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NEBRASKA ARTS COUNCIL AWARDS GRANT FOR AFTER SCHOOL ARTS CLUBS
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Jenni Brant, KHN Center Director, works with Syracuse Middle School Students on a clay project during last year's Arts Access Project.
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The Nebraska Arts Council has awarded a $5,005 grant to People United for Families to fund arts-related after school clubs for students at Nebraska City Middle School and Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Middle School during the 2011-2012 school year. Grant funds will be used to bring one visiting artist to each middle school each quarter, providing students with the opportunity to participate in a Painting Club, Pottery Club, Music Club, and Theater Arts Club over the course of the school year. Participating students will also be able to attend a performance or exhibit in the medium they are studying and hold their own exhibit or performance to share student creations with friends, families and the community. Students may access this project through their participating middle schools. Approximately 120 Otoe County youth are expected to participate in the project. Matching funds for the project are being provided by The Steinhart Foundation. Visit the Nebraska Arts Council for more information about projects awarded.
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Just a Few Slots Left for 1st to 3rd Graders to Attend Summer Art Camp at the KHN July 25th -29th
Partners for Otoe County Summer Arts Camp is being held Monday, July 25th through Friday, July 29th at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. The theme for Art Camp 2011 is recycle, reduce and reuse. Currently we still have a few openings in the morning session - 1st through 3rd grade. Registration deadline is Monday, July 11th. You can still register by going to our website for an application: www.p4oc.org, by calling 402-873-6343 or emailing p4ocnews@gmail.com. Click here to donate a scholarship for a student whose family would otherwise be unable to afford participation in Summer Art Camp.
Summer Art Camp is sponsored by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Kimmel-Nelson-Harding Center for the Arts and Partners for Otoe County. Call 873-6343 for more information.
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 TOMORROW'S CARS COULD PREVENT DRUNK DRIVING
Tomorrow's cars could potentially be the cure for drunk driving with technology to automatically determine whether or not the driver is above the illegal level of .08. If so, it is possible to create a car which is inoperable by a drunk driver. Today's news release from Mothers Against Drunk Driving announces legislation currently pending in Congress that could make this technology a reality and eliminate drunk driving. The bill, called the ROADS SAFE Act, is sponsored in the Senate by Senators Tom Udall and Bob Corker and in the House of Representatives by Shelley Moore-Capito, Heath Shuler, and John Sarbanes. The legislation would help fund the research to move forward advanced alcohol detection technology. ROADS SAFE (S 510/ HR 2324) would provide $12 million a year over five years to help boost the research for the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety, or DADSS. The money will come from existing highway safety spending which means no new spending for the taxpayer. For more information, please visit www.dadss.org. According to MADD, 11,000 people a year die from impaired driving, a 100 percent preventable violent crime. |
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Palmyra High School Students Attend June Jam
On June 12-14, 23 students from Palmyra High School attended June
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Front row: Janelle Doran, Vanessa Knutson, Klaire Phillips, Jesssica Hicks; second row: Jamy Hall, Marissa Kinney, Jami Hillman, Heather Beckman, Levi Hillman, Kendra Haight, Derek Jones, Brittany Jones; back row: Sponsor Char Church
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Jam, a drug-free event, held at Southeast Community College in Milford. Over 270 students from the area attended. The Save a Life Tour and law enforcement officers were featured presenters. They talked about the impact on drivers and their families of driving while intoxicated and showed graphic footage of actual car and motorcycle wrecks. Students were given the chance to take a turn at the wheel in a drinking and drivin
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From left: Levi Hillman, Janelle Doran, Jessica Hicks, Derek Jones, Vanessa Knutson
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g simulator. Other students were able to view on a large screen how the student in the simulator was doing. The event was organized by Sandy Morrissey of Region V Systems and Amy Reynoldson and Derek Effle. Besides educational presentations, students had fun participating in a talent show and dance. Palmyra High School students attending were Heather Beckman,
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Front row: Hailey Wood, Kayleigh Gano, Trent Frazee, Garrett Talcott, Katelyn Meidinger, Moriah Calfee; back row: Ryan Juilfs, youth staff member Ryan Kruger, Hunter Huyghebaert, Drew Huxoll and Caitlyn Montz
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Moriah Calfee, Janelle Doran, Trent Frazee, Kayleigh Gano, Kendra Haight, Jamy Hall, Jessica Hicks, Jami Hillman, Levi Hillman, Drew Huxoll, Hunter Huyghebaert, Brittany Jones, Derek Jones, Ryan Juilfs, Marissa Kinney, Matt Kinney, Vanessa Knutson, Katelyn Meidinger, Caitlyn Montz, Klaire Phillips, Garret Talcott and Hailey Wood. Matt Kinney was selected to serve as youth staff at June Jam and Char Church attended as sponsor. Source: Syracuse Journal-Democrat, June 30, 2011 |
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First Hispanic Youth Camp 2011 July 5th-9th .. 8-12 years August 1st-5th .13-18 years CONTACT: Juan Andres Fernandez Martinez for details
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Curfew Takes Effect for Syracuse
At the Syracuse City Council meeting on June 15, the council held a final reading for ordinance 897, which establishes a curfew for minors.
The curfew makes it unlawful for any person under the age of 16 to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play or be in or upon the public streets, public places or public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places of the city between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., except for Friday when the hours will be 12:30-6 a.m.; unless the person is accompanied by a parent, guardian or other adult person having the legal care and custody of the minor.
The ordinance allows the minor to be out if they are on an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his or her parent. Attendance at adult supervised functions conducted by schools, churches or fraternal organizations will also be permitted.
The new ordinance states that it will be unlawful for a business to allow minors to work past curfew hours. It will also be unlawful for a parent or guardian to permit minors in their control to roam during curfew hours.
The ordinance states that minors will be taken home and will only be placed in confinement if they parent states that the minor cannot be controlled by them.
The ordinance states that minors will be dealt with according to juvenile law procedure and parents will be penalized under the general penalty section of the Code of Ordinances of the City.
Source: TJ Chrastil, Syracuse Journal-Democrat June 23, 2011
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