State Recipes from the Living Well Book

Maine

Wild Blueberry Gingerbread

The low-bush blueberry grown in Maine is valued for its small size and sweet taste. Maine produces more wild blueberries than any other state. Wild Blueberries are harvested commercially in Maine with over 70 million pounds produced each year. Wild Blueberries have the highest antioxidant capacity, per serving compared to most fruits. This recipe was in one of Mildred Brownie Schrumpf's cookbooks. Brownie was a 1925 Home Economics graduate of the University of Maine.

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Dean Donald Felker (NEAFCS Dean Don Felker Financial Management Award)

Don Felker was named the first male Dean of the Purdue School of Consumer and Family Sciences in 1987. Prior to this position, he was head of the School's Department of Child Development and Family Studies, President of Geneva College in PA, his alma mater, and chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of South Carolina. His background was in Child Development.

Photo of Don Felker (member of the 1990 NAEHE Advisory Council) from The Reporter, May/June/July/August 1990.

As Dean, Felker initiated programs to help women develop leadership skills. Purdue created the annual Felker Leadership Series to honor the former Dean, who died suddenly in 1992.

While he was Dean at Purdue, he served on the NEAFCS Board as an advisor. At that same time, I was privileged to serve on the Board as a committee chair as well as on the Extension staff at Purdue. In his capacity of advisor to the Board, Dean Felker was intent on keeping us focused on the financial aspects of the organization.

The Dean Don Felker Financial Management Award, named in his honor, is given to recognize the development of financial management programs which help individuals and families make decisions and plans for their present and future needs.

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