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December
2009
Chapter members celebrated the
holiday season with a special
luncheon at the home of member
Janice Friedman. A tour of her
vintage 50's decorated home was
followed by a delicious meal
catered by Truffles.
 A
few members shared stories of
Christmases past, and then
President Jana Waltman led the
group in a tribute to retiring
member Jackie Barnes,
highlighting her tenure with the
chapter since 1995, 
sharing memories of her many
contributions and experiences.
Jackie is an excellent example
of someone who took full
advantage of the opportunities
available to ALA members for
personal and professional
growth. She served the chapter
in many different ways, always
willing to help where needed,
and her presence will be greatly
missed.
Special thanks to all who
brought nonperishable food items
to share with the Kansas Food
Bank!
October 2009
 Community
Challenge Project
The
Wichita Area Chapter assisted the
local Salvation Army Emergency
Social Services (ESS) Director with
food preparation. The ESS Director
is responsible for feeding all
volunteers who take applications
from families requesting assistance
during the holiday season (30-50
volunteers). The Director
typically spends many long
evenings solely preparing food for
this occasion.
Our
Chapter volunteers were able to
lighten such an enormous
responsibility for this one
individual. We spent several hours
on Saturday, October 17th
preparing large meals in advance to
be frozen and used when needed for
the volunteers. The Director had
several food “stations” set up with
all of the ingredients pre-purchased
and ready for our use. We had an
enjoyable time and gathered new
recipes for our personal
cookbooks! We expressed our
individuality by wearing personal
aprons during our cooking time!
The room was filled with chatter and
laughter.
It was
a fun, educational time building
friendships within our chapter and
with those at the Salvation Army.
June, 2009
 Jana
Waltman Honored
At its annual Installation
and Awards Dinner at the Wichita Marriott
hotel on June 11, 2009, the Wichita Bar
Association presented its
Jonalou Pinnell Award to Jana Waltman. This
award is given for outstanding service to
the WBA by a non-lawyer. The award
recognizes long-standing service rather than
the accomplishment of a single task or
service in any given year. Jana was
recognized for her service to the Law in
Education Committee. She has served on this
committee for eight years. Congratulations,
Jana!
May,
2009 -
IT'S
OFFICIAL!
March 2009 - WBJ Best Places to
Work
Congratulations to WALA
members Melissa Richardson of
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace
& Bauer, and Tiffany Rhodes and
Diana Hutchison of Hinkle
Elkouri Law Firm, whose firms
were recently selected by the
Wichita Business Journal as one
of the Best Places to Work in
Wichita in their divisions.
Although the article just
acknowledges attorneys at those
firms, we know who makes it all
work! Tiffany commented, "It’s
our employees that make it
great!"
February
2009 -- 2009-2010 Officers Elected
The
Nominating Committee
is pleased to announce the
unanimous approval of the following
slate of officers for the 2009-2010
WALA Board of Directors:
President: Jana
Waltman
President-Elect:
Mary Ellen Kraus
Past President:
Cindy Rush
Secretary: Melissa
Richardson
Treasurer: Diana
Hutchison
Nominating:
Kimberly Hahn
Congratulations and THANK YOU to
these who are willing to serve!
Cindy Hague & Tiffany
Rhodes,
Nominating Committee
December 2008 - ALA CCW Honor Roll
WALA was recognized for its continuous participation in Community Challenge Weekends from 1999-2008.
We are
grateful to our membership and the firms
they represent for their continued efforts
in support of the various needs in our
community. This is quite an
accomplishment.
December,
2008 - Tea,
Cakes and Smiles
This year our Holiday
get together was held at Aunt Hattie's Tea
Room.
Instead
of exchanging gifts, we exchanged best
wishes, great Christmas stories and
shared our blessings in the form of
contributions to The Smile Train,
(www.smiletrain.org) an international charity dedicated to providing
free surgeries to needy children who
suffer from cleft lips and palates.
Some pictures to
remember the day:
October 2008 – Community
Challenge Event A Great Success!
WALA members were part
of the support team for the
"Walk to D'Feet ALS". ALS is also
referred to as "Lou Gehrig's
disease" The walk was
sponsored by the ALS Association,
Keith Worthington Chapter, on
Saturday October 11 at Lawrence DuMont Stadium.
Volunteers helped set up, clean up, cook,
serve refresh-ments, hand out water
at water stations and just enjoyed
the company of all those who walked.
The weather was perfect, the food
plentiful, the music contagious,
stories of success and hope shared
and generally good times were had by
all. Check the site for more
pictures and an article in the next
few days.
As a special commitment for this
year’s
Community Challenge Weekend, ALA
is conducting a one-time
organizational effort to support
The Smile Train, an
international charity dedicated to
providing free surgeries to needy
children who suffer from cleft lips
and palates.
We encourage you to join us by
making your
tax-deductible donation today!
June
2008 – WBA Summer Intern Orientation
Click
here
for pictures from the event on June 6th
given by Janice Friedman and DeAnna
Williams
May 2008
– WALA WINS!!
WALA CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN THE
HIGHEST STANDARDS AND HAS BEEN AWARDED THE PRESIDENT'S GOLD SEAL OF
EXCELLENCE FOR 2008
Each year WALA has
brought home national awards and
this year is no exception.
Seattle welcomed our
2008 Annual Meeting Attendees with
sunshine and beautiful 60 plus
degree weather throughout the week.
ALA again hosted record numbers of
attendees over 1700 and more than
270 vendors. It was the largest
vendor hall our attendees remember
having seen in all the years we have
participated. The opening and
closing sessions were wonderful. Our
attendees participated in a variety
of classes and our Regional
Representative will give us a run
down of the regional meeting at our
next monthly meeting on the 28th of
this month.
The awards ceremony
was especially exciting this year.
We were awarded the Gold Level Award
for the Presidents' Award of
Excellence, First Place for Vendor
Partnering and First Place for Bar
Relations. Last but certainly not
least our very own Diana Hutchison
was awarded Honorable Mention, 1 of
only 26 out of over 900 submissions
for the Qwest Award. The awards will
be displayed at the next meeting as
well. Many thanks to Cindy
Hague, 2007-2008 President for your
leadership this past year.
All Kinds of Talent
The Wichita Chapter has
submitted a donation to ALA’s 13th
Annual Silent Auction to be held
at ALA’s Annual Conference and
Exposition in Seattle, May 5-8,
2008.
A cross-stitched and
professionally framed piece
representing the ALA logo was
hand-stitched by chapter member
and president-elect, Cindy
Rush. Auction
proceeds are for the benefit of the
Foundation of the Association of Legal
Administrators (FALA). Read more about
FALA .
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