Update

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c506e1egerbq.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>Litchfield Parks and Recreation.org + lpr.bz</B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>|    </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Litchfield Parks and Recreation.org lpr"><B>home</B></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#339900" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Programs">Programs</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Events">Special Events</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Camps">Camps</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forms">Forms</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links">Links</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures From Recent Events">Pictures From Recent Events</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Business Sponsors">Business Sponsors</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us">About Us</A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#99CC00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Update</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="676" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2394 WIDTH="668"><div> <B><U>Update</U></B></div> <div> <B>What's Happening at Litchfield Parks & Recreation?</B></div> <bR> <div> Nineteenth century American writer Edward Bellamy once noted, “<B>If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second</B>.”  We here at Litchfield Parks and Recreation echo that statement every day.  If you are not getting out there and recreating…it's time!!!</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> <B>"Betty Ford" </B>(<I>aka</I> "<B>Rec Wreck</B>")</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ae3c0e40.jpg" border=0 width="448" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> After one month of searching for a name for the "new" 1993 Ford F-150 short bed pick-up truck, which Litchfield Parks and Rec Director Brent Hawkins will use to haul around things for their many events each year, a name has been chosen for the vehicle. </div> <bR> <div> Hawkins ran a nation-wide contest in which there were 93 different names suggested for the truck. Judges in Connecticut, Michigan, Kentucky and West Virginia selected to pick the 16 finalist in the competition, then voting was done to get to the final four and the final pair. </div> <bR> <div> The final vote went to "<B>Betty</B>" with 647 votes over the <B>Rec Wreck</B> with 517 votes. In typical Possum Queen Contest fashion Hawkins chided bribes for the naming rights of the truck as well seeing $625 dollars raised to date for the Possum Queen Foundation for the annual charity event which Hawkins and Billy Neller put on every New Year's Day. Thanks to the bribes brought in, they now have the official name of the truck "Betty - The Rec Wreck." </div> <bR> <div> Anyone else wanting to send in a "bribe" may still do so by sending a check to: The Possum Queen Foundation, c/o Brent Hawkins, P.O. Box 263, Litchfield, CT 06759. Hawkins says, '<B>Betty the Rec Wreck'</B> runs on gas, oil, wood alcohol and love!"</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Thanks to all for playing, bribing and voting!!! </I></div> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> <B>Summer Playground Camps</B></div> <div> Litchfield Parks and Recreation will be opening their summer playground camps on Wednesday, June 23rd at Community Field beginning at 9:00 a.m.</div> <bR> <div> Two camps will run simultaneously, with the children 5 and under going to the Pre-School Playground Camp, Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. The fee for the camp is $65 a week. Daily drop-ins are also available to make things easier for the family. </div> <bR> <div> Children <B>aged 6 and over</B> will go to the <B>Sandlot Adventure Camp</B> from 9:00 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Sandlot Adventure Camp is $80 a week, with daily rates of $16 per child. That breaks down to about $2.29 per hour for a child to have fun and learn in a supervised and safe environment.</div> <bR> <div> All children should come to camp with their lunch, a snack, water, and a drink to get them through a day filled with activities.</div> <bR> <div> The Summer Camps run through August 20th. In case of a passing rain shower, the camps will be moved to the Litchfield Firehouse, within a short walk of the camps, or to the Forman School when the day is a complete wash out.</div> <bR> <div> The Sandlot Adventurers will travel to Sandy Beach on most Tuesdays, weather-permitting, for some fun in the water. The 4-H Club will be making several visits to camp as will “The Game Show Guy” Keith Alan, and we will go to fun places like Camp Getaway, The New Britain Rock Cats, Lake Compounce and more.  Arts, crafts, sports, games and field trips will also compose the make-up of the camps, known as “Fun City!”</div> <bR> <div> For more information, contact the Litchfield Parks and Recreation office at 567-7569. You may wish to register your child when you drop him or her off at Community Field at the camp site.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Concerts"><B>2010 Summer Concert Series on the Litchfield Green</B></A></div> <bR> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> The <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring Summer 2010"><B>Spring-Summer 2010 Program Guide</B></A></FONT> is now available with links to all of the information about each activity and/or event.  Check the listing for specific registration information for each program or call the Litchfield Parks & Recreation office at <B>860-567-7569 </B>for more information.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> The <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Camps"><B>2010 Summer Camp Schedule</B></A></FONT> is now posted with links to specific information about each camp including registration.  We greatly appreciate early sign-ups!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> <A HREF="id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Playscape"><B>Playscape Completion</B></A></div> <div> It was just a year ago when the new playscape at Community Field was opened to the public, but the complex opened without a shade structure as the project ran short of money due to the unexpected amount to dispose of the many hundred tires used in the previous generation playscape.  Therefore the playscape opened with a area left vacant for an addition of a shade structure to shield children, parents and grandparents from the direct sun of  the summer and many a visitor looked for a cool, shady place to hide last summer but found none.</div> <bR> <div> But now the playscape plans will finally be completed due to a donation from the Litchfield Garden Club.  This generous gift to the community will pay for the purchase and installation of a shade structure as well as two anchored concrete ADA picnic tables to be housed within it at the playscape, so those thirsting for a shady place to rest while others play need to thirst no more!</div> <bR> <div> <I>“We at Litchfield Parks and Recreation are overwhelmed by the kindness of all the members of the Litchfield Garden Club. I know this final piece of the puzzle will be the perfect fit for all of the families who come here to play and relax!  We really cannot thank them enough!” </I>said Brent Hawkins, Litchfield Parks and Recreation Director.  <I>“But really, I think they are as happy as we are to be able to help out the community in this way!”</I></div> <bR> <div> Creative Recreation, the firm which put in the playscape, hopes to have the materials and supplies for the shade structure within 4 weeks and will schedule the installation as soon as possible.  This will bring to a close a project begun by Litchfield Parks and Recreation with the planning stages in the spring of 2007, followed by the selection of the plan and contractors, permits through Planning and Zoning, Wetlands, and the Historic District Commission.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> Litchfield Parks and Recreation is offering <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id193.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yoga Classes"><B>Yoga Classes</B></A></FONT> open to all levels of experience.  Nancy Opgaard, a 20-year veteran teacher will be instructing.  The classes are at the Bantam Gym on Wednesdays from 6:00 until 7:15 pm. Classes are $15 per class is you “drop-in” or $10 per class if you commit to a month.  The monthly rate will be pro-rated if you start later in the month.  Come in for a great workout with Nancy.  For more information on the Yoga Class, contact Nancy Opgaard at 860-248-3147 or the Litchfield Parks and Recreation Department at 860-567-7569. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tumbling, Gymnastics, Country Line Danci"><B>Ms. Sherry's Gymnastics and Hip Hop classes</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > are on Thursday and Friday at Litchfield Center School's gym for children in grades K-6 and her Parent-tot tumble time for children aged 2-3 is on-going on Friday mornings at Bantam Gym along with the Combo Class of tap, ballet and gymnastics.  All registrants must contact Ms. Sherry Grech prior to coming to class at (860) 307-5166 to make sure there is availability.</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family Martial Arts"><B>Mixed Martial Arts</B></A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >returned to action for the 2009-10 school year for kids K-6 at Litchfield Center School on Tuesdays  in the gym at 3:30 p.m.  Contact instructors John Kelly (860) 309-9978 or Dean Franco (860) 480-2198 to register or to get more information.</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id185.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acting Classes"><B>Manhattan Acting Classes Arrive in Litchfield County</B></A></FONT><B> </B>starting in January 2010 - interview and reserve place asap.  Professional Acting Classes Offered in the Sandford Meisner Technique Intensive 2 year program, small class size.  The Acting class is the ONLY class of its kind in the area outside of Manhattan and is being taught as a pure form of the Meisner Technique.  The technique is named after Sandford Meisner who was one of the most important teachers of the 20th centry, and</div> <div> founded The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in NYC.  Oscar winning</div> <div> alumni using the technique include Jon Voight, Joanne Woodward, Diane Keaton,</div> <div> Robert Duvall, Sydney Pollack, David Mamet, Dylan McDermott, Lee Grant, Tony</div> <div> Randall, Eli Wallach, Gregory Peck, Steve McQueen and others.  Contact <B>Rodnie Hunter</B> at <B>(860) 567-2295</B> for more information. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **************************************************************</div> <div> Litchfield Parks and Recreation has classes on-going in <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tang Soo Do Karate"><B>Tang Soo Do Karate</B></A></FONT> on Tuesday evenings at the Bantam Gym and we are always taking new students!  Contact 274-9448 for more information. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Litchfield Parks and Recreation.org lpr"> <img src="HTMLobj-2478/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="135" height="40">  </A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>