Tai Chi for Health and Balance – Part 2

Have you completed Tai Chi for Health & Balance and are ready for more? Join this class to build on the movements and skills you learned in Part 1 and to deepen your Tai Chi practice.

Need an accommodation? We will make reasonable modifications and accommodations to ensure that people with disabilities have equal opportunity to participate in all classes and events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate fully in a class or event, please notify us at (207) 872-4102 at least 48 hours prior to the start of the class or event.

Have questions or need assistance? Call 872-4102 or email PHL@mainegeneral.org.

Date: Mondays & Thursdays, Sept. 22 - Nov. 20 (no session 10/13 & 10/30) (16 sessions)

Time: 6:45-7:45 PM

Instructor: Akiba Mermey

Location: Maranacook Community High School, Readfield 

Media Room

Cost: $65 

(20% discount for Seniors 65 & up, & Veterans) e-mail us for the discount code at: adulted@maranacook.com 

Link to Register through Maine General:

 https://www.mainegeneral.org/classes-events/detail/?eventId=86f060ab-7036-f011-a876-000d3a611ea2

Maranacook Adult and Community Education is excited to announce a series of classes in association with MaineGeneral Health and the Peter Alfond Prevention and Healthy Living Center. RSU 38 is committed to providing fitness and wellness classes and activities to our local community members, as well as all others who want to walk a pathway to better health. Join us in taking the first steps leading to a better you!

Tai Chi for Health and Balance – Part 1

Tai Chi is an enjoyable, low-impact exercise that can help you improve balance, relieve pain, increase strength and prevent falls. It is an effective exercise that is easy on the joints and good for those with arthritis and balance issues. Take this 16-session class to improve the health of your mind and body.

Need an accommodation? We will make reasonable modifications and accommodations to ensure that people with disabilities have equal opportunity to participate in all classes and events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate fully in a class or event, please notify us at (207) 872-4102 at least 48 hours prior to the start of the class or event.

When: 

Mondays and Thursdays; September 22-November 20  (no sessions Oct. 13 & 30)

5:30-6:30 PM

Instructor: Akiba Mermey

Location: Maranacook Community High School, Readfield 

Media Room

Cost: $65 

(20% discount for Seniors 65 & up, & Veterans) e-mail us for the discount code at: adulted@maranacook.com 

Link to Register through Maine General:

https://www.mainegeneral.org/classes-events/detail/?eventId=c17f8bdb-6c36-f011-a876-000d3a611ea2

Maranacook Adult and Community Education is excited to announce a series of classes in association with MaineGeneral Health and the Peter Alfond Prevention and Healthy Living Center. RSU 38 is committed to providing fitness and wellness classes and activities to our local community members, as well as all others who want to walk a pathway to better health. Join us in taking the first steps leading to a better you!

All participants will have an opportunity to make a  heart, a flower or a fish. Cross-stitch is a form of sewing  and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in  which X-shaped stitches in a tiled pattern are used to  form a picture. Bringing your personal scissors may be  preferred. Instructions and materials will be provided.  Let’s Create for Useful’s Sake! 

INSTRUCTOR: Bette Kersting Bell 

Participants will have an opportunity to learn 9 to 12 Tangle designs which can be incorporated into a drawn design. Tangles are typically black ink on white background. The designs look like doodles, but they are typically detailed and specific. They are fun and can be quietly meditative. All materials provided including instructions.

Trip to the Plymouth Plantation and the Oceanographic Institute.  September 24 and 25.   This trip leaves Wells High School on September 24 at 8:00 a.m.  We head for Plymouth and tour first the Mayflower and then onto Plymouth Plantation where we will have a light lunch and then head to Falmouth.   We will be spending the night, breakfast is included in the hotel.  That evening we will be going out for a lovely dinner and then the next morning we have a tour scheduled for 10:00 a.m. at the Oceanographic Institution. We will leave Woods Hole to go to the Heritage Museum in Sandwich (Incredible gardens and antique car collection). We will have lunch at the museum. We will start our journey back home to Wells. Price of the trip is $450.00 per person double occupancy.   This trip is limited to 8 people or more if there is interest. We need to know by September 12 to order tickets. 

This course will offer lessons in structure and grammar, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and conversation using variety of materials. Continuons à apprendre la langue français! *No Class: 11/26.

Take time and get lost in the world of basic watercolor skills. We will paint with watercolors that will be attached to note cards for your correspondence pleasure. We will be able to make 4 to 5 cards and maybe more, time permitting. Come not knowing anything and leave having had a new learning experience. All materials and instruction provided. Let’s Create for Useful’s Sake!

 Let’s Create for Useful’s Sake! Instructor - Bette Kersting Bell

In this class you will make 3 cards. The first will use “wet” embossing to create a shadow effect of the stamped image.  The second will show you how to add color to your embossed image. The third will show you how to create empty  space within the embossing to stamp (or write) a personal message. All materials will be provided. 

INSTRUCTOR: FAITH GARNETT has been teaching card making for more than 10 years and sells her cards on line and at craft fairs