Sharon Lifelong Learning Council plans these classes:

• “Start Your Own Business,” for adults — 9 a.m. to noon April 5 in Sharon City Building, Connelly Boulevard, Sharon. S.C.O.R.E. counselors to America’s small businesses’ Youngstown Chapter 112 is sponsor. Registration is needed.

• “Great Decisions” — 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursdays in Bennett Educational Services Center, 215 Forker Blvd., Sharon. Cost: $25.

• “Ask Trapper John” — 6 to 8 p.m. March 19 in Sharon High School Room 101.

• “Read and Discuss,” for adults — 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday. “Buddenbooks” will be discussed March 25; “A Morbid Tale of Bones,” April 8; “Bleak House,” April 22 and May 6; and “A Year of Wonders,” May 20.

• “Skills for Taking Control of You Life” — 1 to 3 p.m. in Sharon Family Center of Case Avenue Elementary School, Sharon. “My Personal Strengths” will be covered April 2; “Life is What You Make It,” April 9; “Communicating for Success,” April 16; “Money Matters,” April 23; and “Show Me the Money,” April 30. Registration is needed by March 28.

• Beginners knitting for adults — 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through May 13 in Sharon High’s Room 114. Students need one 3 ounce skein of sugar and cream cotton yarn, size 8 short knitting needles and one crochet hook F or G. Cost: $25, Sharon residents; and $35, non-residents. Registration is needed.

• Advanced knitting for adults — 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays through April 30 in Sharon High’s Room 114. Students need the same supplies as for the beginners course. Cost: $25, Sharon residents; and $35, non-residents. Registration is needed.

• “Webkinz Wednesdays” — 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and March 26; and April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 in Case Avenue Elementary’s computer lab, for first- through fifth-graders who have Webkinz. Permissions slips from parents or guardians are needed at registration.

These events are set in Shenango Valley, 11 N. Sharpsville Ave., Sharon:

• “Writing and You” — 1 to 3 p.m. April 12.

• Spring storytime — 10:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. Wednesdays, through April 23, for 2- through 5-year-olds.

• Tax programs — 6:30 p.m. in the library. “Charitable Contributions and Other Deductions” will be covered Thursday3/13; and “Retirement and Record Keeping for Next Year,” April 3.

• “Read to a Therapy Dog @ the Library” — 6 p.m. March 27 and April 24, for all ages.

McKeever Environmental Learning Center, 55 McKeever Lane, near Sandy Lake, is holding these events:

• Volunteer work day — April 19.

• Sunday Strolls — 2 p.m. April 13 and 27 and May 24.

• “Magical Macros and the Art of Fly Tying” — April 26.

• Spring and woodland wildflowers — May 11 and 25.

• Fly fishing clinic with George Daniel — May 17 and 18.

Info: 724-376-1000 or on-line, www.mckeever.org

Mercer County Cooperative Extension in Coolspring Township is sponsoring “Eat Better for Less” from 1 to 3 p.m. April 8, 15, 22 and 29 in Case Avenue Elementary’s Family Center. Registration deadline is April 8.

Sharon City School District’s seventh- and eighth-graders teachers and staff are taking part in “Golden Rule Revolution!!” The theme for March is “Resolve Conflicts;” April, “Take Care of Our Environment;” and May, “Be Appreciative.”

“John D. MacDonald: Life and Work” will be presented at 6 p.m. April 16 in Community Library of the Shenango Valley. Al Mittal will speak about the Sharon-born author of 80 books and 600 short stories.

These computer classes are planned with costs of $25 for Sharon residents and $35, non-residents:

• Excel I — 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through March 19 in Sharon High’s computer lab room 119.

• Excel II — 6 to 8:30 p.m. April 14 through 16 in Sharon High’s computer lab room 119.

• Computers for senior citizens — 4 to 6:30 p.m. April 28 through May 1 in Sharon High’s computer lab room 119.

• Word I — 6 to 8:30 p.m. April 2 through 4 in Sharon High’s computer lab room 119.

Registration or info: Lifelong Learning Council, 724-981-6869.