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Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department Program Highlights - July Park Board Update YOUTH Summer Playground Program: The Summer Playground Program is winding down - only two more weeks to go! This year's program has been very successful, despite the extremely warm and humid weather. 342 children are enrolled in the Playground Program this summer- one of our highest totals ever! Twenty -eight staff work directly and indirectly with the participants on a daily basis - doing everything from leading arts -n- crafts and games to helping them develop friendships. As the Citygrows, we hope to continue adding additional playground • program sites - we had a total of 7 sites this summer. Preschool Playtime: Preschool Playtime is also winding down for the summer. The new expanded hours and program length have worked out well. The staff have done a phenomenal job keeping the children busy and entertained during their hour and a half with them - doing everything from storytime and snack time, to craft time and outside play time. Hats off to the Preschool Playtime staff for making this the most successful summer yet for this program! Youth Sports: • Our third session of T Ball is in full swing -100 kids are participating in this session. • Our second session of Soccer Fundamentals 4 -7 starts next week - 60 kids (ages 4 -7) will be participating. Our Basketball Camp at Centennial Middle School is going well - 60 kids are participating in this program. Our second session of Tennis is underway - 70 kids are participating in this session. • Beginner Lacrosse League, forages 7 -10, has 51 kids participating in it. This league is an introductory league that uses soft lacrosse sticks. • Cougar Soccer Camp was huge success this year! We had both the Centennial girls and boys High School coaches and their players run the week -long camp. 72 youth participated in the program. • Volleyball Camp just finished -40 youth participated in this program. ADULT Softball: SummerAdultSoftball has just finished. Our champions were: Sunday Co -Rec- Killer B's Monday Men's - Dave's Sport Shop Wednesday Men's- Creative Counters Thursday Men's - Wildcats RECREATION REVIEW & WEB PAGE Recreation Review: Work is winding down on the fall edition of the Recreation Review. We anticipate going to print on August 8, with delivery planned for the last week of August. Registration for fall pro- grams will begin September 1. On -Line Registration: We will be starting on -line registration this fall. Department staff will be in training for three days the last week of July for the new software system. Questions? Please call Liz Benoit or Brian H ron ski at 651- 982 -2440.