HEALTH: Never Act Your Age. Act Happy! Live It Up! Laugh for the Health of It
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Presidents’ Hall
Speaker: Dr. Dale Anderson, Family Doctor, Surgeon, and Emergency Doctor, Coordinator of the ACT NOW Project
Knock the EL out of elderly and become WELLderly. Be an AGE-less, YOUTH-full, WELLderly star. Happy folds IN-joy an UP-beat CHEMISTRY. They self-medicate with a positive physiology dispensed from their INNER PHARMACY. Anderson prescribes UP beat METHOD ACTING techniques that turn ON the CHEMISTRY of healthy, childlike success. Master JOY-full theater skills that set the stage for dramatic benefits. -Annie Glasgow
MOTHER EARTH: Land Conservation in Minnesota: Opportunities and Challenges
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Presidents’ Hall
Speaker: Steve Hobbs, Minnesota Project Director, The Conservation Fund
Saving America’s favorite places for nearly 30 years, The Conservation Fund has protected 7 million acres of land and water in all 50 states, from the park down the street to historic battlefields, wild areas, and favorite destinations of all kinds. Purchasing land including an area by Detroit Lakes to protect the yellow winged warbler, restoring prairie land for western Minnesota cattle ranchers, protecting lakeshore in Brainerd, and working with the DNR and the state legislature regarding School Trust Lands. -Jeanne Bearmon
Announcements
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Luncheon
12:00-1:15 p.m.
Luncheon Hostess: Georgia Wiebe
Guest Hostess: Aleda Muller
- Headlines/Viewpoints – Fellowships Room
- House Management – Association Room
- Technology – Minneapolis Room
THE ARTS: A Look into the Life of a Poet
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Presidents’ Hall
Speaker: Joyce Sutphen PhD, Professor of English, Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota Poet Laureate
How does one become a poet? Does a poet know from early childhood that she must write poetry, or does the realization creep up on her, or does she have a sudden epiphany that this is her destiny? How have people or events influenced poetry? How does one become Minnesota Poet Laureate, and what are the responsibilities of that office? Sutphen will answer these questions and more. – Carol Sheldon