An item in Tuesday's Community Tidbits column incorrectly stated the Bermuda College Seniors Learning Centre's one-time membership fee as $200. The fee is actually $20.

The Bermuda College Seniors Learning Centre, a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to meeting "the educational needs and interests'' of the Island's senior citizens, has come a long way since it first set out with a mere 12 members in June of 1990.

At its annual general meeting in Paget last week, the SLC was able to celebrate its fifth year of operation by boasting a current tally of approximately 280 education-minded members and a full and varied roster of Bermuda College courses.

"Oh, how we've emerged from our first thoughts and aspirations in those early days,'' president Mr. Gifford Stanton told the meeting before thanking the College for "the outstanding help and co-operation'' it has provided over the past five years.

Some of the dozen or so annual courses that the SLC has typically offered at the College, where it also keeps an office, have included "Conversational Spanish,'' "Investment for Seniors,'' "Cooking with Fred Ming'' and "Aspects of Bermuda History.'' Normally six to eight weeks in length, SLC classes are usually held for one and a half hours in the morning or afternoon and do not consist of grading or tests.

The SLC has also arranged field trips in the past to such local points of interest as the Bermuda Maritime Museum, Nonsuch Island and the Aquarium.

"The point (of the SLC) is to keep our members' minds engaged,'' Mr. Stanton told Community recently. "And I think we're doing that quite successfully.'' Of course, Mr. Stanton also acknowledged a few challenges for the group -- namely the lack of more black male members and the general need for more course co-ordinators.

"Just because we have (SLC office administrator Mrs.) Frances (Hinton),'' the president told the meeting, "doesn't mean that we don't need help.'' Anyone, consequently, who is interested in lending a hand with group activities or becoming an SLC member can do so by calling Mrs. Hinton at 236-9000 or Mr. Stanton at 236-0498.

Membership in the SLC involves a one-time fee of $200 and annual dues of $10.

Members in the group must be 55 or older.

*** STAR, a support group and housing provider for people who have AIDS, has switched its base of operations.

On May 30, the eight-year-old foundation moved from its previous offices on Angle Street in Hamilton to 131 South Shore Road in Smith's Parish.

In addition to providing counselling services to local AIDS sufferers, STAR also operates a home, known as The Light House, for those patients who have nowhere else to stay. The foundation's new phone number is 293-4967.

THE GANG'S ALL HERE -- Members of the Bermuda College Seniors Learning Centre celebrate the organisation's fifth year of operation at their annual general meeting in Paget last week.