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Are you looking for a fun, safe place where you child can make friends, build self-esteem, participate in organized games and activities and have additional help with their homework? Fun Factory is the program you've been looking for!

Fun Factory is a quality before &/or after school recreational/enrichment program for children who need a safe, supervised environment everyday before &/or after school. This program is staffed by qualified recreation leaders and aides. The daily schedule consists of an activity or game period, snack, homework assistance during educational period, arts & crafts and a variety of other recreational activities. Every day, time is set-aside for a Drug Awareness Program, which is sponsored by the Bureau of Alcohol & Drug Abuse. The user fees collected support the program with all equipment, supplies, and salaries. Remember!! Field Trips, Food, Fun, Frolics & Friends to the end of the school year. Trips, Food, Fun, Frolics & Friends to the end of the school year.

• Fun Factory Before & After School Recreation Program- PARENT HANDBOOK

QUESTIONS? For more information call 775-777-7260

Upcoming Elko Events for PTA families and friends

Here is a few family fun ideas for the parent involvement calendar, or a fieldtrip for a neighboring school, or a road trip for PTA families from southern Nevada. It's fun and educational all rolled up in one.

NORTHEASTERN NEVADA MUSEUM
 

1515 Idaho Street
775.738.3418
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
 

Features exhibits on natural and regional history of northeastern Nevada. Including mining, ranching, firearms, the California Trail, railroads, and the lifestyle and basketry of the Paiute and Shoshone Indians.

Outdoor displays include an 1860s Pony Express cabin and stagecoach. In the 18,000-square-foot Wanamaker Wing there are more than 200 full-size, mounted animals from the all over the world, all shown in their natural environment. The art gallery features portfolios by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, permanent art displays, Western art and rotating installations. Check out the museum store for unique Nevada gifts made by local artists. They also have extensive research and photo archives available to the public.

SHERMAN STATION
 

1405 Idaho Street, Elko
775.738.7135
 

The Sherman Station Ranch House and five outbuildings are located at the corner of 14th and Idaho Streets. Bavarian emigrant Valentine Walther, built the log structures between 1880 and 1903.

Built in 1908, the 100-year-old ranch house and former stagecoach stop is the newest of the buildings. The two-story structure is made of two-foot thick limber pine logs and at the time was the largest log cabin in Nevada.

In 1998, Sherman Station and the other four wooden structures were relocated to Elko from a Huntington Valley ranch about 60 miles south of Elko. It is now the headquarters of the Elko Chamber of Commerce and is the Visitors and Information Center for the Elko area.

The living/dining room of the house is a gift shop with souvenirs and is staffed with a full-time information specialist. Free tourism brochures and relocation information are available throughout.

The parlor holds a small museum of antiques and Walther family artifacts. The Chamber utilized the remaining house, even though the public is invited to tour the facility. Guided group tours and self-guided historical pictorial tours are offered to visitors.

The stable, the oldest structure, dates back to 1880. Future plans call for an exhibit to include a former Nevada governor's carriage and barbed wire collection.

The blacksmith's shop houses a permanent static exhibit and includes a forge and blacksmith tools.

The fifth building, a one-room schoolhouse, was converted into a display with artifacts from the turn of the century.

 

WESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER
 

501 Railroad St., Elko
775.738.7508
 

Located in the historic Pioneer Hotel, the Western Folklife Center is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the traditional cultures of the American West. Folklife Center activities include concerts and performances, exhibits, workshops, adult and youth educational programs, and the world renowned National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Exhibits at the Center include a newly produced state-of-the-art video presentation on cowboy music and raching culture.