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RECREATION, Leisure News, Oct 07, 2011


Parents protest city plan to privatize Hampden recreation center
Baltimore Sun
By Larry Perllperl@patuxent.com Chanting "Save our recs," about 100 people gathered in Hampdenon Wednesday to protest a plan by Baltimore City to privatize or close Roosevelt Recreation Center and other city rec centers. Several City Council members ...
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'Parks and Recreation' Recap: "Born & Raised"
Ology
Parks & Recreation's "Born and Raised" is perhaps the most topical Parks & Rec episode in recent memory and that makes it a winner. It starts off with Pawnee's NPR knock off, which gets the quiet tone and lull of talk radio just right. ...
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Update in Mercury Found in Rec Center's Gym Flooring
ABC6OnYourSide.com
The city will spend more than a half million dollars over the next four to six months to replace both gym floors. Meanwhile, the affected rec centers remain open, despite gym floor issues. The city maintains that both recreation centers are still safe. ...
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ABC6OnYourSide.com
City to absorb rec commission
KC Community News
Osawatomie officials approved a major overhaul of the community's Recreation Commission during a special session of both the commission and the City Council on Sept. 28. The RecreationCommission was the first to convene, gathering in the city ...
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Epping Rec. Dept. employee fired for alleged sexual abuse
Seacoastonline.com
By Kathleen D. Bailey EPPING — Notifying town officials is a central component of a newRecreation Department policy being drafted by the Board of Selectmen, Interim Town Administrator Gregory Dodge, and Recreation Director Nicole Bizzaro. ...
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Parks and rec merger progress discussed
Topeka Capital Journal
By Tim Hrenchir Shawnee County parks and recreation director John Knight spoke positively Thursday about progress being made to merge city of Topeka and county parks and recreationdepartments. Knight told county commissioners, “I'll tell you that ...
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Rec Department Seeks to Refurbish Lower Wilkins Field
Patch.com
The Recreation Department is planning multiple improvement projects and increased activity at the Peabody Mill Environmental Center. By Robert Michaelson The Board of Selectmen heard another round of department reviews this week in preparation for the ...
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TV's 'Parks & Rec' hits close to home
Journal and Courier
Peach Pfrommer and Ted Bumblebiurg go over some papers at the Lafayette Parks and Recreationdepartment office, Monday in Lafayette. / By Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier Amy Poehler starts in NBC's "Parks and Recreation." / Photo provided "Parks and ...
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Rec programs on the rise
BCLocalNews
By Simone Blais - Penticton Western News After massive cuts and sweeping changes, everything is swimming along with the city's recreation department. That's the report Chuck Loewen, Penticton's general manager of recreation, told council Monday night, ...
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Brunswick Rec. has basketball, bowling
Times Record
BRUNSWICK — Once again, the Brunswick Parks and Recreation Department will enter fifth-grade boys and girls basketball teams, along with separate sixth-grade boys and girls teams in theFreeport Community Education Travel League. ...
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As Delray turns 100, Parks and Rec worker marks 50 years with city
Sun-Sentinel
Recreation supervisor Fred Sergio is only six years younger than Delray itself. The only city employee assigned to Robert P. Miller Park, Sergio, 94, has worked for the Parks and Recreation Department for the past five decades, helping run the Little ...
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Sun-Sentinel
Ypsilanti official like elements of Water Street rec center proposal but raise ...
AnnArbor.com
But Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Director Bob Tetens called the rec enter a development “anchor” that will help attract the mixed-use and residential developments the city has desired. The rec center would serve as the centerpiece in a series ...
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Pedal power fuels college rec center, concerts
San Jose Mercury News
By Sandy Bauers At the Drexel University's Recreation Center, when in use the elliptical machines generate electricity. Stephanie Smith (left), 22, a group exercise instructor and graduate student along with friend Jessica Norman, 26, ...
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A Sitcom Grows Up and Finds Its Identity
New York Times
The audience part still lags, though with NBC struggling to shore up much of its schedule, the still-modest ratings for “Parks and Rec” are the least of the network's worries. “That's not the worst way to be described, the least of someone's worries,” ...
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New York Times
Grant is on way to help pay for Champaign rec center
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Park officials first considered applying for a grant to remodel and expand the existing Leonhard RecCenter, but decided a new facility would better serve residents. "Today's recreational needs have changed," Herakovich said. ...
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Plans for rec, senior centers unveiled
Hilton Head Island Packet
By GRANT MARTIN Extensive redesigns of the Island Recreation Center and relocation of the SHARE Senior Center were unanimously approved Tuesday by the Hilton Head Public Facilities Committee and now will be considered by the Town Council. ...
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Rec board likes dog park idea
Barnstable Patriot
The concept of a dog park made the recreation commission wag its tail this week, but members want to sniff around some more before endorsing a particular site. The Committee for Barnstable Dog Parks, a private group of citizens seeking town land for a ...
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Rec Center and Digital Aquarium celebrates 10-year anniversary
GSU Signal
With four million entries and counting, the Student Recreation Center is looking to expand over the next few years to keep up with the growing student body. The center first opened its doors in August 2001, boasting four racquetball courts, ...
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Rec director named new HR director for city of Mitchell
Daily Republic
After 34 years with the Mitchell Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, Billie Kelly has been named the city's new human resources director, effective Oct. 11. After 34 years with the Mitchell Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, Billie Kelly ...
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Special Needs Rec. Center Gets $2.5M State Grant
Patch.com
The Lincoln-Way Special Recreation Association was awarded the grant, which will pay for a large portion of a recreation center that will be built in New Lenox and provide a place to call home. By Michael Sewall Rolling Falcons athlete Tony Bensema of ...
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Plymouth Parks and Rec Ready for Halloween
Patch.com
By Nate Adams With Halloween a few weeks away, the Plymouth Township Parks and recreationdepartment has a number of events lined up to celebate both the holiday and the fall season. Below are some of the Plymouth Community Center's planned events, ...
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Parks & Recreation Watch: Season 4 - Ron & Tammys
Cinema Blend
This weeks Ron-centric episode of Parks & Rec is a solid and funny entry but has a couple of plot lines that are either retreads or don't add a whole lot tom the picture. Anne and Chris are thrust back together to do nothing more then bury the hatchet ...
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Cinema Blend
Tax money should go towards Kendrick Rec Center, not Streetscape project
Newsworks.org
Right down the street from the Streetscape project stands Kendrick Recreation Center, the "Rec," a neighborhood staple. The recreation center has not seen capital improvement money, our taxpayer dollars, not grant money as in the Streetscape project, ...
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Two Dormont Recreation Board Members Resign
Patch.com
He served as vice president of the recreation board. "I know I can't give the rec board the time it deserves, but do still plan to volunteer when and where I can," he said. Melissa Funk, who also resigned, had served on the board since 2009. ...
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Recreation calendar
Louisville Courier-Journal
Co-rec league. Beginning Saturday at Turners Field on River Road. $95 per team by noon Friday. Each team must have at least three girls. Call or text (502) 773-7920. Adult Monday. Each Monday, 1-8:30 pm at California Community Center. ...
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Rec commission shift is big change for city
KC Community News
Osawatomie city and recreation officials agreed to a monumental shift in the way in which the community manages its youth recreation programs last week. Both the City Council and theRecreation Commission agreed to transition the commission into an ...
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