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SENIORNET
COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER NEWS
March 12, 2000; Issue #3
Mail Address: PMB 309 4038 Factoria Blvd. SE, Bellevue, WA
98006-1212
Voice Mail: 206-232-5892
Classroom: Phantom Lake Elementary School,
Bellevue
For Detailed Information, Class
Schedules:
http://www.scn.org/edu/seniornet
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SENIORNET DEMONSTRATED computer teaching techniques - Under the
guidance of JOE PONTECORVO, KEN CRANDALL,
and CLIF WUESTHOFF, our SeniorNet presented computer learning
opportunities for seniors at the Saturday, March 4th Overlake Hospital's Active
Senior Fair held at the Best Western Bellevue Inn at 11211 Main St., from 10 am
to 3 pm. Volunteers who staffed and demonstrated computer techniques, include
BILL FLICK, SEENA LALLY, RON CRUM, DAVE
LEWIS and DELORES DAVIS. And of course our PRES. HELEN HESKETH was among those
checking it out.
ENJOY A CUPPAA CAWFEE AND with your SeniorNet
colleagues at the very informal and purely social no-host monthly Kaffee Klatch
the first Tuesday morning of each month, starting around 11 am, at the
Crossroads Mall Food Circus, 156th Ave. NE, and NE 8th.
HOW TO CUT PRINT CARTRIDGE COSTS-It's fun to
print out stuff on your printer, to savor it, to file it away, or to pass it
around/ But the cost of print cartridges with built-in ink tanks, run fairly
high around the $20 to $25 or more mark. Many of our Seniornetters however, are
using the filler-up method, using filler tanks to revamped original cartridges,
or using specially designed modified printer cartridges which are designed to
be fitted with the refill tanks. Some system allows you to use your original
print head, open up a small plug, fill it with ink, and you're back in
business. Thus, you don't have to buy a complete inked new print cartridge,
just the much cheaper refill tank. There are also replacement tanks for color
users.
THIRTY-NINE DIFFERENT SENIORNET
CLASSES-REGISTRAR LOUISE FLORA reports "We have filled 85% of our classes
as of 2/23/00 - There are 473 potential class spaces open and 403 of them are
filled." There are a total of 39
different classes, she reports. Because of a lack of instructors or low
enrollment,
three classes had to be canceled. These were:
Spreadsheets, Juno email and one for Intermediate Windows."
A POPULAR COURSE--A Windows Overview class
was added several weeks ago, Louise reports, and filled almost
immediately. There are still openings
in Intermediate Word Processing (WORKS) WPI-2, Word Processing (WORD) Word-4,
Quicken Plus QP-1, Photo Editing &
Scanning, PHOTO-2 & PHOTO-3, File Management, FILE-3. Basic Internet, NET-5
& NET-6, Web Design, WEB-1. Call the SeniorNet Computer Learning Center
phone, or log on to our Website, (See info in masthead, above, for full details).
NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY-JO HUGH has volunteered
to handle newspaper publicity of our monthly meetings and other activities as
part of a public relations and information project. She has had much experience in PR with the Campfire Girls. Our
thanks to BETTY BLOCK who recruited her for this key post.
IT'S ANNUAL MEETING TIME AGAIN-Marking
another year of growth and expanded activities, SeniorNet will conduct its
annual meeting Tuesday, March 21, starting with a continental breakfast at 9:30
am, at the Bellevue Educational Service Center, 12111 NE 1st, Bellevue.
(Driving directions will be included in the upcoming meeting notice). Highlighting the annual session, slated to conclude
at 11 am, is the election of officers and the annual reports. The nominating
committee the leadership of HARRY
SULLY, MARILYN EMERSON AND BOB SWENSON will present the following slate of
officers: Vice President, BILL BUMPUS;
Treasurer, BOB SWENSON;
Secretary, DAVE LEWIS. At press time, the President's slot was still unfilled.
The speaker will be a representative from Washington Health Card who will
describe the group's new program for prescriptions for seniors on Medicare, and
other health care services for those not yet on Medicare.
HOW DID I GET INVOLVED WITH SENIORNET???-Take
the case of JOHN FITZGERALD who first learned of our all-volunteer group from
his cousin who happens to be REGISTRAR LOUISE FLORA. According to John who
lives in Seattle, he decided he wanted to join the 21st Century and learn how
to really operate a computer. He is now taking his first hands-on computer
class, likes it so much, he says, he has signed up for four more through the
spring.
SENIORNET VETERAN HARRY SULLY was feted by a
large throng of family, SeniorNet colleagues, Lions Club members and friends at
Redmond's Silver Cloud Motel Last Saturday to mark his 80th birthday
observance, with Lois at his side. Lois and their children and grandchildren
held the party. And
sharing in the festivities was PRES. HELEN
HESKETH, who also joined in greeting former SENIORNET PRES. GENE RAUSCHER, and
former TREAS. DAVID BENDER. Sully is one of the original members of SeniorNet,
and also remains active with the Lions Club, which works to raise money for
eyesight services.
It recalled a similar gathering a few months
ago when their children on their 50th wedding anniversary gave a surprise party
JOE and VIOLET PONTECORVO.
OUR SKIING SENIORS, rejecting any so-called
aging slowdowns, just never stop tackling the big snowy slopes. Among our most
active skiers are JOE PONTECORVO, RAY HANSEN AND ERV VERNON.
PROTECT AGAINST SURGES by installing a
reputable power surge protector to guard against frying your computer if
lightning strikes power lines or there is an electrical surge, warns RAY HANSEN.
He has stressed this precaution to his classes for years. Ray's four rules of
thumb in getting a good protector: (1) Don't spend less than $35; (2) Be sure
specs include UL 1449; (3) Get one that protects the modem phone line also; 4)
Check Consumer Union's Consumer Reports in its January 2000 issue. Ray
uses models from APC and Isotel, also approved by CU. And, he adds: When
weather looks stormy, or you'll be away on a trip, unplug both power and phone
cords from the computer.
HOW VETERANS KEEP IN TOUCH-More and more
veterans keep in touch nationwide the easy way via their computers. ERV VERNON
who served aboard the Navy Destroyer USS Claxton DD571, one of famed Arleigh
Burke's "Little Beavers," in WW11, is proud of his group's website
which provides the group's war history. Another is PHIL SCHEIER who remains in
frequent touch with his WW11 squadron buddies with shared experiences in flying
and working on the famed B26 medium bomber in Europe. And most include the
"B26" tag in their email addresses.
MAKING IT ALL WORK-FACILITIES COORDINATOR, as
in "keep those classroom computers working," is KEN CRANDALL who is
the guy always working on our computers, projector etc to keep them in top
operating condition.
WE NEED THE FACTS-Your Online Newsletter
editor invites you to send in personal news items for upcoming issues,
including personal experiences on the computer, teaching or attending SeniorNet
classes, trips, space flights, Moon walks, scuba diving. Send with your phone
number in case more info needed, to:
PHIL SCHEIER, b26flyer@wa.freei.net
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Pres.> Helen Hesketh; Past Pres.> Clif Wuesthoff;
Vice Pres.>Derryck Turner; Secy> Seena Lally; Treas.> Bob Swenson; Registrar> Louise Flora; Curriculum. Coordinator> Hal Mozer; Facilities Coordinator> Ken
Crandall; Member-at-Large> Marge
Langley; Volunteers Coordinator>
Delores Davis;
Online News Editor> Phil Scheier; Public Relations> Jo Hugh
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