The Networker:
March 2015
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Next meeting
March 11, 2015
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Alex Johnson Hotel
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Business tables:
Nikol Wendt and Lorena Freis
Greeters:
Greeters needed! Please respond if you can help out.
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March Spotlight:
Amie Kelly
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Meet Amie Kelly:
I’m the owner of Amie St.Jean Vacations. I have vacation rental houses, and now, after years of renovating, and decorating, I’m finally opening my Bed and Breakfast.
Born and raised in California, I never imagined living anywhere else, let alone in the tourist industry. After my husband passed, I came to the Black Hills to visit a good friend. On that visit, I decided to buy my first house, (which I call my snowbird house) and help her with her antique store. In time, I decided to sell my home in California and invest that money in other properties. Before I even sold that house, I found what is now my home/Bed and Breakfast. The house originally belonged to John C Haynes (as in Haynes Blvd.) then later became the convent for St. Teresa’s Church. I purchased the house from the Catholic Diocese.
Always being an entrepreneur, I saw great potential in the house and knew I could showcase my hobbies and talents converting it into a Bed and Breakfast. I’m a decorator, gardener and foodie, just to name a few of my many interests. Having a friend in the antique business allowed me to furnish the house accordingly. I enjoy people and am looking forward to entertaining them in my home. Eventually, I would like to include small events, such as receptions, showers, tea parties, etc.
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February Spotlight:
Julie Janssen
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Meet Julie Janssen:
As the designer and head sales consultant at Moda-Stone, I am available to help you beautify your home or office and make your dreams of an extravagant look come true, with affordable fashion for your home or office. Moda-Stone offers natural and engineered stone countertops fabricated in our shop and custom made to fit your project. Our goal is to provide quality stone countertops that are tailored to fit you and your home or office. Whether you are remodeling or building new, I am available to work with you and help you determine what would best fit the room you are working to beautify.
Moda-Stone is a Rausch company, formerly a part of the Rausch Brothers from eastern South Dakota. In the early 1960’s, the Rausch family moved to Rapid City and brought with them generations of granite experience. In the late 1990’s, Rausch Granite Products began fabricating stone countertops and in 2013, the name for the countertop side of the business was changed to Moda-Stone, creating less confusion to our customers since the other side of our business produces monuments under the name Rausch Monuments. Now four generations in the granite business and continuing to produce quality products that are expressly made to fit our customers’ needs.
Our showroom is located at 1116 Jackson Blvd. in Rapid City, where you can come by and browse our products as the first step in your beautification project. I am available by appointment and can be best reached on my cell at (605) 209-5377, or you can call our office at (605) 388-6114.
As far as the personal side of my life, I am married to my magnificent husband and we share 5 beautiful children and 6 adorable grandchildren. I currently attend college at CTU where I am continuing my business degree. In my spare time my husband and I spend every possible moment with each other and our family. We also love to travel the USA on our motorcycles!
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Contribute to Our Strength
Join the WN Board
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The giant Sequoia trees in California are one of the wonders of creation. These amazing trees are the giants of the forest, growing to be 300 feet tall with a diameter that exceeds 20 feet. They can live over 3,000 years and are even fire resistant. In fact, in the event of a fire the Sequoia cones pop-open distributing their seeds on the forest floor that has been fertilized by the ashes.
These trees can grow in just three feet of soil and withstand high winds. Their strength lies in the fact that their roots intertwine with the other Sequoias, providing mutual strength and shared resources.
Women’s Network of Rapid City is an organization that promotes and encourages women to grow personally, professionally and provides a comfortable environment to enhance your networking skills. Who are the Sequoia trees of Women’s network? Our board members. Please consider becoming a board member and strengthen our roots.
If you would like more information about our board please contact any current or past board member. Brandy Alley will be announcing the open board positions at our next meeting.
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Do you know these ladies?
Member Trivia Quiz
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1. _______________ This former Women's Network president and Leadership Rapid City graduate owned a restaurant and gift shop in Bozeman, Montana, prior to moving to Rapid City.
2. _______________ This member is an avid animal lover who met her late husband volunteering for a horse rescue group. At one point she had 4 horses, a dog and a cat along with chickens and guineas, but even she doesn't know if that's the most she ever had at once.
3. _______________ This member began singing at the age of 9 and has participated in, and won many contests. She has sung in school, church and for numerous weddings, funerals and with a women’s musical organization.
4. _______________ This woman quit her job and went into business for herself full time one week before her son started Kindergarten because her workday schedule didn't jive with his school schedule. She is still in business with the same company twenty years later!
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Membership year is
May 1 - April 30
$50.00 / year
+ $14.00 / meeting
(whether you eat or not)
Guests may attend two meetings before joining.
Yearly Meal Plan = Savings of one month. $154.00
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2014-2015 Officers
Lesley Wentz
(President)
(w) 718-2055
Brandy Alley
(President-Elect)
(w) 394-8102
Nina Braun
(Past President)
(w) 342-5630
Cheryl Carleton
(Secretary)
(w) 391-8697
Carla Miller
(Treasurer)
(w) 399-4289
Daniela Stetser
(Treasurer-Elect)
(w) 394-5583
Hospitality Committee
Terri Phelps*
(Committee Chair)
(w) 348-3160
April Hix
(Guest Follow-up)
(w) 786-3650
Cheryl Carlton
(Sunshine)
(w) 391-8697
Membership Committee
Daniela Stetser*
(Treasurer-Elect)
(w) 394-5583
Nikkole Abbas
(Reservations)
(cell) 716-7802
Marsha Humphreys
(Business Tables)
(w) 716-2190
Publicity Committee
Nikkole Abbas*
(Committee Chair)
Nikkole Abbas
(Website & Newsletter)
sevengens@gmail.com
(cell) 716-7802
*Committee Chairs who are also voting members of the board.
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Meeting RSVP:
For reservations, email reservations@rcwomensnetwork.org or call Nikkole at 716-7802.
Important Note: RSVP must be in the preceding Friday. Late reservations, or those without reservations will pay an additional $5 fee and may not get a meal (subject to availability).
If you make reservations and do not attend, you will be billed for the meeting.
RC Women's Network pays for the Buffet Lunch by the number of plates used. Please only take 1 plate for your lunch.
Literature for the tables: The size of the dining table literature is to be no larger than 4.25 x 5.5 (equivalent of 1/4 sheet)
All larger literature is to be put on the back table.
Networking: Members only for 30 seconds
50/50: Guests and members may participate and buy a ticket(s). Half of the money collected goes to the Scholarship Fund, the other half is given out to the winning ticket holder
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1. _Nina Braun______ This member is a first generation American who spent her childhood summers in Croatia with her grandparents.
2. _Nikol Wendt_____ This woman didn't even know how to cook when she started her current business, which includes providing cooking shows and selling kitchen gadgets.
3. _Kathy Jones_____ Long having a passion for education, this member went back to school at the age of 60 to get her Master's Degree in Strategic Leadership.
4. _Barbara Bom____ This member moved to Rapid City from Orlando, FL, when she was just six months old and has been here pretty much ever since.
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