Designed for parents and guardians, early childhood professionals, and everyone interested in appropriately and effectively integrating technology into the lives of young children, this free one-hour online event will offer support to families, educators, and community members as they navigate the “new normal.”
From remote schooling to video calls with grandparents, young children are engaging with digital technology like never before. While this shift presents incredible opportunities for children’s learning and development, it also raises concerns about appropriate uses of technology in early childhood. Educators, parents, and digital media experts will explore how intentional and appropriate use of technology can:
Support healthy child development
Promote early learning and early literacy
Encourage social-emotional development
Create quality, continuity, and equity in children’s learning
Following a brief presentation by Chip Donohue, founding director of the Technology in Early Childhood Center (TEC) at Erikson Institute and senior fellow at the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Digital Media, Amy Mart, director of professional learning at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, will moderate a panel discussion with Donohue; Anne Karabon, assistant professor of early childhood and STEM education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; Gwen Gideon, director of the Omaha Early Learning Center at Skinner; and Keeley Bibins, parent and educational facilitator at the Buffett Early Childhood Institute.
Early childhood professionals who participate in this live webinar are eligible to receive a certificate for one hour of continuing education approved by the Nebraska Department of Education.
Register at https://buffettinstitute.
Are you feeling stressed or anxious because of the pandemic?
You’re not alone. Many Nebraskans are experiencing the same
feelings of exhaustion, irritability, anger, sleeplessness, and anxiety.
Talking about it can help. Free/confidential support is available through the
Nebraska Strong Recovery Project. Call: 800-464-0258 or 888-866-8660
Drive-thru food pantry with fresh food boxes on Fridays through December 18th. Boxes can be picked up from 7:45am until the food runs out. Stop out, located at CAPWN Commodities Warehouse, 940 Crescent Drive. Drive-thru style, please remain in your vehicle. Only 2 households per vehicle.
Fort Laramie’s “Handful” of Goodies will be held Friday, October 30th from 2-4pm at the Fort Laramie Community Center Town Offices.
32nd annual Spooktacular is the zoo’s fall fundraiser. Triple the candy, triple the fun with 5 interactive but social distanced games, interactive hay maze, great prizes, scenic walk-through Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Pirates, and so much more! Keep your eye out for giveaway prizes! Check out the zoo’s Facebook page for more ways to win. We can still have some safe Halloween fun!
Dates: Fridays and Saturdays from 5:30pm – 8:00pm October 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, & 30.
Sundays 4:00pm – 6:00pm October 11, 18, & 25
Halloween Night 3:00pm – 8:00pm October 31st
Safety Treat Night & Trunk or Treat will be held October 30 on Main Street in Torrington, WY. Start at Points West Bank and continue walking counter-clockwise. Trunk or Treat forms can be picked up at 2042 Main Street, Torrington, WY.
The We’ve got your Six, Deputy Ruzicka fundraiser is Friday, October 30th at the Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds in Mitchell from 6 to 10 p.m. 911 Emergency Services are raising money for the Josh Ruzicka family. Josh, a Scotts Bluff County deputy sheriff is in critical condition at the hospital in Loveland. Help support him and his wife Beth, an ER nurse at Regional West, by signing up to play in the corn hole tournament. Just $100 per team, or $20 for non-cornhole players. There are silent and live auctions, alcohol and food vendors on site. COVID protocols will be followed, and masks are encouraged. For more information, call Sergeant Travis Peterson at 436-66-67.
The Knight Museum & Sandhills Centerin Alliance will present “Harry Potter Adventures in
Diagon Alley” beginning October 25, 2020 thru November 7, 2020. Admission to the event is a
donation of choice which will then be distributed to the following charities: Food Pantry,
Community Table, Diaper Depot and Capstone.
You may contact the Knight Museum & Sandhills Center at (308) 762-2384 for more
information or checkout their Facebook Event Page.
THE GRAND OPENING OF THE CAROL A. FULLER CHARITY FOUNDATION DOG PARK IN
MITCHELL, NEBRASKA, WILL BE HELD ON HALLOWEEN DAY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 FROM
NOON UNTIL 3 P.M.
CANINES IN COSTUME CAN WIN GREAT PRIZES.
THIS IS THE NEWEST, MOST MODERN, NICELY LANDSCAPED, WELL-EQUIPPED AND BRIGHTLY
LIT DOG PARK IN NEBRASKA.
IT FEATURES:
THREE GRASS COVERED EXERCISE PENS,
A COLORFULLY EQUIPPED OBSTACLE COURSE,
DOG SHAMPOO AND SNACK VENDING MACHINES,
SHELTERED SEATING,
TOP-NOTCH VIDEO SECURITY, AND
SPACIOUS PAVED PARKING.
AND DURING WARMER MONTHS:
WARM-WATER DOG WASHING STATION,
SENSOR-ACTIVATED WATER FOUNTAIN, AND
MIST COOLING STATION.
ADMISSION, PARKING AND FOOD BY LAZY BUM AND J-A-KEES BBQ ARE FREE.
THE PARK IS JUST EAST OF THE SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS IN MITCHELL.
PLEASE JOIN SKIPPER’S CUPBOARD AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE CAROL A. FULLER
CHARITY FOUNDATION DOG PARK FROM NOON UNTIL 3 PM ON HALLOWEEN DAY, SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 31.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL STEVE MORGHEIM AT 308-672-5015 OR VISIT SKIPPER’S
CUPBOARD ON FACEBOOK.
Are you feeling stressed or anxious because of the pandemic?
You’re not alone. Many Nebraskans are experiencing the same
feelings of exhaustion, irritability, anger, sleeplessness, and anxiety.
Talking about it can help. Free/confidential support is available through the
Nebraska Strong Recovery Project. Call: 800-464-0258 or 888-866-8660
Shop with the Morrill Farmer’s Market Saturdays 11am to 2pm and Tuesdays 3pm to 6pm, on the east side of Morrill.
Fresh produce, locally grown beef and pork, baked goods, homemade crafts and more.
Beginning Saturday, July 18th, through October. Follow the Morrill Farmer’s Market on their Facebook page for updates.
We are about to have our first Winter Farmers Market of the 2020 2021 season at a new location! Uptown Scottsbluff, former Monument Mall will be where you find us every Saturday from 11am until 2pm until the end of March (weather permitting).
32nd annual Spooktacular is the zoo’s fall fundraiser. Triple the candy, triple the fun with 5 interactive but social distanced games, interactive hay maze, great prizes, scenic walk-through Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Pirates, and so much more! Keep your eye out for giveaway prizes! Check out the zoo’s Facebook page for more ways to win. We can still have some safe Halloween fun!
Dates:
Halloween Night 3:00pm – 8:00pm October 31st
The community is invited to please join us for a fun, safe time at our Trunk or Treat with prizes and candy for all who attend. Cars are asked to please enter the church parking lot from the drive on West 18th Street.
Did you know that Martin Luther pinned the 95 Theses on October 31st? It is celebrated as the start of the Protestant Reformation- join Sovereign Grace Reformed Church at I&L Roasters in Mitchell from 5-7! Drop in for a bit or stay awhile- we will celebrate with fellowship, games, crafts, and treats while we learn about church history. And yes, we love dressing up- don’t be surprised to see medieval ladies, knights, woodsmen, or monks walking the halls! Plus, the coffee shop will be open. And it is indoors. What could be better?
Join the town of Yoder, WY for “Trunk or Treat” Saturday, October 31st on Yoder Main Street. They will be serving boxed dinner at the community building. Yoder Volunteer Fire Department will have a haunted house there as well.
The Knights of Columbus Council #2681 will be hosting their breakfast buffet on Sunday,
November 1st. Doors will open at 8:00 am and will close at noon. We are following the State’s
recommendations for safety. The breakfast is located at 1719 1 st Avenue in Scottsbluff and is
an all you eat buffet. Breakfast includes pancakes, French toast, sausage, eggs, biscuits and
gravy, and much more. Adults are $8.00 per person and children are $4.00 each. Everyone is
welcomed to attend. Proceeds from the breakfasts go to help several charities in the valley
including Camp Scott, Buckboard Riding Academy, local Veterans groups, St. Agnes School and
many others. Remember to set you clocks back one hour Sunday morning so that you don’t
miss any of the delicious food at the Knights Hall.