ELDER COLLEGESeptember 26-30, 2011

CSUB 60+

WHAT WAS IT?A week of fun learning arranged by Charlene Edwards

and Rosia Lee Goen, assisted by the

Elder College Committee:Phyllis Algra, Camille Gavin,

Harold Tapley, Eloise HigginsHarvey Brockmeyer, Enid Hull, Cheryl Tikanen, Dottie Johns, Mike and Mary Burchmore, Nancy Clark, Bob Laramee, Kay Cook, Betty and Bob

Newman, Margaret Southwick, andSwanson, Billie

Three Courses:

•THE CHALLENGES AND PERILS OF OWNING AN INDEPENDENT• BUSINESS IN KERN COUNTY

•ARCHITECTURE . . . THE SIGNATURE OF A CULTURE

•POLITICAL ISSUES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

A field trip to see Old and new examples of local architecture, including

homes by Richard Neutra and Frank Lloyd Wright

THE CHALLENGES AND PERILS OF OWNING AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS IN

KERN COUNTY Arranged by Margaret Southwick, Betty and Bob Newman.

Steve and Vickie Murray describe their 360 acre farm and two direct farm markets.

Julie Ho talks about Saigon Restaurant

Frances Rosales, from Happy Jack’s Restaurant

ARCHITECTURE . . . THE SIGNATURE OF A CULTURE Arranged by Dottie Johns and Nancy Clark

Speaker and moderatorDavid Milazzo, AIA

Jeff Nickell, Kern Superintendent of Schools Office, describes historic architecture of Bakersfield

Kern County Sheriff’s Department, circa 1900.

Donna Kunz, Bakersfield Development Department

Value of green architecture

Political Issues: Past, Present and Future

Panel of students of Dr. Kent Price, Political Science Dept.

Field Trip to see Architecture Examples in Bakersfield arranged by Eloise Higgins, assisted by David Milazzo

Rhonda Barnhard, Bakersfield City Planning Dept., led tour of Millcreek Linear Park

Elder feet on stamped pavement of Mill Creek Linear Park

Mexicali Restaurant decorated for Millcreek Park

Canal in Millcreek Park

Rhonda Barnhard with the class at Mill Creek

Arnold Ramming, Public Works Dept., described Amtrak Station

Lunch at Noriega’s Basque RestaurantBob and Colleen Mathis, Pat Borquez

Lunch at Noriega’s Basque RestaurantJane Tsuda, Irene Randolph, Judy Harris

Dining Room of the Davis HomeDesigned by Richard Neutra

Frank Lloyd Wright Home of the late Dr. George and Millie Ablin

Tour led by Robin Ablin, son of George and Millie, and David Coffey.

George and Millie Ablin’s Frank Lloyd Wright Home.

Ablins’ triangular swimming pool.

Dottie Johns and Leonard Sanoian in Ablin Living Room.

Dining room tableand chairs in Ablin

home.

Windows in Ablin home. The molds for these uniqueblocks were destroyed when the house was completed.

End the day at Imbibe Wine ShopKaren Polyniak, Phillip Scott, Mike Polyniakj

End the day at Imbibe Wine ShopColleen and Bob Mathis,Pat Borquez,Betty Newman

End the day at Imbibe Wine ShopMary and Mike Burchmore, Dottie Johns, Leonard Sanoian

Find information on the 2012 Elder College athttps://www.csub.edu/60plus/eldercollege.shtml