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• • • week. In an effort to accommodate as many people as possible in the City on the Fridays one site was always on the east side of town and the other site was always on the west side of town. The cost for this option was $5 per child per Friday. Attendance varied at the sites from 6 to 25 participants. Playground Finale We ended the summer with a playground finale this year at Sunrise Park. The response to this was pretty high. 100 children registered for this event and many more that wanted to sign up the day before. However, due to the amount of supplies we had purchased and staffing availability we had to stop taking registrations when we hit 100. The finale was a circus themed event that included a magic show by Magician Brian Richards, refreshments, our giant bounce, and a variety of carnival type games including parachute games, relay races, pin the trunk on the elephant, face painting, bean bag toss and bingo. T- Shirts Due to budget cuts, participant t -shirts were not provided this year. REGISTRATION TOTALS Maximums per site for this summer were set at 45 for morning sites and 50 for afternoon sites. The final registration totals for the sites were as follows: • Birch Park Morning Program — M/W: 18 participants (17 residents, 1 non - resident) • Birch Park Morning Program — T/Th: 25 participants (all residents) • Clearwater Creek Park Morning Program — T/Th: 22 participants (all residents) • Highland Meadows Park Morning Program —11Th: 19 participants (all residents) • Behm's Park Afternoon Program — M/W: 26 participants (23 residents, 3 non - residents) • Behm's Park Afternoon Program — T/Th: 51 participants (all residents) • Birch Park Afternoon Program — M/W: 40 participants (all residents) • Birch Park Afternoon Program — T/Th: 37 participants (all residents) • Sunrise Park Afternoon Program — M/W: 29 participants (26 residents, 3 non - residents) • Sunrise Park Afternoon Program — T/Th: 50 participants (39 residents, 11 non - residents) As you can see, the majority of the participants served by this program were Lino Lakes residents. Very few non - residents (only 5.68% of the overall total) were served this year by this program compared to previous years. This decline in non - resident participation may have been caused by the higher fees or by more program offerings in neighboring communities — the YMCA ran a similar program in Circle Pines at Golden Lake Park and the City of Blaine increased the number of playground program sites they offered. The overall attendance of the program this year also dropped. It went from 342 participants in 2005 to 272 participants in 2006 — a 20.47% decrease. THEMES & SPECIAL THEME CRAFT PROTECTS The objective of the theme week is to provide participants with opportunities to learn and experience new activities in a fun and safe environment. Each week of the Playground Program