ISD 279 - Osseo Area Schools Community Education

**Class offered via Zoom: Participants do not need to sign up with Zoom, all you will need to do is click on the link in the email you receive from Community Ed prior to the start of your class. It is very easy to use. Note: One registration fee for this on-line virtual class can include participants from the same household only. Are you looking to start or continue a holiday cookie baking and decorating tradition? Consider registering for this online, interactive, fun for the whole family holiday cookie class for beginners. Gather your family for baking and decorating, or treat yourself to some personal fun time. Learn how to make royal icing and the basics for decorating cookies with it at home. You’ll bake the cookies ahead of time so that they are ready to decorate at the start of class. A PDF with two of the instructors personal sugar cookie recipes, and a list of ingredients and supplies needed for the royal icing will be provided at least a week before the class, to provide time for shopping and baking. The recipes will include a soft and chewy sugar cookie, and a denser crisp sugar cookie. You can choose to bake one, the other or both using your favorite cookie cutters. One of the instructor’s favorite holiday cookie cutter shapes is a gingerbread person. This is one of the shapes that proves to be a lot of fun to decorate year after year and you’ll spend time decorating those and other holiday shapes. No fancy tips or bags will be needed. You’ll use simple plastic sandwich bags to decorate. The instructor has created a private group on Facebook exclusively for participants of her community education classes.

The biggest fear for most baby boomers is how to pay for the nursing home and still leave the next generation something. In today's world you need to understand what your options are. Is LTC insurance for you? What about home care? Should I gift my money away? Would I qualify for Medicaid? What about my current Trust, does it avoid the nursing home? What is the 60-month claw back? What if my spouse goes into the nursing home and exhausts our money? We will walk through these questions and many more, including how to plan to meet your nursing home goals. This class will be held using the online platform, Zoom. Steve will email you a link to access the class. Simply click the link the day of class and Steve will lead you through the class from the comfort of your own home!