Speaker 1: And we are talking Ali today. We have Amy Finny
Speaker 1: in here. I always have fun with Amy and here
Speaker 1: I get her to break up a little bit every
Speaker 1: now and then. Right there, job done. But Ali is
Speaker 1: we're serious business. We're talking about the summer schedule for
Speaker 1: adult learning. And we got we got a lot lot
Speaker 1: going on, don't we Yes, we do.
Speaker 2: Yes.
Speaker 1: Let's get right to what do we have.
Speaker 2: Well, we're going to start off with I think everybody
Speaker 2: knows Joe series. Oh yeah, Well, he's in the process
Speaker 2: of writing a book. But needless to say, he's got
Speaker 2: a lot of Broadway experience in theater and all that
Speaker 2: sort of thing. So he's going to talk about that.
Speaker 2: He's going to do a series and uh going from
Speaker 2: Broadway into how it can help you with the mental
Speaker 2: health and your aging years. And that'll happen at the
Speaker 2: do A Hotel.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, that'd be great. He likes to tell
Speaker 1: stories from the perch there, so.
Speaker 2: Joe is always interesting. Then way, we've got a series
Speaker 2: going on. We're gonna look at old the history of planes, trains,
Speaker 2: and then car shows the classic cars.
Speaker 1: Wow.
Speaker 2: Nice, yeah, And we have Kay Little it's going to
Speaker 2: do the old historic trolley here in Bartlesville. I've heard
Speaker 2: so much about that, but I never could find anybody
Speaker 2: that would talk about it until now. And then Old
Speaker 2: Trains as well. Mickey Bryson. I think her body knows
Speaker 2: him that does the car shows. Yeah, and then Dave
Speaker 2: Sink is going to talk about planes. That should be
Speaker 2: very interesting. Then we have Aaron down at the candle shop.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, right downtown.
Speaker 2: She's gonna do a class on making candles. Okay, she's
Speaker 2: really excited about that, and that will take place in
Speaker 2: her shop.
Speaker 1: She is a master chandler, she'll tell you.
Speaker 2: I couldn't believe it. She told me she does online classes.
Speaker 2: How do you do that? Because I know you have
Speaker 2: to melt the wax and all that, but she does it.
Speaker 1: Wow, she was. She's pretty creative.
Speaker 2: Yes she is. And then we now these classes are
Speaker 2: going to take place, all of them, but the Joe
Speaker 2: and the Candles at the First United Methodist Church out
Speaker 2: on Price Road. So then we have we're going to
Speaker 2: do a governing type class. We'll have our legislators. I
Speaker 2: call them the Three Jays, Julie, Judd, and John. They
Speaker 2: perform well together, they do, and I yes they do.
Speaker 2: And I'm very proud of them for doing that. Then
Speaker 2: I have the city people and I like to have
Speaker 2: I have the Mayor and Jim Kurd, City Manager, Mike Bailey.
Speaker 2: They will be one session. And then I have Special
Speaker 2: Projects which is Greg Collins and Mike Wickham but he
Speaker 2: does code enforcement. Then Mike Richardson is gonna do us
Speaker 2: like the history and the whole nine yards on the
Speaker 2: city airport.
Speaker 1: If anybody knows the history, is he? Yes, boy, he
Speaker 1: knows it all.
Speaker 2: Yes, I'm really thrilled to have him. Then we're going
Speaker 2: to have a when it gets down to the field trips,
Speaker 2: we're going to do a fun day of first responders.
Speaker 2: We'll have a retired fireman which is Richard Kyle. Now
Speaker 2: I couldn't get names for the others because you know,
Speaker 2: the crazy the shifts they do is crazy, so they
Speaker 2: couldn't give me a name of who would be there.
Speaker 2: Plus not all of them are willing to speak, so
Speaker 2: that's going to be a surprise. Who's going to talk?
Speaker 2: But there there will be a whole day.
Speaker 1: Devoted to that and it's going to be fun.
Speaker 2: We always have fun. In fact, the pastor out at
Speaker 2: the Methodist Church, Greg Teiner he's retiring, and he said,
Speaker 2: you guys have so much fun. I think I need
Speaker 2: to do that.
Speaker 1: Good.
Speaker 2: You got him in there, Yes, we did.
Speaker 1: The doctor is taking one more class. I like that.
Speaker 2: Yes, and we'll also because we're gonna that's gonna be
Speaker 2: the whole day, we'll have lunch there too. So then
Speaker 2: I've got a well about three field trips we're going
Speaker 2: to tour all in one day. We're going to tour
Speaker 2: the Lekenta Foster mansion that is beautiful, yes, and then
Speaker 2: the Walmart distribution center that's huge.
Speaker 1: People are going to get there. Steps in on that one.
Speaker 2: I'm concerned about walking on check over a wheelchair and
Speaker 2: let somebody push me.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, why not go in style? Man?
Speaker 2: Well, Rosie always said you would, so on that one, yes,
Speaker 2: and uh. Then we're planning a trip out to Tallgrass Prarie.
Speaker 1: Well that'll be fun, Yes, it will. Man. You've got
Speaker 1: this all lined out and it's all ready to go. Now,
Speaker 1: how do people get all signed up for the classes? Frawley?
Speaker 2: Well, there's there's two ways. You can go online where
Speaker 2: all the classes are listed and you can register there
Speaker 2: and you can you can pay there also, then you
Speaker 2: or if so many of in our age brackets say
Speaker 2: I don't do computers.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, so.
Speaker 2: That's okay, Okay, it's way okay. There is a phone number.
Speaker 2: Just call it and we're.
Speaker 1: Going to put that in the news story a little
Speaker 1: bit later. It'll come out about one this afternoon. Okay, Yeah,
Speaker 1: everybody can see it.
Speaker 2: And classes start Monday, summer courses. It's just a small session.
Speaker 2: It's four weeks.
Speaker 1: So that way, you know, you can get a little
Speaker 1: knowledge you and have a little fun.
Speaker 2: You learn a lot better when you're having fun.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've learned that over the years with you and
Speaker 1: your group. I tell you what, I've never seen people
Speaker 1: happier to take your class of my life than the
Speaker 1: folks at ALI.
Speaker 2: Well, you think about it, no homework, no tests, you
Speaker 2: can ask questions, you can eat cookies while you listen.
Speaker 1: I'm good with that. And for the folks who don't
Speaker 1: know what ALI means, and we do this all the time,
Speaker 1: but because there are folks that are kind of coming
Speaker 1: into this range of interest at all times, what does
Speaker 1: ALLIE stand for you?
Speaker 2: Well, OLLI l l I is Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Speaker 2: and this is a senior learning program through OSU. It
Speaker 2: is a membership program. There's a premiere charge for the
Speaker 2: membership of two hundred dollars, but that's an annual and
Speaker 2: you can take any class you want without any additional charge,
Speaker 2: unless there's a charge for supplies or something like that. There.
Speaker 2: If that's a little much for you to do it
Speaker 2: one time, then there is a forty dollars annual charge,
Speaker 2: but you do have to pay for your class. Now,
Speaker 2: there are some that we do just as they call
Speaker 2: all the cart but basically the classes are twenty five
Speaker 2: dollars unless there's you know, just a couple or small
Speaker 2: station or whatever. But it is, as one of our
Speaker 2: members said, it's the best bargain that you could get
Speaker 2: for being out there social learning.
Speaker 1: You get a lot of pluses. You'll learn something, that's
Speaker 1: for sure. But a lot of times people make friends
Speaker 1: and then they get out and they kind of find
Speaker 1: a new little groups to kind of hang around with.
Speaker 2: And there's so many people who there. We touch on
Speaker 2: all areas. Oh yeah, and I tell the speakers, I
Speaker 2: can't guarantee it, but almost every time one leaves, they
Speaker 2: leave with more information on their subject than they came
Speaker 2: with because everybody's been around or retired from their profession
Speaker 2: and keep right on learning.
Speaker 1: Now are the catalogs that do we still have information
Speaker 1: at the library.
Speaker 2: There are catalogs at the library, and I took some
Speaker 2: to the YMCA.
Speaker 1: Oh good, So you've got two places where people can
Speaker 1: go and take a look. And it's got all the
Speaker 1: information for signed up and all that's on there too.
Speaker 2: So we do send out send one to everybody, all
Speaker 2: the members. I think they cover a three year period
Speaker 2: that they'll actually you'll get one in the mail and
Speaker 2: then we then I put them around town busy. I'm
Speaker 2: planning on putting some out at Eggbert's. They got a
Speaker 2: table there that and so I'm going to take some
Speaker 2: out there. But right now, since we're down, the office
Speaker 2: in Stillwater has had a total turnover. So it's been
Speaker 2: a little hairy getting everything organized. Oh not only getting
Speaker 2: the summer online, but are up ready to go? But
Speaker 2: the fall session is already in place.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. So you's been working double time, haven't they. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was like they had to take the class.
Speaker 2: Yes, but I'm really I'm really excited about learning and
Speaker 2: our fiscal year in June thirtieth and so the new
Speaker 2: year will start July first, and that will go through
Speaker 2: kind of like a college, you know, fall, spring, summer.
Speaker 1: But we have fun with this. It's a let's just
Speaker 1: put it this way, folks. If you don't believe it,
Speaker 1: try it, just try it ex and if if we're
Speaker 1: not telling you the truth, you come you come tell
Speaker 1: me about it, because I guarantee you people are having
Speaker 1: a ball.
Speaker 2: They certainly are. We furnished cookies, coffee and water and
Speaker 2: a great social life.
Speaker 1: And on top of that, you accidentally learned something.
Speaker 2: I feel like I've been back in college since I've
Speaker 2: been doing this job.
Speaker 1: I bet you do a little bet she only graduated
Speaker 1: from college a couple of years ago. Folks.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, right, yeah, yeah, they're gray hairs. Yeah, just
Speaker 2: you know, but yeah, yeah, come and join us because
Speaker 2: I guarantee you you will enjoy it.
Speaker 1: Oh great, okay, folks. We're going to have the information
Speaker 1: out to you here a little bit later on on
Speaker 1: our website, and you can get on there. Somebody, if
Speaker 1: you know it's a little bit more computer savvy than you,
Speaker 1: they'll be able to get on there and show you
Speaker 1: what's going on too. And look for the catalog at
Speaker 1: the Y and also at the library too. Amy, Thank
Speaker 1: you very much you always writing up by day.
Speaker 2: Oh I love coming here.
Speaker 1: Oh come back again soon. I imagine August will probably
Speaker 1: see you again. Yes, yes, about it really warm.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll be starting in mid September. Yeah, and I've
Speaker 2: got a great program plan. We're going to do an
Speaker 2: end depth study on aging, all aspects, legal documents, diseases,
Speaker 2: a whole thing. Somebody said, you're going to focus on aging. Well, yeah,
Speaker 2: it's kind of depressing, but it's things we need to know.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you do, you do, gang.
Speaker 2: But we've got some fun things planned for that too, sure,
Speaker 2: I mean we gotta have fun.
Speaker 1: How does surprise part? How do we surprise people at
Speaker 1: your own wake? Never mind me? Never mind me?
Speaker 2: Well, we had some homeschoolers that joined us last semester.
Speaker 1: Really how'd that go?
Speaker 2: They were amazed at what they learned. They basically came
Speaker 2: in to take the constitution and then the mother was
Speaker 2: very she was very active with you know, exchanges and
Speaker 2: all that. The kids loved it, and I expect them back,
Speaker 2: and of course we all love watching kids learn.
Speaker 1: It's also new to them.
Speaker 2: There was a she was sixteen girl and the boy
Speaker 2: was fourteen, and so I asked him what they like.
Speaker 2: She liked about anything, sports and anything, and I asked him, well,
Speaker 2: he because I wanted to point him to people that
Speaker 2: could help him. And so I asked the boy what
Speaker 2: he like and he just looked at me, and his
Speaker 2: sister said, video games.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, Oh my gosh. Well, you know, when
Speaker 1: you start talking to people, those video games just you know,
Speaker 1: they're nice. After that, they're not. They're not the compulsion
Speaker 1: start talking about people, think get real.
Speaker 2: And his mother monitored everything they did, so so I
Speaker 2: know it was within norms reason.
Speaker 1: Yes, oh very good, Amy, Thanks for being with us today. Golly,
Speaker 1: it's always fun to have you.
Speaker 2: I know, I love it. Even if you do put
Speaker 2: me on that camera. I don't like that, right, We
Speaker 2: got work it out