Saturday, February 26, 2011

March Meeting

     March 5
9 a.m. Holiday Inn, Club III
13th Ave. S, Fargo
Program: Emily Wheeler, Artist
Cost: Order off the menu
Hostess: Communications &
Publicity
Contact: Jo Cavins

Beta Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
Meeting Minutes November 6, 2010
Program: STEM Center of West Fargo presented by Principal Tabitha Joyce
Jolynn Krabbenhoft presented Marti Simmons and Joan Wolff for initiation into Beta.
Beta’s meeting was called to order by Connie Knain, president Secretary’s Report: Minutes of the October 2,
2010, meeting approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer, Collette Folstad reported that we had a balance of $3,129.56 with total assets of
$34,092.46
Correspondence: The FM Zoo sent a thank-you for the donation.
Connie Knain reported that after her persistence the library refunded the projector fee from last month due to its
malfunction.
Connie reported that she mailed the bracelet materials to Kansas in response to their request for information about
the sister bracelet project.
Michelle Syvertson, Angie Hanson Cook and Muriel Vincent sent letters of resignation.
Old Business:
We discussed purchasing Christmas gifts for the YWCA. Gifts would be unwrapped so clients could select desired
items to use as gifts for people of their choosing.
Jolynn Krabbenhoft, Jolene Beckman-Sternhagen, Jo Cavins, Linda Fricker, and Debra Boyer volunteered to
serve on the Birthday Committee.
Linda Fricker, Jo Cavins, and Debra Boyer volunteered to serve on the Christmas Party Committee.
New Business:
Donna Terbizan moved to accept the following member resignations with regret: Michelle Syvertson, Angie Hanson
Cook, and Muriel Vincent. Verna LaBounty seconded the motion. Motion was passed.
Volunteers for the autobiographical comments at the next meeting will be Susie Council, Donna Terbizan, and
Collette Folstad.
Members volunteered to work on lesson plans for the Sudan Project: African Soul.
Announcements:
Christmas Party: Thursday, December 2, 2010 at Connie’s Condo. Bring a gift for the Y and a party game gift.
Our 70 Birthday Party will begin at 6:00 at Club 3 for a social time and dinner will be served at 6:30 at the Holiday
Inn on January 20, 2011.
Our February gathering with be at the Fargo Theatre for a “Celebration of Women and their Music.”
Remember that Scholarship apps are due Feb. 1, 2011; Golden Grant apps due March 15, 2011.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra Boyer, Secretary

70th Birthday Party

Door prizes meant fun for everyone.

Beta Celebrates 70 Years

Beta Chapter was installed on
January 30, 1941 by Hazel B. Nielson,
Alpha Omicron State President.
Adelaide Phillips served as the first
president. Chapter members were
Jennie Champine, Mary Fowler,
Adelaide Phillips (Fryar), Ina Best,
Gladys Carney, and Sadie Walker,
Lydia Grotberg, Adeline Stevenson
(Nurse), Minnie Anderson, Isabelle
Ramstad, Alice Tibert, Signe Euren,
Della Crothers, Ethel Conklin, and Helga Hulbert. A
photo and more information can be found at
http://deltakappagamma.org/ND-beta/hist.html
Birthday committee members, Jolynn Krabbenhoft,
Jolene Beckman-Sternhagen, Jo Cavins, Linda Fricker,
and Debra Boyer, served up an enjoyable evening of
celebration on January 20, 2011. Dinner of shrimp, grilled chicken, or sirloin steak was
followed by red velvet cupcakes for dessert. Gifts were
brought to donate to Expanding Your Horizons, a math
and science event for junior high girls. Linda Fricker
conducted a drawing for door prizes.

Red velvet cupcakes were our birthday treat.
 Nancy Jordheim, former member, and Jolyn Krabbenhoft enjoyed looking through the membership book.