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Request Information Online SOAR Trifold (.pdf file) [general information published 07/29/09] Fall 2009 SOAR Newsletter (.pdf file) [updated 11/02/09] SUNY Potsdam Interactive Maps (buildings / parking) (link) FALL 2009 * * FALL 2009 COURSE BOOKLET (.pdf file) [updated 08/12/09] * * FALL 2009 COURSES (link to full list - including dates/times/notes) Fall 2009 Courses (including dates/times/notes)(.pdf file) [updated 08/12/09] Fall 2009 Schedule/Calendar(.pdf file) [updated 09/23/09] Fall 2009 Registration Form (.pdf file) [posted 10/03/09] Fall 2009 Course Locations (link to index of course locations) SPRING 2010 Spring 2010 Alphabetical Course List (.pdf file) [updated 02/02/10]

View course information in the link or documents posted above ANNOUNCEMENTS FALL 2009 Courses, Events, Trips View event and trip information posted below

Fall 2009 End of Semester Course Notes

Link to Aileen O'Donoghue's PowerPoints for "The Sky in Motion: Life on a Tilted Tea Cup Ride" (Fall, 2009) (NOTE: Aileen's web page also includes links to other courses she has taught for SOAR: "Earth and Its Climate" and "Seeking God in Einstein's Universe")

Follow the Links Below to Photo Features for Fall 2009 Courses, Events and Trips

Link to .pdf feature story on SOAR Week 1 - Fall 2009	Link to .pdf feature story on SOAR Weeks 2-3 - Fall 2009	Link to .pdf feature story on SOAR Weeks 4-5 - Fall 2009 (Is this chicken noodle soup?)	Link to .pdf feature story on SOAR Weeks 6-7 - Fall 2009
Link to .pdf feature story on SOAR Week 8-10 - Fall 2009	Link to .pdf DOUBLE feature story on "South of the Rock" and "Brigadoon Restaurant"	Link to .pdf feature story on SOAR Trip to Syracuse Stage	Link to .pdf feature story on Fall 2009 SOAR Luncheon

EVENTS AND TRIPS - FALL 2009

ONGOING EVENT: (Continuing this fall!) Informal SOAR noon get-together lunches at Tardelli's. At noon on every second Tuesday of each month . Cost: order and pay from the menu. EVENTS / TRIPS FALL 2009: MEET THE CHEF - South of the Rock Inn (.pdf flyer of this event) in South Colton on October 14, 2009 at 4:30pm (serving dinner at 5:00pm). Link to Walter Siebel's review of this restaurant. (See photo to the right) SOAR BUS TRIP TO "SYRACUSE STAGE" (.pdf flyer of this event) in Syracuse on October 31, 2009. Bus leaves SUNY Potsdam at 9:30am (returns approx. 10:30pm). (Bus stops also in Canton and Gouverneur.) Features: buffet lunch at "Phoebe's" in Syracuse; matinee performance of Steve Martin's play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," and dinner at "Plainville Farms Restaurant and Bakery" in Cicero (near Syracuse). (Link to Joseph Whelan's description of the play in the Syracuse Stage publication Stage View.) FALL LUNCHEON. Thatcher Hall (SUNY Potsdam Campus). Friday, November 20, 2009, 11:30am-2:30pm (serving at 12:00). (.pdf flyer of event information and registration form) SEASONAL LUNCHEON at the Brigadoon (in Oxford Mills Ontario). December 9 (.pdf flyer of event information and registration form) . LINK to PAST COURSES - EVENTS - TRIPS (spring/summer 2009)

MEMBER NEWS

And the Leon LeBeau SOARing Educator Award goes to... JOHN CASSERLY At the fall luncheon, SOAR members and friends recognized the contributions to SOAR made by John Casserly by bestowing on him the first ever Leon LeBeau SOARing Educator Award. This special award was created "to honor a teacher who has made exceptional and long-lasting contributions to the education, experience, and well-being of SOAR members." The award was named for SOAR member and artist Leon LeBeau (Colton), recipient of the first "Super SOARer award." Leon has taught for SOAR ever since the birth of the organization in 2001, touching the lives of many. Like Leon LeBeau, John Casserly has enriched the lives of many SOAR members over the years. John taught his first 8 class sessions of "Current Events" in 2005. SOAR members came from Canton, Potsdam, Massena, Gouverneur, Ogdensburg, and even Tupper Lake to attend this class - and have never stopped coming. As one of the class members says, "John is a man of integrity, with a devotion to justice and fair play. As a facilitator he has no equal. Every session is run with consideration for every participant's view. Without John, this class just would not work. With him, it is a SOAR pleasure." "Current Events" continues beyond the two SOAR semesters as a discussion group - with John as leader - meeting every Friday (except on holidays) at Partridge Knoll in Canton. The Leon LeBeau SOARing Educator Award reinforces the prime importance of teachers and presenters to the success of SOAR. All course teachers and presenters are volunteers. The wealth of their freely shared expertise, talent, and life knowledge are at the core of SOAR's success.

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