NOTES FROM THE CHAIR
Dear Volunteers and Friends,
The Council is indeed fortunate to continue to
serve the literacy needs of Jackson County. We are looking
forward to finding new ways to promote our services. On
September 16, we participated at the Volunteer Fair sponsored by the
United Way. You can also find some of our flyers at several
local libraries. If you would like to help promote our program
by volunteering, making a donation, or if you have some suggestions,
we would like to hear from you.
Our board welcomes Richard
Dumanowski to the ranks of volunteer tutor. He was recently
interviewed and given a brief training session to prepare him
for his first student. We hope to have him placed with a
student soon.
We wish our Secretary, Ellie Scholz, well in
her retirement from the Council. Thank you, Ellie, for so many
years of reliable service. Our Board will miss your enthusiasm
and dedication. The Board honored her with a dinner at the
Silver Dragon restaurant. I suppose one could say that she
made a "tasty retreat."
Bob Burger Chairman
TRIVIA
MATCH
Match the book with the author
(without using Google):
1. Angela's Ashes 2. The Old Man and the
Sea 3. The Prince and the Pauper 4. The Long Winter 5.
Pride and Prejudice 6. Robinson Crusoe 7. To Kill a
Mockingbird 8. Gone with the Wind
a.) Harper Lee b.) Daniel Defoe c.)
Mark Twain d.) Jane Austen e.) Ernest Hemingway f.)
Margaret Mitchell g.) Frank McCourt h.) Laura Ingalls
Wilder
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COUNCIL INFORMATION
LITERACY COUNCIL OF JACKSON
COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS
Chair
--------------------------------------------- Bob Burger
Placement
--------------------------------------- Liz Koester
Treasurer ---------------------------------
Nancy Calcagno Librarian
----------------------------------- Marilyn Wilbur
Newsletter Editor -----------------------Nancy Calcagno
BOARD MEETING DATES
November................................................
18th December................................... No Meeting
January................................................... TBA
(These dates are subject to
change)
HELLO FROM THE
LIBRARY
We have some new to us items in our library, which
is open to all our volunteers. There are two “Teach Yourself
Visually” computer books, one is for Windows XP and the other is for
Windows ’98.
We also have three new GED books. There are the
good stand bys, Flash Cards. They are available for math, phonics,
alphabet, shapes and colors, time and money and beginning sight
words. There is also a picture dictionary that is very helpful.
Come by and see what we have and what will be
useful for you and your student.
Marilyn Wilbur Librarian
COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS
advice (n) a recommendation advise
(v) to give a recommendation
affect (v) to
influence effect (n) a result
capital (n) money, seat of
govt. capitol (n) building Capitol (n) building in Washington
DC
WORKFORCE CLASSES
In the last newsletter we announced our plans to
start a training program designed to prepare individuals in crisis
with Microsoft Office skills and tools to enter the job market in an
expedient manner. Currently, we have finished two eight hour job
training program classes with positive results.
The first class was teaching Microsoft
Excel, which helped the student with job skills. The second
class was teaching How to Write a Successful Résumé and
Preparing for the Job Interview, in which our student is
now currently employed.
We are in need of funds to support this program. If
you would like to help support our project, all designated donations
can be sent to the Literacy Council of Jackson County.
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ELLIE SCHOLZ RETIRES Her Story
After working closely with my husband
John as missionaries in the Philippines and then as a pastor's wife
in Oregon, his retirement led us to Medford. I viewed a film on TV
about the difficulties in life when a person can't read, I decided
to volunteer with a literacy program, using my training and
experience as an elementary school teacher. My first student was a
young Hispanic man who worked at a glass factory, but dreamed of
opening his own business. He faithfully attended our sessions for a
couple of years.
Later I attended a training session for
tutors at a Presbyterian church, and started teaching a Hungarian
lady from our church that wanted to learn English. She had been very
isolated without English skills, but we both spoke some German, so I
also received a refresher course in that language. I was able to use
Literacy Council materials that helped her with grammar and
vocabulary.
At that time, I was not using the
computer very much and needed a reason to learn more about them. A
very nice lady, a teacher who was on the Literacy Council Board,
called me to take a position on the board as Secretary. I did so,
thinking it would force me to learn the computer. They kindly put up
with me as my skills and reports improved.
Since then, the Literacy Council has
moved to two different locations, courtesy of Rogue Federal Credit
Union and the Gordon Elwood Foundation. I did not tutor again until
a friend of a couple that operates an Indian restaurant thought it
would benefit the wife to know some English. She too was very
isolated. The husband and wife agreed to tutoring; so John and I
both tutored. We saw them improve in conversational English.
It was gratifying to see the Indian lady
become a citizen and obtain her driver's license. Other students
received their GED and learned job skills. There is also a sense of
community in working with the Literacy Council toward a common goal.
Many board members have given of their time and skills since I have
been on the board, which I especially experienced with our present
board.
Ellie Scholz
A note from the
editor:
Ellie has been a joy to work with, a great
secretary, and the Literacy Council will truly miss her. We wish her
and John the best during their retirement.
FOR THE
RECORD
Numbers for July - September 2011:
Volunteer Hours -------------------
116.5 Student Hours ------------------------ 38
Literacy Council of Jackson
County P.O. Box 615 Medford, OR 97501 (541) 531-0166
Website: http://roguelrc.org/litjack
E-mail: literacy@juno.com
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