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Cail & Company LIVE with Tori Berube
Thursday's program featured a look at the upcoming session at OLLI at UNH with Program Manager Tori Berube. OLLI is the acronym for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Their next session, which begins in August, will feature more than 170 classes that are available to their members.Registration begins on August 5. For more information its: www.unh.edu/OLLI or (603) 255-3553
- Duration:
- 43m
- Broadcast on:
- 25 Jul 2024
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- mp3
[upbeat music] - Good morning, it is Kale and Company Live here on WKXL and h.radio.com. It is great to have you with us on this Thursday morning. And we are presented by our green friends at Northeast Eladental. Don't forget tomorrow, Friday Fun Bunch with the Kitty Ray, our resident Flick Chick, Tom Raffio, president and CEO of Northeast Eladental. We are going to try, Andrew, I know it won't be easy, but we're going to try to get Tom to sing again. - He's saying-- - You don't think that won't be easy? - It's very easy. It's probably the easiest thing in life is try to get Tom Raffio to sing. Oh yeah, Tori Baraby is with us. It was the manager at Ollie at UNH, the Osher Lifelong Living Institute. And great to have you back, Tori. - Thanks, Kenneth, it's great to be with you. - And just before the show, we're all talking theater. - Yeah. - And give the audience here, WKXL recommendation you gave me before the show. - Oh, this past Saturday I went to my favorite summer stock theater ever, the A Gunquit Playhouse, and saw Sondheim's "A Little Night" music, and 50-year-old musical and the supporting actress who plays Madam in the production was none other than the lovely Kathleen Turner. - Well, the Kathleen Turner. - The Kathleen Turner, and it was, it is a fabulous production. And so anybody who likes theater, whether you like current theater or old theater, this is just something to say. It was magical. - They do a terrific job at a gunquit. I haven't been there in a number of years now, but I did see at one time, John Rate, in the drama game. Yes, in the drama game at a gunquit, but that was many, many years ago, and I saw Jerry Herman there with my mother and daughter a number of years after that. But I haven't been there since, and that was probably 25 or 26 years ago, but they do do great work. We're very fortunate to be, to have all the theater options that we do in the area, including the state of Maine. - Yeah, that is my summer gig. I know what summer when I'm sitting at the gunquit playhouse with a beverage in my hand and watching theaters. - An adult beverage. - Yes, an adult beverage, but I go a couple of shows every season, and for me, it is just, oh, love it. But, yeah, this is- - There's a lot to love, and I haven't been there in much too long, and my daughter was there recently to see a central high grad, Max Clayton, and the lead in "Crazy for You." - Yeah, yeah, he's wonderful. He is wonderful. - He is a terrific, terrific guy. In fact, I saw him not too long ago in the audience at the Palace Theater, because his sister, Missy, was in a show at the Palace. - Yes, she was, yeah. - And Max was right there in the audience, so. - See? - I used to give Max and my daughter, Melissa, rides to rehearsals, and now he's a big Broadway star, filled in for you, Jackman, and the music man. - Oh, great, and yeah, exactly. - Yeah, so anyway, that's our theater portion of the show today. We have another portion of the show. We're gonna talk about Ollie, we truly are, but I do wanna congratulate our very good friend, Dan Weed, Weed Family Automotive, the Conquered Monitor, in their weekly supplement, the Conquered Insider, published the winners of the Capis today, and congratulations to Dan and everyone at Weed Family Automotive, as they won the repair category, as voted by the readers of the Conquered Monitor. - Can you see the confetti flying to you right now? - I can see it right now, or right now, onto one of those lifts at Weed Family Automotive. At 124 Store Street, and we have a thing on the show now, we started a few weeks ago, called Vanity Insanity. You know that, you know, Tory is a long time New Hampshire resident, that we have a high percentage of vanity plates here in the state, maybe the highest percentage in the country. And so, a few weeks ago, we launched a contest, Vanity Insanity, and the prize, if we mention your plate, and you call in, and prove that it is yours, we give an oil change, a synthetic oil change at Weed Family Automotive, plus a nice inspection of your vehicle, and that's the prize, if people call in, that we have spotters out there on the roads, and we have a plate this week, one of the cool people off the plate is Snowy, S-N-O-W-Y, Snowy, was the plate, that I spotted, in Concord, and we haven't gotten a winner yet, but if you are the person who has that plate on your vehicle, S-N-O-W-Y, you can't call today, and I'll tell you why. Our phones are out, I don't know if we didn't pay the bill, or there's an area situation here. - It's a technical issue, it's a technical issue. - Okay, it's a technical issue, we did pay the bill. - Yeah, we in a strictly technical issue. - Didn't do as much good, but we did pay the bill apparently, and so we were supposed to have a couple of people involved in the OLLI program with us today, Jackie and Bob, and I apologize to both of them for not being able to call in as they were scheduled to today, but Tori Buraby is here, and I know that she can fill the void very nicely. - I think I can probably do that, and we are an all volunteer organization, with a couple of us that are our staff members, but a shout out to Jackie and Bob, who did say they would be with us, and they'll be back with us the next time we're on. - I hope so, now the new session is almost upon us. - The new term is almost here, so it's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute or not. - What did I say? - You said living. - Living. - Oh, Lifelong Learning, okay, yeah. - But it's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and we are an enrichment learning program for older adults. - And when you say older, what's older? - So typically our members are 50 and older. Our demographics skews a little higher than that, but we don't check IDs at the door, so some of our members might be slightly younger than 50, and certainly many are older than 50, but we are an enrichment learning opportunity for adults who like to learn, right? So any chance that something that they studied in high school or didn't study in high school or in college or something they've had a lifelong passion about and just have never had the time to study, those are the folks who come and see us each term, and we are gearing up for our fall 2024 term that starts in just a couple of weeks. - And that is amazing, and I know you have registration starting on August the 5th. Or the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, learning, but you also learn to live too a little bit there. - You do. - And it helps you live when you're an Ollie member. - See, there you go, that's why I got it confused, but you have a great faculty, you have great members, and the courses that you offer are far better than you'd get at any high school or college anywhere. - No, I mean, and you get to select the courses that you want to take. So tell us how, first of all, the registration for those who have not registered in the past, how does it go? Because I know one thing, and you've told me this over the years, that once the registration opens on August 5th, which is just around the corner, these classes fill up very, very rapidly. - So we're offering 170 courses statewide, and about, oh, let's say 110 of them, 100 of them are typical in a classroom, one class, class, course, come, you go. And then we do probably this term about another 30 that are on Zoom, and another 30 to 40 that are out in the community, where you're out at somebody else's house learning from them. And folks will call us on Monday the 5th to register for these courses. And the term actually starts on August 26th, which is three weeks, well, my goodness, it's a month from tomorrow, now that I think about it. And the courses range from anything you can possibly imagine. So we offer classes in creative arts. One of our new classes this term is actually with Lori Carey here in panic. - Well, well, well, we will continue that thought, and more, many more thoughts coming up from the Tori Buraby, who's the program manager at Ollie, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. And if you're learning about it for just the first time today, where have you been? I mean, it's been out there for a while. It's started when in 2004, something like that. - It is? - Yeah. So we'll tell you more, we'll tell you more about the courses that are being offered. And we will do that right after these words. Hail and Company Live, WKXL, nhchockradio.com, presented by Northeast Delta Dental, and we'll be right back. (upbeat music) - Hail and Company Live here on WKXL, nhockradio.com. Tori Buraby is with us, program manager at Ollie. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, which will be kicking off another semester on August 26th, but prior to that, you have to register, and it all starts on August 5th, which unbelievably is just around the corner. Time flies. - Two weeks away. - Time flies when you're having fun, Tori. That's what happens. - I know, I know. - And get in there quickly on August 5th, because the operators will be standing by. - Well, you asked. You asked how folks do that. So they can either go to our website at unh.edu/Ollie, - Okay. - So unh.edu/Ollie, or they can use the handy dandy, old-fashioned way. - That'd be by the phone. - By the phone. - Hopefully their phones are working better than ours are. - Ours do work, 6-0-3, 2-5-5, 3-5-5-3. - Okay. - And if they call now, because they'd like to sort of see what we have for courses that are available, we have our fall catalog is out. - It gets thicker all the time. - It does. And if you call, we'd be delighted to send you a catalog that not only talks about the 170 courses this term, but talks a little bit about Ollie and all the ancillary activities that once you're an Ollie member, you have access to. - And those activities are numerous and varied, and it's really something, so it pays to be a member. - Well, we just had, for outside activities, we did a trip to the JFK Museum. - Oh, you did, yeah. - And the Edward M. Kennedy Senate chamber set up in Boston, and then a couple of weeks ago, Ollie was on the road again and we went to the Peterborough Playhouse to see Peterborough players, and they did Death Trap. - Oh, okay, that's a great show. - That's been around for a long time, yeah. - So they went and saw Death Trap in this fall. We're going to go to the great state of Maine, and we are going up to Portland and going to the Art Museum in Portland. - Very nice. - And lunch at Demelos, for anybody who's in the know, one of the best. - You guys do it right. - But that's one of the benefits of being an Ollie member is you have access to these trips. It is an additional cost. - Yeah, I'm sure. - But it's fun to get on a bus with a bunch of folks that look and talk and speak and think and, you know, act like you and you're on a bus for a day doing a bus trip and come home. Somebody else worries about the driving and you just get to have fun. So we do trips. - That's terrific. That's the best thing, really. Taking those trips is that you don't have to worry about the parking, don't have to worry about the traffic. Relax and sit back and let somebody else take care of it. - I was telling you before, one of the other advantages of being an Ollie member is that we'll do sort of these pop up kind of lunch and learn, maybe some people call them mug and muffins, but an opportunity for our members to get together and hear from a speaker on a topic. - And we're really excited that in August, Professor Dante Scala from UNH is joining us August 15th for an hour. And he is going to, and it's right before the Democratic National Convention. - There's nothing going on, political these days, no. - So I had reached out to him earlier this week and said, I know we've got members who would love to hear from you and then to have you answer some of their questions about how does this all work after Sunday's news? And so he's gonna come and do a Zoom with us and we'll have about 100 members who'll be able to join us and hear from Dante with the latest news before we head into the convention and he'll take their questions. So he'll do sort of the armchair quarterbacking of what he's seeing and then he'll have some questions from the audience and hopefully that's another way that we engage our members is come, share, learn, listen from a noted speaker. - You see him quoted, see him on WMR quite a bit. - Yeah, and he speaks with us often about politics and what he's seeing and he had written a book about the New Hampshire primary and came and spoke to us about that. So we have this wealth a speaker series in addition to our courses that we offer. We have small groups who gather and go hiking or do book clubs or do movie clubs, craft clubs. We've got a little bit of everything for everybody. - Really, yeah, you do, you do. I didn't hear anyone mention of sports in there but that's okay, that's all right. - Ask me who our first speaker is in Manchester this term. - Who was your first speaker in Manchester this term? - It would be Mike Morin. - Yes, okay. - Who has written a book and because you are a native Bostonian, you might know that he has written a book on a very popular New England sport. - I know what it is. - What is it? - It's candle pin bowling. - It certainly is. - And the class is something now. I'm not gonna get the title quite right but it's something about what's the most popular sport notable beyond like jazz or and have a check or something like that. But he recounts the history of candle pin bowling and some of our members are not native New Englanders. So they say, what's candle pin bowling? - A lot of you don't have no clue. - But he is coming. He is our first speaker in Manchester for this term, our first course presenter. - Oh, Mike is great. - And he did a class last term on the red arrow diner on his book on the red arrow diner. And so those are the types of people who present courses for all of it. We have folks that are, we have one woman who is a retired librarian, college librarian, and she loves history. So every term we can count on her to do her homework, prepare a course, and this term she's doing a course on the Boston Massacre. - Okay. - She does one on Lewis Hayden who was very big in the Underground Railroad along the coast and into Massachusetts. But these are the type of people who are maybe not no longer in an institution of learning, but they love to learn, they love to teach. They have a passion and they come in and volunteer to teach a course for us. And that is what makes Ollie special, is that out of these 170 courses that will have this term there is bound to be one that can kill besides the candlepin bowling class. - Oh yeah, it's a great book by the way. Great book. And you know, back in the day, I mean, years ago, we're talking about 60s, 70s, maybe even into the early 80s, candlepin bowling was like, it was on channel five in Boston. - 12 o'clock noon. - That's correct, that is correct. And a lot of the shows were taped at Sammy White's Brighton Bowl in Massachusetts. I used to take my grandmother over to see some of the tapings. They used to do like three weeks in a day. Don Gillis was the host and the ratings for that show were second to none in the Boston area. And I'm talking about every time slot. - So, Mike did a promo video for us to promote his class and he has the Nielsen ratings? - Yeah, yeah. - And it shows in Greater Boston, and here it is. It's candlepin bowling was first for like weeks on end. - Years on end, really, yeah, yeah. - That was a staple for me growing up. So I grew up here and conquered, and whether it was having lunch at home with my parents, or going over to East Side Drive and having lunch at my grandparents, everybody watched candlepin bowling at 12 noon on Saturdays. You knew where people, it was just the thing you did. - It was must-see TV before there was such a term. - Exactly, exactly. - But it is true. And the book that Mike did is terrific, and it brings back a lot of memories for me. So what is the date of that one? - Tuesday, August 27th. And it's a 10 o'clock class at our new campus, which we'll talk about in Manchester, UNH Manchester. - Oh, that's a tease, folks. We'll talk about that new campus after we take this break. Kale and Company Live, WKXL, NHTalkRadio.com, we're chatting with Tori Buraby, program manager Ollie, coach or lifelong learning institute, and sign-ups begin on the morning of August 5th. So remember that date, August 5th, because you gotta get in early, to sign up for the classes that you would like to be a part of. All right, we'll take a break. Kale and Company continues right here, WKXL, NHTalkRadio.com, presented by Northeast Delta Dental. (upbeat music) - Kale and Company Live here on WKXL, NHTalkRadio.com, chatting today with the Tori Buraby, is the program manager at Ollie, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and their sign-ups for their next semester, if you will, will be August 5th. And you know, you gotta call in early, 603-225-3553. That is the number. - Well, you were so close, Ken. It's 255. - What do I say? - 225. - Oh, okay, well, that's 'cause, you know. (laughing) - Can't read my own writing. 255-255, right? - Yeah. - Oh, 3553. That's what I have written down. Why don't I say anything other? 603-225-3553. - You just did it again. - I did do it, didn't I? - Yeah. - What is this? - Metal block, I have 255 folks. - Because you're a native, you know, you live in Concord, and everything is 225. - That's it. - That's exactly why. - That's exactly why. - Hello, Mr. Ken Kale. - Yes. - Excuse me, just a moment. I think a miracle has happened, and we actually have Bob on the line. - Come on. Whoa, miracles do happen. Do you believe in miracles? - I think our phones are starting to come back. - Oh, good, that, wow, unbelievable. We can hear 'em loud and clear, too. Tori, would you like to introduce Bob? - Well, good morning, Bob. How are you? - Good. - Good, so Bob Jones is with us, and Bob is an Ollie member. He is an Ollie volunteer, and he is actually an Ollie presenter, all wrapped up into-- - Wow, boy, a man for all seasons, huh? (laughing) - He really, really is. - With a better ending, I hope, right? (laughing) - But Bob and his wife actually are both members of Ollie, and Bob has been a member, Bob, since when? - Since 2007. - So, Ollie turns 20 this year, so you can see that Bob has been with us for a very long time. - Well, maybe Bob has the magic touch. - Well, that is pretty inspiring, that you got this group with no phone lines. - Because I see here in my notes that you provided, Tori, that Bob is presenting learning the iPhone and iPad. So, maybe he has a secret way to get through that nobody else does. (laughing) Is that true, Bob? - Well, it must be a secret, 'cause I'm not sure what to do. (laughing) Yeah, that's one of the courses. I teach several different courses. Learning the iPhone and iPad is one, and it's just something people our age want to learn. I mean, for people that created the iPhone came in 2007, which is about when I started Ollie, and it's really transformed the world. All you have to do is look at the crowds when you're in the crowd, and everybody's on their iPhone. - Sure, oh, absolutely. - So our people are-- - They replace the lighters at concerts. - Yes. (laughing) - But our people are very interested in learning the iPhone and getting used to it. I mean, some are given them by their children. Some just go out and buy them, 'cause they want to look for grandchildren, to great calendar, great memory device. And we have about 16 people in the class, there's two of us who run it, and we adapt the program to the people in the class. Their needs, I mean, we always do the basics, but we try to respond to people's needs in the class. So it's a different class every time. - And literally, Bob brings his iPhone or his iPad, and connects it to the screens, and everybody's holding their device, and Bob says, okay, swipe right, or swipe down, and now we're gonna learn the home screen, and we're gonna learn settings. And for folks who are a little tentative about, I don't want to press any wrong buttons, Bob says, right Bob says, there is no bad button to push. - Ah, come on, you pushed a lot of buttons over the years. - But it's a really, Bob and Dottie, his co-presenter, they take the time to make it so that our members walk out, and they feel like I can now use this phone, and I don't look foolish asking people questions, where I understand what I'm doing. So that's a course that Bob and Dottie are actually going to teach here in Concord this term, at NHTI. So in Concord, we do our courses at NHTI, and that's one that Bob and Dottie will be doing here. That is just one of the many classes he does. - So what would an old guy like me? I mean, I'm pretty basic with a cell phone. I can make a call, I can take a picture, I can send an email to a text. But what would I learn? I'd probably be able to learn a lot from you, Bob. - So we go through a lot of customization of the phone, and that's one of the classes, is just to go through all the possible settings, and there's actually billions of settings on the phone, if you do the math, just so people know what capabilities are on the phone. I mean, do you have problems seeing things, do you have problems hearing? There are all sorts of ways to adapt the iPhone to fit you and how you want to use it. So that's one of the things, is just maybe getting familiar with the possibilities. - Well, you're a man for all seasons, Bob. I also see you're going to be involved with TED Talks. - And what is TED Talks? - Well, TED Talks, it's a worldwide phenomenon now. It's a, they're 20 minute, usually 20 minute presentations by experts in front of an audience, and they're performed all over the world, and they have different themes. And we'll probably focus on some that are, based on maybe the philosophy of consciousness, artificial intelligence. We're adapting, there's so many different possibilities. We will watch them and discuss them, and they'll try to be very interesting topics, and maybe some eye-opening things people have thought that. - So they'll like 20 minute lectures? Is that what it is? - Yeah, 15 to 20 minutes, and very good presenters. - That's good, 'cause people don't have too much of an attention span these days. I mean, you used to think kids just didn't have an attention span, but I know many adults that don't have long attention spans either. - Right, but you know, these are geared in there. So if you think of a commercial, you have a one minute attention span. You cram as much in as you can. - Right, right, exactly. And also films through the decades. - Yep. - Yeah, and I'm a film fan, and I really am amazed at the restoration of films that were old. I mean, when we used to see old films, they were all grainy, and you couldn't really hear them, and they look blurry. They're now with new technology, they've become crystal clear. And it's really wonderful to go back, and I tried to, starting in the '20s with the silent film, and then jumped maybe every 10 to 15 years to other films, all of which have been recognized by critics and directors as some of the best films ever made. - And they are not always films that folks know, because Bob chooses foreign films. - Yeah. - And it is fun to see. He has a very loyal following for his films through the decades courses. - I'm sure. So how does it work? Do you watch a film? Do you see snippets of films or? - No, we watch the film pretty much. It's almost always watching the whole film in class. I give it a little introduction saying, "Here's some of the things you want to look for, why?" And see if this really makes this a great film. - And then we go through the film and then we discuss it for maybe half an hour afterwards. - Terrific. And also the New Yorker. What's the New Yorker? - So we won't be doing that this semester, but we actually, we read the New Yorker every week. - Oh, okay. - And people decide which article they want to discuss. That's been a Zoom class with people from all over the state. - Very good. - Oh, we're taking a sabbatical this semester. Now, Bob, you've taken courses with Ollie as well, correct? - Oh, yeah. You've taken lots, of course. - So what has been attracted me to Ollie? - What have been a couple of your favorites over the years? - Oh, favorite. To one of the early classes I did, one kind of go is, they had people in New Hampshire, people who had been ambassadors for the United States. And they had one each week come in and sit with the class that I think were 10 of us, just talking about what the experience was like being an ambassador. - How did I not know that? - Well, I was probably back in 2007. - Wow, wow, that is something. - But I mean, that was one of the memorable classes that I stayed with. There have been excellent classes on the history of China, the history of the Crusades. There was one on the history of the Muslim religion. A lot of TED talks, which I took from somebody else before. It's just a fantastic array of classes throughout this. - Wow, it really and truly is. And Victoria, be happy to send people catalogs or you can get some information online. And Bob, thanks so much. - Well, thank you. - You're a miracle worker. - I'm glad I saw your telephone. - Yeah, you did. Bob Jones, Bob, thank you so much for being with us. - See you tomorrow, Bob, thank you. - Bye, bye. - How about that? - Wow. - Did something that no one else is able to accomplish today. But hey, it's great to hear from Bob. And if Jackie's out there, she can call in, maybe. I don't know if she can work the miracle that Bob did, but Jackie, if you're out there, give us a call. We still have some time here on Kale & Company, right here at WKXL, and Jackie and Melissa, 603, 224, 1450. But for Ollie, I've been practicing while Bob was on. It was in my mind practicing this number. 603-255-3553. I got it, that's the Ollie number. For August 5th, remember that. We'll repeat it again before the end of the program. Tori Berbe is with us. Program manager at Ollie at UNH. The Ochre, lifelong learning institute will take a break and continue. Kale & Company live, WKXL, nhchockradio.com. Presented by Northeast L. Dental. We'll be right back. Kale & Company live here on WKXL, nhchockradio.com. We're talking Ollie today by Ollie. Ollie, UNH, the Ochre, lifelong learning institute. Tori Berbe is here, program manager at Ollie at UNH, talking about any number of classes. The total class is again, 107? About 170. And so you heard Bob mention the ones that he's leading. But we have a variety of them in the Concord and Manchester area, including guided tours from the courier at the two Frank Lloyd Wright properties in Manchester. Here in Concord, we're doing a class up at the citywide community center on creating your own sea glass artwork. So a woman comes in and she brings sea glass or you can bring your own. Go home with a completed craft. I mentioned earlier Lori Carey. She is a new presenter with us this term, and there'll be a craft class at her studio making floral designs and no prior experience needed, which was great for me. We've got a class over at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forest, walking the Merrimack floodplain during foliage season with Dave Anderson, who's their director of education. A beautiful way to spend an afternoon. Rabbi Robin from Temple Beth Jacob here in Concord does a class and this time it is on every term. She does a topic on Judaism. And I can't remember what this specific one is, but also this time we have Reverend Suzanne Roode doing a class on nourishing the soul, faith, and food. We have Dave Hess with us, who's. He was all with us last time. Yes, he's been a guest. And Dave has been doing a series leading up to the election, the presidential election. Oh, there's one of those coming up again? Yep, so he is doing the title of his class, which seems so apt these days, is picking the president 2024. Tell me how this ends. Tell me when it ends, that's right. And we have, Bob mentioned some of his favorite classes. A lot of our classes are history classes, political science classes, social science classes, philosophy classes. That's really a comfort zone or an area of expertise for our members. But we also have a lot of arts classes, whether it be going to the Frank Lloyd Wright Museums, or being creative, or we have a gentleman named Bill Castle, who is doing a class on Anton Chekhov. And that class is offered via Zoom. So whether you come and see us in a classroom, or you come and go with us out to globe manufacturing in Pittsfield to do a tour of the turnout gear that they manufacture. Right, firefighters, yeah. We're doing a trip, a course out to the Fells in Newberry, which was Abraham Lincoln's secretary's summer home. And they decorate each Christmas. So we're doing a course out there called Christmas at the Fells. We have a course every term, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where folks get on a bus, and we bust them over to Kittery from Portsmouth. And they get an amazing tour. And that trip on August 5th, we have two days that we're offering that tour. That tour will be gone by the end of the day. Jeff Bart at Granite State Candy Shop is having us back. And he's hosting two tours of their new production facility here in Concord. Paul Brogan is doing his movie series here in Concord. Paul is terrific. I met Paul through one of our segments here. Yeah, Paul is great. Paul is doing a course this time, and it's called All About the Nuns. You're in the habit now. And it's all movies with none. Really? And then he's doing a course in Manchester for us, leading up to the Christmas holiday. And it's all Christmas movies. Wow. So I'm really hopeful to know. All of this, Tori, almost sounds too good to be true. But it is true. It is true. So the typical-- and there's no typical person, but I'm looking at how it all works. The annual membership, just $40 a year? It is, so it's a $40 annual membership. And then on top of it, there is a course fee for every course that we offer. And so the course fees start as low as $20. If it's a one day come course and go home. And then if it's like a two week class, we bump the cost up to $25. Oh my goodness, how could you do that? So-- but most of our courses, about 80% of them, are onesie or two z's. So really, it's a $40 membership fee, and then usually no more than a $20 or $25 course fee. Bob's films, through the decades class that he mentioned, is like an eight week course. And that is one of our more expensive courses. And if we go to some place that there's an admissions fee or a craft fee, that's built in or are added as part of the course fee. But generally, our courses are $20 or $25. Memberships are memberships, and we don't scholarship those. But for folks who might need a little financial assistance in paying for courses, we do have scholarship funds available for our courses themselves. Wow, it is amazing. And $40 also gets you access to some of the other features you were talking about earlier, like the Lunch and Learn's, and book clubs, travel, day trips, excursions. We just did a day trip, free to all of our members, to the beautiful pumpkin blossom farm in Warner, where they grow lavender. Yeah, I saw that. That was featured in the monitor last year. Yeah, and it was also the lead in on New Hampshire Chronicle for like a week. And a phenomenal New Hampshire success story. She invites us in the day before they open for the season. During COVID, they live on this beautiful farm. And she looked around, and her kids had all brought kids home to live together through COVID. And she said, what am I going to do with them? She's like, yeah, I'll grow lavender. She thought she bought 200 lavender plants. She bought 2,000. Oh my goodness. So she has these beautiful lavender fields. And we took our Ollie members up to walk the fields, pick some lavender, enjoy some lemonade made with lavender, buy some shortbread cookies with lavender, and learn about the history of lavender. So there are all of these things that we do. We do special interest groups. And we're talking about candle pin bowling earlier. One of our groups that we have are just folks up in North Conway who like to get together once a week in bowl. So they go in a bowl at Lane's in Fryburg. But we have a hiking club here in Concord, a book club. We have a movie club. We have a craft club here in Concord. We have a club that is reviewing all the founding documents of the country. So in these times, isn't it interesting to think-- Bottles the mind what you have. So is it too late to get a catalog? No, call us Ryan or I will be glad to send you a catalog if you call us. And the number again is? 603. Say it with me, Ken. 603. 255. 255. 353. Right here. Right here. And online at unh.edu/alley. O-L-L-I. You got it. And wow. It really is something. And again, registration begins August 5th. It's sooner than you think, folks. And again, use that same number and sign up, but become a member. All kinds of benefits, if you do that. And the classes are a bit of an extra charge, but well, well worth it. No doubt about it. Tori Baraby, program manager at Ollie at UNH, the Osher lifelong learning institute. As always, the time flies by when you have a fun. It certainly does. Talking about Ollie and other things right here on WKXL. And again, congratulations to our good friend, Dan Weed, Weed Family Automotive, won the capis this year. So congratulations to Dan and company at 124 stores free. We are presented by Northeast Delta Dental, and we remind you as always to look on the right side of life. Have a great Thursday, everybody. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] (upbeat music) (upbeat music)