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• Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department Program Highlights - May Park Board Update YOUTH Youth Instructional: Many of our youth instructional programs are winding down for the season and will resume again in the fall - these include Soccer Mini Camp, Floor Hockey Mini Camp, and Toss, Kick and Catch. Others, including Dance and Tae Kwon Do will continue through the summer months with a break in August. Summer Playground Program: Four of seven playground sites are full: Birch Park Morning and Afternoon Sessions, Clearwater Creek Park Afternoon Session, and Sunrise ParkAfternoon Session. Those sites that still have spaces include: Sunrise Park Morning Session, Behm's ParkAfternoon Session, and Highland Meadows Afternoon Session. At this time a total of 318 participants are enrolled in the Summer Playground Program and we hope to increase this number over the next couple of weeks before the program starts on June 13. T -Ball: 3 -year old T -Ball started May 10 - 14 participants are in this session. 4 -year old T -Ball started May 10 - 23 participants are in this session. 5 & 6 -year old T -Ball started May 9 - 27 participants are in this session. Golf: Lessons started May 3. We have 10 participants in this session. ADULT ammunity Outings: We've been able to maintain a fairly consistent, but small, number of attendees for our one - day Community Outings. We have also been able to maintain a small following on our extended day trips as well - the most recent trip being a three -day House on the Rock trip. Fitness: We will be starting our summer session fitness programs early next month. They will include Slim Express, Maintenance Yoga, Gentle Yoga, and Ball and Band Fitness. All classes will run from early June to the end of July, as our instructor takes her break during the month of August. Softball: Adult Softball leagues have started. We have Men's leagues on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Our Co -Rec. league is on Sundays. Golf: Lessons started May 3 and May 4. We have 16 participants taking lessons. RECREATION REVIEW & EMPLOYMENT Recreation Review: The summer edition of the Recreation Review went out at the end of this month. Programs in this edition included those that were advertised in our spring brochure and still had openings, new trips and outings for youth and teens and our popular Fall Soccer and Youth ,kie football programs. Employment: All of our summer positions have been filled. Staff training begins June 7. Questions? Please call Liz Benoit or Brian Hronski at 651- 982 -2440.