1. ALACHUA CO. STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
2. CONSORTIUM FOR FAMILY, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY COLLABORATION
3. YOUTH SOCCER
4. YOUTH TODAY NEWSPAPER
5. PREVENTION THROUGH RECREATION
6. Website was updated--check your listings http://alachua-recreation.gru.net
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CALENDAR
Feb 17 Youth Soccer signup 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Doyle
Connor Building
Feb 17 Master Plan Public Comments 10:00 a.m. Eastside High School
Feb 17 Master Plan Public Comments 2:00 p.m. Wiles Elem. School
Feb 24 Alachua Co. Storytelling Festival Howard Bishop Middle
School 9:15 reg. 10:00 opening session
Mar 3 & 4 Basketball Tourn. Archer, Newberry, Alachua, High
Springs, Jonesville, Hawthorne
Mar 10 Poe Springs Fishing Tournament
Mar 10 Sawgrass Fiddle Contest, Paines Prairie 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
(Kids and Teens)
Mar 17 Hawthorne Area Baseball season starts--need volunteers
481-2834
Mar 25 Summer Activities Fair, 1-4 p.m. Florida Museum of Natural
History
Apr 21 Cheerleading sign-ups @ Alachua City Rec. Center
May 5th Great Strides Walk registration 8:00 am, the walk at 9:00
Westside Park
WEBSITES ***http://alachua-recreation.gru.net was just updated. What did I miss?***
YSI Youth Soccer http://www.afn.org/~ysoccer/
Tumblemania http://tumblemania.tripod.com
http://www.horsebarnsummercamp.bigstep.com (well, its actually
Gilchrist County)
Belly dancing, etc! http://www.ethnicdanceexpressions.com
http://www.sportballet.com Interesting studies on improving
all sports?!!
GRASSROOTS
Cone Park (Gainesville): Tom Hawkins thawkins@atlantic.net
Greentree Park (Gainesville): ACTION, Dave Hill dnbhill@digital.net
Hawthorne: HARA, Werner P. Schuman <hara@afn.org>
Jonesville: Debbie Kennedy, 332-5713, and ACGARPA, Tom Trscabinets@aol.com
462-4902
Squirrel Ridge Park Gretchen Howard Gch@sa.co.alachua.fl.us 337-6174
Waldo: Henry Drake <SagoDr@aol.com> (352)468-2298
Windsor: Juanita Biles jkbracin@bellsouth.net 373-2812, 538-3235
Middle School Programming: Carl Harness Harnesscs@ci.gainesville.fl.us
Elementary Afterschool Scholarships: Elizabeth Bondy <bondy@edu15.coe.ufl.edu>
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ALACHUA CO. STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
Saturday Feb. 24 at Howard Bishop Middle School. Students
in grades k-12 from Alachua County schools will participate.
9:15 registration, 10:00 opening session. Contact Sherri Boyd
955-6719. Sponsored by PALMS (Professional Association of Library
Media Specialists)
--Mary Hall Littlewood Media Center "Never judge a book by
its movie."- J.W. Egan
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CONSORTIUM FOR FAMILY, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY COLLABORATION
I'm a faculty member in the College of Education and lead a
group called the Consortium for Family, School, Community Collaboration.
We're looking at ways to get scholarships for kids to attend after-school
programs. There's a HUGE number of elementary kids who can't attend
their schools' programs because they can't come up with $16/week.
--Elizabeth Bondy <bondy@edu15.coe.ufl.edu>
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YOUTH SOCCER
Spring Season Registration. All youths aged 5 to 15
Saturday, February 17, 2001, from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Doyle Connor Building, 1911 SW 34th Street.
New players must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, and submit a non-returnable copy of their birth certificate. $75 is payable at registration, which includes all fees, team jersey, shorts, and socks. Every effort is made to accommodate individual needs while striving to provide equality between teams. Returning players can re-register online or call 373-7974
Games are Saturdays March 17 through May 19. No games April
7 or April 14. All games are played behind Lincoln Middle School.
Contact YSI at 373-7974, or send an e-mail message to ysoccer@afn.org.
--Dorothy Zimmerman dozimmer@ufl.edu
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YOUTH TODAY NEWSPAPER
Youth Today, The Newspaper on Youth Work is the only independent,
nationally distributed newspaper covering such issues as: youth
development, recreation, juvenile justice, gang and violence prevention,
adolescent health, teen pregnancy, teen sex, teen parenting, aftershool
programs, mentoring, job
training, school-to-work, best practices, etc. The newspaper is
chock full of resources including an
extensive calendar of workshops and conferences related to professional
development, youth issues and working with youth, an exhaustive
list of book and video reviews for use with staff and kids, grants
listings, analysis of federal and state legislative issues concerning
youth and much, much more. You can get a free copy by emailing
info@youthtoday.org. Visit their website at www.youthtoday.org
--Tanya Ott, tanya_ott@yahoo.com Village Ebrief - February 12,
2001
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PREVENTION THROUGH RECREATION
Presentations from the 2001 National Prevention Through Recreation Services Schools are now available at: http://wwwrpts.tamu.edu/conference/school.htm
Information about the 2002 School in Austin, TX Jan 31 - Feb
2 is also available.
--Stephen Holland sholland@hhp.ufl.edu
(I've downloaded a lot of interesting reading from this site!--Alison)
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Thank You,
Alison
HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling
at the same kids.
--Derrick, age 8
The intent of the RecConnection e-letter is to unite recreation efforts and information in Alachua County. Your comments, articles, and information are vital to our success. I'll gladly remove you if you request.
Websites: http://alachua-recreation.gru.net (Everything I
know about stuff in Alachua County) http://www.afn.org/~alilaw/
(Past Rec Connection E-Letters)
http://user.gru.net/alilaw (Justice? Or Recreation?)
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