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We Remember
Arline Frances Tyzzer Morrison
October 7, 2013
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TRIAD Series
"Connect to Protect"
Mondays, 2-3 pm, through Oct. 28
The Manheimer Room,
The Reuter Center
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 Reuter Center, in partnership with OLLI at UNC Asheville.
This series is scheduled in the Reuter Center, Room 102A, Mondays, 2-3 pm and is free and open to the public.
Upcoming dates and topics are
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's Office; Kelley Klope, Asheville Fire Department
October 28: "Protect Against False Information" by Marla Brown, Director of
2-1-1, Buncombe County United Way
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Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society Meeting
Tuesday, October 15, 7 pm
Manheimer Room
Chris Kelly presents
"Golden Eagles
in Western NC"
 There are Golden Eagles in North Carolina in the winter. Where and how many will be disclosed by Chris Kelly, a Mountain Wildlife Biologist working for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. She will have photos documenting the eagles and other interesting wildlife interactions at the monitoring sites established for this large scale project.
Free and open to the public
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Affordable Care Act
Information Session
Thursday, October 17, 2 pm
Manheimer Room
The Reuter Center
The Council on Aging of Buncombe County has been designated a Navigator Agency by the Department of Health & Human Services for the purpose of helping people enroll in health care plans through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace in North Carolina.
John Wingerter, Director of Health Insurance Information Services for the Council will present a program on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Thursday, October 17, 2 pm.
He will give an overview of the Affordable Care Act and the Marketplace in North Carolina. For those interested in applying for coverage, he will review what information you will need to apply for coverage and a subsidy. There will be a Q&A after the presentation.
John has over 25 years of experience in the health insurance and employee benefits field. He manages both the Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) as well as the Navigator Program for the Council on Aging.
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MEDICARE
ANNUAL ELECTION TIME
Medicare beneficiaries should review their enrollment options every year to make sure they have the best coverage at the lowest cost.
SHIIP volunteers through the Buncombe County Council on Aging will be available at OLLI to provide one-on-one counseling beginning in November...right here at the Reuter Center,
free!
Call the Council on Aging at 828-277-8288 to schedule an appointment. Be sure to identify yourself as an OLLI member and tell the receptionist that you wish to have the appointment at the Reuter Center
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Don't forget to bring your Medicare card and list of medications if you wish to review your prescription drug options.
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Campus Tour a Success! 
Today's first OLLI-led campus tour went well; members enjoyed the hour-long tour and learned a lot about the different campus locations. Connecting with the university staff was great - we were greeted with a smile and stories about the different buildings. We will schedule more campus tours - - watch for the upcoming dates to sign up!
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Diversity Task Force ForumThe Diversity Task Force invites you to an open forum on Thursday, October 31, 4-5:30 pm Manheimer Room
Task Force Members, joined by OLLI Executive Director Catherine Frank and Jim Lenburg, Chair of the OLLI Steering Council, will present a summary of the results of the recent Diversity Survey in which over 400 members participated.
In addition to hearing from members about the survey results, potential next steps will be discussed.
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The College for Seniors (CFS) Curriculum Committee seeks two new members for the Dance and Recreation Topic Group 
We are looking for individuals to assist with reviewing course proposals, brainstorming new course ideas, and meeting with new instructors interested in teaching a course in dance or
recreation (bridge, chess, etc.)
This is fun, challenging and important work. The group is seeking individuals who are self-starters, who work well on a team, and who follow through on committee tasks. Previous CFS course participation is both beneficial and desirable.
More info, contact Anita Shields, Topic Group #12 Chair, shields828@gmail.com
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 Please be considerate with your fragrance! A light touch with the perfume is most appreciated by your fellow members.....many folks are chemically sensitive and strong perfumes may bring on a headache or trigger other allergic reactions.
Thank you!
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Bulldog Basketball
10% Discount on
UNC Asheville Basketball Season Tickets for
OLLI members
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The Asheville Chamber Music Series Presents
THE MODIGLIANI STRING QUARTET
& PIANIST JOYCE YANG
Friday, November 15,
8 pm
Biltmore United Methodist Church,
corner of Hendersonville Road and Yorkshire Street in Asheville
Individual tickets are $35 and are available at the door, first come, first served.
or call Nathan Shirley at (828) 575-7427 or support@ashevillechambermusic.org.
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Tommy Hays to Read from New Novel at Malaprop's
 Novelist Tommy Hays will read from his new book, What I Came to Tell You, in the next installment of the Writers at Home series, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 20, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. This series, produced by UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program, is free and open to the public.
What I Came to Tell You earned prepublication "starred reviews" from Publishers Weekly and from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. It was named an "Okra Pick," - a "great Southern book fresh off the vine" - by the Southern Independent Booksellers Association. Hays' novel, published by Egmont USA, features a 12-old boy, his younger sister and their father coming to grips with the accidental death of their mother. While it is written to appeal to younger readers, it is just as much for adults.
Asheville readers will recognize a constant stream of familiar haunts and people, some identified by their real names. But the more universal essence of the novel is the changing relationships between Hays' fictional characters and their feelings quietly expressed.
What I Came to Tell You is Hays' fourth novel, but his first for younger readers; his 2006 novel,The Pleasure Was Mine, which dealt tenderly with adjustment to Alzheimer's disease, was an NPR "Radio Reader" and was chosen for many community reads. For more information about Hays and What I Came to Tell You, visit tommyhays.com.
Tommy Hays is director of UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program and is a lecturer in the university's Master of Liberal Arts Program. For more information about the Writers at Home series, visit agc.unca.edu/writers-home series or call 828.254.6734.
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OUR SHELVES ARE EMPTYPlease consider bringing your gently used books to OLLI's book swap shelf. And while you're there, check out a good read for yourself!
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Dear OLLI Members,
Thanks to OLLI Membership Committee members Ann Cowden and Kathleen Mainardi for leading a campus tour on Friday to make our members more familiar with the people and places of UNC Asheville. Tom Aiken, who is one of our star front desk volunteers and a UNC Asheville alumnus, inspired the original idea for the tours.
Over the next few weeks, we hope you will take advantage of opportunities to enjoy UNC Asheville events; read more about all of them in this newsletter. On Tuesday, October 15, UNC Asheville professor Dave Erb will give a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) lecture (organized by OLLI member Howard Jaslow) on sustainable transportation. On Wednesday, the university will sponsor a lecture by philosopher and public intellectual Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters. On October 19, Amy Ridenour, who runs the campus bookstore, will read from her new work Historic Inns of Asheville. On October 20, you can hear UNC Asheville faculty member and author Tommy Hays read at Malaprop's from his new novel set in Asheville, What I Came to Tell You. UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder will speak at the Leadership Asheville Forum luncheon on October 23.
OLLI also has a great many wonderful events this week organized by and for our members. On October 17 we are sponsoring another in our series of Advance Care Planning Workshops organized and publicized by OLLI member David Mouw. On Friday, you can attend a lecture by OLLI member Carl Peterson on the Supreme Court.
Remember the old Child's Garden of Verses rhyme, "The world is so full of a number of things, That I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings." As I go through the calendar every week, it strikes me that OLLI and UNC Asheville is so full of various things to enlighten and entertain us that we should all be very happy indeed.
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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This Week Oct. 13-19, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2 pm, TRIAD Series ~ Protect Against Medication Diversion
Tuesday, October 15, 4:30 pm, STEM lecture ~ Sustainable Transportation
Tuesday, October 15, 7 pm, Audubon Society ~ Wintering Golden Eagles in WNC
Thursday, October 17, 2 pm, Affordable Healthcare Act information session
Thursday, October 17, 7 pm, Advance Care Planning workshop
Friday, October 18, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Lunch and Learn lecture ~ Carl Peterson, "The Changing Supreme Court"
Friday, October 18, 3 pm, Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer
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Next Week Oct 20-26, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 3 pm, Wilma Dykeman lecture by Martha Gill ~ Wilma Dykeman as Teacher
Monday, October 21, 2 pm, TRIAD series ~ Protect Against Personal Harm
Wednesday, October 23, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Friday, October 25, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Lunch and Learn lecture ~ Dr. Jeffrey Russell, "Diabetes: A Growing Health Concern"
Friday, October 25, 2 pm, OLLI's Financial Strategies in Retirement SIG presents A Financial Forum
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And Beyond
Sunday, October 27, 1 pm, Asheville Living Treasures Recognition Ceremony
Monday, October 28, 2 pm, TRIAD Series ~ Protect Against False Information
Friday, November 1, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Lunch and Learn lecture ~ Jude Lally, "Celtic Spirituality"
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CAMPUS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Week of October 13, 2013
10/15 Lecture --"Nothing About Us Without Us," UNC Asheville alumna and human rights activist Amber Munger, who has been living in Haiti, will compare and contrast the work of Haitian grassroots organizations with that of international development agencies in the talk. The event, free and open to the public, takes place at 4 pm. Highsmith University Union, room 104. 10/17 Government -- "Know Your Election Rights," lecture sponsored by the ACLU Student Chapter, 7 pm in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: politicalscience.unca.edu or 828/251-6634 10/19 Spoken Word -- Author Joseph Bates reads from "Tomorrowland," his new collection of short stories. 7:30 pm in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. Free and open to the public. Info: kboyle@unca.edu 10/20 Music - University Singers in Concert - Students of the University Singers perform under direction of Melodie Galloway. 4 pm in Lipinsky Auditorium. $5; students free. Info: http://music.unca.edu/ or 828.251.6432. Click here to visit the UNC Asheville Master Calendar
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INTERDISCIPLINARY STEM SEMINAR SERIES (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics)  Sustainable Transportation: A Future Worth Creating
Tuesday, October 15, 4:30 pm
Reuter Center, Rm 206
Speaker: Dave Erb,
UNC Asheville Engineering Department
Environmental concerns and energy supply issues pose significant challenges to the future of the world's transportation systems. Due to its already-high level of mobility, the United States may require more re-direction and change than other parts of the world. While there are many potential paths to sustainability, they are not all created equal in terms of costs, benefits, ease of political implementation, and social justice.
Quantitative and qualitative analyses of likely futures indicate that four simultaneous steps are likely to produce the most desirable future US transportation system, providing an optimal balance of access and the sacrifice required to achieve it. In order of effectiveness, these are: 1) reduction of national vehicle miles traveled (VMT); 2) better matching of vehicles to the tasks they perform; 3) powertrain electrification; and 4) the addition of significant photovoltaic electric production in a distributed generation grid model.
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 Cornel West to Speak at UNC Asheville
Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm
Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters, will discuss the role of race, gender and class in American society. This free lecture begins at 7:30 pm in Kimmel Arena. The doors will open to the public at 6:30 pm for general seating. No advance tickets required.
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Advance Care Planning Workshop
 Thursday, October 17,
7-9 pm
Manheimer Room
Free and open to the public
The workshop will feature a panel whose members are experienced in addressing end-of-life issues. Discussion will include communicating your treatment wishes to loved ones and to medical personnel, ethical and legal issues, and the uses of advance directives.
Ample time will be reserved for questions. Assistance will be provided for anyone wishing to complete a legally valid advance directive, including the notarization required in North Carolina, using the Five Wishes format.
Click here to view a sample of the Five Wishes brochure.
Preparation for you to do before the workshop: Talk to your possible power of attorney for healthcare, the person who would make health care decisions if you are unable; if you have internet-access, print the sample Five Wishes brochure and study it and write down any questions you might have for the panel. This workshop is free and open to the public. For more information, call OLLI at 828-251-6140 or email olli@unca.edu. Click here to view an event flier.
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Fab Friday Lunch and Learn Lecture
Friday, October 18, 11:30 am
The Changing Supreme Court
by Dr. Carl Peterson
The Supr  eme Court. Who are they? What is their philosophical approach to the Constitution? What changes, if any, can be anticipated in the near future? This lecture will examine how the makeup of the Supreme Court and the role individual justices played in major court decisions have significantly molded the social, commercial, and political history of the United States. Carl Peterson graduated from Drake University and Drake University Law School in 1957. He served as special assistant attorney general for Iowa for three years. He was a prosecuting attorney for four years, and in private law practice for twenty-five years. He served as a trial judge for seventeen years and was assigned as a senior judge to the Iowa Court of Appeals for three years. A former president of the Iowa Judges Association, he has been an adjunct instructor at Buena Vista University, A-B Tech, and South College. He is the author of the publication Pretrial Motion Practice in Iowa.
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 HISTORIC INNS OF ASHEVILLE
by Amy C. Ridenour Saturday, October 19, 2pm Manheimer Room
Free and open to the public
Tourism became central to Asheville's growth and industry, with many of the towns' prominent citizens taking part in the hotel trade and building iconic hotels like Battery Park and Grove Park Inn that attracted famous guests from all over the world. From simple hotels to large grand inns, economical boardinghouses, and accessible motels, Historic Inns of Asheville showcases the city's abundant history of accommodation.
Amy C. Ridenour started exploring Asheville history through volunteer work with the Western North Carolina Historical Association. Historic Inns of Asheville includes photographs drawn primarily from the North Carolina Collection at Pack Memorial Library and D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections at UNC Asheville.
Come hear this interesting talk about an important facet of Asheville's history.
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Leadership Asheville Forum Luncheon
Speaker Chancellor Anne Ponder
Big changes are coming to the University of North Carolina Asheville. Plans are under consideration to expand the campus by purchasing additional property. At the same time, the administration is dealing with budget and tuition issues and the effects of recent actions by the state legislature. Meanwhile, after a hiatus of several years, the Leadership Asheville program has returned to the university.
Chancellor Anne Ponder will address these and other matters at LAF's October 23, 2013 Critical Issues luncheon. We hope you will join us for this timely and important program.
 Dr. Anne Ponder has served as Chancellor of UNC Asheville since 2005. She is a nationally-recognized expert on strategic planning and fundraising. During her tenure, Dr. Ponder has overseen the largest building program in university history, including the Zeis Science and Multimedia Building, and the Wilma M. Sherrill Center, which houses the NC Center for Health and Wellness and Kimmel Arena. She received her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. An Asheville native, she is married to the award-winning author and publisher, Christopher Brookhouse.
WHAT: LAF's October 23, 2013 Critical Issues Luncheon
WHERE: The Country Club of Asheville, 170 Windsor Road
TIME: Food service begins at 11:45 am, program at 12:15 pm
COST: $18 for LAF members, $22 for nonmembers
Due to increased costs, members may no longer bring a non-member guest to the luncheon at no charge. However, members may still bring one non-member guest per year at the member rate of $18.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by Friday, Oct. 18th. RSVP to Nancy Williams, nwilliam@unca.edu, 250-2353 (email preferred).
Note: The Country Club of Asheville has a firm No Denim policy
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Family History: Organizing Your Roots Workshop
Dates: October 19, 2013 Times: 9 am - 4 pm
Instructor: Edith Garrett Fee: $55
Material Fee: $10/person payable to the instructor
Discovering the hidden gems of your family history can be the fun part of the journey, but organizing the information can be daunting. This class will help you tackle this part of the job and bring rewards for future generations. We will explore tips and tools for researching, organizing, and presenting genealogical information. This class requires familiarity with fa mily history research and experience with computers.
Edith Garrett
has been researching her family's history and working on other client projects since 2004. She is currently the volunteer manager of the bookstore at the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society and serves as Secretary/Treasurer for the Hawkins Family Association. Learn more about Edith at her website: www.edithgarrett.com
Open to the public. OLLI membership is not required to register.
For more information,click here for a link to view the workshop description and more information. Stop by the Center or call 828-251-6140 to register.
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Reuter Center Singers Director Chuck Taft In Concert 
Friday, October 25,
7 pm
First Baptist Church in Weaverville
"Autumn Splendor Plus a Tenor"
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