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Staff Report
<br />November 1998
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<br />r~rogramming
<br />Our Holiday programs include Elk River Skating Academy, Outdoor Skating Lessons, Activities on
<br />Winter Break, Indoor Walking, Pool Tournaments, Team Ingemar, Women's Volleyball, Men's
<br />Volleyball, Men's Basketball, Intramural Basketball, and Open Gyms.
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<br />Our Winter/Spring programming ideas include Gymnastics, Pee Wee Soccer, Open Gyms, Indoor
<br />Walking, Pillo Hockey, Pee Wee Basketball, Elk River Skating Academy, Team Ingemar, Winter Fun
<br />Fest, Women's Volleyball, Men's Volleyball, Co-Rec Volleyball, Men's Basketball (2 leagues),
<br />Intramural Basketball Sleigh Ride at Woodland Trails, Indoor T-Ball, Cheerleading Clinic, Cross
<br />Country Ski Race, Adult Broomball, Downhill Skiing, Youthbotmd Dances, Dances at the Arena, Pool
<br />Tournaments, Self Defense for teens, Easter Egg Hunt and Basket Class, Youth Volleyball, Indoor
<br />Soccer for school-aged children, Intramural 3 on 3 Basketball, Baseball Camps, Mites Skills Plus
<br />Hockey, Skate Park Apparatus Clinic, Spring Break activities, Intramural Floor Hockey, Indoor Boot
<br />Hockey, Otsego Transportation Fair, Ice Skating Show, Craft Fair @ Arena, Open In Line Skating,
<br />Open Indoor Soccer.
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<br />We are also working with ECFE and Community Education to help facilitate some community clubs
<br />like a book club or running club or something similar. We would like to try to get groups together
<br />and give them some general guidelines and then let them continue on their own.
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<br />Noella, the Community E~lucation Program Specialist for Jr/Sr High and I are planning on getting
<br />vgether more to work with the students at the schools and at Youthbound to figure out what they
<br />would like and get them involved in the planning of these activities. We've talked about organizing a
<br />"club" where the members would actually plan and help carry out social activities.
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<br />Open Gyms
<br />All Open Gyms have started and most are staffed. There are two (out of 10) a week that aren't yet
<br />and one that is only staffed half the time. We are filling in with subs for now and I am still looking
<br />for someone to work them.
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<br />Staffing
<br />We continue to struggle with staffing. We've had ads in three different papers, large signs in front of
<br />the Arena and on Hwy 169 by Youthbound, a full page ad in the Holiday brochure and put an ad in
<br />the Elk River City Newsletter. We haven't received a single application from any of these sources. I
<br />have some returning staff working open gyms and some who have expressed an interest in working
<br />warming houses.
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<br />MRPA Conference
<br />Jeff and I attended the MRPA Conference last week. I enjoyed the opportunity to meet more people
<br />in the field and attend some great workshops. The ones I enjoyed the most were on Managerial
<br />Communications, Dealing with Difficult Customers and one on handling the stress. The speakers
<br />were very knowledgeable and entertaining. ! feel like I came away with some new information to
<br /> elp me do a better job.
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