Wednesdays beginning April 5th from 10 a.m.to noon in the Sorenson Dining Room at the Senior Center. The first session will be a 6-slide PowerPoint presentation about the internet: a guided talk with slides – all at a non-technical level.

For this class, the intent is to set a base level of understanding how this new internet world came about as the successor to the phone world. There will be device specific questions (smartphone, laptop, iPad, etc.) that will be answered, but probably not in great depth. Device specific sessions will be saved for later dates. Requests for topics to be covered woll be gladly received as the class progresses.

Instructor: Lee Jette, email: phoneman22644@gmail.com.

We’ve selected a new name for the resurrected class known as Science Exchange. Those ENCORE members who attended last (Fall) term, have recommended that we alter the structure of the weekly sessions to be science topics chosen by members or the facilitators and they will be video-centric. We believe that Exploring Science better suits this revised structure.

Beginning next term on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 10:30 am in the Sorensen dining room, we will meet weekly. However, due to a scheduling conflict with the monthly ASC Membership meeting, there will be no class sessions on the third Thursday of each month. So there will be only six classes for this coming Spring term rather than the usual eight.

The first class topics will be chosen from among the hundreds of PBS Nova series but we’ll be looking for other sources that, hopefully, meet the expectations of class members. The goal is to make discovering a wide variety of science topics a more enjoyable and rewarding experience which should attract more members.

Michael Kinney with Karen Elder . . . 503-994-2080

Humanist Discussions is a group effort on Zoom in which we explore various aspects of the human condition. Each week we nominate and select a topic to discuss the following week. Over the intervening week, we exchange websites and articles pertaining to the topic selected. There is no requirement to review them. but the discussion is much improved when members of the group have made an effort to inform themselves about the upcoming topic. All are welcome to join.

Classes are held Monday mornings from 10:00 to noon, Spring term, April 3 through May 22. To join, send me an email at todlundy@gmail.com. Have “Humanist Discussions” in the title of your email please.

Tod

Awaken the Writer Within You!

5 Reasons in 8 Short Weeks for You to Become
the Writer You Were Born to Be!

Perhaps you’ve pondered writing a memoir, a poem, or some other story, but the right circumstances never presented themselves. Perhaps now is finally that time.

Amy Tan, best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club, began writing relatively late in her life. Something which inspired her was joining a weekly writing group focused on two things: kindness and honesty.

ENCORE offers such a group, and it fits within your budget and time constraints.

Our Writing Exchange class provides 5 Key Benefits to You as a New Writer:

1. Encouragement
2. How to Constructively Give Feedback to Others.
   
   • This is Not Entirely an Altruistic Act. By Analyzing What Other People Write, it Improves Your Own Work.
3. How to Effectively Receive & Use Feedback.
   
   • Each Week that You Share Some of Your Writing in Class, you’ll Receive Real-Time and also emailed Audio and Downloadable Video Copies of Your Writing with Constructive Feedback from our class. Listen and Watch People React to Your Work with Signs of Honest Appreciation!
4. A Series of Soft Self-Imposed Deadlines, i.e., Eight Chances to Share Your Writing during the Spring 2023 Term.
5. Brief Lectures on the Techniques & Craft of Writing: Based on Master Classes from a Diverse Group of Writers! Borrow Techniques from One Master or More. You Can Be a Better Writer!

ENCORE Spring 2023’s Writing Exchange online class begins Tuesday, April 4 (and runs just 8 weeks till Tuesday, May 23) from 9:45 to 11:45 A.M.

For more information about ENCORE’s Writing Exchange  online class and how to access it, please email the instructor, Eric Anderson, at EricCAnder@aol.com or call (503) 325-3131.

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