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WHERE
CURIOSITY
NEVER
RETIRES
Courses and Activities | Spring 2020
MARCH 9 – MAY 28
OLLI at Penn State York REGISTRATION FOR MEMBERS BEGINS TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 AT 8:00 A.M.
REGISTRATION FOR NONMEMBERS BEGINS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, AT NOON
717-771-4015
olli@york.psu.edu
1031 Edgecomb Avenue • York, PA 17403
olli.york.psu.edu
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CONTENTS
Message from the Director 4
About OLLI 5
Membership, Registration, and General Information 6
Campus Map 9
Special Courses for Spring 10
Course Descriptions 11
Fridays with the Maestro 27
Trips and Special Events 28
Courses by Day 31
Course Registration Form 37
Member Benefits of OLLI 38
ARTWORK ON THE COVER
The artwork on the cover, Current Color- A Year on the River, was created by Diana Thomas. Thomas’ statement about
Current Color:
“The Current Color collection showcases a unique journey and a personal challenge to paint the Lower Susquehanna River,
one painting a week, for over a year. The challenge was meant to make painting more of a habit and not something at
the bottom of my ‘to do’ list. It seemed fitting to keep a weekly written record of the progress, the process of making
the art, and any particulars about the river itself. Little could I know that a horrible tragedy would strike our family within
that year when our daughter and son-in-law both lost their battle with substance overuse, nor could I have foreseen how
the metaphor of the constantly flowing river would comfort and soothe my grieving soul. Now that I’ve had several
opportunities to show this body of work, I realize the end result was not meant for me alone. The peace and comfort
Current Color has brought to many others, also comforts me.”
Paintings on cover, left, “Pequea,” right, “Even the Moon Cried.” Thomas is instructing two courses for OLLI this semester.
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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
While it is always refreshing to start a new year, 2019 was a wonderful year at OLLI.
This past fall semester there were 3,242 enrollments in OLLI courses, 841 more
than fall 2018. This is due to several factors, including an increase in courses held
on Thursdays and Fridays, an increase in overall membership, and Penn State York
allowing us to use larger rooms for courses that exceeded the capacity of what our
regular OLLI classroom can accommodate. Many of our new members immediately
became active by attending multiple courses, social events, and Special Interest
Groups (SIGs.) In addition, our OLLI veterans, those who have been here since
2008, continue to participate in all that OLLI has to offer. It is a pleasure to see so
many smiling OLLI faces in the Penn State York hallways.
As always, our Curriculum Committee has developed a magnificent semester of courses for the spring.
The New Social: Understanding the Basics of Facebook and Twitter, The York Fair: Past, Present, and
Future, Drawing Basics, Lincoln and “The Boys,” Mass Migrations Over the Ages, The Young Bob Dylan,
and trips to Annapolis and the Glencairn Museum are just a sample of what is planned. Thank you to the
Curriculum Committee for working tirelessly to bring these courses to OLLI and to the more than eighty
volunteer instructors who will teach this semester. Our courses are engaging, informative, and provide a
unique experience for both the student and instructor. There are no tests, no grades, no homework - only
the joy of learning and a unique opportunity to connect with peers. I hope you take full advantage of OLLI
this semester.
Last, if you don’t already volunteer, please consider giving back to OLLI with a few hours each month.
Volunteers are the heart of OLLI and as our organization grows, so too must our pool of volunteers. Please
reach out to the office if you’d like to explore volunteer opportunities.
Please remember that OLLI has moved for a few months as our building is undergoing replacement of
the HVAC system. The OLLI office is now located in room 117 on the bottom floor of the Pullo Family
Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center.) OLLI courses will also be held in The Pullo Center this semester.
Please see Membership, Registration, and General Information in this catalog for specific information
about parking and classrooms.
Cordially,
Jennifer Geubtner-May
OLLI at Penn State York now has a Facebook page that is regularly updated.
Go ahead and “Follow” us! @OLLIPennStateYork
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ABOUT OLLI
ABOUT OLLI
For adults who never stop experiencing life, there is a place and a community
that celebrates learning in a relaxed and accepting environment. We invite
you to join us in a learning adventure through the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute at Penn State York (OLLI at Penn State York). OLLI is open to all
adults who love to learn.
Founders of The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Penn State York
through the efforts of three like-minded women (clockwise from left, the
late Charmaine Kissinger, Olive Padden and the late Gussie Petron) and
several other volunteers, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
initiated an association with Penn State York. Courses began in April 2008.
What is OLLI at Penn State York?
OLLI at Penn State York was established to enrich the lives of mature adults
living in York County by providing a variety of educational and social activities. We are one of more than 124
Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes across the nation that is partially supported by an endowment from the
Bernard Osher Foundation. All OLLI’s share two principles: (1) that courses should be for the love of learning,
no tests, homework, or stress, and (2) that volunteers are the heart of the organization.
How does OLLI at Penn State York work?
OLLI at Penn State York is a membership organization. Members may participate in any of the OLLI activities,
which include courses, trips, social activities, and Special Interest Groups (SIGs.) OLLI activities usually take
place during the day and are held on the Penn State York campus.
What are the fees for OLLI at Penn State York?
Because OLLI at Penn State York is largely volunteer-driven, the fees are kept low. Membership dues are $50
per year and are required for many courses. OLLI members’ course and event fees vary according to the length
in sessions, cost of course materials, and sometimes due to admission tickets. See course descriptions for
fee details. Single-session courses are $8 for members. Nonmembers may take up to three one-session
courses for $15 a course. After three courses as a nonmember, you must become an OLLI member to continue
to take courses in the fall and spring semesters. Bus trips costs range from approximately $65 to $110 and
are open to members and nonmembers.
What does volunteer-driven mean?
OLLI at York has two full-time staff, a director and an administrative assistant. OLLI members who volunteer,
as well as our volunteer instructors, are the reason OLLI continues to thrive while keeping fees low. OLLI
members can choose from a variety of volunteer opportunities. For example, they may instruct a course,
serve on a committee, as a course coordinator, or in a leadership position. Participation is flexible, allowing
members to contribute as their schedules permit. If you are interested in volunteering with OLLI, see page 20
with volunteer opportunities or call our office, 717-771-4015.
Disclaimers
Individuals acknowledge and assume all risk associated with participation in OLLI activities. OLLI makes
no representation regarding the appropriateness of any activity for an individual. OLLI disclaims any and
all liability for each individual’s participation in said activities. If a program involves physical activity,
participants are responsible for wearing the proper attire and using the proper equipment (if applicable.) It is
highly recommended that participants consult their physician before participating in physical activity. OLLI
disclaims all liability for each individual’s participation in any program that involves physical activity. OLLI at
Penn State York provides a venue for classes; the content, views and opinions of the instructors are their own
and do not necessarily represent the views of OLLI at Penn State York, The Pennsylvania State University, or
the OSHER Foundation.
OLLI at Penn State York reserves the right to take photographs or videos during the operation of any program
and to use them, whether taken by a representative of OLLI at Penn State York or by other participants, for
promotional purposes. By enrolling in an OLLI at Penn State York course or event, participants agree to allow
their images to be used in such photography. Participants who prefer that their images not be used are asked
to contact the OLLI at Penn State York office at 717-771-4015.
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MEMBERSHIP, REGISTRATION, AND GENERAL INFORMATION
Membership
1. OLLI membership: Dues are $50 a year on a rolling basis. A membership is valid for 365 days from the day you join. Membership can
be renewed no sooner than 30 days before your current membership expires. Instructions on becoming a member or renewing your
membership online are detailed below.
a. Membership enables members to pay a reduced price ($8) for most single-session courses. Membership also entitles
you to other benefits highlighted on page 38.
b. Nonmembers may take up to three one-session courses for $15 a course. After three courses as a nonmember, you must
become an OLLI member to continue to take courses in the fall and spring semesters.
2. Becoming a member or renewing membership. To ensure signature of the Pennsylvania State University Liability Waiver, annual
membership purchases can be completed in one of two ways:
a. To become a new member or renew your membership online:
i. Go to our website, olli.york.psu.edu
ii. Click the Membership tab
iii. If you are new, create a User Name and Password. PLEASE WRITE IT DOWN AND SAVE IT.
iv. If you are renewing membership, login at the top right of your screen. Click the red Select.
v. You must click the “I have read and agree…” box under Terms of Use.
vi. Select New Card if you have never paid by credit card with OLLI and complete all of the information. Select Save
This Card so OLLI can automatically refund your card for dropped or cancelled courses.
vii. Select Submit
b. To become a new member or renew your membership offline:
i. Complete the membership information on the Course Registration Form inside this brochure.
ii. With payment included, mail it to the Penn State address on the form or bring it to our office.
c. Annual Memberships CANNOT be purchased by phone.
d. New policy: Your renewed membership card will not be sent via mail. Instead, as you renew your membership over the
next 12 months, the OLLI office will create a new membership card which will also serve as a name tag. This card should
be kept in an OLLI lanyard (provided by OLLI) that you should wear to all OLLI events. After you renew your membership,
just stop by the OLLI office before your next course to pick up your lanyard and card.
3. How do I know when to renew my membership? There are three easy ways:
a. Look on your current membership card. It will always have your membership expiration date.
b. OLLI will send you an email approximately 30 days before your membership expires.
c. You can also:
i. Go to our website, olli.york.psu.edu.
ii. Once logged in, in the top right of the screen you will see, Hello (Your Name.) Beside your name is an icon of a
gear. Click the gear.
iii. You will be taken to a page that will have My Account in a red box on the left of your screen. Click My Account.
The My Account page contains your address, email, etc.
iv. Scroll to the bottom of this page. You will see Contacts, Addresses, My Registrations… Click on Memberships
and it will show you the start and end date of your current membership.
Registration
1. Registration is required prior to all courses. Walk-ins are not allowed.
2. OLLI members may register for courses two weeks prior to nonmembers.
Registration for spring 2020 begins:
a. Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. for members.
b. Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at noon for nonmembers.
3. Course fees are detailed in Course Offerings under each course.
4. How to register for courses
Online
a. Go to our website, olli.york.psu.edu
b. On the Home (first) page, scroll to the bottom. Click on the red button, Register for Courses Online.
c. Login with your Username and Password at the top right of your screen.
d. On the left, under Search Options, choose the following:
i. Select Semester: Spring 2020
ii. Medium and Program Type: Keep both at Any
iii. Day: *This is a new feature. You can search for courses by day of the week.
iv. If you do not want to search by day of the week, just select the red Search button under Programs/Bundles and
all courses will be listed alphabetically.
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v. Select Register for a course you want.
vi. If you want to register for more courses, select Continue. This will take you back to the list of courses where
you can register for additional courses. If you look at the top of your screen, to the left of your name is a small
shopping cart. As you add courses for the semester, this number will reflect how many courses you are
registered for. Example: If you registered for three courses, a “3” will be beside the cart.
vii. After you have registered for your last course, select Checkout.
viii. The next page will have a list of the courses that you would like to register for.
ix. You must click the “I have read and agree…” box under Terms of Use and then press Continue.
x. Select New Card if you have never paid by credit card with OLLI and complete all of the information. Select Save
This Card so OLLI can automatically refund your card for dropped or cancelled courses.
xi. Click Continue.
xii. The courses you have registered for will be on the next page. It will also say, “Click here for a printable page for
your records” if you would like to print a copy for yourself.
Offline
a. Mail a Course Registration Form to the Penn State address on the form. Make your check out to Penn State, not OLLI. Do not
send registration forms to the OLLI York office, your registration will be delayed by a week. (Course Registration Form is located
at the back of this catalog.)
b. If you hand-deliver your registration to the York OLLI, you must pay by check to Penn State, our office cannot accept credit cards
or cash.
5. Course Confirmation: You can keep track of your courses in three ways.
a.Immediately after you register, the online registration system will automatically send you an email for each course that you are
registered. Save these emails.
b.You can print a list of all your courses on one page during registration. (See How to Register for Courses/d/xii)
c.If you do not have a computer, you can request that the OLLI office print a copy of your courses for you.
6. Cancellation
a.Refunds for courses will be given in the form of credit only, no cash. Credit will only be given if you call the office at least one
week before the start of the course.
b.For a refund, multi-session courses must be cancelled for all sessions. Cancellation (with refund) for particular sessions is not
allowed.
c.Because we must pay our tour/bus company based on the number of participants that originally register, refunds for bus trips will
only be given if you call the office one month in advance of the trip.
d.At the end of each semester, all credits will be given back to you. If you registered with a credit card, you will receive a refund soon
after you cancel a course. If you paid by check, you will receive a check shortly after the semester ends.
7. Wait list: We are attempting to decrease the number of individuals who are put on a wait list. However, this will still occur at times. If
you cannot attend a course for which you are registered, please call and let us know so we may add someone from the wait list. If you
are on a wait list and a seat opens, our office will email and call the first on the list. If we do not get a response in 48 hours, we will call
the next person on the list.
8. Classroom Directions: All of our spring 2020 courses will be held in the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center.)
Whether you enter the building near the box office (if you park in the upper lot) or if you enter on the ground floor (if you park in back
of The Pullo Center off of Rathton Road,) there will be signs that have daily courses, times, and locations. Please read these signs and
follow the arrows to your classroom. All classrooms are accessible by elevator in The Pullo Center.
General Information
1. The OLLI office cannot accept cash or credit cards for any course, tour, or event. Only checks are accepted if you wish to pay in person.
2. Using a credit card for OLLI courses, events, tours, and membership online. In the previous sections, instructions have been given
to assist you in registering for courses and renewing your membership using a credit card. We accept Mastercard, Visa, AMEX, and
Discover. We have begun to encourage this for numerous reasons:
a. When you enter your credit card online within our system and select Save this Card, you never have to do it again unless
you cancel or get a new card.
b. If you cancel a course (within seven days of the course start) you will receive a refund automatically to your credit card.
c. Your registration is not delayed by traveling through the mail to the University Park office.
d. Since we will only hold credits for one semester, refunding through a credit card, versus mailing checks, saves time and
money for OLLI.
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3. Classroom etiquette:
a. Cell phones off
b. No fragrances
c. Sign in with coordinator
d. Respect others’ rights to hold opinions and beliefs that differ from your own.
e.Complete evaluation form
f.Thank your instructor
g.Wait to have personal conversations until after
4. Parking: OLLI at Penn State York is fortunate that our members do not have to pay a fee for parking. You are simply asked to place a
yellow OLLI parking pass on your dashboard. Each year when you renew your membership, you can pick up your membership card and
a parking pass in the OLLI office.
Construction for the Graham Center for Innovation and Collaboration will continue to take some of the upper parking lot until summer
2020. All of our spring 2020 courses will be held in the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center. Therefore,
a.If your course is scheduled for the Rehearsal Room, the upper lot is most accessible to this room. If this lot is full, parking in the
lower lot behind The Pullo Center (off of Rathton Road) will bring you to the ground floor where you can access an elevator to the
top floor and the Rehearsal Room.
b.If your course is scheduled for Room 114, parking in the lower lot behind The Pullo Center is most accessible to this room.
c.If you are coming to the OLLI office, parking in the lower lot behind The Pullo Center is most accessible to our office.
5. Inclement weather: If Penn State York cancels classes, OLLI classes are cancelled. If Penn State York is on a two-hour delay, the 9:00
a.m. class is cancelled, but the 11:00 a.m. (and after) classes will be held pending the ability of the instructor to get here safely. It is
your responsibility to check the following if there is inclement weather:
a. OLLI at Penn State York’s Facebook page, @OLLIPennStateYork
b. Our website, olli.york.psu.edu
c. Penn State York website, york.psu.edu
d. WSBA 910 AM
e. WGAL 8 television station
f. In the event of a two-hour delay, an email will be sent to all 11:00 a.m. class registrants informing them if the instructor is
holding the class. A post will also be made on Facebook.
6. Illness: If you have an active cold, cough or fever, please stay home and take care of yourself. Help prevent the spread of illness.
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CAMPUS MAP KEY CLASS LOCATIONS
1. Pullo Family Performing Arts 6. Edward M. Elias Science CC — Penn State York Conference
Center / Lee R. Glatfelter Library Building/ Continuing Education Center, Main Classroom Building
2. John J. Romano Administration 7. Bradley Building/Alumni ELIAS — Edward M. Elias Science
Building / Nittany Success Relations/ Development/ Building
Center / Ralph G. and Madeline Graham Center for GRUMBACHER — M.S. Grumbacher
B. Swenson Engineering Center Entrepreneurial Leadership Information Science and
/ Safety and Security Office Studies Technology Center
3. Main Classroom Building / 8. Athletic Field MAIN — Main Classroom Building
Admissions / Advising and 9. Tennis Courts PULLO — Pullo Family Performing
Career Development / Bursar 10. NCAA Soccer Field Arts Center
Office / Conference Center / 11. Penn State Woods / Walking ROMANO — John J. Romano
Registrar Office Trail / Pavilion Administration Building
4. Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student 12. Hoffman Field #5 RUHL — Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student
Community Center 13. Maintenance Building/Student Community Center
5. M.S. Grumbacher Information 14. Affairs/Student Aid
Sciences and Technology
Center / Bookstore
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WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE OFFERINGS
THIS SEMESTER!
BRIDGING THE TWO-MILE GAP WITH EDUCATION AND DIALOGUE
OLLI received a grant from York County Community Foundation’s Hahn Home Fund for Embracing Aging and we will
offer three courses as part of this grant. “Bridging the Two-Mile Gap with Education and Dialogue” includes partnering
with the York County Literacy Council (YCLC) and the White Rose Senior Center (WRSC.) Both organizations are less
than two miles from OLLI, yet we have never collaborated to serve the community. Both partners have much more
diverse elderly populations than OLLI, and partnership would benefit members of all organizations through events that
encourage gerodiversity, with the intent to increase all participants’ quality of life. Courses are FREE but with limited
availability.
Exploring the Impact of ‘Isms in Our Society
Alive Inside: The Power of Music
A third course will be offered in fall 2020.
You can find these within the Course Offerings on the following pages, within the day of the week that they will be held.
OLLI AT WINDY HILL ON THE CAMPUS
OLLI has partnered with Windy Hill on the Campus Senior Center for four courses this semester.
Hex Murders and Trials of 1928-1929
Mildred Pierce, An American Film (1945)
The United States Correctional System: Past, Present, and Future
York County Family Bibles
You can find these courses within the Course Offerings on the following pages, within the day of the week that they
will be held. Course fees remain the same, $8 for OLLI members, $15 for nonmembers.
For courses that are held at 11:00 a.m., Windy Hill invites you to have lunch at their center after class at 12:30. For
courses held at 1:00, Windy Hill invites you to have lunch before your course at noon. There is no cost for lunch,
donations only.
Windy Hill is located at:
1472 Roth’s Church Road, Suite 103
Spring Grove, PA 17362
If you register for a course at Windy Hill, specific directions will be emailed to you.
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SPRING 2020
MONDAY COURSES
Classrooms: Place: Pullo 114
Room 114, Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (Pullo 114) Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Rehearsal Room, The Pullo Family Performing Arts Center
(Rehearsal Room) Will Clark is the chief of transportation planning for the York
County Planning Commission and has over twenty years’
CIGAR LABELS, BOXES, ADVERTISING, AND PATENTS experience working with PENNDOT, Rabbittransit and Federal
York County was a major producer of cigars from the late Highway to improve the transportation decision-making
1800s through the 1960s. Cigar labels from the 19th century process in York County. He has served on many statewide
were printed using stone committees over his career. Will has a geography degree from
lithography and have the University of Maryland and lives in the City of York.
become a highly
collectable form of fine EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF ‘ISMs IN OUR SOCIETY
art and history. Learn As our communities continue to evolve, it is important for us
about the role cigar to think critically about the existing systems and structures
advertising played in that create barriers. This involves learning about what life is
creating desirable brands like for other people and beginning to change to support one
and demand. In this class another. This course will explore the ‘isms that exists in our
we will share collections society and address how to change them.
of vintage labels, boxes, and a box of 19th century cigars
made in York County. Date: Monday, March 16
Time: 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Date: Monday, March 9 Place: United Way Building, RJW Community Room, 800 E.
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. King St. (entrance is off S. Sherman.)
Place: Pullo 114 Fee: Free, Courtesy of Funding from York County Community
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Foundation’s Hahn Home Fund for Embracing Aging. YOU
MUST REGISTER.
Lance Grove was born and raised in Red Lion, Pennsylvania,
and is a lifelong resident of the area. He spent a forty-year Melissa Plotkin is the Director of the I.D.E.A.S. Center, a central
career in health care in various capacities from paramedic hub for diversity and inclusion information, training, and
to systems quality, research, and data management. His resources. Melissa has twenty-three years of experience in
passion for history came from his mother who was the family facilitating presentations, training, and program development.
genealogist and historian. Both his maternal and paternal She is part of the planning committee for the Confronting
lineage date back to the mid-1700s in southeastern York Racism Coalition, co-facilitates Leadership for Diverse
county and were involved in farming, business, and owned one Schools (a collaborative with Leadership York,) runs the York
of the largest cigar businesses in Red Lion from the 1920s JCC Diversity Advisory Council and serves on several school
through 1980. districts’ diversity committees.
TRANSPORTATION TRENDS IN YORK COUNTY (SAFETY, YORK’S QUEST FOR FREEDOM
CONGESTION, BUS RIDERSHIP, PAVEMENT AND BRIDGE York County, PA, is one area in the United States that represents
CONDITION, TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, FLOODED ROADS) the quest for freedom from America’s humble beginning to the
The transportation industry is full of data elements. Data is present. The events that took place in York, the people who
extremely helpful for transportation decision makers, but came to York for the purpose of freedom, along with native
a routine evaluation provides a direction greater than an Yorkers, have given us the freedom we enjoy here and across
individual snapshot of data. The York Area Metropolitan our country. But how can the country appreciate our rich
Planning Organization (YAMPO) is the local decision-making contribution to freedom if even York Countians are unaware of
body for transportation improvements. YAMPO reviews several our past mega heroes and events?
documents on an annual basis that investigate the benefits of
safety projects, the condition of the roads and bridges, transit Date: Monday, March 16
ridership and flooded roadways. We will review some of the Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
data and see which commonly driven roads are included on Place: Pullo 114
the watch list. Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Date: Monday, March 9 Terry Bluett is educated and certified by the Pennsylvania Past
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. Players Traveled, representing the Commonwealth in telling
OLLI YORK SPRING 2020 | 11our civil war history as first person J. W. Gitt from Hanover role has evolved; and now there is greater appreciation of
(1821-98). He is a storyteller on Steaming into History since their contributions as hostess, policy, advocate, political
2013 and has instructed several OLLI programs. campaigner, and more. Learn their place in history and some
little-known aspects about their lives.
IN SEARCH OF BALANCE: A DISCUSSION ABOUT PROBLEM
GAMBLING Date: Monday, March 30
Gambling can be a fun diversion for adults of any age. The Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
great majority of people gamble responsibly, but the pastime Place: Pullo 114
can certainly turn into a problem. By the most basic definition, Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
people with a gambling problem are those who risk more than
they can afford to lose. Many seniors realize they’re in trouble Dr. Carol Nechemias is retired from thirty-five years of teaching
when they start gambling away rent and prescription money, at the university level, primarily at Penn State Harrisburg.
but some do not. This workshop will talk about the signs and During this time, she taught upper division, undergraduate
symptoms of problem gambling and resources to support courses on women and politics/gender as well an introductory
loved ones with this concern. course on women’s studies. She has published scholarly
material on women in state legislatures in the United States.
Date: Monday, March 23
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CLIMATE AND HEALTH
Place: Pullo 114 The climate is changing, and our health is suffering on many
Fee: FREE, but you must register fronts. This course documents the science of climate change
over the eons and the changes we have been and are seeing
Cecilia Keesey has twenty-four years of experience working today. Our only hope for future generations is to decrease our
with youth and their families at Children’s Home of York. fossil fuel use now and increase our energy efficiency and
She has spent the last five years working in their prevention renewable use.
department.
Date: Monday, April 6
SPRING BOOK CLUB Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
This semester’s book selections are: Place: Pullo 114
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg - A favorite author
writes a moving novel about three people who find their way Dr. Alan Peterson is the emeritus director of environmental
back from loss and loneliness to a different kind of happiness and community medicine of Lancaster General Health, having
- Arthur, a widower, Maddy, a troubled teenager, and Lucille, a been in family medicine teaching and treating for more than
nosy neighbor. forty years. He has been a clinical assistant professor of
Temple University, The Pennsylvania State University, and the
Still Life by Louise Penny - The first in a series of mysteries that University of Pennsylvania. He has received the American Lung
take place in a tiny town in Quebec near the Vermont border. Association’s national volunteer excellence award.
You will fall in love with the characters in these books and
drool over the food descriptions. THE YORK FAIR: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Come to this class to find out about the York Fair then, now,
Becoming by Michele Obama - In her memoir, a work of deep and what’s to come.
reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama
invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that Date: Monday, April 6
have shaped her -- from her childhood on the south side of Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands Place: Pullo 114
of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she
describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public Bryan Blair is the CEO of the York Fair. Leon Butler is a past
and private, telling her full story as she has lived it, in her own treasurer and board member of the York Fair.
words and on her own terms
HISTORY OF BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP IN RED LION
Date: Monday, March 23; April 20 and May 18 Red Lion became a business community in southeastern York
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. County that experienced major economic growth in the late
Place: Pullo 114 19th century through the mid-20th century through several
Fee: $24 members only key agricultural industries. Food production and processing,
cigar production, furniture and woodworking, and tool and die
Pat McGrath is an inveterate reader and has led the OLLI book industries. These businesses thrived through the depression,
group for many years. growth of unionization, two world wars, and the industrialization
in America. There is a lot to be learned from the history of
FIRST LADIES: MORE THAN A DRESS! this transition from diverse family farm products and trades to
For decades tourists have flocked to the Smithsonian to see the growth of a community that thrived economically through
the gowns of our first ladies. Our understanding of their leadership, industrialization, and business growth.
12 | OLLI YORK SPRING 2020Date: Monday, April 13 Date: Monday, April 27
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Place: Pullo 114 Place: Pullo 114
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Lance Grove was born and raised in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, and Randy Parker is the editor at the York Daily Record, where
is a lifelong resident of the area. He spent a forty-year career in he has worked since 1989. At the time of the Darisabel
health care in various capacities from paramedic to systems video production, Parker was news editor and was involved
quality, research, and data management. His passion for in the final stages of production. Jason Plotkin worked as a
history came from his mother who was the family genealogist visual journalist in York for twenty-four years before taking a
and historian. Both his maternal and paternal lineage date position as a visual storyteller at Penn State Health Milton S.
back to the mid-1700s in southeastern York county and were Hershey Medical Center. Plotkin was the lead journalist on
involved in farming, business, and owned one of the largest the Darisabel project.
cigar businesses in Red Lion from the 1920s through 1980.
THE YORK COUNTY ACADEMY: YORK’S FIRST CLASSICAL
VACCINATIONS: WHICH ONES YOU NEED AND WHY YOU SCHOOL
STILL NEED THEM Karen Rice-Young will discuss the roots of the York County
This course will briefly discuss the history of vaccines, the way Academy founded by St. John’s Episcopal Church in 1787 and
they work and our ongoing development of new ones to protect us its evolution throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
as we age. We will discuss scientifically based recommendations
for them with special emphasis on which ones are necessary for Date: Monday, April 27
seniors and why. Note: failure to sign up for this program could be Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
injurious to your health. Place: Pullo 114
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Date: Monday, April 20
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m. Karen Rice-Young has a B.A. in history from York College of
Place: Pullo 114 Pennsylvania. She has worked at the library at York College of
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Pennsylvania since 1995 where she is currently the manager
of archives and special collections.
Rob Fawcett spent thirty-five years in the communities of York
and Hanover practicing medicine and teaching new physicians ANNA DILL GAMBLE: THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
until his retirement five years ago. He strongly believes in IN YORK COUNTY
preventative medicine, with vaccines being a significant As chair of the York County Women’s Suffrage Campaign,
component. Anna Dill Gamble organized an impressive array of local
women. This program outlines their numerous programs and
CREATE AND PRINT MEMORY BOOK WITH YOUR OWN PHOTOS strategies.
Two instructors will present brief demonstrations on how
to create and print books using one’s own photos. After the Date: Monday, May 4
demonstrations, participants will have time to download free Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
programs into their computers (Apple or PCs) and begin to Place: Pullo 114
create books from their own uploaded photos. These books Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
can then be ordered online for printing (at the participant’s
expense). Presenters will circulate to help as needed. June Lloyd has a B.A. in history from York College Of
* PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO BRING A LAPTOP COMPUTER Pennsylvania, an M.A. in American studies from Penn State
TO CLASS, ONE WILL NOT BE PROVIDED FOR YOU. Harrisburg, and is a Librarian Emerita for the York County
History Center. She has written newspaper articles, blogs, and
Date: Monday, April 20 presented many programs on York County history.
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Place: Pullo 114 “DON’T SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONE:” THE SECRET AT THE
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers HEART OF ST. MARK’S GOSPEL
The Gospel of Mark is the oldest of the four gospels in the New
Linette Mansberger and Carla Kolasa are retired elementary Testament. This class will provide an overview of the gospel
education teachers. Both have photography experience, and and, in particular, will explore what scholars have referred to
both have created numerous books with their photos through as Mark’s Messianic Secret. Mark’s gospel insists that Jesus
the online process. has much to teach his followers, but unless one understands
his victory through suffering and death, one cannot truly
CARRYING DARISABEL: A TRAGIC DEATH AND THE FIRST understand him or know who he is.
RESPONDERS IT INSPIRED
When two-year-old Darisabel Baez was brutally murdered by Date: Monday, May 4 and May 11
her mother’s boyfriend, journalists from the York Daily Record Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
worked for more than a year to share her story through the Place: Pullo 114
eyes of the first responders whose lives were changed forever. Fee: $16, members only
OLLI YORK SPRING 2020 | 13Robert Driesen is a graduate of Towson University, with a B.S.,
and M.Ed. He graduated from Lutheran Theological Seminary
at Gettysburg with a master of divinity. He was a parish pastor,
1979-2007 and then Bishop of the Upper Susquehanna Synod,
Evangelical Lutheran church in America from 2007-17. Robert
is a past president of the Pennsylvania council of churches and
a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Celebrated Coming in the Fall
Lifetime Ministry in 2017. LIGHTER AS WE GO
Along with Penn State undergraduate students,
YORK COUNTY FAMILY BIBLES
Family bibles are a common item in many York County homes spend the fall semester discussing current
from the earliest arrivals settling this area. The most read research on happiness, aging, and well-being.
book in the world is the Bible. According to the Bible Society,
recent estimates conclude that more than five billion copies Together in intergenerational small groups we
were printed since 1815. We will discuss a brief history of will compare experiences on what it means to
family bibles and their origins. Several examples of York family grow as a human being, how to form habits to
bibles will be displayed and the important role they played in
York County history will be discussed. help us become the person
we would like to be, and how
Date: Monday, May 18 to help others do the same.
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Place: Windy Hill Senior Center This very special OLLI course
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers has some fixed and some
* Note that this course will be held at Windy Hill Senior Center, flexible components. Cost will be comparable to
address is on page 10 of this catalog. Specific directions will
be emailed to course registrants. other OLLI multi-session courses.
We will spend one class period per
Lance Grove was born and raised in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, and
is a lifelong resident of the area. He spent a forty-year career week in the classroom on campus (8 weeks,
in healthcare in various capacities from paramedic to systems August 24- October 16.) Join an interest group
quality, research, and data management. His passion for to do community outings with students; these
history came from his mother who was the family genealogist
and historian. Both his maternal and paternal lineage date dates and times will be set to your group’s
back to the mid-1700s in southeastern York county and were convenience. If you prefer, just come to class
involved in farming, business, and owned one of the largest to participate in weekly discussions. You will
cigar businesses in Red Lion from the 1920s through 1980.
also have the option to continue your experience
as a project consultant for a second 8 weeks
(October 19- December 18.) Choose your
If you come to the OLLI office involvement! This course will be featured in
to pay for a course, trip, or OLLI’s Fall 2020 catalog. Call with questions or
event, we only accept checks.
We are not able to accept cash to receive more details. Amber Seidel, 717-771-
or credit cards for anything. 4029 or ajs49@psu.edu.
Classroom Directions:
All of our spring courses will be held in The Pullo Center. Whether you enter the building near the Rehearsal
Room (parking in top lot) or you enter on the ground floor (parking in back of The Pullo Center,) there will be
signs that have daily courses, times, and locations.
14 | OLLI YORK SPRING 2020TUESDAY COURSES
THE ABC’s OF THE LGBTQIA LANGUAGE BECOME A DEMENTIA FRIEND IN PENNSYLVANIA
The letters of L, G, B, and T are well known to many in our Developed by the Alzheimer’s Society in the United Kingdom,
community, but language around identity has expanded and the Dementia Friends initiative is underway in Pennsylvania.
continues to grow. The language used to describe the gender This session will help you understand what dementia is and
and sexuality spectrums has grown, with new terms becoming how it affects people by covering five key messages about
more prominent. dementia and then turning that understanding into practical
action. Upon completion of this session, you will be recognized
Date: Tuesday, March 10 as a Dementia Friend in Pennsylvania.
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Place: Rehearsal Room Date: Tuesday, March 17
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Place: Rehearsal Room
Join Melissa Plotkin, director of the I.D.E.A.s Center along with Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
volunteers from the LGBTQIA Resource Center of York to learn
more about the importance of language around gender and Jennifer Holcomb enjoys working with people in varying
sexuality and being a better ally. stages of Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias.
She currently oversees the memory care program at Cross
NUCLEAR POWER: THE FUTURE WE MUST HAVE Keys Village in New Oxford, Pennsylvania.
This class will compare and contrast all low carbon options:
capacities, costs, and impacts. TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY IN THE UNITED
STATES: SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 17, and 24 America has had a long history of combating terrorism. From
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. anarchist inspired to Moros to contemporary right wing and
Place: Rehearsal Room Islamic fundamental extremism, our nation has struggled with
Fee: $24 members only maintaining public safety while preserving our constitutional
rights. We have also dealt with foreign agents and mass
Richard Bono is an environmentalist and a York Daily Record murder; the perpetrators of which may not be politically
columnist on nuclear power. He is an adviser for “Clean Jobs motivated. Each era teaches crucial lessons which may aid us
for PA,” and co-founder of York County Farm & Natural Lands in preparing for the next wave of terror. The only thing new is
Trust. the history we haven’t learned.
MILDRED PIERCE: AN AMERICAN FILM (1945) Date: Tuesday, March 17
When Mildred Pierce’s (Joan Crawford) wealthy husband Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
leaves her for another woman, she decides to raise her two Place: Rehearsal Room
daughters on her own. Despite Mildred’s financial successes in Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
the restaurant business her oldest daughter, Veda (Ann Blyth),
resents her mother for degrading their social status. In the Chris Hertig taught college for twenty-eight years and was a
midst of a police investigation after the death of her second nuclear security training administrator for three years. He has
husband (Zachery Scott) Mildred must evaluate her own published hundreds of articles, books, reviews, and columns.
freedom and her complicated relationship with her daughter. Hertig is a member of the York History Writers Roundtable,
In 1996 Mildred Pierce was deemed “culturally, historically or ASIS International, and is on the board of the International
aesthetically significant” and selected for preservation in the Foundation for Protection Officers. He is a past president of
United States Library of Congress National Film Registry. the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators.
Date: Tuesday, March 10 CAN A JEWISH STATE LIVE TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE WITH
Time: 1:00-3:15 p.m. DEMOCRACY? ISRAEL AS A CASE STUDY.
Place: Windy Hill Senior Center Israel was founded in 1948 as a Jewish state and yet this is the
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers only democratic country in the Middle East. Mr. Fessler will
* Note that this course will be held at Windy Hill Senior Center, discuss the dilemmas and the conflicts between the two major
address is on page 10 of this catalog. Specific directions will pillars of Israel and analyze the declaration of independence
be emailed to course registrants. and the recent new law, “the national law -- Israel as a Jewish
State.”
Rich Santel has been facilitating a classic movie group for
OLLI since spring of 2012. Date: Tuesday, March 17 and 24
Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
OLLI YORK SPRING 2020 | 15Place: Rehearsal Room Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Fee: $16 members only * This course is being offered twice, choose one date for
registration.
Dani Fessler is the York Jewish Community Center CEO who
came to York from Israel after twenty years as the President Mikele Garfield-Stillman, who studied theater production,
and CEO of the Leo Baeck Education Center in Haifa, Israel. He helps coordinate the York County and Hanover Area Historical
holds a BA degree from the Haifa University in political science Society programs. She has presented many historical character
and history of the Jewish people. He served six years in the programs.
intelligence corps of the Israelis Defense Force. He has taught
the history of the Israeli-Arab conflict in the Middle East for THE CHALLENGE OF LETTING GO: FINDING BALANCE AND
many years. STRENGTH AS A LOVED ONE DECLINES
The issues of change curve, expectations, changing roles, how
HINKEY HAINES: YORK COUNTY’S TWO-SPORT STAR to deal with burnout, the crucial role of community support,
Only one man has ever played baseball on a team that won the the need to deal with feelings, the importance of vulnerability,
World Series and played on a team that won the championship and the timetable for healing will be discussed. Also included
of the National Football League -- and he’s from York County! are the importance of sacred space, spiritual resource, and
This the story of the incredible career of this accomplished creating plans - low goals, small steps. The presentation
and versatile athlete. leaves room for interaction with participants as they invariably
enrich the experience for everyone.
Date: Tuesday, March 24
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m. Date: Tuesday, March 31
Place: Rehearsal Room Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Place: Rehearsal Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Jim Loyer has an interest in sports and history. He began
researching to satisfy his own curiosity but found much Judith Bowen is a health care professional with forty-two years
more information than he expected and wound up making a of experience as an occupational therapist. She is a clinician
presentation to the Red Lion Area Historical Society. and an educator and was named as a Fellow in the American
Occupational Therapy Association. She has experience in all
IMAGINE WILD CAT GLEN IN ITS HEYDAY areas of health care including mental health and has significant
Beginning in 1870, and for the next half century, Wild Cat Glen experience in presenting workshops.
was the scenic wonder of York County. Imagine a time when
three resorts were located there, when the rich and famous FROM PANDA HUGGERS TO DRAGON SLAYERS: THE
visited to partake of resort activities, especially an excursion DRASTIC CHANGES IN THE CHINA-US RELATIONSHIP
to Wild Cat Falls. DURING THE TRUMP ERA
The speaker will review the fast-changing Sino-US relationship
Date: Tuesday, March 24 since Mao’s death in 1976 and especially during the Trump era.
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. He will offer his analysis on such changes and share his views
Place: Rehearsal Room on the genesis, impact, and consequences of such changes.
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Date: Tuesday, April 7
Stephen Smith is a retired mechanical engineer and award- Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
winning family history author. He writes a local history blog, Place: Rehearsal Room
YorksPast. He has taught OLLI courses since 2012. Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
MY SISTER CITY COMMUNIST HOUSE GUEST Zehao Zhou earned two graduate degrees from Kent State
In 1988, Mikele Garfield-Stillman lived in Madison, Wisconsin, University and a Ph.D. from University of Maryland. He has
which was a sister city to Vilnius, Lithuania. A group of visitors written and presented on China-related issues regionally and
arrived for a ten-day stay in Madison. Helena Kolbitzkyata internationally.
was Mikele’s house guest. Helena taught in a high school and
Mikele was given an itinerary of her interests. Her opinions, FOSSILS OF PENNSYLVANIA
judgments, and needs were revealing and chilling. She Examine the assortment of past animal and plant life that
expressed these feelings in perfect English and with total existed in our state. Each fossil has a story to tell about
bluntness. The experience was unforgettable for both Helena our past. Findings include some of the earliest dinosaurs.
and Mikele. Mikele will share her “House Guest” experience in Everyone will take home a fossil.
this course.
Date: Tuesday April 7, 14, and 21
Date: Tuesday, March 31 or Monday, April 13 Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Time: March 31, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; April 13, 1:00-2:30 p.m. Place: Rehearsal Room
Place: March 31, Rehearsal Room; April 13, Pullo 114; Fee: $24 members only
16 | OLLI YORK SPRING 2020Jeri Jones holds a degree in geoarchaeology and has been construction are discussed. Additionally, the presentation
studying local geology for thirty-eight years. covers the life of canal families, the various canal occupations,
and recreation on the canals.
AMERICAN JAZZ: TWENTIETH CENTURY, HISTORY, AND
RELATIONSHIP TO YORK, PENNSYLVANIA Date: Tuesday, April 21
Jazz is considered to be America’s contribution to the Time: 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
international music community. Explore the rise and growth Place: Rehearsal Room
of jazz in America and its relationship to the local community, Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
highlighting York’s place in jazz history. *Note different time than most OLLI courses
Date: Tuesday April 7 and 14 Steve Runkle is a volunteer with the Susquehanna River Basin
Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. Commission’s Public Information and Outreach program.
Place: Rehearsal Room
Fee: $16 members only THE NEW SOCIAL: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
Tom McLaughlin is the leader of York’s unforgettable big Have you ever wanted to learn more about social media and
band and brings forty-five years of musical background to how to navigate some of the popular platforms? If so, then
his presentation. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in music this course is for you. During the course, we’ll briefly navigate
education from Penn State. Facebook and Twitter so you, too, can understand the value of
the new social.
THE ORPHAN TRAIN
Beginning in 1850-1920 orphan trains transported orphans Date: Tuesday, April 21
throughout the country. Learn the reasons for this social Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
experience. The instructor will be dressed in 1860s period Place: Rehearsal Room
clothing. Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Date: Tuesday, April 14 Renee Tacka has extensive experience
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the media, research, consumer goods,
Place: Rehearsal Room and retail industries. Currently, she is an assistant professor of
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers marketing in the Graham School of Business at York College
of Pennsylvania and teaches a variety of marketing classes.
Phyllis S. Prodan is a retired educator who does book talks for She holds a B.S. and an M.B.A. in Marketing from York College
the Dover Area Community Library. of Pennsylvania and a Doctorate of Business Administration
from Wilmington University in Delaware.
THE UNITED STATES CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM: PAST,
PRESENT, AND FUTURE FOURTEEN DAYS IN PORTUGAL
This course will explore the history of corrections See the sights of eight towns in Portugal including Lisbon,
in the United States, how it has molded our Porto, and Evora, along with each town’s history.
current correctional system and the changes
that are necessary for the system to be more Date: Tuesday, April 28
effective in reducing recidivism. Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Place: Rehearsal Room
Date: Tuesday, April 21 Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Place: Windy Hill Senior Center Over the last twenty years Paul and Melissa Hanko have
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers traveled to Ireland (several times), Scotland, England, Germany,
* Note that this course will be held at Windy Hill Senior Center, Switzerland, Italy, multiple Caribbean Islands, Amsterdam, and
address is on page 10 of this catalog. Specific directions will will soon be going to various Scandinavian countries, and St.
be emailed to course registrants. Petersburg. Some of these trips were cruises, many were done
on their own. In November of 2016, they went to Cuba with the
Clair Doll’s career includes twenty-two years of corrections group Road Scholar.
experience in state and county prison systems. His
education includes a B.S. in law enforcement and an M.S. PAINTING THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER THROUGH A
in administration. Most of his career has focused on mental CHALLENGING YEAR
health, prison management/administration, and implementing Diana will detail how she challenged herself to paint the
effective prisoner reentry strategies. Susquehanna River one painting a week for a year, what she
learned, and how it became a source of comfort and healing
CANALS AND CANAL LIFE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER from the tragic opioid related deaths of her daughter and son-
BASIN REGION in-law.
This presentation gives an overview of the region’s canals
and their engineering and construction. Canal boats and their Date: Tuesday, April 28
OLLI YORK SPRING 2020 | 17Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. Ryan Brunsink, Esq. is the managing attorney for detention
Place: Rehearsal Room programs at the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers (PIRC) in York, Pennsylvania. PIRC is a nonprofit that seeks
to ensure access to justice for immigrants. Brunsink has
A graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia, Diana Thomas been practicing immigration law for five years, primarily in the
is a fine artist, designer of needle crafts, educator/mentor in detention setting.
drawing, creativity, and journal writing. She currently leads the
art club at Columbia High School and travels to Haiti several “ON A FARM SO LONG AGO…”
times a year to work with thirty-five artisans to create and Pam Gay will talk about growing up in the sixties and seventies
sustain a small boutique at a missionary campus. on her great-grandparents’ York county fruit farm - Fah’s Fruit
Farm, now Apple Hill. She will address the unique history of the
THE NEW SOCIAL: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF property, what she discovered while researching her ancestors
PINTEREST AND INSTAGRAM and the deeds, and how her twenty-one years of life on the
Have you ever wanted to learn more about social media and farm has impacted her family’s life and continues to impact
how to navigate some of the popular platforms? If so, then them decades later.
this course is for you. During the course, we’ll briefly navigate
Pinterest and Instagram so you, too, can understand the value Date: Tuesday, May 5
of the new social. Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Place: Rehearsal Room
Date: Tuesday, April 28 Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Place: Rehearsal Room Pam Gay has been a registered nurse for thirty-eight years
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers and grew up in southern York county on her grandparents’
fruit farm. She is the York County Coroner, but also enjoys
Renee Tacka has extensive experience in the media, research, researching her family history, writing, speaking, singing, and
consumer goods, and retail industries. Currently, she is an connecting with multiple family members on genealogy sites.
assistant professor of marketing in the Graham School of
Business at York College of Pennsylvania and teaches a THE SENIOR GEMS
variety of marketing classes. She holds a B.S. and an M.B.A. in Dementia training includes normal aging versus dementia,
Marketing from York College of Pennsylvania and a Doctorate how dementia affects the brain, and the GEMS, the stages of
of Business Administration from Wilmington University in dementia.
Delaware.
Date: Tuesday, May 12
HIGHLIGHTS OF VICTORIAN GLITZ Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
The Victorian hostess had something for everything! The Place: Rehearsal Room
instructor will discuss Victorian Era glitz and bring samples Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
from his extensive collection to show to the class.
Billie Hawkes has worked as a caregiver for many years. She
Date: Tuesday, May 5 was promoted to care coordinator, overseeing the care of
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m. seniors in York County for Senior Helpers.
Place: Rehearsal Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers WHEN STREETCARS SHRUNK YORK COUNTY – AND THE WORLD
Jim McClure will present on the heyday of the trolley -- that
George Brown is a retired teacher with a bachelor’s degree from was the day that after the benediction at church on a Sunday, a
Shippensburg University and two masters from Towson University congregation from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, could travel to
and Goucher College. He taught English and Ancient History. After Cold Springs Park near Manchester, Pennsylvania, for a church
retiring in 1995, Brown was in the antique business for twenty years. picnic, camping next to a church from York Haven. People
from the rather large county of York, 900 plus square miles,
DEPORTATION DEFENSE: ONE LAWYER’S PERSPECTIVE ON had an opportunity to get to know one another thanks to the
THE IMMIGRATION COURT PROCESS trolleys.
Participants will be assigned a short biography of an immigrant
who finds him/herself in detention and facing deportation Date: Tuesday, May 12
proceedings. Students will learn more about immigration Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
detention, enforcement, and legal proceedings locally through Place: Rehearsal Room
roleplay in a simulated legal orientation class. There will an Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
opportunity for extensive Q and A following the presentation.
James McClure, author and historian, is the former editor of
Date: Tuesday, May 5 the York Daily Record and Atlantic Group Editor, USA Today
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Network.
Place: Rehearsal Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers THE TITANIC: WHY DID IT SINK?
Who could have known that on the chilly morning of April 10,
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