Bring your friends, favorite drinks (BYOB - alcohol permitted) and snacks, and enjoy a fun filled evening creating your very own masterpiece during a ‘paint & sip’! Students will paint an Autumn landscape to enjoy for the Fall season. Instructor Martha will be there to guide you through every step. The cost to register is $30.00 and includes all supplies. The class will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2025, from 5:30p-8p at the Corry Higher Education Council. To register, please visit www.corryhied.org or call 814-664-9405.

**Must be 21+ to attend. ID check and signed waiver required at time of check-in.

Struggling with falling asleep or staying asleep? This class explores how to improve your sleep quality through a holistic lens, addressing not just what happens at bedtime, but the full picture of your daily lifestyle. You'll learn how nutrition, supplements, daily habits, and simple tools and techniques can all support better, deeper sleep.

Topics include:

• Diet & Sleep: Learn which foods and drinks promote or disrupt restful sleep.
• Helpful Supplements: Discover natural remedies like magnesium, melatonin, and herbal teas.
• Habits & Routines: Explore the power of consistent sleep schedules, evening rituals, and screen-time boundaries.
• Tools & Tricks: Get practical advice on sleep-supportive tools like white noise, weighted blankets, light therapy, and more.

Whether you experience occasional restlessness or chronic insomnia, this class will equip you with actionable strategies to create a calm, sleep-supportive lifestyle—naturally.

 **Participants must be at least 16 years old to attend.

**Participants are required to sign a waiver that this is not medical advice to attend the class.

 Tara Graham holds a BFA in Graphic Design and is a highly credentialed holistic health practitioner with over 20 years of teaching experience in yoga, mindfulness, and nutrition. She is a 500-hour Certified Yoga Teacher through the Himalayan Institute, where she also completed her 200-hour foundational training. Tara is a Certified Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist (200-hour AYS) recognized by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), and a Certified Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is board certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP) as a Holistic Health Practitioner.

Her additional certifications include Yin Yoga (Yoga International), MELT Method Instruction (Longevity Fitness Inc.), and MindBody Therapy (Embodied Philosophy). Tara offers public classes, workshops, and private wellness services, including health counseling, holistic education, somatic therapy, and behavior modification coaching. She can be reached at tulaprana@gmail.com or 814-315-2595.

QuickBooks is the industry standard for small and medium business bookkeeping and an in-demand skill for today’s workplace.  Certified CPA Jim Embrey of Kersey & Associates, PC in Warren, PA will be your instructor for this beginner’s class. This class is for new users and will cover subjects such as how to restore and open files, change preferences, view and adjust reports, and how to back up a QB file. In addition, you will work on mastery of the following BIG 4 areas; writing checks, making deposits, performing monthly bank reconciliations and making adjusting journal entries. Lastly if time permits, you will work on customer invoices and receipts and how to set up vendor bills and payments. The class is more geared toward the desktop version of QuickBooks. This one-day course will be offered on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Corry Higher Education Council.  The cost is $95.  Register online at www.corryhied.org or call 814-664-9405.  

The Inspection Regulations and Procedures course with instructor Eric McCray will prepare you to take the test required for certification as an official Vehicle Safety Inspection Mechanic in PA.  The Tools Course is designed to prepare students for the tactile, hands-on portion of the licensing process.  This course will be held in the automotive technology center of the Corry Area Career & Technology Center.  Must be 18, have a valid driver’s license and a mechanical background.  The required five sessions will be held October 27 (Mon.), 28 (Tues.), and 30 (Thurs.) from 4:30-8:30 p.m. and November 3 (Mon.) and 4 (Tues.) from 4:30-7:30 p.m.  Certification categories are cars/light trucks, motorcycles, and heavy trucks.  The cost is $255 for one inspection category, $295 for two inspection categories, and $335 for all three categories.  Retests are $40 each. Partial scholarships available. Register online at www.corryhied.org or call 814-664-9405.

Manuals will be provided and available for pick-up prior to the start of the course. There is a required reading assignment before the first night of class. The manuals are available for pick-up at the Corry Hi-Ed, 221 N. Center Street, Corry, PA on Mon-Thurs. 8a-4:30p, and Fridays 8a-3p. If are unable to pick-up your booklet during those times, please call the Corry Hi-Ed to make different arrangements. 

Certified CPA Jim Embrey of Kersey & Associates, PC in Warren, PA will take your basic knowledge of QuickBooks to the next level in this Level II class. After a brief review of Level I, you will be introduced to the difference between cash versus accrual basis accounting and recognizing Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. Become proficient at creating invoices, receiving payments, entering, and paying bills and sales tax. (Completion of Level I class is not a prerequisite; basic working knowledge of QuickBooks is required to register for this class.) This one-day course will be offered on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Corry Higher Education Council. The cost is $95. Register online at www.corryhied.org or call 814-664-9405.

If you already have a valid Pennsylvania inspection license and want to add another category, this is your opportunity.  The cost for adding category I, II, or III to existing licenses is $90 for one category/$130 for two categories. The cost for adding Enhanced or Document review is $70. You will study on your own from your own manual. This special testing session will be held on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the Corry Area High School Career & Technology Center at 6:30 p.m.  Register online at www.corryhied.org or call 814-664-9405.

 OTHER INFORMATION:  Study on your own with the Self Study Training and Reference Guide (PennDOT Publication 645 for Add Enhanced or Document Review or Publication 45 for all other categories)

Confused by all the diet advice out there? This class breaks down today’s most popular diet trends—including Keto, Intermittent Fasting, Eating Your Macros, Clean Eating, Macrobiotics, the Mediterranean Diet, and more—so you can make informed choices based on science, not hype.

We’ll explore:

• What each diet involves and who it’s designed for
• The latest scientific research behind each approach
• Common myths, misunderstandings, and marketing claims
• Pros, cons, and potential health impacts

Whether you're curious about changing your eating habits or just want to separate fact from fiction, this class will give you a balanced, evidence-based understanding of how these diets work—and whether they’re right for you. No judgment, just clarity.

**Participants must be at least 16 years old to attend.

**Participants are required to sign a waiver that this is not medical advice to attend the class.

Tara Graham holds a BFA in Graphic Design and is a highly credentialed holistic health practitioner with over 20 years of teaching experience in yoga, mindfulness, and nutrition. She is a 500-hour Certified Yoga Teacher through the Himalayan Institute, where she also completed her 200-hour foundational training. Tara is a Certified Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist (200-hour AYS) recognized by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), and a Certified Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is board certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP) as a Holistic Health Practitioner.

Her additional certifications include Yin Yoga (Yoga International), MELT Method Instruction (Longevity Fitness Inc.), and MindBody Therapy (Embodied Philosophy). Tara offers public classes, workshops, and private wellness services, including health counseling, holistic education, somatic therapy, and behavior modification coaching. She can be reached at tulaprana@gmail.com or 814-315-2595.

The focus of this course is to strengthen the blueprint and schematic reading skills of shop personnel, operators, engineers, and managers. The course is designed to help those who are using blueprints and/or schematics to make decisions and to help solve problems as well as prepare participants to be able to effectively read and interpret technical drawings. Participants will apply the principles to hands-on exercises to reinforce the learning. This is a foundational course that will prepare participants for advanced learning in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) as well as Statistical Process Control (SPC) topics. All participants are required to bring in sample blueprints and drawings as well as parts and gauges. Additionally, the instructor will supply blueprints and drawings for classroom discussion.

Learning Targets:

-How to read and interpret the standard type mechanical engineering drawing

-How to interpret technical data on the drawings such as part numbers, drawing scale, revisions, notes and dimensions

-How to analyze and demonstrate the purpose of lines and their distinct definition

-How to interpret and demonstrate the purpose of symbols, abbreviations and dimensional values found on engineering drawings

-How to read the various types of measuring instruments such as architectural, mechanical scale, and a steel rule

-How to interpret bill of materials and/or parts lists

-The different types of views, examples include front, top, side, and section cuts

-Prepare participants for advanced discussions in GD&T.

The workshop will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, from 8:30a – 4:30p at the Corry Hi-Ed. The cost to register is $399 through the NWIRC website: https://nwirc.org/events/basic-blueprint-reading-and-gdt-corry/