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HOOFers Revisited continues building skills in navigation, trail safety, and techniques while hiking our regional trails. Our community of supportive and experienced hikers help shape outings while enjoying shared learning, letting the trail be our classroom. This easy hike (examples: Inks Creek, Rio Vista Loop) will be 3-5 miles in length with uneven terrain and minimal elevation gains while enjoying outdoor beauty. Prerequisite: completion of a previous HOOFers class. Questions about your eligibility? Contact Cynthia (tomkevin11@yahoo.com), Laura (lukes76@gmail.com), or Lois (7ljoto@live.com).

HOOFers Revisited continues building skills in navigation, trail safety, and techniques while hiking our regional trails. Our community of supportive and experienced hikers help shape outings while enjoying shared learning, letting the trail be our classroom. This moderate hike (examples: Potters Point Loop, Deer Creek) will be 3-6 miles in length with uneven terrain and 600' elevation gain while enjoying outdoor beauty. Prerequisite: completion of a previous HOOFers class. Questions about your eligibility? Contact Cynthia (tomkevin11@yahoo.com), Laura (lukes76@gmail.com), or Lois (7ljoto@live.com).

HOOFers Revisited continues building skills in navigation, trail safety, and techniques while hiking our regional trails. Our community of supportive and experienced hikers help shape outings while enjoying shared learning, letting the trail be our classroom. This moderately challenging hike (examples: Brad Freeman Trail, Dye Creek) will be 4-7 miles in length with uneven and rocky terrain and approximately 1000' elevation gain while enjoying outdoor beauty. Prerequisite: completion of a previous HOOFers class. Questions about your eligibility? Contact Cynthia (tomkevin11@yahoo.com), Laura (lukes76@gmail.com), or Lois (7ljoto@live.com).

HOOFers Revisited continues building skills in navigation, trail safety, and techniques while hiking our regional trails. Our community of supportive and experienced hikers help shape outings while enjoying shared learning, letting the trail be our classroom. This challenging hike (examples: Feather Falls, Annie Bidwell Trail, Many Waterfalls Loop) will be 6-10 miles in length with uneven and rocky terrain and approximately 2000' elevation gain while enjoying outdoor beauty. Prerequisite: completion of a previous HOOFers class. Questions about your eligibility? Contact Cynthia (tomkevin11@yahoo.com), Laura (lukes76@gmail.com), or Lois (7ljoto@live.com).

Join us in visiting the Feather River Fish Hatchery in Oroville to learn about Chinook salmon returning to the Feather River at the height of fall spawning season. We will visit both sections of the Feather River Fish Hatchery: the spawning room, hatchery, and rearing ponds on the west side of Table Mountain Boulevard; and the fish barrier dam, observation platform, and underwater viewing on the east side of Table Mountain Boulevard. We will walk about 3.5 miles.

If you haven't visited the Butte College Health, Kinesiology and Athletics Department recently, here is your chance to join us on a wonderful tour! Various department staff and faculty will help us explore multiple facilities, educational opportunities, and athletic programs. You will have the opportunity to interact with the department dean, coaches, athletic trainers, and various student athletes. Participants must be comfortable navigating steps and walking or standing for up to 2 hours. All walking paths are paved.

Join us for an outdoor adventure exploring interesting places in our community. In this class we will be walking from the Chico History Museum up the Esplanade exploring one of the first neighborhoods of Chico, called the Vecino. Dave Nopel will be sharing the history and development of this unique area of Chico.

This class is designed to assist you in planning the transfer of your wealth to a spouse, children, grandchildren, and any other people or organizations you want to benefit from your estate. OLLI sponsors Dana and Tara Campbell will explore the advantages and disadvantages of different methods for wealth transfer to enable you to make better decisions regarding your own estate. Plan on both lecture and discussion as many exciting things can be learned from information and experiences of participants.

This class is for people who already know how to play the A-G chords. We play and sing 3-, 4-, and 5-chord songs by Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, the Everly Brothers, and other musicians from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. The class is mostly to practice feeling comfortable with playing guitar while singing. There is some instruction on more advanced guitar playing. Bring a guitar, ukulele, or other stringed instrument, or you're welcome to come just to sing along with the class.

This class includes short presentations (talks, slides, videos) followed by discussions on all sorts of current US and world topics involving history, government, policy, science, technology, literature, education, culture, and many more. Participants are welcome to make presentations, suggest topics, discuss, or just listen. Special guests are also welcome to present.

Sing and/or play popular gospel songs. Bring your voice, guitar, violin, cello, harmonica, squeeze box, or other instrument and join a group of people singing and playing for fun. This is not meant to be religious. It's just a place to enjoy great music. Join us!

Join this nutrition class to learn about the six nutrients your body needs and how to combine good nutrition with delicious flavor. The class will share ideas about how to choose healthy foods, snacks, and meals. We will also share healthy recipes and ideas for using herbs and spices to optimize great taste. Learn about the importance of consuming balanced meals, what physiological process happens when we skip meals, and grocery shopping tips that will support your health.

Did you know the Magna Carta, US founding documents, da Vinci's and Rembrandt's drawings, Bach's musical scores, and many other important historical documents were written with oak gall ink? We'll explore a brief history lesson, make our own ink samples from California's endemic valley oak galls (oak apples), and take a short stroll through the riparian forest, discovering how galls are created each spring by California gall wasps. We'll look for other types of galls and gall-inducing species. Each participant receives their own ink sample.

We all know that as we age our mobility declines. Changes in strength and flexibility certainly affect our balance. But what is the purpose of the vestibular system with regard to balance? What are common disorders involving the vestibular system and how can we improve vestibular function as we age? This class will review the anatomy and function of the amazing vestibular system, as well as discuss the functions of the other primary systems – vision and somatosensation – for optimal postural control.

This will be an opportunity to tour the Chico State greenhouse and see how it functions, what it does, and the different habitats that it supports to grow plants from many parts of the world. You'll also see some unique plants. This will be a walking tour lasting about 1 to 2 hours at the greenhouse and surrounding gardens.

This class is for people who have studied some French in the past. We study basic French grammar, usage, pronunciation, and vocabulary. The focus is communicating with others in written and spoken French.

Experience the joy of singing four-part harmony, barbershop style! In this class we will choose your singing range (bass, baritone, lead, or tenor). Splitting the class into four groups by range, you will learn your part with your group. Next, we'll bring the groups together and sing the songs, hearing the harmonic blend of chords. No experience in four-part harmony is required, just the ability to sing a simple song (such as "Happy Birthday") in tune.

The place: a grim Indian urban slum, overshadowed by luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. The time: 2008-2010. The real-life characters: slum residents with aspirations and energy. The plot: how they struggle and face tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy, yet emerge with abiding hope. Using the learning through conversation format, we will discuss equity and inclusion, set in a contemporary international context.

In this class you will learn the nature and characteristics of a moral or ethical dilemma, along with a technique for identifying, addressing, and solving the dilemma. New dilemmas will be provided for each class period. You will be encouraged, but not required, to bring your own suitably anonymized dilemmas to class for discussion and analysis.

This class is an introduction to watercolor. We will focus on learning the basics of technique, color mixing, blending, and familiarizing ourselves with the medium of watercolor. Some classes will be dedicated to techniques; in other classes we will be creating finished works. The class will help you to feel more confident in your watercolor practice. All materials are provided.

This class is centered around a French book. The class reads aloud, followed by translation into English, with some discussion of vocabulary, grammar, and the plot. We will review grammar when questions about usage or form come up, perhaps dedicating a class to a particularly irksome topic.

This class engages in a group study of the book Complete Spanish Step by Step, Premium 2nd Edition, by Barbara Bregstein, beginning with chapter 7.

Sharpen your drawing and watercolor skills as we paint and sketch together on a variety of subjects. The purpose of this class is to provide a supportive community for those who work to keep their journal practice alive. We will share ideas and sometimes our favorite art materials, the ones that make this practice all the more fun. With seasonal sights available to us as examples, plan on some brilliant pages in your sketchbook.

On parle français dans cette classe, sans traduction (si nous avons de la chance). On doit avoir l'envie d'entendre et de parler mieux le français, et peut-être un jour le parler couramment. Il n’y a pas de textes.

This class uses a group study of the book Complete Spanish Step by Step, Premium 2nd Edition, by Barbara Bregstein, beginning with chapter 1.

We'll do a deep dive into the Beatles, their history, and the stories behind their songs. We will do a sing-along each week, starting with "Please Please Me" and working our way to "Let It Be." Bring instruments if you want to play along – lyrics and chords will be provided – or just bring yourself if you want to sing along to these amazing oldies. You don't have to be a great singer, just someone who likes to sing.