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<br /> <br />~interlSpring Brochure and Programming <br />"he next brochure goes to the printer on Friday, December 15th. This brochure will cover mid-January through <br />mid-May. We will also be sending out a promotional flyer about Y2 way through the season to re-promote <br />programs that fall in the later months. <br /> <br />A big change this year will be our promotion of Tball in this earlier brochure. Parents start looking for this <br />information in February when the youth associations begin their registration process so we will have the <br />information all ready to go. I am hoping to have flyers available at the Youth Baseball and Girls Softball <br />registrations. <br /> <br />We have a couple of new programs that I am really excited about. One is a cheerleading program for jr high <br />girls. We have a one-day clinic that is just for fun and will be a fundraiser for the Cheerleaders as well as a <br />weekly program that will meet for about 10 weeks to prepare those who are interested in trying out for <br />cheerleading in 10th grade. It will cover skill development as well as clarify all the expectations of the <br />cheerleaders. <br /> <br />We have also acquired the Ski Club that used to be run by the school district. We were asked by Mike Hanlon <br />to take over this program that has been running for about 25 years. We are finalizing all the trip details for the <br />season and will be getting all the information out to the schools in the next few days. These trips are a great <br />way to serve about 50 jr. and sr. high students every Friday throughout the winter. <br /> <br />Additionally, we have gained a new staff person for programming who is currently teaching with the Skating <br />a\cademy program. She will be adding off-ice conditioning soon and will also be offering a Matworks program. <br />"his is a Pilate-based program geared towards athletes to strengthen muscles as well as repair damaged <br />muscles. We will be offering this program at the Emporium site to teens through adults. <br /> <br />Open Gyms <br />Open gyms are off to a great start. Attendance has been good so far and we are looking forward to a busy <br />season. Last year's numbers were really low, many sites had little to no attendance for the majority of the <br />season, but things seem to be back on an upward swing. We currently have 12 hours a week in open gyms <br />available. <br /> <br />Warming Houses <br />We will be opening warming houses in the next two weeks. I believe we'll have enough staff to cover the <br />shifts. We are working on making these positions safer and will be meeting with the park commissions in Elk <br />River and Otsego (if they offer a rink this year) to discuss various possibilities. Some of the ideas being <br />discussed in Elk River are two person shifts, having concessions at some site and one person would work <br />concessions and the other would supervise the warming house area, and not having all the sites open at the same <br />times. I will know more after the 13th when the park commissions meet. <br /> <br />. <br />