Spring road trip opens 
LINC 2000 program

[APRIL 25, 2000]  The spring 2000 session of LINC, an Institute of Learning in Retirement, will begin April 27 with a road trip providing a full day of activities.  The trip starts with a bird walk on historic Elkhart Hill and continues with a visit to the Mount Pulaski Historical Museum and Courthouse.

LINC membership is open to anyone over 55 who enjoys the challenge of learning, according to president Marty Hargett.  Membership for the two semesters, spring and fall, is $5.  An additional fee of $10 is charged for each semester session, which will include at least two programs.  Scholarships are available.

 

 

The spring semester program on April 27 includes the bird walk at Elkhart, with visits to the Chapel of St. John the Baptist and the burial site of the first Logan County settler; a Dutch-treat lunch at the newly reopened Korn Krib at Latham; and the trip to Mount Pulaski.   To carpool, LINC members can meet at the Oasis Senior Center at 8:30 a.m. or at the chapel site at 9 a.m.

 

The second program of the spring semester, scheduled for Thursday, May 4, includes two seminars on financial planning for seniors.  The first, the “Layperson’s Guide to Managing an Estate,” led by Diane Ryon, will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Oasis Center.  A discussion of “Senior Investing,” led by Richard Sumrall, head librarian, will be held from 1 to 2:15 p.m. at the Lincoln Public Library.

 

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LINC, which stands for Lincolnland Intellectual and Nurturing Courses, was founded in 1977 and is affiliated with the Elderhostel Network.  It is one of more than 200 Institutes of Learning in Retirement in the United States, and is a peer-driven organization that incorporates small, educational groups who enjoy learning from each other.  It provides college-level course work on a non-credit basis.

To become an Elderhostel Network Affiliate, the program must be sponsored by an institute of higher education.  According to Hargett, LINC is unusual in being sponsored by all three of the colleges in Logan County: Lincoln College, Lincoln Christian College and Heartland Community College.  Heartland serves as the fiscal officer of the group, to fulfill the guidelines of the Elderhostel Network.

 

Anyone who wishes to become a member of LINC may sign up at the Oasis Senior Center, 501 Pulaski St.  Former programs sponsored by LINC include local history, health, landscaping, world religions, introduction to computers, music, photography and literature, including mystery writers.

 

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