Shawnee County Parks and Recreation Fall 2015 Guide

3137 SE 29th St. • Topeka, KS 66605

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Here’s the Plan ...

In 2014, the Shawnee County Board of County Commissioners approved the Shawnee County Parks + Recreation Master Plan, a document designed to guide and grow the department to better meet the needs of Shawnee County residents over the next 10 years. A copy of this plan is available at parks.snco.us.

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Great strides have been made in 2015 to begin reaching those goals, including: • Partnerships: The department has continued to

• “Meet You There” Branding: Local marketing

develop and improve partnerships with private and

firm Sprout Communications was hired to develop

public/non-profit organizations. Among current

a comprehensive marketing and brand strategy. A

partners are the City of Topeka, area schools and

logo and tagline - “Meet You There” – has been

rural communities, Boys & Girls Club of Topeka,

implemented to engage and educate residents on the

The Wooden Racquet, Topeka Daycare Learning

variety of recreational opportunities available to them

Center, Silverbackks and more.

through the department.

• Community Vision for Land: Austin, Collins,

• Park Maintenance: A contract with Wildcat

Eastboro, Hillsdale, Horne, Lakewood, Major

Landscape was established to maintain approximately

Palm and Sherwood Parks were identified for

184 acres of park and green space to raise park

improvements. Other parks will be identified and

maintenance to national standards while saving on

improved annually.

staffing and equipment maintenance. Additional parks

• Old Prairie Town at Historic Ward-Meade Park: Old Prairie Town, a popular tourist attraction,

and green spaces may be added in the future to further maximize cost efficiency.

hosts tours, meals, wedding rentals, special events

• Cost Recovery: Last year the department began

and other services and programs. To maximize the

analyzing its programs and facilities to determine

potential of this park/historic site, the construction

their true and total costs to establish what should be

of a sound wall along Interstate 70 was approved

supported through user fees versus tax dollars.

with 50 percent of the projected cost coming from the Shawnee County Parks and Recreation Foundation.

• Golf Course Revenue Revolving Fund: As a pilot program, the Lake Shawnee and

• Volunteer Coordinator: The volunteer coordinator position was established and filled to provide comprehensive volunteering opportunities that subsidize work and initiatives that would otherwise impact tax dollars and user fees.

Cypress Ridge golf course revenues are placed in a revolving fund to pay for annual operational

Watch for our new look and exciting things

expenses through user fees instead of tax support.

happening throughout our community. We look

Based on the results of the pilot, other programs

forward to providing you with further updates about

will have their own revolving funds established.

the Master Plan implementation. In the meantime, enjoy the many things to see and do in Shawnee County. We’ll meet you there!

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PRESCHOOL Story Time with Penny (ages 3-5)

1-Sep 2pm

$25 SN

Creation Station (ages 3-5)

2-Sep 10am

$30 SN

Mini Tumbling (ages 3-5)

5-Sep 9am

$20 CR

Mini Tumbling (ages 3-5)

5-Sep 9:40am $20 CR

Pre-Ballet (ages 3-5)

5-Sep 10:15am $20 CR

Tiny Dancers (ages 3-5)

9-Sep 5:30pm $40 SN

Little Tykes Soccer Clinic

9-Sep 6pm

$20 SLCP

Science and Me (ages 3-5)

10-Sep 10am

$20 CR

TSCPL Storytime

10-Sep 10:30am Free CR

Tiny Little Sluggers (ages 2-3)

13-Sep 9:30am $16 GR

Mini T-Ball (ages 3-5)

14-Sep 9:30am $15 CR

Tiny Little Sluggers (ages 2-3)

14-Sep 5:30pm $16 GR

Mighty Little Sluggers (ages 4-5)

14-Sep 6:10pm $21 GR

Yoga Bears (ages 2-6)

15-Sep 9:30am $16 GR

Fall Leaf Art (ages 3-5)

17-Sep 10am

Tiny Cheer (ages 3-6)

17-Sep 5:30pm $21 GR

Tikes Tumbling (ages 4-6)

17-Sep 6:10pm $26 GR

Music & Fitness (ages 3-5)

25-Sep 10:30am $15 CP

Mini Soccer (ages 3-5)

2-Oct 9:30am $15 CR

Indoor Soccer Program (ages 3-6)

5-Oct TBA

Tumbling

6-Oct 5:30pm $24 SLCC

Flag Football Clinic

7-Oct 5:30pm $20 RCP

BG = Big Gage Shelter House

Pint Size Picassos (ages 3-5)

8-Oct 10am $20 CR

CP = Central Park

Little Athletes (ages 3-5)

14-Oct 9:30am $20 CR

Mini Tumbling (ages 3-5)

17-Oct 9am

$20 CR

GR = Garfield

Mini Tumbling (ages 3-5)

17-Oct 9:40am $20 CR

HC = Hillcrest

Pre-Ballet (ages 3-5)

17-Oct 10:15am $20 CR

LS = Lake Shawnee

Creepy Critters (ages 3-5)

21-Oct 1pm

Spooky Halloween Crafts (ages 3-5)

23-Oct 9:30am $7 CR

Mini Hoops (ages 3-5)

26-Oct 9am

$15 CR

Monster Munch-A-Lunch (ages 3-5)

27-Oct 12pm

$12 SN

$8 CP UP, UP AND AWAY! Hot Air Balloons dot the Shawnee County sky during the annual Huff ‘n Puff Balloon Rally.

$25 GR

$7 CR

Tiny Dancing Tots (ages 3-5)

28-Oct 5:30pm $40 SN

All Star Hoops

4-Nov 5:30pm $20 RCC

Pilgrims on Parade (ages 3-5)

18-Nov 11am

Tom Turkey (ages 3-5)

19-Nov 9:30am $7 CR

$7 CR

KEY

CR = Crestview FP = Felker Park

LSC = Lake Shawnee Campground LSGS = Lake Shawnee Golf Course OK = Oakland RCC = Rossville Community Center RCP = Rossville Community Park RGS = Rossville Grade School SLCC = Silver Lake Community Center SLCP = Silver Lake Community Park SLGS = Silver Lake Grade School SN = Shawnee North

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Shawnee County Parks + Recreation, in partnership with Heartland Visioning, want to know what makes Shawnee County a great place to live or visit. Attend one of the following meetings to share your thoughts and ideas on how to make it even better.

Wednesday, September 23, 6:30pm

Wednesday, October 7, 6:30pm

Cypress Golf Course Club House

Ramada Inn Downtown

2533 SW Urish Road

420 SE 6th Ave.

Wednesday, September 30, 6:30pm

Wednesday, October 14, 6:30pm

Westlake Shelter House

Lake Shawnee Event Center

633 SW Blaisdell Drive

3027 SE Beach Terrace

YOUTH HEALTH & FITNESS All Star Basketball Training “Rookies” (ages 5-8)

2-Sep 4pm $40 HC

All Star Basketball Training “Veterans” (ages 9-13) 2-Sep 5pm $40 HC All Star Basketball Training “All Stars” (ages 14-17) 2-Sep 5pm $40 HC Basketball Clinic (ages 5-12)

2-Sep 5:30pm $20 OK

Basketball Clinic (ages 2-4)

5-Sep 9am $20 OK

BG = Big Gage Shelter House

Basketball Clinic (ages 5-12)

5-Sep 10am $20 OK

CP = Central Park

Speed & Agility Training (ages 10-18)

14-Sep 6pm

Volleyball Clinic (ages 6-12)

16-Sep 5:30pm $20 TBA

GR = Garfield

All Star Basketball Training “Rookies” (ages 5-8)

1-Oct 4pm $40 HC

HC = Hillcrest

$30 HC

All Star Basketball Training “Veterans” (ages 9-13) 1-Oct 5pm $40 HC All Star Basketball Training “All Stars” (ages 14-17) 1-Oct 5pm $40 HC T-ball Clinic (ages 3-5)

7-Oct 5:30pm $20 FP

Speed & Agility Training (ages 10-18)

12-Oct 6pm

Soccer Clinic (ages 3-5)

14-Oct 5:30pm $20 SN

Flag Football Clinic (ages 6-12)

26-Oct 5:30pm $20 FP

All Star Basketball Training “Rookies” (ages 5-8)

2-Nov 4pm $40 HC

$30 HC

All Star Basketball Training “Veterans” (ages 9-13) 2-Nov 5pm $40 HC Speed & Agility Training (ages 10-18)

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9-Nov 6pm $30 HC

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KEY

CR = Crestview FP = Felker Park

LS = Lake Shawnee LSC = Lake Shawnee Campground LSGS = Lake Shawnee Golf Course OK = Oakland RCC = Rossville Community Center RCP = Rossville Community Park RGS = Rossville Grade School SLCC = Silver Lake Community Center SLCP = Silver Lake Community Park SLGS = Silver Lake Grade School SN = Shawnee North

YOUTH CLASSES 8-Sep

School Day Out

7:30am-5:30pm $20 OK

Doodling with a Pencil PT2 (ages 8-18) 15-Sep 6pm

$10 HC

Tap and Twirl 1 (ages 4-7)

9-Sep 6pm

$40 SN

Soccer Clinic

9-Sep 6:30pm

$25 SLCP

Tap and Twirl 2 (ages 5-8)

9-Sep 6:45pm

$40 SN

Explore Your Talent (11+)

10-Sep 3pm

$25 CP

Junior Golf Lessons

14-Sep 3:15pm

$45 SLGS

Junior Golf Lessons

14-Sep 3:30pm

$45 RGS

ARC Babysitting Clinic (ages 11-15)

19-Sep 9am

$70 GR

Horseshoes

21-Sep 3:30pm

$25 RCP

Theatre Production

24-Sep 3:45pm

$40 RCC

Kids in the Kitchen (10+)

3-Oct 12pm

$35 CP

Frisbee Disc Golf

5-Oct 3:30pm

$30 RSCP

Tumbling

6-Oct 6pm

$30 SLCC

Middle School Fun Night (ages 9-13)

7-Oct 6pm

$3 HC

School Day Out

9-Oct

7:30am-5:30pm $20 OK

School Day Out

22-Oct

7:30am-5:30pm $20 OK

School Day Out

23-Oct

7:30am-5:30pm $20 OK

Tap and Twirl 1 (ages 4-7)

28-Oct 6pm

$40 SN

Tap and Twirl 2 (ages 5-8)

28-Oct 6:45pm

$40 SN

Bowling

2-Nov 3:15pm

$45 SLGS

Bowling

2-Nov 3:30pm

$45 RGS

Doodling with a Pencil PT2 (ages 8-18) 5-Nov 6pm

$10 HC

6-Nov 6pm

$3 HC

Middle School Fun Night (ages 9-13)

MEET YOU ON THE TRAIL Join Parks + Recreation and Kansas Wildscape for free family fun at Outdoor Kansas Kids Day! All activities take place along the Shawnee North nature trail. Kids along with parents can hike while enjoying stops at the BB Shooting Range, giant Nature Painting, Bird Watch Scavenger Hunt, Animal Track Casting, Outdoor Sports, and Skins & Skulls. Make yummy S’mores at the campsite. This is event encourages families to enjoy healthy activities outdoors.

Saturday, September 19, 9-11am Shawnee North Community Park 300 NE 43rd St. • Topeka, KS 66617

VOLUNTEER! If you would like to get involved, there are a variety of volunteer opportunities throughout Shawnee County allowing you to preserve the environment, develop new talents, learn and serve, raise awareness, meet new people and keep active!

Choose from the following: PARKS • ART, WRITING + DESIGN • ADMINISTRATIVE • CULTURAL + HISTORICAL STUDENTS/PROJECTS • ATHLETICS • EDUCATION • EVENTS For more information or to get involved contact: Olivia Mayer, Volunteer Services Coordinator • 785-251-2625 • Olivia.Mayer@snco.us

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Shawnee County Programs Receive National Honors There’s a lot to be proud of right here in Shawnee County. Neighbors still help their neighbors and people still care about their community. These qualities are at the heart of many of our parks + recreation programs. We don’t do it for the recognition, it’s just what we do. However, we were pretty excited to learn that two of our programs were recognized as the best in the country at the National Association of County Park and Recreation Officials Conference. This year, Silverbackks was recognized as the Outstanding Support Organization and the Easter Seals Capper Foundation iCan Bike summer camp program was awarded top recognition for the Removing Barriers Initiative.

Biking With Confidence

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Learning to ride a two-wheeled bicycle is a rite

confidence and gain

of passage for most children. For children with

balance to ride their very

disabilities, it often seems an impossible dream.

own two-wheeled bike.

Since 2011, Shawnee County Parks + Recreation

has partnered with Easter Seals Capper Foundation

the camp can best be

in helping to make that dream a reality for over 100

summed up by Cris

children, teens and adults with disabilities.

Teter, Easter Seals

Capper Foundation

iCan Bike is a unique 5-day summer camp

The impact of

experience to give individuals with disabilities the

Physical Therapist and

skill and self-confidence to learn to ride a two-wheel

Camp Director:

bicycle. Using specialized equipment, coaching

and encouragement, children “lose the training

whole week is the reaction

wheels!” For individuals with disabilities, learning to

and smiles from kids when

ride a bicycle has many benefits, such as increased

they realize what they are

confidence and self-esteem, inclusion with peers,

doing for the first time, combined with the joy, tears

independent transportation, and most important,

and almost disbelief seen on so many parents’ faces

increased quality of life through recreation.

when they see their child really riding a bike on his or

her own for the first time.”

Central Park Community Center has served

“The best part of the

iCAN BIKE Camper from the Easter Seal Capper Foundation iCan Bike summer camp takes his first ride without training wheels.

as the host site since 2011. The community center

was chosen because it has a large indoor facility and

forward to facilitating this program every year. It’s a

an outside track, where the children improve their

heart-warming experience for everyone involved.

Shawnee County Parks + Recreation staff looks

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Feeding Education Hunger has a huge effect on how a child performs

SilverSuppers

at school and prevents kids from reaching their full

at Central Park

potential. Silverbackks, a troop of volunteers standing

Community Center

with those who need help standing on their own,

began in August 2014

reached out to Shawnee County Parks + Recreation to

and has provided

fight childhood hunger in the community.

4,625 meals. “The

meals are wonderful,”

With the lead of SilverTeens, a division of

Silverbackks, SilverSuppers are served free of charge

Cheryl Newton,

to anyone 18 years old and younger at Central Park,

Central Park’s

Garfield and Hillcrest community centers. Through this

recreation program

program, children in poverty are provided healthy meals,

coordinator, said. “The

allowing them to be fully engaged in educational and

kids look forward

other enrichment activities. It is through these kinds of

to them and are quick to

partnerships that our community can prosper.

say ‘thank you’.” Newton also noted that since the

SILVERBACKKS Volunteer serves a healthy meal to fuel learning.

program started, she has seen a change in how the SilverSuppers at Hillcrest Community Center

children respond to those around them; they are more

launched in May 2014 and has provided 6,678 meals.

courteous, more helpful and they clean up their areas.

“We have found, after checking grades at school that several of the youth benefiting from the SilverSupper

SilverSuppers at Garfield Park Community Center

program are performing better and in a few cases,

was launched in March 2015 and has provided 535

are exceeding expectations in their studies,” Darrell

meals. “The youngsters line up 15 minutes early for

Stewart, recreation program coordinator at Hillcrest,

a meal,” said Clay Neal, Garfield Park’s recreation

said. “We would like to think this is because they are

program coordinator. “The volunteers make sure

no longer going to bed hungry at night.”

everyone receives as much food as they want.”

NATIONAL HONOR Silverbackks volunteers and iCan Bike summer camp program recognized at County Commission Meeting.

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ADULT HEALTH & FITNESS

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KEY

Morning Yoga

31-Aug 8:15am $36 CR

Gentle Yoga

31-Aug 10am

$36 CR

Hypno Yoga

31-Aug 12pm

$36 CR

Body Sculpting

31-Aug 6pm

$36 CR

FP = Felker Park

Zumba

31-Aug 7pm

$36 CR

GR = Garfield

Monday Night Yoga

31-Aug 7pm

$17.50 CR

Wellness Center

1-Sep 8am

$50 SN

Senior Yoga @ Central Park

1-Sep 9am

$38.50 CP

Gentle Yoga

1-Sep 10am $38.50 CR

Pickleball

1-Sep 12:30pm $1 GR

Easy Does It Yoga

1-Sep 5:30pm $38.50 CR

Aerobics

1-Sep 6pm

$25 RCC

SLCC = Silver Lake Community Center

Aerobics

1-Sep 6pm

$25 SLCC

SLCP = Silver Lake Community Park

Pickleball

3-Sep 10am

$1 GR

Pickleball

3-Sep 6pm

$2 GR

Healthy You Yoga

4-Sep 10am

$20 CR

Weekend Yoga

5-Sep 8:30am $20 CR

Pilates

9-Sep 5:30pm $36 CP

Aerobics

1-Oct 6pm

$25 RCC

Aerobics

1-Oct 6pm

$25 SLCC

Morning Yoga

19-Oct 8:15am $38.50 CR

Gentle Yoga

19-Oct 10am

Hypno Yoga

19-Oct 12:00pm $38.50 CR

Body Sculpting

19-Oct 6pm

$38.50 CR

Zumba

19-Oct 7pm

$38.50 CR

Monday Night Yoga

19-Oct 7pm

$20 CR

Senior Yoga @ Central Park

20-Oct 9am

$38.50 CR

Gentle Yoga

20-Oct 10am

$38.50 CR

Easy Does It Yoga

20-Oct 5:30pm $38.50 CR

Healthy You Yoga

23-Oct 10am

Weekend Yoga

24-Oct 8:30am $20 CR

Pilates

26-Oct 5:30pm $38.50 CP

Aerobics

1-Nov 6pm

$25 RCC

Aerobics

1-Nov 6pm

$25 SLCC

BG = Big Gage Shelter House CP = Central Park CR = Crestview

HC = Hillcrest LS = Lake Shawnee LSC = Lake Shawnee Campground LSGS = Lake Shawnee Golf Course OK = Oakland RCC = Rossville Community Center RCP = Rossville Community Park RGS = Rossville Grade School

SLGS = Silver Lake Grade School SN = Shawnee North

$38.50 CR

$20 CR

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S’MORES TIME Fall is a great time for camps and campouts with Shawnee County Parks + Recreation!

Sign up online at parks.snco.us

ADULT PERFORMING ARTS Beginning Belly Dance

8-Sep 6pm

$56 CR

Intermediate Belly Dance

8-Sep 6pm

$84 CR

English Country Dance

8-Sep 6:30pm $28 SN

Advanced Belly Dance

9-Sep 6pm

$70 CP

Belly Dance Performance Preparation 9-Sep 7:30pm $28 CP English Country Dance

29-Sep 6:30pm $28 SN

Progressive Line Dancing

1-Oct 6pm

$20 CR

International Folk Dance

8-Oct 5pm

$30 CP

Advanced Belly Dance

26-Oct 6pm

$70 CP

Belly Dance Performance Preparation 26-Oct 7:30pm $28 CP Beginning Belly Dance

27-Oct 6pm

$56 CR

Intermediate Belly Dance

27-Oct 6pm

$84 CR

English Country Dance

27-Oct 6:30pm $28 SN

Couples Country Variety

5-Nov 6pm

English Country Dance

17-Nov 6:30pm $28 SN

$20 CR

MARTIAL ARTS & SELF DEFENSE After School Tae Kwon Do (ages 5-15) 1-Sep 5pm

$40 HC

Advanced Tae Kwon Do

1-Sep 5:30pm $30 RCC

Youth Karate

1-Sep 6pm

$35 CR

Karate

1-Sep 6pm

$38.50 CR

Beginning Tae Kwon Do

1-Sep 6:30pm $30 RCC

Tae Kwon Do

3-Sep 6:30pm $30 SN

Kickboxing for the Beginner

8-Sep 6pm

Karate

9-Sep 6:30pm $36 CP

Tae Kwon Do

1-Oct 6:30pm $30 SN

$30 HC

After School Tae Kwon Do (ages 5-15) 5-Oct 5pm

$40 HC

Kickboxing for the Beginner

6-Oct 6pm

$30 HC

Karate

20-Oct 6pm

$38.50 CR

Youth Karate

20-Oct 6pm

$35 CR

Karate

26-Oct 6:30pm $38.50 CP

After School Tae Kwon Do (ages 5-15) 2-Nov 5pm

$40 HC

Kickboxing for the Beginner

3-Nov 6pm

$30 HC

Tae Kwon Do

5-Nov 6:30pm $30 SN

FOOTGOLF The traditional game of golf and FootGolf are close relatives. The object of FootGolf is to kick a soccer ball into a 21-inch hole with the fewest number of kicks.

Shawnee County Parks + Recreation’s 18-hole FootGolf course at Forbes Field is accredited by the American FootGolf League and has par 3’s, 4’s, 5’s. It also includes the features of a traditional golf course such as rolling fairways and roughs, sand traps, trees, tall native grasses and other “hazards” to test your skills. No expensive clubs or lessons are required - just your feet, a soccer ball and about 90 minutes.

Regulated by the Federation for International FootGolf, or FIFG, FootGolf is played throughout the world and is a great way to get outside, get fit and hang out with your family and friends.

Go to parks.snco.us or call 785-862-0114 for FootGolf tee times and rates.

FootGolf Rules: -No cleats. Running shoes, turf shoes and golf cleats are permitted. -No groups larger the 5 on a hole at once. -Allow faster groups to play through. –Go to the American FootGolf League’s website at www.afgl.us for more rules.

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36th Annual Apple Festival Set for October 4 Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic Site will host its 36th Annual Apple Festival on Sunday, October 4, from 10am – 5pm Apple Festival is a long-time Topeka tradition celebrating the fall season and everything apple. Live entertainment, demonstrations, heritage food, tours of historic buildings and an arts and crafts fair make this a fun family event.

This year’s entertainment features Jed Zeplin Bluegrass Band, Jami Amber Lynne and spirit dancer Dennis Rogers.

Other performers on the main stage include Laura Ingalls Wilder and Shannon Reilly. Additional entertainment includes Smashing Bumpkins, a petting zoo, blacksmith demonstrations and annual quilt show.

Peddlers Village, the arts and crafts fair, will be located throughout the stunning 2.5-acre botanical garden.

With over 60 vendors present, there will be a wide variety of things to see. We’ll meet you there!

Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic Site, located at SW 1st and

Town Square Stage - Entertainment Schedule

SW Clay. Admission is $5 in advance and $6 at the gate. Ages 12 and

10am Jed Zeplin

under are free. Tickets are available at Dillons, The Mulvane General

11am Jami Amber Lynne

Store at Old Prairie Town and Shawnee County Parks + Recreation,

12pm Dennis Rogers

3137 SE 29th St. Parking is available at the Judicial Center, SW 10th

1pm Jed Zeplin

and SW Jackson, with free shuttles to Old Prairie Town all day long.

2pm Laura Ingalls Wilder 3pm Dennis Rogers

For additional information call 785-251-2989.

4pm Jed Zeplin

ADULT CLASSES Painting with Mary Lou

2-Sep 9:15am $36 SN

Painting with Mary Lou

2-Sep 1pm

$36 SN

Aluminum Can Repousse

2-Sep 1pm

Free CR

Genealogy

3-Sep 10am

Free SN

CP = Central Park

Painting with Mary Lou

3-Sep 1pm

$36 SN

CR = Crestview

Pitch

4-Sep 1pm

$1 SN

Crestview Book Discussion Group

9-Sep 1pm

Free CR

HC = Hillcrest

Pottery & Handbuilding

14-Sep 6pm

$40 SN

LS = Lake Shawnee

Bee Keeping

16-Sep 6:30pm Free SN

Pottery & Handbuilding

5-Oct 6pm

$40 SN

Turn Those Seasonal Catalogs Into Gifts 7-Oct 1pm

Free CR

Crestview Book Discussion Group

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14-Oct 2pm

Free CR

Bee Keeping

21-Oct 6:30pm Free SN

Pottery & Handbuilding

2-Nov 6pm

$40 SN

Toilet Paper/Paper Towel Rolls

4-Nov 1pm

Free CR

Crestview Book Discussion Group

18-Nov 2pm

Free CR

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KEY BG = Big Gage Shelter House

FP = Felker Park GR = Garfield

LSC = Lake Shawnee Campground LSGS = Lake Shawnee Golf Course OK = Oakland RCC = Rossville Community Center RCP = Rossville Community Park RGS = Rossville Grade School SLCC = Silver Lake Community Center SLCP = Silver Lake Community Park SLGS = Silver Lake Grade School SN = Shawnee North

ADULT ATHLETICS Old School Basketball League (35+)

2-Sep 6pm

$20 HC

Afternoon Pickup League (18+)

3-Sep 11am

$10 HC

ADAPTIVE RECREATION Dancehouse

10-Sep 6pm

$5 BG

Dancehouse

8-Oct 6pm

$5 BG

Dancehouse

12-Nov 6pm

$5 BG

TAKE A RIDE The handcar is always a popular attraction at the Apple Festival.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) GENERAL POLICY ON PROGRAM ACCESS AND COMMUNICATIONS Shawnee County Parks and Recreation provides positive recreational experiences that contribute to the physical, mental, social, and emotional development of people of all ages and abilities. To facilitate opportunities for people with and without disabilities to engage in leisure pursuits together, the parks and recreation department provides inclusion services. If you have a disability and would like to request a special accommodation for a program, please contact a staff member. To ensure the requested accommodation, please notify the staff at the facility where the requested program is located at least two weeks in advance of the start of the program. For more information on inclusion opportunities, parks and recreation services and accommodations, please call 785-251-2677.

Shawnee County Parks and Recreation does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment of, its services, programs, or activities. Upon written request, accommodation will be provided to allow individuals with disabilities to participate in all parks and recreation services, programs, and activities.

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programs, golf courses, facilities and refund

Board of County Commissioners Michele A. Buhler 1st District

policy, or to sign up for classes, shelter

Kevin Cook

2nd District

reservations and athletics visit us online at

Bob Archer

3rd District

You can also stay connected with us on Facebook and Twitter.

Directory (785)251-2600 John Knight – Director of Parks and Recreation

For information on all parks + recreation

parks.snco.us

Randy Luebbe – Deputy Director of Operations Terry Bertels – Deputy Director of Facilities Kerry Golden – Director of Golf Mike Cope – Park Police Chief John Boyd – Green Space/Land Superintendent Susan Fowler-Hentzler – Recreation Superintendent Shawn Osborne – Outdoor Adventure Superintendent Gloria Cortez-Leonard – Administrative Supervisor Linda Kelly – Administrative Supervisor

SPECIAL EVENTS Shawnee County’s Largest Workout

2-Sep 6pm Yager Stadium, Washburn University

All Nations Pow-Wow

Sept 3-6

LS

My Catch is Bigger Fishing Tournament 4-Sep 7pm CP Huff-N-Puff Balloon Rally

Sept 11-13

Great Topeka Duck Race

12-Sep 9am LS

LS

Outdoor Kansas Kids Day (OK Kids Day) 19-Sep SN Friends of Ted Ensley Gardens Concert 20-Sep 5pm LS Family Day in the Park

Sept 26-27

10am HC

Shawnee County Parks and Recreation Foundation Golf Tourney 2-Oct 9am LSGC Smoke on the Water BBQ Contest

Oct 9-10

LSC

Mary Lou Gudenkauf & Students Art Show: Visions of Winter 10-Oct SN Fall Trout Stocking

24-Oct LS

KEY BG = Big Gage Shelter House CP = Central Park CR = Crestview FP = Felker Park GR = Garfield HC = Hillcrest LS = Lake Shawnee LSC = Lake Shawnee Campground LSGS = Lake Shawnee Golf Course OK = Oakland

Invite a Veteran to Breaksfast

7-Nov 8am CP

RCC = Rossville Community Center

Tails on the Trail 5K Run & Walk

7-Nov

SN

RCP = Rossville Community Park

Holiday Festival of Crafts & Bazaar

Nov 20-21

GR

Winter Wonderland

Nov 20-Dec 31 6-10pm LSC

SLCP = Silver Lake Community Park

Karate Spectacular

5-Dec 9am CP

SLGS = Silver Lake Grade School

Old Fashioned Christmas Craft Fair and Bake Sale

RGS = Rossville Grade School SLCC = Silver Lake Community Center

SN = Shawnee North

5-Dec 9am CR