Centennial Community Education

Acupressure is an ancient healing art that can offer great relief, with no side effects, from symptoms such as hot flashes, mood swings, bloating, headaches, irritability, nausea, insomnia, anxiety and even weight gain. Learn which points balance hormone levels naturally, including thyroid hormones. Acupressure is a wonderful self-help tool that will help you feel your best. We will discuss breathing techniques, nutritional musts, and more.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a member of a water ski show team? We are in your community and would love for you to get involved. We have a spot for you whether you are a skier or not. There are multiple positions on and off the water. It takes a team to pull together and perform our shows for our community and to be the main attraction of cities across Minnesota all summer long. There is no better sport for team building than show skiing. We will teach how to build human pyramids and basic conventional doubles. Our team has skiers ranging in age from 6-60. It’s never too late to learn. Come join us for an exciting clinic, we can’t wait to meet you. Wear comfortable leggings or jogger style pants and a T-shirt, or similar comfortable fitting shirt.

Saturday, April 27 from 9 am to noon at Rice Lake Elementary. Purchase a table or two to sell items you no longer need or come and shop! You keep the money you earn from the sale of your items. Tables are 6 feet in length. Items being sold cannot exceed your table area. Table Fee: $10 for kids, $20 for adults Proceeds collected from the table fees will go to the Community Education Financial Assistance Program. Event is FREE for shoppers.

Enjoy a trip to Door County! Monday, October 7 - Thursday, October 10 Price: Double Room Occupancy: $1,075 per person $200 initial deposit, plus payments of $218.75 due on April 19, May 19, June 19 and July 19 Single Room Occupancy: $1,360 $200 initial deposit, plus payment of $290 due on April 19, May 19, June 19 and July 19 *Rooms have 2 beds. If you need a handicap room, please let us know. Price Includes: Deluxe motor coach transportation, lodging for 3 nights and meals (as indicated C-Coffee, B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner). Gratuities on included meals and attractions. Registration deadline is June 21. A $200 deposit is due by June 21. No refunds after this date. A refund requested any time before June 21 will incur a $50 cancellation fee, per person. Final payment due July 19. Travel insurance is available through Travel Guard. 1-800-826-1300 or online at www.Travelguard.com Itinerary: DAY 1 - Monday: 7:30 a.m. Leave Circle Pines and have lunch at 2510 Restaurant in Wausau. Enter "The Door" and sense the transformation to a different lifestyle. Check into Best Western Maritime Inn in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin for three nights. There is an elevator, indoor pool, hot tub and fitness room. A group dinner is included. [C,L,D] DAY 2 - Tuesday: Have breakfast at the hotel and meet your Door County tour guide. In Northport, WI, board the Washington Island Ferry. Take the five-mile ride across the once-treacherous waters of Death’s Door, where Green Bay and Lake Michigan meet. Once ashore on Washington Island, embark on a tour with sightseeing hosted by the 600 residents who call the island home. Visit some attractions and have lunch. Ferry back to Northport and visit the Lavender Shop in Ephraim. Have a relaxing dinner at an area restaurant. [B,L,D] DAY 3 - Wednesday: After breakfast, your guide will take you to the hand-carved Norwegian Bjorklunden Chapel. Have lunch at Al Johnson's Restaurant. This unique complex of buildings from Sweden invites exploration. The sod roof is kept well-trimmed by goats. This afternoon tour Eagle Bluff Lighthouse. It is perched on a bluff 76 feet above Green Bay’s glistening waters. Hear stories of the keepers who manned the light from 1868 to 1926. It is furnished with original and authentic period antiques. Tonight, a Fish Boil dinner is included, then spend the evening at Peninsula Players Theatre. It is America’s oldest professional resident summer theater. [B,L,D] DAY 4 - Thursday: Have breakfast and tour the Door County Maritime Museum. It covers the history of boat and shipbuilding for over 150 years, and contains antique ship equipment, recovered sunken artifacts and other sailing items, logs and charts. Have lunch and return to Circle Pines by early evening. [B,L]

Enjoy Duluth this summer! Both on the way up and on the way back, we'll make a stop at Tobies in Hinckley (on your own), apple fritters, cinnamon rolls, ice cream and more! Time permitting our first look at Duluth will be on the Skyline Drive overlooking the city and Lake Superior. We'll then board the Vista Star for just over an hour harbor cruise. Lunch will be at the Blackwoods Restaurant. Choose between a chicken pot pie or meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy. Each come with cornbread and a non-alcoholic beverage. We will leave Duluth at 3:30. We know this will fill up fast, so there are two dates to choose from, June 18 and 20. The itinerary is identical. Deadline to register is May 10. No refunds after May 10.

Did you know bees have fur? When we look closer at the things around us a whole new world opens up. Using our cameras to photograph subjects close up allows us to create amazing photos of things that we walk by every day. These can be flowers in the garden, berries on a bush, vegetables in the garden, insects, moss, etc. Macro and close-up photography allows us to capture the fine details of the world around us. What is even better is that this type of photography can take place at any time of the day. During this class, we will discuss some of the techniques that we can use to capture some fantastic close-up images. There will be plenty of hands-on exercises to help you feel confident that you will be able to continue to capture close-up images on your own. Contrary to what YouTubers have to say, you don’t need a lot of specialized equipment or lighting to take these types of photos. Certainly, things like macro lenses help, but great results are possible using a telephoto zoom lens or making use of extension tubes. As part of the class, Don will discuss equipment and demonstrate its usage. We will start the day at Rice Lake Elementary (9-10:15 approx), then we will head over to Wargo Nature Center for the remainder of class.

MyHeritage and Ancestry are some of the biggest research sites, but what do you do when they do not have the information that you are looking for? This course covers how to use the Family Search Catalog, working with autosomal DNA for known and unknown family lines, and other repositories to use beyond the large genealogy platforms.

Enter into the Millner Heritage Vineyard and Winery in Kingston, MN with us. This European-style winery was designed, built and operated by the Millner family. We will learn about the cold, hearty grapes they grow, take in the view of the nine-acre estate, and hear and see their wine-making process from start to finish. After our tour, we will have lunch at the vineyard, which will include a chicken entrée, potato, vegetable, bread, coffee and cookie. During the meal service, we will enjoy a wine-tasting presentation. You will have time to make personal purchases from the winery. On our way home, we will make a stop at the retail building for Deer Lake Orchard where we can purchase a variety of apples, fresh pies, caramel treats and more. Registration includes transportation in a motor coach, guided tour and lunch. Dessert is on your own. Registration deadline July 12, no refunds thereafter.

Grab your friends and family and gather to create a beautiful barn quilt pattern on 24” x 24” treated plywood. These are perfect to hang outdoors on your home, barn, or fence. Choose your own design from a variety of patterns and get creative by selecting your own color palette.

One of the best times of the year to photograph flowers is the month of August. There are so many different subjects to choose from, and the colors can be so vibrant. The fun part is that there are so many interesting ways to photograph flowers. We can take a wide landscape approach, isolate a small set of flowers, capture close-ups, capture motions, use flowers as an accent for another subject and so much more. The possibilities are endless. This class is for all levels of photographer, and levels of equipment. Yes, even cell phones can be used to capture great images of flowers. Meeting location will be sent upon registration.

Please do not register online -this information is listed here for your information only. Just show up at the park. When: Thursday, August 1 from 5:30-6:15 pm Price: $5/cash payable to the instructor when you arrive. Learn to Salsa dance. Then, practice your Salsa dance skills afterwards at 7 pm at the Salsa del Soul performance as part of our Music on the Lake - It’s Golden event.

Diabesity is a condition in which too much belly fat leads a person to symptoms ranging from mild blood sugar imbalance to full blown diabetes. Whether you have a little extra weight around the middle, insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes, the root of all these conditions is the same - problems with our diet, lifestyle, and exposure to environmental toxins. Most treatments focus on the downstream symptoms (elevated levels of glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, triglycerides) and never get to why your levels are too high and how to change it. the good news is all of this can be reversed. Learn how to work with your doctor to help restore your body to health. Please provide email information so a Zoom link and handout can be emailed prior to class date.

Are you interested in learning how to identify and forage for wild mushrooms? Join mushroom identification and foraging expert, Ariel Bonkoski, for a class on basic mushroom knowledge, how to identify your wild mushroom finds, learn about some common edible mushrooms in our area, as well as toxic species to know, and how to continue your mushroom journey. You will have some hands-on experience with wild mushrooms that Ariel will bring. Please bring paper and pen to takes notes if you wish.