We all received presents at Wednesday's Luncheon

One of our members was kind enough to bring in brownies for everyone. The brownies were packaged in groups of four, so each of us could take them away to eat at our leisure. I ate one of mine for dessert at the luncheon and the rest of them within the following twenty four hours. Delicious.

Below is a picture shot at Wednesday's luncheon. Left to right:  Nancy Loy, Doug Jones, Benson Simon.

Another photo from Wednesday. Left to right: Nancy Loy, Benson Simon, Teresa Williams, Karen Eckert, Paul Zavattero.

Matt Koch arrived after the photo session ended,

Welcome to Mary Steele

Last Tuesday's luncheon was Mary's first. Sorry I didn't get much of a chance to talk with you, Mary.

Attendees for November 7th luncheon:

Benson Simon
Judy Perry
Sandy Lundahl
Karen Eckert
Linda Waters
Michael Carliner
Louise Lovell
Jay Miller
Fran Steiner
Mary Steele
Doug Jones

Welcome to Rich Wasserstrom

Last Wednesday for Rich's first luncheon although he's been a Golden ID student for a while. The attendees were the following on October 18:

Nahid Mohammadi
Doug Jones
Rich Wasserstrom
Karen Eckert
Paul Zavattero
Nancy Loy
Matt Koch
Teresa Williams

First Luncheon for Sandy last Tuesday

Last summer Sandy Lundahl wrote an article about the Golden ID program for a local newspaper. The article was a requirement for a summer Journalism class she took under the program, but it wasn't until last Tuesday that she was able to attend one of our luncheons. Full list of Tuesday's attendees:

Sandor Drosick
Paul Zavattero
Karen Eckert
Rick Marshall
Michael Carliner
Doug Jones
Jay Miller
Fran Steiner
Sandy Lundahl

Last Wednesday's Luncheon

Good times. Present were Rich Zipper, Karen Eckert, Doug Jones, Paul Zavattero, Nancy Loy, Benson Simon, and Faith Hannon.

Both new and familiar faces today

Nice to see you back Jay and Nahid. We missed you. New today to the luncheons although not necessarily new to the program were Sandor Drosick, Bill Lusby, Teresa Williams, and Linda Waters. (Linda, let me know if I got your name wrong. I later thought that it could be Walters.)

List of attendees:

Fran Steiner
Nahid Mohamadi
Karen Eckert
Benson Simon
Doug Jones
Sandor Drosick
Bill Lusby
Paul Zavattero
Jay Miller
Teresa Williams
Linda Waters
Michael Carliner

The last luncheon of the semester and thoughts about the semester

Attendance at the luncheons was down this semester, and a month ago I pondered whether to continue them or not in the future. Eventually I decided not to worry about it as long as the people who attend have a good time. It also helped that a couple of people remarked at a recent luncheon on how helpful it was to exchange information at the luncheons about various topics relating to being a retired person in college.

Having gotten beyond worrying about attendance, I went ahead with two luncheons in May even though attendance often falls off at the end of the semester. On Tuesday, there were only four of us: Mike Carliner, Benson Simon, Paul Zavattero, and myself, but the discussions were good and, more importantly, people seemed to enjoy themselves.

Today's Luncheon

Attendees: Louise Lovell, Paul Zavattero, Ed Coover, Doug Jones, Karen Eckart. Discussions on declaring a major to obtain a degree, Spanish courses, music, and art.

April 18th Luncheon

Present were Mike Carliner, Matt Koch, Doug Jones, Benson Simon, and Mike Benefiel. We covered a lot of historical ground since Mike Benefiel is taking a class on Korean history and Mike Carliner is taking a course in the Classics department which covers the ancient Roman influences on modern Italian cinema. I learn a lot from both Mikes.

Last Wenesday's Luncheon

Present were Ed Coover, Karen Eckert, Benson Simon, Doug Jones, and Nancy Loy.

Meeting Aileen Kroll

Aileen came by to introduce herself at our luncheon last Tuesday. Like Matt Koch, a Golden ID newcomer who we met at the last previous luncheon, Aileen is taking a course on the Yiddish language. Also at the luncheon were Mike Benefiel, Benson Simon, and Doug Jones.

Welcome to Matt and to Mitra

Newcomers to the Golden ID program Matt Koch and Mitra Lore joined us today. Matt is taking a course on Yiddish while Mitra's specialty is sculpture in the studio art department. Full roll call at today's luncheon: Ed Coover, Nancy Loy, Doug Jones, Matt Koch, Mitra Lore, and Benson Simon.

Lots of history discussions at today's luncheon

Michael Benefiel is taking a Korean history course and Benson Simon British history, so I guess it isn't surprising. Present today were Fran Steiner, Benson Simon, Michael Carliner, Doug Jones, and Michael Benefiel.

Welcome to Paul Zavattero

Paul attended his first Golden ID luncheon yesterday, and it was good to meet him. Attendees at the semester's initial luncheon were: Nancy Loy, Benson Simon, Ed Coover, Doug Jones, Paul Zavattero, and Karen Eckert