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