Attention Eagle Residents!
We need Market to Market Volunteers!
Market to Market is an annual race from Omaha to Lincoln that sells out every year! The 2016 race will feature 600 teams making it the largest day-long running relay in the country!! The PTE needs your help parking cars, giving directions and calling out runner’s numbers at our exchange station. Our exchange station is on the MoPac Trail directly behind the school (north of the school-where the MoPac crosses 1st street). We need at least 10 volunteers to help out on Saturday, October 8th from 11:45pm to 5:30pm. If we do not supply the necessary number of volunteers, we will forever lose this exchange point and will miss out on $550. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE consider helping out! If you’re able to help, please sign up CLICK HERE.
Choose this volunteer registration option when signing up: [Parents & Teachers of Eagle] 10/08/2016 | Exchange Point 15 | Eagle Elementary 11:45am to 5:30pm.
Did You Know?
Did you know Plattsmouth Community School District provides Adult Education? In fact, this is the 40th year of the program. PCSD sponsors Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language classes, College and Career Readiness, as well as GED preparation classes, and GED examination.
Classes are given from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at the PACE Center, 15508 2nd Street (across from the High School.) Participants are free to attend as many sessions as they want. Students receive individualized study plans to meet their goals. Each session includes full-class instruction, independent study time, and one-to-one work time with the teacher.
The GED program includes language arts, math, science and social studies. Students who just want to improve their math, writing or computer skills can satisfy those goals also. Teachers are prepared to help new English-speakers develop their speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Additionally, the program offers a distance learning opportunity. Students may study on computer at home to speed their progress. Ask about i-Pathways.
Adults of any age are eligible to take classes at the PACE Center. Eighteen-year-olds may take the GED test when the submit proof of age and an official letter of withdrawal from the last school attended. Students who are 16 or 17 years old must submit the properly signed forms that show allowed withdrawal from the last school attended.
Classes are free. There are modest fees for taking the GED examinations.
Do you know someone who could benefit from the program? For information, please call Tallie VanWesten, program director at 402-296-3174 Ext. 2315, or 402-296-7116 during class hours. Students may begin just by coming to class a few minutes early. Everyone is welcome.
The Red Velvet Cake Wars” Brings Family Fun to the Lofte
The Lofte Community Theatre in Manley announces its next production “The Red Velvet Cake Wars” by Jones, Hope and Wooten will open Friday, September 9 at 7:30pm. “Red Velvet” is the hilarious tale of three cousins, Gaynelle, Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette who are organizing the Verdeen family reunion in Sweetgum, Texas. Together they must tackle oddball relatives, a neighbor’s food-stealing dog, and a Texas-sized tornado. Hilarious characters with big personalities make this story fun for the whole family.
Betty Colbert of Weeping Water, Rosalie Duffy of Lincoln and Renae Koehler of Firth star as the three crazy cousins. Directed by Kevin Colbert, the cast also includes Trish Miller, Fred Sagedal and Rita McKinney of Omaha, Chris Werger of Eagle, Ken Snyder of Elmwood, Patricia Heather of Waverly, Steve Martin of Firth, Alexandra Geditz of Louisville and Cheryl Jones of Manley.
“The Red Velvet Cake Wars” will be on the Lofte stage September 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 and 18. Showtimes Thursday through Saturday are 7:30pm. Both Sunday performances are 2pm matinees. Tickets are $19. Reservations can be made by calling the Lofte box office at (402)234-2553 or online at www.Lofte.org.
Pictured: Front row, Rita McKinney, Steve Martin and Ken Snyder. Back row from left, Alexandra Geditz, Renae Koehler, Rosalie Duffy, Chris Werger, Betty Colbert, Trish Miller, Patricia Heather and Fred Sagedal. Not pictured, Cheryl Jones.
20th Annual Schoolhouse Fiddling Bee
Greenblatt & Seay proudly announce the 20th ANNUAL SCHOOLHOUSE FIDDLING BEE. This historical, hysterical event will take place on Sunday, October 9, at 2:30 PM, downstairs in the Old Avoca, Nebraska Schoolhouse. In the Open Division, fiddlers will play a hoedown, a waltz, and a tune of choice. There will also be other divisions of competition available for the adventurous fiddlers, including a Singing Fiddler's Contest, a Twin Fiddler's Contest, a Fee-Fi-Faux Fiddler's Contest (fiddle tunes played on any instrument other than a fiddle), and a Hocus-Pocus Contest (cross-tuning, sound effects, dancing, etc.), which will give fiddlers an opportunity to play tunes that are usually not allowed in any other contest.
For more information, and to register online CLICK HERE.
Admission is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for students, and $1.00 for children. Fiddlers and their back-ups are admitted for free. The contest will be followed by a light snack and an acoustic jam session with Greenblatt & Seay.
For more information, call 402-275-3221, log on to www.greenblattandseay.com, or e-mail debby@greenblattandseay.com.
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