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continued from page 51 — Marsh Creek Gardening Series Age: 16-99 yrs. Join your fellow ‘newbies’ at Marsh Creek Community Center to learn the basics gardening in this three-part series. ‘Introduction to Vegetable Gardening’ will go through the basics of starting your garden; including what you’ll need, your timeline, and how to start seeds indoors in preparation for the growing season that’s right around the corner. Part two, ‘Hands-on Gardening’ will teach you how to plant the baby plants we started in part one of the series, how to direct sow your seeds, how to water/fertilize, and how to space your crops. Be sure to check back in the Fall session for ‘Continuing the Harvest’ - a class that will focus on Fall crops and continuing the growing season. It’s never too late to start your garden and prepare for the next growing season - be sure to sign up even if you missed the previous class! Marsh Creek Community Center – Course Fee: $5 Mar 6 W 6:15-8:00pm Apr 24 W 6:15-8:00pm Senior Aging In Place Age: yrs. Most older adults prefer to “go out feet first” enjoying the Golden Years in the comfort of their long-time home. Are you prepared? Have you taken steps to equip yourself and your residence for the long haul? Learn strategies to make your home safer as your needs change. Presented by Freda Hamlett, Milestone Moves. Anne Gordon Center Mar 26 Tu 10:00-11:30am Five Points Center Mar 28 Th 2:00-3:30pm Android Phone Basics 1 Age: 18-99 yrs. Get comfortable using your Android Phone! Learn to create contacts, text, make phone calls, take & share photos, connect to Wi-Fi and how to use Google Maps. Please bring your Android Phone, Android Account info (typically your GMAIL account info. Screenshots shown in class may not match your phone exactly due to the different manufacturers that sell Andro phones. Anne Gordon Center – Course Fee: $12 Feb 14-Feb 21 W 10:00-11:30am Five Points Center Jan 9-Jan 16 Tu 2:00-3:30pm id

Android Phone Basics 2 Age: 18-99 yrs. Prerequisite: Android Phone Basics 1. Learn about Google Assistant and how you can say or type commands to get help by having Google Assistant tell you how the traffic is, Finding the News, Playing Relaxing Music, Directions, the Weather, and more. Learn about Google Lens which helps you find product prices in stores with only a barcode! Plus learn about the Google Play Store and how to download and install useful apps on your smartphone. Learn how to use your quick settings, calendar settings, Clock, Alarm, and mos. Please bring your Android Phon cause none will be provided. Please ow your Android Account Information Me e 10:00-11:30am App Based Taxi and Food/Grocery Delivery Services like UBER Age: 18-99 yrs. Learn how to get car rides on demand with budget friendly options using apps on your smart phone! It is an easy way to give you freedom to get around at - go anywhere you want to go - when you want to do it! Plus learn how to get food delivered from your favorite restaurants and grocery stores to your home. All through the convenience of your smartphone and the Internet! If you can’t go out or don’t feel like driving no problem, have it delivered or get a ride! We will show you how you can do it safely and easily. Some of the apps we will cover are UBER, LYFT, Grubhub, UberEATS, Doordash, Postmates, Instacart, and Shipt! Prerequisite: You must have knowledge of your smartphone and your phone’s App Store. Anne Gordon Center – Course Fee: $6 Feb 14 W 2:00-4:00pm Mar 27 W 2:00-4:00pm Apple Laptop Basics 1 Age: 18-99 yrs. Prerequisite: Must know your Apple ID and Password and bring it to class. You must bring your own Apple laptop to class. One will not be provided. This course is for beginners or new users who are just starting off using an Apple laptop. Objectives: Students will be introduced to the basics of Internet usage; how to connect to Wi-Fi; Web Surfing and saving your favorite websites using the web browser Safari; always know the weather using the Weather App; learn how to Shut Down and Restart; plus, how to utilize gestures and adjust some system preferences. Five Points Center – Course Fee: $12 Apr 9-Apr 16 Tu 2:00-3:30pm pically your GMAIL account). ne Gordon Center – Course Fee: $12 be kn (ty An Jan 24-Jan 31 Feb 28-Mar 13 W W 10:00-11:30am

Apple Time Machine: How to back up your Apple Computer Age: 18-99 yrs. Prerequisite: Must know your Apple ID and Password and bring it to class. You must bring your own Apple laptop to class. One will not be provided. Apple’s Time Machine is a backup software application that allows you to back up EVERYTHING on your Apple laptop. If you have an Apple computer, then you already have Time Machine. But are you using it? In this class I will show you how to use Time Machine to ack up your computer to an external ard drive. In addition to Time Machine, ou will also learn how to create a disk mage as well as a boot disk. If you want o learn how to back up your files, then b h y i t Care Options As We Age Age: yrs. As we age, we are faced with different levels of medical needs. How do you know what options are available to you and when do you qualify for each type of help? Home Care, Home Health, Palliative Care and Hospice Care are all different and provide different levels of care. Learn the difference between each one and how to know when each option is the best choice. Presented by Dellie Hinton, Comfort Keepers. Five Points Center Mar 26 Tu 2:00-3:00pm Computer Basics 1 Age: 18-99 yrs. Prerequisite: Little or no computer skills. Class will be using computers that have the Windows 10 operating system. This course is for beginners or new users who are just starting off using a computer, mouse, and keyboard. Objectives: improve skills in these areas and teach participants to use the Microsoft store to get free and paid applications for their computer. lus learn to install and uninstall pplications. Understand how to charge, leep, shutdown, turn on your computer nd connect to Wi-Fi. Learn how to go P a s a o F J M Computer Basics 2 Age: 18-99 yrs. Prerequisite: ‘Computer Basics 1’ or equivalent computer knowledge. Class will be using computers that have the Windows 10 operating system. This course is for students who have basic computer experience using the mouse and keyboard. Learn the basics of Windows 10 as well as how to use some of the different features and functions. See how to save and find files inside folders that you create using an application (Microsoft Word). Learn how ou definitely should attend. ive Points Center – Course Fee: $12 y F Apr 23 Tu 2:00-4:00pm nline and search the Internet. ive Points Center – Course Fee: $12 an 23-Jan 30 Tu 2:00-3:30pm 10:00-11:30am ar 14-Mar 21 Th

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