Activity Calendar: 2009

 

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER

2009

 

General Meeting

The Fall General Meeting will be held Tuesday, October 20, 12:00 to 2:00 PM, at the Alumni Center.

Bridge

Chair:  Bill Crook   477-2145 or jecwbc@sbcglobal.net

The Bridge Group will meet on October 5 and November 2 at 1:00 p.m. in the Alumni Center.  Bill will call members in advance because reservations are necessary to assure foursomes.  Free parking is available at the Alumni Center--just push the button and they will raise the bar for you.  We have gained two new members and always have room for more.  Please call Bill if you wish to join the group.

Discussion 

Co-Chairs:  Don & Avis Davis  476-5028 or dgdavis@ischool.utexas.edu

All meetings are held in the conference room of Yarborough Branch, Austin Public Library, 2200 Hancock Dr. on the last Wednesday of the Month - 1:15 - 2:45 pm.

September 30:  Bette W. Oliver, PhD., independent scholar "Writing a Life:  The Fortuitous Confluence of Poetry and History" or "Confessions of a Late Bloomer".  Dr. Oliver has written many books of poetry and historical monographs.

October 28:  Rick MacArthur, M.A., D. Min., art historian and pastor.  "What Does Classical Art Have to Do With Current Insight?"  Dr. MacArthur has expanded his pastoral calling through art appreciation.

November 25:  Harold Skaggs, Jr., M.D., neurological physician (retired).  "The Joy of Giving---Medical Missions after a Life of Neurology" or "Retirement--Unexpected Joys".  Dr. Skaggs has engaged in projects in Africa and Latin America in recent years.

December----No Meeting

                                                Exercise

Co-Chair:  Victor Appel   249-6617 or vappel@sbcglobal.net (on leave)

                 Carolyn Wylie  453-2556 or cwylie13@att.net

The fall 2009 schedule began on Thursday, August 27, 2009 and runs through Thursday, December 3, 2009.  Classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30-9:30am at the RSC (the Recreational Sports Center) - Room 1.106. The instructor will be Helen Savino.  All RFSA members are welcome.  Parking permits can be arranged.

 

Finance and Investment

Co-Chairs:  Mildred Joseph  472-7934 or mjoseph@mail.utexas.edu

                  Robert Mettlen 345-0196 or  Robert.Mettlen@mccombs.utexas.edu

No meeting in September and October.

November 18 - Meeting with Carl Stewart as our speaker at Howson Library.

Fine Arts

Co-Chairs:  Owen Cappleman  owenc@austin.rr.com or home address: 1502 Kenwood Avenue, Austin, 78704 

                  Deena Mersky:  477-4152 or mersky@mail.utexas.edu

FOR ALL YOU LOVERS OF THE ARTS: the spoken word, movement, language arts, drama, music (classical, opera, modern), visual arts, traditional, creative, folk, insider, outsider, avant guard, and more:  come to this season's first meeting to share ideas and plan an agenda : (dilettantes welcome)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, AT THE ALUMNI CENTER.

PROGRAM:

          1.  OWEN CAPPLEMAN will present a short slide lecture: Light and                              Color in Painting.

          2.  Formation of a Fine Arts Advisory Committee to plan a wide range                             of activities through the end of May.

Thursday, September 17, Alumni Center, 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Park under the building. Call Deena Mersky for more information, 477-4152

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~Twyla Tharp

 

Health

Co-Chairs:  Carol Obianwu  928-9301 or cobianwu@mail.utexas.edu

                  Alice Bridges  990-3597 or aearlsbridges@sbcglobal.net

Oct. 21, 2009 – First meeting is Wednesday NOT Monday at the Yarborough Library NOT Howson,

1:30 - 3:00 pm - "Back Pain" Dr. Vishal Kancheria, Physical Medicine Specialist at Austin Diagnostic Clinic             

Nov. 16, 2009 – Speaker to be determined

Dec. 21, 2009 – Speaker to be determined

 

Travel

Co-Chairs: David Kincaid 459-1447 or kincaid_david@msn.com

                 Del Taebel 391-0953 or taebel@uta.edu or taebel@sbcglobal.net

September 29, Alumni Center from 1 - 3 PM

The first get together of the travel group will be on Tuesday, September 29, 1-3 pm at the Etter- Harbin Alumni Center in the Moffett Library.

The group will discuss ideas for future travel destinations, scheduling of additional talks and presentations, and other travel ideas.  There will be a discussion and presentation by some of the members who went on the recent RFSA trip to the Canadian Rockies and Glacier Park.  Betty Kort will give a slide show of the Canadian Rockies trip.

Also, David Kincaid will give a photographic presentation of his recent trip to Barcelona and Morocco.

As time permits, there will be an open discussion of recent trips taken by other members.

A fall trip is planned to Albuquerque New Mexico for the Balloon Festival October 9 - 14.  Act fast!  There are still a few openings left on this trip, due to some last minute cancellations.  Make your reservations by contacting Karen Bluethman, 345-2043, or hottours@sbcglobal.net.

Some activities on this trip include:

Albuquerque:  balloon festival twilight twinkle glow and afterglow fireworks, an early morning mass ascension of the balloons.

Santa Fe:  International Folk Art Museum or Georgia O'Keefe Museum,  New Mexico State Capitol Building.

Chama:  ride on the historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

 

 

The Activity Calendar is prepared by Barbara Myers and is distributed by Carol Barrett, RFSA Coordinator, at 471-8081 in the Texas Exes office.