Wow! I am always surprised that it is this late in the school year already, and the holidays are practically upon us! I'm sure you have all been busy with screenings, and immunizations, and mandatory trainings, etc. And we are just about at that time of year when we can finally take a little breath, before we start diving into all of the referrals that still need to be followed up. I hope that you planning for some much deserved family time and a restful and joyful holiday.

Many of you already know that we have a new State Superintendent of Schools. Her name is Deborah Delisle, and she is the superintendent from the Cleveland Heights/ University Heights School District in the Northeast region, where they do have school nurses. Some of those school nurses have been on the Northeast Ohio Association of School Nurses board, so it is my hope that she values the service we provide school children to support their educational success.

I recently met Ms. Delisle and her spouse briefly at a reception at the Governor's mansion. I had an opportunity to speak to many other individuals and stress the importance of "highly qualified" support services in ensuring that students are ready and able to learn. The current idea of "wrap around" services is a good one, and one we should support. My concern is that educators understand that these services are most efficiently and effectively allocated to meet student needs when those services are and students are identified and matched by highly qualified medical and mental health professionals, such as school nurses, school counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers.

We have three huge events coming up:
1. School Nurse Survey in November - PLEASE HELP your regional representative get this done; and they DO need help! If you want to improve the way health services are delivered in schools in the state of Ohio, or see things change legislatively, we need this data, and it needs to be correct. The purpose of this survey is to get an EXACT count and snapshot of which districts do and do not have health services and WHO is providing these services. This can also help regions develop contacts to improve membership numbers. One of the next steps in the Governor's initiative on education reform will include data collection, as well. We will be a step up, if we get this done now.

2. OASN annual conference in March. See the information about the conference on the web site and in the newsletter. Join us! This is a terrific opportunity to network and get new ideas from nurses all over the state. I also hear that we are going to have spectacular entertainment that was graciously paid by the Northwest region. Thank you, Northwest!

3. Nurse's day at the statehouse is coming in March. Watch the web site and your upcoming newsletter for more information.

OASN has been very busy. We have accomplished the following:
1. The board has created form letters to assist the OASN Executive Director in rapidly addressing the most common questions/ concerns for school districts regarding school nurse services.

2. The Guide to School Nursing in Ohio has gone into its 3rd printing (CD format). These are selling rapidly and have been well received.

3. We had a school nurse in attendance at EVERY "town hall" type meeting across the state for the Governor's project on education reform.

4. The current Board of Directors handbook is under revision and is expected to be complete by February. It will include clearer guidelines on reimbursement of expenses, and some changes and cuts that have been made in order to address budget issues.

5. The legislative issue we have been working on to get changes to the current medication in schools law and have training requirements specified has been sidelined due to the election cycle, but work should begin again soon.

Well, that is it, and that is enough for now! I am planning to have a great holiday. I already brought down and inventoried all of the Christmas paper (I like to have every color, because I am a HUGE Christmas geek! Just ask my poor hubby!) I hope that you have terrific holiday season and are ready to come back and continue to be strong voice for the health of children and families across Ohio!

Respectfully submitted,
Deborah L. Strouse
OASN President

president@oasn.org

OASN SIGNS - ON

Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
OASN has signed - on as a supporter of this organization in October. The PFCD is a relatively new organization. The Partnership is national coalition of patients, providers, community organizations, business and labor groups, and health policy experts committed to raising awareness of the policies and practices that save lives and reduce health costs through more effective prevention and management of chronic disease. The partnership is confronting chronic disease through a three-tiered approach that includes:
-Educating the public about chronic disease and potential solutions for individuals and communities.
-Mobilizing Americans to call for change in how governments, employers and health institutions approach chronic disease.
-Challenging policymakers on the health policy changes that are necessary to effectively fight chronic disease.

On October 10th, a Dayton Forum on Chronic Disease was held during which Amy Garcia, Executive Director, National Association of School Nurses, was the keynote speaker on "Six Unhealthy Truths". The NASN signed on as a partner with PFCD about a year ago. Jeanie Bochenek (SW) introduced Amy Garcia.

Ban On Corporal Punishment in Schools:
OASN signed on as supporter of HB 406 in March 2007. This bill has passed the House Education Committee in May but is waiting on a floor vote to pass the House. Now is the time to contact your legislator and urge that it be voted on. As school nurses, we can certainly vouch for a ban on such an unhealthy practice that damages the school's emotional climate not to mention the injury to students. I'm sure we all have stories that we can relate to our legislators of the harmful effect of corporal punishment. Key legislators to contact are Jim Hughes, Kevin Bacon, Josh Mandel, Randy Gardner. Please refer to the OASN website for additional information (talking points, legislative links, etc.) .

Renee Besecker

August 12, 2008
-The first SWOSNA board meeting was held. The theme for SWOSNA this year is "A Reflection of You". SWOSNA sent a Member Needs Survey via a link on the web site to see how the board could better meet member's needs including: meeting times, meeting places, topics, educational offerings.

August 22. 2008
-I advocated on behalf of OASN/SWOSNA to Board of Education in Yellow Springs and was able to preserve a School Nurse position for the district.

October 6, 2008
SWOSNA donated $25.00 for a raffle basket to Ohio School Board Association.

October 10, 2008
-I attended and had the privilege as the OASN Rep for SWOSNA to announce the keynote speaker, Amy Garcia who is NASN"s Executive Director at the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease Forum held at the Marriot in Dayton, OH. Amy spoke about the importance in school nursing in helping to stop chronic disease before it starts among children and the rising needs of children in today's schools. Various stakeholders supporting prevention of chronic disease throughout the Dayton and surrounding communities were present. Renee Besecker, OASN Executive Director was also present and working hard for OASN networking, making connections, and advocating for Ohio's children. Several other SWOSNA and OASN members were present. Marsha Bonhart, newscaster, was also the emcee at the forum.

October 11, 2008
-I met with Safekids of Greater Dayton, Jessica Saunders who is very interested in working with School Nurses to help keep kids safe. She is currently working on health education and safety education/injury prevention kits that can be checked out at Children's Medical Center and used right in the classroom.

I also met with Karen Durgan of "A Lion in the House"- a documentary of children with cancer and their families that were followed for over 5 years that captured their everyday life struggles and triumphs. She spoke to the School Nurse Licensure class at WSU about there organization being awarded the Lance Armstrong grant. Additionally, the school nursing issues module was presented by Julia Kruzel and Mary Kozarec who are students finishing their MS degree. The 20 school nurses in attendance were all very touched and moved by this module. Discussion regarding the module was extremely informative and thought provoking in terms of children being reentered into the educational setting and eye opening in terms of the possible deficits children/families are faced with especially post treatment and most devastating if they are not advocated for in the schools. In conjunction with and working closely with "A Lion in the House", an abstract was submitted on September 5, 2008 for this module to be presented at a break out session for the Annual NASN conference in 2009.

October 11, 2008
-SWOSNA is proud to announce that Kathy O'Dell was honored on at the 2008 Cameos of Caring celebration that is hosted by Wright State University.

October 23, 2008
-The first SWOSNA business and general meeting for the 2008-2009 school year was held at Warren County Career Center in Lebanon with the topic being "Celiac Disease" and presented by Sharon Moeller (SWOSNA member). The SWOSNA survey team for the OASN "Who is providing Health Services to children in Ohio public school districts" meets on Wednesday, November 5th from 5-7pm for instruction on how to conduct the survey. Volunteers were recruited at the meeting.

Respectfully Submitted,

Jeanie M. Bochenek, RN, MS, NCSN
Southwest Representative to OASN

Northwest held a meeting on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at the Stone Oak Country Club following a CE event. The CE topic was Update on Cystic Fibrosis provided by the Promedica Health System. Meeting minutes from the last general meeting on May 7, 2008 were read, corrected, and approved. The treasurer provided the membership with banking account summaries.

Membership reported a total of 66 paid members to date. Renewal forms were distributed in the recent NW newsletter.

The newsletter committee reported that the newsletter was sent either email or US mail to all members so that the CE, meeting and renewal forms would be received by all. Articles and submissions for the next newsletter should be sent to the committee by March 1, 2008.

The NW rep reviewed events from the board retreat this past July. A meeting is scheduled with the NW board and any other interested members on November 3, 2008 for survey training. The purpose of the survey and training were discussed. Assistance with this project was encouraged.

Ways and Means did not have any news to report. The Website person was unable to attend the meeting.

President Elect, Beth Roth, advised the members that the next CE will take place this winter at St. Luke's Hospital. The topic will be the S.C.O.P.E. program through NASN.

Maureen Knowles (OASN VP and Conference Chair) reported on the spring conference. Speakers have been confirmed, a conference title has been selected and planning is on schedule. The conference will be March 27-29, 2009 at Sawmill Creek in Huron, Ohio.

New Business:
Jan Florian, Banquet Chair for the OASN Conference, requested discussion on providing money from the NWOASN treasury to cover a portion of the expenses for entertainment following the banquet. Kathy Inderbitzin made a motion to vote to approve the money from NW for entertainment. The motion was voted on and approved by the membership.

President, Denise Kaufman, asked members to write a letter supporting House Bill 6201: Student-to- School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2008. Information on contacting representatives was provided to the membership.

Respectfully submitted,
Marie Kraus, NW Rep

SE officers are:
President - Tammy Lorbach - Jackson Schools - Jackson County
Vice President - Angie Lewis - Rock Hill Schools - Lawrence County
Secretary - Vacancy
Rachel Klaiber - Rock Hill Schools - Lawrence County
State Rep - Annette Scott - Ironton Schools - Lawrence County

The SEOASN Fall meeting took place the evening before (Nov. 6th ) of the Nationwide (Children's) 2008 School Health Update Conference on Nov. 7th. Some topics discussed were:

1. Vote on donation for superintendent mtg. (OASN requests that each region donate funds to help make a basket for the Superintendent's conference. They promote school nursing at the conference.)

2. Spring meeting Agenda: Pres. Tammy Lorbach wants to know if you have any requests for CEUs - Topics? She would like to plan ahead.

3. Questions and Concerns in regard to SE district.

4. Secretary position vacancy - We don't have a secretary. Anyone interested in the office?? Right now the Treasurer is trying to cover that, but she is having difficulties also.

Annette Scott, RN, BSN
SE representative to OASN

Our COASN board met again in September and decided to offer incentives to entice membership. Those attending the October meeting would get their name in a drawing to get their registration paid for the OASN conference this year. We also voted to have a drawing among attendees to our January meeting for money towards that person attending the NASN conference. Board members will meet in December to determine how much money we would give that lucky person to attend the NASN conference based on our budget.

In order to have that money available we came up with two additional fundraising items this year. Several of us created cup coasters and tissue holders in October in time for our first meeting of the year, which was held on October 22nd. The Villa Milano, an Italian restaurant in the Westerville area of northern Franklin County was the setting of our very informative meeting. Eighty-three members enjoyed talking with colleagues while eating delicious lasagna. Our President Juanita Smith, Columbus City Schools nurse, conducted our brief meeting. Our membership chairman, Nancy Click announced we have 139 members, an increase over last year. Ginny Black, our COASN Webmaster won the drawing to have her OASN conference registration fee paid for and she was elated!!! Five alternates were also drawn.

COASN members then participated in an informative presentation by Lisa Kluchurosky, a certified athletic trainer who is now program manager at one of the four locations of the Nationwide Children's Hospital Sports Medicine Locations. She encouraged us to really evaluate injuries by symptoms and range of motion in her Sports Injuries talk. She reminded us that if children injure their growth plate areas and don't get medical treatment they might suffer permanent injury. She showed several palpation sites and had excellent slides of injuries. Next, we listened to the second speaker, Dr. Laurel Talabere, professor Emeritus at Capitol University. Dr. Talabere is also a registered nurse and an asthma educator. She gave us many websites to access updated asthma information. Dr. Talabere encourages the use of spacers and stressed that each inhaler now has specific usage and cleaning guidelines.

Afterward the board met briefly and I announced to them that several members from outlying counties and one local Columbus City nurse not on our present board had also volunteered to help with the OASN survey. We tabled the discussion of hosting a dance in the first quarter of 2009 to earn money for the OASN endowment fund till we meet again.

Future Meeting Dates:
January 22- Diabetes Update and Hands on with Various Pumps - Location to be determined
May 5- to be announced

Some of our members have been helping Jan Lanier, R.N., on her campaign to be in our Ohio legislature either by door-to-door literature drop or by helping with mailings. I am sorry that Jan Lanier lost her bid for the house. I was one of those who spent time in February and March passing out literature door to door after our significant snow and ice. Nurses need to have representation in our state government so I appreciated that Jan was willing to do that.

We really appreciate all of you for taking the time out of your busy days to answer questions for our OASN school health services survey. A great big THANK YOU goes out to all our members and one retired nurse who took the time to make the phone calls. Sherry Bjerke, retired school nurse and former OASN president did about one third of our calls. Juanita Smith (Columbus City), our COASN president, Gayle McCreery (Groveport- Madison Local), part-time school nurse, and full time school nurses, Joan Keith (Upper Arlington City), Lynn DiLoreto (Urbana) and Ann Underwood (Groveport- Madison Local) made the rest of the phone calls to the 81 school districts in our central Ohio Region.

Please visit the COASN.org website, where you can download our membership form, view our newsletter, see other vital information and view our fund-raising items(soon) if you would like to do some birthday or holiday shopping for your secret pal or friends, family or your child's teacher you could have some options from our production line!!!! Tissue Holders: $3 and Coasters are only $5.

Respectfully submitted,
Ann Underwood, R.N. B.S.N.
COASN Rep. to OASN

We are pleased to report that NEOASN is back on the internet! Our website, www.neoasn.org is also linked to the OASN website. From the website you can find the newsletter, upcoming events, and a convenient way to contact any of the NEOASN board members. Please check it out.

The fall meeting of NEOASN was held on Thursday evening, October 30, 2008 at the Cuyahoga County Board of Health Office in Parma. We enjoyed a light dinner of sandwiches and fruit salad. President Amy Anter opened the meeting and reports were given by each of our committee chairs. Aurelia Barney, Ohio's School Nurse of the Year for 2008-2009, was unable to attend but members wrote congratulations for this honor and we look forward to celebrating with her in the spring. Volunteers were recruited to make calls for OASN's survey regarding the provision of healthcare in Ohio's public schools.

A presentation was given by a volunteer from the Remote Area Medical (RAM) Volunteer Corps about an event planned for the Cleveland area in May 2009. RAM collaborates with local free clinics, hospitals, doctors, dentists, optometrists, PT's, social workers, etc. to organize weekends of free medical services for the uninsured and underinsured in areas across the United States. They have been interviewed on "60 Minutes." This all-volunteer charitable organization can provide EKG's, mammograms, screenings for diabetes, cholesterol, bone density, hypertension, eyeglasses, dental care, medication and nutrition assistance all in one location. Nurses are now being recruited.

Our originally scheduled speaker from the Cleveland Clinic Center for Integrative Medicine was unable to present that evening, but was ably represented by Stephanie Richards, a registered dietician who is a colleague at the same center. Her presentation was titled "Taking Care of the Care Giver" and gave us inspiration to reset goals to improve our personal health. Much of her time was focused on nutrition, her specialty. She stressed the benefits of a plant-based diet using whole foods and avoiding trans-fats and other processed foods that are inflammatory. She showed examples of healthy foods that are high in antioxidants and plant based protein and contrasted that with an ancient sample of a processed "lunchable" that hasn't shown signs of mold or decay after many years in her closet! Her message to us and for our kids is to beware of chemicals that masquerade as food!

Mary Massey
NE Rep. to OASN

Congratulations to the following school nurses who have passed the National School Nurse Certification exam in 2008!

Michele Bernhardt
Pamela Eaton
Karen Ferrarelli
Shelley Hoyer
Cheryl Hunkemoeller
Mary Kozarec
Julia Kruzel
Karen Mascolo
Juliette Nuskal
Betsy Taylor
Lois Wiethe

Upcoming Open Positions at OASN

Please consider running for one of the following positions:

Vice-President- Serves as chairperson of the programs and resources committee (2 year term).
NASN Representative- Represents OASN on the Board of Directors of NASN (4 year term).

You can nominate (volunteer) yourself or nominate someone you know.

Please email Eva Garchar at presidentelect@oasn.org if interested in serving our wonderful organization.

Ohio's Medicaid School Program

Ohio's Medicaid School Program receives federal approval. Ohio Department of Job's and Family Services (ODJFS) has received federal approval of Ohio's Medicaid School Program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The approval is retroactive to July 2005 when CAFS ended. The program will provide federal reimbursement for certain health-related services provided to children with IEPs who receive Medicaid.

To help schools prepare for the implementation of the Medicaid School Program, ODE and ODJFS have created a document titled "Planning for the Medicaid School Program (MSP)" Click here to access the document: (http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/O DEDetail.aspx? page=3&TopicRelationID=878&ContentID=29574&Co ntent=57280)

Resources for OASN Members from Ohio Department of Education's Office for Safety, Health and Nutrition

The programs for supportive learning environments are part of the Ohio Department of Education's Office for Safety, Health and Nutrition. The office provides services, programs and products that focus on addressing student, family and community factors that improve learning climates in schools and, consequently, improve learning. It also helps establish policies on school climate as well as substance abuse and violence prevention that serve as models for school districts.

Supportive Learning Environment Programs

• Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP). ODE and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) are collaborating on this initiative with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The major focus of CSHP is to help schools and communities integrate best practice wellness strategies into current initiatives in eight related areas: health education, physical education, health services, nutrition services, counseling and psychological services, healthy school environment, healthy promotion for staff, and family/community involvement.
• HIV Prevention. ODE, ODH and the HIV Advisory Group are working with guidance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to provide effective HIV prevention strategies for Ohio students. The strategies will work within Ohio's Shared Prevention Framework, which was developed by multiple state agencies in order to coordinate efforts that support Ohio youth and help improve their educational outcomes.
• Physical Activity, Nutrition and Tobacco-Use Prevention (PANT). This project is funded by ODE and ODH in order to improve health and education outcomes of young people. A component of the Coordinated School Health Program, PANT will focus on physical activity, nutrition and tobacco-use prevention.
• Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program. The program is the federal government's primary vehicle for reducing violence and drug, alcohol and tobacco use through education and prevention activities in the nation's schools.
• School-Community Partnership Competitive Grant. The grant program is aimed at helping schools provide prevention, early intervention and treatment services for students, especially those with emerging or serious behavioral health problems.

Education and Research Endowment Fund

With the recent fluctuations in the Market, the Endowment Fund has sustained a loss of $1,286.16 and as of 9/30/08 recorded a balance of $13,543.37. Financial counselors continue to advise investors not to make any changes in their portfolios for the time being and we've been assured that the Columbus Medical Association Foundation is closely monitoring the current economic situation.

We will not be doing a mass mailing this year to our members or our friends of school nursing, but would like to encourage everyone to consider a small contribution before the end of the year. Remember that this meets the IRS' requirement as Tax deductable donation. This can be accomplished either by obtaining a donor card from your Regional Rep, going to the OASN webpage and following the directions there or by contacting any of the OASN Board members.

The Endowment Fund planning committee has begun to make arrangements for another fabulous event to be held on Friday, March 27th in conjunction with the OASN conference. Watch for further information about this annual fund raiser and plan to join us for an entertaining and informative evening.

Norma Nikkola, Endowment Chair
nnikkola@earthlink.net Donate online

The Ohio Department of Health School Nursing Program is pleased to announce two new Web-based programs for school nurses in the state of Ohio: the ODH School Nurse Bulletin Board and Impact SIIS. Both of these programs came online in late August, 2008.

Many of you were familiar with the old ODH School Nurse Bulletin Board where you received an e-mail directly from Dorothy Bystrom. Before her retirement at the end of August, Dorothy worked with the ODH technology department to convert the ODH School Nurse Bulletin Board to a Web-based system. If you were receiving bulletin board messages from Dorothy in the past and have not signed up for the new Web- based ODH School Nurse Bulletin Board -please do! While the registration process for the Web-based ODH School Nurse Bulletin Board may seem a bit cumbersome, there are several advantages to the new format. For instance, once a message has been posted on the ODH School Nurse Bulletin Board, you will receive an e-mail containing the message; at the same time it is archived at the ODH School Nurse Bulletin Board website. You receive all new messages by e-mail, and can go directly to the website at any time to look up a previous message or print an attachment. The Web-based ODH School Nurse Bulletin Board is a pilot project with the ODH technology department, so we hope to expand the capabilities of the site in the future. For instructions on how to register for the new ODH School Nurse Bulletin Board, please go to the ODH School Nurse Program webpage (http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/chss/schnurs/ schnurs1.aspx) .Please be sure to call the ODH School Nurse Consultants (see below) if you need help with the registration process.

The other new Web-based program that kicked off this fall was Impact SIIS. Impact SIIS is the online Ohio immunization registry which contains the immunization records of millions of Ohio residents. In collaboration with the ODH Immunization program, the ODH School Nursing program conducted a pilot project last year where school nurses in 30 school districts around the state were granted access to Impact SIIS. After the success of the pilot project, the ODH was able to roll-out school nurse access to Impact SIIS on a statewide basis this fall. While only licensed nurses may access the registry, the administration of each participating school/district must also sign a confidentiality agreement in order for the nurse to participate in the program. School nurses must sign and submit their security agreements and provide proof of current licensure annually to continue to have access to the registry. Information regarding school nurse access to Impact SIIS can be found at https://www.impactsiis.org (click on "Security Agreement" and then "School Nurse Information" under the contents). Again, if you have questions regarding this program, please contact the ODH School Nurse Consultants.

Since the topic of this article is about Web-based information, we want to remind you that there is a lot of information on the ODH School Nursing program webpage that could be helpful to your practice. Please visit http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/chss/schnurs/s chnurs1.aspx to see what is there. You may always feel free to contact the ODH School Nurse Consultants by phone or by e-mail whenever you have questions about school nursing practice in the state of Ohio.

Ann Connelly RN, MSN, NSCN
School Nurse Consultant
Ann.connelly@odh.ohio.gov
614- 728-0386
Janet Hyme-Householder RN, MPH
School Nurse Consultant-Emergency Preparedness
janet.householder@odh.ohio.gov
614-995-7075
Ohio Department of Health
246 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43215

Kathleen O'Dell (SW), former OASN president and Ohio School Nurse of the Year, is seeking reappointment to the Ohio Board of Nursing. She has served all Ohio nurses superbly in this position! Please take a few minutes to write a letter of support. Letters should be sent to:

Scott Elisar, State of Ohio, Governor's Office
Email- (Scott.Elisar@governor.ohio.gov)
Mailing address:
Governor's Office
Attn: Scott Elisar, Boards and Commissions
77 S. High St.
30th Floor, Riffe Center
Columbus, OH 43215

Norma Nikkola, National School Nurse of the Year (2006) and current NASN Secretary/Treasurer, will be running for a second term of office. Please help keep an OASN member on the NASN Executive Committee.

Norma and Kathy thank you for your support!

Peggy F. Rufner passed away September 22, 2008. Peggy will long be remembered as a leader in school nursing in the Southwestern Ohio School Nurses Association, the Ohio Association of School Nurses, and the National School Nurses Association.

She was a 1946 graduate of the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing where she was a member of the US Cadet Nurse Corps. She also completed a BS degree from Central State University. Peggy worked first as an office nurse and a public health nurse for Warren County. She combined her love of children with her passion for education when she became a school nurse for the Kettering School District in 1957 where she worked for the next 25 years serving as Coordinator of School Health Services from 1968- 1982. Her contributions were recognized with awards as Outstanding School Nurse of the Year by the Ohio Association of School Nurses in 1981 and induction into the Chester A Roush Hall of Fame by the Kettering School District in 2001.

Peggy was a leader in the school nursing profession serving as President of the Warren County Nurses Association and the Southwestern Ohio School Nurses Association, of which she was a founding member. She was instrumental in the formation of both the OASN and the NASN and served as President of both these organizations. Peg served on the Board of Directors for the Kettering Classroom Teachers' Association, District 10 of the Ohio Nurses Association, the National Education Association Department of School Nurses, and Representative to the Ohio Education Association of Council of Presidents. After her retirement from Kettering Schools, she served as Executive Director of the National Association of School Nurses.

Peggy's energy and commitment to school nursing will long be remembered. She and husband, Don, were also extensive travelers, demonstrating her zest for life-long learning and natural curiosity about the world around her. Peggy is survived by her husband, Don, a son and daughter, three grandchildren, and two great- grandchildren.

Peggy has donated her body to Wright State University College of Medicine. Memorial Services will be held 11:00a on November 15th at the Barrington of West Chester, 7222 Hamilton-Mason Rd, West Chester, OH. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lion's Club Eye Care Fund, which provides eye care for indigent students in the Kettering City School District. Checks (write Peggy Rufner on the memo line) should be sent to the Kettering Education Foundation, 3750 Far Hills Ave, Kettering, OH 45429.