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. . . Michele Bergh Community Recreation Staff Report December 1999 New offices We are moved into our new space and are really happy with it. Our open house is December 15 during business hours. This will be very informal, with cookies and coffee. We also have magnets with our new address and phone number on them and will be having a drawing for a sweatshirt. I hope you will all be able to stop by. Emporium Emporium is going well and concerts continue to be popular with the local students. We have finally gotten the facility back in order now that the construction is done. The students are happy with the new space and feel that it works well for the activities we have there. We are in the process of purchasing a newer, larger TV for them as well as a P A system for the bands. Both of these items will draw even more students in. Winter registration Registration is going very well for winter programs. We have 530 registered so far. Many of these are for the Skating Academy, which continues to grow and be very successful. Figure skating club Some of the parents are in the process of starting a club for figure skaters through the United States Figure Skating Association, which is the organization our skating program at the arena is affiliated with. You must be a member of a club to be able to compete in USFSA sanctioned competitions. The club is run by parent volunteers much like the Youth Hockey, Youth Baseball, Girls Fast Pitch and other associations in our area. There is a one-year probationary period the club needs to go through before they can be approved as an official club. This requires many terms to be met such as buying their own ice, having at least 25 members, and having an adult instructional class. Our office is working with the arena and the club to coordinate efforts and minimize issues that may occur with a new group coming into the picture. There are many details that need to be sorted out and we will be working together to accomplish this. Spring programming The spring brochure will be delivered on Feb. 3, with our registration beginning immediately and the CE/ECFE mass registration beginning Feb. 5. Programs will include 3 On 3 Intramural Basketball League, gymnastics, pee wee programs, Easter egg hunts and more. Outdoor ice rinks We are working on staffing the warming houses this year. We have several returning staff members and surprising we have several applications for people interested in working this year. It looks like we'll have no problems getting everything covered (if it ever gets cold enough@).