Goodyear City Square, scheduled to open this summer, is one of several development projects that City Manager Julie Karins plans to highlight during her Monday Morning Lecture on March 7. Karins is bringing spring training MLB tickets and recreation center passes as raffle prizes.
March Morning Lectures Address Future Challenges
Patricia Ingalls
Tickets to Monday Morning Lectures cost $5 and will be available in the Renaissance Theater lobby beginning at 9 a.m. the day of the lecture, which begins at 10 a.m. No advance registration is needed. Go to www.lifelonglearningatpc.org for details.
Growing Goodyear’s Bright Future—March 7
City Manager Julie Karins will talk about Goodyear’s expansive growth and trends in commercial and residential development. She will highlight major projects in the works and on the horizon, such as Goodyear Civic Square, opening this summer.
Karins was appointed Goodyear’s city manager in February 2018. She has more than 21 years of local government experience and is credentialed through the International City Management Association. She earned a master’s degree in public administration from Grand Canyon University and a bachelor’s degree in business management from Arizona State University.
Artemis to Prep NASA on Moon for Mars—March 14
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s ambitious Artemis Program plans to send the first woman and first person of color to the moon, using innovative technologies to explore the lunar surface, in preparation for sending astronauts to Mars.
Peter Swan and Cathy Swan, two Ph.D. pioneers in determining how humanity will exist off planet Earth, will discuss Artemis’ goals.
Peter, president of the International Space Elevator Consortium, is the lead scientist developing a planet-to-space transportation system to launch satellites directly into orbit, without using large rockets.
Cathy, a retired Air Force colonel and president of Southwest Analytic Network, Inc., established the Center for Arms Control and Technology Assessment to deal with satellite operations, arms control, and treaty verification.
The Evolution of Arizona Highways Magazine—March 21
Arizona Highways published its first issue in April 1925. Retired publisher Win Holden will share how a brochure produced by the Arizona Highway Department evolved into a travel magazine with more than 120,000 subscribers worldwide.
Using a unique publishing model not dependent on advertising, the magazine has had to unearth new revenue sources to sustain its operations and thrive in the highly competitive environment of magazine publication.
Holden’s many honors include lifetime achievement awards from the Arizona Office of Tourism and from Phoenix Business Journal, and induction into the Arizona Tourism Hall of Fame. His extensive charitable leadership roles have included Fiesta Bowl chairman and Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Identifying Online Scams—March 28
As daily life becomes enmeshed with online applications, scammers are upping their game, increasing their sophistication and using evolving tools in an attempt to fool us all.
Kristy Roschke, from ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will explain how our media environment is evolving and provide tips and techniques for spotting scams and verifying claims.
Roschke, who earned her doctorate degree from ASU, is an expert on media literacy. She is helping to develop ASU’s new online bachelor’s degree in digital media literacy. She also serves as managing director of ASU’s News Co/Lab, helping people find new ways of understanding and interacting with news and information.
March Trip Showcases Future Chefs
Patricia Ingalls
A recent revision to LifeLong Learning’s (LLL) trip policy now requires everyone on a LLL trip to show proof of vaccination and a photo ID. Check LLL’s website for details about the policy and the trips.
Arizona Culinary Institute, March 8, 5:15 to 9 p.m.
For the first time, a new dinner trip was recently added to LLL’s two sold-out lunch trips to the Arizona Culinary Institute (ACI) in Scottsdale. Dinner registration closes March 1.
The institute teaches traditional, proven French Method cooking skills, combined with the best modern techniques. ACI students learn in this private Scottsdale facility, which is staffed by experienced, dedicated chefs and administrators.
An important resource for ACI is the student-run du Jour Restaurant, which serves as a student laboratory/classroom, as well as a fine-dining restaurant. The visit includes dinner at du Jour, prepared onsite by ACI students. Visitors have several choices for a delicious supper and may purchase wine to accompany the meal.
What Matters at the End of Life?
Bill Nee
I shared this TED Talk, “What really matters at the end of life,” with our son Spencer, who is a hospice nurse.
“Really great perspective,” Spencer said. “In watching thousands of people dying over the last five years of hospice nursing, I have come to see death to be as beautiful a process as birth. Watching folks slowly shed off attachments, in stages, until all that is left is love (family, friends, and memories of family and friends) is such a beautiful process to be honored to witness.”
This talk shares perspectives for well-being, comfort, and ushering in grief with warmth.
The presenter, Dr. BJ Miller, who is a hospice and palliative medicine physician, shares how to create a dignified and graceful end-of-life focus. He wants us to make space to allow life to play out, to allow aging and dying, through a process, to be a crescendo to the end.
Take the time to savor this moving 19-minute talk, which asks big questions about how we think about death and honor life. Go to TED.com, click “watch” in the header, then “TED Talks.” Then in “Search talks,” input “What really matters at the end of life,” scroll a little lower, and click on the talk you selected.
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Fry’s and Amazon Programs Benefit LLL
Patricia Ingalls
Did you know you can authorize Fry’s Food Stores and Amazon to make donations to LifeLong Learning (LLL) at no cost to you? You can easily initiate the process online, allowing each company to donate a portion of your future purchases through them directly to LifeLong Learning.
Since the fall of 2016, when LLL entered the two corporate programs, they have deposited a combined total of more than $3,500 into LLL’s treasury. During the three months from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, 2021, only 154 households generated $242.80 for LLL from Fry’s. LifeLong Learning hopes to greatly increase the number of households participating this year. Purchases by those who travel or maintain a second home out of state still apply when shopping at any Fry’s affiliate, such as Kroger, Ralph’s, and King Soopers.
“We appreciate this boost to our bottom line,” LLL Treasurer Jeff Edwards said, “especially during this unprecedented pandemic period of adapting and making do.”
Register LLL as your charitable choice by going to lifelonglearningatpc.org. Under Donate, click Fry’s Community Rewards Program and follow the prompts to link your Fry’s VIP card with LLL. Click AmazonSmile to activate your Amazon purchase donations.