"Access in a Day" is offered from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday for $70. This daylong workshop offers an introduction to basic database design structure using tables and queries. Anyone interested in taking the class should have a strong familiarity with the Windows operating system. Cost is $70 per person.

On Saturday, professional photographer Pat Honstain will present an "Introduction to Digital Video" from 8 a.m. to noon for $25 and "Intermediate Digital Photography" from 1 to 5 p.m., for another $25. In the basic course, he's primarily interested in helping people better understand digital video cameras and answering questions from those who already own them.

In the intermediate course, before settling down to a computer, participants get to go on an instructor-assisted photo shoot and then download their photos and discuss the results with the rest of the group.

In addition to bringing their camera to class, participants in this intermediate-level workshop should already have a working knowledge of their cameras and need to bring their camera's cables in order to download images to a computer.

Writers, readers and lovers of poetry are invited to spend their lunch hours on the first Friday of each month in the Hinckley Library Amphitheater at Northwest College in Powell.

From noon-1 p.m. this Friday and on the first Friday of each month, NWC students and faculty indulge their love of poetry by either reading their original works or reciting the wordsmithings of others - both famous and not-so-famous. Because November is Native American Heritage Month, poets will be focusing on American Indian poetry.

They invite the community to share the hour by reading or just by listening to others share their favorite poems. Many attendees bring their own lunches or grab something to eat from the Seventh Street Grille.

Two Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) training sessions will be offered through the Workforce Development Office at Northwest College.

Gary Wolfe, program manager for the Wyoming MSHA State Grant Program, will provide training for mining certification and recertification as mandated by MSHA rules. Both sessions will meet at the Center for Technology and Innovation on the college's West Campus.

This three-day course, which covers all topics necessary to acquire first-time certification, looks at miner rights, supervisor responsibility, electrical hazards, transportation, communication, accident prevention, noise hazards, Part 62, first aid, respirators, dust hazards, fire safety, Hazcom and ground control.

For miners needing recertification, Wolfe will instruct a "Part 48 Annual Refresher Class" from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. The cost is $55 per person and includes an update on ground control, transportation, communication, electrical hazards, accident prevention, Hazcom, blasting and explosives, noise hazards, dust hazards, respirators, mandatory health and safety and first aid.

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