Martha Vye/ Carrie Tomko, Editors/ 330-644-7490 March 2014

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

WOMEN’S CLUB Visit us on-line at www.uakron.edu/uawc/

Spring General Meeting

At the Hower House

60 Fir Hill, Akron

Thursday, March 20, 2014

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 2014-

15 academic year.

President – Leslie Bain Newsletter Chair – Martha Vye/Peggy Walchalk

Recording Secretary – Peggy Walchalk Program Chair – Diana Kunze

Treasurer – Diane Wolf Publicity Chair – Betty Miller

Corresponding Secretary – Barbara Clark Scholarship Chair – Diane Vukovich

Newcomers Chair – Tracy Cummins Special Activities Chair – Martha Vye

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 330-836-4193 or e-mail 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 234-678-6319. Deadline for all reservations is Monday, March 31, 2014. Make check payable to: UA Women's Club. Thank you!

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 330-794-1129 or e-mail 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, 2014. 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 e-mail address is bej208@sbcglobal.net

Ruth Murray’s e-mail address is ruthmurray132@gmail.com

Anne Schwarz’s new address is 200 Laurel Lake Drive, W-102, Hudson, OH 44326

Special Activities

Chair: Tracy Cummins 234-678-3578; 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 (330-666-2044)

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 (330-869-0175) and Kirklyn Kuzdrall (330-

923-8662)

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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: 330.869.0175 (h), or abierm@mac.com

Kirklyn Kuzdrall: 330.923.8662 (h), 330.329.2949 (c) or kirklyn19@att.net

♣♠ Bridge Groups

Women’s afternoon: Chair: Iris Kuehls (330-836-8623)

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 (330-650-3510)

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 e-mail (awebb629@gmail.com) if you plan to play in March.

Gourmet Dinner Chair: Martha Vye (330-644-7490)

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 Jane and John Gwinn

May TBD TBD

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Hiking Chair: Leslie Bain (330-658-1965)

Watch for this group’s spring activities in April’s newsletter.

++++ Tour Group Co-chairs: Sharon Gandee (330-864-4659) and Sylvia Johnson (330-644-3090)

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 330-864-

4659 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 (330-676-0611)

For questions or to be added to the mailing list, contact Sherry Yoke at 330.676.0611 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

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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