Personal Enrichment

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Preserving the Harvest: Canning Salsa Basics

with Kate McCarty

Oct

October 6th, 2022

$10 More Info

Ever wonder how to preserve all those great garden vegetables? This hands-on food preservation workshop will teach you the basic steps for canning salsa. You will receive a "Preserving the Harvest" food preservation packet, and will learn recommended methods for preserving foods, the latest and safest recipes, about equipment to ensure safety and how to check for properly sealed jars. Please bring a potholder with you to the workshop.

Materials fee: $20 to be paid directly to the instructor the night of class. No discounts.

About Kate: Kate McCarty has been the Food Systems Professional at UMaine Extension since 2009, after serving in the AmeriCorps VISTA program. She has completed the Master Food Preserver program, an intensive, hands-on training in all aspects of home food preservation. Kate manages the volunteer efforts of the 60+ Master Food Preserver volunteers statewide and teaches food preservation programs in 6 Maine counties.

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Quilted Zippered Bag

with Jacqueline Soper

Oct

October 6th, 2022

$26 More Info

Create this elegant quilted zippered bag utilizing many different features on your sewing machine including quilting three layers, easy application of zipper, top stitching, making tube pockets, and finishing with zigzag stitches for a professional finish. This bag can be made with many different themed fabrics and can have many uses for all ages. This class provides you with the skills to make bags for all occasions, for gifts, or to enjoy yourself.

About Jaki: Jaki Soper has been sewing and quilting for over 40 years . She is the owner of Quilt Studio 55, a local business that supports longarm services, studio classes, and custom quilt designs. Jaki enjoys handwork as well as machine piecing.

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Sewing for Beginners

with Lori Roberts

Oct

October 4th to November 22nd, 2022

$64 More Info

If you ever wanted to learn to use a sewing machine or know how to use one and would like to brush up on your sewing skills, then this class is for you. We start at the beginning, learning to thread your machine, winding a bobbin and to sew an accurate ¼ inch seam. You will make simple projects every week starting with an ugly potholder. While having fun and learning at your own pace you will build your skills and gain confidence. You will move on to making your own pillowcase, using the “hot dog” method and learning a French seam. Students will need to purchase their own fabric for pillowcases and have basic sewing supplies, needles, thread, scissors and a working sewing machine with a manual. Instructor will provide material for all other projects. Instructor has a sewing machine available for use.

About Lori: Lori got started sewing because her daughter wanted a quilt when she was in kindergarten after she had heard a story about a quilt. She was 5 years old. She’s been sewing ever since, for over 15 years! Lori also loves being able to share her knowledge of sewing with beginners who are just starting out as well as others who are learning new tricks of the trade. “Teaching the correct way to use sewing machines to create clothing, display items used for decoration and practical items to use around the house or to give as gifts is such a rewarding experience.”

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Social Security and Retirement Planning: Plan for the future and Investing for the Life You’ve Earned

with Mark Morrison

Oct

October 5th, 2022

$10 More Info

Join Mark Morrison from Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC for two information-packed seminars on the same evening.

Plan for the future: Maximizing your Social Security Benefits This seminar discusses whether Social Security can provide the income clients and prospects need in retirement and how to make the most of Social Security benefits.

Investing for the life you’ve earned – today and tomorrow This seminar will outline 7 components of smart investing, including how to break planning into manageable steps and how to identify and mitigate risk that can throw off financial and retirement goals. No discounts.

About Mark: As the son of two teachers, education is a priority and is why I am also a volunteer instructor with many local adult education programs teaching seminar courses on budgeting, personal and business finance, health care, retirement plans, social security, estate considerations, 401ks and IRAs.

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Surviving Stress: Take Your Emotional System from Depletion to Renewal (Zoom)

with Carole Freeman

Oct

October 12th, 2022

$37 More Info

It’s estimated that more than 90% of people who suffer with chronic anxiety or stress have breathing pattern disorders (also known as dysfunctional breathing). This class is not about learning a new breathing trick. It’s about correcting your breathing patterns and replacing them with emotional health and wellness. The nervous system’s normal response to stress, anxiety, frustration and fear, involve stimulating a particular breathing pattern of shallow, upper airway, open mouth breathing, with tightened abdominals. If we are under chronic stress, this breathing pattern becomes a habit as our ‘default’ breathing because it stimulates the brain to perceive more stress and anxiety. Join us for an evening where you will learn proper breathing habits which can improve your life. All registered participants will be sent a link to join this Zoom class.

About Carole: Carole’s background has been equal portions of respiratory therapy, exercise physiology, and massage therapy. Her career as a respiratory therapist began at Loma Linda University Medical Center where she discovered that most adult patients were in the hospital because of poor lifestyle choices. That inspired her to attend graduate school at LLUMC, majoring in Health Sciences. She now focuses her work in a relatively new field of pulmonary medicine - recognizing and treating breathing disorders. She has personally benefitted from improved breathing patterns, “I have found that each day I was mindful of my breathing pattern, I gained more energy, and my breathing became easier. It felt like I was turning the clock back as I continued to gain strength and endurance.”

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Understanding Medicare

with Robert Harvey

Oct

October 11th, 2022

$10 More Info

Does the Alphabet Soup of Medicare feel overwhelming? Let us help you make sense of it all. We’ll look at eligibility and enrollment periods and the types of products designed to partner with Medicare, including supplemental plans. This is a great opportunity to learn about this program for current beneficiaries, people beginning Medicare and for adult children or loved ones of Medicare beneficiaries. No discounts.

About Bob: Bob has has been educating people about Medicare for over 14 years. He has two offices, one in Brunswick and Scarborough and travels the whole state assisting people with Medicare plan review and enrollment.

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