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Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino- lakes.mn.us Date: November 10, 2011 To: Park Board From: Lino Lakes Recreation Supervisors — Brian Hronski and Tanya Mozingo RE: Department Updates • We held our third annual Teen Fright Night, a collaborative event to with the YMCA. We had a night of scary fun, completed with haunted trail, gooey guess table, costume contest and more! • Youth instructional classes are going strong this fall. We have full dances classes. Tae Kwon Do is seeing an increase in numbers as new students are taking to the martial arts, and many are returning for continued instruction. • Gobbler Games was held on Saturday, November 5, 2011. We had a great turnout of approximately 250 people. We had great volunteers that helped for the day. A fun event for all. • Zumba® has been a hit. We have had over 20 people register for the class along with an average of 5 walk -ins per night. • The Senior Center has continued to see a large turnout for day trips that are being offered. There is also good turnout for weekly clubs that meet. We have several trips planned for the new year. o The partnership with the Forest Lake Senior Center has continued to work out well. • Recap of Summer Events: o Family Corn Roast and Community was a huge success in its first year. We had an estimated 350 people who came out to enjoy fresh roasted corn, music by the 7 Cats Swing Band, a magician, the bounce house and more! We are excited to do this event next year! o Safety Camp was held August 11 at Blue Heron Elementary. We had over 80 children participate this year. We had a beautiful day for lots of fun and learning. o The Middle School Beach Party had a total of 47 participants this year who were able to spend time at Centerville Beach. Activities include rock climbing wall, kayaking, bounce house and swimming. • Upcoming Events: Secret Holiday Shop, Breakfast with Santa, Letters from Santa, School's Out Camps, Snow Day and more! • The Youth Soccer Season just finished with the culmination of the post season tournament! We had 22 teams participate in the tournament and 36 total teams playing this year. We had 400 kids ages 4 -12 participate in our soccer program this season • The Youth Football league just ended and we had 21 teams and 375 kids participating. All of our 4th -8th grade teams participated in the play -offs and we had a handful of teams that won championships this year. 9