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2012 Annual State Meeting
Celebrating 100 Years of EHC in Arkansas
June 5-7, 2012
Hot Springs Convention Center
(Updated 3/21/2012)
Registration due to state office April 9, 2012
Agenda (PDF)
Registrations for the state meeting are coming in, and the anticipated number
of people attending looks to exceed all previous year records. Remember, the
meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 4.
- Registration fee and meals are posted on the registration form. Please
see registration on the home page. Registration is $30; sack lunch for
Tuesday (optional) is $14. The gala dinner is $25, for a maximum total of
$69. You are on your own for any other meals.
- With just three weeks away from the due date of April 9, time is running
short. After you register, your county will get a confirmation email listing
people registered and their total amount due. A copy can be forwarded to the
attention of Betty F. Oliver at the state office.
- The number for Embassy Suites is 501-321-4402; Austin Hotel,
877-623-6697. You may have to check other nearby hotels for rooms.
- Rather than being responsible for bringing a table decoration, each
county is asked to send $10 to Betty F. Oliver by April 9. Check payable to
AEHC Yell County EHC will make all the table decorations for the gala night
celebration.
- Tuesday, June 5, will be a time for clubs/councils to demonstrate its
heritage and creative skills/crafts. There will be no charge for
demonstration booths. If you plan to demonstrate and/or sell items, the
booth is still free. If you plan to only sell, there will be a $30 rental
fee. All this will take place in Hall A. To rent a table ($15), contact
Peggy Barnett, 501-623-9592,
pegbarn99@hotmail.com,
or Kaye Green, 870-692-5695,
kayegreen@yahoo.com.
- For cultural arts, each county is asked to bring a doll (15” –
22” tall – no Barbies) dressed in an American period costume from 1912 to
2012. Deliver your doll to Room 201 on Tuesday morning. It will be for
display only; it is not a competition. The doll does not have to be new.
Please attach a label with your county name and year of dress. You can pick
up your doll on Wednesday afternoon. (You may want to use your doll for a
prize or silent auction from your county.)
- Bring your silent auction items to Room 205 on Tuesday morning
from 8:00 a.m. until noon, and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Hours for Wednesday are
8:30 a.m. until noon (bidding will end). Pick up is 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday.
- Project books will be on display in Room 201.
- Curtain calls will be in Room 202. Books with 100 Crafts will be
for sale. If your county has not given a craft with instructions, please
bring one to the March meeting at Ferndale or send to JoAnn Carr, 106 Stone
Drive, White Hall, 71602,
lcarr10606@aol.com.
- Water stations will be available.
- Tuesday night dinner is on your own, but there will be live
entertainment at 7:00 p.m. in Horner Hall. Guitarist Roy Rivers, who played
with John Denver, will be entertaining us. There will be no creative
skills classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. There will not be
bingo this year.
- There will be how-to and education walk-in classes Wednesday
morning and afternoon. It won’t be necessary to pre-select the classes you
plan to attend.
- The gala: Wednesday, June 5, at 5:00 p.m. there will be a reception in
front of Horner Hall with the gala dinner following at 6:00 p.m. This is
your time to dress up and shine! Period costumes and hats may be worn, if
you wish. County presidents and 50-, 60- and 70-plus-year members will be
recognized.
- Thursday morning’s closing ceremonies will include memorials (send names
and pictures to Terrie Jacobs, 1019 Polk 6, Wickes 71973 or
grannajacobs@gmail.com)
Project book awards, scholarship awards and installation of new officers
will also be on Thursday, and of course, door prizes.
How-To Classes for State Meeting 2012
June 6, 2012 – 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Terrie Jacobs, how-to chair
- How to Live With And Care for Aging Parents – Priscilla Pittman,
program coordinator, Alzheimer’s Arkansas.
- How to Be Better, Not Bitter – Dr. Wally Goddard, professor of
family life, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Arkansas System
Division of Agriculture.
- How to Organize a Successful Event – Debbie Moreland, past AEHC
state president. - The pursuit of perfection takes a superhuman effort to
achieve and a superhuman effort to maintain. You have enough on your plate
already; you don't need a full-time job. So let's look at some simple ways
to achieve your goal of a successful event without making everyone crazy,
especially yourself.
- How to Have an Energy-Efficient Home – Doug Rye, home energy
consultant, Arkansas Electric Cooperative.
- How to Cook Like Grandma – Would You Really Want To? – Jane
Newton, FCS agent, Lincoln County.
- How to Save and Grow Heritage Seeds and Plants – Janet Carson,
extension horticulture specialist, University of Arkansas System Division of
Agriculture.
- How to Communicate Efficiently via Social Networking – Sharon
Lowery, FCS agent, Poinsett County.
Education Workshops for State Meeting 2012
June 6, 2012 – 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Mary Fisher, AEHC education chair
- Preserving Our Heritage – Learn how to organize what you have;
the art of journaling, scrapbooking and how to preserve what you have and
what you need to find. Anna Bennett, Yell County EHC member and Dr. Kim
Garner, Tobin V.A. Hospital.
- Clothing and How It Has Changed – Styles and materials have
changed down through the past 10 decades. Find out what you should be
wearing and what has returned or is returning from a previous time in our
history. Evelyn Good, retired FCS professor, Henderson University,
Arkadelphia, and Dr. Elizabeth Ferguson, retired clothing professor, UAPB,
Pine Bluff.
- Household Appliances – Look at us now, and what we had then –
what were the latest inventions at the time? Gayla Taylor, retired staff
chair, Yell County.
- At Our Age – “It’s our time to feel safe and secure.” What should
we know about estate planning, wills, trusts, home ownership and other legal
documents? Also, a discussion on selection and how to deal with your
attorney and what you can do to save time and money. The true insight and
who should be helping us with these documents and decisions. David B.
Fisher, attorney at law, Rogers, Ark.
- Grandparenting – What should we know about keeping the grandkids?
Pat Pyle, Yell County EHC member.
- So You Think I Should Move? But WHY? – Preparing us to live a
long life and feeling secure as we age. What are our alternatives? Dr. David
Moore, executive director, Arkansas Baptist Foundation.
- Attitude Is Everything: Making Yours Work for You – Covers the
role attitude plays in everyday life, whether it’s genetic, and the benefits
of a positive attitude. Details practical ways to develop a productive
outlook, such as laughing, exercising and using affirmations. J. R. “Bobby “
Hall, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
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