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WHERE CURIOSITY NEVER RETIRES
Courses and Activities | Spring 2021
MARCH 1 – MAY 28
OLLI at Penn State York REGISTRATION FOR MEMBERS BEGINS MONDAY, JANUARY 25 AT 8:00 A.M.
REGISTRATION FOR NONMEMBERS BEGINS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AT NOON
717-771-4015 Due to COVID, registration can only occur online or by mail.
olli@york.psu.edu
1031 Edgecomb Avenue • York, PA 17403
olli.york.psu.edu
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CONTENTS
Message from the Director 4
Location, Location, Location 5
COVID Safety Protocols 6
About OLLI 7
Course Offerings 9
Schedule at a Glance 33
Membership, Registration, and General Information 36
Course Registration Form 38
ON THE COVER
In early fall, OLLI’s Leadership Committee surveyed members to better understand their needs with regard to lifelong
learning during this pandemic. The last question of the survey asked, “Is there anything else you would like the
Leadership Committee to know?” The answers from this question were developed into a word cloud. A word cloud
is an image composed of words used in a particular text or subject, in which the size of each word indicates its
frequency or importance. So, the more often a word appears in the text, the bigger and bolder it appears in the word
cloud.
OLLI at Penn State York has a Facebook page that is regularly updated.
Go ahead and “Follow” us! @OLLIPennStateYork
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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
As I write this message (mid-November,) we are wrapping up our first semester at community venues
as opposed to Penn State York’s campus. While the setting was different, the OLLI spirit was ever-
present. Although registrations for courses were down more than half of a non-COVID semester, there
were positives aspects.
First, while our registrations were down, those who took in-person courses seemed ecstatic to be
learning and connecting with their OLLI friends and instructors. The social aspect of OLLI was never
more evident, despite masks and social distancing. With strict safety protocols, we were not only
able to provide in-person courses, but also a reprieve from the solitude that COVID has caused for so
many. For those who were comfortable, an OLLI course was a great place to be this past fall.
Second, online courses were an adequate replacement for in-person courses for those who did
not feel comfortable participating in-person. Online courses didn’t provide the social aspect I just
mentioned, but still allowed our members to continue as lifelong learners. Technology was definitely an advantage for many.
Last, some members prefer online courses, not only because of COVID, but due to issues with transportation, personal mobility, or
they simply like to learn from their living room in their pajamas!
These insights have prompted the Curriculum Committee to begin accommodating all of your needs. This upcoming semester
we will offer over ninety in-person courses and twenty online courses. Special thanks to the Curriculum Committee who worked
tirelessly to make this pivot and start recruiting instructors for online courses as well as our many in-person courses!
Finally, the past ten months have brought great fluctuations of my emotions. While the saying is overused, these have been
unprecedented times. OLLI was no different from other organizations who had to adjust their norms in order to continue to serve
their mission. Reflecting on our journey since March, I have developed a list of positive things that I have experienced as director
of OLLI as a result of the pandemic.
1. We are not alone. As 1 of 124 OLLIs in the country, the camaraderie of OLLIs during this time has been remarkable. In addition,
the support of the National Resource Center (NRC) at Northwestern University was invaluable.
2. We worked even more closely with our sister OLLI at University Park to share resources, ideas, courses, frustrations,
triumphs, and lessons learned. I am optimistic that our relationship will continue to grow to benefit both OLLIs.
3. There was no script for managing an OLLI during a pandemic. This forced me to listen more intently to the feedback that was
shared by members. I learned to trust my instincts and do what I felt was best. Truthfully, I won some and I lost some.
4. The pandemic made it crystal clear that OLLI has two staff members but is volunteer driven. The list of what volunteers have
helped with during this pandemic is incredible. Thank you to the curriculum, development, growth and marketing, leadership,
membership, and social committees!
5. While having to sit at the registration table for each course was an atypical task for me, I got to know so many OLLI members,
put faces to names, and met all our instructors. For me, this was a great benefit of these odd times.
6. Last, while being a part of a large university has challenges, we would not have survived the past ten months financially
without the support of Penn State. Thank you to Penn State, and most importantly, our colleagues in Outreach and Professional
and Community Engagement (PACE) for believing in the importance of OLLI and the value that we bring to Penn State.
To those who have said, “I’ll become a member again when the pandemic is over,” we can’t wait to welcome you back. For the “a
pandemic isn’t going to stop me from participating in OLLI” crowd, we look forward to seeing you in March! For the, “I don’t love
Zoom but it is good enough for now” and the “I really like Zoom, can OLLI please add this to your regular schedule,” I hope the
Zoom selections this semester pique your interest. Thank you to all members for being flexible as we navigate the ever-changing
landscape of lifelong learning during a pandemic.
Cordially,
Jennifer Geubtner-May, Ed.D.
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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Due to the necessity to social distance our members, OLLI will hold our spring in-person courses at Wisehaven
Terrace Hall on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We will hold Zoom courses on Thursday and Friday.
OUR PARTNERING VENUE
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
IN-PERSON COURSES
Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
2985 East Prospect Road, York, PA 17402 , 717-600-1515
Thursday Friday
ZOOM COURSES
Per The Pennsylvania State University and CDC recommendations, facemasks must be worn at all in-person OLLI courses or events.
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SAFETY PROTOCOLS
OLLI COVID-19 Protocols
COVID-19 is more easily transmitted through close or prolonged contact
with an infected person and is more dangerous to those with underlying
medical conditions. To reduce the risk of exposure for our members, OLLI
has established the following protocols. All OLLI staff, instructors, and
members will be expected to enforce these guidelines. The guidelines are
written as they will be shared with OLLI members and partners.
OLLI WILL ENSURE THE FOLLOWING:
• All participants, instructors, and members will provide and be required to wear face coverings for the duration of programming.
• At least 6-feet will be maintained between each person.
• The number of participants per course will be dictated by the locations’ ability to social distance.
• No handouts will be provided in OLLI courses. If an instructor has handouts to share, she/he will electronically forward them
to the OLLI office prior to class and the office will forward to all registrants. You can print the handouts at home if you
choose to.
• OLLI at Penn State will confirm the cleaning and sanitization practices at each location conform to the CDC recommendations.
• Enhanced cleaning procedures will take place before and after each course.
• An attendance list will be maintained along with self-health check completion and contact information for all in attendance.
• OLLI will follow proper Office of General Counsel recommendations for use of a release statement or acknowledgment as
communicated by Pam Driftmier.
Members and Instructors will comply with the following:
• If you have been traveling to a location that is known to have high numbers of COVID-19 cases, you will not attend an OLLI
course for fourteen days following your return to your home community.
• You are required to conduct a health self-assessment which consist of two steps.
1) Determine if you have experienced any COVID-19 symptoms (per CDC updated list): cough, shortness of breath or difficulty
breathing or at least two of the following symptoms: fever – subjective fever (feeling feverish or temperature of 100°F or
higher, chills, headache, sore throat, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, new loss of taste or smell.
2) Check your temperature and register a temperature of less than 100°F.
As you arrive, OLLI staff will:
• Ask “Have you passed your health self-assessment?”.
• Only admit individuals who answer “yes” and record that answer on the participant
check-in list. Individuals failing the self-assessment, by either answering “no” or not
completing it, will be denied admittance to the program and the program fee should
be refunded.
• Prior to entering an OLLI classroom wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with
warm water and soap or use hand sanitizer.
• You will provide and be required to wear face coverings for the duration of
programming. Specifically:
• Indoor: Masks are to be worn at all times. You will not be permitted to enter or
remain in an OLLI course if you do not have and wear a mask.
• Outdoor: While masks are to be worn as often as possible, they may be removed
during times of high physical activity, such as biking or hiking, if social distancing
of at least 6 feet can be maintained between participants. If you stop for a break or
discussion, masks may be worn.
• If you test positive for COVID-19 within two weeks of attending a course or event,
you are to report the illness to the OLLI director as soon as possible. OLLI at Penn
State will then follow Penn State’s guidelines for reporting and contact tracing.
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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. Please note, due to COVID-19 and social
distancing guidelines at Penn State York, OLLI courses will be held at Wisehaven Terrace Hall in spring 2021.
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 trip 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 15
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
OLLInotYORK
be used are asked
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to contact the OLLI at Penn State York office at 717-771-4015.
Legacy WHAT WILL YOUR
BE?
OLLI at Penn State York is a vibrant, LEGACY GIVING EXAMPLES
exciting community where members learn, Appreciated Securities
You avoid capital gains taxes on the increased value.
volunteer, and thrive. With assistance from
IRA Charitable Rollover
the Bernard Osher Foundation, OLLI has
Giving directly from your IRA to OLLI is considered part
created an endowment. However, we need of your required minimum distribution (RMD) yet is not
your support to create sustainability. reported as income for tax purposes nor do you receive
a charitable income tax deduction.
Real Estate
WHAT IS A LEGACY GIFT? When you give us appreciated property you have held
Legacy gifts, also called planned or estate gifts, are longer than one year, you qualify for a federal income
a crucial source of future funding that would allow tax charitable deduction. This eliminates capital gains
tax and you no longer have to deal with that property’s
OLLI to continue to provide high-quality programming
maintenance costs, property taxes or insurance.
for years to come. It is a legacy gift to the extent
that you purposefully incorporate a charitable gift Provide a Gift in Your Will (Bequest,) Trust,
into your overall financial, tax, and estate planning. or Estate Plan
Your contribution may even provide immediate tax
Charitable Lead Trusts
benefits for you or tax benefits for your heirs. The A charitable lead annuity trust pays a fixed amount
Pennsylvania State University provides thorough and each year to OLLI and is more attractive when interest
fully transparent oversight of your gift. Designating rates are low.
your gift to OLLI at Penn State York ensures that
A charitable lead unitrust pays a variable amount each
OLLI at Penn State York will exclusively benefit from year based on the value of the assets in the trust. With a
your generosity. unitrust, if the trust’s assets go up in value, for example,
the payments to OLLI go up as well.
WHY GIVE A LEGACY?
Life Insurance or Annuity Policy
Sustain OLLI at Penn State York for generations With guidance from your financial planner or lawyer, The
to come so your children and grandchildren can Pennsylvania State University’s Director of Gift Planning,
look forward to OLLI in their retirement. and OLLI at Penn State York’s Director can help you
Let your love of OLLI become your legacy. determine the best circumstances for you and help you
create a plan that will impact OLLI for generations to
Take advantage of the many tax benefits of
come. Any gift makes a difference.
legacy giving.
If you are interested in receiving further information or discussing your plans to
assure your gift is correctly designated to benefit OLLI, please contact OLLI at
Penn State York’s Director, 717-771-4107. All discussions are confidential.
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OLLI COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
SPRING 2021
MONDAY COURSES
MONDAY CLASSES at Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Room, 2985 East Prospect Road, York, PA 17402 Fee: $45, members only
A LIFETIME HABIT: MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURES Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012.
Grab the handlebars and come along for two-wheeled
adventures from a female motorcyclist’s point of view. What’s HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS I - HIS GIRL FRIDAY
over the next hill, vast vistas or cattle? What’s a track day? From 1940 starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, this film
What’s it like to drive more than one thousand miles a day? has closed captions.
What’s it like to visit a foreign country where they drive on the
Date: Monday, March 1
left and don’t speak English? Come, enjoy the ride!
Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m.
Date: Monday, March 1 Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m. Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012.
Elsie Smith has spent close to fifty years riding her own CARRYING DARISABEL: A TRAGIC DEATH AND
motorcycle in the U.S., Canada, and on rentals on tours with THE FIRST RESPONDERS IT INSPIRED
friends in Mexico and Europe. When two-year-old Darisabel Baez was brutally murdered by
her mother’s boyfriend, journalists from the York Daily Record
HISTORY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES worked for more than a year to share her story through the
IN YORK COUNTY eyes of the first responders whose lives were changed forever.
This class will trace the history and growth of emergency
medical services from the 1940s until the present day. Date: Monday, March 8
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Date: Monday, March 1 Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Randy Parker is the editor of the York Daily Record, where he
has worked for more than thirty years. Jason Plotkin worked
Rodney Drawbaugh has been an EMT paramedic for thirty as a visual journalist in York for twenty-four years before
years. He is an original crew member on York Hospital’s taking a position as a visual storyteller at Penn State Health
advanced life support unit. He served as a senior paramedic Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He was the lead journalist
and EMS coordinator for York Hospital. on the Darisabel project.
*HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS I – Please Note, Hollywood SPRING BOOK CLUB - THE STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUV
Classics I will now be offered as individual movie courses This novel by Elizabeth Berg, a favorite author, is a moving
or a package as we have done in the past. The movies are all novel about three people who find their way back from loss and
listed in the description below. However, individual movies loneliness to a different kind of happiness, Arthur a widower,
are listed chronologically like all other OLLI courses. Maddy a troubled teenager, and Lucille a nosy neighbor.
HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS I – ALL SIX MOVIES Date: Monday, March 8
Join Rich Santel as he presents the following movies: His Girl Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Friday (1940), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Only Angels Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Have Wings (1939), When Harry Met Sally (1989), The 39 Steps Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
(1935), and The Magnificent Ambersons (1945). All movies
have Closed Captions. Pat McGrath is an inveterate reader and has led the OLLI book
group for many years. She began facilitating Video Discussion
Date: Mondays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and April 5 Courses (VDC) in winter 2020.
Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m.
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FIRST LADIES: MORE THAN A DRESS! FALL PREVENTION AND YORK COUNTY
For decades tourists have flocked to the Smithsonian Institute AREA AGENCY ON AGING SERVICES
to see the gowns of our first ladies. Our understanding of For older adults, maintaining their independence is important.
their role has evolved; and now there is greater appreciation Falls are a leading cause of death for adults sixty-five and
of their contributions as hostess, policy advocate, political over, and they are the biggest reason why older adults lose
campaigner, and more. Learn their place in history and some their independence. Falls are preventable, and it’s important
little-known aspects about their lives. to understand what increases your fall risk. Complete a fall
risk assessment to determine your fall risk and learn how to
Date: Monday, March 8 prevent a fall. If something should happen, York County Area
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. Agency On Aging may have services to help you. Come learn
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room about what’s available.
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Date: Monday, March 15
Carol Nechemias, Ph.D., is retired after thirty-five years Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
of teaching at the university level, primarily at Penn State Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Harrisburg. During this time she taught undergraduate courses Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
on women and politics/gender, as well an introductory course
on women’s studies. She has published scholarly material on Megan Craley received a bachelor’s degree in biology from
women in state legislatures in the United States. West Chester University in 2009. For the last seven years
she has worked at the York County Area Agency on Aging.
HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS I - SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS She began as a care transitions coach where she counseled
From 1957 starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, this movie older patients to prevent readmission after discharge from
has closed captions. a hospital stay. Craley then moved onto care management
where she visited with consumers to determine their needs
Date: Monday, March 8 and set up appropriate services. For the last four years she
Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m. has been the agency’s health and wellness coordinator.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS I - ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
From 1939 and starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur, this movie
Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012. has closed captions.
NUCLEAR POWER: THE FUTURE WE MUST HAVE Date: Monday, March 15
This class will compare and contrast all low carbon options: Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m.
capacities, costs, and impacts. Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Date: Mondays, March 15, 22, and 29
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $24, members only GOLDEN NUGGETS FROM THIRTY YEARS IN
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
Richard Bono is a former English major at Fordham University We’ll discuss some interesting cases including the Mark
and lover of American literature. He is also an environmentalist Spotz case, where the defendant was charged with murdering
and a York Daily Record columnist on nuclear power. He is an four people in a three-day killing spree; the Lisa Michelle
advisor for “Clean Jobs for PA,” and co-founder of York County Lambert trial where a love triangle resulted in the murder of a
Farm & Natural Lands Trust. seventeen-year-old; the drug trafficking and money laundering
trial of four members of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel; and the trial
of a multi-national money launderer for those telemarketing
fraudsters we all detest. Be sure to ask about “Buried in the
Backyard!”
Follow OLLI at Penn State York
on Facebook! Date: Monday, March 22
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
10 | OLLI YORK SPRING 2021passion for history came from his mother who was the family
“It is under the greatest adversity that there genealogist and historian. Both his maternal and paternal
exists the greatest potential for doing good, lineage date back to the mid-1700s in southeastern York
county and were involved in farming, business, and owned one
both for oneself and for others.”
of the largest cigar businesses in Red Lion from the 1920s
— Dalai Lama
through 1980.
HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS I - THE 39 STEPS
Christy H. Fawcett spent more than thirty years as a criminal From 1935 starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll,
prosecutor in central Pennsylvania. She was an assistant this movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and has closed
district attorney in the York County district attorney’s office, captions.
ending her career there as the chief deputy prosecutor and
prosecuting primarily murder cases. She then served as a Date: Monday, March 29
senior deputy attorney general in the Pennsylvania attorney Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m.
general’s office. Finally, she worked as an assistant U.S. Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
attorney in the office of the U.S. attorney for the middle district Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
of Pennsylvania where she headed the organized crime drug
enforcement task force. Prior to retiring, she was appointed Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012.
judge of the Court of Common Pleas in York County.
LINCOLN AND STANTON
This course will present the relationship between President
HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS I - WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
Abraham Lincoln and his Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. The
From 1989 starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, this movie has
President relied on Stanton, and they spent a great deal of
closed captions.
time together at the War Department. They did not always see
eye to eye, but they were simply two professional politicians
Date: Monday, March 22
who tolerated one another in order to achieve a common goal.
Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m.
Photographs, paintings, prints, and other memorabilia dealing
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
with Lincoln will be shared with the class.
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Date: Monday, April 5
Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012. Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
HISTORY OF BUSINESSES AND LEADERSHIP Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
IN RED LION (REPEAT)
Red Lion, Pennsylvania, became a business community in Reverend Curt Weber is a retired minister who has a masters
southeastern York County that experienced major economic of divinity degree from Lancaster Theological Seminary and
growth in the late-19th century through the mid-20th century a bachelor’s degree from Elizabethtown College. He served
through several key agricultural industries. These include: food as pastor at St. John’s Blymire’s United Church of Christ in
production and processing, cigar production, furniture and Dallastown, Pennsylvania, for twenty-four years and is Pastor
woodworking, and tool and die industries. These businesses Emeritus of that church. He has done extensive research on
thrived through the depression, growth of unionization, two the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln. He has read and viewed
world wars, and the industrialization in America. There is a lot over a hundred books and DVDs on each subject.
to be learned from the history of this transition from diverse
family-farm products and trades to the growth of a community SPRING BOOK CLUB - AMERICAN DIRT
that thrived economically through leadership, industrialization, This novel by Jeanine Cummins is about the ordeal of a
and business growth. Mexican woman, Lydia Quixano Perez, who had to leave her
life behind and escape as an undocumented immigrant to the
Date: Monday, March 29 United States with her son.
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. Date: Monday, April 5
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Lance Grove was born and raised in Red Lion, Pennsylvania
and is a lifelong resident of the area. He spent a forty-year Pat McGrath is an inveterate reader and has led the OLLI book
career in health care in various capacities from paramedic group for many years. She began facilitating Video Discussion
to systems quality, research, and data management. His Courses (VDC) in winter 2020.
OLLI YORK FALL 2020 | 11HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS I - THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS seas, and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to
From 1942 starring Joseph Cotten and Anne Baxter, this movie understand people, ideas, and movements, but if you don’t
was directed by Orson Welles and has closed captions. know geography, you’ll never have the full picture. This course
is a continuation of an earlier class and in three sessions will
Date: Monday, April 5 examine several examples of how and why several nations and
Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m. their leaders have been impacted by geographic realities, some
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room even to the extent of being held prisoner by these realities.
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers This is the essence of the term “geopolitics.” Continuing from
the previous class, subjects will include the Middle East, India
Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012. and Pakistan, Korea and Japan, Latin America, the Arctic, and
the United States.
ANNA DILL GAMBLE: THE FIGHT FOR
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE IN YORK COUNTY Date: Mondays, April 19, 26, and May 3
As chair of the York County Women’s Suffrage Campaign, Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Anna Dill Gamble organized an impressive array of local Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
women. This program outlines their numerous programs and Fee: $24, members only
strategies.
Steve Beck has a B.A. in urban studies and an M.A. in
Date: Monday, April 12 geography and environmental planning. He has more than
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m. thirty years of professional experience in the use of geospatial
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room technologies, including geographic information systems
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers (GIS) in creating, analyzing, and publishing geographic data
in the form of digital maps and web pages. He has over
June Lloyd has a B.A. in history from York College of eight years’ experience in teaching fundamentals of GIS and
Pennsylvania, an M.A. in American studies from Penn State mapping at the college level as an adjunct instructor. Beck
Harrisburg, and is a Librarian Emerita for the York County currently teaches World Regional Geography and Geographic
History Center. She has written newspaper articles, blogs, and Information Systems at York College of Pennsylvania.
presented many programs on York County History.
EUROPEAN UNION, BACKGROUND AND RELATIONSHIP TO
THE UNITED STATES
Is the European Union pointing the way for peaceful
cooperation among nation states? Explore the philosophical
and chronological development of the European Union. With
the help of a representative from the European delegation,
scrutinize the importance of the European Union-United
States relationship.
Date: Mondays, April 12, 19, and 26
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room Registering Amid COVID
Fee: $24, members only
Registering online on January 25 is the most
Adelheid (Heidi) Deren, as a former German citizen, has a effective way to ensure that you get the courses
keen interest in Europe’s attempt for a peaceful coexistence. you want. However, if you choose to mail your
To that extent, she has studied, taught, and traveled to the Course Registration Form to University Park
pertinent cities. (UP,) you can mail the form as soon as you make
your course selections. UP will keep the forms,
PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY (PARTS 3, 4, AND 5) in the order they were received, and submit your
Have you ever wondered why Vladimir Putin is so obsessed
registration on January 25 if you are an OLLI
with Crimea? Why China’s power base continues to expand
member, February 8 if you are a nonmember.
outward? Why the United States of America was defined as
a global superpower? All world leaders are constrained by
geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers,
12 | OLLI YORK SPRING 2021VIDEO DISCUSSION: THE HUMAN FAMILY TREE
On the most diverse street in the most diverse city in the most
diverse country in the world, a team of National Geographic
YOU
scientists swab the cheeks of some 200 random New Yorkers, DESERVE
THIS
hoping to reveal clues about our ancestral footprints and
prove we are all cousins in the family of man.
Date: Monday, April 19
Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Pat McGrath is an inveterate reader and has led the OLLI book
group for many years. She began facilitating Video Discussion
Courses (VDC) in winter 2020.
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Ellen Engdahl Ehlenbeck is an artist and a teacher with a B.F.A.
in painting and an M.F.A. in graphic design. She currently IN SEARCH OF BALANCE:
teaches at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC,) A DISCUSSION ABOUT PROBLEM GAMBLING
Creative York, and senior living communities. She is active Gambling can be a fun diversion for adults of any age. The
in the local art scene, passionate about art history, and an great majority of people gamble responsibly, but the pastime
enthusiastic supporter of downtown York. can certainly turn into a problem. By the most basic definition,
people with a gambling problem are those who risk more than
SPRING BOOK CLUB - THE BIRD KING they can afford to lose. Many seniors realize they’re in trouble
This novel by G. Willow Wilson is the story of Fatima, a when they start gambling away rent and prescription money,
concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate of but some do not. This workshop will talk about the signs and
Muslim Spain, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace symptoms of problem gambling and resources to support
mapmaker. Hassan has a secret, he can draw maps of loved ones with this concern.
places he’s never seen and bend the shape of reality. When
representatives of the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive Date: Monday, May 10
to negotiate the sultan’s surrender, Fatima befriends one of Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
the women, not realizing that she will see Hassan’s gift as Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
sorcery and a threat to Christian Spanish rule. Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Date: Monday, May 3 Cecilia Keesey has twenty-four years of experience working
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. with youth and their families at the Children’s Home of York.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room She has spent the last five years working in their prevention
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers department.
Pat McGrath is an inveterate reader and has led the OLLI book
group for many years. She began facilitating Video Discussion
Courses (VDC) in winter 2020.
OLLI YORK FALL 2020 | 13THE YORK FAIR: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Reverend Robert Anderson has presented several OLLI
Come to this class to find out about The York Fair then, now, classes. He loves traveling and photography and enjoys
and what’s to come. sharing this love with OLLI members.
Date: Monday, May 10 “ON A FARM SO LONG AGO...”
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. Pam Gay will talk about growing up in the sixties and seventies
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room on her great-grandparents’ York County fruit farm, Fah’s Fruit
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Farm, now Apple Hill. She will address the unique history
of the property, what she discovered while researching her
Bryan Blair is the CEO of The York Fair. Leon Butler is a past ancestors and their deeds, and how her twenty-one years of
treasurer and board member of The York Fair. life on the farm has impacted her family’s life, and continues
to impact them decades later.
THE HIDDEN PICTURES IN DALI’S ART
Salvador Dali hid various pictures in more than seventeen of Date: Monday, May 24
his paintings. Participants will look at some of the pictures Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
and discuss what they see. Dali called this his paranoia- Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
critical method. Robert Anderson has looked at this art on his Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
walls for more than twenty years. He has read about Dali and
visited many of his museums all over the world. Pam Gay has been a registered nurse for thirty-eight years and
grew up in southern York County on her grandparents’ fruit
Date: Monday, May 17 farm. She is currently busy as the York County coroner, but
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. also enjoys researching her family history, writing, speaking,
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room singing, and connecting with multiple family members on
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers genealogy sites.
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OLLI YORK FALL 2020 | 15TUESDAY COURSES
TUESDAY CLASSES at Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace THE TITANIC: WHY DID IT SINK?
Room, 2985 East Prospect Road, York, PA 17402 Who could have known that on the chilly morning of April
10, 1912, the pride of the British White Star Line, the recently
AWAKENING THE SAGE WITHIN completed RMS Titanic was to be its last voyage as she
How do you want to live your later years? During this highly- sailed into passenger vessel history? Ken Weiler will discuss
interactive series of workshops this question and other “Sage- the chain of chance events that led a 46,325-ton ship, the
ing” concepts will be examined. We will explore images of unsinkable Titanic, to strike an iceberg in the North Atlantic
aging and the role of spiritual development in our life. Life Ocean. He will also describe White Star’s choice to forego
review, forgiveness work, and issues surrounding mortality speed for luxury in the keen competition for passengers on
will also be discussed. Finally, we will begin the development those crowded shipping routes, ship construction, and the
of a personalized elder plan which will include exploring what water tight doors. The new communication medium of radio
your legacy will be and how you can serve others. telegraphy and the state of Morse code communications in
the early years of the 20th century, why it took so long for
Date: Tuesdays, March 2, 9, 16, and 23 vessels to arrive to rescue Titanic’s passengers, and many
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m. more questions about the most beautiful passenger ship ever
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room built will be answered.
Fee: $32, member only
Date: Tuesdays, March 2 and 9
Christine Harrop-Stein, Ph.D., is a gerontologist and health Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
educator with a special interest in spiritual aging. She Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
practices and studies spiritual aging (age-ing to sage-ing) Fee: $16, members only
using the curriculum developed by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-
Shalomi of Sage-ing International. Harrop-Stein has twelve- Ken Weiler, author, publisher, and lecturer has written several
years experience teaching gerontology at the college level. books about the Second World War. He is a member of the
Hanover Area Historical Society, the Dwight D. Eisenhower
TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY IN THE Society, and is a volunteer at the Eisenhower National
UNITED STATES: SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Historic Site with the National Park Service. He also advises
America has had a long history of combating terrorism, from and counsels students on careers in history, writing, and
anarchist inspired to Moros to contemporary right wing and publishing.
Islamic fundamental extremism, our nation has struggled with
maintaining public safety, while preserving our constitutional INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS –
rights. We have also dealt with foreign agents and mass THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
murder; the perpetrators of which may not be politically This course introduces the exciting world of linguistics, the
motivated. Each era teaches crucial lessons which may aid us scientific study of languages. Attendees will learn about
in preparing for the next wave of terror. The only thing new is subfields of linguistics, will hear an overview of language
the history we haven’t learned. states and will delve into key types of languages as well as
the key elements of language such as vocabulary, phonetics,
Date: Tuesday, March 2 grammar, and word order as they are applied in many of the
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. world’s six thousand languages.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Date: Tuesday, March 9
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Chris Hertig taught college for twenty-eight years and was a
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
nuclear security training administrator for three years. He has
published hundreds of articles, books, reviews, and columns. Charles “Chip” Kauffman is an adjunct faculty member
Hertig is a member of the York History Writers Roundtable, at York College of Pennsylvania where he teaches world
ASIS International, and is on the board of the International languages. He has taught Italian, German, and Russian at The
Foundation for Protection Officers. He is a past president of Pennsylvania State University. He is a retired certified United
the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators. States government linguist.
16 | OLLI YORK SPRING 2021EXPLORE THE UNIQUE CULTURE AND AMERICAN JAZZ: TWENTIETH CENTURY, HISTORY AND
TRADITIONS OF UGANDA, THE PEARL OF AFRICA RELATIONSHIP TO YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
Uganda, the Pearl of Africa, has more than fifty tribes and a Jazz is considered to be America’s contribution to the
rich culture and traditions. The languages and customs vary international music community. Explore the rise and growth
from region to region. Each ethnic group has its own unique of jazz in America and its relationship to the local community,
language, not simply a dialect. The learners will focus on the highlighting York’s place in jazz history.
customs of Baganda, one of the largest tribes in Uganda. The
Baganda Kingdom was founded in the 14th century and has Date: Tuesdays, March 16 and 23
many customs still practiced today, from giving twins special Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
names to girls kneeling before the elders and those they respect. Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $16, members only
Date: Tuesday, March 16
Tom McLaughlin is the leader of York’s unforgettable big
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
band and brings forty-five years of musical background to his
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
presentation. McLaughlin holds a bachelor’s degree in music
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
education from The Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Fulgentius N. Lugemwa grew up in Uganda and attended
different elementary schools in a rural area. He received WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET...OR IS IT?
a bachelor of science degree, a diploma in education, and Our senses take in information from around us all the time. We
a master’s degree in chemistry from Makerere University. believe that we see everything realistically. We DO NOT. We live
He worked for the Uganda government for four years as a based on what we THINK reality is. That is the basis of most
chemist at Entebbe Animal Health Research Center as it fights and relationship breakdowns. Stages of perception. Our
was called before it merged with Uganda Trypanosomiasis senses can deceive us. Why do we see things differently? How
Research Organization to form Livestock Health Research can we change our misperceptions?
Institute. Following his career as a high school teacher in Date: Tuesdays, March 16 and 23
Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe, he came to the United States Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
and enrolled for doctoral studies at the University of Maine- Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Orono. After receiving his Ph.D., he joined the University of Fee: $16, members only
Alabama’s School of Medicine and Dentistry as post-doctoral
fellow and received extensive training in applied carbohydrate Marc Benton has a master’s in communications from the
chemistry and glycobiology in the laboratory of Professor University of Kentucky and a master’s in divinity from Yale
Jeffery Esko. He taught chemistry and biochemistry at Murray Divinity School. He has taught communications at the college
State University-western Kentucky and at Louisiana State level for thirty-one years, at SUNY Orange, York College of
University-Shreveport. He was the vice president of research Pennsylvania, and Harrisburg Area Community College.
and development at Kairos Global, LLC. Currently he is an
associate professor of chemistry at Penn State York. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The long, bumpy road to English is a story about conflict
and survival going back to the arrival of Celtic peoples who
inhabited the isles long before Greek and Roman explorers.
Don’t want to This rich Germanic based language is a mix of many languages.
be left out of Greatly influenced by Latin and Greek, the language spread
something throughout the world. Learn how the language of Chaucer
OLLI-related? and Shakespeare evolved and changed through internal and
Read our weekly external influences, including those that caused English
e-newsletter! spelling to be convoluted.
It is delivered Date: Tuesday, March 23
to your email Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
every Wednesday Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
afternoon and is Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
FULL of information Charles “Chip” Kauffman is an adjunct faculty member
about OLLI courses, members, special and social at York College of Pennsylvania where he teaches world
events, as well as community happenings. languages. He has taught Italian, German, and Russian at The
Pennsylvania State University. He is a retired certified United
States government linguist.
OLLI YORK FALL 2020 | 17PHOTOGRAPHIC TOUR OF PETRA, JORDAN CREATE AND PRINT A MEMORY BOOK
Petra would have been the eighth wonder of the ancient world WITH YOUR OWN PHOTOS
had they been able to find it. The Nabataeans who lived there kept Two instructors will present brief demonstrations on how to create
it a secret. In this course you can tour Petra and find its fantastic and print books using one’s own photos. After the demonstrations,
buildings carved into the rocks. Robert Anderson visited Petra participants will have time to download free programs into their
a few years ago and will be sharing his pictures with you. He computers (Apple or PCs) and begin to create books from their
has traveled extensively, visiting over one hundred nations. own uploaded photos. These books can then be ordered online for
printing (at the participant’s expense). Presenters will circulate to
Date: Tuesday, March 30 help as needed. Participants should bring a laptop (PC or Apple)
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with photos that they want to use in their books already uploaded
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room into their computers. PLEASE NOTE: The instructors will help
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers participants begin to create a book with an online company, but
the time allowed for the class may not allow actual ordering
Reverend Robert Anderson has presented several OLLI of the book that is to be printed. This may need to be finished
classes. He loves traveling and photography and enjoys at home. The intent is to teach the participants the PROCESS
sharing this love with OLLI members. and to be there while they get started. It will not be possible for
participants to leave with a printed book in their hands.
DESTINATION: COSTA RICA
Costa Rica has become a popular destination for tourists Date: Tuesday, April 6
from around the world. There is good reason for this. Within Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
a country the size of West Virginia there are abundant natural Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
resources, a pleasant climate, and very friendly people. This Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
course will deal with the history, culture, and politics of Costa
Rica in the first session. In the second session, we will deal Linette Mansberger and Carla Kolasa are retired elementary
with the future of the country and the ever increasing foreign education teachers. Both have photography experience, and
population settling in this magical place. both have created numerous books with their photos through
the online process.
Date: Tuesdays, April 6 and 13
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m. WORDS, WORDS, AND MORE WORDS. WHAT DO THEY MATTER?
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room We are surrounded by words, coaxed and wheedled, and
Fee: $16, members only harassed by words, entertained and controlled. How do we
learn from them? Why do they have power over us? Can we
Don Gogniat worked as an administrator for The Pennsylvania get better at using them? A fun and instructive look, come with
State University and professor and chancellor for Penn State an open and curious mind.
York before retirement. He served in the Peace Corps and
worked as regional planner for the Costa Rican National Date: Tuesdays, April 13 and 20
Planning Office. He also sailed multiple times on Semester at Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Sea where he taught geography, global studies, and served as Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
executive dean. Fee: $16, members only
FOSSILS OF PENNSYLVANIA Marc Benton has a master’s in communications from the
Examine the assortment of past animal and plant life that University of Kentucky and a master’s in divinity from Yale
existed in our state. Each fossil has a story to tell about Divinity School. He has taught communications at the college
our past. Findings include some of the earliest dinosaurs. level for thirty-one years, at SUNY Orange, York College of
Everyone will take home a fossil. Pennsylvania, and Harrisburg Area Community College.
Date: Tuesdays, April 6, 13, and 20 *HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS II – Please Note, Hollywood
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Classics II will now be offered as individual movie courses
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room or a package as we have done in the past. The movies are all
Fee: $24, members only listed in the description below. However, individual movies
are listed chronologically like all other OLLI courses.
Jeri Jones has been teaching geology and astronomy classes
at OLLI since 2008. He holds a degree in geo-archaeology and HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS II – ALL SIX MOVIES
has been studying local geology for thirty-eight years. He has Join Rich Santel as he presents the following movies: Inherit
written numerous articles and books about these topics. the Wind (1960) No CC, The Palm Beach Story (1942), The
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cancellation or inclement weather policy, or wait lists?
See page 36 for this information all in one place!
Manchurian Candidate (1962), The Seven Year Itch (1955), THE UNITED STATES CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM:
Trumbo (2015), and I Want to Live (1958). All but Inherit the PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Wind have closed captions. This course will explore the history of corrections in the United
States, how it has molded our current correctional system,
Date: Tuesdays, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, and 18 and the changes that are necessary for the system to be more
Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m. effective in reducing recidivism.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $45, members only Date: Tuesday, April 27
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012. Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS II - INHERIT THE WIND
From 1960 starring Spencer Tracy and Fredric March. This Clair Doll’s career includes twenty-two years of corrections
movie has closed captions. experience in state and county prison systems. His
education includes a B.S. in law enforcement and an M.S.
Date: Tuesday, April 13 in administration. Most of his career has focused on mental
Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m. health, prison management/administration, and implementing
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room effective prisoner reentry strategies.
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
BEHIND THE BADGE: MINING POLICE HISTORY
Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012. This course will present a review of American police history
that provides a fuller understanding of police. Policing as we
HIGHLIGHTS OF VICTORIAN GLITZ know it is much more recent than we tend to believe. Police of
The Victorian hostess had something for everything! This old were very different from what we know today. They were
class will discuss Victorian Era glitz and the instructor will involved in Indian control, slave control, watchman functions,
bring samples from his extensive collection to show the class. and the provision of various public services. Their stories
are fascinating if we explore different “veins” than what has
Date: Tuesday, April 20 traditionally been researched.
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room Date: Tuesday, April 27
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
George Brown is a retired teacher with a B.A. degree from Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
Shippensburg University, two M.A. degrees from Towson
University and Goucher College. He taught English and ancient Chris Hertig taught college for twenty-eight years and was a
history. After retiring in 1995, he went into the antique business nuclear security training Administrator for three years. He has
for twenty years. His home is filled with period antiques. published hundreds of articles, books, reviews, and columns.
Hertig is a member of the York History Writers Roundtable,
HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS II - THE PALM BEACH STORY ASIS International, and is on the board of the International
From 1942 and starring Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrae, Foundation for Protection Officers. He is a past president of
this movie has closed captions. the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators.
Date: Tuesday, April 20
Time: 3:00-5:30 p.m. “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether
Place: Wisehaven Event Center, Terrace Room
at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps
Fee: $8 members/$15 nonmembers
learning stays young.”
Rich Santel has been OLLI’s movie guy since 2012. — Henry Ford
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