We Remember
Carolyn J. Keefe
May 17, 2013
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Wilma Dykeman Lecture Series
S T A R T S T O D A Y
 Join us this fall as OLLI and the Wilma Dykeman Legacy present a series of six talks examining Wilma Dykeman's life, career, achievements and values. All presentations are free and open to the public and will take place on Sunday afternoons from 3 to 4:30 pm in the Manheimer Room at the Reuter Center. Dates of the presentations are:
September 15, "Wilma Dykeman as Historian" by Dan Pierce, UNC Asheville Department of History
September 29, "Wilma Dykeman as Journalist" by Darin Waters, UNC Asheville Department of History
October 6,"Wilma Dykeman as Environmentalist" by Viki Rouse, Walters State Community College Department of English; October 20, "Wilma Dykeman as Teacher" by Martha Gill, retired teacher;
November 3, "Wilma Dykeman as Novelist"; November 10, "Wilma Dykeman as Traveler" by Jim Stokely, one of Ms. Dykeman's two sons.
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School Is In Session
College for Seniors classes begin on Monday, September 16th, 9 am. See you there!
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Saturday,
September 21,
Check in at 9 am
Pack Square,
Downtown Asheville
The Alzheimer's Walk for Western North Carolina is coming up later this month. Our team name is: UNC Asheville OLLI.
The walk is on Saturday, September 21st at Pack Square in downtown Asheville starting at 10 am. It is an easy walk (under 2 miles) around downtown. There will be speakers, music, and food available on the day. Be there by 9:20 or 9:30 to check in if you register beforehand.
If you have registered to walk with the UNC Asheville OLLI team, please stop by the Reuter Center this week during regular business hours to pick up your t-shirt. See Leanna Preston in the main OLLI office, Reuter Center 208.
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What Bees Do
Tuesday, September 24,
4:30-6:30 pm
Asheville's Own
Laurey Masterton
"A Life's Work: What Bees Do and What We Do
...Both Making Life Possible"
For the final symposium in OLLI's Civic Engagement four-part "Call to Action" series focusing on food insecurity in Western North Carolina, we will hear about the importance of bees on food production.
Laurey Masterton is a beekeeper, proprietor of Laurey's Café, and chef/spokesperson for The National Honey Board. Laurey will speak about food insecurity and "what bees do and what we do...both making life possible. Come learn why a healthy bee population is so integral to our local food supply.
This presentation is free and open to the public.
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Upcoming Concert
The Blue Ridge Orchestra, the Reuter Center Singers, and Kevin Ayesh
perform
Beethoven and Rachmaninoff
Saturday,
October 5, 7:30 pm
Blue Ridge Convention Hall,
Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock
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Sunday, October 6,
4 pm,
UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium
 In early October the Blue Ridge Orchestra joins forces with the Reuter Center Singers and pianist Kevin Ayesh to present two of the most crowd-pleasing works in the orchestral/choral/piano repertoire -- Ludwig van Beethoven's Choral Fantasy and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.
There will be two performances: Saturday, October 5, 7:30 pm in the Blue Ridge Convention Hall, Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, and Sunday, October 6, 4 pm in Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC Asheville.
For this special concert with the Reuter Center Singers, OLLI members are invited to purchase tickets at the $10 Friends price. We will have them available on Tuesday September 17 in the Reuter Center Atrium.
Tickets for the October 5 and October 6 concerts are available at the door and at blueridgeorchestra.org for $15. Friends of the orchestra may purchase tickets for $10 and students for $5.
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Living Healthy Workshop
Wednesdays, September 18 - October 23rd
5:15- 7:45pm
UNC Asheville's
Sherrill Center
Room 402A
Take control of your health!
Living Healthy
is an evidence-based interactive workshop designed for people with one or more chronic health conditions. A chronic health condition is an ongoing health condition such as diabetes, fibromyalgia, or arthritis.
This six-week course will help you learn how to manage pain and fatigue, lessen depression and frustration, and increase fitness and self-confidence. The class is open to people with chronic conditions and their loved ones or caregivers. Discover that you can control your health and your life! Open to students, staff, OLLI members and the public. Click here for further information.
To Register: Call Rebecca Chaplin at 828-251-7438
Cost: Suggested $30 contribution for the 6-week class (contributions are completely voluntary, no one turned away)
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Dear OLLI Members,
We look forward to welcoming everyone back to the Reuter Center as Fall 2013 College for Seniors courses begin. We began the new term with a very successful New Member Welcome on Friday morning, September 13, filling the Manheimer Room with activity. Thanks to Ann Cowden and her committee for organizing the event, to Flo Byron and her calling committee for encouraging new members to attend, to OLLI Membership Committee chairs Kathleen Mainardi and Kathy Rouse for warming up the crowd and helping with every aspect of planning, and to OLLI Steering Council Chair Jim Lenburg for acting as Master of Ceremonies. Be sure to look for butterfly stickers on name tags and make a special effort to welcome these new members to our community.
We have an impressive line up of courses and of special events for this fall. Today you can hear UNC Asheville professor Dan Pierce lecturing on "Wilma Dykeman as Historian," the opening lecture in the six-part series that examines the impressive career of a versatile and groundbreaking local author. You can end the week by hearing a history of UNC Asheville from Dr. Kevan Frazier (who was the highlight of the opening day of Leadership Asheville 27) and a Symphony Talk with Asheville Symphony Orchestra Musical Director Daniel Meyer.
There is still time to sign up for the Alzheimer's Walk (see information in this newsletter) and join with fellow OLLI members on September 21 in downtown Asheville to walk in support of an important cause.
Thanks for all you do to create an exemplary community of teachers and learners!
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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A Message from the Executive Committee
The launch of a new program year always dawns bright with promise: new course offerings, new instructors, the opportunity to renew associations with friends and colleagues from past sessions. As our steering council got together over the summer to launch this new year, we took a fresh look at our OLLI core values ( Click here to see a complete list of Core Values developed as part of our 2012-2017 Strategic Plan.) We had a great, lively discussion. We agreed that the very first of our core values, "sense of community," is certainly one of our strengths. It's also one we can focus on making even better. We invite you to consider with us how we can go about this. Our instructors work hard to ensure the classes are stimulating, creative, and fulfilling. Can we show more appreciation for the investment of time and talents of the instructors? Are there ways we can be more respectful of each other? How can we be more open to the views of others? Do we recognize that the members of our small staff stretch their talents every day to enhance our experiences here?
Please share your thoughts about enhancing community with us as the members of the Executive Committee. Let's keep the dialogue going.
The OLLI Executive Committee
Jim Lenburg, Chair; Cindy Berryman-Fink, Past Chair; Judy LaMée, Chair-elect; Matt Mengel, Secretary
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This Week Sept. 15-21, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 3 pm, "Wilma Dykeman as Historian," Lecture by Dr. Dan Pierce
Monday, September 16, 9 am, Fall 2013 College for Seniors classes begin
Tuesday, September 17, 4:30 pm, Science Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Lecture Series~Dr. Douglas Miller
Tuesday, September 17, 7 pm, Audubon Society Meeting~Lecture by Clay Bolt
Wednesday, September 18, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Friday, September 20, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Lunch and Learn Lecture~"A History of UNC Asheville" by Dr. Kevan Frazier
Friday, September 20, 3 pm, Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer
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Next Week Sept. 22-28, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2 pm,TRIAD Series ~ "Protect Against ID Theft"
Tuesday, September 24, 4:30 pm, Call to Action Symposium presents Laurey Masterton in a lecture titled "A Life's Work: What Bees Do and What We Do . . . Both Making Life Possible"
Wednesday, September 25, 11 am-2 pm, 25/10 Anniversary Celebration and SIG Information Event
Wednesday, September 25, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Friday, September 27, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Health Education Series Lecture~"A Half Centery of Medicine" by Dr. Maggie Cottrell
Friday, September 27, 2 pm, New to Medicare Info Session (Registration required; call the Buncombe County Council on Aging, 828-277-8288)
Friday, September 27, 7 pm, Lyn Ford Storytelling event
Click here to see the OLLI calendar and then click on each event to discover times, event specifics and more.
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And Beyond
Sunday, September 29, 3 pm, "Wilma Dykeman as Journalist" Lecture by Dr. Darin Waters
Monday, September 30, 2 pm, TRIAD Series ~ "Protect Against Frauds and Scams"
Tuesday, October 1, 7 pm, World Affairs Council Lecture ~ "Attack of the Drones"
Wednesday, October 2, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Thursday, October 3, 7 pm, Astronomy Club of Asheville
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 CAMPUS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Week of Sept 15, 20139/16 International Affairs: China Symposium. Lectures exploring complexities of contemporary Chinese society. 11:25 am - 8 pm. Free and open to the public. UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. Info: ist.unca.edu, 828-232-2409 or surain@unca.edu
9/16 Health: Well-A-Bration 2013. UNC Asheville Health and Wellness Open House. Free and open to the public. Info: ncchw.unca.edu or 828-258-7712
9/18 Ecology: "Agroecology: Cultivating an Alternate Future for People and the Planet" Lecture by Steve Brescia, executive director of Groundswell International. Hosted by Groundswell International & the UNC Asheville Food for Thought Cluster. 7 pm, in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: 828-250-2317 or unca.edu
9/20 Government/Politics: Native American Speaker & Performer Series presents Paul Chaat Smith, curator at Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, author and essayist. 12:30 pm in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: cesap.unca.edu or 828-251-6674
9/22 Sports: Men's Soccer: UNC Asheville vs. Georgia Southern. 2:30 pm in UNC Asheville's Greenwood Field. Tickets and info: visit uncabulldogs.com or call 828-258-7900
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Celebrating 25 Years as a Program & 10 Years in the Reuter Center
Smiles were seen all round and especially from the folks pictured below during the recent event celebrating our twenty five years as a lifelong learning institute and ten years in our own building, the Reuter Center! We will continue the celebration on September 25, 11 am - 2 pm with cake and punch in the Atrium.  Chancellor Anne Ponder; Dr. Ron Manheimer, NC Center for Creative Retirement founding executive director; Ms. Kali Lightfoot, Executive Director of the OLLI National Resource Center; Dr. Jim Lenburg, OLLI Steering Council chair; Dr. David Brown, former UNC Asheville chancellor; Dr. Catherine Frank, OLLI at UNC Asheville executive director.
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 You are invited!
Come enjoy cake and punch to celebrate OLLI at UNC Asheville's 25th birthday as a program and the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Reuter Center.
Wednesday, September 25, 11 am - 2 pm
Reuter Center Atrium Lobby
Many of our Special Interest Groups will be on hand to provide information about their interesting activities and the Hearing Advocacy Task Force will have an informational table as well
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STEM Lecture
 The upcoming STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Lectures are designed around the theme of the engaged citizen. An engaged citizen needs to know more and more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics to understand social issues. To make informed decisions and to understand complex issues, we need to maintain a basic STEM literacy. This series of lectures is designed to highlight STEM concepts and connect them to issues of personal behavior and public policy.
On Tuesday, September 17, 4:30-6 pm, Dr. Douglas K. Miller, UNC Asheville Atmospheric Science Department chair will present "Sometimes Better, Sometimes Worse; How Local Weather is Modified by the Mountains."
This event is scheduled in Reuter Center's Room 206 and is free and open to the public.
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 TRIAD Series - "Connect to Protect"
Buncombe County TRIAD is a coalition of public and private sector partners united to improve the safety and well-being of older adults. Buncombe County TRIAD is offering an educational outreach series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.
This eight-part series is scheduled in the Reuter Center, Room 102A, Mondays, September 23 - October 28, 2 -3 pm and is free and open to the public. The dates and topics are September 23, "Protect Against ID Theft" by Caroline Farmer, NC Department of Justice September 30, "Protect Against Frauds and Scams" by Robyn Michalove, Buncombe County Sheriff's Office; October 7, "Protect Against Exploitation" by Roxann Sizemore, Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services and Terry Collins, Land-of-Sky Regional Council October 14, "Protect Against Medication Diversion" by Ken Razza, Buncombe County Sheriff's Office Anti-Crime Task Force October 21, "Protect Against Personal Harm" by Helen Hall, Buncombe County Sherriff Office; and Kelley Klope, Asheville Fire Department October 28, "Protect Against False Information" by Rachael Nygaard, Director of 2-1-1, Buncombe County United Way
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Bulldog Basketball
10% Discount on UNC Asheville Basketball Season Tickets for OLLI members
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2013 Active Aging Week
Discover our community of wellness during Active Aging Week. From the wellness expo to outdoor exercise trails, a film festival to orchard tours, Fit after 50 Day at the YMCA to dance contests, Active Aging Week has something for everyone.
This year's Active Aging Week is designed to showcase our resources for aging with vitality and offer something fun for everyone. Active Aging Week takes place from September 21 - 27 and includes FREE events in Buncombe, Madison, Henderson and Transylvania counties. Join us at the Wellness Expo at the Biltmore Square Mall on Monday, September 23rd from 10am - 2pm or click on this link for more information.
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