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Dr. Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize- winning columnist, political commentator and physician, will open the Town Hall 2015 lecture series on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, the Ringling College Library Association (RCLA) has announced. He will be followed by Jon M. Huntsman Jr., former governor of Utah and ambassador to Singapore and China; Dan Buettner, explorer, educator and author; Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist; and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali- born American activist, politician and writer, who will be interviewed by Katty Kay, anchor of BBC World News America. Ben S. Bernanke, who recently completed two terms as chairman of the Federal Reserve, is billed as the "35th Year Speaker," highlighting 2015 as the 35th year RCLA has presented the Town Hall series. The date of the Platinum Appreciation Dinner and the speaker at that event will be announced in late fall. "Town Hall is recognized nationally as one of the premier lecture series," states Nancy Moran, Town Hall 2015 chairwoman, in the March 20 Town Hall program. She adds, "We are proud of ... supporting our remarkable art college, its [Verman Kimbrough Memorial] library and the many students who have gone on to become some of our nation's elite creators." For more information call 925-1343, visit rclassociation.org or email rclatownhall@ comcast.net. RCLA ANNOUNCES TOWN HALL 2015 GUEST SPEAKERS Ben Bernanke will be among the Ringling Town Hall speakers in 2015. Photo from the U.S. Federal Reserve via Wikimedia Commons The article titled Puppy love in the March 21 issue had an error that resulted during the editing process. Southeastern Guide Dogs no longer provides a weekly bus trip from its store on Main Street in Sarasota to the Palmetto campus. However, the campus activity information provided in the article is current. % CORRECTION Sarasota News Leader March 28, 2014 Page 80