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Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department Program Highlights - May Park Board Update Youth Youth Instructional: Our spring season youth instructional are now coming to a close. Many classes ended the middle of May, the remaining will end the first part of June. CLUB Program: We had one activity planned for this month - Kids' Night Out. Unfortunately, we did not receive enough registrations and had to cancel the activity. This summer we will be offering two series of trips: "Wet and Wild Water Park Adventures" for youth who recently completed grades 2 -7 and "Beach Blast Fridays" for youth who recently complete grades K -4. Options: Fifty -six participants are registered for this summer's Options program, which will be held at Centennial Elementary School. The program begins June 9 and concludes August 22. Our Site Directors have been hard at work planning a variety of activities including field trips, swimming, arts -n- crafts, etc. Golf Academy: All three of our Golf Academy sessions filled this summer. The academy consists of four instruction days and one day that includes a game at a nine hole course. •NEW! Sport Clinics /Camps: We are offering a variety of new sport camps /clinics this summer including Flag Football, Lacrosse, Basketball and Roller Hockey. These programs are run with the help of the following outside agencies: SkyHawks, Lacrosse Unlimited and Minnesota Developmental Basketball. Summer Playground: We are offering six playground sites this summer - one morning site at Birch Park and five afternoon sites at Birch Park, Lino Park, Sunrise Park, Behm's Park and Golden Lake Park. As of 5- 28 -03, 178 participants were enrolled in the playground program - this is consistent with, if not higher than, registration at this point last summer. Adult Softball: 42 teams are registered for the summer season. Games began the first part of May. Community Outings: Our new Community Outings program has been slowing starting up, but we will continue to keep offering outings. We are looking into new marketing techniques and lower cost outings to help increase enrollment. Miscellaneous Our summer edition of the Recreation Review is now out in homes and on our web site (www.ci.lino- Iakes.mn.us). Questions? Please call Liz Bursack or Barry Bernstein at 651- 982 -2440.