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February 2018
New to OLLI at USM? Check us out at www.usm.maine.edu/olli
IN THIS ISSUE
• Get Ready for
Reflections
• Help Needed
• Spring Registration
Begins
• OLLI Follies
• Notes from Susan
• Georgia O’Keeffe
Excursion
• Wrinkle in Time
• SAGE Begins
Spring Season
• Brown Bag:
Teaching at OLLI
• Call-In Show
• OLLI Student
Handbook
• Walking Club
• Bike & Nosh
Meeting
• Yarmouth Next
for Diners
Profile
Wallace H. Nutting
[Editor’s Note: Wallace Nutting was one of the earliest members
of our Senior College (later to become our OLLI). This article is
reprinted from a “Movers and Shakers” series in the Newsletter
for our 15th anniversary.]
W allace H. Nutting credits Terry Foster as
one who enlisted him to become one of
the founding members of what was to become the
Senior College at USM. The retired Army gen-
eral’s organizational background proved useful in
those often hectic days when the future OLLI met
just on Fridays in Payson Smith Hall.
Those days, he says, “Everyone pitched in, and with my experi-
ence I began teaching a course on national and world affairs in the
fall of 1997.” He continued to teach a course every fall, save for
four years when he served as mayor of Biddeford. He had retired
there in 1985 after 40 years in one Army uniform or another. The
young Saco native served in the Maine State Guard during World
War II before receiving an appointment to West Point and graduat-
ing in 1950.
One mark of his outstanding career is the 2008 Distinguished
Graduate Award bestowed on him by the West Point Association
of Graduates for “serving his country with integrity and distin-
guished throughout a lifetime of dedicated service as a soldier,
statesman, educator, and civic leader.” The citation further notes
that “in successive positions of increasing responsibility from sec-
ond lieutenant through the rank of general, his career has exempli-
fied the lifelong commitment to the principles expressed in the
motto of the United States Military Academy: Duty, Honor, Coun-
try.”
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That increasing responsibility included assignments in the Korean War, where he was twice wounded
in action and received the Silver Star, and two tours of duty in Vietnam in 1966 and 1970. Nutting’s
career included 12 postings across the U.S., with three years at West Point and repeated duty at the
Pentagon, plus three assignments in Germany and four years in Latin America.
In 1979 he was appointed Commander, U.S. Southern Command, and four years later Commander in
Chief, U.S. Readiness Command, the first officer to lead two of the combatant commands. Ambler M.
Moss, Jr., ambassador to Panama, said of Nutting as commander of the Southern Command, “It is no
exaggeration to say that Wally Nutting set the tone and policies for USSOUTHCOM’s successful man-
agement of the Panama Canal treaties. His example inspired a new generation of Panamanians.”
Upon his retirement in 1985 as general, Nutting and his wife, Jane, made their 23rd move, this time to
Biddeford Pool. His concern for the area’s environment helped him decide to run for mayor. The first
time, he won election against a field of candidates; the second time, he ran unopposed. He’s also well
remembered in Saco, where Mayor Bill Johnson pushed to have his portrait put up in City Hall.
Wallace is a strong supporter of OLLI. As he jocularly remarks, “It’s a good way to keep seniors off
the street.”
—Don King
Wallace H. Nutting (Continued from page 1)
Get Ready for Reflections
The 2018 edition of Reflections will soon welcome submissions
of poetry, prose, photography, and art. This annual literature and
arts journal of OLLI at USM gathers submissions from current
OLLI members. All submissions are “blind”: the submissions man-
ager separates the works from their submitters, assigns a code
number, and sends the works on to the selection committee. Once
selected for publication, the works and their originators are reunit-
ed, and production of the actual journal begins.
So now is the time to create something, or revise or clean up
something you’ve already created. Details of the submission pro-
cess and rules will appear in the March OLLI Newsletter.
Note: Please do not send anything now to the OLLI e-mail ad-
dress or to last year’s submissions manager. It will not make it into
the submissions files.
Good luck!
Help Needed
The Gallery Wall next to the
office is due to be refreshed in
March, and we need one more
person to volunteer to exhibit.
Whether you think of yourself
as an artist or not, we invite you
to participate. Material must be
framed with wire on the back
for hanging. That’s it for re-
quirements. Photography, col-
lage, watercolor, oil, pen and
ink, charcoal, all are welcome.
If you can help us out, please
contact Sidney Lincoln
([email protected]) for
details. If you have contributed
in the past and have some new
work you would like to share,
that would be great, too.
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WEB SITES
Maine Senior College Network
www.maineseniorcollege.org
OLLI National Resource Center
www.osher.net
OLLI at USM
www.usm.maine.edu/olli
ADVISORY BOARD
Janet Stebbins, Chair
Steve Schiffman, Vice-Chair
Dick Leslie, Secretary
Susan Gesing, Education Chair
Elsa van Bergen, Communications
Chair
Matt Goldfarb, SAGE Chair
Gael McKibben & Rae Garcelon,
Co-Community Chair
Dick Sturgeon, Nominating Chair
Walter Allen
Wes Bonney
Paul Doherty
Elizabeth Housewright
Susan Jennings
Joy Larrabee
Georgia Koch
Tom McGovern
OLLI members are invited to attend
Advisory Board meetings. Check
with the OLLI office for date, time,
and place. Please contact the Chair if
you wish to address the Board.
OLLI NEWSLETTER
OLLI Office:
Wishcamper Center 210
P. O. Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
Phone: 207 780-4406 or
1-800-800-4876
TTY 1-207-780-5646
Fax: 207 780-4317
E-mail: [email protected]
Tim Baehr, Managing Editor
Don King, Editor
Amy Liston, Contributing Editor
Mogens Ravn, Layout Editor
Please send newsletter material to the
OLLI Office, via our e-mail.
Deadline for the March
issue is February 15.
OLLI STAFF
Susan Morrow, Assistant Director for
Program
Rob Hyssong, Program Coordinator
Linda Skinner, Admin. Assistant I
Sue Schier, Admin. Assistant II
Spring Registration Begins
Registration for the Spring Term begins Feb. 6. Here’s the notice
that went out to us in one of Rob Hyssong’s e-mails:
The online registration system will automatically turn on be-
tween 12:01 a.m. and 12:15 a.m., or shortly thereafter.
Students with scholarships, gift certificates, free member-
ships, or other waivers must get registrations in to the OLLI
office before Feb. 6 for staff to process promptly.
NOTE: Since your registration will be competing with
online enrollments, we can’t guarantee your first-choice class,
but you will be our top priority the morning after registration
goes “live” on Feb. 6.
If you need help navigating the online process, onsite help
setting up student accounts and registering for classes will be
available on Feb. 6 in the Wishcamper Computer Lab (Room
128) starting at 8 a.m.
On Feb. 13 OLLI staff will start accepting mail-in, drop-off,
and phone registrations.
OLLI Follies
Just a reminder to save the date for the OLLI Follies (continuing
celebration of OLLI’s 20th year).
The show will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at 3:00
p.m. in Talbot Hall in Luther Bonney. We’re excited to showcase
the abundant and varied talents of our OLLI members. So please
plan on attending this joyful celebration and support your friends
as they share their gifts with the OLLI community.
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As we approach Spring registration, I thought it would be a good time to update you on our
online registration system. As you may remember, after three years of continuous problems
with our first online registration system, we bought a new system. Consequently, your OLLI
staff worked most of June and July setting up the new system so we would be able to register
for the Fall Term. Though it worked significantly better than the old system, it wasn’t without
problems. Most problems were based on our not fully understanding the system.
The second big test of the system was registration for the Winter Term. I am very pleased to
say that registration was smoother than we dreamed possible. I’m not saying there weren’t any
issues, but all issues were handled quickly and efficiently. For the first time in many, many
years, the staff wasn’t exhausted at the end of registration day. Almost 700 registrations were
processed in one day, with no system crashes, no shutdowns, and no freeze-ups. It was a very
successful day.
With Spring registration right around the corner, there are a couple of things to remember.
We recommend that you log into the system prior to registration day just to be sure you
remember how. If you have a problem, it is much easier to get help before registration begins.
You know you have successfully logged in when your name appears at the top of the page.
The new system turns on automatically at 12:01 a.m. However, it does not mean all classes
will turn on at 12:01. The system checks the classes one by one, and turns them on after the
check. It can take up to a half-hour for the complete self-diagnosis to run.
It’s not true that all the good classes fill at midnight. For two terms now, all classes still had
space as of 6 a.m. You probably have the same chance of getting into a popular class by
getting up early as you do by staying up late.
ALWAYS put yourself on the waitlist if you do not get into your class. Instructors set the
size limit and are often happy to take a few more students to fill demand.
We have found that there are often payment problems if you use Safari as your internet
browser. This is the default browser on most Apple products. You might wish to use another
browser such as Chrome or Firefox, or download one if you don’t have them already.
All and all, we are very happy with this new product. There will always be glitches, but so
far, we have been able to work through them. We’re all looking forward to another uneventful
registration.
—Susan Morrow, Assistant Director for Program
NOTES FROM SUSAN
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Georgia O’Keeffe: Art, Image, Style Thursday, March 1
Always a popular OLLI destination is the Peabody Essex
Museum in Salem, Mass. On view is a truly interesting ap-
proach to Georgia O’Keeffe that concentrates on under-
standing her as a whole person, not just her paintings. Her
wardrobe, her lifestyle, her disciplined sense of design —
in dress, in the interior decoration of her houses, in her art
— every aspect of her life was driven by her unified aes-
thetic vision. This exhibition consists of 125 pieces, includ-
ing paintings and photos.
Never before has an effort been made to further under-
stand an artist through his or her wardrobe! And yet, partic-
ularly in the case of O’Keeffe, “Without opening up her closet,
you would never sense that her whole life was a work of art,” Aus-
ten Barron Bailly, PEM’s Curator of American Art, has said. She
was a very gifted seamstress and made many of her own clothes.
This exhibition gives a new view of her life as a contemporary
style icon as well as a pioneer of modernism in art. We all know
that same nonconformist and aesthetic vision in her art. Now we
see it in her closet.
O’Keeffe was the most photographed American artist of the 20th
century, and the PEM shows how O’Keeffe took ownership over
her own personal image and projected it into her art. One wonders,
which came first?
Also just opening at the PEM is Playtime — works by 20 leading
contemporary artists, including large-scale installations, sculpture,
photographs, video, and tactile experiences. From PEM’s newslet-
ter: “PLAY spurs productivity. PLAY is a catalyst for creativity. PLAY is an escape from conformity.
PLAY reinvents the rules. PLAY empowers the players. PLAY stimulates innovation. PLAY enables
exploration. PLAY is a response to uncertainty. PLAY rewards misbehavior. PLAY negotiates conflict.
PLAY resists productivity.”
Departure is from Wishcamper Center on Thursday, March 1, at 8:30 a.m., returning to Portland at
approximately 6 p.m. Trip is limited to 50 OLLI members. Cost is $57 and includes the docent tour and
tip for the bus driver. Lunch is on your own. Deadline for registration is February 21. There will be no
refunds after that unless the space is filled from a waiting list.
To reserve, beginning February 1, use the online OLLI registration system (www.usm.maine.edu/
OLLI). OR, beginning February 8, you may mail your check to OLLI, PO Box 9300, Portland, ME
04104, OR call 780-4406 to pay with a card, OR register in person at the office.
For further information call Gael McKibben at 774-7177.
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SAGE Begins Spring Season
SAGE, OLLI’s popular series of lectures, will begin March 20, coinciding with the first week of
OLLI classes. Online registration will begin February 21. In-person, mail, and phone registration will
begin February 28.
Watch for the SAGE brochure online and in the mail!
We are pleased to announce that USM President Glenn Cummings will be the first speaker.
Wrinkle in Time will be covering the period from 1936 to 1945 — World War II — with a two-day
symposium that will be sure to get you thinking about one of the most momentous events of the 20th
century.
Draper Hunt will be kicking off the sympo-
sium with his lecture, “FDR Goes to War.”
This will be followed by a series of lectures
from Richard Parker, Mike Berkowitz, Kath-
leen Sutherland, Tan Larrabee, John Suther-
land, and Gael McKibben. They will cover
such topics as the war in the Pacific, psychol-
ogy of war, the Middle East, art during the
period, impact on women and children, and
German POW camps in Maine. Interspersed
between the lectures will be panels that will
include veterans who served during the war,
including one who was a Nazi death camp lib-
erator. Covering the walls will be a large
timeline with photographs and events from the
war, and Terry Foster will tickle your memo-
ries with the songs and music of the time.
Probably the most iconic photograph of World War II was taken of six Marines raising the American
flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. The flag-raising on Mount Suribachi oc-
curred five days into the battle, which continued for another month. This image was the inspiration for
the national Marine Corps War Memorial statue, unveiled in 1954, and was dedicated to the Marine
dead of all wars, and their comrades of other services who fell fighting beside them.
Morning coffee and lunch will be provided both days. The cost for the symposium is $80.00. There
will be lunch discussions about your favorite WWII books, movies, and songs. Please bring those
memories with you when you come!
Online registration for this symposium will be open on Feb. 6, and call-in registration will be availa-
ble on Feb. 13. Please sign up early, as space will be limited.
Wrinkle in Time — World War II — March 6 & 7, 2018
Brown Bag: Thursday, February 15th, 11:45–12:30 TEACHING AT OLLI — TIPS AND TRICKS
Sponsored by the OLLI Education Committee, this is an opportunity for those teaching at OLLI to
exchange ideas. First, Jack Lynch and Andrea Hester will each briefly describe what they do when they
teach. Next, in a quick go-around, attendees will mention one method/technique/trick they use when
they lead classes. Last, Mike Berkowitz will facilitate an open discussion of things folks find challeng-
ing, or want to try out, or are curious about. Come ready to learn from our peers and offer ideas to them
as well. Room to be announced.
Check Out the OLLI Student
Handbook!
Over the years OLLI has had various versions
of a student handbook, some of which has ap-
peared in the newsletter. Pat Walsh, Tim
Baehr, and other members of the Communica-
tions Committee have written, edited, and for-
matted this OLLI Handbook for our OLLI
website. It includes two sections, Need to
Know and Nice to Know. You can get all sorts
of information about our organization, parking,
classes, registration, and much, much more.
You can print out all nine pages for future
reference. But if you’re looking at it on line,
you can click links on the first page and jump
to particular topics.
The handbook is in the Resources section of
the OLLI home page (https://usm.maine.edu/
olli). But if you want to go directly to the hand-
book, just click HERE.
Call-In Show!
Yes, USM has a call-in show! It’s called the
USM Storm Line. Call in any time to find out the
status of the Portland campus — closed, delayed,
or open — on any given day. Whatever the sta-
tus, that’s our OLLI’s status too.
Here’s the number: 780-4800
Put it on your phone’s speed dial or write it
down and stick it on the fridge.
A friendly voice will tell you what’s up — or
not. On threatening winter days, call before you
leave for OLLI. It’s safer that way and may give
you a chance for a second cup of coffee or a mug
of hot chocolate. Maybe even a delicious winter
nap.
Also: Even if USM
is open, stay home if
you are in doubt.
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Walking Club
On Wednesday, February 14, we will snowshoe at Skyline Farm
in North Yarmouth. We will have our lunch there as well, in their
community room.
On Tuesday, February 27, we will have an outing at Twin Brooks
in Cumberland. This is an area with lots of cross-country ski trails,
so feel free to bring your skis if you prefer to try that instead of
snowshoes, but keep an eye on the weather, as conditions may
prove more favorable for snowshoes. We will eat nearby.
For both days, bring your lunch and water, and dress in layers.
You may want your poles and heat packs for your hands.
For both outings, we will meet at Back Cove at 9:50 a.m. to car-
pool — or you can meet us at the sites, as there is plenty of park-
ing.
If you are a new walker or have questions, please call me at 846-
3304 or e-mail me at [email protected].
Bike and Nosh Annual Planning Meeting
Please join us for the annual ride planning meeting for the
OLLI Bike and Nosh group. The meeting will be on Thursday,
February 22, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the OLLI Confer-
ence Room in Wishcamper Center. Bring your ideas for routes
for the upcoming biking season. All are welcome. Anyone plan-
ning to join us for a ride this
summer is especially encour-
aged to attend. For more infor-
mation please contact Deidre
St. Louis at
Yarmouth Next for
Diners
Bistro 233 in Yarmouth will
be our next lunch out spot.
A favorite of picky eaters,
who can always find something
to please, the nearby Bistro 233
is new for some. They are quite
inventive with classic dishes
you know and love. Local, fresh
seafood, loaded burgers, and a
divine Caesar salad make for a
fine meal.
Besides, you can get to know
about their evening special
events when you are there, like
Wednesday’s Buck a Shuck
Damariscotta oysters! You
might be willing to drive in the
dark for that night.
Don’t miss this one.
When: Friday, Feb. 9, at
12:30 p.m.
Where: Bistro 233, 233 U.S.
Route l, Yarmouth,
bistro233.com, 865-3633
Reservations: By noon
Thursday, Feb. 8. Call or write
Barbara Bardack, 865-2009;
Wolfs Neck Snowshoeing
