Center for Continuing Adult Learning, Inc.
Oneonta, Otsego County, New York
The Center for Continuing Adult Learning, Inc. (CCAL), is an affiliate of the Elderhostel Network
2010 WINTER/SPRING CATALOG
Updated as of November 1, 2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRESIDENTS' MESSAGE
ORGANIZATION
WELCOME PAGE
WINTER COURSES
SPRING COURSES
FACILITATORS' BIOGRAPHIES
Dear Friends,
It’s once again time to introduce you to our next round of courses, covering winter/spring 2010. As you will see, our fantastic
Curriculum Committee has put together an enticing menu from which we can make our selections.
Please give a thought to joining us in one or more of the activities available to members who would like to give something back to this great organization. CCAL has provided us all with interesting and stimulating things to do – and learn – for the past 16 years. We can use your help as class assistant, committee member, and/or facilitator. Let’s keep CCAL a vibrant organization.
Happy browsing!
Mary Simpson, President
The Center for Continuing Adult Learning, Inc.
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The Center for Continuing Adult Learning is a membership organization sponsored by Hartwick College and The State University College at Oneonta (SUCO). “The Center” is one of close to 300 Institutes for Learning in Retirement across the United States, all members of the Elderhostel Institute Network. All of our facilitators are volunteers as are the board members and committee members who are responsible for the operation of “The Center.” It takes many people, giving freely of their time to execute the work necessary to have a well-run organization. If you have an interest in serving in one of the following areas, please get in touch with one of the officers of the Board or a Committee Chairperson.
2009 Board of Directors:
Officers:
President: Mary Simpson - (607) 433-0168
Co-Vice Presidents: Douglas Fielder and Dorothy Scott Fielder - (607) 432-2727
Secretary: Eve Rabbiner - (607) 432-3260
Treasurer: Sandra Fleisher - (607) 432-3783
Assistant Treasurer: J. Taylor Hollist - (607) 432-6803
2010 Standing Committees:
Curriculum:
Co-chairs: Joan Kollgaard - (607) 433-2431 and Erika Baker-Heinegg - (607) 432-0405
Brigitte Beehler
Patricia Desmond
Douglas Fielder
Howson Hartley
Ellen Lee
Hugh MacDougall
Heide Seaman-Mahlke
Virginia Miller
Jean Seroka
Membership and Promotion:
Chairperson: Kathryn Allen - (607) 547-8030
Rosemary Black
Frances Bliven
Jane Ford-Richards
Bill Goertemoeller
Nancy Heldman
Carolyn Hillis
Mary Lee Martin
Kathryn Riso
Sally Tyler
Vivian Walisko
Finance and Administration:
Chairperson:Virginia Marr - (607) 432-5434
Kathy Dodd
Sandra Fleisher
J. Taylor Hollist
Barbara Thompson
Nominating:
Chairperson: Dorothy Lawson - (607) 432-0904
Shirley Fioravanti
Virginia Pudelka
College Liaisons:
Hartwick College: Alicia L. Fish, Dir. Donor Relations - (607) 431-4021
SUCO: Dr. Nancy Wolters, Assoc. Provost - (607) 436-2950
2010 will be our 17th year of offering courses to the community through our network with Elderhostel and sponsorship by Hartwick College and SUNY College at Oneonta.
CATALOG:
This is Part I of our 2010 CCAL Catalog of Courses. We have two catalogs each year. The Winter/Spring catalog is published in October and the Summer/Fall catalog is published in March. Our Curriculum Committee has endeavored, successfully, to strike a balance between the humanities, the arts, sciences and social sciences and also includes activities both indoors and out-of-doors.
MEMBERSHIP:
Our membership fee is $100 for the calendar year, January 1 through December 31, and you can join at any time. We offer many interesting courses during each of our four seasons to enable you to “get your money’s worth” no matter when you join. If you “opt” for a payment plan, please plan to pay in full by January 1 so that you can enroll in winter classes. Your membership must be paid in full before your name is placed on a class roster. The membership enrollment form can be reached from the home page of this website. We hope you will feel free to share some information about yourself with us and perhaps tell us of your interest to serve as a facilitator and/or serve on the Board of Directors or one of our committees.
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Scholarship funds to waive the membership fee are available for full or partial CCAL memberships. To apply: call the office and request a Scholarship Application form, complete the form and return it to CCAL Board of Directors, PO Box 546, Oneonta, NY 13820.
COURSE REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
All course registrations must be made by mail, FAX, email, or in person in the office. We cannot take registrations over the telephone. All registration forms will be held until the cut-off dates: November 15 for winter courses, January 15 for spring courses, April 15 for summer courses and July 15 for fall courses. It is very important that you put your courses on the registration form in your personal priority order. After the cut-off date for registrations, all members who have signed up for courses will be placed on the rosters according to their priority #. If there are more requests for a course than the enrollment maximum, the lowest priority numbers will be placed on the waiting list. Any registrants locked out of their first choice course will then be assigned their second priority course ahead of the other registrants for that course. Any registrations received after the cut-off date will be placed on the class rosters, as class size permits, on a “first come, first serve” basis, based on the stamped date of receipt, up to the beginning date of any course. Members will be notified of their course placement within two weeks of the cut-off dates for each session. Participants will be notified if courses are cancelled for unforeseen reasons.
CHANGES:
On occasion there are changes in the scheduling of our courses after the catalog has been printed. These changes are announced in our randomly published Office Bulletin or by letter if the changes miss the publication of the bulletin. To the extent possible, they will be noted in this on-line catalog.
The CCAL office is located in Rowe House, 31 Maple Street, Oneonta, on the second floor
Mailing address: CCAL, PO Box 546, Oneonta, NY 13820
Phone: (607) 441-7370; FAX: (607) 436-9682
Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Email: ccaloneonta@stny.rr.com
Website: http://external.oneonta.edu/ccal
Office Manager: Justine Butler
WINTER COURSES -- Registration due: November 15, 2009
- Schedule:
- Dates: See schedule
- Time: See schedule
- Location: SUCO campus
- Coordinators:
- Course Description:
- 1) Swimming: Pool in Chase Physical Education Building
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 7:30-8:30 a.m.; 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
- Also: Saturday and Sunday: 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
- Call Chris Schuler for conflicts (436-2505)
- 2) Walking: Track – anytime the Field House is open
- 3) Tennis: Outdoor courts only – anytime
- 4) Racquet Ball Courts in Chase Physical Education Building - Lower level:
- Monday through Friday 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
- Call Helen Van Houten for conflicts (436-3595)
- You must have a SUCO Guest Pass to engage in these activities. This will be sent to you upon registration. Also, carry your CCAL membership card with you. These cards are not always requested to be shown to identify yourself, but you should be prepared. Please note: a new guest pass is required each semester.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: No max
- Schedule:
- Dates & Times: Monday, January 11, 10 to 11 a.m.; Monday, January 18 and 25, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Harry Pence
- Course Objective: To discuss how the computer has changed our society in the past and how it may well change society
even more in the coming decade.
- Course Description: It is readily apparent that the computer has changed society and is having more of an impact every day. Why did these changes occur and how will they affect the coming decade. The ideas of the course will be organized around major developments, like the memex, Moore’s Law, the World Wide Web, social networking, and privacy. The discussion will focus on computers in society, and will provide no guidance regarding how to set up or repair computers. Each class will consist of a series of short presentations followed by small group discussion of the ideas after each presentation.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 8 minimum, 25 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Wednesday, January 13 and 20
- Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
- Location: Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitators:
- Course Objective: To share photos and experiences of travel through Southern Utah’s national and state parks.
- Course Description: Heide and Ernie Mahlke went to Utah in the spring and the Fielders went in the late summer of 2009. They went to many of the same places and wish to share with you their photos of many national and state parks. Places seen include Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyon lands, and the Grand Canyon National Parks, several national monuments and state parks. Some areas may be seen in both spring and late summer. In addition to Utah, the Fielders went to Lake Powell and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 10 minimum, 60 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Wednesday, January 13
- Time: 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.
- Location: Anderson Theater, Hartwick College campus
- Facilitator: Rene Prins
- Course Objective: To present a historical view of the changes in orchestral music from the Baroque to the modern period. By listening to representative musical examples, the attendees should improve their understanding and expectations when attending public orchestral performances or purchasing recorded examples.
- Course Description: An audio and visual description of the families of instruments that make up the contemporary Symphony Orchestra with a brief description of the physics involved. The historic view of instruments, with presentations of the 18th and 19th century versions of the more contemporary instruments. This will lead to an understanding of the music composed during the five centuries of orchestral music. Examples of the compositional forms developed through this long history.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 8 minimum, 50 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Thursday, January 14
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 323, Yager Hall, Hartwick College campus
- Facilitator: Donna Behrendt
- Course Objective: Participants will learn why the United States is involved in observing the presidential and parliamentary election of other countries, how these elections may be different from ours and how an observer determines whether an election is fair.
- Course Description: The class will cover election observations I made in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) amasses up to 400 international observers who go to a country upon invitation from that government. Why is OSCE invited to observe when a country knows its election will be fraudulent? How do you tell whether an election is fair or not? I will share digital pictures of the election process in the above four
countries.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 10 minimum, 20 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Monday, January 18 and 25
- Time: 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
- Location: Room 144, Johnstone Science Building, Hartwick campus
- Facilitator: Charles Hartley
- Course Objective: To learn a little about the exotic east African countries of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and
Malawi, including their amazing wildlife and wonderful people, and Vietnam and Cambodia with their ancient culture and wonderful people. This will include pictures of my travels in these countries.
- Course Description: This course will consist of two illustrated lectures; the first will describe Vietnam and Cambodia from Hanoi to the highlands of Vietnam, to Ho Chi Min City (still called Saigon), across the Mekong Delta and up into Cambodia with stops at Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat; the second will describe east Africa from Zanzibar to the Ngorongoro Crater and on to the Serengeti in Tanzania, to Nairobi in Kenya and the Masai Mara, across Uganda and the source of the White Nile, into Rwanda (with a view of some mountain gorillas) and then onto Malawi to visit a former student.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 10 minimum, 35 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Thursday, January 21
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Colleen Blacklock
- Course Objective: Participants will receive an overview of horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing, the impacts and possible long-term effects.
- Course Description: We will follow with a discussion. This talk will include a pictorial tour of gas drilling and its impacts. We will review the state oversight and regulations, potential problems, and what citizens and municipalities can do to protect their water and way of life.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 10 minimum, 40 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Tuesday, January 26
- Time: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
- Location: Bacon Activity Room, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Patrick MacGregor
- Course Objective: The aim of this course is to discuss plants most people view as weeds. Their history and uses
throughout history will be discussed. Herb examples; Burdock, Dandelion, Sumac, etc.
- Course Description: During Patrick MacGregor’s lecture, he will discuss the history and origin of six or seven plants most people view as weeds. The history of the herbs will be discussed. Then simple teas are prepared from each herb. Participants are free to try the teas.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 10 minimum, 30 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Wednesday, January 27
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Anderson Theater, Hartwick College campus
- Facilitator: Rene Prins
- Course Objective: This course is intended to present to the attendees a picture of the long history of wind and brass solo virtuoso repertory and performances.
- Course Description: Recordings will be utilized, but the emphasis shall be on live performance. Guest performers will be featured.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 8 minimum, No maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Monday, February 1, 8, 15, and 22
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Joe Richardson
- Course Objective: Using Jonathan Weiner’s book “The Beak of the Finch,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Science
Writing in the mid 1990s, we will explore the legacy of Charles Darwin and the foundation his insights provide to modern biology and to our view of humanity’s place in nature.
- Course Description: Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born two hundred years ago on the same day: February 12,
1809. It is fitting, then, that we take a long look at Darwin’s legacy – while leaving open the interesting question of which man has had the greater influence on our lives! While exploring some of the many modern evolutionary studies that are part of the Darwinian legacy, Weiner’s fine, accessible book also touches on the social, philosophical and medical “fallout” of Darwinism.
- Cost: $13 for the paperback edition of Weiner’s book.
- Enrollment: 10 minimum, 35 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Tuesday, February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2 and 9
- Time: 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
- Location: Dining Room and Reception Room, Rowe House, 31 Maple Street, Oneonta
- Facilitators:
- Course Description: The cold gray days of winter are perfect for joining our friendly group of knitters: beginners and more advanced. Aside from creating something made by hand, the process of knitting is soothing therapy, either in a group or at home alone. Participants will learn the essentials of knitting and choose an individual project with the help of the facilitators.
- Cost: Possible small cost for photo copies plus the students must supply their own yarn, knitting
needles, crochet hook, scissors and ruler
- Enrollment: 5 minimum, 12 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Wednesday, February 3
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Alice Cannistra
- Course Objective: To introduce participants to the geography, history, art, architecture, music, dance, food and culture of the largest cities in Spain.
- Course Description: This presentation will be a virtual tour of the major cities of Spain and their places of interest. The discussion will include the unique characteristics of each autonomous region in which the chosen cities are located. Cities to be visited will include Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Granada, Cordoba, Toledo, Segovia, Pamplona and Salamanca.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 6 minimum, 30 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Wednesday, February 10
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: TBA on the SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Douglas Cannistra
- Course Objective: To learn easy self-defense techniques.
- Course Description: Participants will learn and practice several techniques for defending themselves using everyday objects. There are no physical requirements or restrictions for class members.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 5 minimum, 15 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Tuesday, February 16
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: FoxCare Center, Oneonta
- Facilitator: Arthur (Gene) Klamm
- Course Objective: Students will be able to recognize life-threatening emergencies and respond appropriately.
- Course Description: This is a two-hour course that includes Adult CPR, the Heimlich Maneuver and use of an AED
(Automatic External Defibrillator). It may be the easiest course you ever take, and the most rewarding. Physical exertion will be required. Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing.
- Cost: No cost unless students desire to purchase the book. Contact Gene Klamm (607-431-5080) or Gene Klamm (email)not later than two weeks before your scheduled class if you want to order the book. Book price: $7.50.
- Enrollment: 4 minimum, 6 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Wednesday, February 24, March 3, 10 and 17
- Time: Feb. 24 is 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.; the rest are 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Paul Scheele
- Course Objective: To read and discuss Anthony Lewis’ examination of the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution and, in the process, gain a better understanding and appreciation of this most fundamental bulwark of our individual freedom.
- Course Description: Anthony Lewis covered the U. S. Supreme Court for the New York Times for many years and
won multiple awards, both for his reporting but also for his editorial writing. Lewis also won many awards for his earlier book, Gideon’s Trumpet, examining the high court’s landmark “indigent’s right to counsel” decision.
In Freedom for the Thought That We Hate Lewis describes the First Amendment in development across American history, showing how it has become much more than it was upon adoption, a powerful illustration of the growth of the law through judicial interpretation. In the process, Lewis delves into libel law, privacy issues, the press’s shielding of confidential sources, obscenity, and hate speech, among other topics.
- Cost: Text for the course: Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment by Anthony Lewis. Basic Books (2008) (190 pages). Currently listed on Amazon at $4.00 (used) to $19.00, with many in the range of $5.00. Also available from Damascene Bookstore and The Green Toad book store, both in Oneonta.
- Enrollment: 3 minimum, 15 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Thursday, February 25
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Location: Room 107, Human Ecology Building, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Dianne Dirig
- Facilitator: Debbie Wojehowski
- Course Objective: We will explore two key behaviors that will improve health and quality of life:
- 1. Eat at least 3-1/2 cups of fruits and vegetables every day.
- 2. Participate in at least 30 minutes of physical activity most days of the week.
We will discuss and demonstrate how these behaviors can be beneficial for adults.
- Course Description: Experts from the fields of medicine, nutrition and public health agree that eating more fruits and vegetables and participating in physical activity will benefit almost everyone. We will share the benefits gained by practicing these two behaviors and encourage you to try them. Useful tips, activities, recipes and food samples will be shared.
- Cost: $5 to cover the cost of food. Payable by cash or check made out to CCE Otsego County. Hand to class assistant when you check in for attendance.
- Enrollment: 10 minimum, 20 maximum
SPRING COURSES -- Registration due: January 15, 2010
- Schedule:
- Dates: Monday, March 1, 8, 15, and 22
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Rowe House, 31 Maple Street, Oneonta
- Facilitator: Nancy Chiang
- Course Objective: The object of the game is to obtain a collection of tiles to form a specific hand before your opponents do. The tiles you hold are then scored up and totaled. After several hands are played, the player with the highest score wins.
- Course Description: Mah Jongg involves skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck. In the game, each player is dealt either thirteen or sixteen tiles in a hand, depending on the variation being played. On their turn, players draw a tile and discard one, with the goal of making four or five melds (also depending on the variation) and one pair, or “head.” Winning comes “on the draw” by drawing a new or discarded tile that completes the hand. Thus, a winning hand actually contains fourteen (or seventeen) tiles.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 4 minimum, 16 maximum/li>
- Schedule:
- Dates: Thursday, March 11 and 18
- Time: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
- Location: Room 319, Yager Hall, Hartwick College campus
- Facilitator: Andrea Campbell
- Course Objective: To discuss the ideas Lewis presents in the first volume of his Space Trilogy.
- Course Description: C. S. Lewis – teacher, philosopher, broadcaster and author – was one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. This course will take a look at his first work of science fiction and discuss how Lewis’ ideas about a whole range of topics are expressed in Out of the Silent Planet.
- Cost: Students are to purchase and read C. S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet prior to the first day of class.
- Enrollment: 4 minimum, 10 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Friday, March 12
- Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Location: Room 327, Yager Hall, Hartwick College campus
- Facilitator: John Ruland
- Course Objective: Police work – it’s more than donuts. I hope to impart a better understanding of law enforcement from the perspective of those sworn to do so.
- Course Description: This course will describe the types of training, assignments and duties of a police officer. Included in the two hours will be advice on interacting with the police – should that need arise. Free-range discussion and any and all questions are encouraged.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 5 minimum, 30 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Tuesday, March 16
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitators::
- Course Objective: This workshop is for anyone interested in “small-scale” vegetable gardening. If you are only growing vegetables for one or two people or have limited gardening space, it is still possible to grow your own fresh vegetables in containers.
- Course Description: Topics include Crop Selection, Growing Media, Containers, Seeding and/or Transplanting, Fertilization, Watering, Light, Diseases and Insects, Harvesting, and Common Problems. Participants are encouraged to bring questions and comments for discussion.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 5 minimum, 40 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Wednesday, March 24 and 31
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 128, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: April Ford
- Course Objective: Being a writer isn’t all it takes to succeed as a freelancer; many writers struggle because of a lack of basic information and resources. Students who take this course will learn how to prepare for freelance work. Topics covered will include: How to decide which type(s) of writing you would like to do; How to develop your freelance image; How to find freelance writing jobs; and what to charge.
- Course Description: I will introduce students to the basics of being a freelance writer, such as knowing what to write, where to find work, how to initiate work, and how to communicate with clients – especially via the Internet, which is becoming a more mainstream mode of work for the freelance writer. There will be opportunities for group discussions so students can share their knowledge and experiences and, ideally, inform each other. As the writer-client relationship is a key aspect of freelance writing, I will create scenarios for students where they have to navigate through situations that happen regularly in the world of freelance writing: Your deadline is approaching and your client makes an unexpected demand for something you won’t be able to complete in time; You have done the work and the client won’t pay you; How to negotiate the terms of a contract; etc. I will provide students with useful web and print (for those who do not have easy Internet access) resources, and make myself available for an email follow-up for any post-course questions. While this is a course about working as a freelance writer, it is not designed to be stuffy or competitive; I want students to have fun with their learning experience!
- Cost: None. Students should bring paper and pens to class.
- Enrollment: 3 minimum, 10 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Friday, March 26, April 23 and May 21
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 125, Clark Hall, Hartwick College campus
- Facilitator: Mary S. Miller
- Course Objective: To gather interested readers for discussion of novels.
- Course Description: Three new books will be chosen by the facilitator under the same theme as last year’s club. The novels selected will be decided upon by February 2010 and a list will be sent to all class members. The course is a relaxed discussion with all class members encouraged to contribute their ideas, reactions and insights.
- Cost: Purchase of the three selected books.
- Enrollment: 5 minimum, 20 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Monday, March 29, April 5, 12 and 19
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 327, Yager Hall, Hartwick College campus
- Facilitator: Gregory Meyding
- Course Objective: Through an analysis of Camus’ psychological essays we shall be presented currently with the two
modern realities: self destruction and so the destruction of others.
- Course Description:
- 1) Introduction and presentation of the problem from letters to a German friend.
- 2) Self destruction – the Myth of Sisyphus – the absurd.
- 3) Destruction of others – the Myth of Prometheus – the rebel
- 4) Hypothetical reconciliation – the Myth of Nemesis, Christian Metaphysicis and Neoplatonism, thesis published 1938.
- 5) Discussions and reflections
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 3 minimum, 12 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Thursday, April 1, 8, 15 and 22
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Tom Heitz
- Course Objective::
- Trace the American temperance and anti-alcohol reform movements from 1886 through the prohibition era and into the Great Depression; explore how prohibition of alcohol was achieved and why it ultimately failed.
- Investigate the social history of prohibition-era America, the criminal enterprise of moonshine and its outcomes, and the government’s role in enforcing the prohibition laws.
- Explore how prohibition played out in Otsego County and upstate New York.
- Course Description: This is the second part of a two-part course tracing more than two centuries of temperance reform and alcohol-related issues in America through the Great Depression.
- Incentive: Dark chocolates will be distributed at breaks
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 15 minimum, 40 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Thursday, April 1 and 8
- Time: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
- Location: Room 327, Yager Hall, Hartwick College campus
- Facilitator: J. Taylor and Suzanne Hollist
- Course Objective: Learn that the Latter-day Saints started in New York, moved to Ohio, then Missouri, then Illinois, then Utah.
- Course Description: Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were born in Vermont before coming to New York. The Mormon Movement started in Palmyra, New York but there is also some history along the Susquehanna River. At the second session a DVD will be shown of the ship Brooklyn leaving New York City with Mormon Saints who took a five-month journey to San Francisco.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 5 minimum, 30 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Tuesday, April 6, 13, and 20
- Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: P. Jay Fleisher
- Course Objective:
- Consider the occurrence and role of water in Earth systems, such as the hydrologic cycle
- Explore the multi-faceted aspects of water and its significance to everything from life on Earth to the formation of rocks.
- Water as a factor in human history
- The impact of water on human cultures
- Course Description: Water – a little isn’t enough, too much can be deadly, yet the right amount is essential. In a series of three illustrated, lecture-style presentations, water will be the focus of discussion. After dealing with some basic facts, attention will be directed to the source of water on Earth, its significance to all living creatures, and it’s occurrence and role in Earth systems. Some consideration will be given to problems related to availability for our global society as well as natural hazards. Ask whether we should be concerned with conservation and allocation of such a universally available resource or just let nature take its course.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 10 minimum, 40 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Wednesday, April 7, 14 and 21
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Denise Dailey
- Course Objective:
- 1) Why travel?
- 2) To recognize interconnection of geography and history
- 3) Relating specifics to broader scopes in multi-cultural lands through explorations and readings
- Course Description: The facilitator will review the stories of about six well or lesser-known travelers to have the class compare and contrast times, places, motives and results. Sicily will be the base for a parallel exploration of Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Normans, etc. Music and food are accompaniments.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 5 minimum, 30 maximum
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- Schedule:
- Date: Wednesday, April 7
- Time: 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
- Location: Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Thomas H. Dailey, MD
- Course Objective: Historical review of the Vietnam War ’68-’69. Personal experiences as battle surgeon.
- Course Description: An extensive file of personal slides form the basis of the presentation of the history, context and details of a year in the life of a young Army surgeon during the Tet Offensive. Details of military operations, community involvement and surgical challenges under fire are included.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 15 minimum, 50 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Wednesday, April 14, 21, 28, May 5 and 12
- Time: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Patricia Gourlay
- Course Objective: Enjoyment, discovery of new perspectives, enhanced understanding and confidence in reading or seeing Shakespeare’s plays.
- Course Description: Close reading and discussion of the play. (Everybody can have insights new to the rest of us.) Consideration of various critical perspectives and comparison with the play’s major sources. We will look at some screen performances on video, and anyone willing might try a little acting as well. As always, plenty of lively discussion. No special background needed.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 8 minimum, 20 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Wednesday, April 28
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Hugh C. MacDougall
- Course Objective: To explore the strange story of Liberia, founded on the west coast of Africa by free African-Americans seeking to escape racial torment, but funded and promoted by White Americans (from George Washington’s nephew, Bushrod Washington to Abraham Lincoln and beyond) seeking to rid the United States of its free African-American population.
- Course Description: We will explore Liberian history from its inception in 1816 through its declaration of independence in 1846, and down through the years until 1980, when a revolt by Liberia’s indigenous population overthrew its African-American rulers. We will study the American Colonization Society, the feelings and motivations of the White Americans who ran it; and the objections of most African-Americans to leaving the nation which, despite ill treatment, they nevertheless called home. We will look at Liberia (with slides and documents); its capital of Monrovia (named for President Monroe); its flag of “star and stripes;” its American-like government institutions; and its way of life that sometimes seemed to replicate memories of how slave masters had lived in the American south. And we will consider the difficult relations between the African-American government of Liberia and the nation’s majority indigenous African population and its equally strange relationship with an American government that long refused to recognize Liberian independence.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 6 minimum, 40 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Monday, May 3, 10, 17 and 24
- Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO Campus
- Facilitator: Harleen Allen
- Course Objective: To maintain a flexible spine and to release the natural flow of energy for good health and longevity.
- Course Description: We will concentrate on prana, life-giving energy, in each class participant and the energy field created by the group. Parrticipants will be encouraged to create a 20-minute program of their own beginning with the warm-up, four postures of their own choosing and ending with final relaxation.
- Cost: None. Students are asked to bring a sheet or mat to lie on and to wear pants that will not be restricting.
- Enrollment: 8 minimum, 16 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Monday, May 3
- Time: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: April Gates
- Course Objective: This workshop will give class participants a chance to learn appropriate ways to offer caring, compassionate touch when someone is experiencing pain or discomfort.
- Course Description: Most of us will encounter a life situation when someone we care for is injured, ill or dying. It may seem that there is no way to offer touch that would be comfortable or safe. Family members and friends can be unsure of how to help, afraid to touch someone in pain, and frustrated by their inability to comfort. Class participants will learn to offer gentle, comforting, non-invasive touch, as well as “off-the-body” touch; and will learn of resources for more formal study if desired. This will be a hands-on
class, with informal discussion. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and be prepared to offer and receive structured, gentle touch in a brief role-playing practice.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 10 minimum, 20 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Wednesday, May 5 and 12
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Ernest D. Mahlke
- Course Objective: Participants will become aware of the carving, painting, mechanics, and ambience of these amazing
entertainment devices. Acquaint people with the foremost designers and makers. Indicate where carousels may be found in our region.
- Course Description: Join this interesting quest for what carousels are about, including all aspects of their making. See why a cult of enthusiasts have elevated the worth of individual horses (and other animal forms) into multiple thousands of dollars.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 10 minimum, 40 maximum
- Schedule:
- Dates: Thursday, May 6, 13, 20 and 27
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Tom Heitz
- Course Objective:
- Continue to trace the publishing and editorial history of The Freeman’s Journal, a weekly newspaper established by William Cooper in 1808 from its inception on through its second century to the present.
- Show how The Freeman’s Journal reflected the news and events in the world at large on the one hand, and recorded and interpreted local news events in the village of Cooperstown, Otsego County and the region.
- View facsimile copies of period Journal editions and samples of different components in the Journal’s second century of publication.
- Course Description: This is the second part of a projected two-part course tracing the 200-year history of The Freeman’s Journal from its inception in 1908, through the second century of publication, to 2010. Students will follow the Journal’s growth and development as a leading regional weekly newspaper with Democratic ideals. At the same time, students will gain an overview of local history. Facsimile copies of Journal articles will supplement articles and inform class discussion.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 15 minimum, 40 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Thursday, May 6
- Time: 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
- Location: Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitators:
- Course Objective: 1) To demonstrate different photographic principles underlying bird photography. 2) To demonstrate
many of the underlying strategies employed to record the images. To achieve these objectives, a wide range of international, national, and local bird photographs are used as examples.
- Course Description: Each image or small groups of images, are selected to demonstrate a variety of photographic principles. Additionally, the underlying strategies used to record the images are discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on the composition of the image. Additional emphasis is placed on the strategies employed to record the motion in many of the photographs. It is important to note – no technical information is presented, thus a lack of photographic knowledge will not interfere with the participant’s understanding of the presentation.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 15 minimum, 50 maximum
- Schedule:
- Date: Wednesday, May 19
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
- Location: Room 104, Morris Conference Center, SUCO campus
- Facilitator: Hugh C. MacDougall
- Course Objective: To investigate how 21st century readers can read the 19th century novels of James Fenimore Cooper for pleasure, and with enjoyment as well as enlightenment. This one-session course is designed for members who may never have read a Cooper novel, or who have tried reading them but found them difficult. We will briefly survey Cooper’s life and writing career, but concentrate on his 32 novels as stories intended to entertain their readers, and demonstrate that they are still capable of doing so almost two centuries after they were written.
- Course Description: James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was during his lifetime, and for many decades afterwards, a best-selling novelist, whose stories were translated into most major languages and are still read and enjoyed throughout the world. Nevertheless, for readers of today, the enjoyment of reading Cooper can be enhanced by knowing something of the writing conventions of his time; as to the form of the novel, the role of the author, and the relationship between author and reader. Moreover, Cooper’s writing style is one intended to be listened to (whether literally or in the mind) rather than scanned visually, and he writes in a deliberately musical cadence. The English language has changed since Cooper wrote, both in vocabulary and style; and Cooper refers to events and customs which were familiar to his reading audience, but are less so to readers of today. Above all, Cooper sought not only to entertain his readers with exciting adventures in an exotic setting, but also to present them with social, political, moral, and cultural issues of his day – many of which remain just as important for Americans of our own time. We will examine these issues, listen to some excerpts from Cooper’s writings, discuss problems members have encountered with Cooper, and emerge ready, I hope, to tackle any Cooper novel with both
pleasure and enlightenment.
- Cost: None | Enrollment: 6 minimum, 40 maximum
- Harlene Allen began studying Yoga at the Sivananda Ashram in Val Morin, Quebec, Canada in the summer of 1972 and remained for more than a year when she took classes with and was secretary to Swami Vishnudevananda. Sometime in the 1980s she returned for a year to the organization and lived on their farm in Woodburne, NY, at the Center in New York City, and for a few months in Val Morin. She also attended a Yoga Festival at the Center on Paradise Island in the Bahamas and lived for a month at the Center in London, England.
- Donna Behrendt is retired from health care management and public health nursing. Some years ago she developed a free clinic for mothers and babies in Liberia, West Africa and more recently ran a refugee camp hospital in Macedonia. Training social workers in Kosovo followed the time in Macedonia. In 2000 she was trained as an election observer and is presently on the U. S. team of observers She has a BSN from the University of Wisconsin and a MS from Wheelock College. Donna is also a knitter. She learned to knit as a child from her mother who owned a knit shop and taught knitting. Now Donna looks for new challenges in designing sweater patterns and learning new knitting techniques.
- Colleen Blacklock is a New York State licensed acupuncturist and has had a private practice in Oneonta since 1998. She is board certified in both Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine by the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Ms. Blacklock received a Master’s degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York City and a BA in Biology from Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
- Andrea Campbell recently retired from teaching in the Liberal Arts Division at SUNY Delhi. She is active in many civic organizations, serves as a liturgical deacon at Immanuel Lutheran Church and has long been a fan of C. S. Lewis.
- Alice Cannistra taught Spanish for 33 years at Unatego High School, retiring in 2006. She has been to Spain numerous times, has traveled with groups of students as a tour guide and studied at the Universidad de Salamanca on a scholarship from the New York State Foreign Language Teachers Association and the Embassy of Spain.
- Doug Cannistra is a third degree black belt in Shitoryu Karate with thirty-five years experience in the martial arts. He has taught many levels of self-defense classes throughout his career in Probation and a Corrections Director for the State of New York.
- Nancy Chiang graduated from SUNY Albany with a master’s degree in Information Science and Technology. In addition to her profession she is an amateur in Chinese painting, having taken lessons from several world known artists in the United States, Taiwan and China, she is also an expert in Chinese cooking and she is well liked for her style and flavor in Chinese dishes and now she will be sharing her love of Mah Jongg with our members. There seems to be no end to her talent.
- Denise Dailey has had the advantage of being born in Brazil to French parents, of having lived in Canada for nine years, and of having traveled with her husband and children to all continents, often in tents. She has taught English, ESL, physiology and music at different times in her life, and found great success in marrying all these disciplines in a course “English through Science” that she taught in NYC public schools. She and her husband are retired and live on a farm in Walton from May through October
- Dr. Dailey is a general surgeon living with his wife, Denise, of 50 years, in Walton NY. He retired in 1999 as Clinical Professor of Surgery at Columbia University, P & S, having taught general and colo-rectal surgery at the Roosevelt Hospital for over 30 years. He served in Vietnam as Army Medical Corps general surgeon from June ’67 through May ’68.
- Tom is starting his 30th year at SUNY College at Oneonta. Along with serving as the Intramural Director, Tom teaches beginning swimming and assists with the College Scuba course.
- Dianne Dirig is a graduate of SUNY Oneonta with a B.S. and M.S. in Home Economics. A native of Cohoes, N.Y., Dianne has resided in the Oneonta area for 39 years. She is currently the Program Leader for Family & Consumer Sciences at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Otsego County. She enjoys both watching and presenting food demonstrations and has been a frequent finalist in The Daily Star’s recipe contest.
- Gail DuBois started her photography interest as a sports photographer when her children were growing up. She now helps her daughter, who is the Sidney Girls’ Soccer coach by photographing her matches as well as many of her grandchildren’s matches. She has won many national and local awards for her work. Her work has appeared in numerous calendars and magazines.
- Nelson DuBois has always been interested in nature photography. He has received national awards and has had his work published in calendars and magazines.
- Scott had a brief career teaching biology and a much longer one (25 years) in the United States Postal Service. She retired in 2003 after 22 years as Schenevus Postmaster. Her many interests include stamp collecting, environmental activism, local history, photography and travel.
- Doug retired after teaching for 31 years at the State University of New York, College at Oneonta. Now that he is retired he has time to pursue his interests in photography, travel and volunteering for local groups.
- P. Jay Fleisher is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Earth Sciences Department, SUNY-College at Oneonta. During his 40 years at the College he taught Geology in introductory and advanced courses until his retirement in 2007. Since then Jay is on what he calls a permanent “Sabbatical Leave,” during which he continues to pursue his research at Bering Glacier, Alaska. Recognized for his expertise in the field of glaciers, glacial geology, and landform development, Jay also shifts his attention to various other topics of interest for CCAL courses, this time to water as a natural resource. A few guest presenters from the College community will supplement information provided by Jay.
- April has been a freelance writer and editor since 2002. She recently moved from Montreal (Quebec, Canada) with her husband, who teaches 18th century English literature at SUNY Oneonta. April has worked as a managing editor for a number of small literary presses, and as a technical writer and web content editor for businesses. She is currently an acquisitions and manuscript editor for ARISE Foundation, a Florida-based organization that publishes educational material for at-risk and incarcerated youth.
- April Linton Gates, NCTMB, is a licensed massage therapist specializing in geriatric and hospice massage for the past fifteen years, as well as maintaining a private practice in general massage. A registered practitioner in Jin Shin Do ® Bodymind Acupressure ™ since 1996, she is also a certified foot reflexologist and uses various subtle energy techniques to enhance her work.
- Patricia Gourlay is a retired Professor of English, specializing in Shakespeare and classical literature. She has taught at Temple University and Hunter College and has been at SUNY College at Oneonta since 1963. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, with an MA from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from Columbia. She is currently busy writing a biography of three women in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She has found CCAL courses on Shakespeare so much fun that she can’t resist doing another course.
- Charles Hartley has a Ph.D. in physics, taught physics at Hartwick College for thirty years and is now retired and Professor Emeritus. He has a life-long interest in astronomy and was the Director of the Ernest B. Wright Observatory at Hartwick. He has traveled extensively as time and money permitted over the past fifteen years. He spent two months traveling in India, has been to Turkey three times for a total of about six weeks and has been to China three times for a total of about seven months, once teaching oral English at a university for five months. He enjoys documenting his travels with journals and photographs.
- Tom Heitz writes local history columns for The Freeman’s Journal, and Hometown Oneonta. Tom is Otsego Town Historian, an interpreter for the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown and the official score keeper for the Oneonta Tigers in the summertime. From 1983 to 1995 he was Librarian of the National Baseball Library and Archive, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
- Suzanne and Taylor Hollist are both retired from Oneonta State College, Taylor as a mathematics professor and Suzanne as a counselor. They moved to Oneonta from Utah in 1966. They are active in the local Latter-day Saint Congregation in West Oneonta. They both are members of the New York State Historical Association and the Mormon History Association. Taylor has one publication titled “Walking on Water Stories and Other Susquehanna River Folk Tales about Joseph Smith.”
- Wanda Jagocki has been a Master Gardener since 2003. The Master Gardeners are a group of 25 volunteers coordinated by Wanda.
- Gene Klamm has been a CPR instructor for 31 years. He was a USAF Medical Technician for 22 years, where he did CPR more times than he’d like to remember. He has been an Education Instructor at A. O. Fox for 20 years, where he teaches healthcare providers CPR. This class may be the easiest class you will ever take. However, it does take some physical exertion.
- Hugh MacDougall has given courses every year since CCAL’s inception, on a wide variety of topics. He is the founder of the James Fenimore Cooper Society and its current Corresponding Secretary, and has read and written widely about Cooper and his works. For his course on Liberia he will be relying on his long-standing interest in African-American history, his personal experience as a diplomat in West Africa (including one visit to Liberia), and his pleasure in researching and then presenting a new topic to his fellow CCAL members.
- Patrick MacGregor graduated from SUNY Brockport 1992, where he received a BS in history and a BS in Communications. Patrick has been employed by The Farmers Museum for the past 17 years. In his job he is the Supervisor of Pharmacy and Heritage Gardens. Patrick designs, plans and implements the programs for Dr. Thrall’s Pharmacy (circa 1832). He also overseas the museums historic gardens which include a hedge maze, a children’s garden and a medical specimen garden containing nearly 100 varieties.
- Annette MacLeod has been a Master Gardener since 2003. She is employed by Chase Memorial Nursing Home where her responsibilities include promoting better health through gardening.
Courses: Southern Utah, Red Rock Country: Overlap and Diversion
Going Around in Circles: The Art of the Carousel
- Ernie Mahlke taught for SUCO Department of Art for thirty-two years. He taught jewelry early on, specializing eventually in Sculpture and 3-Dimensional Design. He is interested in a lot of things, but particularly sculpture, hiking, travel, and railroads. Ernie has taught a number of other courses for CCAL of a visual nature since retiring. Ernest and Heide Mahlke suffer from considerable wanderlust. They have so far, visited 36 countries, and have been to Germany repeatedly, combining family visits with sight-seeing, hiking, and biking.
- Gregory Meyding has a PhD in Analytic Psychology. Our lives are grounded in process and connections. Some of which we choose while others choose us. Some of which we are aware and of others we are not. Philosophy, Theology, Psychology each in their own way examine these processes and connections. I have studied these distinct ways and have graduate degrees in all three. Finally, I practiced Psychoanalysis and Analytic Psychology from my private office in lower Manhattan.
- Mary Miller is a recently retired 12th grade English teacher after 33-1/3 long playing years. She is now an adjunct instructor at Hartwick College. She is a passionate reader who looks forward to sharing her enthusiasm with fellow readers.
- Elaine Nahman, an avid vegetable gardener, has been a master gardener for 15 years.
- Dr. Harry E. Pence taught at SUNY Oneonta for over 40 years, retiring in the fall of 2008. He wrote his first article on using the computer for education in 1990 and has written two to three articles and given two to three presentations on this topic each year since then. Currently, he writes a column on electronic resources for a hardcopy music librarian’s journal and writes a column on search engines for an online chemical education journal. Dr. Pence received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1987 and was promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in 1998. He is currently a Faculty Fellow for Emerging Technologies at the SUNY Oneonta TLT Center.
- Rene Prins has been an Associate Professor of Music at the State University College at Oneonta. Principal Oboist with the Catskill Symphony Orchestra, the Utica Symphony and a very active chamber music performer in the Oneonta area for the past 34 years. He also serves as conductor of the Sate University Concert Band and conductor of the Oneonta Community Concert Band. Mr. Prins is also currently the President of Local 443 American Federation of Musicians.
- Joe Richardson spent 33 years as a biology professor at Franklin and Marshall College, teaching ecology, environmental studies, and introductory biology. Taking an evolutionary approach in these courses, he sometimes felt he was challenging the basic beliefs of students raised in the many theologically conservative households of southeastern Pennsylvania’s “Dutch Country.” But…“nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” That’s the working assumption of almost all biologists today.
- Carol has been knitting since she was a teenager. She has made gifts for her father, brother, husband, children, grandchildren, lucky friends and occasionally, something for herself.
- John was “sworn in” as a Nassau County Police Officer on January 19, 1969 and retired after 25 years of service as a Detective. John was a patrol officer for 16 years, most of which was spent in the Emergency Service Bureau. He was promoted to the Fire/Police Academy in East Meadow (L.I.) and served as the Chief Instructor of the F.P.A. for 4 years. His career included 5 years as a Detective in the Fifth Squad.
- Paul Scheele is a Professor Emeritus from SUNY College at Oneonta’s Political Science Department having taught that subject at the college for 33 years. During that period he taught “American Political Thought,” “U. S. Presidency,” “U. S. Congress,” “Political Interest Groups,” “Public Policy,” “Governing Russia,” “Constitutional Law,” and “Civil Rights and Liberties” as well as the introductory “U. S. Government.” He holds BA, MA and PhD degrees from the University of Nebraska and is the editor of “We Get What We Vote For…Or Do We?” – The Impact of Elections on Governing.
- Jean Seroka is a 1964 SUCO graduate who has had careers as a teacher, real estate broker, newspaper proofreader, assistant store manager and volunteer for many organizations. She has lived with her husband, Joe, in Otego since 1967.
- Debbie Wojehowski is a graduate of SUNY Oneonta and has completed a nutrition training program through Cornell University Cooperative Extension. She works as a Program Educator in nutrition, energy and financial topics for Cornell Cooperative Extension in Otsego County. She enjoys gardening, healthy eating and helping others to enjoy them as well.