We Remember
Robert Bonadonna
May 29, 2014
George E. Stuart
June 11, 2014
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Advance Care Planning Workshop
Thursday, June 19, 7-9 pm
at the Reuter Center
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.
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Stories on Asheville's Front Porch
Presents
August Storytelling Performance of
True Stories Told Live
at the Reuter Center's
Manheimer Room
Theme: A Twist of Fate
Thursday, August 21, 7:15 pm
$10 at the door  Enjoy Storytellers: OLLI Members: Ann Karson, Dave Castel, Fran Fedor, Chuck Fink, James Hilderbrandt, Sarah Larson, Mike Sena,
and
Creator of the Jonesborough Storytelling Guild & Member of Asheville's Front Porch Board of Directors, David Joe Miller
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Audubon Society Meeting
Tuesday, June 17, 7 pm
Reuter Center 
Ocean Sustainability
A lecture by Dr. Ed Hauser
Climate change, habitat destruction, ocean acidification, and overfishing severely impact the ability of our oceans to support coral reefs, kelp beds, and fisheries. The implications are enormous for both human and bird life. Learn about the environmental issues affecting the ocean biome and what will be needed to alter negative trends. Dr. Hauser is a retired professor emeritus from the university system in Ohio and a board member of Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society.
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WNC 2014 Mountains Program
July 16 - August 22, 2014
 NC State University's Forestry & Environmental Outreach Program is co-sponsoring a series of four workshops for private forest landowners in Western NC. The series of workshops is titled, "Woodland Steward Series:
2014 Mountains Program."
This program is designed to empower forest landowners to manage their properties to promote environmental and forest health through increased awareness, experience and access to resources. The series takes place
July 16-August 22, 2014 at various locations in the Asheville area.
Each workshop will be a 1.5 day meeting led by natural resource and land management specialists, including both hands-on activities in the field and instruction in the classroom. Pre-registration and a modest fee are required. Landowners are encouraged to attend the full series of four workshops, but individual workshop registration is available.
Registration is offered online, by mail or by phone. Call Addie Thornton, 919-515-5065
addie_thornton@ncsu.edu
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Interested in OLLI Talk?
OLLITalk is an email distribution list available to OLLI members who choose to participate. It is a place to exchange general information, ask for and send recommendations or referrals about goods and services. If you are a current OLLI member and are interested in joining OLLITalk, just send your email request to be added to the distribution list to olli@unca.edu
And to view an archive of OLLITalk emails, click here. Enjoy!
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Dear OLLI Members,
Mark your calendar for our Advance Care Planning workshop on Thursday, June 19, 7 pm (and see further details in this newsletter). This is free and open to the public.
We look forward to having College for Seniors Summer 2014 courses start again tomorrow, Monday, June 16. We have had a number of new members join for the summer term, so please take extra care to greet your fellow OLLI members, new or returning. Our community of teachers and learners works best when we all share our passion for learning and create an inviting and welcoming environment.
Indeed when any member of our community passes away, we feel the loss. I want to take special notice of the loss of George Stuart. George was known here at OLLI for his stimulating College for Seniors courses on the Maya. He had held many positions with National Geographic, including Vice President for Research and Exploration, Senior Assistant Editor for Archaeology for National Geographic Magazine, and Chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration. He wrote both popular and scholarly books on the Maya and archaeology. But George, like many of our accomplished members and teachers, wore all of those impressive achievements lightly. We remember him not only for his intellect but for his kind and gentle manner, for his ready wit, and for his generous spirit. George's wife Melinda (whose courses and lectures are also celebrated here at OLLI) kept all of us informed about George's health in his final months. Melinda said that the Maya would say that George "entered his road" at death. We certainly valued having him as our guide and companion on our journey here.
Grateful for the many ways our work together gives us a sense of perspective and insight, Catherine Frank Executive Director |
Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events: 
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Around the Center
OLLI hosted a retirement reception for UNC Asheville's Chancellor Anne Ponder on June 5, 2014. Pictured (l-r) Larry Haas, Judy LaMee, Anne Ponder, Catherine Frank, and Jim Lenberg.
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Teach a Workshop &
Share Your Knowledge
New Deadline!
The OLLI Workshop Committee is seeking proposals for our 2015 program. We are looking for passionate and skilled individuals who would like to teach their favorite subject as a short, intensive, hands-on experience. Workshops are open to the general public (fee-based); you will be paid for your efforts.
Deadline for submitting 2015 workshop proposals is September 1, 2014.
You may find a Workshops Proposal form or a sample Workshop Proposal
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Volunteer Opportunity
The OLLI members who work behind the scenes to create our wonderful Member Socials, need helpers for the upcoming event July 16, 4:30 pm at the Reuter Center. Please contact Jeanne Smolkin if you are interested in helping with this event. Her contact info is 828-254-4789 or jsmolkin@gmail.com
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Reading of Three One-Act Plays
Please join us to celebrate the publication of The MemoryCare Plays
Date: Thursday,
June 26th
Time: 5-6:30 pm
includes reception followed by a staged reading and discussion of the one-act play Steering Into the Skid
Registration: This presentation is free, but registration is required due to limited space. To register please call 828-274-4801. When you hear the "Cisco" message enter extension 2249.
Signed copies of The MemoryCare Plays will be for sale at the event, with proceeds benefitting families affected by Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.
Click here to learn more.
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Field Trip to Jonesborough, TN
for a storytelling performance by nationally famous Bill Harley! Wednesday June 25, 2014
Meet at the Reuter Center at 11 am to carpool, have lunch in Jonesborough, TN and then go to a 2 pm performance at the beautiful Storytelling Center, Main Street
Call 800- 952-8392 for your tickets- $11.00
Email sarahlarso@gmail.com if you are coming and mention if you are willing to be a driver.
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Volunteer Opportunity
 The OLLI Membership Committee is looking for a few good men...or women! The committee would like to recruit new members to serve on the committee. The Membership Committee meets monthly with a mission to recruit and retain members though a variety of membership events, activities, and volunteering opportunities that help to build community. Click here to read more about the committee.
If you're interested in volunteering, contact
Kathleen Mainardi, kkmaindardi@gmail.com
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Tutor One Child. Change Two Lives.
 An exciting volunteer opportunity is coming up at the Literacy Council. From June 23--July 4 (July 4 is an optional review day), we are holding our annual Augustine Project tutor training. The Augustine Project is our tutoring program that works with children from low-income families who are reading, writing, or spelling below grade level. Since its inaugural year in 2005, this program has had a 100% success rate.
During the two-week training, volunteers will learn how to provide research-based reading instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, spelling & written expression. They will also learn about dyslexia and other learning differences.
After training, all tutors are matched with an elementary school or middle school student. They meet with their student at least twice per week for 50 minutes each session, for a total of at least 40 hours of instruction.
For information, contact Lily Contorer, Augustine Project Director, 828-254-3442 x202 lily@litcouncil.com
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40th Anniversary Season 
Catch the excitement of the 40th anniversary season of Southern Appalachian Repertory Theater featuring three world premiere plays, and two winners of past Scriptfest competitions.
Single seat ticket prices cost just $25. Single seat season subscription rates cost just $85. That's almost seeing one show free! Buy your tickets today.
Box office hours run 12-5 pm weekdays, Sunday 1-5 pm,
12-8 pm on performance days, and closed on Mondays. Order your tickets now.
Patrons requiring handicapped seating and/or wheelchair accessible seating please call the SART Box Office 828-689-1239. Join us at historic Owen Theater on the campus of Mars Hill University. Better Understand the Amish way of life with Larry Parr's "Shunned," June 4-22.
Enjoy the music of Hoagy Charmichael with "The Stardust Supper Club, June 25-July 13.
Empathize with a man returning to his Appalachian roots when his mother dies in "Promises" July 16-August 3.
Share family time after WW II in the new sequel "Smoke on the Mountains-Homecoming", August 6-10.
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OLLI Art Bazaar
 November 14-15, 2014Mark your calendar for this year's art bazaar. And if you are artistic and creative, please join the fun by becoming an exhibitor. Contact Leanna Preston, 828-232-5181, lpreston@unca.edu for more information. Click here for a registration form
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