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'boat blowing contest at "Olympic Dayo ,aat the Birch Park Playgrot Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department Program Highlights - July Park Board Update Youth Summer Playground Program: 278 participants registered for the Summer Playground Program this year - our highest registration total ever! Thirty -five children took advantage of our daily visit fee - one of our smallest ever (we've been slowly trying to steer people away from the daily visit option). The playground program will conclude on July 31 with a finale party at Sunrise Park that will feature games, face painting, a fish pond, our Giant Bounce, popcorn, freezies, Kool -Aid and a special performance by Cheryl Sawyer, Finnish Storyteller with Magic! Attached is an attendance summary from the past few years of the playground program showing the growths and declines of the various sites. Options: Fifty -seven participants officially registered for the Options program this summer. The program has been going very smoothly. The program will conclude on August 22. B: Our CLUB outings this summer have been going well for the most part. Our "Wet and Wild Water Park entures" have been a big hit - over 30 children have participated in each trip. Our "Beach Blast Fridays ", however, have all been canceled due to low registration numbers. We are discussing the possibility of offering just water park trips next summer and no beach trips. Day Camps: Our day camps (with Anoka County and Blaine Parks and Recreation Departments) begin on August 4. Currently, we have 28 participants enrolled in the Sensational Summer High Adventures Camp for grades 5 -7 and 33 participants enrolled in the Sensational SummerAdventures Camp for grades 1 -4. Each camp runs for four days and each day includes a field trip. Fall Soccer and Football: Registration is relatively complete for fall soccer and football. Soccer registration is at 460 participants with U12 being the smallest division - which could be a result of more fall traveling teams through the soccer associations. Football registration is at 305 participants - very comparable to last year's registration total. Adult Softball: The summer season concluded the end of July and the fall season is just around the corner. Currently, 27 teams are currently registered for the fall league. Miscellaneous creation Review: We are currently working on the fall edition of the reation Review. It is scheduled to be in homes the last week of August. Questions? Please contact Liz Bursack or Barry Bernstein at 651- 982 -2440. Tie -dyed shirts - a popular playgror rogram activity.