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NEW
ILR890
Balancing Your Expenses Now
Can Help You Reach Your Financial
Goals Later
1 session, 2 hours
Take control of your financial future by sharpening your spending and
saving strategy. In this course, you’ll learn more about setting personal
finance goals and balancing saving, spending, and borrowing to
achieve your goals. You’ll also learn strategies for controlling debt and
improving credit scores. And if not yet retired, learn some practical
savings options for now through retirement.
Instructor:
Paul Buck is a Certified Financial Planner with 11 years
of experience in the industry. He currently works through Edward
Jones. He has held several leadership roles in the company including
mentor, recruiter and level coach. In those functions, Paul has
presented on a variety of topics to groups as small as 5 and as large as
fifty. In addition, Paul has delivered multiple educational workshops
regarding finances in community settings.
5-Digit Number: 17128
Wed, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., 4/3
Location: Conference Center/E123
Fee: $19.00
Evening Offering
ILR794
Microsoft® Excel for Home Use
4 sessions, 8 hours
Are you a person who likes to make lists? Why not consider putting
your list in Excel and see the many benefits? This course teaches you
to use this versatile spreadsheet program to organize your medical
bills, make mailing lists, set up your budget, track expenses, or
anything you might want to put in a tabular form. Learn simple ways
to make columns or rows, add numbers so you can track investment
performance, maintain inventories of collectibles, and similar tasks.
It’s easy to produce graphs or charts and import them into other
Microsoft products like Word or PowerPoint. Course is based on Excel
but skills taught may be applied to any spreadsheet product,
Instructor:
Bill O’Neal
(see page 4 for bio)
5-Digit Number: 17141
Wed, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., 4/24 – 5/15
Location: Conference Center/E109
Tuition: $30.00
Fee: $79.00
Total: $109.00
MD residents age 60+ pay fee only
NEW
ILR897
The Appalachian Trail: 10 Things
You May Not Know
2 sessions, 5 hours
The Appalachian Trail (AT) might be America’s most famous footpath
and it travels right through Frederick County. We will explore the
history of the AT and the hiking phenomenon it is today. The trail has
a fun and quirky culture surrounding it and we will dive into some
unique, fun facts. The first session is in the classroom and the second
session is a hike to see some iconic sights on this famous footpath.
Hike is about 1 mile with a small climb. Prepare to walk on rocky,
uneven surfaces. FCC will provide transportation to the trail head via a
van. We will depart from FCC. Plan about 4 hours for the 2nd class from
departure to return.
Instructor:
Tara worked as an educator for Pennsylvania State Parks
where she developed and facilitated programs and she also taught
geography at Shippensburg University. Sharing her love of outdoor
recreation is a passion. In her free time, she has organized hikes for
women, families and kids. Tara is particularly passionate about the
Appalachian Trail and has hiked 900 miles of it. You can find her on the
trails of Frederick County with her husband and 2 children.
5-Digit Number: 17253
Wed, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 5/1 – 5/8
Location: Conference Center/E125
Fee: $59.00
Travel to Greece with ILR!
NEW
ILR889
Raise Your Wine IQ – Special
Greek Wine Edition
1 session, 1.5 hours
Greek wine and culture are two concepts inextricably linked to each
other. In ancient Greece, wine was lauded by poets, historians, and
artists. Wine was drunk to praise the gods and expand the mind. Learn
the roots of many of our wine traditions while enjoying a tasting of
modern-day and ancient wines, including Greece’s oldest wine, 2000
year old Retsina. Wine tastings included.
Note:
ILR888 Riase Your Wine IQ (basic wine course) located on next page
Instructor:
Jackie Rogers grew up in the heart of Long IslandWine
Country, where she enjoyed a second career as Executive Assistant
of the Long IslandWine Council. A life member of the American Wine
Society, Jackie served as Program Chair of two national conferences.
Jackie has given presentations on wine at libraries, organizations,
and national conferences throughout the northeast. Her continued
wine education includes the Certified Specialist of Wine Certification
from the Society of Wine Educators; and becoming 1 of the only 75
worldwide Doppel Members of the Century Wine Club.
5-Digit Number: 17246
Wed, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., 6/5
Location: Spin the Bottle in downtown Frederick
Fee: $25.00