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	September Learning Opportunities At RSVP August 18, 2010 The Marshall County Retired and Senior Volunteer Program would like to invite you to join one of the many opportunities they have available this fall. Stop by the RSVP office, 1805 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville to sign up. For more information, call RSVP, 256-571-7734, or visit the web for all the fall classes www.mcrsvp.org . Some class sizes are limited so call as soon as possible. Computer classes with books have an additional fee. At the end of class, books may be kept or returned for refund if not marked up. All computer classes require a Flash Drive, 1 Gigabyte minimum. · Let’s Do Lunch! Circle the 3rd Wednesday of every month on your calendar for a fun lunch to meet new people and develop friendships. You’ll also learn more about some of the unique activities and places that Marshall County offers to residents. You can be a part of this social club, starting with an outing on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 11:30 at the Outlaw Steakhouse in Guntersville We haven’t given the group a name as yet. That’s up to you. Come to the luncheon with ideas for a name. We’ll vote on the best offering, and the winner will get his/her lunch free!!! There are no dues, no committees to serve on, no rules to follow….just have lunch with a like-minded group. This social group will meet monthly for lunch and an occasional program. Participants are responsible for their own lunch cost, either the noon buffet or from the menu. All you have to do is call RSVP, 571-7734, by Sept. 10th to reserve your place. · Introduction to Computers: XP Operating System - 9-11:30am starting Sept 8 for 4 Weds $20, Book $25. Survey course in using the PC keyboard and mouse, the physical and software parts of a PC, using and personalizing the desktop, creating simple documents, emailing and accessing the Internet. · Introduction to PC: Vista Operating System - 9-11:30am, 6 sessions, Tues and Thurs starting Sept 14 $30, Book $25. Survey course in using the PC keyboard and mouse, the physical and software parts of a PC, using and personalizing the desktop, creating simple documents, emailing and accessing the Internet. · Genealogy - 3 classes will be offered. 4 Fridays from 9:30-11:30am, starting Sept 3, $20. Students will learn how to use the Ancestry.com on-line research site. The Family Tree Maker program is available on all computers for genealogy documentation. The first part of each class will be instruction and the last part will be doing actual research. Students need to bring family information they want to research. A basic knowledge of genealogy is required. · Intro Power Point 2007 - 3 Tues from 1-3:30pm, starting Sept 7, $15. Learn to use Microsoft PowerPoint presentation graphics software to create effective presentations from the beginning to the end. Master the skills necessary to plan and develop presentations, including creating a presentation, editing text, reorganizing your slides to make them present more logically, adding multiple- level bulleted entries, and setting up to run a slide show. · Word 2007 Intro: 3 Thurs, 1-3:30pm, starting Sept 16, $15, Book $25. Beginning course in Microsoft Word - Document creation, formatting, saving, and printing. · Excel 2007/10 Essential - 5 Weds from 1-3:30pm, starting Sept 15, $25, Book, $25. Beginning course in Microsoft Excel. Course will require homework. Student must have access to a PC with Excel. · Bob Watts: Last Man Hanged - Keith Finley will talk about Bob Watts, the last man hanged in Marshall County, September 9, 1pm. While no transcript of the trial has ever been found, Mr. Finley has new material regarding the hanging in Guntersville in 1907. Many people believed Mr. Watts was innocent. Cost $5. · Kitchen Herb Garden - Sharon Price will show how to plant an easy to start, low maintenance kitchen herb garden, uses for herbs in cooking, and medicinal and herbal teas. September 13, 10am, cost $5. · RSVP Chorus - meets on Tuesdays at 1:30pm starting back this fall on September 14th. Come join the fun and fellowship, no auditions. Starting lots of new music. Need tenors, basses, sopranos and altos. Charles Bradley, director, and Ann Jones, pianist. · Jewlery Design with Arlene - All beads, tools and materials furnished for all classes below. No close-up work involved. * Beginning Jewelry Design: Learn how to design beaded jewelry, tools, types of beads, components and findings. Make earrings using head pins. Sept 14, 10-Noon. Cost $10. Must have had a Beginner Class, or working knowledge of jewelry making to take the following: * Intermediate: Choose a natural stone bead necklace from Agate, jasper, amethyst and tiger eye, add a decorated pendant, hoop earrings and bracelet. Sept 21, 28, & Oct 5, 10-Noon, Cost $25 · Internet Shopping - Robin Ponder, Citizens Bank, will share the ins and outs of internet shopping and how to keep your identity information safe. Don’t be a victim of identity theft! Sept 15, 1pm, cost $5. · Take Better Digital Videos - This class will get you comfortable with the operation of your digital camcorder, and cover basic camera features, functions, basic composition, connecting your camcorder to other devices, and common accessories available. Brad Hood will conclude with a section on what to do with your video and still images now that you have taken them. Sept 28, 1 pm, $5. · Needle Felting Class - Nancy Hughes will teach the basics of needle felting jewelry. Starting Oct 6 at 2pm, 4 Weds, cost $30, all supplies for the class will be included to make a pin, earrings, necklace & pendant Register by Sept 29 · RSVP Quilting Groups would like for you to join them from 9 - noon to quilt or to learn. Albertville - every Tuesday at the Albertville Rec Center. Arab - the 1st and 3rd Mondays at the Sr. Center. Boaz - every Friday at the old Boaz Senior Center. Grant - every Wednesday at Mtn. Pleasant Community Bldg. Guntersville - every Thursday at RSVP’s Cultural Arts Annex. · Care and Share – If you knit or crochet or would like to learn, the group meets every Tuesday from 9-11am at the RSVP annex, on Blount, one block south of the courthouse. Since 1998 the group has made and donated over 2000 blankets for use with children in crisis or hospital situations, in addition to items for Hospice and the Department of Human Resources.

September Learning Opportunities At RSVP

August 18, 2010
The Marshall County Retired and Senior Volunteer Program would like to invite you to join one of the many opportunities they have available this fall. Stop by the RSVP office, 1805 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville to sign up. For more information, call RSVP, 256-571-7734, or visit the web for all the fall classes www.mcrsvp.org . Some class sizes are limited so call as soon as possible.

Computer classes with books have an additional fee. At the end of class, books may be kept or returned for refund if not marked up. All computer classes require a Flash Drive, 1 Gigabyte minimum.

· Let’s Do Lunch! Circle the 3rd Wednesday of every month on your calendar for a fun lunch to meet new people and develop friendships. You’ll also learn more about some of the unique activities and places that Marshall County offers to residents.

You can be a part of this social club, starting with an outing on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 11:30 at the Outlaw Steakhouse in Guntersville

We haven’t given the group a name as yet. That’s up to you. Come to the luncheon with ideas for a name. We’ll vote on the best offering, and the winner will get his/her lunch free!!!

There are no dues, no committees to serve on, no rules to follow….just have lunch with a like-minded group. This social group will meet monthly for lunch and an occasional program. Participants are responsible for their own lunch cost, either the noon buffet or from the menu.

All you have to do is call RSVP, 571-7734, by Sept. 10th to reserve your place.

· Introduction to Computers: XP Operating System - 9-11:30am starting Sept 8 for 4 Weds $20, Book $25. Survey course in using the PC keyboard and mouse, the physical and software parts of a PC, using and personalizing the desktop, creating simple documents, emailing and accessing the Internet.

· Introduction to PC: Vista Operating System - 9-11:30am, 6 sessions, Tues and Thurs starting Sept 14 $30, Book $25. Survey course in using the PC keyboard and mouse, the physical and software parts of a PC, using and personalizing the desktop, creating simple documents, emailing and accessing the Internet.

· Genealogy - 3 classes will be offered. 4 Fridays from 9:30-11:30am, starting Sept 3, $20. Students will learn how to use the Ancestry.com on-line research site. The Family Tree Maker program is available on all computers for genealogy documentation. The first part of each class will be instruction and the last part will be doing actual research. Students need to bring family information they want to research. A basic knowledge of genealogy is required.

· Intro Power Point 2007 - 3 Tues from 1-3:30pm, starting Sept 7, $15. Learn to use Microsoft PowerPoint presentation graphics software to create effective presentations from the beginning to the end. Master the skills necessary to plan and develop presentations, including creating a presentation, editing text, reorganizing your slides to make them present more logically, adding multiple- level bulleted entries, and setting up to run a slide show.

· Word 2007 Intro: 3 Thurs, 1-3:30pm, starting Sept 16, $15, Book $25. Beginning course in Microsoft Word - Document creation, formatting, saving, and printing.

· Excel 2007/10 Essential - 5 Weds from 1-3:30pm, starting Sept 15, $25, Book, $25. Beginning course in Microsoft Excel. Course will require homework. Student must have access to a PC with Excel.

· Bob Watts: Last Man Hanged - Keith Finley will talk about Bob Watts, the last man hanged in Marshall County, September 9, 1pm. While no transcript of the trial has ever been found, Mr. Finley has new material regarding the hanging in Guntersville in 1907. Many people believed Mr. Watts was innocent. Cost $5.

· Kitchen Herb Garden - Sharon Price will show how to plant an easy to start, low maintenance kitchen herb garden, uses for herbs in cooking, and medicinal and herbal teas. September 13, 10am, cost $5.

· RSVP Chorus - meets on Tuesdays at 1:30pm starting back this fall on September 14th. Come join the fun and fellowship, no auditions. Starting lots of new music. Need tenors, basses, sopranos and altos. Charles Bradley, director, and Ann Jones, pianist.

· Jewlery Design with Arlene - All beads, tools and materials furnished for all classes below. No close-up work involved.

* Beginning Jewelry Design: Learn how to design beaded jewelry, tools, types of beads, components and findings. Make earrings using head pins. Sept 14, 10-Noon. Cost $10.

Must have had a Beginner Class, or working knowledge of jewelry making to take the following:

* Intermediate: Choose a natural stone bead necklace from Agate, jasper, amethyst and tiger eye, add a decorated pendant, hoop earrings and bracelet. Sept 21, 28, & Oct 5, 10-Noon, Cost $25

· Internet Shopping - Robin Ponder, Citizens Bank, will share the ins and outs of internet shopping and how to keep your identity information safe. Don’t be a victim of identity theft! Sept 15, 1pm, cost $5.

· Take Better Digital Videos - This class will get you comfortable with the operation of your digital camcorder, and cover basic camera features, functions, basic composition, connecting your camcorder to other devices, and common accessories available. Brad Hood will conclude with a section on what to do with your video and still images now that you have taken them. Sept 28, 1 pm, $5.

· Needle Felting Class - Nancy Hughes will teach the basics of needle felting jewelry. Starting Oct 6 at 2pm, 4 Weds, cost $30, all supplies for the class will be included to make a pin, earrings, necklace & pendant Register by Sept 29

· RSVP Quilting Groups would like for you to join them from 9 - noon to quilt or to learn. Albertville - every Tuesday at the Albertville Rec Center. Arab - the 1st and 3rd Mondays at the Sr. Center. Boaz - every Friday at the old Boaz Senior Center. Grant - every Wednesday at Mtn. Pleasant Community Bldg. Guntersville - every Thursday at RSVP’s Cultural Arts Annex.

· Care and Share – If you knit or crochet or would like to learn, the group meets every Tuesday from 9-11am at the RSVP annex, on Blount, one block south of the courthouse. Since 1998 the group has made and donated over 2000 blankets for use with children in crisis or hospital situations, in addition to items for Hospice and the Department of Human Resources.