HILLSBORO, Kan. – The featured speaker at the next Lifelong Learning program is author Naomi Gaede-Penner who will speak at 9:45 a.m., Friday, Sept. 18 in the Wohlgemuth Music Education Center in Hillsboro. Penner has written four non-fiction books about Alaska and is a columnist for The Country Register of Kansas in McPherson. Her program is titled, “‘A’ is for Anaktuvuk, Alaska, Anna, Antlers: First Teacher to the Last Nomadic Eskimos.”
“I’m excited to tell the story about the school teacher my father introduced to the most remote area of Alaska,” Penner said, “and how in 1960 she accepted the challenge to live in a sod house, among people who relied on caribou for their existence and where sled dogs outnumbered the 96 Native people. She changed Alaskan history. I never get over my astonishment at her service, which turned into such an adventure.”
Penner’s books will be available for sale.
The public is welcome to attend all Lifelong Learning programs and may register at the door. Fees are $5 per session, $15 per semester or $29 per couple. Attendees may enjoy lunch in the Tabor College cafeteria after the sessions at the discounted price of $4.
For more information, contact Director of Lifelong Learning Miriam Kliewer at (620)-947-3121 ext. 1706 or via email at miriamkliewer@tabor.edu.