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WALLA NEWS Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association, Inc.
Volume 12, Issue 4 July 2011
Board of Directors Tom Schott, President
Russell Clark, Vice President Gail Beck, Treasurer
Barbara Krause, Secretary Randy Nelson, Past President
Virginia Carter Ed Connolly Sallie Cooke Jack Delleur
Marilyn Green Mary Jo Kane Robert Knill Etta Lazaros Russ Noble
Ann Skadberg Robert Slagel
Patricia Spears Linda Taulman
Charlene Watson Judy Wright
Calendar of Events See stories in this issue about all
of these events!
Jul 14 Jul 18 Jul 25 Jul 27 Jul 27 Aug 1 Aug 8 Aug 15 Aug 18 Aug 29 Sep 14 Sep 21
Delphi Trip 6:45 Film at WLPL 6:45 OGR Film 10:00 Exec Board Mtg 1:30 Board Mtg 6:45 Film at WLPL 6:45 OGR Film 6:45 OGR Film Annual Picnic No August Board Mtg 6:45 OGR Film 7:00 Political Forum 9-12 Focus Groups
New: You may check calendar updates at wallaonline.org
Behind the Scenes Planning
As soon as WALLA spring classes ended, the Curriculum Committee members with Jack Delleur, the committee’s co-chair, were busy, planning for the next sessions of classes this fall. The Curriculum Committee met on Thursday, June 30, in the WALLA office to finalize the course program for the fall. It was a very productive meeting for those in attendance , particularly for those who are planning or coordinating courses. Putting on one course takes a great deal of effort. Here we have a whole group of people committed to giving you the best courses possible; approximately 20 courses are currently being planned. The big unveiling of the class offerings will take place at our annual picnic. See details on the accompanying flyer. Do come! The next focus group will be scheduled for Sep 21 from 9 - noon. You are invited to participated in developing class programs.
One Great Read begins Thursday, July 7, at WLPL. The book that is being read by members of our community is Feed written by
M.T. Anderson. Copies will soon be available for check-out from
the West Lafayette Public Library.
Other events will be posted on the WALLA web-site calendar.
WALLA - WLPL movies to accompany One Great Read selection of Feed are scheduled as follows:
July 25 - The Social Network
August 8 - Wall-E
August 15 - Blade Runner
August 29 - Children of Men All movies be will be shown upstairs at the West Lafayette Public Library on Monday evenings at 6:45 sharp!
One Great Read - Books & Movies
Aging Ungracefully
by Phyllis Gobreski
A cuddled cocoon
spun with
delicate stitches
and strong filament
too soon becomes
a closet of worn hopes
and dreams.
Life unravels
thread by thread.
WALLA Member Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award
During the recent World Environmental & Water Resources
Congress held at Palm Springs, CA, Professor Emeritus Jack
Delleur was honored with the 2011 Lifetime Achievement
Award of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of
the American Society of Civil Engineers. The award is
presented to members who are judged to have advanced the
profession, exhibited technical competence, and significantly
contributed to public service, research, or practice in the
environment and water resources profession. The award
plaque states that Jacques W. Delleur, received this award
"In recognition of his lifelong and eminent contribution to the
environmental and water resources engineering disciplines
through practice, research and public service."
WALLA Poetry
Cocktail Hour
By Phyllis Gobreski
Martini eyes
Dive and wink
Briny green tempters
In a sea of guilt
New President Tom Schott receiving the gavel from outgoing President Randy Nelson at the Board Meeting on May 4. Randy, thank you so much for your valuable service to WALLA. We hope you know how much you are appreciated. Take care of yourself and come back to work again with WALLA.
DeLores and Jack Delleur at the award ceremony
Our Newest WALLA Board Members
SuzAnn Schott and Denise Nelson were getting ready to cut a beautiful cake after the WALLA Board meeting May 4. It was time to say thank you to our outgoing WALLA President, Randy Nelson and to welcome our newly chosen President Tom Schott. Ann Skadberg and Linda Taulman were welcomed as the new WALLA board members. Their bios are presented below.
From Ann Skadberg: am humbled and honored to be asked to join such a caring, creative and energetic group. Lifelong learning and WALLA are truly the best way to enjoy retirement and working with the volunteers on the Events Committee just amazes me. It has been enjoyable also sharing the many tidbits of information with my grandchildren, that are some times studying the same subjects. It makes for interesting conversations.
I grew up in Ft. Wayne and attended Ball State, where I acquired the love of painting and photography. I chose a buyer training position at Wolf & Dessauer over a teaching degree. Marriage brought me to Lafayette where I raised four children and delved into the world of volunteering and fundraising. Past careers were in real estate, retail, Purdue Ag. Special Events Coordinator and finally found my passion in fundraising and event coordinating as the 15 year director of the March of Dimes.
From Linda Taulman: My husband, Ken, and I have lived in Lafayette for 31 years. We raised four daughters, Andrea, Monica, Valarie, and Lindsay. We have 2 grandchildren, and are expecting another in February, 2012. We also have 2 great granddaughters ages 1 and 1/2, and 7 years old. I retired from the receptionist position at The Greater Lafayette Art Museum after 11 years of service. I majored in Psychology at Ivy Tech as an adult.
My husband and I are active in our church, Crestview United Brethren. I currently am taking training to become a pre-marital counselor. I was the grief counselor for two years. I am a board member at Duncan Hall and help out with our manners educational program for elementary aged school children. I've taught the 15 Super Foods class here at WALLA, and along with Ann Ginda, coordinated and presented The Art of Tea class. My hobbies are card and craft making, reading and traveling.
My days away from WALLA are spent with grandkids activities, Duncan Hall Board, cooking, crafts, gardening, photography and travel. My daughter and I will be adventuring to Austria this fall. My goal is to take the Master Gardener class and work with a gardening program in the area schools, also, helping with the 20th Anniversary Celebration for WALLA.
Wabash Area Lifetime Learning
Association, Inc.
Morton Community Center
222 North Chauncey Avenue, Room 209
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906-3006
Phone: 765-746-2006, 765-494-5760
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: wallaonline.org
Office hours: 10 am– 1 pm weekdays
Newsletter e-mail: [email protected]
Affiliated with Purdue University
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. Postage Paid
West Lafayette, IN
Permit #79
WALLA volunteers wanted and needed
Our WALLA organization works
best when many participants see
needs, make useful suggestions,
and especially lend a hand.
The success of our WALLA
programs depends on office
workers, newsletter writers, course
coordinators, preparers of daily
beverages, servers for luncheons,
audio-visual technicians, and
vigilant board members.
Consider how you can add to our
growing list of able and
enthusiastic volunteers. Consider
adding your name to our “Help
Wanted and Needed” sheet at your
earliest opportunity.
For more information you
may go to the WALLA office
in room 209 of the Morton
Center. Also call Tom Schott
at 765-538-3484 or email him at
Address Service Requested
Changes of Information
If you are changing your address, phone, or email, please let the WALLA staff know by sending an email to the WALLA office address: [email protected]. Please put “address change” in the subject bar and clearly list your new information within the note. Thank you very much for your co-operation in this matter.
You can now catch the WALLA newsletter in color. Go to your computer
and type in wallaonline.org. When you find the newsletter
tab you should be able to enjoy seeing the whole newsletter and
many of the pictures in color. It really gives the newsletter a whole new look. Try it—just once or twice! You just might like it!
Newsletter in Living Color
Where is WALLA? On the Move!
On Thursday, July 14, Nancy Hartman, our representative from the West Lafayette Public Library, led WALLA participants on a tour of the Wabash and Erie Canal at Delphi. Speakers from Delphi’s canal project have spoken to our WALLA participants during classes and piqued our interest, but actually being there was quite an experience.
The tour included a canal boat ride, as pictured, a walk along the canal, a tour of the interpretive center, and a catered luncheon at the Canal Center. After lunch we then visited to the Delphi Opera House and Gallery as well as the Carroll county Historical Museum. We want to thank Nancy Hartman for her planning and leadership for the canal trip.
The Programming Committee arranged for two trips for participants this spring and summer.
Twenty WALLA participants enjoyed our "Armchair Travel" on the Road on June 7-8-9. Lyn and Mike Doyle led us to sites in northeastern Indiana. These included the Ghylsain Chocolate Factory Tour, the Gene Stratton-Porter Historic Site, the Auburn-Cord-Dusenberg Museum, and Plyley's Candy Factory. The Amish Shops and "Quilt Magic" were really quite beautiful. We had very nice overnight accommodations in Auburn and at Das Dutchman Essenhaus.
All participants seemed to enjoy the excursion. Thanks to Mike and Lyn Doyle for serving as the planners and leaders on this interesting trip.
League of Women Voters & Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association
Mayoral Political Forum
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Multi-purpose Room, Morton Community Center 222 N. Chauncey, West Lafayette, IN
Moderator: Jeff Smith, WLFI-TV, Channel l8, News Director
Timekeepers will be provided by League of Women Voters.
Questions from the audience will be submitted on 3 x5 cards
to joint WALLA - League of Women Voters panel.
Candidates:
City of Lafayette: Mayor Tony Roswarski (D)
Andrew K. Phillips (R)
City of West Lafayette:
Mayor John Dennis (R)
John Polles (D)
WABASH AREA LIFETIME LEARNING ASSOCIATION, INC.
“Picnic in the Park” Presented by the Special Events Committee
Date: Thursday, August 18, 2011 Time: 5 P.M. (Rain or Shine) Cost: $9.00 per person Menu: Fried Chicken, Potato Salad, Veggie Tray, Bread, Cookie and Beverage Place: Columbian Park, Blue Shelter, Number 5, across from old Home Hospital in Lafayette. Handicapped Parking is available on Park Avenue and Jenks Senior Center.
The Curriculum Committee will present an overview of
upcoming classes. WALLA fall session begins October 17, 2011. Brochures will be distributed for early sign-up.
Picnic reservation or cancellation deadline is August 11
Return form to: Gail Beck 1010 N Grant Street
West Lafayette IN 47906 765-743-9920
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Names_____________________________________________________ Phone _____________No. attending______x $9.00 ea.= $________
Make check payable to WALLA
Summer Film Series
WALLA Summer Film Series Presents:
Whale Rider on Monday, July 18, at 6:54 in WLPL
Although Witi Ihimaera’s novel Whale Rider is required reading for many students in New Zealand, few Western audiences had even heard of this book until it was adapted into a feature film in 2002 by writer and director Niki Caro. Twelve-year-old Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes) wants nothing more in life than to please her grandfather Koro, the chief of their Maori tribe, and become his acknowledged successor. But Pai’s conservative grandfather refuses to even entertain the possibility that a girl could take up the mantle once worn by their ancestor Paikea, the legendary whale rider who is said to have traversed the distance from Hawaiki - the spiritual homeland of the Maori people - to New Zealand on the back of a whale. Despite her grandfather’s disapproval, Pai perseveres and ultimately finds a way to fulfill a destiny that extends far beyond her wildest dreams. WALLA’s showing of Whale Rider (2002) will take place at the West Lafayette Public Library on Monday, July 18 at 6:45 p.m. The film showing and discussion are free and open to the public.
Sense & Sensibility on Monday, August1, at 6:45 in WLPL After the death of their father the sisters Dashwood and their mother are forced to leave the family estate and move to a small country cottage where Elinor and Marianne, the two eldest daughters, soon find themselves tested as they weigh sense and sensibility against their hopes for love and happiness. Emma Thompson’s Academy Award-winning adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Sense & Sensibility sparkles with the charm and wit of Austen’s own prose which is brought to life by Kate Winslet, Gemma Jones, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Hugh Laurie, and of course Thompson herself. WALLA’s showing of Sense & Sensibility (1995) will take place at the West Lafayette Public Library on Monday, August 1, at 6:45 p.m. and brings our Summer Film Series Great Adaptations “From Page to Screen” to a close. The film showing and discussion are free and open to the public.
