Delta Kappa Gammas enjoy visit, presentation with author Evelyn Priddy
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The Alpha Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, International met September 17, 2011, at the Forks of the Wabash in Huntington.
President Donna Ott welcomed everyone and Barbra Eickhoff introduced her daughter, Lisa, as a guest.
Evelyn Priddy as the author of two children’s books, explained how she became a writer. She was on the Education Committee of Forks of the Wabash. The committee decided to prepare trunks of materials for different grades about early life in Indiana. The trunks would contain a book about this earlier time and would also have artifacts that the children could examine. When preparing the trunk for first grade, a suitable book could not be found. Priddy decided that she would put together a simple story to go in the trunk. She made contact with a family member of the Nuck family which was connected with Forks of the Wabash. By the time she was finished, at the urging of the Nuck family member, the simple story had become two illustrated published books. Priddy urged members to write down family history and stories to keep them alive. She said that family histories are being lost because no one tells the stories any more. She also mentioned that storytelling may be coming back with all the new social media.
A business meeting followed the program Second vice-president Carol Winterholter thanked everyone for their contributions to the project of bringing change for our chapter project to help pay for GED tests. She reported that $762 was collected last year and distributed among the three counties.
Alpha Zeta Chapter represents Huntington, Wabash and Whitley counties of the Delta Kappa Gamma International Society, a society of key women educators from the United States, North America, and Europe.
Delta Kappa Gamma members from Whitley County include Michelle Ball, Karen Bandelier, Waneta Bundy, Sue Corbin, MaryLou Fries, Sally Gerard, Lori Heuer, Barbara Kessie, Donna Ott, Barbara Overdeer, Pat Reed, Kathaleen Reese, Marsha Ruesch, JoEllen Rush, Dorotha Sheets, Laurel Steill, Roxanne Thomas, Janet Vesa, Darlene Bockelman, Janet Boylen, Korrine Gust, Jann Johnson, Cheri Lincoln, Michelle McGregor, Valory Pittenger, Linda Sutton and Cindy Webber.