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General Interest Language A Gift to Our Community Technology Today Technology for Seniors Horticulture Series Literacy Program ESL (English as a Second Language) Family Literacy General Interest  Finishing Your Willow Project(s) Saturday, September 20, 2008 Time:  10:00 - 12:00 noon Fee:  $25.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Bring a regular paint brush and wear clothing appropriate to the weather as we’ll be outdoors.  Bring your Willow Project(s) to prepare for outdoor use. Patio Sized Willow Easel* Monday, October 6, 2008 Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm Fee: $38.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Bring a hammer and your choice of seasonal greenery, raffia or ribbon.  Create a living easel which includes an easel, a frame and a planter box suitable for your front step or patio/deck. Sun Catcher* Monday, November 3, 2008 Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm Fee: $30.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Create a, free form, hoop sun catcher with glass beads, wire and pieces of glass.  No soldering required.      Willow Heart Shape Side Table* Monday, February 2, 2009 Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm Fee: $38.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Bring a hammer and tape measure. Create a willow side table with a heart shape wooden table top.    (may not be exactly as illustrated) Instructor: Arlene Lane Soap Sensations* Monday, December 8, 2008 Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm Fee:  $47.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Learn the art & techniques in using Melt & Pour Soap Bases. You will make a variety of scents from floral and citric fragrances. You will take home an exfoliating scrub, confetti, toy insert, designer soap and soap petals. Totally Cool Soap Making For Adult & Child (10+ years)* Monday, November 24, 2008 Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm Fee:  $40.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Together, parents or grandparents and children will create designer molded soap, soap shapes, liquid soap/bubble bath, bath fizzes or bubbling bath bombs & yummy flavoured lip balms. Take home additional recipes and ideas for other soap creations. Exotic Spa At Home* Monday, November 10, 2008 Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm Fee:  $52.00 (supplies provided by instructor) You will formulate and create your own natural home exotic spa,  learn the techniques required to make four luxurious spa products such as Cleopatra’s Milk Bath, Brown Sugar Body  Buff, Body Polish and a Facial Mask and receive the recipe for a body wrap to try at home. You will discover the benefits of essentials Oils, exotic oils and butters. Home Fragrance Décor & Candles* Monday, February 9, 2009 Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm Fee:  $52.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Discover the many ways to release fragrances and customize your favourite scents for your home.  Learn the different types of waxes and their uses.  The waxes are vegetable based, palm and soy.  Create a new craze, rag balls, used as a décor center piece as well as an air freshener.  Make a one of a kind votive, tea light candles, fire starters; and learn the secrets of potpourri holding its scent.  Luscious Lotions & Body Butter* Monday, March 9, 2009 Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm Fee:  $50.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Make silky smooth emollient creams and lotions, skin quenching body butter, foot lotion & scrub. Discover the uses of luxurious ingredients such as mango butter, shea butters, jojoba oil and more. Learn about fragrance oils versus essential oils and their moisturizing properties.. (Bring an apron, pot holders, and a container to take products home) Instructor:  Leanna Keber Mosaic Tabletop Workshop* Saturday, November 22, 2008 Time:  9:00 am - 5:00 pm Fee:  $65.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Instructor: Tammy Osatchuk Create an 18 x 18 inch square mosaic tabletop.  Break tiles into small bits, piece colors together into patterns (colors are limited), glue pieces onto wood and grout to create an original work of art! Participants with advanced skills can bring their own design to create. Advanced Knitting - Tote* 5 Tuesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 28 & November 4, 2008 Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $58.00 Prerequisite:  Must have taken Intermediate Knitting.  Work in the round using a circular needle.  Learn a new pattern stitch of four repeating rows.  Beginner Knitting - Scarf* 3 Tuesdays, November 18, 25 & December 2, 2008 Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $40.00 You will learn basic knitting skills and create a special scarf. Learn how to cast on and off and some basic stitch patterns.  (A supply list will be given to you when you register) Instructor: Nataliya Shcherban *Come in and view these items at our office 4419 - 52 Avenue Car Care…How To For Women Saturday, October 4, 2008 Time: 9:00 am - Noon Fee: $55.00 (supplies provided by instructor) Instructor: Wayne Peck Bring your vehicle and learn how to: check and top-up fluids; change the wiper blades; use jumper cables; check tire air pressure and change a tire.    Language Spanish For Travelers 10 Thursdays, October 9 - December 11, 2008 Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee: $100.00 Instructor: Alina Diaz Planning a visit to a Spanish-speaking country?  Learn basic phrases to make your travels more interesting and enjoyable.  Learn how to pronounce words correctly and pick up some travel tips.  Grammar is not the focus of this course. “A Gift to Our Community” Supervision 101 Session I - Communicating as Supervisors and Managers Monday, October 20, 2008 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm Session II - Dealing With Bad Attitudes, Providing Feedback and Performance Management Monday, October 27, 2008 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm Session III - Time Management Monday, November 3, 2008 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $65.00/session  OR  $170.00 for all 3 sessions Facilitator:  Robin Acton This series is designed to assist the new supervisor to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to perform their functions effectively and efficiently. All three sessions will be highly interactive with many opportunities for discussion and asking questions.  Although each session builds upon the learning of the previous session, participants can choose to participate in only one or two of the sessions dependent upontheir interest. Target Audience:  Anyone supervising others in a work/volunteer capacity Johnny the Bagger: A True Story of Customer Service                                 Wednesday February 11, 2009 Time:  1:00 - 4:30 pm                        Fee:   $85.00 Facilitators:  Robin Acton & Wendy McDonald Johnny the Bagger will help motivate employees to take personal responsibility for creating a positive, memorable experience for internal or external customers; the kind of experience needed to generate customer loyalty, improve employee retention and strengthen team morale. The workshop will: Explain why truly extraordinary service must come from the heart (i.e., from person-to-person connections, not business-to-person connections) Outline the key mindsets and daily actions that are necessary to deliver exceptional, memorable customer service Equip participants to add their own “personal signature” to their work to surprise and delight customers Target Audience:  Anyone in customer service Understanding Ourselves and Others through the Enneagram Wednesday March 11, 2009 Time:  1:00 - 4:30 pm Fee:  $85.00 Facilitator:  Robin Acton Everyone wants insight into others while few of us wish to intensely analyze ourselves.  We have chosen to ignore the ancient Oracle of Delphi, who commended us to “know thyself”, in favour of modern day philosophy which speaks to “psyching out the other guy”.  The Enneagram proposes that knowing ourselves and knowing others are interdependent.  Participants in this workshop will learn why the various personality types respond differently to the same event.  How to capitalize on the strengths of each personality type as team members and team leaders will be covered.  Most importantly, participants will leave with a new lens from which to view themselves and others. Target Audience:  Employees, employers and supervisors Technology Today Facebook For Beginners 2 Tuesdays, October 7 & 14, 2008 Time:  7:00 - 8:30 pm Fee:  $35.00 Instructor: Kelly Russell Prerequisite: must have a WEB MAIL email account e.g. Hotmail, Yahoo, Google What is Facebook; set up a Facebook account; basic security; find friends.  Explore some popular applications. How To Use A Scanner Tuesday, November 4, 2008 OR Wednesday, January 7, 2009 OR Thursday February 5, 2009 Time:  6:30 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $35.00 Format of class is lecture style utilizing one scanner for the entire class.  Learn general concepts due to the multitude of products available on the market.  Learn how to scan and manipulate pictures and documents.  You will have an opportunity to scan one of your pictures and send it in an email. Bring your picture or photo to make a fridge magnet. Celebration Slide Shows Thursday, November 13, 2008 Time:  6:00 - 9:00 pm OR Saturday, January 17, 2009 Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon OR Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $35.00 Prerequisite:  Experience with Windows and using a mouse.  Learn how to create slideshows for those special celebrations: anniversaries, birthdays, weddings and graduation using Microsoft’s PowerPoint.  What is PowerPoint and how is it helpful?  Create a presentation by inserting music, editing music (sound byte) and timings, Word Art, applying colors and designs, pictures, clipart, animations and using bullets.  View and save your final product. Student Supplies:  Bring photos to Learning Council (to be scanned) 2 days prior to class or bring a CD with your photos to class.  Bring a blank CD to take your slide show home. Extension of Celebration Slide Shows Monday, November 24, 2008 OR Tuesday, February 3  OR Monday, March 9, 2009 Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $35.00 Prerequisite:  Must have taken Celebration Slide Show A brief review of what you learned in Celebration Slide Show plus editing music (sound byte) and timings. Opportunity to troubleshoot and continue to build your slide show… I am finished with my slide show and now what do I do? Student Supplies:  Bring photos on CD to continue your previously built slide show.  Bring your slide show and a blank CD to take home your finished product. Instructor:  Sue Jamieson Beginner Computer Monday, November 3 OR Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $20.00 Learn computer basics: how to maneuver around using the mouse and keyboard, saving and  retrieving files, basic terminology and maintenance.  A fun course that will help alleviate your computer fears.  (No Internet) Beginner Internet Monday, November 10, 2008 Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $20.00 Prerequisite:  An ability to use the mouse. Gain an understanding of browsers and the various parts of a browser’s window.  Learn how to do searches, print information and download.  By the end of the class you will be able to navigate the Internet.  (No Email) Beginner Email Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Time:  7:00 - 8:30 pm Fee:  $20.00 Learn about electronic mail and why your family and friends are encouraging you to use it. Topics include: sending and receiving email messages, deleting unwanted messages, address books and attachments. Excel In The Workplace Monday, November 17, 2008 Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $20.00 Learn basic skills needed to create, edit, format and print basic worksheets and charts in MS Excel. Instructor:  Candy McKerchar - Cappell Computer Consulting Technology Today For Seniors  Beginner Computer For Seniors Part I Tuesday, September 23 - 7:00 - 9:00 pm OR Thursday, September 25 - 7:00 - 9:00 pm OR Monday, November 17, 2008 1:00 - 3:00 pm Fee:  $20.00 Learn computer basics: how to manoeuvre around using the mouse and keyboard, saving and retrieving files, basic terminology and maintenance.  (No Internet) Beginner Computer For Seniors Part II Monday, September 29 - 7:00 - 9:00 pm OR Tuesday, September 30 - 7:00 - 9:00 pm OR Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:00 - 3:00 pm Fee:  $20.00 Prerequisite:  Must have taken Part I or Beginner Computer for Seniors in previous years.  Review concepts from Part I and learn ways to use your computer more effectively.  (No Internet) Beginner Internet For Seniors Monday, October 6 - 7:00 - 9:00 pm OR Wednesday, October 8 - 7:00 - 9:00 pm OR Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:00 - 3:00 pm Fee:  $20.00 Prerequisite:  An ability to use the mouse. Gain an understanding of browsers and the various parts of a browser’s window.  Learn how to do searches, print information and download.  By the end of the class you will be able to navigate the Internet.  (No Email) Beginner Email For Seniors Wednesday, October 15 - 7:00 - 8:30 pm OR Wednesday, October 22, - 7:00 - 8:30 pm OR Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:00 - 2:30 pm Fee:  $20.00 Learn about electronic mail and why your family and friends are encouraging you to use it.  Topics include: sending and receiving email messages, deleting unwanted messages, address books and attachments. Word Processing For Seniors Monday, October 20, 2008 Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm Fee:  $20.00 Prerequisite:  Beginner Computer for Seniors Part 1, or a good grasp of saving and retrieving files. Learn to adjust margins; change font style, color & size; use spell-check; cut, copy & paste; and insert a picture into your document.  MS Word and WordPad will be used during this class.  Instructor:  Candy McKerchar - Cappell Computer Consulting   Horticulture Series Creating the Prairie Xeriscape Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Time:  7:00 - 10:00 pm Fee:  $25.00 Instructor: Sara Williams Creating the Prairie Xeriscape: Low maintenance, water-conserving landscaping techniques along with the xeriscape principles - design ideas that conserve water, soil improvement, efficient irrigation, reducing conventional lawn areas, and mulching. This workshop deals with the hundreds of hardy, drought-tolerant trees, shrubs, bulbs and perennials that can survive with minimal water. Home Greenhouses & Greenhouse Gardening Thursday, April 2, 2009 Time: 7:00 - 10:00 pm Fee:  $25.00 Instructor: Arnold Pittao Examine the various styles of greenhouses that the home owner can build, discuss the practical aspects of construction, and suggest money and time savings methods.  Discuss the raising of flowers and other plants in the greenhouse and how such a structure can be used to extend the season on both ends and save gardeners money by starting their own seedlings. In Partnership With Lloydminster Horticultural Society Literacy Program Council offers a confidential one-on-one volunteer tutor program for adults, ages 18 and older, who require assistance with basic reading, writing, math or English as a Second Language.  ESL (English As A Second Language) English Day to Day Tuesdays & Thursdays, September 23 - November 25, 2008 (no class Nov. 11) Time:  1:00 - 3:00 pm OR 6:00 - 8:00 pm Fee:  Permanent Resident $144.00 Learn pronunciation, grammar, reading and writing in a day to day conversational English environment.  This course will focus on pronunciation, grammar, reading and writing in a day to day conversational English environment. Family Literacy  Family Literacy Programs offered are: Books For Babies, 1-2-3 Rhyme With Me, Come Read With Me, Fun With Stories & Numbers, and Make It & Take It. Due to limited funding priority will be given to families with the greatest need.  Funded By Alberta & Saskatchewan Governments "Join the Team" And become a Volunteer Class Host OR Volunteer Tutor Please call 875-5763

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