Furthermore Spring 2013

Successful Freezer Meals

Making freezer meals reduces food waste, improves nutrition, and helps alleviate the cost of eating out. During this program we will discover combination dishes that can be made in advance and frozen, plus review foods that do and do not freeze well. Make your life easier by cooking and freezing ahead!

Thursday: February 26 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Fee: No charge
Instructor: Kathy R. Byrnes
Kenton County Extension Agent
for Family and Consumer Sciences
Location: Center for Adult & Professional Education
365 Thomas More Parkway
Crestview Hills, 41017

Using Social Media Safely

Do you worry about your information online, using Facebook, Twitter or other social networking sites? This class will focus on safety tips while online using a variety of methods (smart phones, online banking, Facebook, etc.)

Tuesday: March 19 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Fee: No charge
Instructors: Linda Brown-Price
Kenton County Extension Agent
for Family and Consumer Sciences

Laura Kincaid
Kenton County Extension
Family and Consumer Sciences Program Assistant
Location: Center for Adult & Professional Education
365 Thomas More Parkway
Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement

This information-rich seminar introduces you to the concepts and practices that will help you spend your retirement comfortably and in control of your finances. Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement will demonstrate a conservative approach to wise money management and will help you identify lifestyle issues facing retirees. Students will learn to seek maximization of their income and more from their investments, Social Security and retirement plans. This course will also show participants how to protect their hard-earned assets from erosion due to inflation and the possible cost of long-term health care. The information you learn in Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement may pay dividends for the rest of your life!

Mondays: February 11, 18, 25, March 4 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 0r
Wednesdays: February 13, 20, 27, March 6 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Fee: $60.00
Instructor: R. Michael Stacy, CFP
Location: Center for Adult & Professional Education
365 Thomas More Parkway
Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Blue Ash location
Tuesdays: February 5, 12, 19, 26 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Or
Thursdays: February 7, 14, 21, 28 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Location: Blue Ash Learning Center
4340 Glendale-Milford Road, Suite 170, Cincinnati, OH 45242

Boosting your knowledge of "THE BIG THREE"

Whether you're working or retired, these mini workshops will help you better understand the three biggest issues that affect you daily. The recent changes in healthcare, taxes and insurance have created many new questions. Come boost your knowledge and learn about your new choices.

You have the flexibility to choose any session individually, or you may attend them all. It's up to you. Come learn what "THE BIG THREE" can do for you!

Healthcare: Session 1 February 5th or 7th
*Group Coverage
*Individual Coverage
*Medicare & Medicaid

Taxes: Session 2 February 12th or 14th
*Income tax
*Capital gains/ Dividend Income
*Social Security

Insurance: Session 3 February 19th or 21st
*Long term care
*Disability coverage
*Whole Life and Term coverage

All sessions are 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Fee: $20 per session or $50 for all three sessions
Instructors: Stephen A. Wright CFP, CRPC
Jeffrey A. Herold CFP, CRPC
Location: Center for Adult & Professional Education
365 Thomas More Parkway
Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Diabetes Tips

If you think back to when you were in grade school you might remember a fellow student who had diabetes. It seemed a rather mysterious condition. In Kentucky now you're likely to have a friend or family member who has diabetes. The latest estimates are that 40% of those over 40 have elevated blood sugar levels. We'll learn the basics of diabetes to take some of the mystery out of this disease.

Thursday: February 28 1:30 and 6:30 sessions
Fee: No Charge
Instructor: Sarah Dietrich, University of Kentucky Dietetic Intern
Location: Center for Adult & Professional Education
365 Thomas More Parkway
Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Plate It Up: Kentucky Proud Fruits and Vegetables

"Plate It Up" will feature Kentucky Proud fruit and vegetable selections and storage information along with recipes and demonstrations. Learn some new ways to prepare some favorite Kentucky vegetables and why they are so important to your health and our local economy. Tasting included but not a full meal.

Tuesday: February 7 1:30 p.m.
Fee: No Charge
Instructor: Rosie Allen, Family & Consumer Sciences Agent Gallatin County Extension Service
Location: Center for Adult & Professional Education
365 Thomas More Parkway
Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Community of Creative Writers Workshops

We continue our Community of Creative Writing Series with two offerings designed to energize and inspire, a six-week evening series and a daylong writing retreat! Both options provide instruction and writing suggestions in multiple genres-poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction-and opportunities to share and receive feedback on your work within a community of writers-others who are seeking inspiration, skills and support for their creative work. Writers in any genre and with any experience level are invited to enroll in either or both offerings.

Session 1: Weekly Workshops
This workshop will inspire new writing projects using a variety of prompts, activities and readings. Sessions will include writing and sharing within a creative community, with attention to generating new material, gaining new information on craft and technique and developing revision skills.

Wednesdays: March 20- May 1, 6:30-8:00 p.m. (No class 4/10; group will gather at Joseph Beth/Crestview Hills for a reading by TMC Visiting Author Jeanne Bryner)
Fee: $75.00
Instructor: Richard Hague (award winning author)
Location: Center for Adult and Professional Education
365 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Session 2: One-day Writing Retreat
Write and revise amidst natural beauty. This one day retreat is held at Thomas More College's Biology Field Station Education Center & Lodge in California, KY. overlooking the Ohio River. The retreat will provide a balance of writing time, community sharing and writing instruction. Bring a potluck dish to share at lunch. (Kitchen facilities are onsite.)

Saturday, May 4, 10 am -4 pm
Fee: $20
Instructors: Richard Hague (award winning author), Pauletta Hansel, MFA (Writer in Residence for TMC)
Location: TMC Biology Field Station Education Center & Lodge
8309 Mary Ingles Highway, California, KY 41007.