Monday March 22, 2010: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Program Room

Many teens and adults experience sports injuries. In many cases, these types of injuries are due to overuse of a part of the body when participating in a certain activity. But, what is the best way to steer clear of preventable injuries and stay healthy? Orthopedic Specialist Dr. Robert Williams will discuss the various types of sports injuries and will share techniques that you can use to keep from getting sidelined. Learn how to train smarter, regardless of your sport.

Tuesday March 23, 2010: 11:00 am to 11:30 am -- Traverwood Branch: Program Room

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Wednesday March 24, 2010: 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Program Room

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Thursday March 25, 2010: 10:00 am to 10:30 am -- Traverwood Branch: Program Room

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Thursday March 25, 2010: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

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Review PowerPoint tools, modify backgrounds, work with clipart, and use animations and transitions. This class requires knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint basics.

Friday March 26, 2010: 10:30 am to 11:30 am -- Traverwood Branch: Program Room

This is a time for babies up to 24 months and their grown-ups to gather and play. The Library will provide the space and a variety of toys.

Each playgroup includes 15 minutes of stories, rhymes and songs. Parents/guardians must remain with their children.

No older siblings, please.

Friday March 26, 2010: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

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Search Craigslist and learn how to post an advertisement. Basic computer and mouse experience is required.

Saturday March 27, 2010: 11:00 am to 11:45 am -- Traverwood Branch: Program Room

Learn to sprinkle family-friendly American Sign Language(ASL) signs into songs and play, making signing easy, fun, and successful. Certified Instructor Kathy Brady of Signing Smart will be presenting. No older siblings, please.

Tuesday March 30, 2010: 11:00 am to 11:30 am -- Traverwood Branch: Program Room

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Wednesday March 31, 2010: 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Program Room

Join us for stories and songs for listeners age 2 to 5 years, accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome.

Thursday April 1, 2010: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

You keep hearing about Facebook, and maybe you have family or friends on Facebook, but you want to know what it is before deciding to join! Join us for an introduction to Facebook.

Monday April 5, 2010: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

Learn more about web sites such as Wikipedia, Twitter, and CNN and how to use tags and organize your favorite sites online.

Wednesday April 7, 2010: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

Create and edit slides and understand printing options. Basic computer and mouse experience is required.

Thursday April 8, 2010: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

Imagine sharing the photos from your last party with friends and family all over the world without spending a dime or forcing your relatives to create needless accounts. Flickr and other photo sharing sites allow users to create and share albums of photos in a simple, straightforward way. Flickr is also a great way to protect and preserve your photos to avoid tragic loss from water, fire damage, etc. Participants will create Flickr accounts and learn how to upload photos and create albums to share.

Tuesday April 13, 2010: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

Learn the dynamics of file management using My Computer and Windows Explorer. Basic computer and mouse experience is required.

Wednesday April 14, 2010: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

Participants will review PowerPoint tools, create a presentation, and practice inserting files, animations and transitions. Participants will publish a presentation to the web and package the presentation to CD. This class requires knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint basics.

Wednesday April 21, 2010: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

Participants will be introduced to features such as highlighting, cutting, pasting, spell-check, grammar check, and saving to disk. Basic computer and mouse skills experience is required.

Tuesday April 27, 2010: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

Learn how to insert Headers, Footers, Page Breaks, Section Breaks, Columns, Tables, Symbols, Hyperlinks, Footnotes, Watermarks, and AutoText such as a Table of Contents into your Microsoft Word document. This class requires knowledge of Microsoft Word basics.

Wednesday April 28, 2010: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

Learn how to format borders and shading, and insert objects such as text boxes, pictures and clip art. Learn how to use the drawing toolbar to insert WordArt, Lines, AutoShapes, 3-D Objects, and Diagrams into your Microsoft Word Document. This class requires knowledge of Microsoft Word basics.

Thursday April 29, 2010: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Training Center

This class allows participants to become acquainted with the fundamentals of using the World Wide Web. Participants will learn how to using browsing software, search engines and other Internet features. Basic computer experience is required.