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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960 04-26 RECMVILLAGE OF IROOKLYN GENTM RECrEATTON COOUSSION MEETING DATE: APRIL, 269 1960 14INUT-ES The regular month3,v meeting of the Brooklyn Center Recreation Commission vias held at the Village Hall at 8:OOP.M,$ Tuesday, April 26, 19600 Members present were Eleanor Houser, Janet Johnson, John Wingard, and Deuce Morrow. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as recorded. The discussion of the Summer Program plan was continued as follows. Calf Instruction Classes for persons 15 years and over will be held again this year at the triangle. Classes will meet twice a week for four weeks. I%qo classes will be scheduled. Jxchery Instruction will continue on the same basis as last year with one new location being added. Classes will be held at Garden City Park for the first time this year. An adult class will also be scheduled at the Triangle. dult Softb_all.,Lea ues have been organized and will. play at the new Northport " ainoncso 'the+Men°s S ow Pitch league has doubled in team entries over last gear with eight teams entered to date. The Women's league has four teams at present with possibilities of two more. `e® _ Shirt Baseball is expected to attract 700 boys this year. One new area _s added for baseball instruction at Kyle Park. An attempt is being made to schedule all baseball activity in the forenoons so that more emphasis can be put on playground activities in the'afternoonsti Creative, and Modern Dance sessions for girls has been cleared idth school .ficials and will. be held in Earle Brown, Northport, Garden City, and Willowl,ane Schools. Pla,v -Bounds will operate as follows: Earle Brown and Northport: Full day Benson: Mornings only Garden City, Rice, Willow Lanes Afternoons only The playground program will begin June 20, and will close August 12. Program expansion for 1961 was discussed. It was suggested that a playground and baseball program be planned for Southeast Park, and that dirt Classes for youngsters be held in the parks next summer. It was announced that a meeting of the Brooklyn Center Community Council gill be held Wednesday,* May 18, at the old Village Hall. The meeting will be to discuss the Suburban Recreation Association and its fled Feather activities,, the 1961 Community Council budget, and the 1961 Red Feather programo After a report of Park Board activities and progresis the meeting was adjourned.