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Institute for Extended Learning Seniors Program

The Spokesman-Review

Below are classes being offered to seniors (55 and over) by the Institute for Extended Learning Seniors Program for the first part of fall quarter.

Call 279-6025 to register or for more information.

Arts

Drawing Made Easy – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 7-Nov. 23, Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost $37.

Oil Painting – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 7-Nov. 23, Tuesdays, 1-3:30 .m. Cost $45, or Sept. 9-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost is $53.

China Painting – Hillyard Senior Center, 4001 N. Cook St., Sept. 8-Nov. 17 Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon or 12:30-3:30 p.m. Cost $53 for either class.

Watercolor Workshop – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave, Sept. 9-Dec. 2, Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon, Cost $53.

China Painting – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 10-Nov. 19, Fridays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost $53.

Watercolor Workshop – Royal Plaza, 302 E. Wedgewood, Sept. 13-Nov. 22, Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon, Cost $53.

Oil Painting – Hillyard Senior Center, 4001 N. Cook St., Sept. 13-Oct. 18, Mondays, 1-4 p.m. Cost $29.

Multimedia Painting with Sue Rohrback – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 17-Dec. 10, Fridays, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Cost $48.

Watercolor Challenges – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 17-Dec. 10, Fridays, 9-11:30 a.m. Cost $42.

Watercolor Challenges – Holman Gardens, 12912 E. 12th Ave., Sept. 20-Dec. 6, Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. Cost $53 for either class.

Drawing and Watercolor with Sue Rohrback – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague, Sept. 21-Dec. 7, Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost $53.

Drawing and Watercolor with Sue Rohrback – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 21-Dec. 7, Tuesdays, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Cost $53.

Ceramics – Hillyard Senior Center, 4001 N. Cook St., Sept. 28-Nov. 2, Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.-noon. This class is not age-restricted. Cost $29.

Communications

Book Bunch (Fiction) – Sinto Senior Activity Center, 1124 W. Sinto Ave., Sept. 10, Oct. 8, and Nov. 12, Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost $13.

Writers’ Workshop – Sinto Senior Activity Center, 1124 W. Sinto Ave., Sept. 13-Nov. 29, Mondays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost $37.

Poetry Workshop – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 13-Nov. 29, Mondays, 1-3 p.m. Cost $37.

Writers’ Workshop – St. Anne Catholic Church, 708 E. Lake St., Medical Lake, Sept. 16-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost $37.

Writers’ Workshop – Hillyard Senior Center, 4001 N. Cook St., Sept. 20-Dec. 6, Mondays, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost $45.

Writers’ Workshop – Spokane Valley Senior Center, 11423 E. Mission Ave., Sept. 21-Dec. 7, Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost $45.

Writers’ Workshop – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 21-Dec. 7, Tuesdays, 1-3:30 p.m. Cost $45.

Writers’ Workshop – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 22-Dec. 8, Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m. Cost $45.

Book Bunch (Nonfiction) – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 28, Oct. 26 and Nov. 30, Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost $13.

Humanities

Nietzsche and Other Philosophers – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 13-Nov. 22, Mondays, 1-3 p.m. Cost $43.

Genetics and Linguistics – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 14-Nov. 23, Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. Cost $43.

American History (1607 To Present) – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 15-Dec. 1, Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m. Cost $38.

Constitutional Issues – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 16-Dec. 2, Thursdays, 1-3 p.m. Cost $38.

Genealogy: Census Records – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 21, Tuesday, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost $10.

Genealogy: Leaving A Legacy – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 28, Tuesday, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost $10.

Foreign Languages

French Beginning Conversation – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 10-Dec. 3, Fridays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Cost $37.

German Conversation – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 13-Nov. 22, Mondays, noon-2 p.m. Cost $37.

Spanish Beginning Conversation – Spokane Valley Senior Center, 11423 E. Mission Ave., Sept. 13-Dec. 6, Mondays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Cost $37.

Spanish Basics – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 13-Nov. 29, Mondays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost $37.

Spanish Basics – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 15-Dec. 1, Wednesdays, 2:45-4:45 p.m. Cost $37.

Italian Conversation – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 13-Nov. 22, Mondays, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Cost $39.

Computers

Computer Kindergarten – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 7-14, Tuesdays, and Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost $26.

Computer Kindergarten – Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Ft. George Wright Drive, Sept. 21-23, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 2:15-5:15 p.m. Cost $26.

Computer Kindergarten – Hillyard Computer Lab, 4410 N. Market St., Sept. 27-29, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Cost $26.

Computer Basics – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 16-Oct. 19, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost $63.

Internet Introduction –Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 29-Oct. 8, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost $31.

Windows XP and Digital Photos in Windows XP – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 7-23, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 1-4 p.m. Cost $41.

Photoshop Elements – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 8-Oct. 20, Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost $38.

Computer Troubleshooting – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 20-Nov. 1, Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost $38.

Burning a CD – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 20-Oct. 4, Mondays, 1-4 p.m. Cost $27.

Guide To Buying a Digital Camera – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 24-Oct. 1, Fridays, 1-4 p.m. Cost $24.

Online Genealogy Research – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 24-Oct. 29, Fridays, 1-3 p.m. Cost $31.

Computer Slide Show (PowerPoint XP) – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 28-Oct. 21, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 1-4 p.m. Cost $49.

Exercise

Tai Chi Beginning – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 7-Nov. 16, Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m., Cost $13.

Tai Chi Beginning – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague, Sept. 9-Nov. 18, Thursdays, 2-3 p.m. Cost $13.

Tai Chi Beginning – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 15-Dec. 1, Wednesdays, 10-11 a.m. Cost $14.

Tai Chi – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 18-Nov. 13, Saturdays, 10:30-noon. Cost $16.

Yoga – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 10-Dec. 10, Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Cost $13.

Chair Exercise – Park Tower, 217 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., Sept. 20-Dec. 6 Mondays, and Wednesdays, 10:45-11:30 a.m. Need not be a resident to participate. Cost $18.

Arthritis Exercise – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 14-Nov. 30, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Cost $21.

Arthritis Exercise – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 14-Nov. 30 Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Cost $21.

Arthritis Exercise – Hillyard Senior Center, 4001 N. Cook St., Sept. 29-Dec. 15, Mondays, and Wednesdays, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Cost $21.

Water Exercise – YWCA, 829 W. Broadway, Sept. 13-Dec. 1, Mondays, and Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 p.m. or 3:30-4:30 p.m. Cost $21 either class. Must be member of YWCA.

Line Dance – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 16-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 11 a.m.-noon. Cost $13.

Line Dance – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 20-Nov. 29, Mondays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cost $13.

Aerobics – Sullivan Square, 15412 E. Sprague Ave., Sept. 8-Nov. 22, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Cost $29.

Aerobics – Spokane Cascade Mobile Home Park, 2311 W. 16th Ave., Sept. 13-Dec. 3, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 8-9 a.m. or 9:15-10:15 a.m. Cost $29 for either class. Need not be a resident to participate in these classes.

Aerobics – Sinto Senior Activity Center, 1124 W. Sinto, Sept. 13-Dec. 6, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9-10:15 a.m. Cost $35.

Aerobics – Carol Lee Dance Studio, 6324 N. Standard, Sept. 14-Dec. 7, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 9-10:15 a.m. (cost $26) or Sept. 20-Dec. 6, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9:15-10:15 a.m. (cost $29).

Aerobics – St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 5720 S. Perry St., Sept. 14-Dec. 1, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 8-9:30 a.m. or 9:35-11:05 a.m. Cost $42 for either session.

Aerobics – St. Francis, 1104 W. Heroy Ave., Sept. 20-Dec. 10, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9-10:15 a.m. Cost $34.

Aerobics – Spokane Valley Senior Center, 11423 E. Mission Ave., Sept. 20-Dec. 6, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 8-9 a.m. or 9:10-10:10 a.m. Cost $27.

Aerobics – North Star Senior Center, 8415 N. Wall St., Sept. 21-Dec. 10, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 8:45-9:45 a.m. Cost $29.

Aerobics – Hillyard Senior Center, 4001 N. Cook St., Sept. 21-Dec. 9, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 8:45-9:45 a.m. Cost $21.

Bridge

Bridge Intermediate – Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave., Sept. 10-Oct. 15, Fridays, 1-3 p.m. Cost $28. All ages welcome.

Bridge Intermediate – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 16-Oct. 28, Thursdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost $28. All ages welcome.

Bridge Advanced – Southside Senior Activity Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Sept. 16-Oct. 28, Thursdays, 1-3 p.m. Cost $28. All ages welcome.