Online

Please join us for a monthly Zoom get-together for coffee, conversation, and crafts.  Settle in with your favorite craft, bring your coffee, tea, or beverage, and visit with Gold LEAF friends.  Crafts are not essential, and guys are welcome! The goal is to get together and spend an hour or more talking with friends.

2nd Monday of the month, 10 am-11:30 am

November 11, 2024

December 9, 2024

January 13, 2025

February 10, 2025

Online 

The Book Discussion Group continues a long Gold LEAF tradition and will meet three times during the Fall/Winter Term to discuss works of fiction and non-fiction. Our sessions are open and casual, but also stimulating and informative - we learn from each other. This term, each book has been chosen and will be facilitated by a member of the group.

The group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month except December.

November 12: Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar

January 14: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

February 11: West with Giraffes: A Novel by Lynda Rutledge

Each of the facilitators has participated in this book group previously. Both newcomers and past participants are encouraged to join us for this Fall/Winter Term.

In-Person

Digital Citizenship: You, Your Devices & the Internet contains two parts. The first, Digital Citizenship, focuses on what it means to be involved in, engage with and navigate digital spaces.

These digital spaces include social media websites and online shopping (Amazon, eBay, etc.), as well as environments such as MyChart, text messaging, and phone calls.

We will review measures for using digital spaces safely and securely such as password storage and identifying spam, spoof messages, or scams.

The second part (You, Your Devices & the Internet) will build on information from section one and focus on understanding, developing, and implementing healthy digital habits. These habits can include monitoring how much time we spend on our devices and the quality and types of content that we view. We will review how to effectively integrate our devices and content into our daily lives in the contexts of productivity /professional development and leisure time.

November 12, 2024

1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Location: Ed Ctr, room 112

I am the Program Coordinator for the Franklin County Digital Literacy Program. This is offered through Greater Franklin County Economic & Community Development and partnerships with RSU73 (Spruce Mountain Adult Education) and RSU9 (Franklin County Adult Education).

We collaborate with local libraries, social service agencies, and Franklin Memorial Hospital to provide free technology-centered educational opportunities to our community members.

In-Person

NOTE: This class is full, but you may enroll in Composite Lab Tour 2.

Composites Lab Tour at UMO. This tour will walk us through the ASCC (Advanced Structures and Composites Center) with explanations of wind turbine testing, ocean float testing for turbines, other composite experiments, and much more.

The lab work is ever-changing. We shall be there for a little over an hour, so prepare to have your hairdo destroyed by the required hard hat you'll be given to wear. The tour starts at 11:15.

Lunch on your own, by carpool group. Some carpool groups may choose to take the following option.

Fall/Winter walk Option. For those who are hoping to be part of the winter walking series, we will offer a walk on the Orono Bog Boardwalk located a short ride from the UMO campus. It is a level boardwalk, one-and-a-half miles long, which loops back toward the parking lot.

It is self-guided with signs describing the carnivorous plants and terrain, but there will be at least one Maine Master Naturalist in attendance. The bog walk begins at 1:30. Members registered for the tour but not the winter walk series may still participate in the bog walk as part of the Bangor outing.

November 14, 2024

Tour time:  11:15 am

Location:  Advanced Structures & Composites Center

35 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME 04469-5793

Carpooling:  Meet at the Park N Ride lot next to Walgreens at 9:15 am.  Leave at 9:30 am and arrive at 11 am.  The tour begins at 11:15 am. 

Eileen has worn many hats with Gold LEAF and is a long-time and very active member of our senior college.

In-Person

Bates College has an older planetarium projection system that is rather unique. Our host will give us a star-gazing opportunity. Following this program, for those who would like, we will be able to eat on Campus (credit card required, no cash). Following lunch, there is an opportunity to visit the Bates Art Museum.

November 18, 2024

The tour starts at 11 am

Location: Bates College

Carnegie Science Center, 44 Campus Ave, Lewiston.

Cole is a professor in the Bates Science Department.

In-Person

NOTE:  This class is full but you can enroll in Bates College Planetarium 2.

Bates College has an older planetarium projection system that is rather unique. Our host will give us a star-gazing opportunity. Following this program, for those who would like, we will be able to eat on Campus (credit card required, no cash). Following lunch, there is an opportunity to visit the Bates Art Museum.

November 19, 2024

The tour starts at 11 am

Location:Bates College

Carnegie Science Center, 44 Campus Ave, Lewiston.

Cole is a professor in the Bates Science Department.

In-Person

Paul Salopek continues to walk the Path of Humanity, and we continue to trek along. The discoveries concerning our human migration out of Africa continue to amaze us.

This session will pick up on some of the themes not previously covered, such as the exodus of youth from India, the original Amazons, and the discovery of feminist farms on his trek. We will also discuss the history of diseases related to Issuk Kul, and much more. Join the trek and see where Journalist Paul Salopek is now.

November 21, 2024

10 - 11:30 am

Location: The Landing

Eileen offered an earlier presentation on the themes of this global walk and will pick up with more coverage in this session. Those reading Paul’s dispatches will be invited to share what they’ve learned as well.

In-Person

Composites Lab Tour 2 at UMO. This tour will walk us through the ASCC (Advanced Structures and Composites Center), explaining wind turbine testing, ocean float testing for turbines, other composite experiments, and much more.

The lab work is ever-changing. We shall be there for a little over an hour, so prepare to have your hairdo destroyed by the required hard hat you'll be given to wear. The tour starts at 11:15.

November 22, 2024

Tour time:  11:15 am

Location:  Advanced Structures & Composites Center