is good group to join. Here are the hostesses and book selections for the remainder of this academic year. The hostess each month will provide dessert. March Jean Questel I Shall Not Hate, by Izzeldin Abuelaish April Carolyn Cox Through the Shadowlands, by Brian Sibley May Kathy Zbinden The Art Forger, by Barbara Shapiro June Marcia Mazak Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford Evening Book Review Co-Chairs: Anne Biermann ( ) and Kirklyn Kuzdrall ( )

4 The University of Akron 2013/14 Evening Book Review Schedule Dessert at 7 p.m., reviews begin at 7:30 DATE BOOK/REVIEWER HOSTESS DESSERT Mar 19 Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver Reviewer: Carol Ellis Jean Questel Sherry Yoke Apr 16 Twilight of the Elites: America after Meritocracy, by Christopher Hayes Reviewer: Laura Monroe Molly McBurney Iris Kuehls May 21 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ s Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore Reviewer: Molly McBurney Carolyn Cox Kirklyn Kuzdrall Anne Biermann: (h), or abierm@mac.com Kirklyn Kuzdrall: (h), (c) or kirklyn19@att.net Bridge Groups Women s afternoon: Chair: Iris Kuehls ( ) This group meets the fourth Thursday at noon for lunch and bridge at the apartments at Rockynol, a very nice place to meet. There are usually three choices for lunch. Please call Iris to learn of the choices, as she lets Rockynol know ahead of the meeting what everyone would like. Dates for upcoming meetings: March 27 and April 24 Women s evening: Chair: Anais Webb ( ) Evening bridge meets the first Monday evening of the month October through August and then the last Monday evening of August at 7 p.m. There is no evening bridge in September. Please give Anais a call or send an (awebb629@gmail.com) if you plan to play in March. Gourmet Dinner Chair: Martha Vye ( ) The Gourmet group meets four times an academic year at the home of various participants. The dates and hosts for the Gourmet Dinner Group for the remainder of this academic year follow: April 26 May TBD Jane and John Gwinn TBD 4

5 Hiking Chair: Leslie Bain ( ) Watch for this group s spring activities in April s newsletter. Tour Group Co-chairs: Sharon Gandee ( ) and Sylvia Johnson ( ) On Tuesday, April 8, the group will go to the Maltz Museum in Cleveland. Activities of the trip will depend on the number of people who sign up. There is a possibility of a guided tour if we have a large group. On Tuesdays, there is an automatic presentation at 2 p.m., thus, lunch may come first. An early reservation will help Sharon and Sylvia in planning the activities of the day. Call Sharon at to make a reservation. In late spring or early summer, a trip to the Cleveland Cultural Gardens is planned. Also there is the possibility of a trip to the Canton Museum of Art, depending on the time when a national exhibit with a focus on spotting fakes and forgeries in the art world is scheduled. This exhibit is scheduled for four museums throughout the country, Canton being one of them. More later. Lunch-and-a-Movie Group Chair: Sherry Yoke ( ) For questions or to be added to the mailing list, contact Sherry Yoke at or e- mail at rumpuscat01@yahoo.com. Photo Gallery Shots from the Fall General Meeting, November 14, 2013, at Hower House Diana Kunze, Leslie Bain, and Louisa May Alcott (Sally Whiston,our speaker) Diana, our two scholarship winners, and Leslie 5

6 Barb Jones, Barb Clark, Diane Vukovich, Iris Kuehls Ann Duff, Martha Vye, Nancy Foye-Cox, Diane Beck Peggy Walchalk, Bonnie Bromley Denise Beck, Frank and Judith Kelley, Danica Houle Pam Rupert, Iris Kuehls 6

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON WOMEN S CLUB

Martha Vye/ Carrie Tomko, Editors/ 330-644-7490 February 2014 SPRING GENERAL MEETING At the Hower House 60 Fir Hill, Akron Thursday, March 20,2014 THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON WOMEN S CLUB Visit us on-line