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    AMERICAN INDIAN FLUTE PLAYER       DR. ANNETTE JEFFERSON   

CHUCK STRICKLER     ELECTION OF OFFICERS

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU,
GETTING TO KNOW ME
AND EACH OTHER

 EVENT:                 LUNCH WITH ANNETTE JEFFERSON

DATE:                    Wednesday, January 25, 2006

PLACE:                  Confluence Park Restaurant (click for map)

                               679 W. Long Street   Ph. 469-0000

TIME:                     11:30 AM - 2:00 PM

SIGN-IN:                11:30 AM - 12:00 NOON

LUNCH:                 12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM

MENU:                   House salad, Grilled Chicken Penne, Petite Slices of Chicken with Broccoli, Red   Peppers, 
                              Green Onions and Portabella Mushrooms in a Creamy Parmesan Sauce, Chef’s choice of 
                              Accompaniments, Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate Mousse

SPEAKER:             Annette E. Jefferson, Ph.D.

            “Body Building Workout”

TIME:                     1:00 - 2:00 PM

COST:                     $14 includes lunch, tax, tip, and speaker

DEADLINE:           Wednesday, January 18, 2006

RESERVE:             Mail form and check to Judy Valentine

     Please join us on a winter’s afternoon for lunch and a delightful presentation by Annette Jefferson, Ph.D.  Come and see the view of the Scioto River and our beautiful downtown in winter.

     Dr. Jefferson will present the Body Building Workout (BBW). It is a course designed to strengthen, condition, encourage, and build up the “inner being.” Annette will deliver a “snippet” of her workshop as she coaches participants to see more of themselves than meets the eye. When we strengthen our inner being by examining our inner view, the outcomes are increased self awareness and confidence, stronger connections with others and social transformations. All those who care about clearly communicating ideas and messages will grow in self-understanding, tap their hidden potential and increase personal productivity.

  Dr. Jefferson is a three-time graduate of The Ohio State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education,

 English Communications, a Master of Arts in Black Studies, Community Development and a Ph.D.  in Social Work Administration.
 In 2002, Dr. Jefferson was one of the five top winners of the Jefferson  Award.    

      Annette is the founder and principal of DeArk Enterprises.  DeArk Enterprises specializes in linking the past to the present 
and empowering the future. Annette E. Jefferson, Ph.D., is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, a former secondary language arts 
teacher with Columbus Public Schools, and a most talented presenter.  

Please join us for a "snippet" of a Body Building Workout!

Annette Jefferson is a graduate of The Ohio State University, with a Bachelors Degree in Education, a Masters in Black Studies, and a Ph.D. in Social Work Administration. She has worked as an educator in the Columbus Public School System, an administrator in Human Services, and is currently working as a development officer in Human Services. In her spare time, Dr. Jefferson enjoys writing short verse and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She also has a keen interest in community issues and considers herself an activist—like her character, Sojourner Truth.

Annette was introduced to Sojourner Truth in an under-graduate speech class. Almost immediately, she felt a connection with the character and deeply admired her bravery and persistence in the face of major obstacles. Annette has spent more than 20 years developing her presentation and performing as Truth across the state. She enjoys introducing people to Truth and keeping her spirit alive. She hopes that people are uplifted by Sojourner’s story and that they will use that inspiration to bring about positive changes in their own lives.

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TV REPORTER

CHUCK STRICKLER

EVENT:                             CHANNEL 10 NEWSCASTER
DATE:                                Monday, May 22, 2006
PLACE:                              Confluence Park Restaurant (click for map)
TIME:                                11:00 AM – 2:15 PM
SIGN-IN:                           11:00 – 11:25 AM

ENTERTAINMENT         11:30  AM – 12:00 NOON         CEA-R NOTES

LUNCH:                             12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

MENU:                               Choice of:
                                              __ #1 Chicken Stir Fry
                                              __ #2 Beef Stroganoff

SPEAKER:                        Chuck Strickler

TIME:                                 1:15 - 2:15 PM

COST:                                  $16 includes speaker, lunch, tax, and tip

DEADLINE:                       Monday, May 15, 2006

RESERVE:                          Mail check and form indicating luncheon choice to Judy Valentine

      Start the day by enjoying the wonderful voices of our very own CEA-R Notes. Every time they perform for us, they continue to amaze us with their very special renditions of familiar songs.    

     Join us as we welcome Chuck Strickler, an award-winning member of the 10TV Eyewitness News team, who is the weekday morning anchor.

     Chuck has been honored with the Society of Professional Journalists ‘Best Reporter’ award for a large market television station in the state of Ohio in 2003, 2000, and 1999. In 1998, Chuck was the recipient of the ‘Best Reporter’ award in Ohio from the Associated Press.  Chuck has also received numerous Emmy nominations and other awards for news and feature reporting during his 16-year career in broadcast journalism.

     Chuck brings the cultural awareness and experience of a world traveler and educator to the Eyewitness News Team. Chuck is fluent in Spanish. His love of language led him to Seville, Spain where he studied and lived for a half year during college. His travels have also taken him to South America, where he lived and taught English at two private institutes in Lima, Peru.

       Chuck and his lovely wife, who is a pediatric dentist, are the proud parents of two energetic boys, 7 year old Nikolas and 5 year old Kristofer.  Besides loving to travel and speak Spanish, Chuck is a big sports fan.  He also likes to cook, eat and sing all types of music, especially barbershop harmony, where he puts his voice to use as a lead singer in the Singing Buckeyes Chorus in Columbus.

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FLUTE WORKS

      MAGIC CHANGES      

   EVENT:              AMERICAN INDIAN FLUTE PLAYER

DATE:                 Tuesday, June 6, 2006

PLACE:               Clintonville Woman’s Club
                             3951 N High Street  614-268-5525

TIME::                 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

SIGN-IN:             10:00 – 10:30 AM

SPEAKER:            Bruce Green, CEA Vice President

TIME:                    10:30 - 11:00 AM

MEETING:            11:00 - 11:30 AM      Election of Officers and Board Members

LUNCH:                 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

MENU CHOICE:   #1 Glazed Ham

                                 #2 Chicken Florentine

                                 both include side dish, salad & dessert

PRESENTER:       Mark  Camden, American Indian Flute Player

TIME:                   12:45  –  1:45 PM

COST:                    $18 includes lunch, presenter, tax and gratuity

DEADLINE:          Tuesday, May 23, 2006

RESERVE:            Mail check and form to Judy Valentine

 We are honored to have Bruce Green speak to us. 
You will enjoy his wit and wisdom as he updates us on what’s happening at CEA!

     For Pickerington resident, Mark Camden, music is both an expression of and a  pathway to faith. His instrument of choice these days - American Indian flute – is not one he ever envisioned playing, nor is his walk along the Red Road of Indian spirituality one he anticipated in his quest for fulfillment.

     Camden 51, first picked up an American flute eight years ago. He learned to play in one day- and it changed his life. Sitting in the cool dimness of his basement recreation room, Camden doesn’t seem at all like the man he says he was before he found his calling.  His eyes twinkle, he laughs easily and he is relaxed on a sofa facing a wall covered by a mural of the sun-dappled forest.  To one side is a collection of flutes he has made, the long tubes of cherry, popular, sassafras, aromatic cedar and walnut gleaming softly. Behind him is a large, electronic keyboard on which he composes his music.

     Gone is the man he describes as “a troll” the one who was angry all the time, who drank too much, who became depressed enough to be on medication, who held a gun in his hand one day in 2001 and seriously contemplated suicide. Then he thought of his wife, Sheila, and his children, Craig and Christy. “And I thought ’God didn’t put me on the Earth to be miserable.’  So I took a leap of faith and quit my job,” he said.” I was at the point that if I didn’t take my own life, I knew the stress would be cause a heart attack that would kill me.”

     At the time, he had been grounds supervisor at Kenyan College in Gambier for four years. Before that, he spent 18 years with Columbus Metro Parks, where he was superintendent of the golf course at Blacklick Park in Reynoldsburg. “I always felt I had to have a title to be successful.” he said.

      Growing up on a farm in central Ohio, Mark developed his love for nature early in life. Little did Mark know as s teen that he would go on to combine his love for plants, animals, and his interest of the Native Americans with his passion for music.

     Originally a trumpet player, Mark studied music education at The Ohio State University, and has preformed on a semiprofessional basis for nearly 30 years. Mark has written arrangements and performed with groups playing a wide variety of music including big band, jazz, country, pop, and rock. Through it all, he said, he was a “hard core” brass enthusiast; no shrieking woodwinds for him, thank you.

     A few years ago, Mark hand crafted his first Native American style flute and began writing original compositions for that highly unique instrument.  Traveling throughout the state of Ohio, Mark has performed for groups ranging in size from 1 to 20,000. He has also developed and presented educational programs focusing on the heritage and history of Native Americans, their music, and the evolution of the flute making craft.

      His journey along the Red Road began in 1997 while he was still working for Metro Parks. His studies led him to the flute, but he said it wasn’t until after he left Kenya that he finally “began to believe in music. I finally began to believe I’m being used as a vehicle.”

    Join us to hear this magnificent man that you may have read about in The Dispatch.

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