Invocation:  Bob Halvorson was back at the mic for the second straight week to deliver our invocation.  He shared a message about looking at the sunny side of everything, despite the difficulties life might present.

 

 

President Casey Funk welcomed our lone Zoom attendee, the esteemed Tom Hoch.  It’s warm in Denver, and it looks at least as warm wherever Tom is.

Casey thanked Tom Glazier for running the meeting last week while our President was in South Dakota.

The Board meeting was this past Monday. Ken Jeung made chicken which was a huge hit and clearly the highlight of the meeting.  As usual, breakfast was discussed.

Also, there was a conversation regarding club dues for next year, which the options seeming to be hold steady or increase.  The decision will be made at the August meeting, and then the full membership will vote.  Our club has increased a net 5 new members this year.

 

 

Dr. Bob Finkelmeier - peach deliveries are happening again this year, with delivery probably in late August.  Look for a sign up sheet from Bob soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat Bush gave all of us a two-week deadline to submit budget requests for the next fiscal year.  Be sure the projects that you spearhead are funded!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Metavia introduced today’s speaker, our own Paul Simon, a Past President of Monaco South and a Past District Governor.

Paul has been working for 9 years with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute(0LLI) at Denver University.  OLLI is a membership program designed for adults 50 and over, who wish to pursue lifelong learning in a relaxed non-competitive atmosphere. There are no tests, grades, or academic requirements – only a desire to learn and a curious nature.  The four pillars of OLLI are cognitive, social, physical and spiritual.  The program at DU is one of 125 in the country.  It began in 1996 as Viva, and then merged and received funding from the Bernard Oscher Foundation.

 

OLLI has three campuses, and Paul is the Central district manager.  Pre-pandemic, there were 3,200 students taking classes at OLLI, and that number fell to less than 1,800.  With new offerings such as OLLI on the Move, which brings classes to libraries and senior living facilities, they are back up to 2,200.  Paul sets up relationships with organizations for OLLI to partner with.  There are 3 8-week terms during year, and OLLI also sponsors trips such as to New York and Japan. All teachers are volunteers, and Paul has taught some classes.  Please check out the website below - the new calendar of classes comes out on August 12th.  There will be a wide range of topics including Emotional Intelligence, Literature, Visual and Performing Arts, Theology.  Classes will be held online and in person.  In 2020 classes were 100% online, and now in person classes are back to 50% of the offerings.

Paul then shared one of his other passions - 1960’s music trivia.  Questions and answers included Teenage Tragedy Songs (Death Discs or Splatter Platters) and the session band The Wrecking Crew.