Cofacilitator: Dana Wagner

This LLI Fitness Center Usage class provides participants with structured access to the Fitness Center in a supportive and welcoming environment. Designed to promote strength, mobility, and overall wellness, the class allows members to work at their own pace, explore the equipment available, and enhance their personal wellness -- while receiving guidance as needed from Waubonsee's Fitness Center staff. Class participants may use the Fitness Center on Mondays and have free access to on-site staff Melissa and Lauren, who are available to assist with equipment use, exercise modifications, and general fitness support. This class is ideal for individuals looking to maintain or improve fitness while enjoying the motivation and community of an LLI group setting.

Meets every Monday 9:00am-11:00am June 1 - July 27

Cofacilitator: Carl Hayes

Author Ann Butler was a mother of five who lived a double life. She used disguises, a Glock gun concealed in her purse, license plates swapped in the dead of night, aliases, and international moves. Amazingly, she once gave birth in the midst of a covert mission.

Wife, Mother, Spy An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days by Ann E Butler (NOT REQUIRED)

Cofacilitator: Dana Wagner

This LLI Fitness Center Usage class provides participants with structured access to the Fitness Center in a supportive and welcoming environment. Designed to promote strength, mobility, and overall wellness, the class allows members to work at their own pace, explore the equipment available, and enhance their personal wellness -- while receiving guidance as needed from Waubonsee's Fitness Center staff. Class participants may use the Fitness Center on Wednesdays and have free access to on-site staff Melissa and Lauren, who are available to assist with equipment use, exercise modifications, and general fitness support. This class is ideal for individuals looking to maintain or improve fitness while enjoying the motivation and community of an LLI group setting.

Meets every Wednesday 9:00am-11:00am June 3 - July 29

Cofacilitator: Dana Wagner

This LLI Fitness Center Usage class provides participants with structured access to the Fitness Center in a supportive and welcoming environment. Designed to promote strength, mobility, and overall wellness, the class allows members to work at their own pace, explore the equipment available, and enhance their personal wellness -- while receiving guidance as needed from Waubonsee's Fitness Center staff. Class participants may use the Fitness Center on Fridays and have free access to on-site staff Melissa and Lauren, who are available to assist with equipment use, exercise modifications, and general fitness support. This class is ideal for individuals looking to maintain or improve fitness while enjoying the motivation and community of an LLI group setting.

Meets every Friday 9:00am-11:00am June 5 - July 31 NOTE: No class will be held on June 19th or July 3rd as the College is closed for the holidays.

A.B.L.E. -Line dancing is more than exercise. It is a full brain and body workout. Learning and recalling rhythmic, sequenced movement supports memory, attention, and executive functioning. It also improves coordination, balance, and overall fitness. Join Ann Butcher—who truly loves line dancing—for a fun, beginner-friendly class designed especially for newcomers! You’ll learn basic steps and movements first, then sequence them together to create easy-to-follow dances. No experience needed—just a willingness to move and have fun. Beyond the health benefits, line dancing boosts mood and builds social connection in a welcoming, encouraging environment. Come move, learn, laugh—and give your brain and body a joyful workout!

Co-facilitator: Carolyn Hopkins

This class will be repeated on July 7

Walters Way: Coach, His Runners, and His Race, is the intimate biography of Wilbert Walters, who followed the Great Migration North from New Orlean and founded Aurora Sundowners Track Club. His dream was to turn vulnerable black youth into proud women and men achieving their own potential. Coach Walters learned what it was like to be invisible in one world while his athletes were winning National Junior Olympic medals in another. His story holds up a mirror to 20th century Aurora history. Civil Rights on the national stage meant bombastic events and changes. Black Aurorans were working quietly to break down local systemic barriers, while White Aurora prided itself on being free of racism. The book’s author will lead discussions on how we experience race relations. What has changed in Aurora and what has not?

Walters Way: A Coach, His Runners and His Race By Maureen McKane (REQUIRED) Book can be purchased at the Waubonsee Bookstore or your favorite bookstore. The book is also available at local libraries.

Co-organizer: Amy Stewart

Downtown Aurora was once the heart of entertainment, shopping, and everyday life. For many, this vivid memory still lives. A relaxed walking tour revisits former theaters, restaurants, hotels, and local businesses, along with pivotal moments such as historic fires, Aurora’s cultural ambitions and questionable cuisine. As we walk along Broadway, once dominated by streetcars and interurbans, we will take our time, pause at key locations, and invite participants to share their own stories and recollections. Along the way, we will highlight today’s downtown businesses and spaces, connecting the past to the present. Designed at a comfortable pace, this tour is as much about remembering together as it is about history. Please wear comfortable shoes and come prepared to reminisce. Tour will be led by local historian Tracy Duran. Meet at the Aurora Historical Society, 20 E. Downer, Aurora. Activity Level: LET'S GO. This same tour will be repeated on July 8.

Co-organizer: Betty Williams

Registration deadline: June 10

Tour 2 mansions of historical significance with a deluxe lunch at Uptown Grille. Reddick Mansion is an 1858 pre-Civil War home of Wm. Reddick designed by Olmstead and Nicholson. Reddick was a state senator and LaSalle County sheriff. The 22 rooms in 4 stories overlooked the Lincoln Douglas debates of 1858 at the park across the street. It was the town library until 1975 and is now on the register of historic sites. Industrial baron, Edward Hegeler, was once the largest zinc manufacturer in the U. S. His 1876 home was designed by W. W. Boyington with 57 rooms on 7 levels. Their enterprise is known for science, Asian philosophy and also Cricket magazine for children. You'll view the country's 1st private residence gymnasium along with 80% of the home's period furnishings original to the Hegeler-Carus family. Architects (AIA) rate this as one of Illinois' 200 Great Places.

Activity Level: On Your Feet 

Motor Coach pick up location: WCC- Sugar Grove campus, North entrance, Outside Fieldhouse - red door 8:45AM