Back country film fest...and time to start thinking soccer???
By Rossland Recreation
The Recreation Department is now on Facebook! Check out “Rossland Recreation” for program updates, pictures, videos, questions, answers, brochures, contests etc. If you’re between 13-18 years, “Like” us on Facebook and your name will be entered into a contest to win a $50.00 Gift Card from “The Source”. Contest ends February 29!
Spring Break is still a few weeks away, but if you’re looking for something for the kids to do over the break, Shelley Painter will be running some March Break Art Classes! Running Monday to Friday, March 12 to March 16 and then again from March 19 to 23, these two hour long classes run from 2:00-4:00pm. Each day will be a different project and some days will explore more than one project, using a specific technique. Participants can come to one class or all the classes – whichever works best for your child’s schedule. Suggested ages are 6 to 12 years, but 3-5 year olds are welcome to come with a parent or babysitter, for the first hour only. Please contact our department for more information about pricing and specific projects.
The Neighborhood of Learning (NOL) and Visions for Small Schools (VSS) committees have created a survey regarding the school configurations in Rossland. The survey can be found at www.surveymonkey.com/s/RosslandSchools or in hard copy format at City Hall. Important decisions are being made in our school district regarding school configurations and they need your input! The Neighborhood of Learning committee needs to know what Rosslanders want. It is critical that you make your views known so that NOL committee knows what to fight for and what perspectives to present to the school district. All views and ideas matter and they want to hear from a diverse range of people. Make your views known!! Rossland residents completing this survey will be eligible for a $50.00 draw prize! Please complete this survey by March 19th to be eligible for the draw.
The Museum Society is hosting a Heritage Week, celebrating Rossland’s history on February 20, 23 and 25 from 1:00-5:00pm.
The Backcountry Film Festival is on Sunday, February 26 in the Miners Hall at 7:00pm. Tickets are on sale at Butch Boutry’s for $5.00 per person (under 12 FREE). For film details, check out. www.rosslandrange.org. All proceeds benefit “Friends of the Rossland Range”.
Morning ZUMBAwill be changing to a 7:00am start time on Mondays and Thursdays, starting Thursday, February 16. The class will run from 7:00-8:00am and help you get an early, healthy start to your day! Classes run in the Miners Hall and are $7.00 drop in for those younger than 55 years of age and $6.00 drop in for those older than 55. The early morning classes will run until March 8 if there is enough interest to continue the 7:00am class. Evening ZUMBA will continue on Mondays and Thursdays from 6:00-7:00pm. If you would like to be on the Instructor’s email list, in order to receive updates about schedule changes, please email Amber, at a_hayes@telus.net.
Public Skatingschedule for the week of February 20-26 will be Wednesday, February 22 from 6:30-7:45pm and on Friday, February 24 from 5:00-6:30pm. On Sunday, February 26, Public Skating is from 2:30-4:00pm and again from 6:00-7:30pm.
If you have a youth in the house who would like to play soccer this Spring, don’t delay registering them with Kootenay South Soccer. Early bird registration deadline is February 29, 2012 with the closing date for registration on March 16, 2012. Log on to www.kootenaysouthsoccer.com to register.
The Recreation Department has purchased PickleBall equipment and will be scheduling the sport into one of our available gymnasiums within the next few weeks. PickleBall is North America’s fastest growing sport and is particularly popular amongst Seniors! The sport is a combination of tennis and ping pong with a much smaller playing and travelling area. If you’re interested in playing PickleBall, please contact our office to be put on the interest list. Once we have a time, place and Coordinator organized, we’ll contact everyone who has expressed an interest.
Sr.’s Duffer Hockey on Tuesday morningsruns from 9:30-10:45am each week. This is a great program for enthusiastic Seniors who would like to learn how to play hockey or already know and want to get out and play.
