Class notes

FACE ON DISABILITY: S&S Resource and Services Inc. will present a Family and Community Exposition on Disability from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Curtis Peterson Auditorium, Lecanto High School cafeteria and CREST School. The keynote speaker will be Rep. Nancy Argenziano. There will be workshops, food, exhibits, entertainment, booths and exhibits.

Child care and respite will be available to those who pre-register, as well as a free lunch. Workshop topics will include Social Security benefits, guardianship and trusts, behavior strategies and intervention, and assistive technology and devices.

To pre-register, call 637-3635.

WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: Citrus County Schools will present two 90-minute workshops for parents of children with special needs in conjunction with the FACE Expo Saturday at Lecanto High school. Exceptional student education specialist Ed Grein will present Positive Behavioral Supports at 10 a.m. and ese specialist Karl Amundson will present Transitions and Networking to Adult Agencies at 1 p.m. For information, call Jayne Jarrett at 726-1931.

HOME IS SCHOOL: Home Is School, a new support group for home schooling in Citrus County invites home school families to the next meeting at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 14 at the Lecanto Multipurpose Senior Center, 1410 County Road 491, Lecanto. For information, call Kathryn at 746-1486, Sandy at 860-1739 or Linda at 621-9741.

LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE: Citrus County Schools invites community members to attend the Little Red Schoolhouse Academy from 9:30 a.m. to noon or 6:30 to 9 p.m. April 8, 15, 22 and 29 to learn about school related topics including curriculum, budget, safety and special programs. For information or to register, call Ana at 726-1031, ext. 2321. Limited seating available.

COMING EVENTS AT CFCC:

For more information and application forms, call Rita Birch at 746-6721, ext. 6124, or Michele Wirt at ext. 6131.

CFCC Film Series presenting The Decalogue, Parts 5-6: Central Florida Community College Film Series will present Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalogue, Parts 5 and 6, March 19 scheduled for 2 p.m. in Building 8, Room 110, Humanities Auditorium and 7 p.m. in the Webber Center at the Ocala Campus . Light refreshments will be available before the Webber Center screening, and a discussion session will follow that presentation. Admission to both showings is free, but donations are welcome and needed to support the series.

Produced in 1988, The Decalogue explores the timeless moral issues of human existence through 10 contemporary tales, each based on one of the Ten Commandments. Decalogue 5 focuses on "Thou Shalt Not Kill," as a young lawyer grapples with the random murder committed by his client. Decalogue 6 focuses on "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery," as a postal worker becomes obsessed with a promiscuous neighbor. Each is shown in Polish with English subtitles.

For information, call CFCC Professor Ira Holmes at (352) 746-6721, ext. 1293.

PREKINDERGARTEN, HEAD START AND SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: Applications for prekindergarten, Head Start and subsidized child care and now available at any elementary county elementary school and the Childhood Development Services Office at 5641 U.S. 41 in Crystal River.

NEWSMAKERS

VOLUNTEERS HONORED: At a recent Citrus County school board meeting, volunteers selected at each school were honored in two categories. The outstanding volunteers in the adult category were Karyn Langer, Pleasant Grove Elementary School; D.J. Fiedler, Citrus Springs Elementary School; Glory Grantham, Crystal River Primary School; Holli Cole, Floral City Elementary School; Maryrose Trice, Forest Ridge Elementary School; Felicia Scheafer, Lecanto Primary School; Debbie Verkade, Lecanto Primary School; and Betsy McPhee, Rock Crusher Elementary School.

The Senior Category included Helen Bernhard, Inverness Primary School; Jackie Lalonde, Citrus Springs Elementary School; Norma and Russell Brondyke, Citrus Springs Middle School; Kathleen McBriarty, Crystal River Primary School; Colleen Meahl, Floral City Elementary School; Doris Champion, Forest Ridge Elementary School; Lily and Jack Feldman, Lecanto Primary School; and Patsy Swain, Pleasant Grove Elementary School.

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