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LIFETIMES Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati Includes the OLLI literary magazine CREATIVE VOICES 2008 at the University of Cincinnati www.uc.edu/ace/olli g Offering Introducin100 classes tomore than adults 50+ O opera, internet, Cincinnati architecture, wine appreciation, portfolio management, big bands, political conventions, geneology, tai chi, literature, human genomes, classic films, Russian history, foreign languages, travel, art history, media ethics and many more OLLI Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati FETIMES LI Take as many courses as you choose during the quarter for only $75. Convenient class locations include UC’s main campus, Raymond Walters College (Blue Ash), Temple Sholom, Joseph-Beth Bookstore and others. For a course catalog, more information or to register: 513-556-9186 www.uc.edu/ace/olli Rediscover the joy of learning University of Cincinnati Osher Lifelong Learning Institute PO Box 210093 Cincinnati OH 45221-0093 If you receive a duplicate copy, please share it with a friend. Non-profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Cincinnati, Ohio Permit No. 133 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute UC3624 2008 classes WINTER: January 21 - March 14 SPRING: April 7 - May 30 FALL: October 6 – December 5 LIFETIMES is published by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati. ILR Founder Aaron Levine (1918-2004) Board of Trustees Chair Joseph Hirschhorn Board of Trustees ViceChair Thomas Carroll Curriculum Chair Robert Hasl Finance Chair Thomas Carroll Friends Chair Carol Friel Governance Chair Donald Hordes Marketing Chair Sally Moore Board of Trustees Scott Aiken Janet Banks Barbara Bardes Frank Bloom Harold Brown Diane Decker William Frankenstein Carol Friel Gloria Giannestras James Goyette Robert Hasl Richard Hellmann Donald Hordes Saul Marmer Sally Moore Thomas Noonan Marilyn Ott Jeanette Ramirez Martha Schimberg Nancy Schpatz Norman Thomas James Vondrell O OLLI Contacts Mail: Email: OLLI at the University of Cincinnati P.O. Box 210093 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0093 olli@uc.edu fred.bassett@uc.edu julie.schradin@uc.edu www.uc.edu/ace/olli (513) 556-9186 (513) 556-0873 Mission Statement The mission of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati is to provide opportunities for lifetime learning and social interaction to mature residents of Greater Cincinnati. Web: Telephone: Fax: Vision Statement Fred Bassett, Program Director (513) 556-9174 Julie Schradin, Administrative Secretary (513) 556-9186 To be the premier organization offering educational and social experiences to mature residents of Greater Cincinnati by: • Nourishing intellect, expanding knowledge, and exploring new ideas • Sharing interests and experiences • Cultivating friendships O LifeTimes magazine is published by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati. Publisher Fred Bassett Staff Tom Noonan, editor Chris Goyette Jim Goyette Pat Noonan Jeannette Ramirez Gloria Singerman Ethan Stanley LIFETIMES “Rediscover the joy of learning” 2008 Contents OLLI board and leadership OLLI News & Notes UC says “Hello OLLI!” Who is Bernard Osher? Steve Appel retires Welcome Fred Bassett Julie Schradin joins staff CREATIVE VOICES, the OLLI literary magazine Bridges by Ethan Stanley Scenic Cincinnati by David Blumenthal and D. Kouns I Am Heartbroken by Leah Aronoff The Question by Gerri Henderson Sometimes by Rose A. Adkins Sweet Nostalgia by Gwen Peerless Farmers’ Market by Kathryn McDonough The Taj Mahal of Mouse Houses by R. L. Hellmann Sarasota Abstract, Dahlia, Essentials by Muriel Foster Ironing Board Therapy by Evelyn Chidester The Storm by Ella Cather-Davis After the Storm by David Blumenthal The Generations by Sally Moore My Questions by David G. Kouns Join a committee! Out and About CSO special for OLLI members Friends make OLLI great Thank you to our moderators Sycamore Senior Center events, activities, day trips 2 4 6 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 22 23 25 26 28 31 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati OLLI News Osher gives $100,000 grant Last summer, the Bernard Osher Foundation gave a $100,000 grant to support the educational program for adults age 50 and above at the University of Cincinnati. In recognition of this generous gift and to signal participation in the 115 institutional member network of Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes across the country, the UC Board of Trustees authorized renaming the school’s Institute for Lifetime Education. The organization will henceforth be known as the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati. & Notes Many OLLI moderators are distinguished professors, both active and retired. Other teachers are experts in a variety of fields and include members who want to share their personal passion for a particular subject. There is one common denominator: these volunteers teach for the sheer love of teaching. O We’re among friends OLLI at the University of Cincinnati is now part of a network of 115 Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes throughout America. As such, it will share the resources of such quality institutions as Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Emory, New York University, Northwestern, Penn State, California-Berkeley, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, and Vanderbilt and the University of Dayton. Multiple locations OLLI is planning to branch out to even more locations to better serve its students. The organization is looking at locations around Greater Cincinnati to expand its student body’s demographics. It is also looking to expand course offerings into new academic areas as well as “how-to” subjects. Classes now meet at a number of locations. These include the main University of Cincinnati campus in Clifton, Raymond Walters College campus in Blue Ash, Temple Sholom, Sycamore Senior Center, Maple Knoll Village, Joseph-Beth Bookstore, Spring Grove Cemetery, and various field trip locations. Ideas for the future Learning made easy OLLI courses are open to everyone age 50 and older. In return for a single $75 payment for each eightweek quarter, a student may take as many classes as he or she likes from a wide assortment of lectures, seminars, field trips and special events. Most classes meet weekly for 90 minutes. The OLLI Curriculum Committee has decided to test some new course days and times for spring quarter to help students who may have scheduling conflicts with the current offerings and to generate additional classroom space. This should help OLLI attract new members by making it possible to offer a wider and more convenient variety of choices. As decisions are made regarding the details of the new class meeting days and times, they will be posted on the OLLI web site at http://www. uc.edu/ace/olli. Come check it out! Volunteers do it all Lunch, anyone? The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati, or OLLI, is one of the oldest, largest, and most successful programs for active adults in the U.S. Founded, operated and taught by volunteers with the support of a small paid staff, OLLI offers an average 100 non-credit courses each quarter in a relaxed, informal environment—no need to worry about tests or grades. Looking for a place to have lunch with your OLLI friends at the UC main campus or at Raymond Walters College? At Tangeman University Center on the Clifton campus, the place to eat is Mick & Mack’s Contemporary Café where you are invited to “Experience the finest dining on campus! Enjoy a unique and sophisticated menu with everything from a Sante Fe chicken salad to fish & chips to our Tuscan garlic chicken pasta 4 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute TraveLearn cooked to perfection. Don’t forget to try one of our delicious desserts.” Before or after class at Raymond Walters College, many students find Parker’s Blue Ash Grill to their liking. The restaurant, located at 4200 Cooper Road, offers full flavored prime rib, plus steak, fresh seafood, salads and sandwiches. Other restaurants in the area Combining the Exciting World of Travel and the Joy of Learning for Over 25 Years include Arby’s, Skyline Chili, Taco Bell and Frisch’s, a few miles from RWC, on Reed Hartman Highway. Spreading the news To get the word out about what it has to offer, OLLI began a major marketing campaign in the fall of 2007 with public radio advertising, print ads in newspapers and community magazines, and articles about its programs and moderators. OLLI representatives also visited the Procter & Gamble Alumni Event, a meeting at the Mason Christian Village, the Boone County Senior Citizens Picnic, and a Northern Kentucky teachers’ association meeting. In addition, dozens of churches, synagogues, and temples in the area were asked to provide information about OLLI in their bulletins. The number of new members for fall quarter 2007 was 52% greater than 2006. Obviously, OLLI is on the move and growing! In addition, a continuing effort is under way to improve the OLLI web site by providing a more user friendly way to register for classes online and increasing the amount of news and information it offers. Our name, TraveLearn, is a genuine reflection of our mission, which has set us apart from other tour operators for over 25 years. Combining the exciting world of travel with the joy of learning, we arrange for you to meet with friendly people in foreign places and balance “shouldn’t miss” sites with experiences not available on conventional tours. UC gives a helping hand OLLI has had much help in reaching its goals. The support the organization has received from the University of Cincinnati has included monetary support, help with marketing from the UC Foundation and Alumni Association, provision of facilities for classes, and assistance from UC personnel. • • • • • • Outstanding Teachers Yesterday and Today Programs Excellent Accommodations and Great Food in Authentic Settings Small Groups of Curious and Engaging Travelers Like Yourself People to People Experiences UNESCO World Heritage Sites www.travelearn.com/cincinnati P.O. Box 556, Hawley, PA 18428 Toll Free: 800-235-9114 Local: 570-226-9114 | Fax: 570-226-6912 at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 5 A fter having had three names in a little more than a year, members are hoping the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Cincinnati is a moniker that is going to stick! The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), founded in 1990, begat the Institute for Lifetime Education (ILE) in 2006, which begat the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Cincinnati the very next year. The first change was designed to encourage membership among mature adults who have yet to retire. The second came last summer when UC became one of 115 colleges and universities nationwide to be associated with the Osher Foundation. O Hello OLLI! The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute comes to the University of Cincinnati By Tom Noonan support of higher education and the arts. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes were conceived in the fall of 2000, when the foundation began to consider programs targeted toward more mature students not necessarily well served by standard continuing education curricula. The first endowment grant was given in early 2001 to the University of Southern Maine to improve and extend its senior programs. Its “Senior College” name was changed to “Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.” Two years ago, when Steve Appel shared his determination to retire as volunteer executive director of the ILR/ILE, the Institute’s directors began searching for ways to fund a full-time managing director position. The Board knew we couldn’t count on having long-time totally dedicated volunteers like Steve and our founder Aaron Levine to manage the institute indefinitely. It was also recognized that, to be successful, we needed greater association with the University and their financial assistance. When the University committed to strong administrative and financial support, the Governance Committee sought “how-to” advice from successful adult programs at other universities. The Osher Foundation was contacted as a possible source for information although it previously had announced it was closed to funding any additional programs in Ohio. OLLI comes to UC Bernard Osher Foundation The Bernard Osher Foundation was founded in 1977 by successful businessman and community leader Bernard Osher. Headquartered in San Francisco, it seeks to improve quality of life through Foundation president Mary Bitterman was contacted in September 2006. After an hour-long telephone conversation, she encouraged UC to apply for an immediate grant even though the 2007 deadline had already passed and they had announced grants in Ohio were closed. The UC Foundation, Steve Appel, Tom Carroll and Bill Frankenstein worked quickly 6 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute as a team to prepare a proposal and, in March, the university was notified that the Osher Foundation would award our Institute a oneyear $100,000 operating grant for 2007-08. As part of the OLLI program, UC is eligible for two more one-year operating grants and up to $2 million in endowment funds. While funds are invested by the UC Foundation, all of the money must be spent on OLLI programs. In April, Carroll, the Vice Chairman Elect, and Melody Clark, the University’s Academic Director, Distance Learning, were invited to attend the biennial Osher Conference in Atlanta. There they joined more than 200 representatives of OLLI programs who shared plans, success stories and research results. “I was deeply impressed by the openness and helpful attitudes of everyone we met,” says Carroll. “There was no competition or gamesmanship. Everyone just wanted to help everyone else make their programs better.” the university, we were able to secure the OLLI grant, which made us very viable and enabled us to secure additional financing from UC. “When outside sources are willing to invest funds in our programs that not only improves our viability but gains us additional support from our colleagues throughout the university,” he adds. “What’s good for us is good for the university.” There is no cookie cutter ap- Bernard Osher: successful businessman and benefactor Bernard Osher, founder and treasurer of the Foundation, is a native of Biddeford, Maine, and graduate of Bowdoin College. He has been a successful businessman, beginning with the management of his family’s hardware and plumbing supplies store in Maine and continuing with work at Oppenheimer & Company in New York before moving to San Francisco. There he became a founding director of World Savings, the second largest savings institution in the U.S., which was recently merged with Wachovia Corp. A collector of American paintings of the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries, Osher purchased the fine art auction house of Butterfield & Butterfield in 1970 and oversaw its growth to become the fourth largest auction house in the world. In 1999, he sold the company to eBay. Bernard’s wife, Barbro Osher, is chairman of the board of the Foundation. A native of Stockholm, she also is consul general of Sweden in San Francisco. In addition she is owner and publisher of Vestkusten, one of the few Swedish-American newspapers in the U.S. Established in 1886, it provides news from Sweden on politics, business and sports plus information on the active Swedish-American community in the West. She pursued a career in publishing and advertising in Sweden before moving to the United States in the early 1980s. Before becoming president of the Foundation, Mary Bitterman served as president/ CEO of the James Irvine Foundation in California and as president/CEO of KQED, one of the leading public broadcasting centers in the nation. She currently is a director and chairman of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). She has produced several documentaries for public television and has written on telecommunications development and the role of media in developing societies. Affiliation — a win-win for all The Osher affiliation is good for our program and for the University of Cincinnati, according to Joe Hirschhorn, board chair of OLLI at UC. “This affiliation makes us financially stable and gives us ties to other OLLI programs throughout the U.S.,” he says. “There is a tremendous opportunity for us to learn, share and grow.” ILE (Institute for Lifetime Education)/OLLI is experiencing a year of huge change, he notes. “First the board decided to revamp the entire administrative structure of the ILE,” he says. “Then, with good help from Tom Carroll and at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 7 proach for the various OLLIs across the U.S. The overall objective of the Institutes is simply to foster learning for the joy of learning among mature adults, many of whom are of retirement age. Among the 115 member Institutes programs range in size from less than 100 members to those considerably larger than UC’s 1,300 members in 2006. “There are few common operational similarities among the programs,” Carroll says. “Some have a strong college administrative leadership; others like us are almost totally reliant on volunteer leadership and execution. Some charge more than we do, others less. Some pay moderators, some don’t. Some are strictly academic in the subjects taught, others have a mixture of academic, practical and fun courses.” Full-time OLLI management What matters to Osher is: • • • • That our work will be evidence to the community that the Osher Foundation is achieving its objective to “increase the number of members participating in quality senior learning.” That we are successful demonstrating it is appropriate for the Foundation to endow our OLLI with up to $2 million. That we accept the challenge to contribute our best effort in improving our OLLI. That our gift back to the Foundation is our growth in unduplicated members taking courses and our record of sharing our experiences with other OLLIs. At UC the Osher grant is being used to help support full-time management for OLLI and to undertake a basic marketing program. First step was the hiring of Fred Bassett as the full-time, paid director of the program. Bassett, who recently retired as superintendent of the Beechwood Independent School District in Ft. Mitchell, Ky., has 28 years experience as a teacher, principal and school superintendent. He holds a doctorate in education administration. “OLLI at the University of Cincinnati offers adults age 50 and above an opportunity to rediscover the joy of learning they knew as children,” Bassett says. “By taking advantage of this opportunity, OLLI students can grow both intellectually and socially as they interact with others their own age in a mentally stimulating environment.” “Because of its positive impact on the community, I am very proud to be associated with this organization,” Bassett adds. To focus on effective marketing and quality of our programs, reaching our potential with all eligible participant groups. • Review the Osher Foundation opportunity, understand the Foundation’s resources, realistically determine the changes that are appropriate for us and to slowly, effectively implement. Carroll also said that we need to attract younger members if we have any hope of our program being viable ten years from now. He said that four years ago the average member’s age was 68; today it is 72. The alternative is to shrink the program each year as we all are restricted by advancing age. We all have to reach out and invite our “Baby Boomer” friends to insure our future success. Everyone over 50 is eligible. In addition to supporting the 115 Institutes, the Osher Foundation also funds a National Resource Center for the Institutes at the University of Southern Maine. The Center plays a lead role in disseminating information on effective educational programming for older learners. In addition to providing information and connections via a website (http://usm.maine.edu/olli/ national/), the Resource Center will publish a national research journal, plan a biennial national conference, and provide a number of other ways for OLLIs to connect with one another. The web site has both a public area containing many great ideas and research articles, and a member area for information sharing among OLLI administrators. • Carroll emphasizes that the Osher affiliation is not the be-all and end-all for our Institute. He sees as our greatest challenges: • To enlarge our volunteerism so that more members feel ownership of our future, avoiding the possibility that the Osher grant may result in volunteer apathy. To increase the University’s role in our administration, while maintaining the volunteer ownership and leadership that insures responsiveness to members’ interests. Challenges remain • 8 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Irrepressible Steve Appel retires as chairman By Jeannette Ramirez he irrepressible Steve Appel is larger than life. He was born in Manhattan, grew up on Long Island and lived for a while in the Bronx. A depression era child, Steve attended an all boys’ high school in New York then was admitted to the University of Chicago after his junior year under a special accelerated program. After receiving his degree, Steve served two years with the U.S. Army in Korea. Steve met Martha Patterson Smith, “Patty” of Lexington, Kentucky, when they lived in the same apartment building in Reading and they married in 1967. “She won me,” he says, “by an aggressive three-pronged strategy: cleaning my bachelor apartment, walking my undisciplined pup, and feeding me.” They have two children, Susan and Henry, and those best treats of all, granddaughters Cheryl and Katie. After receiving his MBA from University of Chicago, Steve began a successful career in retail management, starting with Macy’s Department Stores in New York. He was recruited by the old Federated chain for a long stint here and back in New York, then left for a vice presidency at May Department Stores in St. Louis. Returning to Federated here in the 1980s, he suddenly found his entire division wiped out in a corporate restructuring. Stepping up to the challenge, Steve used his experience to start his own retail operation, Scandia Down Shop, a luxury bedding store in Kenwood Towne Centre. He and Patty ran it for a decade, 1988-98. Steve succeeded to the mantle of founder Aaron Levine to become the heart and soul of the ILR, moderating for 15 years and serving 11 years on the Board, nine as Chairman. When the organization morphed to ILE, his hands were on the reins, and he has continued into the first days of OLLI making certain that his “project” has found a safe harbor. T at the University of Cincinnati O It’s 1992. Steve, minding his own business at his retail store in Kenwood Towne Centre, is approached by his friend Barry Miller for a small favor. “Would you cover my class for me?” “What’s it on?” “Movies.” “Barry, I don’t know anything about movies.” “No problem. Got this course here, all you do is listen to the tapes, read the syllabus, and then show these videos in class. “Piece of cake.” Well, the class went well, and Barry knew something most of us find out eventually: inside the heart of every avid learner is a teacher trying to escape. So when Barry suggested that Steve team-teach the course, suggesting that afterwards the two could head out for a beer and some male bonding, it sounded like fun. The next week began, the two went out for their beer after class, and that’s the last time Miller showed up for “Movies,” which Steve still teaches. Still good friends, Barry shows up four years later to ask Steve to be on the ILR board. “Steve, you don’t really have to do anything and it would really help me out. My wife and I are going to China, and I have these questionnaires here that need to be tabulated, cross-tabulated, and condensed into a report for the Marketing Committee.” “How many questionnaires do you have there, Barry?” “Oh, about 2,400. Piece of cake. “Thanks and congratulations on your board appointment. Gotta run.” Steve Becomes a Moderator Steve Becomes a Board Member LIFETIMES 2008 9 Steve Becomes Chairman Two more years go by, and Barry mosies in again, but Steve is a slow learner and does not flee. Before leaving the room, Steve accepts the position of Chairman. Piece of cake. That was nine years ago. Clearly, Steve is a man who does not know how to duck and run. Still, all Steve’s wrong moves turned out to be right moves and today nearly 1,000 people participate every quarter in OLLI classes. Now there has been a sea change at OLLI. A handful of volunteers have brought the program from its shoestring origins to the verge of a new paradigm. For the first time, OLLI has outside funding that puts teeth into its charter, to serve the “over fifty” demographic—those who want to learn for the sake of learning. The biggest change has been acquiring a fulltime, dedicated, professional staff. Program director Fred Bassett and Julie Schradin, administrative assistant, provide the continuity needed to take the program to its next level. These aren’t the only changes: new technology is bringing the organization into the 21st century for registrations, and marketing efforts are stepping up with the new funding. These are exciting times, but there were some growing pains. was only tolerating the ILR in its classrooms. Steve got to the bottom of it and, to his delight, found, that Raymond Walters officials more than approved. They loved the opportunity to broaden their outlook with the population ILR brought to their commuter campus, mingling with its young student population. Between Steve’s skill and Raymond Walters Campus officials’ willingness to cooperate, the upshot was two more rooms available to OLLI, one of them a highly desirable auditorium, and a 25% increase in classroom capacity. Fun with Surveys One reason the ILR has grown up strong is the continuous effort to seek feedback from membership. Steve describes one past survey in which he ran across a comment accusing the organization of selecting moderators who are “commie pinkos.” Reeling from this, he continued to sift through the pile until he came shortly upon another, complaining that some moderators were “protofascists.” Conclusion? Good balance, with all voices reporting. When asked about his “take” on OLLI’s future, Steve states that he believes we have reached saturation on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Raymond Walters and looks to more Wednesdays and Friday afternoon offerings. Evening Classes might be good for a lecture series or special events. Were that to happen, however, a new location, one cognizant of OLLI’s demographic, would need to be found for evenings. Steve offered his resignation a full year in advance to help the board settle the issue of who would succeed him. He felt strongly that it was critical to develop something he called “institutional memory” and the only way to do that was with full-time, permanent direction. He is delighted that Osher’s grant, coming at this crucial point, made hiring Fred Bassett and Julie Schradin possible. These individuals, ably guided by the board headed by Chairman Joe Hirschhorn, will provide overlap and make institutional memory a reality, he says. About Steve’s future involvement? Steve believes the “guy in charge forever can screw it up for the next guy.” Because of how strongly he feels about the organization, he wants to give new directors the freedom to shape their leg of OLLI’s journey according to their own lights and without being second-guessed by the old guard. Today you’ll see him in the back of the classroom, or perhaps helping to hook up equipment—another unexpected talent in a man who has not yet surprised us all for the last time. Today When Steve took over, the ILR was a simple operation: two days at the University of Cincinnati’s Main Campus and two afternoons at Raymond Walters Campus. Then UC went on a building spree which began by tearing down already critical parking and the old Tangeman Center. The dislocation nearly cost the ILR two-thirds of membership on the Main Campus. The situation was salvaged by the brilliant idea of the Wednesday WOWs, and the morning classes at Temple Sholom, now perennial OLLI favorites. These offerings maintained membership levels until the dust of construction settled on the main campus and the ILR returned with a substantial on-campus presence. Steve stresses the role of many others in the success of OLLI. Once a co-moderator had to pull out at the last minute from an ILR sponsored trip to Costa Rica. On a mission to find a last minute replacement, Steve was losing hope until Gloria Giannestras, a constant ILR booster, was heard from across the hall to pipe up, “I’ll do it.” By the by, the first hour into that tour, Steve stepped off the bus and broke his wrist. Yet another time, Steve challenged a common perception at ILR that the Raymond Walters Campus Growing Pains 10 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute NEW LEADERSHIP Fred Bassett at the helm W ith new funding and a new name, OLLI is on the verge of a renaissance, and the first harbinger is a dedicated full-time, paid, professional staff. Fred Bassett is the new program director. Always busy, you are likely to find him lunching on a quick sandwich at his desk. Fred is at home both in the academic environment, with the administrative tasks that make a program run smoothly, and with the marketing that makes Fred Bassett and UC ’s French Hall, where Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offices are located. at the University of Cincinnati O By Jeannette Ramirez saying “OLLI” says it all it accessible to the public. He spent 11 years as superintendent of the Beechwood Independent School District in Fort Mitchell, KY. Fred has logged 28 years as an educator in three states, as teacher, assistant principal, principal, and superintendent. He holds a doctorate in education, an M.Ed. in biology and two bachelors, one in business administration and another in zoology. He also is a member of MENSA. When asked what his job entails, Fred describes a day that makes him a man for all seasons. Different times of the quarter find him doing different tasks. Before registration, Fred helps put the catalog together and works closely with the curriculum committee to assure a wide variety of offerings. After, he works with Dawn High at UC’s University Relations Creative Services to lay out the catalog, which then goes through printing and processing in the university’s Printing Services. All copies go out the same day, ensuring recipients will have an LIFETIMES 2008 11 the welcoming voice at OLLI hen you call the OLLI offices in French Hall, the first voice you will hear is likely to be the warm and welcoming one of Julie Schradin. Julie began at UC’s College of Applied Science, Dean’s Office, four years ago, and moved recently to OLLI. She enjoys working with the participants 50 and over who are both more serious about learning and more playful in their approach than most conventional credit-driven students. Julie is married, with two UC students, a son (20) and daughter (19), and another son, age11. Julie’s duties are varied and depend on where she is in the yearly cycle: the busiest fall quarter, or the less hectic winter and spring quarters. During registration, she devotes nearly all her time to phone or email contact with OLLI registrants. Once classes are underway, her duties shift to preparing the catalog, and become overwhelmingly clerical until the weeks before the next quarter bring her back to intensive interaction with members. When asked what sparks the interest of newcomers to OLLI, Julie says they are always surprised how varied the course offerings are. That gets them in the door, and once they find out how much fun the social aspect is, they are hooked. In a real way, OLLI participants become a family. She related a story about a moderator who recently died. His son, amid all the frenetic preparations for a funeral, found the time to call the OLLI offices, to ask for instructions on how to designate the OLLI program to receive donations instead of flowers. He Julie Schradin: W O 12 LIFETIMES 2008 stressed how important a part of his father’s life it had been to share his interests with others. Julie thinks the biggest short-term challenge facing the department is making online registration more user-friendly for OLLI participants. “Frankly, the online form is difficult for even experienced computer users.” The current form requires users to go through a variety of hoops before they can browse the catalog and pick courses. To many, this “putting the cart before the horse” is frustrating and confusing. There also is the matter of the nearly invisible “Submit” button. UC’s Web Communications is working on improvements. Looking to the future, Julie is excited to note that due to the new marketing focus of the Board of Directors many Baby Boomers are discovering OLLI, bringing a new rush of enthusiasm and energy. When asked to describe OLLI in five years, Julie imagines more grant money following expanded membership and that OLLI has become a familiar TriState friend. equal shot at popular courses. After the quarter is under way, there is still plenty to do. There are numerous committee meetings to attend and events to plan. The day of this interview finds Fred planning membership luncheons, one for the holidays and another for June. Between other tasks, you’ll often find him with a camera taking pictures of OLLI members having fun: hikers, novice chefs, tai chi enthusiasts, nature lovers, wine tasters, or participants in a harmonica class! Perhaps Fred’s most important job is marketing and he works closely with the marketing committee. He swung into action with a full-scale effort this fall, arranging spots on four different public radio stations: WGUC, WVXU, Northern Kentucky University’s WNKU and Maple Knoll’s WMKV. He and the committee placed ads in Community Press newspapers along with volunteer written feature articles. Fred will go anywhere potential students are. Recently he worked a table at a senior citizens’ picnic where vendors brought their products or services to the attention of the attendees. He also has been networking at places such as a recent P&G alumni event, retirement facilities, and, approaching what is clearly a natural market for OLLI, professional teachers’ groups. Fred Bassett finds OLLI an exciting place to work and believes in its mission. When asked what he sees as OLLI’s mandates, he replies there are several. The first and second deal with the educational aspects of the program and the third grows naturally from that, a social one. First, to enrich educational opportunities for people fifty and Continued on page 21 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Creative Voices CreativeVoices creative works by members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati Now in our 17th year, we are pleased to be part of LIFETIMES, the OLLI magazine We continue to invite OLLI members to contribute their creative work in the form of short fiction, poetry, non-fiction and graphics Editorial Staff: Gloria Singerman Ethan Stanley cover photo: Rocks Dick Fagin at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 13 Bridges by Ethan Stanley In 1991 I contacted John Leman, Director of The Cincinnati International Chorale and former Director of the May Festival Chorus, of which I was a member under his leadership. I told him that I was intrigued about the trip scheduled for Russia and Estonia. “Are you looking for tenors,” I asked. “Sure,” he replied. “We’re rehearsing day after tomorrow. Can you make it?” “I’ll be there,” I replied enthusiastically. We began the lengthy rehearsals on the two contrasting works programmed for Russia—Haydn’s “Lord Nelson Mass” and Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms.” We also prepared folk songs and spirituals for the Estonian program. At one point early in rehearsals, John said to us, “I want you all to know that this will be an experience that will change your lives.” We all had complete faith in his bold statement. The Moscow concert was advertised as “A U.S./Soviet Cultural Collaboration: Peace, Friendship and Goodwill.” Our group performed first with the Moscow, then later with the Leningrad choruses, performing the Haydn and Bernstein pieces, accompanied by orchestra. The sound of a hundred voices flowed through the old, ornate, expansive concert halls. The audiences showed their approval with hearty and prolonged applause. Afterwards, both American and Russian singers shook hands and hugged, enjoying the toasts, presentations, and informal singing at the parties that followed. After having consumed enough vodka to make any Russian proud, the next morning we boarded our buses for Tallinn, Estonia, our final destination. The Haydn and Bernstein works behind us, we prepared ourselves for the longanticipated United Song Festival to be performed in the huge Tallinn amphitheater. On our arrival, we were met by our hosts and taken to their homes, where we stayed for the next several days. Our host and hostess spoke English haltingly, but they were eager to engage in conversation with my roommate and me, although neither of us could speak a word of Estonian. In spite of the lan- Creative Voices guage problem, the four of us shared something common to all people: the ability to connect, with no artificial barriers separating us. The title of the East-West United Song Festival was “Bridges of Song.” This event was the brainchild of John Williams, president of the International Concert Agency for Peace and Goodwill, and Gustav Ernesaks, known as “the grand old man of Estonian choral music.” Mr. Williams, whom we met during rehearsals, told us that the idea had come to him and Ernesaks in 1986. Planning a festival began a year later when the two men discussed ways they could “bridge the peoples of the world through singing.” Williams said that we would join hundreds of other singers from around the world. “Your singing,” he wrote in the preface to our songbook, “will join you as one people for better harmony and understanding…you will sing with those who do not speak your language but sing your language, who live far away from you but will be close to you, who have been separated from you economically and politically, but who want to be united with you musically.” During rehearsals, all of us filled the amphitheater by nationality. The combined American choruses numbered two or three hundred. We were joined by singing groups from Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Canada, Japan and others, including, of course, Estonia, our host country. July 7 was the big day, the day we had all been anticipating. We had met for the final rehearsal. During that time, something unprecedented took place in that communist-controlled country: the first religious event held in that amphitheater! The Reverend Robert Schuller, from the renowned Crystal Cathedral in California, gave a brief sermon. His message: “Have faith in your dreams and they will come true.” Certainly, I thought, the dream that Williams and Ernesaks had of creating their “Bridges of Song” Festival had become a reality this particular day. I thought also of our hosts and others who had opened their homes and hearts to us, hoping that their dream of freedom from communist rule would soon come true. (This did happen when, a month later during the August coup in the U.S.S.R., Estonia declared full Independence Day.) I felt proud to be an American. After we had all assembled and after the opening ceremony of the lighting of the flame, we sang the Estonian national anthem. The three-hour song festival had begun. The combined American choruses sang arrangements of various folk songs and spirituals. Eventually, choirs combined in singing multi-national pieces. There were some memorable moments: the combined choruses and audience clapping to the rhythm of “When the Saints Go Marching In” and to the refrains of the spiritual, “Amen.” One particular selection composed for the festival was named “Anthem of Peace” which combined two folk songs arranged by the composer: “The Power of Song” from Estonia and the American spiritual, “We Shall Walk in the Valley of Peace.” The composer “wedded” these two pieces to express the ideals of “Bridges of Song.” An excerpt reflects this ideal: “When we sing with one song/ lands and people will long/ for the peace that forever shall be.” Yes, the dream of Williams and Ernesaks did come true. Our singing did “join us as one people for better harmony and understanding” both in Estonia and Russia. John Leman was right. In that one relatively brief moment in time, this was an experience that changed our lives—mine for sure. 14 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Creative Voices Museum Center ceiling David Blumenthal Scenic Cincinnati Mt. Adams revisited D. Kouns Blue Door David Blumenthal Mt. Adams revisited (Holy Cross Immaculata Church) D. Kouns at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 15 Creative Voices I Am Heartbroken by Leah Aronoff I may have destroyed my latest pet. There, on the bedroom window, was hope in the form of a three-eighth-inch spider. Kept me company as I applied my makeup. Constantly on the move Miniaturely speaking. A sixteenth-inch here. A sixteenth-inch there. A lot of legs took those steps. Six? Eight? Uncountably fast. Were two of its legs antennae? Maybe all of them were. My new pet was discreetly glamorous. Its black thighs (ok to say thighs?) Sprouted delicate beige feathers (ok to say feathers?) The little black body sported three or four stripes perhaps yellow bordering on orange. Every morning I said Hello. Not out loud. That would have been too silly. But one morning I whispered Hello. Afraid a speaking voice would stress. Then I whispered the start of a little conversation. Too much? Did the whisper seem a tornado to my little pet? Whatever the cause my spider is gone. Today there were two bright red spider mites. They stained my index finger. The Question by Gerri Henderson Mildred fell on her knees and prayed. The bathroom tile felt cold and hard like the coal mine where her husband had been crushed a few hours earlier. Romans 8:28 came to her as she cried and pleaded for Barnes’ life. The nurses and doctors held out little hope. His back was crushed and broken. He kept going in and out of consciousness. He had lost blood. They were unsure of internal injuries at this point, but they were sure that not many coal miners lived through such a massive slate fall he had suffered. They were also sure that his steel helmet saved him from instant death. He was deep in the Roseanne, Virginia mine making repairs on the electric coal cars. He was the shop foreman and dreaded going inside the mine; but today was July 5, 1945. Coal was needed to support the war effort, and several miners were hung over from big family picnics and drinking; there was no one else to fix the cars. When Mildred came out of the bathroom, she felt new strength. When she saw family and miner friends still crying and hovering around his gurney, she asked the nurses if he could get some rest. One politely replied that the doctors did not expect Barnes to live throughout the night and friends and family wanted to say goodbye. She took a deep breath and took charge. The room was cleared and Dr. Robinson came in to report that they would wait till tomorrow to set the broken back…he could not tolerate more trauma today. Two years later Barnes thanked another doctor in New York City as he accepted a AMA Rehabilitation award for his miraculous recovery and for starting his own business. As Mildred looked on, she remembered the Clinch Valley Clinic and Dr. Robinson taking her hand and quietly asking, “Are you a praying woman?” Sometimes by Rose A. Adkins the words won’t come no matter how you coax them they simply will not play with you. Try any trick, every trick you know the words won’t come. Here and there you might string a phrase twist its arm and make it volunteer to join your writing. But you’re making it play with a stuck-up cousin it doesn’t really like. It is surprising that it just won’t fit. Beat it over the head to make it fit and the whole world can tell that you hammered it into place. 16 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Creative Voices Sweet Nostalgia by Gwen Peerless Twilight slanted through tiny windows high on the wall. Dust motes leapt and danced in their shafts. Sweaty arms threw glinty coal in the fire that crackled and snapped to a roar. The hammer began again mending the broken toys. Cedar shavings jumped on the hollowed workbench with each clang of the nail. Gentle hymns rose from the deep-throated voice filling the air with warm security. The firelight is gone. The old man no longer sings but the glow of that sweet cellar lingers on. The Taj Mahal of Mouse Houses by R. L. Hellmann I first spotted it this past summer. A small pile of brush peeked out from the farthest, highest, most recessed shelf in the garage. What was that mound doing up there; growing up and out of my miter box of all places? Then, the “Eureka moment,” at last I’d found the source of the mouse droppings. My wife and I had been finding a couple here and a few there over the past winter. With this discovery, my personal Queen of Clean announced that the garage, normally my domain, needed a thorough going over. She had already been chafing because an extended vacation had trumped spring house cleaning. My cluttered workbench and assorted junk sticking out of every crack and crevice was testing her usually forgiving tolerance level. I admit to a proclivity for “collecting.” However, I thought I’d done quite a good job keeping things under control with my quick sweep and hose-down of the concrete floor. I had not. The “mound” had pushed her over the edge. I believe that two other things were at work here. She realized that we had not moved since I retired, nine years ago. We’d lived in this retirement condo longer than anyone else. Prior to that, a career with lots of moves had assured a periodic clean-out. Now we had years of accumulation stuffed into a small space. Another factor was our inordinately long absence on the above-mentioned vacation, nine weeks. These extended forays always bring a jarring re-entry into reality. It’s part psychological and part religious. There is the remarking of your territory, and there has to be an expiation of guilt for taking off, abandoning one’s duties and enjoying life. The stepladder wiggled as I lifted down the foot high mound of grass, string, threads, and fur. How did it get up here? Ten feet off the garage floor, even I found it difficult and dangerous. What a piece of architecture! This was not a mouse nest. This was the Taj Mahal of mouse houses, the McMansion version of a mouse nest; and it certainly had a view. The only things missing were a deck and Jacuzzi. Further poking around revealed piles of sunflower seed shells. Down below, I lifted up the dust rag on the table saw – mouse droppings. In a stack of newspapers – mouse droppings. At the bottom of a bag of bags –mouse droppings. Other little piles of grass, threads, and chewed up paper had sprung up in unseen niches: in the shallow space under some shelves, behind a forgotten box of nails, in a remote open toolbox. Suddenly I realized, these were all little “starter” mouse nests! The kids had moved out; but, they didn’t want to be too far from mom and dad. Farmers’ Market by Kathryn McDonough On most Saturdays I walk from West Pine to the open market on Center Street. Fruit trees lean over fences swooning with the weight of their fruit. I spy bins of mangos, almost too sweet to eat. Strawberries spill from wooden crates. Jars of blackberry jam stacked like pyramids, pickled beets and Evelyn’s peach relish rest on crude pine planks outside Rudy’s General Store. I buy bunches of zinnias and purple phlox and enough rhubarb to bake three pies. The Bailey twins – in their seventies and still dress alike – sit on the gray stone stoop selling penny candy and Fred’s peanut butter fudge. I never miss a Saturday morning on Center Street – the rudder that keeps this aimless ship afloat. I am consoled by the chatter, the smells, the sameness of Saturdays on Center Street. No one knows I sit home alone every night, the shades pulled low and the screened door tight. The strawberries grow mold, and the rhubarb lies limp. Coffee grounds never make it to the compost heap. The phone doesn’t ring, and the cat stays away. The smell of your skin and sex still lingers on the sheets. These things make me cry. at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 17 Sarasota Abstract by Muriel Foster “What could it be?” you ask. Swirls of light, a feeling of movement Gliding along a future highway, A fleeting moment on a southern festival day. Creative Voices Dahlia by Muriel Foster Luminous sun lover Petals of pink and gold Another seaside wonder As days of summer unfold. Ironing Board Therapy by Evelyn Chidester The old wooden ironing board will appear, Not on schedule like meals or dirty laundry Rather in response to a summons, a fretting, That a new lightweight, plastic board might not hear. It doesn’t nag although the padding is thin, the cover torn Who irons in these polyester days anyway? She funnels distilled water into the spitting iron And sets the dial by memory, the numbers long worn. The iron glides over the wrinkles of worry she must not confide Flattens and subdues the words of advice unsought, unwanted It presses the problems that are no longer hers to resolve And fold by fold tucks her loving concerns safely inside. With each long sweep of the iron she fixes the lessons of living Into a stack of sweet smelling laundry, A gift without giving. Essentials by Muriel Foster Line Light Shadow Shape Form Composition Essentials 18 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Creative Voices The Storm by Ella Cather-Davis Behold the delicious danger of the approaching storm unleashing its fury! The angry wind blows and builds to a climactic tempest. Hear the thunderous timpani beat the air, feel the earth shrink back in terror. The stark lightning strikes yet again Mercilessly marauding at random. A laser strobe of light illumines, paralyzing the scene. The atmosphere is electrified in suspense. The helpless trees lift their branches up in supplication. Every leaf turns its left, lighter side – Quivering in abject fear – Pleading to become invisible to the storm. One drop, two and then a blinding torrent. The rain forms a giant gray curtain. Suddenly the wind whips the curtain into a wall, Driving dead debris before it. The sound has become consuming; and here in the barn, Safe and dry, with the deafening din on the metal roof, I shiver with excitement at the might of the storm. After the Storm David Blumenthal at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 19 LIFETIMES 2008 by Sally Moore The Generations Creative Voices discuss questions like, “Why is there an Easter Sunday but not a Christmas Sunday?”, “Grandma, do you dye your hair?” or even, “”Grandma, are you going to die soon?” I can start a story about “when I was a little girl” and chances are it will be well received by a granddaughter but provoke some derision from my son. These are the grandchildren who fight over whose turn it is to wake us up in the morning by coming into our room and delivering “tap, tap, tap” on the side of the bed while commanding, “Get up, Grandma.” They are usually ready to share a cup of tea, and spontaneously cry when it’s time to say goodbye. I feel less of an anachronism when the other grandparent drops by; we are comfortable to be with our own generation again. I notice his back is a little stooped while bending to care for his dog, and that his hearing aid doesn’t always pick up my English accent. I remember how barely ten years ago he was still working as an ER surgeon, sometimes on duty for twenty-four hours at a stretch. Time has taken its toll and we relate to that. We instantly connect and talk easily about what’s on our minds: politics, the state of the world, our travels, and how we spend our time. We learn interesting trivia – if we decide to go to Peru and Machu Pichu, there will be oxygen available in the hotel rooms. The visit draws to a close. In a bittersweet mood, we prepare to leave, hating to say goodbye for three months, knowing we can’t take too many more of the early morning “tap, tap, taps.” They say, “Can’t you stay another day and watch Patriots’ Day parade?” But we are ready to return to our own generation. While visiting our family at Easter, I noticed again the odd relationship which exists between the generations. Caught in the middle of this enigma are our grown children, approaching middle age and fully occupied with raising three children, going to work, the doctor, the store – and trying to have fun – all at the same time. We, my husband and I, arrive on the scene now and again and although we are genuinely welcomed by our son and daughter-in-law, I soon feel an underlying tension, a certain distance. Firstly, I feel older than usual watching their tremendous energy and ability to do several things at the same time – cook a meal while making arrangements on the phone over the din of children squabbling, for example. Next morning, a sunny day, we are sitting outside in our assigned roles keeping an eye on the children playing on the swing or in the sandbox, while the parents energetically hose down an array of outdoor furniture which has been brought out of winter storage. I remember how I felt about my own parents when I was in my early forties; they seemed slow-moving and somewhat out of touch with my busy preoccupations. Now, it’s our turn! I feel on the sidelines of our children’s lives, observing and appreciating, but still slightly redundant. We are their heritage but not their life. They need us as approving witnesses but prefer to avoid talking about “real” issues that concern us. The lack of in-depth communication is covered up by such requests as, “Ma, how long to cook a leg of lamb?” or “Can you read Emily a story?” I feel the sadness of the unexpressed, deeper bond. The situation is redeemed by the presence of our grandchildren who are definitely more “real.” Comfortable knowing they receive virtually unconditional love, they also don’t hesitate to say what’s on their mind or let you know if they are bored. It’s an easy relationship where we can comment, advise or support, but don’t have to get involved in serious discipline. We can My Questions by David G. Kouns Where does the rain hide When the moon is sad? How many breaths does The night take before it sleeps? How long does the wind Suffer before it does? Where does the ocean keep Its unborn waves? Will the ocean remember me When the ship slips into darkness? When the journey is complete Will I sleep without dreaming? Is the mystery of life found in The first bud of the dogwood tree? Who will be left to smile When the poem is finished? What is the last word the poet Rescues from the consuming flames? Who will remember my words When the pen is still? In the whisper of the last prayer Am I assured all is well? 20 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Fred Bassett at the helm Continued from page 12 over, OLLI offers a wide range of courses, roughly 100 a quarter, with themes spread across a spectrum in content and approach. These can be held in classrooms or outdoors, in kitchens, auditoriums, or in computer labs. More and more of the moderators use Power Point presentations for the visual excitement they provide. Second, most course topics are outgrowths of the lifetime experiences of moderators, gained through their education, work, or even their hobbies. Fred adds that moderators are getting as much out of classes as those who attend. There is a critical mass of knowledge and enthusiasm for potential teachers when they feel the urge to share this special treasure of theirs with others. OLLI gives them the chance to do that as teachers, and their passion shows. The process works, even given its volunteer nature, by a Darwinian selection. Classes are not repeated if members don’t sign up—survival of the fittest. Apart from those two educational roles served by OLLI, a third benefit grows organically from it, the opportunity to make friends in a warm and friendly environment of like-minded, curious and enthusiastic people. The self-selection works on this side, too, for many OLLI students are college graduates, and a number of them have advanced degrees as well. Fred points out that it is just hard fact that as time goes by, spouses may be lost, children make their own nests, and even friends may take their leave. OLLI is a good place to make new friends. Its classes reflect the general population’s percentage of male and female, and ages cohorts are spread among those 60 and up, with increasing participation in the 50-59 age group as Baby Boomers find the program. As a bonus, many members go for lunch after class, and, yes, there is even the occasional story of a romance born in the OLLI classroom. Like every good leader, Fred Bassett has short-term goals which are urgent, and more important long-term goals. Short-term, online registration for classes has a few bugs, and last spring’s online registration was a mixed success. Directions were hard to understand. Fred and Julie Schradin, the new administrative assistant, are working with the UC IT department to make the website easier to use. Some have wondered if the new online registration program is worthwhile. Fred points out that paper registration by mail will remain available for those who wish it, but there are good reasons to make the effort to change. Registration online lets the student know right away if they have gotten into their chosen class. Under the old way, you could not be sure until your confirmation came days later. Also, that method required many volunteers to transfer all this information from paper to computer, time that can be put to other good use. In addition, because catalogs are mailed “bulk rate” to save money, recipients may experience delivery delays based upon postal carrier delivery loads. Now, with the catalog right there on the website, everyone can see it on the same day and register for popular classes. Even those who don’t own a computer can log on at any library branch for instant access. Fred adds that Baby Boomers KNOW the computer and demand the advantages of online registration. “To avoid new technology,” he says, “ultimately is to be left in the dust.” Long term, OLLI needs to take optimal advantage of its new Osher Funding. To do this, the number of members needs to increase, and that boils down to better marketing. There are pockets of the population where OLLI and its services are well-known and others where it is nearly invisible; this must change, Fred says. No discussion with the director would be complete without reviewing the parking issue on main campus. Fred explains that an overarching concern is to cement our attachment to the University community by highlighting the main campus as our primary setting. OLLI participants may buy a parking pass quarterly and Fred is exploring alternative, costeffective places to park, including one with UC’s neighbor, Deaconess Hospital. Looking ahead five years, Fred envisions a program that has expanded, with course offerings that are even more varied. More days of the week, and more hours of the day are offered. Night and Saturday morning classes serve those who maintain weekday careers. Both the number of people taking courses and those teaching them have increased. The quality of those courses has grown by approaching untapped sources of moderators and by offering richer moderator training and support opportunities. He looks to the day the program is so well-known in the community that just saying “OLLI” says it all. at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 21 Get more involved in OLLI So you’re enrolled and enjoying classes. What’s next? Join a committee! The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC is primarily a volunteer organization. While there’s a small paid staff, members do a great deal of the work — everything from addressing envelopes to evaluating curriculum to producing this magazine. Below is the list of the committees that make OLLI go. Please contact a committee chair and join us. There’s a place for everyone! Volunteer committee: Help out in the office or at class locations in Tangeman University Center, Raymond Walters College, Temple Sholom. Contact Gloria Giannestras 513-272-8344 or Contact Jane Veite 513-741-3879 justcuz@fuse.net Marketing committee: Discuss and implement marketing ideas to increase membership and the overall awareness of OLLI . Contact Sally Moore 513-984-2059 sejemoore@aol.com Publications committee: Membership committee: Newly formed to enhance the membership experience and spread the word about OLLI to like-minded friends. Contact Sally Moore 513-984-2059 sejemoore@aol.com Join this group if you like to write, edit and proof read . Contact Tom Noonan 513-231-0698 tomn2970@fuse.net Special Events committee: Curriculum committee: Contact current moderators quarterly, and help develop curriculum ideas and new moderators. Contact Bob Hasl, M.D. 513-481-1709 drmm@cinci.rr.com Help organize social events for OLLI, and special outings and travel. Contact Saul Marmer 513-793-8686 shoeprmn@fuse.net Wednesday WOWs committee: Assist in developing the WOWs program, or help out on site each week. Contact Janet Banks 513-281-4285 janetgb@myway.com Osher Lifelong Learning Institute 22 LIFETIMES 2008 Out and about with OLLI It’s been a busy year for OLLI at UC with a wide variety of activities. Whether its comparing notes with the University of Dayton’s OLLI program (upper left), taking hula lessons, learning the fine art of wine tasting, testing chess abilities or just asking “who,” members enjoy diverse programs. (Even if the equipment at times can be a bafflement!) at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 23 MKL Meeting & Tour Management has been serving their guests since 1989. Our start up was in response to a request from the University of Cincinnati to create a travel program for their 50+ student body. Their criteria was simple: “Let us learn something on every trip!” We are proud to say that remains one of our goals today, and OLLI at UC remains one of our best sources for new and continuing travelers. We remain a small, exclusive travel club with our guest list developed through marketing of our travel program by our friends at OLLI at the University of Cincinnati, St. Elizabeth and Mercy Hospitals, Sharefax Credit Union, Immaculate Heart of Mary and most recently St. Columban PrimeTimers and North Salem State Bank. We do not advertise to the general public, but welcome all who enjoy traveling, both via luxurious motorcoaches around their home area, across the country, and around the world. Our mission remains to provide uniquely planned, deluxe tours for a select clientele, and always delivering more than expected. Our tour guides are committed to doing whatever is in their means to accomplish to assure our guests have a great time in traveling. After all, it’s their referrals and repeat business that have kept us going all these years. We employ only the best tour guides and coach drivers, with a combination of experience suited to making your time with us some of the best travel experience you can remember. Kay, Linda, Tony, Mary and Ron all await your call! There is no time to travel like today. The Global Center is the vision of two dynamic organizations: The International Visitors Council and the World Affairs Council. Together they bring a wealth of unique experience and resources to the Center and share the vision to be Cincinnati’s bridge to the world. Discover the world using the international resources available in your own community. Whether you’re interested in international politics, culture, literature, art, policy, or travel, there’s a program for you … . Check us out: www.globalcincinnati.org The Global Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization with a new vision: to be Cincinnati’s bridge to the world. Through public forums, partnerships with area Universities and schools, partnerships with local businesses, educational programs, business meetings, and social events, Cincinnatians can: • Meet international visitors, dignitaries, businesspeople, and policy-makers — people who shape national and international policy • Learn about global issues that affect Cincinnati and the United States • Mingle with like-minded people at events like One World Wednesdays, international potluck picnics, and international beer tastings. • Build professional networks • Get an inside perspective on global affairs Discover the world using the international resources available in your own community. Whether you’re interested in international politics, culture, literature, art, policy, or travel, there’s a program for you. 105 East Fourth Street, Suite 510 Cincinnati, OH 45202 • 513-621-2320 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Contact: mkltours@fuse.net , 513-232-5487, 800-396-6338 or http://mkltours.com DERBY DINNER THEATRE: ‘THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE’ , May 7 KITCHEN AID, THE INN AT VERSAILLES & SPRING HILL NURSERY, May 22 FOR BARE FEET FACTORY SOCK FACTORY & NASHVILLE, IN, June 10 LAVENDER FESTIVAL, ADENA MANSION & GARDENS, June 21 IRELAND: THE REPUBLIC & NORTHERN IRELAND, July 1-13 HOLLAND AM. ms EURODAM SCANDANAV. RUSSIA, July 15-25 VERMONT: MOONLIGHT & MAPLE SYRUP, August 25-30 COLORADO: RAILROADS & ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH, September 7-14 FRENCH LICK RESORT, CASINO, WEST BADEN, PATOKA, September 24-25 RAVENSWOOD CASTLE, HOCKING VALLEY RAILROAD, October 1-2 STRATFORD THEATRE FESTIVAL, STRATFORD, ONTARIO, October 6-10 FALL MEET AT KEENELAND, October 18 ALBUQUERQUE, SANTA FE, LOS ALAMOS & TAOS, October 25-29 CHRISTMAS AT COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, December 1-5 SANTA CLAUS, IN; IM. CON. MONASTERY, BEST FURNITURE CO., Dec. 8-9 CHRISTMAS AT BILTMORE ESTATE, December 10-12 BROADWAY SERIES AT THE ARONOFF 24 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Spring Break Special Event at the CSO 1/2 Price Tickets to OLLI Members Music Hall Sun March 16, 3 pm Order tickets: Call and charge by phone: 513.556.9186 Mail and include check made to OLLI, include seating location: OLLI University of Cincinnati P.O. Box 210093 Cincinnati OH 45221-0093 Email: olli@uc.edu Deadline to order tickets is March 13, 2008 February 27, 2008 Ticket Pricing Orch. B / Balc. B Orch. C / Balc. C Gallery D Gallery E 26.75 23.25 18.75 18.00 Paavo Järvi, conductor Janine Jansen, violin ARVO PÄRT Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten BRITTEN Violin Concerto No. 1 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, The Great Sponsor: Messer Construction Co. at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 25 Friends of OLLI at UC Helping to make your “great experience” even greater O Creative Voices What makes OLLI Great? You do! • Audio and visual equipment at Raymond Walters, Sycamore Senior Center and Temple Sholom Parking expense reimbursements of our volunteer moderators at the main campus Scholarships that allow all who wish to attend to be able to do so. Support of luncheons and special events. It would be hard to find a more enthusiastic and energized group of people than the members of our Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati. Volunteers abound. Few ever miss a class. Participation is contagious. We really have a great thing going. Your classmates who are members of Friends of OLLI at UC strongly agree. Their contributions make a major difference in your program’s success. Of course, your gift to Friends is an important factor in enhancing the educational experience for everyone. For example, your Friends contributions pay for: • • • Your generous support, guarantees that OLLI will continue to offer a superb quality program at bargain prices. OLLI is your “college in retirement.” It is important in your continued growth and enjoyment of life. Please put OLLI high on your charitable priority list. Make your gift today. Your classmates are counting on you. 2007 Holiday Luncheon 26 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Creative Voices Friends Contributors July 1, 2006 – December 31, 2007 Regent ($500 and up) Frank Bloom Carol Friel Joseph W. Hirschhorn Margaret M. Jeffrey John E. Moore Marilyn Z. Ott Sue W. Ransohoff The Rieveschl Foundation George S. Speidel III John S. Heldman Lorraine A. Lukens Genevieve Mabey Saul Marmer Frank Mayans Mary Sue McDuffie Donald B. Miller William S. Murphy Richard S. Neher Dennis J. O’Keefe Jerry N. Ransohoff Bartley L. Reitz Elaine Reubel Lee Schimberg Arnold Schrier, Ph.D. Mildred J. Selonick Paul L. Silverglade Andrew D. Smith Wiley R. Smith, Jr., M.D. Ethan B. Stanley II Howard K. Starnbach, D.D.S. Dee Stegman Wallace R. Stegmann Edward S. Strasser, Jr., M.D. Sue B. Straus Samuel P. Todd, Jr., M.D. Marcella G. Trice Alberta S. Wardlaw Beatrice R. Winkler Educator ($75-$99) Judith F. Bender James M. Garvey, Jr., M.D. Charles C. 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Wexler Friends of OLLI at UC $1,000 $500 $250 Other $_________ Please accept my gift for: O $100 David Blumenthal Mary Lou Bowald Harold Brown Campbell County Public Library Patricia A. Culley Carolyn DeYoung Walter E. Glas Richard Goetz, Ph.D. O. J. Hatcher Kathryn B. Hinkle Dr. Frederick M. Joffe Nancy K. Klapproth Gerald M. Lang Carol M. Leshner Ralph J. Lowenstein Beverly S. Maisenhalter Joseph R. Miller Patricia M. Monteith Eunice H. Murphy Carolyn Nightingale Mary Alice Osborn Gwen Peerless Jay E. Price Jeannette M. Ramirez Hon. Jack Rosen Chloe Wagner Antoinette Winkle Isaac M. Wise Temple PAYMENT OPTIONS: Pledge:Payments will begin ____________________________, And will be paid Quarterly Semi-Annually Annually (payable UC Foundation/ILE) Check enclosed. 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My employer matches gift contributions My matching gift form is enclosed www.Giveto.UC.com LIFETIMES 2008 27 OLLI moderators Scott Aiken Karen Allen Irvine Anderson Alfred Apfel Stephen Appel Heather Arden Bernard Aron Fred Asmus Herbert Bass Daniel Beaver Angela Bedard Adele Bell Anne Berger Richard Blumberg Bill Boardman Charles Bolton Joe Brant James Bridgeland, Jr. Elaine Brown Harold Brown Stanley Brown Ed Bunch Thomas Carroll Desiree Carter-Jones Ralph Cautley Jean Chimsky Matt Chimsky Lee Cole James Coogan Patricia Cordes Patricia Culley John Curtiss Edwin Daley Emil Dansker Rosemary Deitzer Clyde Dial Bob Dreyer Marsha Drucker James Durham Jane Durrell Marilyn Dux Howard Eckstein Karen Everett Richard Fagin Fr. David Fay Raymond Ferguson Thomas Flautt Nancy Fogelson Nancy Forbriger Muriel Foster William Frankenstein Richard Friedman Kent Friel Mary Fruewald Mary Jane Fuller Theresa Galluppi Theodore Gardner Jane Garvin Josephine Gately Janelle Gelfand Gloria Giannestras John Gilligan Marshall Ginsburg Martin Glassman Jim Goyette David Greenberg Thomas Harsham Richard Hellmann E. Gerri Henderson Paul M. Hendrick Dennis Heywood Robert D. Hippert Joseph Hirschhorn Kirtland Edward Hobler Stella Holding Ann Hood Donald B. Hordes Joan Howison Richard Hulswit Deanna Hurtubise Paul Hurtubise Joe Iavicoli Donald Jackson Dan N. Jacobs Neal Jeffries Margaret Johnson Marsha Johnston Edward Katz Ben Kaufman Linda Kegg Glenn King Carol L. Kormelink Walter Langsam Len Lansky Edward Levy James Linduff Robert Maehr Robert Marischen Saul Marmer Bruce Martin Carolyn McConville Maureen McPhillips Donald Miller Fr. Francis Miller Robert Miller Barry Mohlman Dean Moore Sally Moore Arnold Morelli Irwin Mortman Joan Murray John Nebergall David Niland Everett Nissly Thomas Noonan Phil Nuxhall Dennis O’Keefe Anne Ossim Yvonne Parnes Charles Parsons Robert Pawlicki Alan Pearson Bunny Phelps Bob Plogman Ina Price-Schwartz Jeannette Ramirez James P. Rauf Donald Rhoad Fae Audre Rice Harold Rice Lenora Rinehart Charles Rockel Janet Kate Romer Victor Sandfoss Michael Sauer Neil Schapera Martha Schimberg Kenneth Schonberg Nancy Schpatz Arnold Schrier William Schumacher Abby Schwartz Richard Schwartz Herb Sedlitz Robert Shanklin James Sicking Donald Siekman Ismael Silva Richard Sininger Jay Slouffman Robert Smith Roger D. Smith Wiley “Rufe” Smith Pauline Smolin John Spille Ethan Stanley Roger Stephens Florence Sterman-Schott Frank H. Stewart John R. Stubbles Robert Summer Steve Sweeney Robert Taylor Stan Thom Norman Thomas Pat Thomas Philip S. Thompson Samuel Todd Connie Trounstine Charles Vaughn Frank Wagner Richard Waller Jo Anne Warren George Weber Richard Wendel Maxell Werner Robert Williams Leon Wolf William Woods Rollin Workman David Yockey 28 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Volunteer moderators are the glue that holds OLLI at UC together Without these talented people, who donate their valuable time, expert knowledge, teaching skills and good humor Thank-you! there would be no Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati We thank them for their enormous contributions at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 29 College-Conservatory of Musicof Music College-Conservatory of Music College-Conservatory 2007-08 MAINSTAGE October 25-28, 2007October 25-28, 2007 October 25-28, 2007 February 8 & 10, 2008 10, 2008 10, 200824-27, 2008 April 24-27, 2008 February February 8 & April 8& April 24-27, 2008 2007-08 MAINSTAGE Anon(ymous) Anon(ymous) Miss Lonelyhearts Rashomon Rashomon Anon(ymous) Miss Lonelyhearts Rashomon Miss Lonelyhearts By Naomi Iizuka Naomi IizukaNaomi Iizuka Composed by Lowell Liebermann Liebermann Liebermann Michael KaninMichael Kanin By Composed byComposed by Lowell By Fay and By Fay and By Fay and Michael Kanin Lowell By A cutting-edge adaptation A cutting-edge adaptation of Homer’s by J.D. McClatchy McClatchyancient Japanese tale Japanese tale of sex, murder and murder and A cutting-edge adaptation of Homer’s by J.D. McClatchy Libretto by J.D. of Homer’s An An ancient of sex, murder and An ancient Japanese tale of sex, Libretto Libretto The Odyssey by award winning Odyssey by award winning dramatist of a The Midwestapremieredeceit taking place one thousandone thousand years ago years ago The Odyssey by award winning dramatist deceit takingdeceit takingago one thousand place years place The dramatist The Midwest premiere The Midwest new opera based opera based opera based premiere of new of a new Naomi Iizuka. Naomi Iizuka. in a bamboo forest outside forest outside Kyoto. Kyoto. Naomi Iizuka. on Nathanael on Nathanael West’s novella. A male writerA malein a bamboo in a bamboo forest outside Kyoto. West’s novella. ANathanael West’s novella. on male writer writer pens an advice column uner the an advice column uner the name “Miss pens an advice column uner the name “Miss pens name “Miss and becomes emotionally and becomes Lonelyhearts” •Musical Theater• •Musical Theater• •Opera• •Opera• •Musical Theater• Lonelyhearts”Lonelyhearts” and becomes emotionally emotionally •Opera• burdened by his readers’byburdened by his readers’ troubles. burdened troubles. his readers’ troubles. NovemberNovember 15-18, 2007 Intended for mature audiences. audiences. audiences. May 15-18, 2008 15-18, 2007 November 15-18, 2007 Intended for mature for mature May 15-18, 2008 May 15-18, 2008 Intended Wonderful Town Town Town Wonderful Wonderful 2007-08 MAINSTAGE •Drama• •Drama• •Drama• •Opera• •Opera• •Opera• •Drama• •Drama• •Drama• Music by Leonard BernsteinMusic by Leonard Bernstein Theater• Music by Leonard Bernstein Composed byComposedPuccini Giacomo by Giacomo Puccini •Musical •Musical Theater• •Musical Theater• Composed by Giacomo Puccini Lyrics by BettyLyrics by Betty Comden and Comden and Comden andLyrics by Betty February 28-March February 28-March 2 & Luigi Illica andLuigi Illicaby Luigi Illica and February 28-March 2 & Libretto by Libretto by Libretto and 2& Adolph Green Adolph Green Giuseppe Giacosa Giuseppe Giacosa Adolph Green Giuseppe Giacosa March 6-9, 2008 6-9, 2008 6-9, 2008Puccini’s quintessentialquintessential romantic opera March March Puccini’s romantic opera Book by Joseph Fields and Book by Joseph Fields and Book by Joseph Fields and Puccini’s quintessential romantic opera about love, tragedy and the bohemianthe bohemian life in about love, tragedylove, tragedy and the bohemian life in about and life in Jerome Chodorov Jerome Chodorov Chodorov Jerome 19th 19th 19th Two Ohio sisters inOhio1930s head for the head for theJason Howland Music by Jason Howland century Paris. century Paris.century Paris. Two the sisters in the sisters in the 1930s head for the Jason Howland Two Ohio 1930s Music by Music by Big Apple with dreams of love and fortune. and fortune. and Dickstein Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein Big Apple with dreams of love Lyrics by Mindi fortune. Big Apple with dreams of love Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein A Tony Award-winning American classic. A Tony Award-winning AmericanBook by Allan Book by Allan Knee Allan Knee classic. A Tony Award-winning American classic. Knee Book by Contact the CCM BoxtheContact ask CCMand ask Contact Office and the CCM Box Office Box Office and ask Louisa May Alcott’s timeless coming-of-age timeless coming-of-age Louisa May Alcott’s timeless coming-of-age Louisa May Alcott’s about about special story, reinvented as reinvented as a family-friendly about special prices for OLLI students. prices for OLLI students. story, a family-friendly musical. a family-friendly musical.special prices for OLLI students. musical. story, reinvented as La Bohème La Bohème La Bohème Little Women Little Little Women Women Subscriptions now on sale! now on sale! Subscriptions now on sale! Subscriptions www.ccm.uc.edu •www.ccm.uc.edu • (513) 556-4183 www.ccm.uc.edu • (513) 556-4183 (513) 556-4183 Special Wednesday Matinee Offer Matinee Offer for OLLI Members only! Special Wednesday for OLLI Members only! Special Wednesday Matinee Offer for OLLI Members only! Season Marx Theatre Season Marx Theatre Season Thompson Shelterhouse Season Thompson Shelterhouse DATE PRODUCTION PRICE DATEAll shows at 1:00 p.m. PRODUCTION DATE PRICE PRODUCTION PRICE DATE PRICE Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park presentsin the Park presents a Cincinnati Playhouse a All shows at 1:00 p.m. shows atin the Park presents a Cincinnati All Playhouse 1:00 p.m. DUCTION $30 10/3/07 Othello $30 $25 10/17/07 Dracula10/3/07 Theatre Season Othello10/17/07 Shelterhouse Season Marx Thompson PRODUCTION PRICE PRODUCTION DATE 11/14/07 $30 DATE Musical of MusicalsMusical of Musicals The Altar Boyz 11/14/07 $30 The $30 11/28/07 (The Musical) (The Musical) Dracula 10/3/07 $30 Othello11/28/07 10/17/07 Blonde, the BrunetteBlonde, the Brunette The 2/13/08 $25 11/14/07 he Vengeful RedheadBoyz Crime Punishment and Punishment 2/27/08 $25 and the Vengeful Redhead 2/13/08 and$25 Crime 2/27/08 Altar $30 The Musical of Musicals (The Musical) bt $25 A Sleeping Country Sleeping Country $25 11/28/07 4/16/08 Doubt 4/2/08 Brunette 4/2/08 $25 A 4/16/08 The Blonde, the Around World Crime the Punishment 80 Days 6/4/08 and Days 6/4/08 5/21/08 $30 2/13/08 Ella the Vengeful Redhead 5/21/08 the $25 in AroundandWorld in 80$25 2/27/08 $30 Doubt 4/2/08 $25 A Sleeping Country 4/16/08 Call the Playhouse Call Office starting Box Office starting August 20 to order your tickets. Box the Playhouse August 20 to order your tickets. Around the World in 80 Days 6/4/08 Ella 5/21/08 $30 CallofferPlayhouse the special discounted special discounted price. the to recieve Box Office recieve August 20 Mention this OLLI Mention this OLLI offer to starting the price. to order your tickets. ula r Boyz $25 PRICE 513/421-3888 513/421-3888 513/421-3888 $30 $25 $25 $30 $25 $25 $25 $25 A $3 per-order convenience fee will apply. A $3 per-order convenience fee will apply. Seating is in B, C and D sectionis in B, Marx Theatre and Side Marx Theatre and Side Section in the Shelterhouse. Seating in the C and D section in the Section in the Shelterhouse. Mention this subject are final. No All sales are final. No Seating is limited. Tickets subject limited. TicketsAll salesto availability.refunds or exchanges. refunds or exchanges. Seating is to availability.OLLI offer to recieve the special discounted price. A $3 per-order convenience fee will apply. Visit www.cincyplay.com for more information Marxthe 2007-2008on the 2007-2008 season. Visit Seating is in B, C and D section in the on information Section in the Shelterhouse. www.cincyplay.com for more Theatre and Side season. Seating is limited. Tickets subject to availability. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. Visit www.cincyplay.com for more information on the 2007-2008 season. 30 LIFETIMES 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Sycamore Senior Center At the Sycamore Senior Center, older adults can enrich their lives through our Lifelong Learning programs. Educational, health and self-improvement classes keep minds active and creative. Please call the Sycamore Senior Center at 513-984-1234 for additional information, to register for any event or for a current listing of activities and day trips! GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN: AVAILABLE SERVICES FOR KINSHIP CARE Wed., March 19th, 6:30 pm—7:30 pm be held on Wednesday, March 19 from 6:30-7:30. Call 782-2775 to register. Child care not available. LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE Tuesday, April 1st, at 1:30 pm entertainment. Please call 984-1234 to sign up. MEMBERS BENEFIT STRETCHES INTO NEXT GENERATION! Wednesday, April 16th at 6:30 pm ISSUES ON HOUSING AN AGING POPULATION Wednesday, April 16th from 7:00 pm—8:30 pm. ACTIVE FOR LIFE RETURNS! Mondays, April 7th thru August 18thActive for life is a 20 Week Program You will meet for one hour each week For a $15 enrollment fee, you will receive a workbook and step counter to help track your progress This is not an exercise class. 2008 SOUTHWEST OHIO SENIOR OLYMPICS March 1st - May 17th, 2008 Kickoff - Saturday, March 1st 9:00 am MONEY MATTERS Thursday, March 27th at 11:30 am Thursday, April 24th at 11:30 am SYCAMORE SENIOR CENTER OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, April 16th Featuring: Guided Tours All Day Cincinnati’s Goddess of the Blues Cheryl Renee Drawing for free two-year membership Various Bakery Goods and refreshments made by our center members. PUBLISHER 101 Tuesdays, April 15th thru May 6th 9:30 am—11:30 am Members: $40 Guests: $55 COMPUTER EDUCATION RIVER DOWNS RACING Tuesday, April 15th DEPART: 11:00 am RETURN: 6:00 pm Members: $40 Guests: $50 SPRINGTIME AT FARMERS MARKET Wednesday, April 30th DEPART: 10:30 am RETURN: 3:45 pm Members: $36 Guests: $49 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ALOHA HAWAIIAN SHOW Tuesday, May 20th DEPART: 10:30 am RETURN: 4:00 pm Members: $74 Guests: $85 JERSEY BOYS Thursday, June 12th DEPART: 10:15 am RETURN: 4:00 pm Members: $89 Guests: $105 DIGITAL CAMERAS MADE EZ AND IMAGING WITH PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Tuesdays March 11th thru April 8th 9:30 am—11:30 am Members: $40 Guests: $55 COMPUTER BASICS Thursdays March 6th thru March 27th 1:30 pm—3:30 pm Members: $40 Guests: $55 CARDS, ETC. Thursdays April 3rd thru April 24th 1:30 pm—3:30 pm Members: $30 Guests: $40 E-MAIL AND ATTACHMENTS Wednesdays and Thursdays First Class on March 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th Second Class on April 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th 9:00 am—11:00 am Members: $45 Guests: $60 FIX YOUR FINANCES BY FRICK AND FRACK Wednesdays and Thursdays March 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th 11:30 am—1:15 pm Members: $45 Guests: $60 COMPUTER HELP SESSION OPEN LAB Mondays: 2:00 pm—3:30 pm and Wednesdays: 2:00 pm—3:30 pm BREAKFAST WITH THE PENGUINS! Wednesday, March 12th DEPART: 7:00 am RETURN: 1:00 pm Members: $47 Guests: $57 TRAVEL VACCINES Monday, March 3rd 2:30pm—3:30pm LIFELONG LEARNING AND RECREATION CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? HEARING SCREENINGS Wednesday, March 12th 10:00 am— 12:30 pm DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAM (Formerly 55 Alive) Thursday, March 13th from 8:30 am— 12:30 pm Friday, March 14th from 12:00 pm—4:00 pm Class Fee: $10 (Made payable to AARP at class) IRISH COFFEE, SUNDAES & MUSIC Monday, March 17th Sundaes & Coffee between 12:00— 1:30 pm Entertainment at 1:00 pm DAY TRIPS at the University of Cincinnati LIFETIMES 2008 31