Greetings! 
Happy New Year!
A little bit about us: The Spellbinders organization is dedicated to restoring the art of oral storytelling in order to connect elders to youth, weaving together the wisdom of diverse cultures throughout time.
This newsletter is sent to you by the Mesa County Spellbinders and is published once a month. Be sure to explore the links included in each issue. If you place your cursor over text that is underlined and in bold type it will take you to a website for further information or launch your email program to send an email. Explore and enjoy!
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Profiles in Storytelling
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 School Year 2010-2011
I am still looking for someone who is willing to help with this portion of the newsletter. If you would like to take on this portion so that we can continue to get to know each other better email me today and we'll talk about the details!
I will aim to start this feature again soon! There are a few of our members working on submitting information and photos so stay tuned.
In case you want to get to know the members already profiled you can check out the Archives. Our Spellbinders previously profiled:
May 2009: Ingrid Bratz de Leland
June/July 2009: Steve Skoglund
August 2009: Laurie Kollasch
September 2009: Jackie Merrill
October 2009: Elizabeth Clark
December 2009: Karen Hurst
January/February 2010: Lee Comstock
March 2010: Judy Herr
April 2010: Barbara Boudreaux
May 2010: Janice Hogue
June/July 2010: Gertraud Jones
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Bits and Pieces
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*Be sure to send Bob Spears your story sheets reporting your storytelling activity for our records! This is especially important if you are a new storyteller. Bob and Ingrid need a record of who has met the requirements for the reimbursement of the registration fee. If you need an electronic form to submit to Bob, or want to work out another reporting method email Bob Spears today.
*If you have any bits and pieces of Mesa County Spellbinders history please submit them to Ingrid de Leland, who has agreed to serve as our historian. Things you might pass along: photos, news articles, magazine articles and anything else you think might be nice to have for our records.
*The Learning Works located at 1938 1st Street, #1 in Grand Junction has agreed to offer active Spellbinders a 10% discount on all purchases as well as honor our tax exempt status and not charge tax! That's a great deal! Just show your ID badge when making purchases.
*If you are a Facebook user please note that Mesa County School District 51 has a page. If you "like" this page you will receive information as it is posted in your news feed. Check it out!
*Our storyteller coordinator, Anne Saunders is winding up her commitment to do the coordinating for two years. Due to some extenuating circumstances that Anne is experiencing, we would like to identify someone to take on the overall coordination as soon as possible. Please consider helping with this vital position. Please contact Anne Saunders for details on the position. She has worked to make this position a much more manageable one, so don't be intimidated!
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Workshop & Stories
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Show and Tell
At our December meeting Steve Skoglund shared "A Wreath of Wild Roses" from the Kingfisher Treasury of Magical Stories by Peter Bailey and Fiona Waters. You might want to also check out the other Kingfisher Treasury books that include a treasury of ghost stories, a treasury of pirate stories and more!
Janice Hogue shared Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett.
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Newsletter Needs New Editor
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Want to help with the newsletter?
Please consider helping! I will be giving up my position next year!
 I will be continuing to edit and publish our enewsletter through May 2011. Between now and then I would like to ask you to consider helping us continue to publish and improve our newsletter. I will be looking for someone to take over the editor role, but also looking for folks who might want to do one part of the newsletter. The tasks for you to consider are:
*Spellbinder Profiles Section: includes getting information via a questionnaire and typing up the summary for the newsletter as well as obtaining digital photo(s) of the individual Spellbinder for the article
*Seasonal/topical links section: includes doing some "research" on the internet to come up with some links for stories, etc.
*Workshop Activities and Stories Shared: includes summarizing workshop activities, including links to sources that may have been shared & providing stories told and links to sources for each story.
*Quotes from Kids: includes finding short "funny" or touching things said by students during storytelling.
If you would like to take on a piece of the newsletter email me and let me know. We can then set up training for use of the website where our newsletter is published!
Thanks for considering contributing to this great resource!
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We still have CD's available! There are two different CD's for sale that were professionally recorded and feature some of our best Mesa County Spellbinders telling some delightful tales! 
