Extension hosts free community classes

October 6, 2015

Registration is now open for 20 free mini community classes scheduled for Oct. 12-17 in Fairbanks.

Kimberly Maher teaches birch tapping and sap collection during Spring Extension Week earlier this year.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service district office will host the classes as part of its Fall Extension Week. Topics will include gardening, cooking, social media, estate planning and food preservation. Classes meet at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on most days and will last about one to two hours. Most of the classes will meet at the district office at 724 27th Ave., on the southwest corner of the Fairbanks Community Food Bank Building.

See links for the full schedule, class descriptions and online registration at www.uaf.edu/ces/tanana. Registration is also available by calling the Extension office at 474-1530.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Debbie Carter, Extension information officer, 907-474-5406 or dscarter@alaska.edu. Ronda Boswell, 907-474-2450 or rlboswell@alaska.edu