Address:
4141 E 35th Ave
Denver, CO 80207

Phi Beta Kappa

Alpha Association of Colorado

cordially invites members and their guests to attend the 

Annual Banquet

To Benefit the Alpha Association’s Scholarship Fund 

Thursday, February 16, 2012 

Park Hill Golf Club, 4141 East 35th Avenue
Denver, Colorado  80207 

Cash Bar — 6:30 in the Evening

Dinner — 7:00 in the Evening 

Presentation

The Neuroscience of Why Cognitive Abilities Decline
with Aging 

Guest Speaker — Steven F. Maier, Ph.D. 

University of Colorado Distinguished Professor and
Director of the Center for Neuroscience

Please note the change of venue this year.

Parking at the Park Hill Golf Club is free.

Dinner tickets will be held at the door.

To confirm receipt of your reservations, call Greg Sorensen at 303-832-2587.

The cost per ticket ($40) is only for the banquet. Any contribution you wish to make to the Scholarship Fund will be greatly appreciated. 

 Your membership expiration date is noted on your address label. If your membership has expired, please include your annual $25 dues payment with your reservation for the banquet.

Address:
Embassy House, 1250 Humboldt St
Denver, CO 80218

OCCASION:  Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Association of Colorado -- Luncheon
Talk and Discussion

SPEAKER:  Dr. Patricia Pascoe (Ph.D. in English Literature, University
of Denver; former Colorado state senator; and member Phi Beta Kappa,
Alpha Association of Colorado)

TOPIC:  HELEN RING ROBINSON: COLORADO SENATOR AND SUFFRAGIST, by Pat Pascoe

DATE:  Saturday, January 28, 2012

TIME TO ARRIVE:  11:30 a. m.

LOCATION:  Embassy House, 1250 Humboldt Street, Denver CO

COST:   $20.00 payable at the event. Lunch will be catered by Sweet
Tomatoes (hot pasta, soup, salads, muffins, cookies, iced tea /
lemonade / coffee).

PARKING:  Some parking will be available in the Embassy House guest
parking lot on the west side of the street as marked with a sign.
On-street parking will also be available.

RESERVATIONS:  Make reservations by sending
an e-mail to board@pbkcolorado.org by noon on Wednesday, January 25,
2012. Guests are welcome. Cancellations must be received by noon on
Friday, January 27, 2012; e-mail the above address or call Greg
Sorensen at 303-832-2587.

Address:
1711 Illinois Ave
Golden, CO 80401

Members and guests of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Association of Colorado, will meet Thursday, October 27, 2011, no later than 1:40 p.m. for a free tour of the  National Earthquake Information Center on the campus of the Colorado School of Mines. The center is part of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The tour will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m. and lasts about 45 minutes. The center's address is 1711 Illinois Street, Golden, Colorado. Parking is available in a paid lot one block away at 18th and Illinois Streets. It costs $1.50 per hour and accepts exact change and credit cards. The RTD number 16 bus also goes from Denver to within four blocks of the facility to 19th and Washington Streets in Golden.

If you wish to participate in the tour, please reserve a place by telephoning Roberta Dice at 303-698-0879 no later than 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 23, 2011. We are allowed 30 people on the tour, and we need to let it be known how many spaces are available for other people by Monday, October 24, 2011.

Address:
Mount Vernon Country Club
24933 Clubhouse Circle, Golden, CO 80401

The Alpha Association’s 2011 annual meet­ing will be Saturday, September 10, at the Mount Vernon Country Club, 24933 Clubhouse Circle, in Golden.  We will have a short business meet­ing at 11:30 a.m and will elect new officers for the coming year. After lunch, our featured speaker will be Michael Madigan.

Cost of the lunch will be $22, which in­cludes the service charge. Three different entrees will be offered: medallions of steak with potatoes & vegetables, Thai BBQ shrimp lo mein noodle salad, and grilled vegetables with rice (gluten free).

As always, guests are welcome. If you plan to attend, please return your reservation form along with a check for your lunch to Roberta Dice, to be received by Friday, September 2.  If you have any questions, call Roberta at 303-698-0879.  If, after reserving, you cannot attend, please call Roberta by Sept. 2 to cancel.   After this date, we will need to charge you for the cost of the lunch since we are guaranteeing a certain number of guests.

To get to Mount Vernon from the Denver area, take I-70 west to Exit 254 (Genesee Park).  Turn right (north) at top of exit ramp onto Clubhouse Circle Rd.  After entering the club gate, follow the paved road east 1.3 mi.  The club’s phone no. is 303-526-0616.

Michael Madigan, longtime journalist (including 30 years at the Rocky Mountain News), will speak at the annual meeting about his new book, Heroes, Villains, Dames & Disasters, a collection of 150 historic front pages and news reports gleaned from the Rocky’s archives.  “They’re like snapshots from history,” states Madigan.   Concerning the book, then-Mayor John Hickenlooper commented, “The Rocky Mountain News had a front-row seat to history for almost 150 years.  This book terrifically recaptures the glory, the tragedy and everything in between.”  Rocky publisher John Temple remarked, “The Rocky couldn’t have asked for a better-written or more beautiful eulogy.”  The book received the Colorado Authors’ League first place award in general non-fiction for 2010. 

Since his retirement shortly before the Rocky’s demise, Mr. Madigan has divided his time between Arvada and Fraser, Colorado, where he and his wife Julie hike with their two Australian shepherds. He continues to write and recently finished a Colorado fictional adventure-thriller, Double Dare.  He is also the author of Historic Photos of Denver in the 50s, 60s and 70s, a non-fictional assemblage of black-and-white images.

Address:

, CO

The links below are the transcript of Dr. Peter van Arsdale's speech at the 2011 Annual PBK Colorado Banquet and the diagram for his "Tree of Rights."

Transcript of Dr. Peter Van Arsdale's Speech

PDF of "Tree of Rights" Diagram"