UNL's Osher offers 'Planes, Trains, Automobiles' week

University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will offer a one-week concentrated study series, "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles." The course will meet daily, Monday, June 19, through Friday, June 23. Participants will tour Speedway Motors, an internationally known museum of vehicles in Lincoln; a walking tour of a private collection of cars, and tour the Strategic Air and Space Museum.

The week will conclude with a "road trip" to Fremont to board the Fremont Dinner Train on June 23. The price of tickets for the train ride, including dinner, will be at additional cost.

Facilitator Dave Thomssen has a 50-year hobby of building racecars and competing in drag racing, and racing at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Class members will hear some of his racing stories and see videos of land speed races at Bonneville.

OLLI is a program of UNL's College of Education and Human Sciences and presents special educational events in addition to a variety of courses throughout the year. It is one of a national network of institutes creating programs for lifelong learners at 73 universities and colleges across the country.

For more information about membership, registration and fees, contact the institute office at 402-472-6265, e-mail olli@unl.edu or visit its Web site (http://manila.unl.edu/olli).

CONTACT: Dee Aguilar, OLLI Project Coordinator, 402-472-6265; or visit OLLI