American Sign Language Join Carrie Pierce, a faculty member teaching ASL for UMaine, for the 'voice off' class.  Learn some basic vocabulary, beginning sentences and grammar through games, partner work and other activities.

Instructor: Carrie Pierce
Dates: Mar. 27 - May 22
Fee: $75
Location: SeDoMoCha, Dover-Foxcroft
Time/Day: 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Thursdays
Sessions: 8(12 hours) (Return to top)

Defensive Driving  Earn a 3 point credit on your driving record!  The Maine Driving Dynamics course is a five hour defensive driving/driver improvement program developed by the Bureau of Highway Safety.  Learn collision avoidance techniques and safety tips with videos, lectures, and class participation.  Attendance at both sessions is required.
Dates: Apr. 23 & Apr. 24

 Fee: $40
Location: SeDoMoCha, Dover-Foxcroft
Time/Day: 6:00 - 8:30 pm, Wed. & Thur.
Sessions: 2(5 hours) (Return to top)

Digital Photography To get the best from your digital camera you need to become familiar with and knowledgeable of two things:  1) the camera's operating system and 2) the art and practice of composing good pictures. This course will build upon and enhance the knowledge and skills that participants bring to class.  Topics will include cameras, operating systems, composition, light, aperture, technique, and critique. Subject matter will include nature, community, and people. Six two hour classes and one 6 hour Saturday field trip.   15 students maximum, so register early!
Instructor: Roger Merchant
Dates: Mar. 13 - Apr. 17, plus one Saturday
Fee: $35
Location: SeDoMoCha, Dover-Foxcroft
Time/Day: 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Thursdays
Sessions: 6 (12 hours) plus one Saturday (Return to top)

Gardening Join gardener Gale Robinson of Leaves and Blooms Nursery in this series of workshops that will help you in your garden.
Instructor: Gale Robinson
Fee: $10 each session
Location: SeDoMoCha, Dover-Foxcroft
Time/Day: 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Tuesdays
Session: 1(2 hours)

•     Perennial Gardening

Planning, design, layout, maintenance and putting your garden to bed in the fall.

Date:   Jan. 16, Tuesday   

•     Container Gardening   

Basics of container gardening.  Annual and yes, perennials and vegetables in containers.

Date:   Jan. 29, Tuesday   

•     Composting and Homemade Remedies   

Composting basics, lasagna gardening and home remedies to deter insects and pests.

Date:   Feb. 5, Tuesday   

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MoneySmart Workshop Create a better financial future for yourself and attend one of these information-packed workshops.  Learn to build a family budget you can live with and to pay your self first to build savings for the future.  Find out what credit scores mean.  Plus, opportunities for one-on-one budget/debt management counseling will be made available to those who complete the course. Choose on of the following three dates.
Instructor: James Macomber
Dates: Jan. 14, Monday

          Feb. 11, Monday

          Mar. 5, Wednesday
Fee: $5 registration fee
Location: SeDoMoCha, Dover-Foxcroft
Time/Day: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Sessions: 1(2 hours) (Return to top)

Reading for Pleasure

No homework unless you want to read more than you will during class time. Enjoy beautiful short stories by Truman Capote, mysterious works written by Dauphne Du Maurier as well as writing by four other authors who have entertained readers for decades. Informal discussion will follow each story reading. Information about the authors and types of writing will also be part of this course.
Instructor: Victoria Eastman
Dates: Mar. 6 - Apr. 10
Fee: $35
Location: PVHS, Milo
Time/Day: 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Thursdays
Sessions: 6 (12 hours)

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Spanish No experience necessary! This beginning class in conversational Spanish is for anyone just starting out. Emphasis will be on verbal communication, but basic reading and writing will also be presented. Students will know many common nouns and carry on simple conversations by the end of the course.
Instructor: Kathy Cardin
Fee: $35
Location: PCHS, Guilford
Time/Day: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Sessions: 8 (16 hours)

BEGINNERS:        Feb. 6 - Apr. 2, Wednesdays

INTERMEDIATE:   Feb. 7 - Apr. 3, Thursdays

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Wildlife Tracking Join these fields trips and track coyote, fisher, river otters, voles, bobcat and other native wildlife species.  Learn the basics of sign and track characteristics as well as track patterns associate with mammals, birds and amphibians.  Discuss habitat requirements and how animals shape their environment.  There will be off trail hiking in sometimes inclement weather.  Participants must be prepared for cold, wet conditions with appropriate clothing and footgear.  Rescheduling of trips due to bad weather may occur.  Your instructor, Diane Boretos, is a licensed tracker and biologist.
Instructor: Diane Boretos
Dates: Feb. 2 and Feb. 16, Saturdays
Fee: $35
Location: Courthouse Parking Lot, Dover-Foxcroft
Time/Day: 8:45 a.m. - 1:00 pm, Saturdays
Sessions: 2 (8 hours) (Return to top)

Writing for Enjoyment

With spring comes a renewed sense of creativity. Perhaps it is too early to plant seeds. It is always the perfect season to write in journals, letters to friends, stories or poems for yourself or others. Here is an opportunity to satisfy your creative soul and to begin the spring with your own season of growth.
Instructor: Victoria Eastman
Dates: Mar. 5 - Apr. 9
Fee: $35
Location: PVAEC, Dover-Foxcroft
Time/Day: 9:30 - 11:00 am, Wednesdays
Sessions: 6 (9 hours) (Return to top)

Writing for Publication  Explore the intricacies of getting your work published.  Sheila Grant, a Maine Press Association award recipient, will guide you in generating writing project ideas, developing your manuscript, writing query letters, properly formatting your work for submission, and identifying potential markets for your work.  This six week course is excellent for beginners.  Sheila is a freelance writer contributing regularly to Game and Fish magazines, Bangor Daily News Special Sections, and the Northwoods Sporting Journal.  She is an award-winning member of the New England Outdoor Writer's Assocation.

Instructor:  Sheila Grant

Dates:  Mar. 26 - May 7

Fee:   $35

Location:  PCHS, Guilford

Time/Day:  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Wednesdays

Sessions:  6(12 hours) (Return to top)