Special Interest Groups
Hiking Club
2013 Hiking season at a glance
Monday, June 3 University Trails Walk
Friday, June 21 Angel Rocks Hike
Thursday, June 27 Triple Lakes at Denali National Park
Friday, August 9 Healy Overlook at DNP
Wed, August 28 Birch Hill Trails
Join the Hiking Club list to get email reminders - by calling the OLLI office at 474-6607 or emailing UAF-OLLI@alaska.edu.
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Monday, June 3
University Trails Walk
with Carol DeVoe
Join Carol DeVoe for a walk around the University of Alaska trails. This is an easy 1 1/2 hour hike through the woods. Meet on Monday, June 3, at 10:00 am at the octagon hut on the West Ridge of UAF. Park in the undeveloped parking lot below the hut or on the side of the road closest to the farm. Wear good walking shoes.
RSVP by calling Carol at 455-4577
Friday, June 21
Angel Rocks Hike
With Patricia Mata-Celis
The group meest at Alaska Coffee Roasters on Geist Road at 8 am. Please bring a lunch and plenty of water. We will hike to the top, enjoy our lunch while taking in the scenery. This is a moderately difficult hike with uphill climbing.
RSVP by calling Patricia at 388-4358 or 479-0088.
Thursday, June 27
Triple Lakes at Denali National Park
With Patricia Mata-Celis
An all day outing at a relaxed pace ending with dinner at 49th State Brewery in Healy. We will meet at the weight station, across from the turn off to Ester, on the Parks Hwy at 8 am. The hike starts at the Denali Visitor Center end ends at the McKinley Village. This hike is about 11miles long. The trail goes mostly through wooded areas and leads to the three lakes. It is a newly established trail and is reported to be in good shape. Bring food, water, rain gear and mosquito repellent. Those not choosing to stop for dinner at the 49th State Brewery may drive their own cars to DNP.
RSVP by call Patricia 388-4358 or 479-0088.
Friday, August 9
Healy Overlook at Denali National Park
With Patricia Mata-Celis
We will meet at the weight station, across from the turn off to Ester, on the Parks Hwy at 8 am. This strenuous, 4.5 mile hike with elevation gain takes about 2 hours one way. We will rest and have lunch at the top before descending. There are switchbacks to reach dramatic views at the 1200 ft overlook .We may stop for Burgers at the Monderosa Lodge in Nenana. Those not choosing to stop for dinner may drive their own cars to DNP.
RSVP by calling Patricia at 388-4358 or 479-0088
Wednesday, August 28
Birch Hill Trails
With Carol DeVoe
Meet at Birch Hill Ski Hut at 10 am for a two hour hike on the Birch Hill trails. This is a moderate level hike involving several ups and downs in a series of loops. One can chose to do some or all of the loops. Bring water and wear good walking shoes.
RSVP by calling Carol DeVoe at 455-4577.
SIGs are educational and recreational activities led by OLLI members
Contact the OLLI office at 474-6607 or UAF-OLLI@alaska.edu to join a group
NEW! Gift of Years Discussion Group
Rock Hounds
Book Club
Hiking Club
Tennis Anyone?
Pictionary
Let's Travel
Skeezers
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Tennis Anyone?
This group will be active again starting in May 2013.
Put your name on the list! Call the OLLI office at 474-6607.
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Let's Travel
This group was formed to exchange ideas and tour information or just contact one another when we need a travel companion. If you are interested in joining this informal group that primarily exchanges email, please contact the OLLI office at 474-6607 and give them your phone and email address.
Winter Tours Offered by UAF Summer Sessions
Yes, "Summer Sessions" arranges "winter" trips. Get more information on their website www.uaf.edu/summer/travel/
Explore India October 30 - November 16, 2013 We will have more information soon. Registration will be in March 2013
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Let's Play Pictionary
This group meets monthly on Thursday for a couple of hours of fun, laughter, and challenge. If interested, please call Barbara Rondine at 456-2462.
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Skeezers (Cross-Country Skiing)
Meet Mondays at 11:00 am (when temprature is above -10 and snow and weather are suitable) at the Ballaine Lake parking lot. Here is a chance to get out your cross-country skis and join some folks who are thinking that they’re not as fast as they used to be! All levels are welcome. You can go as fast or as slow as you wish.
If interested, contact Carol DeVoe at dcdevoe@gmail.com or 455-4577.
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Gift of Years Discussion Group
This new group will meet weekly to explore what it CAN mean to be in our 70s, 80s and even 90s, using Chittister’s book Gift of Years. The chapters are short, the questioning deep.
Call Barb Rondine at 456-2462.
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Rock Hounds
We meet the second Friday of each month (with a potluck) at 6:30pm in U Park Room #154. We plan to have a field trip once a month during the summer. For more information contact Maria Polly @ akmpolly@hotmail.com.
Lifelong Learning Book Club
All meetings are on Tuesdays 1:30 - 3:00 pm, Noel Wien Library Conference Room
April 16, 2013
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: a novel by Jamie Ford
Fifth-grade scholarship students and best friends Henry and Keiko are the only Asians in their Seattle elementary school in 1942. Henry is Chinese, Keiko is Japanese, and Pearl Harbor has made all Asians—even those who are American born—targets for abuse. Because Henry's nationalistic father has a deep-seated hatred for Japan, Henry keeps his friendship with and eventual love for Keiko a secret. When Keiko's family is sent to an internment camp in Idaho, Henry vows to wait for her. Forty years later, Henry comes upon an old hotel where the belongings of dozens of displaced Japanese families have turned up in the basement, and his love for Keiko is reborn. In his first novel, Ford expertly nails the sweet innocence of first love, the cruelty of racism, the blindness of patriotism, the astonishing unknowns between parents and their children, and the sadness and satisfaction at the end of a life well lived. The result is a vivid picture of a confusing and critical time in American history. (fiction; 2009; 290 pgs)
May 21, 2013
Title selection for September 2013 – April 2014