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.

Christmas at Connie's Condo

 President Connie Knain hosted Beta Chapter members for a Christmas get together.













The ladies enjoyed visiting, singing carols for condo residents, and playing cards and games.

Members brought items for the YWCA Women's Shelter (an on-going chapter project) Holiday Gift Boutique. Of course, a party is not complete without food: punch, tiny spinach quiches, rye bread sandwichs, cheesecake and cookies.





























The white elephant gift exchange







brought surprises...















and laughter...

...and pleased smiles...

...especially Connie's gift of a Fly By Night Club T-shirt.













Party goers left saying, "Let's do this next year."

Invitation to November Meeting

Join your sisters for the November meeting and an interesting presentation on the STEM project for West Fargo students.

November 6
9 a.m.
West Fargo School District Center for Science, Technology & Math High School
109 Third Street East, West Fargo

Beta Kudos

Collette Folstad was featured in Bison Illustrated, April, 2010 issue. The article describes her passion for women's athletics and her founding of women's volleyball and basketball at NDSU. She's had many honors for coaching at the high school and college levels. In 1990 she was inducted into the NDSU Athletic Hall of Fame. She continues her interest in the Bison women's team by volunteering as game scorekeeper.


Ginger Deitz was one of two NDSU Distance and Continuing
Education instructors who were presented with awards at the
National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference in Baltimore,
June 24-26. The award winners are instructors of the widely
recognized Food, Land and People workshop series for PreK-12
educators throughout North Dakota.
Deitz, who is a fourth grade teacher at Bennett Elementary in
Fargo, earned the national Teacher of Excellence Award for her
commitment to educating her students about agriculture. She is
one of only five educators nationwide to receive the honor.
The Food, Land and People series is offered through a partnership
between NDSU’s Department of Distance and Continuing
Education and North Dakota Department of Agriculture, home
of the state program of Agriculture in the Classroom.

I'm honored...

At the June Alpha Omicron State Workshop, a larger than usual group of past state presidents was in attendance. Our sisters clamored for a photo op.

In the front row from the left are Ann Haugaard, Adelaide Johnson and Faye Miller. The back row shows Connie Knain (Beta), Dotti Dixon-Schmeling, Joanne Beckman, Verna LaBounty (Beta), and Esther Eustice.

How many years of membership are represented by this group of women? Just start with Ann, who's been a member for 50+ years and keep adding.

Connie and I are honored to be part of this state leadership group.

Join your sisters at...

Red River Zoo, September 2, 2010 at 6 p.m. for social time, brief meeting, refreshments, and to learn about general zoo information and their educational programs.

Downtown Fargo Public Library, October 2, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. for a screening of African Soul, American Heart. A Lost Boy of Sudan returns to his homeland.

West Fargo Science, Technology & Math High School, November 6, 2010 for a program on the STEM Project.

Further details will be sent closer to meeting dates