Course Description: This class is designed for the pickleball player who has a basic understanding of the rules of the game, knows how to score and can serve and return the ball consistently. The class will be run with 30 minutes of drills and 30 minutes of instructed game play.

Class Leader Bio(s): Stan Budzinski has been playing pickleball for 3 years and loves sharing and playing the sport with others. Mike Weinberg has been playing pickleball for many years and loves sharing and playing the sport with others.

Notes: Please bring your paddle.  If you don’t have one, we have a few that can be borrowed. Gym shoes are required, preferably court shoes.

Course Description: This class is a basic genealogy class and will include elements from prior beginning, introductory, and fundamentals classes. The intent of this class is to build and reinforce a foundation of genealogical concepts and techniques to help the participant understand the genealogy process. The class includes eight 90-minute sessions of structured presentation, plus class participation.

Class Leader Bio(s): Ed Pfeifer is a retired classroom teacher, school administrator, curriculum coordinator, and Deputy Chief of Education for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools in the Pacific Area. He has been researching his family history for more than twenty years.

Notes: Class participants should bring a desire to use the skills and techniques taught in the class to extend their knowledge of their family’s history.

Course Description: No need to get up and down from the floor. Classes will be conducted seated in a chair or standing position. Please wear comfortable clothing. Parking and entrance is in the back of the building. Please arrive 15 minutes before class time to use the restroom and get set up for class to start on time. This is a 6-week class starting September 11.

Class Leader Bio(s): Lura is a Certified 500hr Registered Yoga Teacher. She has been teaching the softer side yoga such as Restorative, Gentle, and Beginners classes for the last 8 years and practicing yoga for 17 years.

Notes: This is a 6-week course meeting September 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, and 16. Classes will be held at: Symmetry Integrative Health 22 SW Beal Pkwy, FWB, FL 32548. Parking and Entrance is in the back of building.

Course Description: Chair Yoga Vinyasa Flow is conducive to beginners or someone wishing to continue a gentle Hatha Yoga practice seated and/or standing with support of a chair. 7-week class starting September 12.

Class Leader Bio(s): Annette Seda has Yoga Alliance 200-HR RYT certification.

Notes: This is a 7-week class starting on September 12. You will need a sturdy chair such as a metal folding chair, and electronics to connect to ZOOM including camera and microphone focused on yourself.

Course Description: If you have just purchased a drone, or are about to do so, this class is for you. Learn the different types of drones that are available and which one to buy for your needs. Learn how to fly a drone safely and stay within FAA regulations. The class will also provide tips on how to shoot video with a drone and edit it. Beginning classes will be conducted indoors with the Tello Drone. Students will be given the opportunity to fly more complex camera drones during outdoor class sessions. All drones will be provided for class use.

Class Leader Bio(s): Billy Walker has taught Video Processing and iPad classes at CLL for several years. He owns three drones and has been flying them for over five years. Walt Spodeck, an FAA licensed drone and commercial aircraft pilot will be the co-leader for this course. Walt owns 4 drones and has been flying them several years.

Course Description: A slow and gentle workout that focuses on increasing mobility, flexibility and relieving pain and joint stiffness. This routine concludes with 12 minutes of floor work. Essentrics®️ is seen on PBS as Classical Stretch.

Class Leader Bio(s): Diane Poff is a Level 1 Certified Essentrics®️ Aging Backwards®️ instructor and has been teaching for over two years. She enjoys helping others experience the benefits of this highly effective exercise program. Diane’s hobbies include kayaking, bicycling, watercolor painting, and traveling.

Notes: Please bring an exercise mat approximately 3/8” thick and a beach towel. This routine concludes with floor work. As with any exercise program, please check with your Healthcare provider before beginning.

Course Description: We will look at all the problems arising from the period of African enslavement, 1619-1865. Afterward came the Jim Crow Laws and the Black Codes. I will give you information you never learned in a public school.

Class Leader Bio(s): Steven Duke has a BA and MA from UWF. After retiring from Allstate Insurance, he began working for the largest law firm in Fort Walton Beach. He enjoys writing, photography, and doting on his grandchildren.

Notes: Room 108-109 Crosspoint Church 214 Partin Drive S Community Life Center, Room 809 Niceville, FL

Course Description: There is so much more to knitting than just Knit 1 and Purl 2. Come join us to learn the basic knit stitch and purl stitch and expand those skills to include casting on, increases, and decreases. Once you learn these building blocks, you can make scarves, sweaters, shawls, blankets, and so much more. This is a 7-week class starting September 12, skipping October 24.

Class Leader Bio(s): Kristine Matthews initially learned to knit in a junior high school home economics class and she picked it back up when she was pregnant with her second child. That was 22 years ago and today she’s rarely without a pretty yarn and needles somewhere close by.

Notes: This is a 7-week class starting September 12, skipping October 24. The class requires around 200 yards of worsted weight yarn (not cotton) and a pair of size 8 straight or circular needles. You have the option of purchasing these supplies from me on the first day of class for $15.