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Developing A Personal and Home Defensive Protection Plan

$35

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 8, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

This three-hour course is NOT about installing an alarm system. It is about adjusting your awareness around you as you move through your day and your home. It is about doing mental exercises to handle the “What if’s” to keep you and your loved ones safe. Learn situational awareness, conflict avoidance, and how to access your home’s defense. Part 1 of a 2-part series but can be taken separately. Class taught via Zoom.

Weather for Outdoor Enthusiasts

$35

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 9, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

We’re spending more time outside and that is good. Learn how to integrate weather forecasts and your own reading of the weather signs to plan ahead and to best manage your outdoor activities - walking, biking, hiking, camping, paddling, boating, playing and exercising. Learn from a Master Maine Guide & Total Weather Spotter. Course is presented via Zoom.

Farming with Native Plants

$35

with David Spahr

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 10, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jun 12, 2025

Author David Spahr has an extensive native farming project. In this class he will discuss and illustrate the hows and whys of farming with native plants, trees, and bushes.

Upgrade Your Canoe and SUP Skills

$75

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 12, 2025 at 8:15 am, runs for 1 week

One day on-water workshop for canoeing and SUP skills that everyone ought to know but don’t. Learn how to transport canoes & SUP’s properly, how to launch & recover, strokes for tandem and solo canoe paddling & SUP’ing. Learn rescues especially after capsizing. You will go swimming so you are required to wear a wetsuit or drysuit to participate. Limited rentals are available with advance notice. You will bring your own lunch, canoe, paddle, life jacket, and enthusiasm. SUP’s will be provided. Limited rentals are available for canoes with advance notice. This is held in Brunswick.

Understanding Constitutional Carry and Legal Use of Force

$35

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 15, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

This three-hour course is for firearm owners and nonowners. You’ll learn what to do when you see an attack or if you are attacked and respond with force. You’ll learn how to contact the first responders, how prosecutors might view what you did, rules about concealed carry in the US and Maine, and various ways to protect yourself without using a firearm. Part 2 of a 2-part series but can be taken separately. Class taught via Zoom.

Chaga Mushrooms

$35

with David Spahr

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 17, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jun 26, 2025

*NOTICE OF DATE CHANGE: The June session of this class will now run on 6/26 (not 6/19).

Join author David Spahr for an indoor presentation and discussion of Chaga Mushrooms. This class will detail all aspects of chaga (Inonotus Obliquus) including where to find them, how to use, and current science. Many aspects are shown, including those most have never seen. David has collected edible and medicinal mushrooms for 50 years. He is a member of the Maine Mycological Association and the North American Mycological Association.

Upgrade Your Sea Kayak Skills

$75

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 26, 2025 at 8:15 am, runs for 1 week

This one day on-water workshop will teach you proper transport of a sea kayak, strokes for most efficient paddling in different conditions, proper boat launch etiquette, safety on the water, where you should and shouldn’t paddle, using a chart while paddling, common rescues and tows. There will be capsizing involved so you are required to wear a wetsuit or drysuit to participate. Limited rentals are available with advance notice. You will bring your own lunch, sea kayak at least 14’ long with two bulkheads, paddle, life jacket, bilge pump, paddle float, and enthusiasm. This program will take place in Brunswick.

Using Your Map & Compass Outside

$60

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts May 3, 2025 at 8:45 am, runs for 1 week

During the morning we’ll focus on the basics of reading a topo map, finding our location, and creating bearings using our topo maps, then we’ll take a break for lunch. In the afternoon we’ll be outside practicing how to follow and set bearings and then navigation tricks of the trade. A compass never runs out of batteries or fails to connect with a satellite. One all day class.





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