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ITEM # 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.