Eagle Newsletter - June 30, 2010

Happy 4th of July

Eagle Nebraska!

Eagle Panthers! What a great season. You girls did a great job and we parents had a fabulous time watching you! Thank you to the coaches for your patience and guidance!

In need of some pampering? Classic Styles located at 48th & Calvert in Lincoln does it all! Stop in for a Mani/Pedi, Cut, Trim, Style...you name it! Local resident and co-owner Kelley Peterson does a great job and clients leave feeling great!

Eagle resident and co-owner Kelley Peterson of Classic Styles (48th & Calvert) shown here giving a trim to Riley Westerholt for her summer do!

Claire shown here at Classic Styles with the hair she had cut off and is donating to Locks of Love. This is Claire's 2nd time donating to this cause.

Happy Birthday Chase!

Firework Sales Have Begun in Eagle!

Alvo/Eagle Rec Stand outside Kabredlos

EagleVision Stand outside Jenn's Place

Eagle Mom's Group Summer Fun!

Happy Birthday Butch!

The Rumors have been flying......

As many of you know, the Eagle Elementary PTE has been working to obtain a 501c3 status. This staus would do a couple things. First, it would allow the PTE to have their own tax exempt number. Secondly, it would benefit the school district as a whole because the money raised would not be counted against the district when looking at the federal funding. Finally, we would not be limited to monitary donations and we would be able to apply for grants only PTE's are eligable for.

The Eagle Elementary PTE has close to a $65,000 a year budget right now which they raise themselves through various fundraising events. This is a very large budget compaired to most PTE/PTA/PTO's. This money is used to benefit our teachers, staff and most of all our children. The PTE has always been in charge of raising this money and then in return controlling how it is spent.

The PTE is able to achieve the 501c3 status without approval of the school board but the officers of the PTE wanted to work with School District 145 their policies and procedures. So they went though the School Board to get permission to apply for the 501c3 status. This took several weeks of meetings to answer all the questions as to why the PTE wanted to move in this direction. After doing this however, the School Board left the decision up to a committee headed by the one member who was against the PTE moving in this direction. After this committee made it's recommendation the School Board voted to deny the Eagle Elementary PTE permission to apply for the 501c3 status. No PTE members were invited to the committee meeting to answer any questions that should have been raised.

School district 145's Central Office has now taken control over the Eagle Elementary PTE bank account at Eagle State Bank cutting off account access to the Eagle PTE. The elected PTE officers are meeting with Superintendant Bill and Eagle Elementary Principal Dottie Heusmann on Monday, June 28th to discuss the policies and procedures that were followed and where that leaves the Eagle Elementary PTE.

The PTE will hold a special summer meeting at Eagle Elementary, Thursday, July 8th at 5:30 to discuss these events. Please plan on attending. As always, if you have further questions, you are always welcome to contact a School District 145 Board Member or an officer of the Eagle Elementary PTE, they would be happy to assist you.

If you would like to write a letter to the editor, please send it to:

editor@eaglenebraska.com

Calling Out to People willing help with the

kids games during Eagle Days!

I am in need of volunteers to help out with the kids games during Eagle Fun Day, July 10, 2010. We will have several stations set up for the kids to have fun from 10am - 5pm. We will have 2 to 2 1/2 hour shifts. If you are available for one or more shifts, please contact me!

Thank you for helping make this community celebration a success!!

Terra Westerholt

terrawesterholt@yahoo.com

HELP!!

Thank you for helping make this community celebration a success!!

Terra Westerholt

terrawesterholt@yahoo.com

Alvo-Eagle Rec Association Needs your help!

The Alvo-Eagle Rec Association needs volunteers to work the annual fireworks stand, which is our primary fundraiser for the year.

Expenses to keep our ball program running include purchasing uniforms, adding/replacing team equipment, paying umpires, purchasing materials to maintain the field, upkeep on field maintenance equipment, etc. This adds to a great deal of money each year, and registration fees cover less than half of the total operating expenses.
To continue providing a local ball program at an affordable cost for all kids to participate, we must have a successful fundraiser each year to make up the difference. Please find a day and time in the following schedule that you can volunteer for a couple of hours to support the ball program in Eagle. If you can volunteer for more than one shift, that would be great. We rely on parents and coaches to help us make this a success every year.
Please note on the survey (on the website) what your availability is. Once we've collected everyone's availability, we will put together a preliminary schedule to send out to volunteers. You will still have the opportunity to make changes at that time, if needed.
Thank you for taking the time to volunteer!

Thanks,
Tracie Dunavin
Secretary
Alvo-Eagle Rec
Check out our website at www.eteamz.active.com/aerec