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SAVE THE DATE!!
On Saturday, November 12, 2011, KCS has a special
event planned for its' members and
guests. Chef Tom Rzegocki will be demonstrating how to prepare simple
economical and healthy home-cooked meals for seniors at the Haselwood YMCA
in Silverdale.
Tom
is a self-taught chef who has been preparing meals for family, friends and
others for 25 years. His particular desire is to focus a large
part of his time on the ever-growing senior population, folks who are
attempting to remain
independent in their homes as long as possible. He has recently
taught several series of classes for The Senior Housing Assistance
Group (SHAG)
based out of Seattle as well as for Seattle Central Community College
and local Senior Centers.
Tom
is a member of the U. S. Personal Chef Association and a graduate of the Culinary Business
Academy. He started his business, Tom's In-Home Cooking, in 2008
(www.Tomsinhomecooking.com).
There
will be two 1-hour long classes:
1 PM . . .Tom will discuss and
make white sauce which enables meals such as
chicken
or beef pot pie, casseroles and cream soups.
3 PM . . . This class will cover
fresh, quick meals like simple stir-fry, roasted
vegetables and soups using the fall harvest.
Handouts
will be offered but not specific recipes as Tom will teach us how to
prepare meals in various ways with the same basic ingredients.
Bring pen &
paper for taking notes and be prepared to sample some delicious food!
COST: $5 per person ( per
class), checks payable to Kitsap Computing Seniors, P. O. Box 3166,
Silverdale WA 98383-3166.
CONTACT: Lenore Stanfel (lstanfel@earthlink.net or 360
307-9325) for reservations and questions.
Please reserve by November 9 as space is limited and Tom needs time to shop for food
& supplies.
Submitted by Lenore
Stanfel
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MINUTES OF
THE GENERAL MEETING
October
17, 2011
President Larry DuSavage called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM at the
Silverdale Community Center. There were 45 members and guests
present. Larry welcomed all members and guests to the meeting and read
the names of 3 new members who joined since the last meeting.
Those present joined Vice President Ward Hinrichs in the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag of the United States.
Larry D. made an announcement that the Club has sponsored a cooking
class at the YMCA on Saturday, November 12. The cost is $5 per
person, and will feature meal preparation for one or two people.
More information will be available on the Newsletter and on the KCS
Techlist.
Larry also said he would hold another Skype class on November 19 at the
"A Frame Room". Lab Classes at the Mountain View Middle School are held
Tuesdays at 2:45 PM. There are free classes at the Sylvan Way
library; classes are the second Tuesday of each month, and the lab is
Friday afternoons. Mary Ann Confar's classes are also available.
Check the KCS Newsletter for specific time and dates. Also, next
March is the 20th anniversary of the founding of KCS.
Clint Geiger introduced the speaker, Robert Parker of The Printer
People in Bremerton. These people specialize in sales and repairs
of large and small printers. Mr. Parker's main theme was choosing
a printer that suits your needs. The amount of printing done per
month is the basic criteria for choosing a printer. The cheap,
$99 printer is probably not a good investment. Printer
manufacturers make their main profit on selling ink cartridges and
printer heads after you have bought their printer. Laser printers
are best for documents in large quantities, and ink jet printers are
best for photos.
Mr. Parker urged people to buy what they need; do you need SD card
readers. FAX capability, wireless features? Check to see whether
ink jet printers require separate printer head replacement, which could
add to your overall cost. His opinion is that Hewlett Packard
printers are the best.
When you buy new ink cartridges read the expiration date and the ml
content of the cartridge.
New cartridges over a year old should not be purchased. Refilled
cartridges have about 2% failure rate, new ones are about ½ %. He
recommended that refilled cartridges be purchased from local dealers so
they can be readily returned should they fail.
Printing paper should have the Colorlok symbol on paper reams and
cases. This ensures it has been manufactured to cause less paper
dust, etc. that will clog the internal workings of a printer.
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The audience had many
questions for
Mr. Parker at conclusion of his presentation. Larry DuSavage
thanked
him and the audience joined in with applause. Mr. Parker said he would
be glad to answer questions if contacted at his place of work. He
can
be reached at his work phone of 360-377-6540, or his Email address of parker@TSCnet.com.
The
meeting was adjourned at 11:00 AM for the Potluck Lunch, Raffle
drawing, and the Door Prize drawing.
Clint
Geiger-Secretary
Robert Parker, of The Printer People in Bremerton
specializes in sales and repairs of printers
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SKYPE
Training
Video or Phone Call
with family or friends
ANYWHERE in the WORLD
For
FREE! FREE! FREE!
Learn
how and what you need. (Skype is FREE)
When:
Saturday 19 November 2011
Where:
Silverdale Community Center
Poplar Room (A-Frame)
Time:
12:30 to 3:30 pm
No sign-up required.
Just show-up. If you have a laptop, bring
it.
Submitted
by Larry DuSavage
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MINUTES OF THE BOARD
MEETING
Octber
17, 2011
President Larry DuSavage called the meeting to order at 12:05 PM.
Trustees present were: Kim Leach, Faye Henden, Carol McLaren, Clint
Geiger, Barbara Maines, Nick Tomassi, Pat Reese, Jane Hinrichs, Ward
Hinrichs, and Larry DuSavage. Guests present were: Don Brown,
Doug Stauner; and Karen and Warren Beauchene.
Secretary's
Report
— There were no corrections to the September minutes as printed in the
October Newsletter.
Treasurer's
Report — The Treasurer's report was presented by Barbara Maines
and will be
placed on file for audit. Larry stated we are still watching for
any cost increases from Bank of America, where the Club does its
banking.
Correspondence
—
Larry DuSavage sent out a thank you letter to September's speaker, Jan
Nilsson.
Committee
Reports
Operations
— Larry
D. was given a new key card to the Silverdale Senior Center.
Membership
— Carol
McLaren reported that we now have 233 members, two joined today.
Hardware
— Kim
Leach has no new purchases, everything is working fine.
Education
— New
class schedules will be available online. Mary Ann's classes will
have changes next year.
SIGs — Don
Brown's
Investor's Group has several new members and is meeting regularly.
Warren Beauchene has equipment to connect to projectors.
Membership still doing
well.
Programs
— Clint
Geiger has speakers scheduled; in November, Tony Liegel of Silverdale
Office Depot will bring in a Microsoft speaker, in December County
Commissioner Josh Brown, in January Don Lawrence will talk about
Federal Income Tax Form preparation.
Kim Leach suggested that in the future our speakers be escorted to the
head of the food line by the Program Coordinator. This will be
tried out at next meeting.
New Horizons
— Kim Leach reported
the Committee has approved giving away another computer.
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Public
Relations and Sunshine Committee — Pat Reese asked that those
eligible for door prize tickets seek her out and ask for them. Jane
Ward has sent out get well cards to Dennis Osborn and Marlene Hogan.
Newsletter
Deadline
22 of this month —
New Business
—
A. There will
be no more free doughnuts at Maryann's computer classes.
B.
Larry D. is trying to get a laptop computer to donate to one
school girl who has applied for a computer through the New Horizons
Committee. Larry will put a notice in the Newsletter asking for a
contributed laptop, or a cash donation to put towards purchase of
one.
The Board concurred with his plan.
C.
Larry asked the Board to think of ideas to celebrate the upcoming
March 20th anniversary of the founding of the KCS organization.
The meeting adjourned at 12:54 PM.
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TAX AIDE PROGRAM
▶VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED◀
AARP TaxAide
volunteers are looking for savvy people to volunteer to
prepare tax returns for seniors between Feb 1 to April 15th, 2012. Four
days of train-ing in the manual pre- paration of the federal tax
returns
will be provided.
Training sessions will be held at Lebo Community Center 680 Lebo Blvd,
Bremerton, on Jan 3th - 6th 2012. For new
counselor's, an additional three days of training is provided on
computer preparation of tax returns in the same program used by
the
IRS.
Anyone interested in this activity can contact Doug Stauner at Doug_St@Hotmail.com or
(360) 692-4670.
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FROM
THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER
It is the season for
wonderful celebrations!
Thanksgiving, 24
November 2011
Christmas, 25
December 2011
New Years, 2012
Martin Luther King,
Jr. Birthday, 15 January 2012
Groundhog Day, 2
February 2012
Valentines’ Day, 14
February 2012
Presidents Day, 20
February 2012
Mardi Gras, 21
February 2012
March
19, 2012
What!
March 19, 2012! What is
that?
WOW! It
is the 20th anniversary of
Kitsap
Computing Seniors!
KCS
is a very unique organization
which is rare in communities anywhere in the entire United States.
In
March of 1992 Rampton Harvey
held the very first general meeting of Kitsap Computing Seniors.
March
2012 will be approximately
the 200th General Meeting of KCS!
So
how do we celebrate this very
special March 2012 General Meeting?
A
parade and a marching band
while carrying our computers down Silverdale Way!
A
March members dunk in the Puget
Sound!
Party
poppers, non-alcoholic
Champaign, singing and dancing!
What
are your suggestions?
Please
think about how you would
like to have a memorable celebration for KCS on March 19, 2012 and pass
that
information on to a board member!
I
would like to consider a prize
for the best one page essay on how KCS has assisted you in your
computer
experiences and expertise!
Please
note at the top of every newsletter:
Volume 20
Issue 10 Newsletter of
KITSAP COMPUTING SENIORS
November 2011
♦
Founded March
1992 by Rampton Harvey ♦
HAPPY
COMPUTING - Larry DuSavage
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Bremerton
Lab 2:45 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.
MAC Lab 2:30 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
Sylvan Way Library Lab **
(1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.)
No Absolute Beginners & Intermediates
No Library Basic Class Today
Bremerton Lab 2:45 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.
MAC Lab 2:30 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
No Library Lab Today
Chef Tom Rzegocki Cooking Demo
(1:00 & 3:00 PM) Hazelwood YMCA
Stock Investors SIG 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Sylvan Way Library Basic Class **
(1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.)
Bremerton Lab 2:45 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.
Sylvan Way Library Lab **
(1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.)
Skype Class 12:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
KCS General Meeting 10:00
A.M.
Bremerton Lab 2:45 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.
Sylvan Way Library Lab **
(1:30 P.M.- 3:00 P.M.)
Bremerton Lab 2:45 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.
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(1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.)
Bremerton
Lab 2:45 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.
MAC Lab 2:30 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
Sylvan Way Library Lab **
(1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.)
Stock Investors SIG 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Sylvan Way Library Basic Class **
(1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.)
Bremerton Lab 2:45
P.M. - 4:05 P.M.
Sylvan Way Library Lab **
(1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.)
Win7/Vista/XP
12:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
KCS General Meeting
10:00
A.M.
No Bremerton Lab Today
Sylvan Way Library Lab **
(1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.)
No Bremerton Lab Today
Sylvan Way Library Lab **
(1:30 P.M.- 3:00 P.M.)
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** Seating
is limited. Please call Sylvan Way Library to
sign-up. 360-405-9100
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TIPS
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Change the alignment for
numbers in a list in Word
Adapted
from an article by Susan Harkins at
TechRepublic
October 7, 2011
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Word uses left aligned numbers in a numbered list, by default, but a
right-aligned list of numbers is just a few clicks away.
Numbering
a list in Word is simple. You select the items and click Numbering in
the Paragraph group on the Home tab. If you're still using Word 2003,
click Numbering on the Formatting toolbar. Despite how easy it is to
use, you've probably noticed an odd default behavior - the numbers are
left aligned, which isn't the normal format most of us will need.
You
can fix the alignment, as follows:
- Select and then
right-click the numbered list.
- Choose Numbering from
the resulting menu. In Word 2003, choose Bullets and Numbering.
- Select Define New
Number Format from the list below the gallery. In Word 2003, click the
Customize button.
- In the resulting
dialog box, choose Right from the Alignment dropdown. In Word 2003,
you'll use the Number Position dropdown.
- Click OK. Word will
immediately adjust the alignment of the numbered list.
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Responding /Replying to a KCS TechList Post
- Replies to messages on the KCS
Tech List are automatically sent to the entire List unless you
re-address the response directly to the individual sender.
- Use caution when you click the REPLY button. Consider
using the FORWARD button
instead. In this way you won't burden others with unneeded e-mail.
- When responding to a
message, please consider whether your reply should be sent to the
entire membership; if it would be more appropriate to address it to the
individual sender, please use the Forward button and follow the steps
below.
- Do not post personal
messages via the KCS Tech List. If a post announces a class assignment
and you are, for example, sick and unable to come to class, do not reply to the
list to tell the class coordinator that you won't be able to attend.
Instead, send your e-mail reply directly to the coordinator's e-mail
address.
Before you click SEND please double check to see you are sending the
reply message to the intended address. Is it to be sent to the message
sender or the entire list?
Here is one way to address your message directly to the sender only;
not to the List:
1. Click on the received KCS TechList message.
At the top of the message text area you will see something like
this:
----- Original Received Message -----
owner-kcstech@listserv.telebyte.com;
on behalf of; Jane Doe [JaneD@comcast.net]
Sent: Tue 10/25/2011 6:39 PM
To: KCS Tech
Subject: [KCS-Tech] I have a
Yahoo e-mail question!
2. Highlight the address on the From
line after "on behalf of". Make sure you highlight the entire
address.
Jane Doe [JaneD@comcast.net]
3. Click Edit > Copy (or
hold down the Ctrl key and tap
the C key)
4. Click Forward.
5. Click in the To address box
and click Edit > Paste (or
hold down the Ctrl key and tap
the V key)
6. Your reply message is now addressed to the individual.
You can now type your reply and delete the
original message text if you want.
7. Click Send.
NOTE: Your email program
and internet service provider may display your message differently than
the example above! But if you use the forward button and insert only
the sender's email address, then the reply will be sent only to the
sender and not the entire KCS TechList.
Submitted
by Larry
DuSavage
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