November 5, 2024

35th annual Women’s conference April 11th

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“Woman on the Move . . . Breaking Barriers” is the theme of the 35th annual USU Eastern Women’s Conference set for Friday, April 11, in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Organizing expert, Vicki Winterton, opens the conference with her morning keynote address titled “Clutter Busting Secrets Used by Professional Organizers.” The first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives, Becky Lockhart concludes the conference as a woman on the move . . . breaking barriers.
Winterton is a professional organizer and small-business efficiency coach. Owner of Organizing Mind Over Matter, she offers professional organizing services to Utah’s homemakers.
She is passionate about helping her client’s tame cluttered spaces and papers. Over the past eight years, she helped hundreds of clients take on a room filled with nothing but chaos and bring about order and peace. She is so sure she can make a lasting difference in her client’s lives that she guarantees her work. She is a guest expert on KSL Morning News and Studio 5 TV, Salt Lake Tribune’s SPACES magazine, feature writer for Daily Herald newspaper and SAVVY Shopper Website’s organizing expert.
Becky Lockhart is the first woman Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives. An eight-term representative from Provo, she is in her second term as Speaker of the House. The issues she has overseen include topics like immigration reform, alcohol policy, education funding, transportation planning and once-in-a-decade redistricting.
While she acknowledges that government has a role in society, she prefers responsibility of citizens and free markets that improve the lives of everyone. She was named “Friend of the Taxpayer” by the Utah Taxpayers Association, as well as a “Guardian of Small Business” by the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
Fifteen one-hour-breakout sessions are offered including the first from 10:10 to 11:10 a.m. They include: “Accessorizing Any Outfit . . . From Blah to Bling” by Karra Hillam, Lil Touch of Bling owner; “Yoga” by Summer Stucki Pastrana; “Silence of Suicide” by Darrin Brandt; “Your Brain, Your Homones and Your Relationships Response to ‘Being on the Move’” by Danielle Howa-Pendergrass and “Make Ahead Freezer Meals for Busy Moms on the Go” by Suzie Roberts.
The second-breakout sessions are from 11:20 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and includes “Power Over Paper Piles” by Vicki Winterton; “Yoga” by Summer Stucki Pastrana (repeat), “Finding New Energy and Commitment” by Rob Powell; “Dutch Oven Cooking History, Basics and Recipes” by Bill and Toni Thayn and “Accessorizing Any Outfit . . . From Blah to Bling” by Karra Hillam, Lil Touch of Bling owner (repeat).
The third-breakout sessions from 12:30-1:30 p.m. includes “Container Gardening” by Tammy Oviatt of Gordon’s Nursery; “Tips for Planning Family Reunions” by Dottie Grimes; “Power Over Paper Piles” by Vicki Winterton (repeat); “Dutch Oven Cooking History, Basics and Recipes” by Bill and Toni Thayn (repeat), and “Make Ahead Freezer Meals for Busy Moms on the Go” by Suzie Roberts (repeat).
Online registration is open at eastern.usu.edu/price/htm/wc/ or send the $25 payment to USU Eastern Women’s Conference, 451 North 400 East, Price, Utah 84501. The payment includes attendance at the morning and afternoon keynote, three of the 15 workshops and lunch. For additional information contact Dr. Susan Polster at 435.613.5213 or [email protected].