DCPS group holding variety of events at festival | Events

The Board of Directors of the Foundation for Daviess County Public Schools is holding its first-ever DCPS Alumni & Friends Festival on August 24 and 25.

The Festival will begin on Friday with the DCPS Pre-union at Friday After 5; the Foundation will have a table in the RiverPark Center lobby.  Foundation representatives will be in attendance at the Daviess County home football game and at the Apollo football game at OHS.

The DCPS Alumni & Friends 3K Run will start at 8:00 a.m. on August 25 on the cross country course at Yellow Creek Park just prior to the DC 6K Relays.  All alumni and friends are encouraged to participate for one of three teams: Apollo, Team DC, or Friends of the Foundation.

Top 5 women and top 5 men score for each team.  Early check-in at Friday After 5; day of race check-in begins at 7:00 a.m. at YCP.  Apollo and Daviess County high schools are planning runner reunions for the weekend at the event. 

Team captains/entry chair:

            Apollo – Michael Stovall medic4049@gmail.com

            Daviess County – Scott Clark clarkbs3362@yahoo.com

            Friends of the Foundation – Tommy Rowland rowlandjanet@bellsouth.net

            Meet Director – Pam Hunter hunterbeekoh@aol.com

Registration may be done online or forms may be picked up at Fleet Feet, Legends, YMCA, and other locations in town.

DCPS Alumni & Friends Tent City Meet & Greet – will begin at 11:00 a.m. in the Corporate Center parking lot at the corner of 4th & Frederica.  Tent City is being held in conjunction with the opening of the riverfront and the downtown air show.  Groups affiliated with DCPS are encouraged to pop up a tent at the Meet & Greet.  Tamarack Elementary School will be there celebrating ‘50 Years’ with their time capsule items.  AHS Class of ’79 has reserved a spot as well. Space is limited, so make your reservation on line today or email Hannah Thurman at hanna.r.thurman@gmail.com.

DCPS Alumni & Friends Extravaganza – Saturday evening will begin with a rousing performance by Sheila Ann Miller’s DC Alumni Choir.  A dinner catered by one of Owensboro’s premiere restaurants will be provided and ‘Dancing Through the Decades’ will follow dinner.  WBRK ‘Morning Guy’ Chad Benefield (DC ’89) will be Master of Ceremonies.  The Extravaganza will feature 15 Special Table Hosts who have agreed to allow us to auction ‘Dinner for 6’ with them.  The auction will start on July 23 and end on August 10th at midnight. 

The following will be our Special Table Hosts for the evening:

            Joe & Vicki Bowen                            Waymond & Alyce Morris

            Pam & Alan Burns                             Anita & Claude Newman

            Shirley & Gary Cecil                          Natalie Powers

            Beverly & John Dawson                    Tony & Pam Rowe

            Wendell H. Ford                                Kevin & Rebecca Schwartz

            Paul & Michael Gray                         Stu & Kathy Silberman

Don & Marla Moore                           Ms. Jane Stevenson

                                    Brad Wilkerson

In addition to the auctioned Special Host Tables, VIP tables will be available for $400; individual seats may be purchased for $50 each. 

Reservations may be made online (www.foundationfordcps.org) or by sending your check, along with attendee names, to:

            DCPS Alumni & Friends Extravaganza Reservations           

Ms. Rachel Knott

4201 Hunter Pointe

Owensboro, KY  42303

Proceeds generated by DCPS Alumni & Friends Festival 2012 will be used to build the Foundation’s endowment which will provide grants to DCPS teachers and administrators to fund innovative and creative educational opportunities for more than 11,000 DCPS children.

Additional information may be accessed through the Foundation web site at www.foundationfordcps.org or by calling Vicki Quisenberry at (270) 231-5583 or vickiq@foundationfordcps.org