YMCA Youth Basketball: For boys and girls. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. 30 minutes of running, stretching and other calisthenics, 30 minutes of drills and skill development, plus one hour of basketball and fun mini games. For more information, call the YMCA at (845) 338-3810 or visit www.ymcaulster.org/newsevents Summer LeaguesAdult Child League: Teams of 4 (2 adults, 2 children) meeting on .. more …
8:14am Assist other Departments Incident location was 508 Hilltop Ct, Taft. No one was at the residence.8:46am Truant from School Officer initiated activity at 209 Sixth Av, Taft Heights. Warning. (Verbal/Written) Cited.9:13am Truant from School Officer initiated activity at 148 North St, Taft. Completed.9:45am Truant from School Officer initiated activity at 148 North St, Taft. Arrest .. more …
With support from the Rotary Club of Sooke, SEAPARC Leisure Complex will be offering an 11 week developmental Box Lacrosse program, Mondays and Wednesdays beginning on April 11th. It will be aimed at introducing the sport of lacrosse to youth 6-12 years-of-age. A variety of sport skills will be taught through interactive and fun learning sessions, and game play, ending with a wind up tournament .. more …
MARION ” At a time of tightening budgets and reduction of programs, the question of who should provide recreational activities for Marion youth is creating a difference of opinion.The Marion City Council during a February meeting took action that could dissolve the city’s recreation board and, through an intergovernmental agreement, transfer youth recreation programs to the Park District.The .. more …
News and notes from around town: Perhaps the future is in Frisco, as in Frisco, Texas. Here’s a video that has been making its way around to folks who may be interested in a new West Lawrence recreation and tournament center. The video talks about Fieldhouse USA ” a 146,000-square-foot athletic center in Frisco, Texas, that houses 12 gyms, an indoor soccer/youth football field, a 5,000-square-foot .. more …
M aryland State Police arrested six members of Occupy Baltimore Monday evening for allegedly trespassing on the state-owned site of a proposed juvenile detention center in East Baltimore.The arrests of four men and two women came about two hours after they began erecting a plywood structure — painted red and representing a schoolhouse — inside the fenced site at East Madison and Graves streets .. more …
The Taft District Chamber of Commerce has created a Taft Tour of Trees Passport for 2011.Several businesses are setting up Christmas Trees in their stores and are included on our Tour of Trees Passport. Visit any and/or all of the businesses on the card this holiday season, take care of your Christmas shopping needs, admire their decorated trees, and vote for your favorite tree.Each business will .. more …
Only an eternal optimist can find positives in something as serious as a torn knee ligament.But there was Calgary Flames centre Brendan Morrison at the Westside Recreation Centre Monday afternoon, talking about how his second recovery from major surgery in a three-year span has been better than the first.”The first time I went through it, every single time you have a tweak, you think, ‘Geez, .. more …
Located 12 miles inland from Highway 101 on the Oregon-California border, this adventure will have you wondering whether you are hiking in the Siskiyous or on the Coast Range. While the Winchuck River and its wild tributaries receive less attention than larger, more accessible rivers nearby, their exploration is well worth the effort.The area is reachable year round, and in the winter months the .. more …
Before the season, Palisades High boys water polo coach Adam Blakis admitted he would be happy if his team won a match in the program’s first year.After watching the Dolphins’ domination of Taft in their opening game, however, Blakis may have to raise his expectations a wee bit.Palisades looked more like a team that had been together for years than one with a roster full of boys who had never even .. more …
The kids course will be comprised of a 100-yard swim, a 3-mile bike ride and a 1-mile run.Then Sunday, Sept. 25, at 7 a.m., the borough will host its fourth annual Sprint Triathlon. The course will be comprised of a .25-mile swim, a 15-mile bike ride and a 5K run.Proceeds support parks and recreation programs in Hightstown. The funds the triathlon raises help maintain equipment and facilities in .. more …
A meeting of the Housing and Community Development Citizen Advisory Committee is scheduled for 7 p.m. today at Alhambra City Hall on 111 S. First St.The agency will review the city’s “Performance Report” as required by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. The report covers the previous fiscal year’s activities and expenditures.According to a staff report, the city “has been .. more …
WASHINGTON–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Officials of Recreation One Stop (R1S), a program of the federal government dealing with online travel, reservations, and vacation trip planning on public lands, today announced that it will host a unique “Explore Your America” outreach event October 17-19, 2011, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Bethesda, Md. The purpose of the event is to familiarize hospitality .. more …
Every soccer season, fall and spring, we submit to the city an application for practice sites. We wait until the city assigns parks for its city-sponsored youth recreation programs. This fall, we were placed at your park, located near Greeley West High School. Our original contract stated we would use the park on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Yes, within a week of practicing (mid-August) we saw .. more …
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