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Arkansas Extension Homemakers News
November 2003
News from the State President
• 2004 State Meeting Hotel Reservations
• Mountain View Retreat • EHC District Rallies - Big Success • Delta District Rally • Ouachita District Rally • Ozark District Rally • EHC Project Book Deadline • State EHC Meeting Plans • AHEC Annual Meeting Dates • EHC "For Sale Items • On the Web
News from the State President 
The picture that is with this article is from
the Country Woman Council (CWC) that
Mary Ann Shepherd, President-Elect,
Maureen Zoerner, Past President and
myself, Marietta Gutierrez, President,
went to in September in Lynchburg,
Virginia. Again, I would like to thank you
for the opportunity to attend these
meetings and I hope that each of you will
someday have the opportunity to do the
same.
At each District Rally we voted on the
new flags. The District flags will be
double sided, County flags will be singlesided.
We will also have new chair covers
for the state meeting. The cost will be
around $40.00 for each county and this
includes flag, chair cover, stand and pole.
They are being made now and hope to
have them ready for the March meeting at
the 4-H Center. (Until they are made, we
will not know the exact amount but will let
you know as soon as possible.) Thanks to
Cheryl Steward, Sebastian County, who is
making all flags and Montie Ray from
Sebastian County, who is making new flag
poles and stands. This year is coming to a
close and I would like to wish you all
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
2004 State Meeting Hotel Reservations
I have worked with the Austin Hotel and
Embassy Suites on reservation
accommodations for 2004 State Meeting
Please contact me for your county
reservations at mariet01@msn.com or
telephone 501-758-2120. Please give your
county name, address and number of
rooms you will need. The deadline for
you to call me is January 15, 2004. I will
then pass the list on to the hotels and you
will be sent a confirmation from the hotel.
Mountain View Retreat
There were 83 at the Mountain View
Retreat. This activity will be conducted
again next year about the same time as this
year.
EHC District Rallies – Big Success
The first ever-three district rallies for EHC
was held this year. A total of 461 leaders,
agents and guests participated in the three
district rallies in October. Elaine Stoll,
Vice-president and the three district
directors did an outstanding job planning
the program around the theme, “Do You
Know The Answer?” District rallies are
conducted on odd-numbered calendar
years and the purpose of the rallies is to
focus on the EHC program emphasis. The
program focus was selected by county
leaders at the March leadership workshop
at the Arkansas 4-H Center. The major
focus is health and physical activity and
the minor focus is caregiving. Physicians
from the Arkansas Department of Health
gave excellent presentations regarding the
health of Arkansans.
Dr. Russ Kennedy, Health and Aging
Specialist with the University of Arkansas
Cooperative Extension Service challenged
members with the “Walk Across
Arkansas” program. Blood pressure
screening was conducted at each of the
district rallies by volunteer nurses and
health department nurses.
Delta District Rally
 The ladies in the Delta District met for
their Rally on October 23, 2003, in
Brinkley. The meeting was held at the
First Baptist Church with 114 members
attending. Registration was handled by
Associate District Directors Marilyn
Shearin and Dixie Coleman. Morning
refreshments were served by the ladies
from Jefferson County. The group
enjoyed muffins with their juice and
coffee.
The general session was opened by Bettye
Carter-Johnson, AEHC District Director.
Catherine Carter, Monroe County EHC
President, gave the welcome address. The “Thought for the Day” was given by Faye
Hudgins, Lonoke County EHC President.
State President, Marietta Gutierrez, gave
the President’s report with the Past
President, Maureen Zoener, giving the
Officer Election 2004 report. Elaine Stoll,
Vice-President gave the AEHC Major
Education Emphasis report. Our special
guest for the morning session was Dr.
David Boren, Public Health Physician
with the Arkansas Department of Health.
Dr. Boren spoke on “Staying Healthy.”
The ladies enjoyed a catfish feast with all
the trimmings for the lunch break. After
lunch, the Jefferson County ladies, along
with the District Director, gave a EHC skit
that all enjoyed. Dr. Russ Kennedy,
Health and Aging Specialist, with the
University of Arkansas Cooperative
Extension Service, gave a report on “Walk
Across Arkansas.” Associate Director,
Marilyn Shearin, gave the roll call of
Counties and Dixie Coleman, Associate
Director, entertained the group with a
creative game to distribute the door prizes.
All enjoyed the Health Fair with blood
pressure checks and nformation during
the day directed by the Monroe County
Health Department. Special thanks to
Jennifer Thompson, Monroe County
Agent, for all her assistance in planning a
great day that was a very big success.
Ouachita District Rally
Joyce Hall, District AEHC Director
They all came…..yes, every county was
present for the first Ouachita District EHC
Rally. One hundred forty-seven attended
the meeting held at the Clark County
Youth building in Arkadelphia on October
28.
Elaine Stoll, AEHC Vice-President, our
two district directors, Jettie Williams of
Little River County and Iva Jean
Shaddock of Dallas County, did a great
job with registration, roll call and door
prize drawings. Dr. Jennifer Dillaha from
the Arkansas Health Department did a
great job with sharing the facts of the
health of Arkansans. We were all
challenged by Dr. Russ Kennedy, Health
and Aging Specialist from the University
of Arkansas Cooperative Extension, to get
more exercise and be healthier. Clark
County members did a wonderful job with
decorations and making the group feel
welcomed. Each county president
participated in the skit “Do You Know
The Answer?” and each president gave a
county report to the group of recent
projects. A big thanks to my home county
of Pulaski for doing the refreshments,
blood pressure screenings and doing the
“for sale” EHC items table.
 
Ozark District Rally
 Kay Sanders-Chick, AEHC District
Director, with Associate District Directors,
Glenda Anderson and Ann Reynolds.
The Ozark District Rally was held on
October 21, 2003, at the First Baptist
Church in Clinton, Arkansas. Twenty-four
counties were represented by a total of
about 200 women and men. Guest
speakers for the day were David Bourne,
M.D., Arkansas Department of Health,
speaking on “Staying Healthy” and Dr.
Russ Kennedy, Health and Aging
Specialist, University of Arkansas
Cooperative Extension Service, speaking
on the “Walk Across Arkansas” program.
Due to re-districting, new county and
district flags need to be made so Cheryl
Stewart, from Crawford County, showed
samples of the flags she has volunteered to
make. It was decided to make the district
flags double-sided with the district name
on both sides of the flag and to make the
county flags single-sided with the county
name on one side. The flags will be
prepared by Cheryl and sent to the
individual counties to have their logo
added. The flags are to be used at the
State Meeting in June. Cheryl will also
make new chair covers for use at the State
Meeting. Ozark District will have white
flags and chair covers, Ouachita District
will have blue flags and chair covers and
Delta District will have red flags and chair
covers.
Montie Ray from Sebastian County
brought a sample of the flag pole and
stand he and his crew are making. The
cost of the fabric, lettering, chair covers,
pole, and stand will be assessed each
county and is thought to be about $40.00.
Joyce Hall, Ouachita District Director,
lead the group in an exciting skit entitled
“Do You Know The Answer?” which
brought Dr. Kennedy to comment that
members of EHC have a lot of fun and
don’t necessarily play by the rules!
Other items of business were brought to
the group’s attention by AEHC President,
Marietta Gutierrez and AEHC Immediate
Past President, Maureen Zoerner. Mary
Askew, Associate District Director for the
Ozark District, was presented a retirement
gift as this will be her last District Rally.
She is retiring at the end of the year. After
retirement, Mary is planning to become a
member of Boone County EHC!!
Thanks to the following: The wonderful
cooks for a great lunch; to Van Buren
County for support in organizing the
church facility; to Conway and Faulkner
Counties for the refreshments; to B.J.
Wheeler, Stone County, and Charlotte
Lyke, Faulkner County, for volunteering
to do blood pressure screenings; to AEHC
Associate District Directors, Glenda
Anderson and Ann Reynolds, for all their
hard work in many aspects of the day’s
program. Thanks also to AEHC Secretary,
Dorothy Anderson; to Lee Carlson from
Marion County; to Debi Morton from Van
Buren County; Dorothy Roland from
Cleburne County; AEHC Vice President
Elaine Stoll; Edwina Conaway from
Sebastian County; and, last, but not least,
Betty Oliver, Volunteer Coordinator, for
their help and assistance.
Yell County had the largest county
delegation of the three rallies with 23
members and agent Connie Nelson.
EHC Project Book Deadline
AEHC County Project Books are due to
Betty Oliver’s office at the State Extension
Headquarters on or before December 1. A
county, club or several clubs can submit a
record book. Remember, you have
worked hard, so do the right thing and
submit a project book. Awards are made
at the state EHC meeting in June. Look on
the web site at pages F-3-F-7 for all of the
details for preparing a book.
State EHC Meeting Plans
Mary Ann Shepherd, President-Elect
The 2004 AEHC State Meeting is planned
for June 8-10, 2004, in Hot Springs. The
Embassy Suites, as well as the Austin
Hotel, will be open. They are located at
the opposite ends of the convention center.
This year’s theme is “Ensuring Heritage
Continues.” Many of our classes will have
the heritage theme. The cultural arts
exhibit is aprons. There will be two
categories – 1999 and before, and 2000
until now. Every county may bring two –
one for each category. You will get state
meeting packets at the March 10
Leadership Meeting at the 4-H Center.
We look forward to seeing you and
enjoying some time together.
AEHC Annual Meeting Dates
2004: June 8-10
2005: June 6-9
2006: June 5-8
EHC “For Sale” Items
As the holidays approach, don’t forget the
“For Sale” items. They make great
inexpensive and nice Christmas gifts. The
items are also great for membership
expansion incentives. We have lots of
cups from 2001 and 2002 for $1.00. There
are no 2003 cups. We have shirts in black
and red in most sizes except XXX Large.
We have plenty of the EHC logo leather
coasters, lots of 2003 handbags and plenty
of the tri-markers and writing pins.
We are on the web
The revised AEHC Handbook is now on our web site. It is filled with all kinds of
information. Look for all dates and activities through 2004.
For those with a computer, our address is: www.arextensionhomemakers.org
Your county Extension Office has computers that you may use to access our web site
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