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TAFCE Connection

2017 Year2017 Year2017 Year2017 Year----End Special EditionEnd Special EditionEnd Special EditionEnd Special Edition Newsletter of the Tennessee Association of Family and Community Education

Issue 5:2Issue 5:2Issue 5:2Issue 5:2

President’s Note...…………………………………. 1

Dates to Remember……………………………... 1

Vice President for Programs Report…… 2

Vice President for Pub. Policy Report…. 2

Treasurer’s Report…………………………………. 3

Secretary’s Report………………………………….. 3

Eastern Region Ed. Chair Report………... 3

Central Region Ed. Chair Report………… 4

Western Ed. Chair Report…………………….. 4

Eastern Region President’s Report……… 4

Central Region President’s Report……… 5

Western Region President’s Report……. 5

2018 Conf. Coordinator’s Report……….. 5

UT Advisor Report………………………………… 6

2018 TAFCE Board ……………….…………….. 6

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Remember these are “State” deadlines,Remember these are “State” deadlines,Remember these are “State” deadlines,Remember these are “State” deadlines, NOT Region or County.

Jan. 11 TAFCE Board Meeting via “Zoom” at 9:00 a.m. Central Time

Feb. 15 Heart of FCE to President

Feb. 16 State Project Reports to President

Mar. 2 Character Counts winners to Pres.

Mar. 2 Read Across America

Apr. 1 FCL Applications to VP for PP

Apr. 15 State Scholarship applications to Mary Kay Davis

Apr. 15 Project Brochures due to nafce

Apr. 23-24 State Board meeting—Lebanon

Apr. 24-25 FCL Class Training—Lebanon

DATES TO REMEMBER

A Note from your President….

This year is almost over. Where has it gone?

We had an exciting time at this year’s Conference. I want to thank the Coordinator, Carolyn

Thomas, the entire Eastern Region, the State Board, Agents and Advisors for all they did to make the Conference a success. Knoxville was beautiful; the trees were still putting on a show!

Since we’ve only had one State Newsletter pub-lished this year, I have asked Phyllis Narus if she would help out in this area. She agreed to do a spe-cial “Year-End” edition. This is just one of the many things I love about being a part of the FCE organiza-tion. If you have a need, usually if you just ask someone will step up to help.

This is the time of year where we get busy with planning activities for the new year so be sure and check on those without family nearby that might need your help.

Please remember to keep track of your CVU hours (more information under VP for Public Policy) and also State Projects you or your club participate in (more information under VP for Programs).

The Heart of FCE (for nafce members only) nomina-tions are due to me by February 15th and the Char-acter Counts Essay and Art contest winners are due to me by March 2nd.

Don’t forget we offer FCL classes twice a year and more information can be found under VP for Public Policy.

I am looking forward to 2018 and hope I am able to attend more region activities across the state.

I would like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and hope that it is happy and healthy!

. . . Patty Mayhall 731.549.7947 cell

(call or text 6am-8pm)

TAFCE Connection 2017 Year-End Issue

State Projects Reports: State Projects Reports: State Projects Reports: State Projects Reports: There is an “Explanation” page that has details about what is to be in-cluded in State Projects as well as forms for each “work area” on the tafce.org website. All indi-vidual reports are sent to your county chair who will send ONE summary sheet of all projects completed to the State By February 16th.

For 2017 completed projects onlyFor 2017 completed projects onlyFor 2017 completed projects onlyFor 2017 completed projects only, , , , please send all County Summary sheets to:

Patty Mayhall, State President 2286 Roberts Road Lexington, TN 38351 IMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT: : : : All forms or reports that would normally be mailed to the VP for Programs, please send to Patty Mayhall at the above ad-dress. A new VP for Programs will be an-nounced in the next Newsletter.

—Patty Mayhall

VICE PRESIDENT FOR PROGRAMS (VP for PP—cont’d)

Best of the Best: Best of the Best: Best of the Best: Best of the Best: We honored three FCE members who were awarded the Best of the Best: 1st Place and State Winner: Caro-lyn Simpson, Lauderdale County, Western Region; 2nd Place: Sammye Finley, Sec-quatchie County, Central Region; and 3rd Place: Shirley Pitner, Sevier County, Eastern Region. Congratulations to these ladies! We had 20 FCE members graduate from FCL in 2017. These ladies finished their two sessions of FCL training and received their 30 hour certificate from National FCE. —Penny West, Central Region —Patricia Woods, Western Region —Myra Fisher, Central Region —Sheryl Butcher, Western Region —Sue Lance, Central Region —Hazel Gray, Western Region —Janet Taylor, Central Region —Judy Loftis, Western Region —Deborah Foster, Central Region —Willie Mae Miller, Western Region —Linda Parker, Central Region —Patricia Long, Western Region —Carol Vanattia, Central Region —Perry Riden, Eastern Region —Kathy Nordgren, Central Region —Carol Lennon, Eastern Region —R. Lee Bittinger, Western Region —Mary Kay Davis, Eastern Region —Doris Fairrow, Western Region —Joyce Ernst, Eastern Region

—Cathy Oaks

VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC POLICY

Newsletter Deadlines

February Issue—February 10th May Issue—May 10th

September Issue—September 10th

Send Newsletter articles via email to the TAFCE VP of Programs.

Hello once again!

I enjoyed our 2017 TAFCE Conference in Knoxville, TN. For some of us that's the only time we see our FCE friends from across the state.

CVUs: CVUs: CVUs: CVUs: We had great numbers turned in for our CVU'S. Western Region turned in 15 counties with 140 members reporting, 728,097 people reached, and 99,014 volun-teer hours.

Central Region had 22 counties reporting with 148,000 volunteer hours and 5,188,515 people reached.

Eastern Region with 214 members report-ing in 29 counties. 208,000 volunteer hours and 624,435 people reached.


Our State ScholarshipState ScholarshipState ScholarshipState Scholarship was awarded to Hannah ByrnsHannah ByrnsHannah ByrnsHannah Byrns from the Central Region. She is attend-ing MTSU in Murfreesboro. She will be attending Wright School of Music in Theory/Composition as a Music Major. She has been in-volved in FCE since she was 10

years old serving as a devotional leader for the county and secretary for her 4-H club.

The Creative Writing this year had 32 entries with first place winners receiving a Creative Writing book and a monetary gift. Second place winners also received a Creative Writing book.

Everyone start thinking about writing a poem, essay, short story, children’s story, news article or miscellaneous article for the 2018 event.

There are still a few Creative Writing books left for $15 each. Let me know if you’d like one. They contain great stories!

...Mary Kay Davis, Chair

EASTERN REGION EDUCATIONAL CHAIR

It has been a fast-paced year! There has been a lot of learning, sharing and serving. We enjoyed a wonder-ful State Conference in Knoxville. Thank you to the ones who put it together. I look forward to a great 2018! Here is a brief summary of the business meeting at the State Conference in Knoxville on Tuesday, No-vember 7, 2017…. There were 55 delegates present with Martha Joe Tolly serving as parliamentarian.

President Patty Mayhall called the meeting to or-der at 8:15 a.m.; pledge to the flag was held, busi-ness meeting rules were read and a motion was passed to dispense with the reading of the prior minutes. The financial report was given along with the current membership numbers.

All forms that would normally be mailed to Sissy Neat, VP for Programs, should be mailed to Patty Mayhall and she will see they get to the new VP that will be named in 2018.

Two nominations for State Board positions were received by the deadline—Wanda BriddelleWanda BriddelleWanda BriddelleWanda Briddelle for President-Elect and Diane UherDiane UherDiane UherDiane Uher for Vice President of Public Policy. They both were elected by accla-mation.

There being no old business or new business, the meeting adjourned at 9 a.m.

...Sarah Zapotocky

SECRETARY

Merry Christmas! I enjoyed seeing everyone in Knox-ville at our State Conference. I am still working on the end of year reports but have 2018 member-ship totals (and 2017 for comparison). Region 2017 2018

Eastern 1161 1033 Central 1828 1690 Western 1066 1033

TotalTotalTotalTotal 4,0554,0554,0554,055 3,7653,7653,7653,765

National 144 135

—Tammy Halliburton

TREASURER

Plastic eggs in assorted colors were “stuffed” with donations from attendees at this year’s State Confer-ence and later delivered to the Love Kitchen in Knox-ville.

This non-profit was started in 1984 and currently serves over 3,000 meals every week to the needy. Thank you, everyone, for a total of $1,253.00 that was collected!

(Fran Howard, ER Treasurer, middle)

2017 “Love Kitchen” Donation


EASTERN REGION PRESIDENT’S REPORT

What a great time we had at the State Conference 2017! In my opinion, one of the best opportuni-ties was entering and/or viewing cultural arts. We had many outstanding, handmade pieces—from a very large crocheted Lord’s Prayer to beautiful paintings and drawings, woven baskets and other entries in many different categories. The Best of Best of Best of Best of Show AwardShow AwardShow AwardShow Award went to Joann Barry from Washing-Joann Barry from Washing-Joann Barry from Washing-Joann Barry from Washing-ton Countyton Countyton Countyton County for her counted cross-stitch featuring an intricate interpretation of a peacock’s majestic tail feathers. I owe a debt of thanks to those who helped make Cultural Arts a success. Their dili-gence to detail and willingness to work long and hard hours made my job much easier. Next year the Cultural Arts will be expanded to include 10 new catego-10 new catego-10 new catego-10 new catego-riesriesriesries. They are now listed (or will be soon) on the tafce.org website and are effective January 2018effective January 2018effective January 2018effective January 2018. We will see you in Memphis in 2018...it’s worth the drive! “Bee Amazing!”

...Nancy Wilson, Chair

WESTERN REGION EDUCATIONAL CHAIR

The 36th annual TAFCE State Conference was hosted by Eastern Region at the Knoxville Hilton Hotel November 5-8, 2017. There were 264 members par t i c ipat ing dur ing the conference. One hundred eight (108) members joined the Star of Knoxville Dinner Cruise which was very enjoyable and a huge success. Thirty three (33) members participated in the tour of Bush Beans. Two hundred sixteen members (216) attended the delicious Tuesday night banquet and enjoyed the outstanding performance by The Three Tenors and their very accomplished piano player.

Our Opening Session guest speaker, retired NASA employee Greg Lohning, gave a very informative and entertaining speech on behind the scenes of astronaut and space program events and training. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett gave a welcome to Knox County speech and entertained us with stories of his family’s relationship with famous historian and author, Alex Haley.

A huge thank you to all of the class teachers, speakers, workers and volunteers behind the scenes, the Gift Shop workers, the Hospitality Room workers, Hostesses, and especially to Conference Chair Carolyn Thomas and Eastern Region board members.

Eastern Region board members and committee members are always pleased to host and meet with members from across Tennessee. We know that next year’s State Conference hosted by Western Region will be a wonderful educational and entertaining success. Western Region’s “Bee FCE: Bee Amazing, Buzz Into Memphis” promotional presentation at the Tuesday night banquet was outstanding. We have never seen so many friendly and beautiful bees fly into Knoxville!

...Gloria Holcomb, President

Fashion Revue went very smoothly at the State Conference this year. There were 25 entries in the 11 categories. I am hoping to get the slide show that was taken to UT to be put on the tafce.org website. I hope you enjoyed the Fashion Revue this year and will

be working hard on next year’s event so it will again be a great show!

Fifteen (15) new 50505050----year memberyear memberyear memberyear member applications were received for recognition, however, none were in attendance at the State Conference. The pins and certificates were given either to the Re-gion president or someone from the county of the recipient. Thank you.

...Crystal Holt, Chair

CENTRAL REGION EDUCATIONAL CHAIR

Greetings from Central Region!

The year is almost over and time has slipped by quickly. Our September Annual meeting had a good turn out. The tables were decorated with various movie scenes and some of the members dressed in character. Our guest speaker was from Birds Unlimited where he talked about hummingbirds.

Central Region had about 78 attend the State Conference in Knoxville. Everyone seemed to have fun. Allisen Penn installed our new officers at the Central Region Breakfast using the new presi-dent's theme of "fce a good fit. " I look forward to working with our new board.

Our next meeting is January 12, 2018 when we will have our Regional fce Information Day.

Happy Holidays to all! —Pamela Sites, President

CENTRAL REGION PRESIDENT’S REPORT


On behalf of TAFCE—Western Re-gion, I would like to thank Eastern Region for hosting a fun and suc-cessful TAFCE Conference. Thank you to all your members who worked hard to make it great! Job Job Job Job

well done!well done!well done!well done!

Kudos to everyone who participated in, and helped with, the Cultural Arts, Creative Writing, and Fashion Revue competitions at TAFCE Confer-ence. Congratulations to all of our Western Region winners! Job well done!Job well done!Job well done!Job well done!

I hope all of our First Timers had a good experi-ence and that we see you next year in Memphis.

Our invitation at TAFCE Conference 2017 to invitation at TAFCE Conference 2017 to invitation at TAFCE Conference 2017 to invitation at TAFCE Conference 2017 to TAFCE Conference 2018 was AMAZING! TAFCE Conference 2018 was AMAZING! TAFCE Conference 2018 was AMAZING! TAFCE Conference 2018 was AMAZING! Thank you to all Western Region members who partici-pated. Special thanks go to Beverly Shelby—FCS Agent Advisor, Weakley County—for writing the invitational, as well as singing it, and to our

WESTERN REGION PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Western Region is looking forward to hosting our next conference November 11-14, 2018, in Memphis.

Work is well underway. Committees are working together to help TAFCE Conference 2018 . . . .

BEE AMAZING! ...Ann Luther, Conference Chair

2018 CONFERENCE REPORT

Queen Bee, Barbara Beeman. Job well done!Job well done!Job well done!Job well done!

Western Region’s Leadership-In-Action will be held on Janu-ary 9, 2018 (snow date Jan. 16th), at Gibson County Exten-sion, Trenton. The registration form is on our regional web-page.

We will have a conference planning session that after-noon. I hope you will BEE there!

Our 2018 regional focus will BEE on LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIPLEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP.

...Emma S. Shupe, President

Note from the Newsletter Editor: If you were wondering why some folks did NOT stand during the singing of a

patriotic song at the last State Conference in Knoxville, you’ll want to read the attached statement, “I Stand.”


As we end 2017, Dr. Martha KeelDr. Martha KeelDr. Martha KeelDr. Martha Keel, Professor Environmental Health and Housing has announced her retirement. She is leaving her full time role at University of Tennessee at the end of December. She will work with us on a partpartpartpart----time basistime basistime basistime basis including managing grants and continuing her role as State Advisor to TAFCE. She will continue to support

the State TAFCE Board, manage the TAFCE website and work to archive historical TAFCE records.

Dr. Keel has provided excellent leadership of environmental health and housing projects throughout her career. She is highly respected across the nation for the innovative and relevant resources she has designed and implemented. We are extremely grateful that she will continue to work with us through her Healthy Home grant projects and with you as TAFCE members.

If you would like to send her a note, you can email her at [email protected] or via mail at 218 Morgan Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996.

Best wishes for the New Year!

Laura Stephenson Assistant Dean

UT TAFCE STATE ADVISOR

NEW TAFCE Board for 2018 & UT AdvisorsNEW TAFCE Board for 2018 & UT AdvisorsNEW TAFCE Board for 2018 & UT AdvisorsNEW TAFCE Board for 2018 & UT Advisors

Office Name E-Mail

President Patty Mayhall [email protected]

President-Elect Wanda Briddelle [email protected]

Vice President for Programs To be Appointed Send reports etc. to Patty Mayhall

Vice President for Public Policy Diane Uher [email protected]

Secretary Sarah Zapotocky [email protected]

Treasurer Tammy Halliburton [email protected]

Eastern Region President Gloria Holcomb [email protected]

Central Region President Emily Gordon [email protected]

Western Region President Emma Shupe [email protected]

Eastern Educational Chair Mary Kay Davis [email protected]

Central Educational Chair Crystal Holt [email protected]

Western Educational Chair Nancy Wilson [email protected]

State Advisor Dr. Laura Stephenson [email protected]

State Advisor (part-time) Dr. Martha Keel [email protected]

Eastern Region Advisor Linda Bower [email protected]

Central Region Advisor Allisen Penn [email protected]

Western Region Advisor Dr. Lynn Brookins [email protected]

I Stand!

I am a proud American who loves Old Glory. I get goose bumps every time I hear our national an-

them, and tear up while standing with my right hand over my heart while I sing along—always have,

always will. I stand to show this symbol of my country the highest respect it deserves. I have flags

near the TVs in my home, and I stand in my home in respect for our national anthem.

Much has been made of this issue of standing over the last few years, especially since 9-11. Then an

unpatriotic, over-paid athlete started this blatant disrespect of kneeling during the national anthem.

His protesting should have been done elsewhere, not at the job he was paid to do, nor to a symbol

that thousands of true patriots have fought for, and for which many have died serving. Now, others

have blindly followed him in this disrespect, and it is shameful.

At a recent event, during the singing of a patriotic song, a person (maybe confused as to what that

song was—“oh, is that our anthem?”) decided to stand. One by one, others followed suit, until only

myself and two others on the stage remained seated; ditto during another patriotic song later, with

four of us on the stage remaining seated. Criticism of our not standing showed up on evaluations for

this event. Let me tell you: I am not a follower in a “cause” I find unjust or simply not correct.

Those of us on that stage were elected to be leaders, not followers.

We have one song that is our national anthem, and that one song is regarded the highest honor by

our standing at attention, right hand over our heart in pledging allegiance to, and showing respect

for, our U.S. Flag. This one song is The Star-Spangled Banner. The U.S. Code protocol says that we

stand only for the national anthem. U.S. Code, Title 36, Subtitle 1, Part A, Chapter 3, Section

301-National Anthem (http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/36C3.txt)

Don’t get me wrong, I love the other patriotic songs, like God Bless America. They are great songs

that I love to hear and sing along with. However, they should not be treated with the same honor

given to our national anthem. The only song we salute is the national anthem (standing at atten-

tion—military in salute; non-military with right hand over heart), and we stand to hold it in highest

regard. We don’t present colors to other songs, and while they are wonderfully patriotic songs, they

should not be accorded the same honor as The Star-Spangled Banner.

I stand—for the national anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner!

Respectfully submitted,

Emma S. Shupe Tennessee Association for Family and Community Education—Western Region President; NAFCE

Humphreys County Council for Family and Community Education President; Friendship FCE Club

21st Century Education Foundation Secretary

Humphreys County Foster Care Review Team

University of Tennessee—Henry County Master Gardener

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Alumna #UtProsim

Respectfully supported by,

Gloria Holcomb Tennessee Association for Family and Community Education—Eastern Region President

Union County Council for Family and Community Education President

Union County Arts Council Board

Union County Heritage Festival Board

Pamela Sites Tennessee Association for Family and Community Education—Central Region President

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