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Mosaic Workshop Studio
with Herenya Wilkey, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education

Do you have some mosaic experience and want to try out bigger or more complicated ideas in a supportive setting? Bring your own project idea, substrate, tesserae and tools to this mosaic workshop. Some supplies and limited tools available.
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Soils 101 for the Home Gardener: Understanding and Improving Your Soil!
with Abigail Lewis, Ellsworth Adult and Community Education

Discover the secrets to healthy, productive soil in this interactive 2-hour workshop designed for home gardeners. Through four engaging sections, you’ll explore soil basics, understand soil health, learn to test and amend your soil, and adopt sustainable practices to build and protect it. Hands-on activities include texture testing and understanding soil test results. Gain valuable insights and techniques to better understand and care for your garden’s soil in a sustainable and informed way.
Abigail Lewis is an Environmental Scientist with an M.S. in Ecology and Environmental Sciences from UMaine, specializing in soil science and environmental consulting. Passionate about education and sustainability, she inspires students through hands-on, innovative approaches to environmental challenges, focusing on solutions that benefit both people and local communities.
Stress Reduction & Relaxation w/Hatha Yoga
with Michelle Spencer, RSU 19 Adult Education

This 60-minute Yoga class will provide sequences that calms the nervous system along with stretching/warming the muscles and preparing the mind to rest. Breathing techniques, short meditation and positive affirmations will end the practice.
Stress Reduction & Relaxation with Therapeutic Yoga
with Michelle Spencer, Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education

This is a live, online class via Zoom.
This 60 minute yoga practice will provide sequences that calm the nervous system, along with stretching and warming the muscles while preparing the mind to rest. Breathing techniques, short meditation and positive affirmations will end the practice
May 6, 12, 19, June 3, 10, 17
Stress Reduction and Relaxation with Therapeutic Yoga
with Michelle Spencer, Gray-New Gloucester Adult Education

This 60-minute Yoga class will provide sequences that calms the nervous system along with stretching/warming the muscles and preparing the mind to rest. Breathing techniques, short meditation and positive affirmations will end the practice.
** No class 2/18 **
Will run
Stress Reduction and Relaxation with Therapeutic Yoga (May)
with Michelle Spencer, Ellsworth Adult and Community Education

This 60-minute yoga class will provide sequences that calm the nervous system, along with stretching/warming the muscles and preparing the mind to rest. Breathing techniques, short meditation and positive affirmations will end the practice. This is a live online class using ZOOM.
Michelle Spencer is a Certified Stroke and Brain Injury Fitness Instructor, Coach through WellPeer, and a survivor of a Stroke and Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation in 2014.
Wills and Trusts
with Sarah Neault, Wells-Ogunquit Adult Community Education

Gain a comprehensive overview of estate planning processes. You will receive information about intestacy, guardian/ conservatorship, wills, trusts, estate taxation, durable financial Powers of Attorney, advance health care directives and MaineCare (Medicaid/Nursing Home issues).
INSTRUCTOR: Sarah B. Neault Sarah practice areas include estate planning, probate administration, and trust preparation and administration, as well as some real estate transactions. Sarah is a graduate of New England School of Law, Boston, MA, J.D. Degree, 2008, and Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Criminal Justice Degree, Cum Laude, 2002.
Wooden Sailors Chest
with Ralph Fink, Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education

In this fun woodworking class, students construct a traditional 14”L x 10”H x 11”W six-board chest out of a single board. You learn to use hand tools, power tools, and templates to make rip, cross, and curve cuts. For example, a Japanese saw, rasp, coping saw, and random orbital sander are used. Learn to plan, assemble, and glue up the components of the chest, and then prepare your chest for finishing with hand and power sanding. Take it home and paint, stain, decoupage or wood burn to create a one of a kind gift that will last for years to come. A material fee of $80 can be paid to the instructor at the start of class.