ROSETOWN, Sask. – Despite her retirement, Emmie Oddie’s influence will continue on these pages.
Two of the women who have taken up the column replacing her were Oddie’s former students in the college of home economics.
Barb Sanderson and Betty Ann Deobald say they’re in awe of their former teacher’s stature in the Prairies. But they and Alma Copeland and Jodie Mirosovsky, their two colleagues who make up TEAM Resources, want to let readers know they will strive to be as dynamic and inventive as Oddie in solving readers’ dilemmas and raising thoughtful ideas about domestic life.
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The foursome are all home economists who live in or near the west-central Saskatchewan town of Rosetown. Three years ago they started a business called TEAM Resources.
Deobald notes: “We have a variety of work and family experiences covering parenting, grandparenting, self-employment, farming, teaching and retailing.”
Your questions requested
The group writes a regular column for two Saskatchewan weekly newspapers. They are looking forward to the challenge of a prairie-wide column, so please continue sending your questions to TEAM Resources, c/o The Western Producer, Box 2500, Saskatoon, Sask., S7K 2C4.
Now, let’s meet them as individuals.
Alma Copeland farms with her husband, son and daughter-in-law in a cereal grain and lentil operation. She got her home ec degree in 1961, education degree in 1971, taught classes in interior design, textiles and has tested recipes for The Amazing Legume cookbook. Her interests also include gardening, music, church and community, plus being a grandma.
Betty Ann Deobald has most recently been involved in education of adults and teenagers. Her degree came in 1973 and since then she has worked for Federated Co-operatives Ltd. as a consumer consultant, co-owned an Aberdeen hardware store and is an owner and member of an intergenerational extended family farm. Her interests are sewing, computing, camping, gardening and family.
Jodie Mirosovsky is co-owner of a travel agency in Rosetown and assists her parents and husband with their grain farms. She has taught life skills to teens and money management skills and received her degree in 1989. She has no children and enjoys traveling, animals, music and family outings.
Barb Sanderson job-shared with Alma and has done a lot of public education. She got her home ec degree in 1974 and an education degree two years later. She operates a pedigreed seed farm and advises on farm business skills programs. Her interests include learning, computing and family activities.
