TX Panhandle WW2 Stories/Calendar of Events/Activities

CALENDAR OF EVENTS/ACTIVITIES - (PAST)

: Please e-mail kacvoutreach@gmail.com or call 371-5222 to publicize your organizations’ events/activities here.

Premiere Party for THE WAR and Texas Panhandle WWII Stories Project
September 19, 2007, Childers Place, 6600 Killgore, Amarillo, TX, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Project partners, supporters, interviewees, KACV members and other interested parties are welcome to attend this event, which will highlight preview clips of Ken Burns' production, THE WAR, showcase on-air interviews with Texas Panhandle residents who experienced WWII and more. RSVP by calling 371-5222 or e-mailing sparks-sd@actx.edu. Sponsored by KACV-TV and BWXT Pantex.

Remember When: Texas Panhandle War Stories EXTENDED

Amarillo Public Library, Central Branch/Downtown, 2nd floor, September 1 - 30, 2007
A special display featuring information about Panhandle residents and World War II, including a listing of casualties and those missing in action from the time.

Amarillo Public Library
WWII Story Collection Events and Texas Panhandle WWII Story Traveling Exhibit
September 21, 22 and 23, Northwest Branch
September 28, 29, 30, Southwest Branch
Call the library branches for more information. Northwest Branch,
(806) 359-2035; Southwest Branch (806) 359-2094

Barnes & Noble Bookfair
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
2415 Soncy, Amarillo
September 23 - 30, 2007
With any book purchase you'll help support KACV's Texas Panhandle WWII Stories Outreach Project.

Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
WWII Collections Highlights on display throughout the Museum from September
2007-May 2008, on-going WWII Story Collection opportunities, Veterans' Day
event (November 11th), lectures and more. For more information, please
contact the Museum at (806) 651-2244.

Panhandle School Leadership Conference, Region 16 ESC
October 10, 2007
Discussion of Region 16 partnership with Texas Panhandle WWII Outreach Project with Superintendents, Principals and other Administrators. Contact Danna Beck, Education Specialist/Secondary Social Studies at (806) 677-5184 for more information.

WWII Oral History Collection Event
Hosted by Amarillo Public Library's North Branch and Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
North Branch Library, 1504 NE 24th St., Amarillo
Friday, October 12, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon & 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 13, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Call Zetta Riles at the North Branch Library to make an appointment to share your WWII story: 806-381-7931

KACV Story Collection Training Workshop
October 24, 2007, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
2503 4th Ave., Canyon, TX
Contact KACV at 371-5222 or kacvoutreach@gmail.com to reserve your spot or obtain more information.


KACV Story Collection Training Workshop
November 1, 2007, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
The Thomas E. Creek Veterans Administration (VA), Columbia Room
6010 Amarillo Blvd. W, Amarillo, TX Contact KACV at 371-5222 or kacvoutreach@gmail.com to reserve your spot or obtain more information.

West Texas A&M: Cornette Library Arts and Education Program
Event: A&E Brown Bag Lunch
Speaker: Mr. Joe Rogers
Topic: Italian POW Camp at Hereford During WWII: Revisited
Date: November 6, 2007 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.
Place: West Texas A&M University, Cornette Library, 1st floor, Lecture Room

Joe Rogers, a WTAMU graduate and chairman of the social studies
department at Hereford High School, will present the program about 3,000
Italians housed in a POW camp from 1942-1946. He will use photographs
and artifacts to tell the story of the camp and its lasting impression
on Castro and Deaf Smith counties.

Welcome Home Event: Operation Enduring Freedom & Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center
6010 Amarillo Blvd West
Amarillo, TX 79106
Saturday, November 10th, 2007, 12:00 noon – 3:00 p.m.
Community Resources, Children's Activities, Food & Entertainment, VA Healthcare Enrollment, Education & Employment Information, Flu Shots, Amarillo Corvette Club, Tours of the Facility, Families Welcome!

Participants include:
Amarillo VA Health Care System, America Supports You Texas, American Legion, B.P.O. of Elks, Soldier's Angels, Women Veterans of America, and many more.
All Veterans and their families are invited to attend. For more information, please call (806) 355-9703, Extension 3737

Umbarger German Sausage Festival
St. Mary's Catholic Church - Parish Hall, Umbarger, TX
November 11th, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
German sausage, sauerkraut, homemade bread, auction, bazaar, country store,
games for kids.
Call the St. Mary's Church office for more information: (806) 499-3531

WWII PANEL DISCUSSION, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum

Hazlewood Lecture Hall

November 11, 2007 2:00-4:00 pm

Panel discussion between Mr. Cleatus Lewbow, Mr. Gayle Bowen and Mrs. Dorothy Gill regarding their experiences in the WWII efforts. Program free with museum admission. Admission for Veterans free all day.

Remember When: Texas Panhandle War Stories - EXTENDED

The Art of War : World War II Posters from the Government Documents Collection

The posters in this exhibit were chosen from among the over 100 World War II era posters in the Government Documents collection at Cornette Library. The posters were obtained between 1942 and 1945 through the Federal Depository Library Program.
The public is welcome to view these posters Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They are kept in a special area in the Government Documents department on the second floor of the Cornette Library on the WTAMU campus. Please call 651-2204 for more information.

Many thanks to the Area Agency on Aging for hosting KACV’s Story Collection Workshop on June 5th, 2007 and Amarillo Public Library for hosting the Story Collection Workshop on July 26th, 2007.

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