Book Club

NOTE: Here's the latest on the book group. This is not an "official" RS group; any/all are welcome to join in the fun, even if you haven't read the book. Questions? e_dorrough@yahoo.com or (503) 645-8148.

So here is our list for this year:

Oct 20th - Blood Diamond, by Greg Campbell @ Beth's

Nov - In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan @ Holly's

Dec - Material World, by Peter Menzel @ TBD

Jan - Tamar, by Mal Peet @ Angie's

Feb - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford @ Marcia's

Mar - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, By Betty Smith @ JaNea's

Apr - My Name is Mary Sutter, by Robin Oliveira @ TBD

May - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson @ TBD

Jun - Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand@ TBD

Summer Read - TBD although we talked about Beach Music...

We agreed on a few things:

- Generally we will try to meet on the 3rd Thursday. We might have to adjust that some months (specifically Nov and Dec)...I will give plenty of warning. I will send out dates for the following months in a couple of weeks.

- The host will provide the treats for the evening.

- We will plan to do some movie trips - even if the book isn't on our list! : )

- Was there anything else that I missed?

I want to apologize. A couple of you didn't get the books you nominated into the mix. I am very sorry I missed them, the blame lies entirely on me and I hope that we can either consider them for the summer book or for next year's books. Please know that it wasn't intentional, and that next year I will be more methodical so that no one is missed! I am very sorry!

I am very excited for another great year of reading with great gals! Thanks to everyone!

Ellen Dorrough

New Additions

Here are two of our ward's newest additions and their wonderful moms: Sara & Cole Carter, and Maryn Rebecca Becker & Kathy Foulger. Congratulations!

Temple Work/Family History Lesson

Thanks to Ellen Dorrough for teaching our lesson on this topic earlier in September. She had Marcia Miller share some of her great family history ideas. Marcia showed this quilt, which reflects the history of her extended family, including quotes related to humorous family stories. Marcia's brother also sends out a list of 12 topics each January for the siblings to write about during each month of the year. In December, he compiles them all into a binder and presents them as Christmas gifts. What a wonderful way to share memories!

AMCAP Conference

"Solutions for a Better Life," Oregon Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP) will be holding its third conference entitled, "Solutions for a Better Life," on Saturday, October 15th, from 1-6pm at the Tualatin Stake Center. Sister Chris Packard, Licensed Professional Counselor and dynamic speaker from Arizona, will give the keynote address entitled, "Carest Thou Not That We Perish? Worried Disciples in a Sinking ship." The conference will also make available a variety of educational topics including: teaching children healthy sexuality, managing male depression, strengthening parenting strategies, improving feelings of self worth, fathering, understanding addiction and improving communication. The conference is free to all attendees. A conference schedule is posted at www.amcaporegon.com. (AMCAP is an international organization of counselor and other mental health professionals whose common bond is adherence to the principles and standards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

Senior Sisters Event (Starring Kelly Hoffman!) - Oct. 24

FROM THE STAKE:


Stake Relief Society Senior Sisters Meeting, Mon., Oct. 24, 10:00 am, Stake Center.  
Masterful Storyteller, Kelly Hoffman, will delight us with storytelling tips and take us “Around the World in 30 Minutes.”  Spotlight - Fran Trettin will share experiences of serving with her husband as park hosts in state parks throughout the western United States.   A “Soup-er” lunch with tasty Pumpkin Desserts will be served.

Information about our speaker:

With an uncanny ability to get people laughing, storyteller and ABC television personality Kelly Hoffman has told stories on air and in festivals across the West for over ten years.  She has been a presenter and performer at a variety of festivals and conferences, including the Mount Timpanogos Storytelling Festival.  Kelly uses her amazing range of vocal ability combined with her hypnotizing body movements to paint vivid pictures for her listeners.   Whether she is telling fractured fairy tales in a New York accent, Native American stories with songs and changing, or an original comedic tall tale, Kelly's stories are well-crafted and uniquely her own.  Listening to her stories will have you laughing one minute, crying the next, and occasionally hanging on the edge of your seat.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Oak Hills RS President Paddi Chirdon, has a need in her ward.  For information, call Paddi at 503-533-8885, or email the Tragni's directly at:  bret@tragnifamily.org.  

 

We are in need of an assistant to replace Juliet, as Juliet is going to school starting the 26^th.

Duties:

-          Care for Gabbrialle, including helping her with showers, etc.

-          Housecleaning

-          Cooking

-          Organization

Hours:

-          Normally Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 10am to 5pm

-          Tuesday the 27^th of September would also need to be a work day.

-          $70 per day

Other:

-          Must be comfortable around large dog

-          Not allergic to cats or dogs

Book Club

Ellen Dorrough hosts a Book Club open to all interested participants.  It is not an official Relief Society group, but since there are many members of our RS participating, we will gladly share information here!  Any friends are more than welcome, and you do not need to have read the book to attend.

The next meeting will be Saturday, September 17, 7 p.m. at Ellen's. Her address is 13819 NW Falconridge Lane.  The book is "Tender at the Bone" by Ruth Reichl.  Here is Ellen's latest email:

Below is a list of the recipes in the book.  If you need copies of the recipes, I will make copies for you.  Now... alot of these recipes are either very complex,  too expensive for a potluck, or simply outside of most of our palates.  So feel free to bring something as a replacement or bring your own version of the same thing.  If you are going to bring something from her book please sign-up below so that we don't end up with 10 lemon souffles (on second thought that wouldn't be so bad).  Anyway, please sign up below or indicate if you will be bringing something else.  Please copy everyone (sorry) that way everyone has the most upto date list.  I will send a final list next week.  (Note: feel free to give Ellen a call--number at the bottom of the post--since you can't respond here to her email!)

Recipes from Tender at the Bone

Miriam Reichl's Corned Beef Ham

Aunt Birdies Potato Salad - Holly

Alace's Apple Dumplings with Hard Sauce - JaNea

Weiner Schnitzel

Lemon Souffle - Marcia ?

Devil's Food Cake - Ilene

Oleron Berry Tart - Lacie

Coconut Bread - Angie

Claritha's Fried Chicken

Show-off Salad - Rachael

Mohammad's Bisteeya

Sauerbraten for Doug and Dad

Milton's Pate

Mr Bergaminti's Sliced Veal Breast

Con Queso Rice - Beth

The Swallow's pork and tomaillo Stew - Kay

Artpark Brownies - Ashley

Boeuf a la bourguignonne

Marion's deviled eggs - Ellen  

Daurie - you had mentioned bringing something with Pumpkin...Can't remember now what it is. 

Questions?  Ellen Dorrough, 503-645-8148

Our own Julie Buchan stars in "Blithe Spirit", playing at the Hart Theater in Hillsboro.  Congratulations, Julie!

Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm, through Oct. 2.
Go to www.hart-theatre.org to buy tickets
or call (503) 693-7815 to make reservations.
185 SE Washington
Hillsboro, OR, 97123
Show is probably not suitable for young children.
(Unless you are hard of hearing, we recommend not sitting in the front row. They aren't good seats unless you want to be practically sitting on the actors laps. The best seats are center stage up a few rows.)

STAKE INDEXING UPDATE

Hello all -- Hope you are enjoying a sunny (yeah!) Labor Day weekend. With fall right around the corner it's a great time to evaluate your personal indexing goal for the year. Have you met it yet? Are you on track to meet it? We're doing great as a stake, and are poised to meet our stake goal for the year probably in the next month or so, once indexers are back to their old routines. You can always spice things up by trying to index a batch in a foreign language with which you are familiar, or moving from beginner to intermediate, or intermediate to advanced in the batches you choose. Accuracy is more important than speed, so these batches may take a little longer to index, but the need for people to move on from beginner batches is great. So challenge yourself!

Here are the numbers for August:

names indexed in August: 31,397
names arbitrated in August: 6,649
total indexing for August: 38,046
total indexing YTD: 562,989

Remember, our stake goal for the year is to reach 611,300 names. We're almost there! 

Happy Indexing -- Stephanie Holladay, stake indexing director  503-690-3603  or  stake.indexing.director@cm-stake.org