President’s Message y now you should have received your invitation to our annual holiday gathering, once again a Sunday brunch, on December 15. This is a great venue for reconnecting with old friends and colleagues, bringing family, and enjoying a smashing brunch. The Multnomah Athletic Club is always a delightful site, and its staff really came through, holding to last year’s price for this year’s brunch. We thank the MAC for hosting our event. At the brunch, you’ll have the opportunity to meet this year’s RAPS scholarship recipient. You will also be able to help with scholarship funding with a marvelous silent auction put together by Priscilla Blumel, our President-elect. We’ll have another of our traditional wine raffles. I also believe in saying “thank you” to our members – to you for your efforts on our behalf and your support of fund raising for our student scholarships. To this end, this year as last year, we will raffle member gifts as a small token of our appreciation. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to call Alle Powers, our RAPS office manager. Her contact information is on the front page of this RAPS Sheet, as well as on the Holiday Party flyer you received. Finally, this is a time for connecting with those we care about, and for remembering those far away or who are no longer with us. We’ve experienced a number of losses this year of people who have given to us, to the University, and to the community. Let’s remember them with thanks. --Susan Poulsen Shakespeare … Continued small group of RAPS members met on November 19 to discuss the possibility of participating in a 2014 Group Theater Program at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. Group Theater Programs are organized by the Siskiyou Center and include plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as well as lectures and discussions led by theater professionals. The program includes housing on the Southern Oregon University campus, transportation to and from the Shakespeare Center, and most meals. Interest in this opportunity was high and the group decided on the October 20-26, 2014 program. Four plays (all indoors) will be offered: The Comedy of Errors, The Great Society, The Tempest and The Cocoanuts. Three play readings are also included. The cost of the October 20-26 program is approximately $1207 per person based on double occupancy. More details are available on the Siskiyou Center website: www.siskiyoucenter.com The Group Theater Program offers multiple sessions in 2014, and RAPS members who would like to participate in this opportunity but not the October 20-26 week can select another date and form their own PSU group. Those with an Oregon Shakespeare Festival membership are eligible to receive the membership discount if they participate in a program offered during the discount season. We will meet again in Winter Term to learn more about Shakespeare. If you wish to join the RAPS group for the October 20-26 Group Theater Program, a deposit of $100 is needed to hold your place. See the Siskiyou Center website for registration information. You are urged to register soon before the other spaces are filled. Additional information is available from Maxine Thomas by phone at 503-291-1279, or e-mail her at thomasm@pdx.edu. --Maxine Thomas and Diane Sawyer 2 B A
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