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October 30, 2015

• Alerts & Notices
• Tallwood Construction Postponed—Tallwood to Remain Open
• Fun Facts to Celebrate OLLI’s 25th Anniversary
• History Club to Explore History of Baseball
• Beginning French Class Plays "Jeopardy"
• Veterans Day Event is Filling Up Fast!
• Looking for a Travel Club Coordinator
• OLLI Mason Spirit Wear Pickup Dates
• Poet's Corner
• Arts & Music at George Mason
• Meetings & Clubs
• About OLLI E-News

Alerts & Notices

Purchase your raffle tickets from OLLI Development Committee members for a chance to win a one-year new or renewal OLLI membership. Prices are one ticket for $5, three tickets for $10 or seven tickets for $20. Tickets can be bought before and after fall term classes, and at special events. The winner will be chosen Dec 4 at the Holiday Party. The raffle is a Development Committee fundraiser.

State Senator David Marsden will answer our questions about local traffic issues on Monday, Dec 7 from 10-11:30 at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Sign up via the member portal for 1007BT. This OLLI event is open to the public and is not just for Marsden's constituents.

Wine and Cheese Tasting (event 987) will take place Thursday, Dec 10 from 12:30-2:30 at Church of the Good Shepherd. Sign up at the member portal.

Upcoming events at OLLI still have space! Sign-up via the member portal.

• Hello, Alice Faye, Hello!–Friday, Nov 6 from 1:30-3:30 in TA-1 (event 976)
• The B-29: The Plane that Ended World War II–Monday, Nov 9 from 11:50-1:15 in Loudoun (event 977)

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By Alice Slayton Clark, Communications Associate and Registrar

George Mason University informed OLLI this week that much-needed renovations to the Tallwood parking lot have been postponed. As a result, the Tallwood facility will remain open this fall and beyond, depending on when the work can be rescheduled—likely Summer 2016. Importantly, clubs, classes and special events will take place at Tallwood and other Fairfax venues as scheduled. Check the OLLI calendar for correct locations olli.gmu.edu.

As you may have heard, Mason has agreed to pay for regrading and repaving the Tallwood parking lot, which has been streaming water into TA1 for years. The sandbags around the building are not remnants of war, but an effort to divert the tidal surge from Roberts Road during rainstorms.

OLLI is hugely grateful to Mason for shouldering this important project and looks forward to rescheduling the work at a time that is least disruptive to OLLI functions. We will be sure to keep the OLLI membership aware of construction developments. Stay tuned and carry on!

By Ray Beery, Member, Board of Directors

In February 1993 the Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution “That…Commonwealth’s institutions of higher education be encouraged to support the establishment of Learning in Retirement Institutes and organizations.” The resolution was introduced by Delegate Ken Plum in the House and by co-sponsor Senator Joseph Gartlan in the Senate.

OLLI will celebrate its 25^th year of classes for seniors in 2016. We’ll be publishing fun facts and interesting milestones about the Institute each week that OLLI E-News is published from now through the end of the fall term, 2016.

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By Beth Lambert, History Club Coordinator

The History Club will meet on Wednesday, Nov 4 at 2:15 in TA-1. Bill Reader will give a presentation on “The Origins, Early History, and Impact of Baseball.” The topic is certainly timely and is calculated to generate a lot of discussion. Bill Reader’s presentations to the History Club, as well as his classes, are noted for the thoroughness with which he covers a subject.

As usual, all History Club members are welcome to bring a guest. Even better, all OLLI members are invited to History Club meetings, so if you are interested in the early history and impact of baseball, please join us.

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By Beverley Persell, Instructor

OLLI's Beginning French class experienced a new type of quiz on French history. Each student chose either a French person or French place and wrote a paragraph about their subject. Then the student wrote five questions about their subject. Their teacher, Madame Persell, typed the questions on index cards and taped them to the whiteboard in the classroom. The rules of the lesson were similar to the game of Jeopardy. Each student chose a question in a category of their choice and responded. If they were correct, they got a point. After all the students had participated and the questions had all been answered, the winner was declared, and prizes given. Anna Maria Hoeflinger, shown at right with Beverley, took first place.

The lesson is a good way for each student to learn about French history and to enjoy the process of participating in the game. Some of the categories were Louis Pasteur, Musée D'Orsay, Napoleon III, Jean Paul Sartre, Edith Piaf, Quasimodo, Victor Hugo, Descartes, Clemenceau, Lafayette and Versailles.

By Martha Powers, Board Member

If you haven’t already signed up for A Veteran’s Day Tribute: Honor Flight (special event 978), please hurry! Space is limited, and we are now expecting Herndon Community TV to cover the event, which is on Wednesday, Nov 11, from 1:45-3:45 in TA-1.

We will begin with the Fairfax Police Honor Guard and our national anthem, followed by a screening of the documentary Honor Flight, about veterans flying from the Midwest to visit the World War II memorial. Joining us for this event are three OLLI members who volunteer with Honor Flight at Dulles International Airport, and can answer your questions about this wonderful nonprofit program.

Calling all Travel Club members! Shelly Gersten, regretfully, is stepping down as chair of the Travel Club after seven wonderful years of leadership. This club engages in monthly discussions about exciting adventures and takes many fascinating day trips together (e.g. house and garden tours, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Walters Museum, Montpelier, Kennilworth Aquatic Gardens, Naval Academy, etc.). If you would like to take the helm of this fun group or would like further information, please contact Shelly Gersten at 703-385-2638 or [email protected].

By Lesley Bubenhofer, Development Committee Chair

Spirit wear purchases may be picked up in the Tallwood Annex on the following dates and times:

• Friday, Nov 6, 11:30 to 1:00
• Monday through Thursday, Nov 9-12, 11:30 to 1:30

Thank you for supporting the Friends of OLLI with your purchases.

Watch for new items and colors available for sale in the spring term.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,I enjoyed reading about Shirley Fox in the latest OLLI E-News. Shirley was an old-timer even when I joined LRI in 1999. Here is a picture of her, together with another early member, Michael Styles, taken at an April 2002 signing ceremony at the Center for the Arts. To quote the announcement, "The ceremony formally affirmed LRI's status with the University and the support that GMU and LRI were to provide to each other."


Other signing ceremony pictures are located at
http://www.olligmu.org/signing.html

Michael Coyne
OLLI (Loudoun Campus)

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Meetings & Clubs

The following list covering the next two weeks is extracted for your convenience from the master online calendar maintained by the office, with direct web links added when available. The list is accurate as of mid-week but to check anytime for the latest information, please view the latest forecast of upcoming events on our website (News/OLLI Calendar). Note: All OLLI members are welcome at, and encouraged to attend, meetings of the Board of Directors, committees and resource groups, kickoff coffees, etc. (bolded below).

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OLLI E-News was created by Rod Zumbro, who served as its editor from 2005 to 2013.

Editorial Staff
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Associate Editor: Sheri Siesseger
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