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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1963)
KLAMATH FAL1-S, OltKGON, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1963 Summer Time And Life Is Fun'.'. For Youngsters In Klamath Parle Program rrrrrrrrrrTTTTt- 9m ritfr 2 " - '"V " f .1- 1 going ' luck's ANY LUCK ISAAC? One more chub and I'm iwimminq laid one angler to the other. When your at an ebb and the sun is beating down on your head that water sure looks inviting. But a better place for a swim is the Municipal Pool scheduled to open June 10. A boy doesn't worry too much whether it's a chub or trout as long as it's biting, but when he brings a mess of "native" chubs home and tosses them in mom s sink . . . watch out! Now that summer vacation Is; rolling near many youngsters are wondering how to spend their lei sure hours. To help answer the question. "What to do? , the Klamath Falls Parks and Recre ation Department developed a schedule of summer activities that will help solve the problem. To help introduce youngsters and. parents to the complete city recrc- ation program the Herald and, News will have a series of threel articles outlining the activities be-: fore June 10, the official kick-off date. Today's article, the first of the scries, will deal witn tne entire agenda of the summer's organized recreation programs. The second article will give information re garding the summer schedule at the Municipal Swimming Pool und the third will describe all tile facilities made available by tile Park and Recreation Depart ment under the direction of Gary Woodring. The Organized Summer Recre ation Program offers twelve dif ferent recreation activities, eighti for children and three for both hildrcn and adults. "Well qualified leadership, com- - - 'V - A 1 fir J 1 WINS SUMMER POPULARITY POLL The Municipal Pool is by far th most popular of the park department's facilities. Swimming instruction, lifesaving instruction and a whole gamut of pool activities are sched- uled at the city pool again this year. Here the summer staff closely supervises the instruction as the youngsters keep close tabs on their iwimmiag "buddies." prehensive organization, and terest in the individual make these activities positive answers to the what to do this summer? qucs tion, Director Woodring said. A unique program at the Moore Park Playground is being provided this summer for elemen tary age boys and girls to learn new recreation skills and meet new friends. Three two-week ses sions are planned beginning June 17 to June 28: June 30 to July 12 and July 15 to July 26. The regu lar schedule will run Mondav through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ella Redkey, KL'HS staff mem- ber, will supervise the program and a staff of six will assist her in leading arts and crafts, drama tennis instruction, archery, fun games, camping" skills, Softball and gymnastics. Each session will be limited to 160 children with age limits run ning from second through ninth, grades. A fee of $3 will be charged1 and bus transportation can be pro vided (within the city limits) for $2 per session. Woodring said that if the fee makes participation in the pro gram prohibitive parents should contact him at his office in city hall, TU 2-3863, and other arrange ments may be made. Another interesting program, will be baton instruction under the direction of Juanita Stevens, Northwest twirling champion. There will be four weeks of in struction beginning July 8 and end ing Aug. 2. Marching, balance, and coor dination can be picked up through this instruction. The classes are! open only to girls from third to eighth grades and will be held at Kiwanis Park in the Mills Addi tion, Monday and Tuesday at 9 a.m. for beginners, and 10 a.m for intermediates and advanced. A fee of $4 will he charged. Children, beginning the fifth grade and older, and adults will be able to learn the fundamentals of tennis at the Moore Pork courts again this year. Jim Norland Washington State University tennis star, will be instructing. Lessons will last seven weeks beginning June 17. Of special interest this year will he semi-private lessons limited to groups of six students each. The tennis schedule follows: MWF, 8 to 10 a.m., beginning boys and girls; I to 3 p.m., inter mediate boys and girls, and 3 to p.m. semi-private instruction for beginning and intermediate boys and girls. MW. R to 8 p m. semi-private instruction for beginning and in termediate adults. T Th. 8 to 10 am. beginning through advanced women; 1 to .11 p.m., beginning boys and girls; .1 to S p.m. semi-private intermed iate and advanced boys and girls. There will be a fee of $8 for egular classes on MWF and $101 for semi-private classes on t h e same days. A fee of $4 'will be charged for regular Tuesday and fhursday classes and $6 for semi- private classes on the same days. A city tennis tournament open to all players in the immediate area will be held during the last week in July. A Herald and News tournament, open to all comers, will be held during Labor Day weekend. A tennis league will be formed during the first week in July for those interested in team tennis play. No fee will be charged for this activity. A new program offered this summer by the recreation depart ment will be a Children's Thea tre. Mrs. George Harris will direct the program open to boys and girls from the second to eighth grades. The children will train for their acting parts and stage construc tion tasks twice weekly from 9 to 12 a.m. beginning July 8 and end ing Aug. 16. A fee of $4 will be charged for the six-week session The city recreation department again is offering entertainment, leadership and equipment to neighborhood groups wishing to organize an evening-in-the park get-together. . "The many beautiful neighbor hood parks in Klamath Falls lend themselves to a common meeting place for this type of activity,' Woodring said. A 'PccW'ec Softball League for boys from 7 to 12 years old las of July 1. !3, who are not playing Little League baseball will begin June 17. Tryouts will be held at Kiwanis Park, June 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. for boys 7 to 9 years of age and at 1 to 3 p.m., June 8, for the older bovs. The rules provide that each boy will play in every game and the dads will be coaches. Team spon sors provide caps and T-shirt uniforms. There will be supervised wad ing pools at Kiwanis Park from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday all summer. The Moore Park and Municipal Pool wading pools will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. daily and on weekends. -, A three-week class in wrestling fundamentals will be offered for elementary and high school age boys. DeLance Duncan, KUHS wrestling coach, will teach these classes which meet Monday through Thursday in the KU wres tling roum from 7 to 9 p.m. Tile summer basketball instruc tion and team play will start June 10 and end July 26. Junior high through college age boys are wel come to participate. Al Keck.'KU basketball coach, heads the -pro gram which will be at Pelican Court, Monday through Thursday, from 7 to 9 p.m. Finally, the department offers a gct-in-shape touch football pro gram for junior high through col lege age boys. The program Is su pervised by Bob Williams, KU football coach. Play will begin Aug. 12 at Modoc Field and the games will be played evenings at 7 o'clock. ' -rwwt vFtnf Bar ,4- 4 . -jtetf'..;; . : 'it,, ::f MM f v . -rn .11 mSf kA hwm ACTING OUT MOM'S ROLE These young women on the left look as though they may be ready to try out for a role in th new Children's Theatre program this summer. The activity will give boys and girls from second through eighth grades a chance to try their hand at acting and set designing under the direction of Mrs. George Har- boys on the right probably don't eart much about the law of gravity, if that slide enough they'll go down whether fhy know about gravity or not, and the slicker ris. The is slick the slide the faster the ride sir . r. VsT" : ' . ' J . ..; , "''.) -.? ' . ' . PRECISION IN THE WATER In the swim of things is a group of aguatie nymphi at the Municipal Pool. The Municipal Pool program's schedule, which will begin June 10, will be outlined in full in the second story of this series on the park department's summer activities. 1 1 Ht Jil I " I I f SUPERVISED GAMES AT MOORE PARK Two KF boys enjoy a fast gam of Irnip knop at Moor Park as on of th summer etaff members stands by keeping cor. Th Moor Park program offers several recreation activities for energetic kids. t.li - J. i mm i.ir .)-.,. tmrmmuy i itirTfT JTLa1Hisl GOING FOR A SPIN Two youths get together at on of the city parks and tak a arly morning rid on this makeshift diny device. The eity parks ar loaded with swings, slides and ll sorts of amusement gadgets for youngsters to get exercise and fun, ; I .1
