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OLLI
E-News #23-07 of June 8, 2007
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Issue 23-07 of June 8, 2007
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ALERT
> BOARD HANDBOOK. Now available
on our Website as a regular html page
with a complete table of contents for easy browsing. For background,
see this article. |
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REMINDERS
> BOARD MEETING to
elect OLLI officers: Fri, Jun 15, 10:00, TA-1. Open to all members.
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NEW
DIRECTORS. See our What's New page for
photos & bios of newly elected directors.
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SUMMER TERM.
Starts Mon, Jun 18.
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| ARTICLES AND
NOTICES
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> MASON
HIGHLIGHTS. Other events at nearby Mason. By Barbara Kyriakakis
> COMING ATTRACTIONS. Upcoming
OLLI non-class
events for the next two weeks. |
EVERYONE LOVES A STORY
From the president
 By Debbie Halverson, President
FOR THE LAST SPRING TERM, Bob
Bohall and I tried out an idea: because many of our OLLI colleagues
have interesting events or experiences in their pasts, we figured
they might be willing to share. We scheduled a class we titled "Slices
and Snippets" and asked for volunteers to tell their stories. We filled
four class sessions with interesting revelations from the past about
eight of our members.
As a memoir-writing teacher at OLLI, I am always fascinated by
what those in my classes write about. Here we are at OLLI, arriving on
the scene with no one here knowing where we've been or who we were in
lives past. But then, when we've become better acquainted, we learn how
each of us is unique, how each of us has come to this point in life
with unusual, sometimes fascinating, experiences under our belts.
The "Slices and Snippets" class is a case in
point: topics
included growing up in the Philippines or on a maple-syrup farm in
upstate New York; dealing with alcoholism; witnessing the desegregation
of the Little Rock schools on a famous day in Arkansas; the trials of
trying to make an acting career in New York City; winning a Lexus;
relocating 11,000 persons in 100 days. We were moved by what we heard;
we laughed a lot and we drew closer.
Many class members asked if we could do it
again. Certainly. Not
only that, I feel we should offer this course … if it be considered a
course … in Reston as well. |
So here's what you do: sit in a big easy
chair, close your eyes
and take yourself back to a meaningful time in your life that you think
others would enjoy hearing about. Then email Ben Gold for Reston and me for
Tallwood and we’ll talk. And then we'll arrange for you to talk again …
to your OLLI fellow members. Don't be shy or modest. As I said,
everyone loves a story.
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Standard Operating Procedures for AEDs
 By Dick Chobot,
Executive Director
TWO
WEEKS AGO OLLI E-NEWS REPORTED
that eight staff and volunteers from Tallwood and Reston were certified
in CPR and the use of the new automatic external defibrillators (AEDs)
-- Ann Hartmann, Pat Cosslett, Ben Gold, Sheila Gold, Diana Richards,
Rae Schafer, Ann Youngren and myself.
As a tenant
of George Mason, OLLI is required to follow Mason’s procedures as they
relate to medical emergencies on our Tallwood campus and the Reston and
Loudoun sites. These procedures are reproduced verbatim in the
following table.
GMU MEDICAL EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
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Protect
victim from further injury by removing any persistent
threat to the victim. Do not move the victim unnecessarily. Do not
delay in obtaining trained medical assistance.
> Call 911.
Always call from a safe location.
> Call University Police (Tallwood) [703-993-2810]
> Provide first aid until help arrives if you have
appropriate training and equipment, and it is safe to do so.
> Send someone to escort emergency responders to the
appropriate location if possible.
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Using these procedures as a guideline, here
are the specific procedures that will govern the use of the OLLI AEDs
at Tallwood and Reston. There is no OLLI AED currently in place in
Loudoun. These OLLI standard operating procedures are divided into two
parts: (1) general medical incidents at an OLLI facility; and (2)
medical incidents necessitating the administration of CPR and the use
of an AED.
OLLI STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
| GENERAL MEDICAL INCIDENTS |
SUSPECTED CARDIAC INCIDENTS |
Staff
should be advised immediately of any accident befalling a member
or visitor while on an OLLI campus (Tallwood, Reston and Loudoun). It
will be the judgment of staff as to whether campus, City and/or County
emergency medical services should be called.
For falls, fainting
spells, etc., especially where head injury is involved or loss of
consciousness occurs, a call to 911 will be automatic; likewise, any
fall or injury that suggests a broken bone.
A member refusing medical
services will be asked to sign a release before leaving campus. |
If
a visitor or member becomes unconscious
and unresponsive while at Tallwood or Reston, staff should be contacted
immediately. The following will occur:
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A call
will be made immediately to 911 and to Campus Police. A
volunteer will be asked to meet the emergency responders and direct
them to the site where aid is being rendered.
> The AED
will be immediately brought to the site from the office
(Tallwood) or the location where it has been placed during class
(Reston).
> The
area will immediately be cleared and the victim made comfortable.
> If the
incident occurs outside and the surface is not relatively flat
(to allow for possible CPR) and/or it is raining or there is snow on
the
ground, the individual will be quickly moved inside. Staff will
determine if it is safe to move the individual and will attempt to
revive them and establish if they are breathing and have a clear
airway. If the individual is breathing, staff will render basic first
aid, if appropriate, and wait until the Emergency
Medical Technicians (EMTs) arrive.
> If the
individual is not breathing or
ceases to breathe, CPR will
be begun immediately by a trained staff member or volunteer.
> If the
individual remains non-responsive, the AED will be attached
to the victim’s torso using two adhesive pads. The AED automatically
checks the heart function and determines whether a shock must be
administered. If a shock is required, it will be automatically
administered, after which CPR is continued for two minutes.
> The AED
then takes a second reading and, if the EMTs have not
arrived, a second shock may be administered and CPR resumed. This
procedure – AED/CPR – or CPR alone will continue until the EMTs arrive.
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Additional information relating to the SOP is
provided here.
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The AED is
fully automatic. It also prompts the user through placing the pads and
administering CPR.
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The AED will
not fire unless it detects an irregular heart rhythm.
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Under the
Virginia Good Samaritan Law a citizen can refuse to assist a person in
medical distress. However, once assistance is rendered, it must be
continued until competent medical professionals arrive.
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If you are
asked to assist staff in any way (clear the area, call 911, get the
defibrillator, etc.), please do so with dispatch. And please do not
offer advice. If you are not so involved, please clear the area near
any incident unless you are specifically requested to remain. Time is
of the essence. |
It is my sincere wish that we never have
occasion to use our AEDs. However, members should take some comfort in
the fact that the devices are available if they are ever needed. Our
sincere gratitude is extended to the Friends of OLLI for supporting the
purchase and staff/volunteer training on the AEDs.
BOOK CLUB AT TALLWOOD
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 THE BOOK
CLUB
AT TALLWOOD will meet on Wed, Jun 13, at 10:00 at Tallwood. This
month’s selection is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biography, Team of Rivals, the saga of
Abraham Lincoln’s political life and presidency.
Everyone is welcome to join the
discussion—whether you've finished reading the book or are just
thinking about reading this fascinating story of one of America’s most
famous leaders.
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Contributed
by Kathryn Russell
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PAVING OF POOL
PARKING LOT
A major improvement awaits OLLI members
Before recent paving
After recent paving
Photos by
Gordon Canyock
You may still sign up for
most
courses
 By Ann Hartmann,
Tallwood Site Administrator/OLLI Registrar
YOU
SHOULD
RECEIVE YOUR
CONFIRMATION LETTER SOON, showing the courses in which you have
been enrolled. Many courses are not
full, and it's not too late to sign up. You may register for any of the
still-available courses by filling in a Change of Schedule
Request form available in the Tallwood social room. If you are unable
to come by Tallwood to fill out this form, you may email or call the
office (703-503-3384)
with your request.
Here is the list of closed
courses for the summer term ( note:
this list of oversubscribed
courses is also
always available on our Website under the "Our Program" drop-down
menu).
All other courses are still available
for you to sign up.
CLOSED SUMMER COURSES
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1:
Abigail
Adams
(Lake Anne)
12: Plate Tectonics and World
Volcanism (Lake Anne)
16: Gettysburg - Are My Senses Mad?
(TA-1)
19: Impressionist Painting and Modern
Life (TA-1)
20: History of Navigation
(Lake Anne)
22: Chief Justices Are People, Too
(Lake Anne)
24: Descartes vs. Aristotle
(TA-1)
28: Confessions of a Cold War Warrior
(TA-1)
31: Wine Tasting (Unitarian
Church, Reston)
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32: The French and Indian War
(TA-1)
36: Field Photography (Lake
Anne)
37: Navigating the Intersection
(TA-1)
38: Martin Luther, the Great Reformer
(TA-3)
42: The Air War Against Japan
(TA-1)
44: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
(TA-1)
45: The Geography of the Greater
Middle East (TA-1)
50: General George Armstrong Custer
(TA-1)
53: Modernism (TA-1)
55: Mayflower: A
Story of Courage
(TA-3)
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| Note: If your plans
have changed
such that you will no longer be able to attend any of the courses in
which you are enrolled, PLEASE
NOTIFY THE OFFICE by email
or phone (703-503-3384) as soon
as possible so that if that course is full, members on the waiting list
can be given an opportunity to enroll. Thank you! |
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Comments/questions/suggestions about OLLI?
Here's how to express your views--
> Publicly
(if you would like your comments published in this newsletter): Email
your "Letter
to the Editor" or "Letter to
Ms. Ollie Ettakit" to the editor.
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Privately--
> Contact any Board member
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 on one of the "parking
lots for ideas" in classrooms; or
> Contact the office by email
or phone (703-503-3384).
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BUS TRIP: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MARINE
CORPS
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THE BUS
TRIP ON JUN 26 to
the National
Museum of the Marine Corps and Heritage Center is now open
to non-member spouses and guests.
Please email,
call or stop by the office if you wish to register a guest. The fee is
$23.00 and your guest will need to sign a waiver. Please refer to page
5 in your catalog for the description of this trip, course #11.
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COMING
EVENTS AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
The 2006-2007 arts & music season is
over -- no events to
list for a while
For tickets, call 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.
Correction. The editor regrets that
there was an inadvertent error in the time of a Jun 3 concert listed in
the last two issues. We make every effort to post correct information
but we do suggest that as you are deciding on attending an event, you
also check alternate information sources such as--
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Any direct Web link provided to that event;
> One of the two sources listed above (tickets.com via
phone or the Web and the CFA box office or Website); and
> Any tickets purchased at the box office.
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MASON HIGHLIGHTS
A brief listing of other events at nearby
Mason
 By Barbara Kyriakakis, OLLI
E-News assistant editor
> Astronomy - Strange galaxies
abound, as astronomer Bob Bunge explains
advance observing
of Halton C. Arp's Peculiar Galaxies at the regular meeting of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club on
Sun, Jun 10, at 7:00 in Room
80, Enterprise Hall.
> CCAN
Climate Summit - Cooling the Commonwealth: Making
Virginia a Leader in
Global Warming Solutions. Sponsored
by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network on Wed, Jun 13, 6:30 to 9 in
the
Johnson Center Cinema.
> University
Life Golf Outing to Benefit Diversity Scholarship - University
Life hosts the annual golf outing,
the Diversity
Scholarship Golf Classic (pdf), on Mon, Jun 11, at South Riding
Golfer's
Club. The Golf Classic is a fundraising event for Mason's Student
Transition
and Empowerment Program (STEP) and is sponsored by Triumph Technology,
Inc. All
are welcome to join the fun. Registration begins
at 7:30 am with
a shotgun start at 8:30. The awards luncheon is at 1:30. For
more information contact Colandra
Coleman at 993-8946. |
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 more
complete OLLI
Staff Forecast of Non-Class Events. Board, committee, resource-group and
'membership-type' meetings/events are highlighted
in bold. OLLI members are
welcome at all Board, committee and resource-group meetings (except
executive sessions).
JUNE
8 Friday 10:00 AM
Recorder Group TA-2
10:30 AM Homer
Book Club Annex
12 Tuesday 8:15
AM Walking Group - Reston Lake
Anne
13 Wednesday 10:00
AM Tallwood Book Club TA-2
10:00 AM Bridge
Club TA-3
12:00 Noon Let's Do
Lunch at Jasmine Café
Reston
14 Thursday 10:00
AM Watercolor Makeup Class Annex
12:00 Noon Luncheon
for GMU Service/Physical Plant Employees
TA-1
15 Friday 9:30 AM
Drama Club TA-3
10:00
AM Board of Directors Meeting TA-1
10:00 AM
Recorder Group TA-2
10:30 AM Homer
Book Club Annex
18 Monday Summer
Term Begins
10:00 AM Bridge
Club TA-3
19 Tuesday 8:15 AM
Walking Group - Reston Lake Anne
22 Friday 10:00
AM Recorder Group TA-2
10:00 AM
Genealogy Club TA-3
10:00 AM
Classic Fiction Book Club Reston Regional Library
10:30 AM Homer
Book Club TA-1
10:30
AM New Members' Coffee Annex |
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Rod
Zumbro
Editor
Karen
Hamilton
Deputy
Editor
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About OLLI
E-News. OLLI
E-News, OLLI's weekly newsletter, is emailed to OLLI
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about HTML graphics. If
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grandchild or a neighborhood teenager or college student to fix things
for you. Or you could change your
email settings yourself. Here's how to view html-formatted messages
like this newsletter in
three popular email systems:
>
Microsoft Outlook
Express.
Click Tools; select Options; in the Read tab, uncheck "Read all
messages in plain text."
> Mozilla Thunderbird.
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General tab. Uncheck "Block loading of remote images" and uncheck
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> AOL. Upgrade,
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GMU Webmail.
If OLLI E-News is being sent
to your gmu.edu email address, we recommend against
using GMU Webmail
(i.e., iPlanet "Messenger Express") to read this newsletter
because it
is normally impossible to view the newsletter in GMU
Webmail
as a single
integrated
document, with text and accompanying images. You could forward the
newsletter to your alternate Web-based email account such as Yahoo Mail
or
Hotmail and read it there ... or just read it online at
the OLLI
Website after it is posted
each week.
Perhaps the easiest solution for those of you with GMU email accounts
is to configure your desktop email system such
as Microsoft Outlook Express or Mozilla Thunderbird to retrieve mail
sent to your gmu.edu address. To do this, see these
instructions.
Finding
the Latest
Issue Online. The
new weekly issue of OLLI E-News
is
usually posted Thursday evening. Here's how to read the online version
right after
it is posted:
> It is identified by
the next number in
sequence for that year -- e.g., if last week's issue number were
enews1-07, the next issue number would be enews2-07 and could be found
at www.olli.gmu.edu/enews2-07.htm.
> Thus, go to the list of the last 12
issues, click the most recent issue (probably last week's), change
(in the address field of your browser) the enews number to the next
number, and then press Enter.
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OLLI
E-News Editorial Staff
Assistant
Editor, Database Manager
Barbara Kyriakakis
Assistant
Editor
Arleen Richman
Photo
Editor
Michael Coyne |
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Updated:
June 8, 2007
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George Mason University. Materials in this publication subject to
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purposes as long as credit is given to OLLI-GMU.
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Phone: (703) 503-3384; E-mail: olli@gmu.edu;
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