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Be a Better Writer: 10 Easy Tips to Improve Your Writing Now

$50

with LeeAnne Krusemark

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 1, 2025 at 1 pm
1 additional session on Jul 10, 2025

Be a Better Writer: 10 Easy Tips to Improve Your Writing Now

We write everyday: emails, social media posts, work projects, and even non-fiction or creative writing. Improving is just a matter of knowing some simple tricks to make your writing more impactful and readable, and may help get you a promotion at work or avoid rejection from a publisher. In this hands-on session, there will be writing/editing examples and exercises so you can see in real time how to make sentences flow properly while still maintaining reader interest, and you will leave with a workbook full of writing tips and tricks, which is included in the class fee. The instructor LeeAnne Krusemark is a former journalist, current author and editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.

Date(s): Session 1 - March 01, 2025 - Saturday

               Session 2 - July 10, 2025 - Thursday 

Schedule: Saturday, 1:00pm- 4:00pm

                 Thursday, 4:00pm- 7:00pm

Location: Zoom

Facilitator: LeeAnne Krusemark

Fee: $50

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Introduction to Medical Terminology

$70

with LeeAnne Krusemark

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 3, 2025 at 4 pm
1 additional session on Jul 9, 2025

Introduction to Medical Terminology

Medical terminology is the first step to any career in the medical field or simply to understand your family’s medical visits. No prior experience is necessary. This highly specialized language involves word building with root words, prefixes, suffixes, and abbreviations. You will leave with a solid foundation of medical language, as well as basic medical billing and coding terminology. After submitting and passing the open-book exam included in the workbook you receive in class, you will earn a Certificate of Completion. This comprehensive course is taught by longtime educator LeeAnne Krusemark, and Credentialed Medical Professional Vanessa Grinnell, RRT. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.

Date(s): Session 1 - March 03, 2025 - Monday

         Session 2 - July 09, 2025 - Wednesday

Schedule: 4:00pm- 7:00pm

Location: Zoom

Facilitator: LeeAnne Krusemark

Fee: $70

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How to Start Any Home Business +250 Home Business Ideas!

$50

with LeeAnne Krusemark

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 4, 2025 at 4 pm
1 additional session on Jul 30, 2025

How to Start Any Home Business +250 Home Business Ideas!

Tired of working for someone else? Do you need to make more money? Turn your talents and hobbies into profits by starting a home business. Taught by a Chamber of Commerce Past President and award-winning business owner, this is probably the most comprehensive business startup workshop you will ever find. You will discover:

* more than 250 legitimate home business ideas

* mandatory legal documentation

* many ways to market your product/service

* how to take tax deductions (this workshop included!)

Informative handouts for future use are included in class fee. The instructor LeeAnne Krusemark is a Chamber of Commerce Past President, current author/editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.

Date(s): Session 1 - March 4th, 2025 - Tuesday

               Session 2 - July 30, 2025 - Wednesday 

Schedule: 4:00pm- 6:00pm

Location: Zoom

Facilitator: LeeAnne Krusemark

Fee: $50

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Create a Website for Fun, Profit, and Business

$65

with Kevin Boyd

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 4, 2025 at 6 pm

Create a Website for Fun, Profit, and Business 

Discover the best copy/paste, drag and drop website builders that will meet your needs and create an appealing, modern, dynamic, small business website. Included is a complete comparison review of the top Website and E-commerce Store builders. Determine the best planning and layout for your site’s specific requirements, with an attention-grabbing Initial Focal Point. Learn Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing, and the Tips and Traps, Dos and Don’ts of website design. Discover the #1 Secret to a successful website! Taught by a multi award-winning instructor and published author from Seattle.

Date: March 4, 2025

Schedule: Tuesday, 6:00pm-9:00pm 

Location: Live Online Via Zoom

Facilitator: Kevin Boyd 

Fee: $65

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IMPORTANT: This class is being held via Zoom. Your instructor will email you the Zoom link prior to the start of the class. 

Finance: Making Government Benefits Work For You

$45

with Ric Komarek

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 4, 2025 at 6 pm

MAKING GOVERNMENT BENEFITS WORK FOR YOU

As you approach retirement, it is more important than ever to understand the role that Social Security benefits can and should play in your overall retirement income plan. This class explains what you need to know about Medicare in simple, practical terms. It includes a description of today’s Medicare health plan choices including original Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

Date: March 4, 2025

Schedule: Tuesday, 6:00-8:00pm

Location: New Shasta College Community Leadership Center, 1401 California Street, Downtown Redding, 2nd Floor, Room 9205

Facilitator: Ric Komarek, CFP

Fee: $45

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Floral - The Art of Floral Design- Springtime

$210

with Darlene Montgomery

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 5, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 4 weeks

The Art of Floral Design- Springtime

Learn the basics or brush up on your skills of everyday floral design with fresh flowers. Covering care and handling, design styles, techniques, and flower identification of some of the most commonly used cut flowers in floristry. Four weeks of fun and floral designs in every class that you can take home with you. English Garden, BoHo, Floral Impressionism, and Contemporary centerpiece. All styled with seasonal spring cut flowers and colors. Bring a friend, and double your fun.

(All flowers and containers are provided. Basic tools required.)

Dates: March 05 - 26, 2025

Schedule: 4-Wednesdays, 6:00 pm-9:00pm

Location: Shasta College Main Campus, Room: 4500 (Farm)

Facilitator: Darlene Montgomery

Fee: $210 (includes materials/fresh flowers and supplies)

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Introduction to Journaling: A Beginner’s Guide

$50

with LeeAnne Krusemark

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 6, 2025 at 2 pm
1 additional session on Jul 22, 2025

Introduction to Journaling: A Beginner’s Guide

Journaling is simply recording your thoughts, feelings, and insights in a written, drawn, or typed format. It can be done on paper or on a computer, and it's a low-cost way to improve your mental health. Journaling can help you reduce stress, improve your self-awareness, as well as prioritize problems, fears, and concerns, and provide an opportunity for positive self-talk. You’ll learn how to start journaling (even when you don’t know what to write), the 10 most popular types of journaling, how to kick-start self-reflection and self-discovery, and track your progress and personal growth. The instructor LeeAnne Krusemark is a former journalist, current author and editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. Informative handouts for future use are included in the class fee. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.

Date(s): Session 1 - March 6th, 2025 - Thursday

               Session 2 - July 22, 2025 - Tuesday 

Schedule: Session 1 - Thursday - 2:00pm- 4:00pm

                 Session 2 - Tuesday 1:00pm- 3:00pm

Location: Zoom

Facilitator: LeeAnne Krusemark

Fee: $50

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Finance - Investments, Annuities and Income in Retirement - Putting it All Together

$45

with Ric Komarek

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 11, 2025 at 6 pm

Investments, Annuities and Income in Retirement - Putting it All Together

Learn how to better manage your investments, avoid costly mistakes, and develop an income plan that can provide income security for life. 

Date: March 11, 2025

Schedule: Tuesday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Shasta College Community Leadership Center, Downtown Redding, 1401 California Street, 2nd Floor, Room: 9205

Facilitator: Ric Komarek, CFP

Fee: $45

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