Tuesday, January 11
10:00 am-10:10 am | "Opening Day of Spring Semester," Joan Robinson [ICL], ZOOM
Welcome back! Announcements and updates... Joan Robinson is the Executive Director of ICL. She has been a member since September 2014. |
10:10 am-12:00 pm | "How Should the U.S. Select a President," Helen Mazur-Hart, Don Gallagher [Joan Robinson], ZOOM ![]() ![]() Helen graduated from Mills College (BA American Studies) and Willamette University College of Law (JD). She was a law clerk for Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson, Jr. on the Oregon Supreme Court and taught at Willamette University College of Law for 28 years. Don graduated from Montana State Northern (BA Ed./Math, Physics) and the University of Montana (MA Mathematics). In addition to teaching high school for 8 years he taught Mathematics and Computer Science at Central Oregon Community College for 25 years. In 1988 he was an Oregon Presidential Electoral casting his ballot for Michael Dukakis. |
Thursday, January 13
10:00 am-11:00 am | "The Filibuster, the Senate, and Minority Control of the Legislative Process," George Adkins [Judy Gram], ZOOM ![]() George was born and has spent most of his life in Salem. He majored in Physics and then Geology at Oberlin College in Ohio and then returned to Oregon for a teaching certificate at the UO, where he met his wife Janet. At SOC (Southern Oregon University) he earned a MS in Outdoor Education/Environmental Science. He taught in Prospect, Oregon before returning to Salem where he taught Physics and assorted sciences at Sprague HS. He and Janet raised two boys. The family left for a year while George obtained a Masters in Library Science/Information Management in Denver, and then he went on to serve as a librarian at several Salem/Keizer middle schools. George retired after 32 years as an educator and joined ICL in 2005. He has presented talks an Astronomy, Geology, Natural History, Climate Change, and WWII. He is a Chemeketan, enjoys riding his bike, reading, making music with friends, and staying informed about current events. His greatest joy is spending time with his family, especially helping with his three granddaughters in Portland. |
11:00 am-12:00 pm | "The Art of the Female, Afghan Street Artist Shamsia Hassani," Wayne Wallace [Barbara Young], ZOOM ![]() Wayne Wallace has been a member of ICL since 2015. Wayne has a passion for street art, whether it is in Portland, Salem, Afghanistan or other areas in the world. He has led tours of sites of Portland Street Art for ICL members and other groups. |
Tuesday, January 18
10:00 am-12:00 pm | "A practical Tour of COVID," Sheila Sund [Dru Johnson], ZOOM ![]() As a hospice and palliative care physician, Dr. Sheila Sund became involved with disaster medicine following the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009. As part of a statewide workgroup, she helped develop Oregon's Crisis Care Guidance--guideline for healthcare response to public health crises such as pandemic or mass trauma. She served as Director of the Marion County Medical Reserve Corps, was the physician representative on Oregon's Region Two Coalition for Healthcare Preparedness, and provided numerous preparedness trainings, and presentations to community, healthcare, and business groups throughout the Pacific Northwest, both before and after retirement in 2016. From 2016-2018, she was the feature writer and editor of ChartNotes, the Marion Polk County Medical Society quarterly magazine, focusing on investigative reporting about national changes in healthcare and how those were reflected in the local community. In 2020, she started doing Covid education (including multiple Willamette Valley wineries, where she was paid in wine--a wonderful deal!). |
Thursday, January 20
10:00 am-12:00 pm | "Theatre 33 and Northwest Playwrights," Susan Coromel [Barbara Young], ZOOM ![]() As a professional actor Susan Coromel has appeared in more than 65 roles in New York and regional theatre, summer stock, and film. She is a founding member, actor, director, and current Artistic Director of Theatre 33, a new play development company in residence at Willamette University. Previously she was Associate Artistic Director at Salem Repertory Theatre. Ms. Coromel has worked with leading theatre directors, and was a member of the acting company at the Idaho Shakepeare Festival for seven seasons. She created and performed the solo play for Maresfield Gardens, a play about one woman's journey through psychoanalysis with Anna Freud and performed at the SpringWorks Festival in Stratford, Ontario Canada as well as premiered the play at Theatre 33. Before her tenure at Willamette University, she taught and directed in both BFA and BA nationally recognized programs. She is a certified master teacher in the Meisner Technique, and also teaches the Michael Chekhov technique, and Edith Skinner and Linklater voice techniques. Susan Coromel is a member of the Screen Actors Equity Association, the Screen Actor's Guild and the Actor's Training Program at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and studied at several studios in New York City including the Acting Studio and the Michael Howard Studio. |
Tuesday, January 25
10:00 am-12:00 pm | "History Potpourri," Tracy Ragland, Ann Boss, Eric Reif [Eric Reif], ZOOM
Tracy Ragland will present, The Lewis Chessmen. Lewis Island, in the Outer Hebrides, is the site where a number of chess pieces were found in the 19th century. It is believed they were carved in Norway of whale or walrus ivory in the 12th century. |
Thursday, January 27
10:00 am-11:00 am | "A Peek Into the Life of Religious Women: A Personal Story," Sr.Dorothy Jean Beyer [Jan Petroski], ZOOM ![]() Sister Dorothy Jean Beyer, OSB, a member of Benedictine Sisters of Mount Angel for 60 years, serves as the coordinator of Shalom at the Monastery Retreat Center. She is a spiritual director and a supervisor of spiritual directors. She serves as the coordinator of the ministry to the sick and homebound at St. Mary Catholic Church, Mount Angel. She served as prioress of the Benedictine Sisters' community, 1987-1995, 1999-2007. Early on in her career, she was an elementary and secondary teacher, and an elementary school principal. |
11:00 am-12:00 pm | "The Grange in Oregon and My Time Guiding It," Susan Noah [Jan Petroski], ZOOM ![]() Susan is the President of the Oregon State Grange and has held that position since June 2012. A resident of Springfield, Oregon, she currently serves as the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the National Grange. Susan graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. in Geography in 1976. She worked in the building products industry for most of her career. She fully retired from Springfield Lumber Products after 20 years of working for this company and related entities. |