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OLLI E-News #13-08 of April 4, 2008
issue #13 of April 4, 2008
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ISSUE DATE: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 Click to read about this newsletter
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ALERTS
> TEACHER APPRECIATION EVENT: 3:30-5:30 Thu, Apr 10, on third tier of Mason's Center for the Arts. For members who have been teachers, coordinators, or program developers from summer 2007 through spring 2008. Please contact the executive director if you have not received an invitation and believe you should have been invited.
> MASON'S SUMMER IRISH STUDIES: At National Univ. of Ireland, Galway. Read more.
REMINDERS
> COURSES STILL OPEN. You can sign up for courses that are not closed. See this article.
> LOUDOUN CLASSES: Start Mon, Apr 7. OLLI members can attend classes as long as space is available (call 703-993-4488 or email Madeline Lynn). See Loudoun catalog.
> REINVENTING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. OLLI members are invited to attend a meeting Sat, Apr 12, 8:00 am on creating supportive communities for all ages. Flyer. Register online.
ARTICLES AND NOTICES
> ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND ELECTION. Official announcements. By Susanne Zumbro
> DO YOU KNOW YOUR FUTURE LEADERS? Meet the candidates for the Board.
> BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
. About last Friday's Board meeting. By Susanne Zumbro
> SILENT AUCTION PLANS ARE BUZZING
. More ideas to consider. By Debbie Halverson
> SOCIAL ACTIVITY NOTICES. The social room bulletin board; a singles group event.
> EYE ON RESTON. Notes for Restonites.
> COFFEE ATTENDEES CROWD ANNEX. A successful New Members' Coffee. By Debbie Halverson
> BE CAREFUL IN THE PARKING LOTS! Maneuver slowly in tight spaces.
> THE APRIL FOOL SPOOF. Some reader reactions.
> BOOK CLUB. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
> WALKING/HIKING SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP... Gets off to a running start.
DEPARTMENTS
> LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. A compliment about landscaping.
> CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Arts and music events. By Jan Bohall
> MASON HIGHLIGHTS. Other Mason events. By Barbara Kyriakakis
> COMING ATTRACTIONS
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Non-class events at OLLI for the next two weeks.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND ELECTION
Official announcements
By Susanne Zumbro, Secretary
THE OLLI ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING will be held at 10:00 on Fri, May 2, 2008, at Tallwood. Following is the agenda.
 
     Annual report to the membership by President Pat Carroll
      Report to the membership by Executive Director Thom Clement
      Brief speeches by the candidates for election to the Board with an opportunity for members to ask questions of the candidates -- moderated by Nominating Committee Chair Bob Bohall

THE CLOSING DATE OF THE ELECTION will be Fri, May 16, two weeks after the annual membership meeting. For your information, the Nominating Committee has advised that ballots will be mailed via first-class mail on Mon, Apr 21, to all OLLI members and that completed ballots must be received by mail or hand-delivery to the ballot boxes at Tallwood and Lake Anne by 12 noon on the closing date of May 16.
    
IMPORTANT NOTE. This email newsletter is your official notice of the above announcements that are required by OLLI bylaws to be made by the secretary and may be transmitted via email; a copy of these announcements is being postal mailed to members without email addresses to serve as their official notice.

DO YOU KNOW YOUR FUTURE LEADERS?
Meet the candidates for the Board


Shown in random order. To see larger photos and read candidate biographies,
click the candidates page on our Web site.
TAKE TIME TO ACQUAINT YOURSELF with our fine slate of candidates for the 2008-2011 term of the OLLI Board of Directors! Photographs and brief biographies will soon be on display at the Lake Anne and Tallwood locations, and they are already available on the candidates page of the OLLI Web site (see http://www.olligmu.org/candidates08.htm). Candidates will be asked to stand and be acknowledged while attending classes.
     Better yet, meet and greet our candidates as they are presented at our annual membership meeting at Tallwood on
Fri, May 2, 10:00 in TA-1. Candidates will also be speaking at a Reston "Meet the Candidates" event scheduled for 1:00-2:00 on Tue, Apr 29, at the Lake Anne church.
     There’s still time for you to make yourself available as a board candidate. Submit a letter of intent along with the signatures of eight OLLI members who support your candidacy to Nominating Committee Chair Bob Bohall, any committee member (Brenda Cheadle, Abbie Edwards, Paul Howard, Cloe Ingram, Ann Wagner), or Executive Director Thom Clement by Fri, Apr 11.

BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
About last Friday's Board meeting 
By Susanne Zumbro, Secretary
THE OLLI BOARD OF DIRECTORS met at Tallwood on Fri, Mar 28. Bob Bohall, Chair of the Nominating Committee, presented the slate of candidates for the Board, listed in random order:
David Mason, Manuel Pablo, Bob Persell, Ben Gold, Jack Underhill, Kathleen Meyer, and Kathie West [note: this list does not include one announced candidate who subsequently withdrew]
     Bob further pointed out that the nominating procedures allow for nominations by petition, which must be submitted to the Committee by Fri, Apr 11. One percent of the OLLI membership, or eight OLLI members, must sign any such petition.
     Debbie Halverson reported on the planning of the silent auction and picnic. They are scheduled on the same day as the annual membership meeting (Fri, May 2) but will not be ongoing during the time of the annual meeting. The auction will begin at 9:00 and temporarily close down at 10:00 when the annual meeting is scheduled to begin. After the meeting has concluded, the auction will reopen, and the picnic will begin. Debbie is looking for volunteers and donations for the auction.
     Thom Clement reported on current membership statistics. We currently have 754 OLLI members. 671 members have registered for spring term classes; of these, 43 percent registered online.
     Loudoun will have an open house on Tue, Apr 1. Our goal for Loudoun is full integration of the schedule, registration, catalog, and membership dues by the winter term. This fall, Loudoun will be on the same schedule as Tallwood/Reston, and the OLLI catalog will include an insert with Loudoun courses so prospective Loudoun attendees can see the full range of course offerings.
     The Board approved two resolutions, one allocating
$3,312 from Friends of OLLI funds for upgrades and enhancements to Tallwood’s computer network and the other allocating $7,625 from Friends of OLLI funds for upgrades and enhancements to OLLI’s audiovisual instructional resources.
     The next meeting of the OLLI Board of Directors will be held at Tallwood on Fri, Apr 18, at 10:00. All OLLI members are invited to attend.
SILENT AUCTION PLANS ARE BUZZING
More ideas to consider

By Debbie Halverson, Membership Committee Chair
HOORAY FOR YOU! Offers of donations to the Silent Auction on May 2 are starting to come through. Many of you have done some creative thinking about what you can give like a collection of special books, or a beautiful quilt, or something you can do for others. The spirit of giving for a good cause, our own OLLI, is in the air.
     But you needn’t act alone. You and a friend can join forces and think of what together you could do for others such as serve high tea at someone’s birthday party, or bake that spectacular Black Forest cake that everyone raves about for someone’s mother’s Mother’s Day celebration, or take photos at that party for a keepsake album.
     You could offer to write letters for someone whose handwriting skills are gone, baby sit, clean gutters, or install window air conditioning units. You might offer your back yard to an apartment dweller who wants to have a family reunion. Offer gardening advice or dig holes in someone’s garden for their spring plants; teach someone how to use Excel; knit a baby blanket and put it into a basket with a Teddy bear and baby rattle.
     See where I’m going with this? Very soon you will see stacks of donation forms in the classrooms and social room for you to fill out. When you fill one out, you will be asked to indicate the fair market value of what you are offering. Make a best guess, and the committee can alter that if it seems too high or too low. The beginning auction price will be set below that figure with hopes that the bidding will climb sky high because your item will be so desirable. Alongside the pile of forms will be a folder; put your  form inside that and a committee member will be in touch.
     Whether you give as a single donor or as a member of a group, your generosity will benefit the Friends of OLLI Fund. Once we get a substantial list of pledges, we’ll publicize it on the Web site and throughout the OLLI campus buildings. It would be helpful to have a digital photo if your gift is photographable. And there are tax advantages, according to the values involved, to making these contributions.
     We’re waiting to hear from you. Thanks a lot! 

HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS ABOUT OLLI
Questions/Comments/Suggestions
PUBLICLY:
Email your "Letter to the Editor" (see recent sample) or "Letter to Ms. Ollie Ettakit" (see recent sample) to the editor. Anonymous submissions are acceptable if you provide contact information so we can verify that you are an OLLI member. Whenever an official response to a letter to the editor is clearly appropriate, the editor will obtain and publish the OLLI response in the same issue so members will have more complete information and a balanced picture of the matter.
PRIVATELY:
     Contact any Board member, committee or resource group chair, or the executive director;
     Send an email to the entire Board (email the editor or the office to have your message forwarded to all members of the Board);
     Submit a suggestion online or in the box in the Tallwood social room; or
     Contact the office by email or phone (703-503-3384).

SOCIAL ACTIVITY NOTICES
SOCIAL-GROUP LEADERS. A portion of the social room bulletin board is available for your use. Please post your name and contact information there along with announcements of any ongoing activity of your group.
SINGLES GROUP. The singles group is having a pot-luck supper at Nancy Jarvis's house at 6:00 on Thu, Apr 10. Please contact Nancy if you plan to come or for further information.
EYE ON RESTON
Notes for Restonites

THIS MONDAY, APR 7, at 9:30, Fairfax County Supervisor Kathy Hudgins (photo at left) will be the speaker in course #903, "Your County/Your Home," at Lake Anne. She will be providing insight into the senior programs that the county makes available to us. In addition she will discuss the current issues and opportunities facing the Reston community. There are 15 people registered for this program. Although you may not be one of the 15, we have room, so come join us for what will be a very interesting session.
     Calling all Restonites: We are going to build a strong OLLI in Reston and we need your involvement. There are opportunities for volunteers in the areas of planning trips, communications, public relations, social events, and participation in a resource group. For more information, contact Debbie Halverson, Sheila Gold or Al Roe.
COFFEE ATTENDEES CROWD ANNEX
A successful New Members' Coffee
By Debbie Halverson, Membership Committee Chair

New Members' Coffee on Mar 28. Photos by Gordon Canyock.
LET'S FACE IT! Our members love to party.
     More than 35 members, new and ongoing, crammed into the social room and annex last Friday at the New Members' Coffee. People crowded around a table that the hospitality committee had laid with a banquet of goodies. They elbowed through the crowd eager to shake hands with new members, welcoming them to the OLLI family. It was good to visit with friends we’d not seen on campus since the close of winter term. We heard the  usual speeches urging people to volunteer and giving advice on what to do to make the OLLI experience most successful.
     If you missed this great event, then there is always the next one scheduled for the first Friday of the summer term. Meanwhile, look for the red dot on new member name tags and reach out to make a new friend.
BE CAREFUL IN THE PARKING LOTS!
Maneuver slowly in tight spaces

PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION when opening your car door to avoid 'dinging' an adjacent car, and be especially careful when backing out of your parking space. Reverse very carefully, and be alert. You do not want to damage another member's car, whether it's a Jaguar or a clunker.
Note. This week a member observed another member reversing slowly out a space in the pool parking lot and then hitting the car behind, shaking it; the member did not get out to inspect for any damage or leave a note; the member just drove off -- both discourteous and probably illegal.

THE APRIL FOOL SPOOF
Some reader reactions
 By Rod Zumbro, OLLI E-News Editor
WE ARE PLEASED THAT MOST OF YOU ENJOYED OUR APRIL FOOL'S DAY SPOOF EDITION of OLLI E-News (available online at http://www.olligmu.org/enews1Apr08.htm for those who missed Tuesday's email newsletter). We had fun creating it in the spirit of trying to 'lighten up' things at OLLI, with no harm intended. A few members expressed their disapproval of our frivolity, but most email responses received were supportive, as quoted here--

  • Hilarious! Great OLLI E-News! I was confused at first but realized right away it is April 1. Thanks for a wonderful laugh and making April Fool's Day just what it is.
  • This is wonderful. All who participated deserve high praise.
  • It was hilarious and very clever and probably took a lot of time to put together. Took me a few seconds to realize it was a spoof, but the fact I received it on a Tuesday sort of made me wary.
  • Love your April Fool e-news!
  • Great job. I loved it. I have just rewritten my will, leaving several million to OLLI. Happy April's Fool Day to you.
  • I fell for the NEWS for about 24 hours.
  • Thanks to everyone whose sense of humor contributed to this special issue. (I wonder how many will miss their Tallwood classes this week?)
  • A literary classic.
  • What a hoot! LOL! ["Laughing Out Loud"]
  • Bravo - a tour de farce!
  • Somebody went to a lot of trouble for an April Fool's Day scenario. Reminds me of Orson Welles scaring everybody half to death in the 'thirties, though this is nothing like that. Oh well!
  • Kudos for this great spoof!
  • I forgot to hide my husband's car this morning, so this made my day! This newsletter is just TOO FUNNY! Love it!
  • Thanks for the smiles! Very funny -- loved the photos of [the board members]!
  • Well, you folks worked overtime to put together your April Fools Day edition! Lots of chuckles. I was taken in for about 30 seconds, with the fake photo of before and after Tallwood, thinking that it was reporting on some actual past event, then came the a-ha moment.
  • Enjoyed your April Fool news! Good for a laugh.
  • You guys are the greatest! All too clever, with just the edge of truth to it. We're lucky to have you! I had just a moment of disorientation when I saw it, thinking I had lost time between Tuesday and Friday.
  • Great newsletter. Quite a hoot. Thanks for the laughs ... There will always be staff coffee available (we have the power)! And thanks for the two, yes, two, Ann Hartmann Days. I suggest festivals with troubadours and kites and cakes and diet lime cokes!
  • [From another staff employee] Thanks. That was a great issue, and you made us all laugh! I am disappointed, however, that I didn’t get a day!

BOOK CLUB
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

THE OLLI BOOK CLUB will be meeting at Tallwood on Wed, Apr 9, at 1:30. The book for discussion is Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. It is the story of a traveling circus during the Great Depression. All OLLI members are welcome.
WALKING/HIKING SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP...
Gets off to a running start

THE FIRST MEETING of the Walking/Hiking Special Interest Group was a success; we did get our feet in the door and giant forward strides were made. Several future activities are planned, with the prospect of more to follow later in the spring.
     New Tallwood Walking Group: To accommodate those who do not join in the weekly Tuesday 8:30 AM walks from Tallwood due to schedule conflicts or avoidance of heavy morning rush-hour traffic, we will add a second weekly walk, the new one on a mid-day schedule. Our second weekly walking group will meet on Wed, Apr 9, at 1:00 (and subsequent Wednesdays during the spring term) in the swimming pool parking lot. We will leave the lot at 1:05, walk in the Tallwood surroundings for approximately 45 minutes, and return to Tallwood by 1:45 or in time for any scheduled Wednesday 2:00 OLLI special events. Note that interested walkers are very welcome to join either the Tuesday morning or Wednesday afternoon group or both groups.
     Weekend Walking: many of us enjoy taking longer walks, and we have scheduled a hike at Bull Run Regional Park, Centreville, on the morning of Sun, Apr 13, to view the much-admired Virginia Bluebells and other spring wildflowers. More information, e.g., starting time, meeting place, etc. will be forthcoming in OLLI E-News, but if interested please do contact Sherry Hart or Doris Bloch. This event is likely to be followed by other spring hikes. Numerous suggestions for future locations were discussed, and members of the group are scouting out logistics for these.
     Our pace is accelerating; watch our dust, as we are definitely going places.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A forum for members to voice their views on OLLI matters
WE WILL PUBLISH your brief letters about OLLI and, if a response seems appropriate, we will include an OLLI response from the executive director or the applicable officer or committee chair in the same issue. Submit your letter via email to the editor or submit it as a "letter to the editor" via the online suggestion box or the suggestion box in the Tallwood Social Room. To be published in a given Friday's issue, the editor must receive the letter no later than 7:00 pm on Monday so that any applicable OLLI response can also be published. Letters can be published anonymously but you must include your name and email address or phone number so we can verify that you are an OLLI member.

A compliment about landscaping


OLLIwood gardens, Apr 1. Photos by Gordon Canyock.

During my first visit to Tallwood in late February to register, I noticed how wonderful the landscaping looked. It was evident even then that someone had put a lot of thought and time into making the grounds look great. While attending the new member coffee this morning [Mar 28], I once again thought how wonderful everything looked with the new growth and buds popping out. It certainly made me feel welcome.
-- Diane Wagner, OLLI member
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Arts and music events at Mason,
Apr 4-13


By Jan Bohall, OLLI E-News Staff Writer
FOR TICKETS, call 1-888-945-2468 (phone orders are handled by tickets.com) or visit the Center for the Arts Box Office, Tue-Sat, 10:00-6:00. More info on tickets at the CFA tickets page.


Click above image or see below for details

30th Anniversary Program
Chanticleer
My Spirit Sang All Day
     This male choral ensemble returns with works by Palestrina, Byrd and Mahler, traditional folk songs, spirituals, plainsong and chant. Their 12 voices range from countertenor to bass, to commemorate 30 years of performance.
Fri, Apr 4, at 8:00
Admission: $44, $36, $22
Concert Hall
The Acting Company
Moby Dick Rehearsed
by Orson Welles
     This play within a play draws parallels between vengeance-obsessed King Lear and Captain Ahab. Without the aid of sets or costumes, cast and crew bring to life the pursuit of the great white whale.
Sat, Apr 5, at 8:00
Admission: $34, $26, $17
Concert Hall
GMU Saxophone Ensemble
Sun, Apr 6, at 3:00
Admission: Free, no tickets required
Harris Theater
GMU Percussion Ensemble
Sun, Apr 6, at 7:00
Admission: Free, no tickets required
Harris Theater
The Acting Company
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
     The characters include an embittered magician marooned on an isle in the New World. He plots vengeance on his enemies but eventually comes to reconciliation and forgiveness, in what is seen by some as a poignant farewell by Shakespeare to the theater.
Sun, Apr 6, at 7:00
Admission: $34, $26, $17
Concert Hall
Studio Series #4
GMU Players
Ivanov
by Anton Chekhov
Thu, Apr 10, and Fri, Apr 11, at 8:00
Sat, Apr 12, at 2:00 and 8:00
Sun, Apr 13, at 2:00
Admission: $3 seniors/students, $6 other adults
Black Box Theater
(From Level 2 of Parking Deck take the bridge. Enter first door on the left and follow hallway. Go through gray doors and downstairs.)
St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre   
Carmen, by Bizet   
Fri, Apr 11, at 8:00
Swan Lake, by Tchaikovsky
Sat, Apr 12, at 8:00
     The Theatre is led by international ballet laureate Yuri Petukhov. Carmen is the passionate tale of the seductive gypsy who tempts the handsome soldier. One of the great fantasies, Swan Lake, was inspired by the ancient German legend of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by a sorcerer’s curse.
Admission: $54, $46, $27
Family friendly: Children 12 and under, half price with an adult
Come early at 7:15 for each performance, for a free artistic discussion in the Grand Tier Lobby.
American Youth Philharmonic
Sun, Apr 13, at 1:00
Admission: $10 seniors/students, $14 other adults
Concert Hall

GMU University Singers
Sun, Apr 13, at 3:00
Admission: Free, no tickets required
Harris Theater

Young Artist Musicale
Sun, Apr 13, at 6:00
Admission: Free
Concert Hall Lobby
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel
Austria & Hungary—Captivating Continentals
     In this final concert in his series, "The Leonard Bernstein of the piano" explores the works of Liszt, Johann Strauss Jr. and Schubert.
Sun, Apr 13, at 7:00
Admission: $38, $30, $19
Family friendly: Children 12 and under, half price with an adult
Concert Hall

MASON HIGHLIGHTS
Other Mason events
By Barbara Kyriakakis, OLLI E-News Staff Writer
      Mason's Child Development Center Bingo Night Fundraiser - Sat, Apr 5, 6:30 to 9:00, Northern Virginia Training Center Gymnasium, 9901 Braddock Road, Fairfax. $25 at the door; includes entry, food and beverage, and one bingo card packet for the night. Additional cards available. Cash and check only. Basket prizes and 50/50 cash raffle. Doors open at 5:30. For more information call 703-993-3626.
      Cinema Series - Juno, Sat, Apr 5, 6:00 and 9:00. $1 with Mason ID. JC Cinema.
      Music Department Recitals – Tue, Apr 8, 7:00, piano; Wed, Apr 9, 7:00, piano. All recitals in the Harris Theater.
      AVT Lecture Series Visual Voices - Phyllis Rosenzweig, "Does Drawing Matter?" Thu, Apr 10, 7:30, Harris Theater.

Poet Peter Gizzi
      English Department’s Annual Spring Speaker Series - Peter Gizzi, award winning poet whose books include The Outernationale, Some Values of Landscape and Weather, Artificial Heart, and Periplum and other poems 1987-92. Thu, Apr 10, 7:30 p.m., Sub II, Room 1 & 2. Reception at 6:30, same venue.
      Bike to Mason Day – Tue, Apr 22, also Earth Day. Bike to the Fairfax campus and stop by the pit stop in the North Plaza next to the Johnson Center and receive free food, a free bike tune-up, be entered into a contest for great prizes, and much more. Pre-register to win prizes. If you have an old bike you would like to donate to charity, Bikes for the World will be at Bike to Mason Day collecting used bikes and accepting monetary donations.

COMING ATTRACTIONS 
Non-class events at OLLI for the next two weeks

The following list covering the next two weeks is extracted for your convenience from the master calendar maintained by the office (see the Forecast of Non-Class Events for more details, including active links to more information on certain events, and to view the actual OLLI online calendar used by the office). Note: Board, committee, resource-group and 'membership-type' meetings/events below are highlighted in bold. OLLI members are welcome at all Board, committee and resource-group meetings (except during executive sessions).

Friday    Apr 4     9am    953-Spec Event- Freer Gallery - Bus Trip - Fair Oaks
          9:30am    Drama Club - TA-3
          10am    Italian Club - TA-Annex
          10am    Recorder Group - TA-2
          1:30pm    Homer, Etc. Book Club - TA-Annex
Monday    Apr 7          Loudoun SPRING TERM Begins
          1pm    Lake Anne Bridge Club
Wednesday    Apr 9     1:30pm    Bridge Club - TA-3
          1:30pm    Book Club - Tallwood

          2pm    954-Spec Event-Solar System - TA-1

Friday    Apr 11         Petition nominations due for Board of Directors election
          9:30am    Drama Club - TA-3
          10am    Italian Club - TA-Annex
          10am    Recorder Group - TA-2
          10am    Finance Comm Mtg - TA-1
          1pm    955-Spec Event-Knothole to History - TA-1
          1:30pm    Homer, Etc. Book Club - TA-Annex
Monday    Apr 14     1pm    Lake Anne Bridge Club
Wednesday    Apr 16     1:30pm    Bridge Club - TA-3
           2pm    956-Spec Event-Landscaping - TA-1
Thursday    Apr 17     11am    Fiction Writers Club - Kings Park Library
Friday    Apr 18     9:30am    Drama Club - TA-3
          10am    Italian Club - TA-Annex
          10am    Recorder Group - TA-2
           10am    Board of Directors Meeting - TA-1
          1pm    957-Spec Event-Henriques on Washington - TA-1
          1:30pm    Homer, Etc. Book Club - TA-Annex


Rod Zumbro
Editor


Karen Hamilton
Deputy Editor

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     You could forward the newsletter to your alternate Web-based email account such as Yahoo Mail or Hotmail and read it there ... or read it online at the OLLI Website each Friday.
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OLLI E-News Editorial Staff

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John West

Database Manager

Barbara Kyriakakis

Reviewer and Photo Editor Michael Coyne
Updated: April 4, 2008

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