Healthy Living
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Eating to Nourish
HL1 Session I: Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30
Mondays 12:15 – 1:30 pm
This series of lectures focuses on eating strategies that promotes nourishment. Coverage includes the basic anatomy and physiology of normal digestion and absorption, eating behaviors, assessing food labels, functional foods that support health, an introduction to micronutrients, and specific nutrient therapies that enhance digestion and absorption. Particular emphasis will be given to whole foods and the nutrients they contain.
Instructor Brian Orr is a licensed doctor of naturopathic medicine – a primary care doctor who specializes in natural therapeutics. Dr. Orr maintains a private practice at Fairbanks Family Wellness and authors a syndicated column pertaining to emerging research on natural therapies.
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AARP Driver Safety
HL2 Session I: Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30
Mondays 1:30 – 3:30 pm
No OLLI class fee for this course. There is a materials fee payable to the instructor at the first class: $12.00 if you are a member of AARP and $14.00 if you are not.
Designed for motorists aged 50 and older, this eight-hour course helps drivers refine existing skills and develop safe, defensive driving techniques. Topics include vision and hearing changes, effects of medication, reaction time changes, left turns and other right-of-way situations, new laws, and hazardous driving situations. You do not have to be a member of AARP to take the course, and there are no tests. Certificates are awarded to those who attend all sessions. This certificate may entitle you to insurance premium discounts (check with your insurance agent) or having 2 points credited to your Alaska driver’s record. If you have a letter from the court, the charges for a traffic violation may be dismissed upon completion of this class.
Instructor Sue Cole is best known as an artist, but she’s also a certified AARP Driver Safety instructor.
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Alzheimer’s and Dementia: What’s the story?
HL3 Session I: Session I: Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30
Mondays 2:00 – 3:15 pm
Join us for a four part series highlighting Alzheimer’s disease along with the support and assistance available. Explore the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia. What is normal forgetfulness and when should I worry? How is communication different for people who have dementia? How can I stay connected and “Be There” for someone who has Alzheimer’s? What resources does Alzheimer’s Resource of Alaska have that can help?
Instructor Joan Adams, Education Specialist, has been a social worker for almost 30 years. She started working for the Alzheimer’s Resource of Alaska in 2005. Joan also cared for her mother who had dementia.
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PM2.5 & Wood-Burning in Fairbanks
HL4 Session I: Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30
Mondays 3:45 – 5:00 pm
Sept. 9: What is PM2.5 and why do we care? Cathy Cahill, UAF & FNSB Air Pollution Control Commission
Sept. 16: What is the extent of pollution from wood smoke in the Borough? Jim Conner, FNSB Air Quality Monitoring Section
Sept. 23: What is the best way to dry wood to reduce emissions? Colin Craven, CCHRC
Sept. 30: The Enhanced Wood Stove Change-out program and other policy options. John Davies, CCHRC & FNSB Assembly
Self-Hypnosis
HL5 Session I & II, Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1
Fridays 3:45 – 5:00 pm
8 weeks, double class fee
Interested in stress reduction, enhancing skills, or changing old habits? Self-hypnosis is an effective way to take control of the power of our subconscious mind and achieve positive change in our life. Learn about hypnosis, the subconscious mind, effective self-hypnosis techniques, and how to craft effective autosuggestions. Experience group hypnosis, and take from this class powerful tools you can use to change your life in positive ways. Other benefits are improved creativity, intuition, health, reflexes, concentration, sense of humor, memory, and pain management. The text, Self-Hypnosis and Other Mind Expanding Techniques by Charles Tebbetts, is available from the OLLI office for $15. Enrollment limited to 28.
Instructor James Conner, Ph.D, C.H.T., is certified with the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners as a hypnotherapist and master hypnotist and maintains a private practice in Fairbanks.
Environmental Medicine
HL6 Session II: Oct. 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4
Mondays 2:00 – 3:15 pm
Environmental medicine is a multidisciplinary field involving human health and environmental sciences. In Alaska, areas of concern include indoor air quality, the sulfolane spill in North Pole, hormone disrupters and other environmental toxins. It is incumbent upon us to become discerning about products and compounds we encounter in our surroundings and our community's impact on ourselves and future generations.
Instructor Dr. Mary Minor graduated from Bastyr University in1983 as a naturopathic doctor. She has treated patients in Washington, Connecticut and Alaska. She has worked with many people whose health has been impacted by environmental factors.
Start Your Starters
HL7 Session II: Oct. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 13 *No class 11/6
**NOTE: Dates changed after the catalog was printed.**
Wednesdays 9:00 - 11:00 am
Have you wondered how to make sourdough? Or maybe yogurt? What is kefir? All these wonderful foods come from a starter and can be made at home. Learn all you need to know in this four-part program on how to make foods from starters. Enrollment limited to 10.
Oct. 16, 23: Sourdough, with Marsha Munsell, Nutrition Educator, Cooperative Extension Service
Oct. 30: Kefir, with Patricia Mata-Celis, nurse at Bassett Army Hospital
Nov. 13: Yogurt, with Roxie Dinstel, Professor of Home Economics, Cooperative Extension Service
Stress, the Silent Killer
HL8 Session II: Oct. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6
Wednesdays 2:00 – 3:15 pm
Humans can trigger their physiological processes with a mere thought, emotion, or memory. We tend to worry about things that will never happen, past events that are beyond our control, and future issues that may never arise. Inadvertently, we drive ourselves, ultimately, into the arms of the silent killer – STRESS! Strangely, these very same biological responses are instrumental in maintaining our health! Accordingly, what is the biology of human behavior? This will be the topic of our discussion as it relates to human stress and to such issues as anxiety, the origin of dreams, depression, and aggression.
Instructor Nicholas Deely, M.D., arrived in Fairbanks in 1963, shortly after completing his medical training in Montreal, to become the community’s first pediatrician. Prior to entering the medical profession he was a high school teacher.
Mastering Wine “101”
HL9 Session II: Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14 *Starts 10/24
Thursdays 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Held at Lavelle’s Bistro on 1st Ave.
Whether you are a complete beginner or fancy yourself a wine buff, there’s always more to learn. In this course, you will learn professional tasting techniques and how to identify characteristics that make wine good, the classic varietals (in a blind tasting!) and the components in wine (sugar, alcohol, tannin, acid, and fruit). You’ll gain confidence in food and wine pairing and how to pick out wines within your budget.
Materials fee $80. Enrollment limited to 24.
Instructor Kathy Lavelle has credentials of certified wine professional from the Culinary Institute of America and certified specialist of wine from the Society of Wine Educators.
Health Issues
HL10 Session II: Oct. 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8
Fridays 10:30 – 11:45 am
A new installment in Dr. Doolittle’s popular series!
Week 1: Anaphylaxis: as suggested in recent presentation
Week 2: Zoonoses: things you don't want to hear about your pets
Week 3: Infectious Mononucleosis: shazam!
Week 4: Tickborne Infections
Instructor William Doolittle, M.D., retired after 40 years in the practice of Internal Medicine and 50 years in health care.
Safety in Motion
HL11 Add-On II: Nov. 12, 13, 15
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Have you ever wrenched your back by just picking up a pencil? Perhaps you weren’t in the right position. Small changes can make big differences. We will examine how we can better position ourselves to lift, reach, grip, sit at the computer, drive, and do many other activities. Bring an open mind and prepare to learn some new ways of performing some everyday actions! Enrollment limited to 14.
Instructor Karl Pulliam works in the professional safety field for oilfield services contractors.
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