Recreation

Alpharetta Offers Free Youth Basketball Clinic

lydia.senn — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:10:17 -0700

The City of Alpharetta and the Atlanta Hawks are offering a free basketball clinic for boys and girls ages seven to 14 years. The clinic will be held at the Alpharetta Community Center on Wednesday, July 9 from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Pre-registration is required, and a minimum of 50 participants must be registered in order for the event to be held.

To register or for more information, please contact William Weathers of the Alpharetta Recreation and Parks Department by calling (678) 297-6173 or via email to wweathers@alpharetta.ga.us.

Kangaroos Hop through Georgia Foothills

lydia.senn — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:36:16 -0700

Originally published March, 14, 2008.

Mobs of kangaroos are sunning themselves on a cool day. Others are lying under great oaks and eucalyptus trees, pensive, doing what kangaroos do. And then a pack hops by, faster than a jackrabbit.

Glancing across the landscape of these foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one would expect to hear a Foster’s lager pop open or someone mutter “g’day mate.” One has to do a double-take to make sure they haven’t traveled half a world away to the Land Down Under.

Pops Tennis Set to Begin

lydia.senn — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:07:04 -0700

It's time for the Special Pops Special Olympics tennis academy to begin! This year's program begins Saturday, March 29 through May 17, 2:30p.m. to 4p.m. at Wesleyan School. Anyone eight years or older is invited to play, and all levels of players are welcome. The purpose is to have fun, make friends and meet volunteers, and prepare for the 2008 Special Olympics Summer Games competition, May 30- June 1, the weekend.

Johns Creek Makes Advancements in Parks and Rec

liz.flowers — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:50:46 -0700

Newtown Recreation, a non-profit athletic association of the City of Johns Creek, announces the start of youth and adult tennis programs at Newtown Park, offered exclusively through a partnership with the Tennis Academy of the South.

The programs will be offered in two sessions, one starting February 26 (6 weeks), the second beginning April 14 (8 weeks). The categories are:

Youth
· Baseline Beginners – ages 4-5
· Up & Comers – ages 6-8
· Hot Shots – ages 9-11
· Heavy Hitters – ages 12-18

Adult
· Men’s Drill Clinic

Golf Courses Respond to Drought

liz.flowers — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:20:39 -0700

Our area’s Level Four watering ban is causing some headaches for area golf courses, but the ones we surveyed seem to have things well in hand at this point.

Rules of Drought Response Level Four prohibit golf courses from all outdoor watering, with the exception of irrigation of greens. They may water fairways and tees using only reclaimed wastewater.

Golf Course Superintendents are already experts on water conservation. Mark Hoban at Rivermont Country Club says that the club monitors its water

Report Links Decline in Cycling to Nation's Obesity Epidemic

liz.flowers — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:31:47 -0700

According to a report released by the Thunderhead Alliance, a national coalition of state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations, Georgia ranks in the bottom five of the fifty states in correlations of bicycling and walking work trips with obesity levels, high blood pressure rates, and diabetes rates. The dust settling on Americans' parked bikes is likely linked to our expanding waistlines.