100 East 8th Street, Suite 270
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 395-7919
Number 309
Monthly Bulletin
May 2014
Website: www.hope.edu/hasp
Email: hasp@hope.edu
Office Staff: Kim Mendels, Executive Director; Amy Berarducci, Administrative Assistant
MONTHLY PROGRAM
Date:
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Time:
9:00 AM refreshments, 9:30 AM program
Place:
Haworth Conference Center, Hope College
Program:
“We Know What We Are, But Not What We May Be”: Art, Theatre, and the collective works of
William Shakespeare: A personal journey into the wasteland of our American Industrial Prison
Complex. Curt L. Tofteland, Founder and Producing Director, Shakespeare Behind Bars, Inc.
Curt L. Tofteland is the founder of the internationally acclaimed Shakespeare Behind Bars (SBB) program. From 19952008, Curt facilitated the SBB/KY program at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex, producing and directing fourteen
Shakespeare productions. The 2003 SBB/KY production of The Tempest, was chronicled by Philomath Films producing a
documentary, Shakespeare Behind Bars, that premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and went on to screened at
40+ film festivals around the world, winning 11 film awards. Curt currently facilitates the adult Shakespeare Behind
Bars/Michigan programs at the Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility in Muskegon Heights and SBB’s first co-gender,
court-ordered juvenile Shakespeare Behind / Beyond Bars programs at the Ottawa County Juvenile Detention Center and
the Juvenile Justice Institute. Curt is a national and international speaker. Curt has spoken at over forty colleges and
universities across the United States and has delivered talks at TEDx Berkeley, TEDxEast (NYC), and TEDx Macatawa.
For his work as a Prison Arts Practitioner, Curt received fellowships from the Fulbright and Petra Foundations, as well as
a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Bellarmine University. Curt is a published essayist and poet. Currently, he is writing
his own book, Behind the Bard-Wire: Reflection, Responsibility, Redemption, & Forgiveness . . . The Transformative
Power of Art, Theatre, and Shakespeare. Curt has developed an association with Hope College, where he has taught
Introduction to Theatre and directed Sweeney Todd for the 2012-13 academic year and Hope Summer Repertory
Theatre, where he directed Romeo and Juliet for the 2013 season, and played Uncle Chris in I Remember Mama for the
2011 season. From 1989-2008, Curt served as producing artistic director of Kentucky Shakespeare Festival where he
produced fifty Shakespeare productions, directed twenty-five Shakespeare productions, and acted in eight Shakespeare
Productions. The mission of SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS is to offer theatrical encounters with personal and social
issues to the incarcerated, allowing them to develop life skills that will ensure their successful reintegration into society.
Bringing 35 years of professional theatre experience as a producer, playwright, director, actor, and innovative arts
educator, Curt L. Tofteland enters the secreted world of the “other” contained within double razor-wire fences
surrounding islands of despair. Armed only with an open heart, fearless creativity, a willingness to dwell in the abyss of
not knowing, and a collection of the works of William Shakespeare, Curt L. Tofteland manifests Restorative Circles of
Reconciliation in which to examine “Know Thyself” through four questions:
Who am I?
What do I love?
How will I live my life, knowing I will die?
What is my gift to humankind?
Who among us wishes to be remembered for our very worst deed?
Please join us for this unique program on May 6, 2014…and please turn this page over for more important
information regarding this meeting!
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SPECIAL NOTE: as announced at our April meeting, we will be asking all HASP members present to
complete a very brief survey at the end of this meeting. Surveys and pencils will be distributed at the end
of the program. Please plan to stay a few extra minutes to complete this. Arrangements have been made
with Freedom Village for the bus to pick up at 11:00 a.m.!
Note: Parking in Pillar Church lot will not be available on this day due to Tulip Time and we expect parking may be
difficult. Hopefully there will be more space in the student lots, as they will have left for the summer. Please carpool as
much as possible.
MONHLY MEETING PARKING: Lot Z – behind Anderson-Werkman building is reserved for HASP members (marked with
orange cones), there are some available spaces in Lot U (for Haworth guests, behind the Kepple House by Dykstra Hall), labeled
street parking where available, and the lot behind New Holland Brewery and 84 East where available. The newer downtown parking
ramp is also a great option! If you live at Freedom Village, please consider taking their bus over.
UPCOMING HASP MONTHLY PROGRAMS:
June 3, 2014 – HASP Annual Business Meeting at NOON
July 1, 2014 – Meeting will be held at Christ Memorial, Thousand Mile Walk (Around Lake Michigan), Loreen Niewenhuis
MEMBERSHIP
Membership Chair: Bonnie Cowie, dbcowie@sbcglobal.net
We wanted to remind you that there are application guidelines for the end of the HASP fiscal year:
Applications received between April 10th and June 10th will be held in the HASP office. The
accumulated applications will be sent to the membership committee on June 10th. Those members will be
introduced at the July monthly meeting. NO new members will be introduced at the June meeting.
New members who submit applications between April 10 and July 1 will submit $100. This will be their
membership fee for the year beginning July 1. They may sign up for summer classes. They may not,
however, attend the June annual meeting luncheon.
New Member Orientation
There will be a new member orientation held on Wednesday, May 14th at 9:30 AM in the HASP classroom,
which is located in the Anderson Werkman building at 100 E. 8th Street, Suite 270. If you joined HASP
between October 2013 and April 2014, or were unable to attend a previous orientation session, you are invited
to join us. This will be a great way to meet other new members, walk through the details of the organization
and ask questions. To register please call (395-7919) or email the HASP office: hasp@hope.edu
Sympathy
We extend our sympathy to the family and friends of the following HASP members:
Patricia Beals – Pat joined HASP in May of 2001 after a career as a registered nurse. She died on March 30,
2014. Her husband, Jim, is also a HASP member.
Renze Hoeksema – A charter and lifetime honorary member of HASP, professor emeritus of political science at
Hope, died Monday, April 14, 2014.
CURRICULUM
Curriculum Chair: Judy Parr, parr.judyandbill@gmail.com
Please note that the entire winter/spring curriculum calendar and course descriptions are available on our
website for your reference: www.hope.edu/hasp
The Summer 2014 curriculum will be mailed out and added to the website early May.
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The Science, Medicine & Technology (SMT) Curriculum Subcommittee is meeting, as are other
subcommittees, to develop classes offering new information in science, medicine or technology fields for HASP
members. SMT members are interested particularly for those HASP members who have a background in
technology – or another area of science – to present or contribute to their classes. Please talk with an SMT
member or let Norma Killilea at killilean@comcast.net or (616)392-6664 or the HASP office at 616.395.7919
or hasp@hope.edu know if this might interest you.
May Courses: (*indicates course meets in conference room)
Earth’s Changing Climate, Part II- Thursday, May 1 @ 9:30 AM
Let’s Talk about Death – Thursday, May 1 @ 1:00 PM
Our Criminal Justice/Injustice System – Monday, May 12 @ 1:00 PM
Books & Writers – Tuesday, May 13 @ 9:30 AM
Nonfiction Books - Tuesday, May 20 @ 9:30 AM, “The Bully Pulpit”
HASP Classroom Art Display:
Any HASP artist/photographer who wishes to show their work in 2014, please contact the HASP office or Mary
Porter at 335.2904 or m.porter95@yahoo.com.
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Chair: Lorelle Eberly, jakelorelle@sbcglobal.net
We are coming to the end of another HASP REVIEW year. Thanks to all who have shared their stories, poems,
art, and memoirs with us. We are editing and putting this year’s REVIEW together for distribution at the June
Annual Meeting. Make sure you pick up your copy and enjoy the gifts of writing that your fellow HASP’ers
have shared this year. A few statistics: 52 submissions, 31 writers, 6 artists, 14 first-time writers!
SERVICE
Service Chair: Larry Lynn, oldrun@aol.com
A study of HASP participation in current Service Committee projects for the March Board of Directors meeting
revealed the following:
Hope Classes, Fall of 2013: 62 total HASP members involved
Baggie Books – 28 total HASP members involved
24 members were scheduled at Glerum Elementary School, 4 members at Woodside Elementary
Tulip Time Trolley Guides – 25 members this May
Other Projects – 15 members
15 members contributed their time to ushering at the symphony concert, helping as nurses at the local clinics,
and participation in SCORE.
28 members volunteered for more than one project
102 HASP members contributed their time to the above projects! THANK YOU!
SPECIAL EVENTS
Special Events Chair: Jackie DeGroot, jackiedeg49@gmail.com
REGISTRATION FORMS FOR EVENTS ARE ON THE LAST PAGE!
May – Whitecaps Baseball Game, Thursday, May 29, 2014, 5:15-10:30 PM, Cost: $15
Take me out to the ballgame! Please join us for a night of Minor League baseball with the West Michigan
Whitecaps at 5/3 Ballpark in Comstock Park. The bus will leave the Ray & Sue Smith Stadium at 5:15 PM;
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returning to Holland after the game at approximately 10:30 PM. This is a Thrifty Thursday ballgame, which
means there will be $2.00 hotdogs, Pepsi products and beer for those who want ballpark food as a treat. Cost of
the event is $15.00 per person. Deadline for signup is Friday, May 16. Please email Jackie DeGroot, event
coordinator, with questions, jackiedeg49@gmail.com.
June – Chicago, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 7:45 AM – 8:00 PM, Cost: $73
This trip is full.
July – Grandkid Day II, Saturday, July 26, 2014, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM, Cost: $37
This will be an intergenerational trip of returning to the “Good Old Days.” Experience a tour of an organic
dairy farm including a demonstration of making cheese from the milk of grass-fed cows. Visit the Coopersville
Farm Museum to see its historical exhibits and enjoy an indoor picnic. After lunch we will “Ride the Rails” on
the Coopersville & Marne Railway reliving a historical train robbery. The bus will leave the Hope Smith
Stadium at 8:30 AM, returning at 4:00 PM. We ask that grandkids be 5 years or older. A minor’s permission
slip will be necessary for the event and mailed to you after the initial sign up. Reservation deadline is Monday,
July 7. Please contact John Blom, event coordinator, @ 616.669.0239 with questions.
HASP Office/Executive Director News
On-line Registration for Annual Meeting:
We use Constant Contact as our communication tool that allows us to send email messages to our entire HASP
membership on a regular basis. We are experimenting with an event registration component of this program
and will be testing it out for the first time with RSVP’s for the HASP Annual Business Meeting. If able, please
utilize this option. If you do not have email then please see additional options for RSVP’s below.
HASP ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AND LUNCHEON
Please plan to join your fellow HASP members for our Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon on Tuesday,
June 3, 2014, at noon at Haworth Inn and Conference Center. Annual reports from the six standing committees
and the Treasurer’s report will be included in your June bulletin. Please take some time to read this
information. Your 2014 HASP Review will also be available for you at the luncheon. While there is no fee for
the luncheon it is extremely important that we have an accurate count for planning purposes. No guests for this
business meeting. Please RSVP by Monday, May 26, 2014, in one of the following manners: return the
reservation form on the back page of your bulletin, OR email the office at hasp@hope.edu, OR call the office
616.395.7919.
Office Hours
Summer office hours will begin after the last course in May – we will be closed on Fridays.
HASP Nominating Committee Report 2014
Each year the HASP Nominating Committee is composed of the two retiring At-Large Board Members, HASP
Executive Director, and three members appointed by the HASP President. The 2014 Nominating Committee
members were: Jim Chamness, Tom Wolterink, Audrey Bloemendaal, Barb Stegink, Marshall Elzinga, and
Kim Mendels. The committee unanimously presents the following slate of officers and committee chairs for the
2014-2015 year:
President:
Doug Walvoord
Vice President:
Terri Holden
Member at Large: Navyne Kline
Member at Large: Tom Urbaniak
Member at Large (1 yr. term): Jerry Hurtgen
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At the HASP Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, the membership will vote on the above slate.
Nominations may be made from the floor with the prior consent of the nominee.
The committee is also pleased to announce, with approval by the HASP Board of Directors at its March 2014
meeting, that the following members have been reappointed to serve as chairs of the six standing committees:
Communications: Lorelle Eberly
Monthly Program: Peter Deede
Service:
Larry Lynn
Special Events:
Jackie DeGroot
Curriculum:
Judy Parr
Membership:
Bonnie Cowie
HASP Scholarship
On Thursday, March 27th I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Hope College spring scholarship luncheon
on behalf of our endowed HASP scholarship. This scholarship was endowed by the HASP membership in 2003
and is available to a junior or senior student. I was able to meet our current recipient, Oude “Derek”
Karadsheh, class of 2015.
Derek is a junior majoring in geology and
environmental studies. He recently came back from a
research trip on spring break to the Grand Canyon in
conjunction with a course he is currently taking. Derek
loves his major, his professors, and his choice to attend
Hope. In fact, he told me that he had never heard of
Hope before high school but two of his favorite teachers
attended Hope so that is how he decided to attend here.
Derek graduated from Forest Hills Northern High
school in Grand Rapids. He was born in San Francisco
but spent part of his childhood in the city of Jordan,
from which his family originates. He came to Michigan
when he was about 8 or 9 years old. He knows Arabic
and some Spanish and has a very large family. He
currently also serves as a Resident Assistant and has
applied to do summer research and stay here on campus
this summer. He is very grateful for his scholarship
assistance which makes it possible for him to be at
Hope!
Additionally, as President Anderson wrote in the February 2014 bulletin, the Board of Directors voted to endow
a second HASP scholarship by transferring $50,000.00 from HASP reserve funds to Hope College. This
transaction was completed the end of March in order to assure that this new scholarship would be available for
an incoming student in the fall of 2014. This scholarship is also based on academic merit and financial need,
however it is available to underclassmen which was a need stated by the college. We have since received a
letter of gratitude from Hope President John C. Knapp thanking us for our commitment to Hope College and
students and for our partnership in Hope’s mission.
We will continue to keep you notified as we receive information on what two students are rewarded these
scholarships for the next academic year. Thank you for your generous support!
Kim Mendels, Executive Director
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Whitecaps Baseball Game
Thursday, May 29, 2014
$15.00 per person
Name(s): _________________________________________________________
Total Enclosed: $ __________________
Emergency Contact Name and Number: _______________________________________________
Grandkid Day II
Saturday, July 26, 2014
$37.00 per person
HASP Member Name(s): _____________________________________________________________
Grandkid(s) Names: ______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Age: ______________
Age: ______________
Age: ______________
Total Enclosed: $ ___________________
Lunch Selection Choices:
Please write the first name of each person attending on the line next to the choice of gourmet sandwich or
wrap:
_____ Hope College Club- layers of deli sliced turkey, ham and swiss cheese with lettuce, tomato and
bacon served on a deli bun
_____ Apple Walnut Turkey Wrap- sliced turkey, Granny Smith apples, walnuts, raisins, chopped
celery and mayo dressing on whole wheat wrap
_____ Vegetarian Whole Grain Wrap- red pepper hummus, black beans, tomatoes, herbed alouette
cheese, carrots, cucumbers and leaf romaine
HASP ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AND LUNCHEON
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 @ 12 Noon
Yes, I/we will attend (please indicate # attending): ________________
Name(s): ________________________________________________________
You may RSVP to the luncheon in one of the following ways:
Fill out and return this form to HASP office
Email: hasp@hope.edu
Call the office: 616.395.7919
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