8. PRSR 08 11 2004ITEM # 8.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Parks and Recreation Commission
FROM: Michele Bergh, Recreation Manager
DATE: August 5, 2004
SUBJECT: Staff Report
Hot Topic(s) of the Month
Internet registration is up and running. The website is www.expx.oxg. We have been
working on this fox quite a while so it's nice to be able to advertise it and use it finally. I
think this will be a great step for us. Fall program guide is complete and registration has
begun. We axe starting to work on Family Fright Night already so if you axe interested in
helping with this or know of anyone who might be, please let us know.
July Programs
Programs running in July include T-ball, Lions Den Summer Camp, U Pass, Skating
Academy, Golf Lessons, Golf League, Wiggles and Giggles, SPARK, Great Games, Extra!
Extra!, Axt Express, Mad Scientists, Just Imagine, Introductory Golf, Basketball Camp,
Tennis, Basketball League, Eager Elks T-ball Class, Eager Elks Soccer, Eager Elks Sports
Sampler, Field Trips, Tumbling, Cheexleading, Young American Self Defense, Red Cross
Babysitting, Flag Football Sports Camp, Floor Hockey Sports Camp, Entertainment in the
Park, and Axt in the Paxk.
Special Marketing Efforts
As I mentioned last month we participated in the 4`h of July Festival at Orono Paxk and the
Sherburne County Fair Parade. The parade was a first for us and was a lot of fun. We let
the participants of one of our programs work with staff to decorate the float and invited
them to ride along and pass out candy. They had a blast doing so and we axe excited to do it
again next year. We also sent out bank stuffexs through the Bank of Elk River fox our
Entertainment in the Paxk programming.
Facility Use
We reserved a total of 1,663.5 hours of use for city facilities. Over 1,000 of this is field use.
About 250 hours is for Lions Paxk Center and the remainder is fox miscellaneous park and
park shelter use.
Wellness Committee
The City of Elk River has a team participating in the Relay fox Life on August 6`h. Oux next
event is a brown bag lunch event about natural health care. We also have the blood drive
scheduled fox October.
July Pictures
Canoeing at Lake Orono for Lions Den Summer Camp
Lions Den Child Care Floor Hockey Sports Camp