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June 2016

IN THIS ISSUE

From The President…....... 1

Zonta Club of STL…...…2-8

Membership Meeting

for June

May Membership

Meeting Report

Painting at Pinot’s

Pallets

Service Committee: To

Help Military Families

Member Profile – Jill

Life Skills Workshop for

WAC Students

Welcome New Member -

Alberta

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Calendar & Bulletin

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EDITORS

Cheryl Bielema

Elizabeth Vancil Email news/events to: zontazest@gmail.com

FROM THE PRESIDENT

June, 2016

Dear Friends,

HAPPY SUMMER

The May meeting was just perfect! I want to take this opportunity to thank Jill

Cooper for installing the officers and for planning this fun meeting. Also, it

was great having entertainment. This was something new and I think it was a

nice addition.

The June board meeting will be Thursday, June 2, 2016 at my house. This will

be a great planning meeting with both the old and new board members. Please

remember all members are invited to attend board meetings. We are asking all

board members to think about their plans for the coming year and share them

with us at the June board meeting.

I hope all those favorite dads in our lives have a great Father's Day!

Liz Heitman

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THE WAC COMMITTEE WILL HOST THE ZONTA CLUB MEETING ON THURSDAY JUNE 16, 2016

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL MEETING HONORING

WAC STUDENTS AND AWARD RECIPIENTS

June 16, 2016 6:00 p.m.

Patrick's Westport Grill

342 Westport Plaza St. Louis, MO 63146

Phone: (314) 878-6767

MENU: CHOICE OF FOUR ENTREES RANGING FROM $12.95-$17.95 (before tax

and tip); EACH MEMBER RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF OWN MEAL-

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS’ MEALS WILL BE PAID FOR BY ZONTA

RSVP TO MALAIKA HORNE (HORNEM@UMSL.EDU) NO LATER THAN JUNE

13TH.

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MAY MEMBERSHP MEETING

The May Meeting was held at Surf and Sirloin. The purpose of the meeting was the annual Installation

of Officers. Before and during dinner we were entertained by Banjos and Brass who played a variety of

oldies music on the banjo and keyboard. As you can see, a good time was had by all.

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Please join us for a Zonta evening filled with food, wine, fellowship and fun as we try to

become the next great Picasso. Our canvases await us!!!

Friday June 3, 2015 Pinot’s Palette

1641 Clarkson Road (Next to Trader Joes)

6:30 – 10:00 $35

Please RSVP to Linda Daus at lindaus1@aol.com or 314-322-3042 Please bring wine, beer or food to share.

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SERVICE COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE HELPING

MILITARY FAMILIES: COME JUNE 4

Hi Everyone,

We are looking for new projects that the Service Committee can set up for us to do this coming

year. Laura Burton has arranged a meeting for us to see and hear about "Helping Military Families" on

June 4th at their Jefferson Barrack's House, at 11:00 A.M. We want to see what they need and if we

would like to do a project for them.

We would like as many of you members that want to come , please do come and share your ideas.

The House is located at 1 Jefferson Barrack's Road. If you are coming on 270-255 it is the last exit in

Missouri (Koch Road). You will want to go east to Jefferson Barrack's Road.

Thanks for your help,

Nancy Gass

Service Committee Chair

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MEMBER

PROFILE

Jill Cooper

Year that you became a member:

I have been a member of Zonta since 2005. What really drew me to the organization is the focus on

improving the status of women (and their families) though service and particularly the “hands on” types

of projects. I love seeing the results of our service in students helped, presents wrapped, walls painted,

meals served and relationships built. I would love to see us do more of this!

Current or past Zonta offices held-current committees you are a member of:

•Treasurer

•Finance Chair

•President elect

•President

•WAC committee co-chair

Committee participation

•Service committee

•WAC Committee

•Trivia Night committee

Hometown: Florissant, MO

Other cities you have lived in:

I am originally from St. Louis but have lived a few other places as a result of moving for my husband

Mike’s career. We have lived in Groton, Connecticut; Newport News, Virginia; O'Fallon, Illinois and

Chesapeake, Virginia.

What part of St. Louis do you currently reside: Chesterfield, MO

Current /Past Professions: I am a CPA and have worked for Conner Ash, PC for almost 13 years. I

love working with and helping clients who own their own businesses.

Travel Experiences: Mike and I love to travel. We had a wonderful time traveling all over Oregon last

year, consider Maui a beautiful paradise and Alaska a must do experience. We are looking forward to

our biggest trip ever in June. We will be going on a cruise in the Adriatic Sea, starting in Venice and

traveling the Dalmation coast. We can’t wait for this trip and hopefully many more as we look forward

to retirement in the next few years.

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Hobbies/Interests/Other Volunteer Organizations you belong to: I am an active member at The

Crossing church and have enjoyed serving there. I also love to read and wish I had more time to spend

in my flower garden. We enjoy Cardinal Baseball and spending time building memories with our

grandchildren.

Family members: Mike and I have been married for almost 38 years. We have three wonderful

children and three fantastic grandchildren. My daughter, Heather, is a nurse practitioner, is married to

Michael Wade and has Owen (5), Amelia (3 ½) and Macy (1 already!) My son, Ryan, is an executive

chef for Triumph Grill. My son, Steven, is currently a student working toward a marketing degree.

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WAC STUDENTS LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOP

On Saturday, May 21st the current WAC students attended a LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOP planned by

the WAC committee. This workshop is held every other year for recipients of the WAC Scholarship.

The speakers were Zonta member Pamela Abercrombie Capps, Financial Advisor at UBS who

discussed "Budgeting/Human Capital- Here's where you are and here is where you want to be" and

Candace Niemeyer, Student Counselor at St. Louis Community College, who discussed

Interviewing/Soft Skills. Zonta member Dr. Malaika Horne also discussed her personal experience

working with college students in her position as Director of the Executive Leadership Consortium on the

importance of networking and mentoring programs. The students were very engaged in the presentations

and even stayed after the event for quite a while continuing the discussions.

[Pamela Capps with WAC students Shannon Johnson, Alana Flowers, and Alica Buckner]

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WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER

ALBERTA MURSTEIN

My memberships in organizations include: St. Louis Symphony Volunteer Association, St. Louis Art

Museum, Humane Society of Missouri, National Education Association, and Monday Club.

Education and career include: Ph.D. in education from St. Louis University, M.Ed. from University of

Missouri-St. Louis, MSW from St. Louis University and B.S. in political science from Washington

University. I worked as a teacher in regular and special education, assistant professor in higher education

and as a school psychologist.

Service on boards includes: (currently) President, Metro St. Louis NEA- Retired and Justice Services

Advisory Board St. Louis County government. Service on boards includes: (previously)

Democratic Committeewoman-Creve Coeur Township, South Side Early Childhood Center and American

Association of University Women-Creve Coeur.

Training for community service includes: United Way, St. Louis County Citizen Deputy Juvenile

Officer, Women's Self Help Center, Life Crisis Services hot line and Coro Foundation Women in

Leadership.

Activities I especially enjoy are scrabble and mah jongg.

Contact information below:

Alberta Murstein

1788 Wishingwell Drive

St. Louis, Missouri 63146

314-997-0758

amurst1788@gmail.com

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CALENDAR

June 3, 2016 Pinot’s Palette Party

June 4, 2016 Helping Military Families Service Committee Meeting

June 16, 2016 Membership Meeting Honoring Scholarship Recipients

September 16-17, 2016 District Conference-Renaissance Hotel St. Louis

July 2-6, 2016 63rd

Zonta International Convention-Nice, France

June 2-4, 2017 North America District Meeting-McLean, Va.

September 15-17, 2017 District 7 Conference-Minneapolis

BULLETIN BOARD

Note New Address and Phone:

Kit Whittington’s new contact

information:

105 Blackthorn Drive

Crestwood, MO 63123

Phone number: 314-691-3331

Good luck and safe

travels to Sherri Brown

and Kay Moss as they

head to Nice, France in

July to attend the Zonta

International

Convention. Enjoy!!

[And, they want to

express their thanks for

the ‘extra’ support for

their travels!]

St. Louis Zonta website

address:

www.zontastlouis.com

Note that the website has been

updated. Among other

changes, Scholarships/ Grants

can now be accessed on the

home page You should now

be able to view the entire site

on your mobile device.

CELEBRATE THE VOTE FESTIVAL

A parade and festival celebrating the centennial of the St. Louis Suffragists of

1916 and honoring the women of today with Girl Bands, Art, Food, Speakers,

Voter Registration, Shopping and Fun.

In 1916 over 3000 Suffragists converged on St. Louis and this event will be re-

enacted at the St. Louis Public Library.

Go to celebratethevotefestival.com for more information and to sign up to

participate.