WBLAS Community Services & Recreation

Gardens can be grown anywhere. Come and learn the basics of designing, selecting plants and pots, and caring for container gardens for season-long satisfaction, no matter where you grow. The Ramey County Master Gardeners recommend visiting their website to find reference tools, including handouts, websites, and book suggestions that can help you take the information from the class to the next level. The link for the website is: https://www.ramseymastergardeners.org/sb-container-gardens

Learn how to put your garden and landscape to bed for the winter (September through February). The Ramey County Master Gardeners recommend visiting their website to find reference tools, including handouts, websites, and book suggestions that can help you take the information from the class to the next level. The link for the website is: https://www.ramseymastergardeners.org/sb-fall-into-winter

Learn the fundamentals of fantasy football. If you are new to fantasy football, this is the class for you! Learn how to draft players (there will be a mock 4 round draft), understand important terms and abbreviations needed to succeed in fantasy football, receive tools (websites) that make it fun and easy to compete week to week, and begin a league. Then we will go deep into scoring in fantasy football, the waiver wire, the importance of bye weeks, trades, different kinds of fantasy football leagues, different drafting options (online vs in-person, how to access weekly lineup advice) and having fun! You'll leave with a packet of everything that was discussed, online tools to be successful with fantasy football, as well as my email so that they can ask me questions anytime. Once you realize and understand how simple and fun fantasy football can be, you'll never be without a team again!

Learn about the many ways to save, store, and preserve seasonal fruits and vegetables so you can enjoy the best flavors and highest nutrition for as long as possible. This class introduces participants to best practices for storing fresh produce and the many different methods of food preservation. The Ramey County Master Gardeners recommend visiting their website to find reference tools, including handouts, websites, and book suggestions that can help you take the information from the class to the next level. The link for the website is: https://www.ramseymastergardeners.org/sb-food-saver

Hear the stories behind inventions that we use daily, from electric lights to duct tape to Viagra - how the ideas occurred (or were stolen), how they were marketed and how they changed the way we live. Learn of the friendship that turned into bitter rivalry between inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, about the widely admired inventor who unwittingly slowly killed thousands of people, and then himself with another invention, the women killed by paint and much more.

The 1929 stock market crash wiped out many people’s savings. Our nation spiraled down into a Great Depression. Federal troops were sent to attack American WWI veterans. All this was accompanied by the Dust Bowl years that literally blew farmers’ land away along with their livelihoods. Learn about the causes of these calamities, and hear the stories of those who suffered and survived through the ugly 1930s.

Join us as we discuss the exciting rebound in the travel and tour industry. Enjoy a brief educational presentation with highlights of trips and details of traveling with Premier World Travel. Remaining 2024 Trips New England Rails and Trails - October 2024 Normandy and Paris River Cruise - 80th Anniversary of Day- October 2024 New York City Christmas/Holiday - December 2024 Upcoming trip in 2025 February 20, 2025: San Diego and Southern Cal Getaway April 6, 2025: Great Trains and Grand Canyons May 16, 2025: Mackinac Island and Niagara Falls July 12, 2025: Cape Cod and Its Islands August 14, 2025: Highlights of Scandinavia September 3, 2025: Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park October 7, 2025: Rome and the Amalfi Coast

Join us in honoring our past and present women veteran's with a short program and refreshments for their service thanks to the signing of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act. Sponsored b V FW 1782 Women's Auxiliary