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Upcoming Events |
August 19- SOKY Bowling Begins
August
22-
Century
21
Day
@
Adventure
Falls
August 25- Adult Volleyball Meeting 6:30pm
August
26-
Paradise
Cove
Play
Day
Open
11am-8pm
Sept.
1-
Paradise
Cove
Closed
to
the
Public
Sept.
7-
Last
Day-
Paradise
Cove
is
Open
for
the
season
Sept.
7-
Labor
Day-
Parks
Department
Closed
Sept
11-
Richmond
Pottery
Festival
Concert
Sept
12-
Richmond
Pottery
Festival/Kids
Fest/Teen
Zone
Sept
13-
Richmond
Pottery
Festival/Kids
Fest/Teen
Zone |
October 6th- Park Board Meeting - 12noon
October 9th- Pattie A. Clay Starlight Mile - Lake
Reba Park
October 23rd- Holiday Happening Vendor Deadline- Oct.
24th.
October 24th- Halloween Hoe Down- Downtown Richmond
October 29th- Special Needs Halloween Party
December 4th- Richmond Christmas Parade
December 5th- Holiday Happening Craft Show-
* Check us out on
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/richmondkyparks
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Programs |
Richmond
Pottery
Festival
Featuring
Kids Fest &
Teen Zone
September
11-13
Irvine
McDowell
Park
Click here
for the
official
website!
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Kids Fest
Saturday:
10am-5pm
Sunday:
1pm-5pm
Free
activities
for kids!
Stage
Entertainment,
Balloons,
Walk Around
Characters,
Inflatables,
Games &
Prizes, a
Petting Zoo
with $3 pony
rides!
Fun for the
whole
Family!
Main
Attraction:
Featured on
America's
Got Talent
Saturday
1pm
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Pottery
Festival
Friday
7pm-10pm
Saturday
10am-5pm
Sunday
1pm-5pm
Friday
Entertainment:
7:00pm:
Dale Piatt
Friday-
Pottery
Sales, Craft
Vendors &
Food Vendor
Saturday &
Sunday:
Pottery
Demonstrations,
Pottery
Sales, Craft
Sales,
Food
Vendors, and
Activities
Contact the
Richmond
Tourism
Department
For More
Information:
859-626-8474
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Teen Zone
*New in
2009*
A Live DJ,
Laser Tag,
Boxing, A
Cash Cube,
Games,
Prizes &
More!
Contact the
Richmond
Parks
Department
For More
Information
about Kids
Fest & Teen
Zone:
859-623-8753
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Kids Fest
Volunteers
Needed!
Contact Lisa
Cassity-
623-8753
lcassity@richmond.ky.us
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Paradise Cove |
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Paradise
Cove Play
Day
Wednesday
August 26,
2009
Extended
hours
11am-4pm
Kids Feature
Area &
Slides open
(No Lap
pool/40ft
slides)
Open
11am-8pm
Closed:
September
1st- ALL DAY
to the
public |
End of
Season:
September
7th, open
11am-8pm
Closed as of
September 8,
2009
Will reopen
Saturday May
29, 2010
Swim Team:
Please pick
up pictures
at the Parks
Department
Call
623-8753 |
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Sports |
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Contact
Seth
Breitner
for
more
information
x
203 |
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Adult
Volleyball
League
Meeting-
Tuesday
Aug
25
at
6:30pm
Rm
101
in
Richmond
Parks
Dept
Tuesday
Church
Thursday
4 on
4
Fall
Volleyball
League
Begins:
Season
Begins
September
15th
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Pattie A.
Clay
Starlight
Mile
One Mile Fun
Run- All
Ages
Friday
October 9,
2009
Lake Reba
Shelter A
Registration
- Mail in or
6pm-7:15pm
day of race
$15/ages 10
& up,
$5/ages 9 &
under
Race Times:
7:30- 9 &
Under
8:00pm- 10 &
over
Click Here
for the
Registration
Form |
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Youth Sports |
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The Richmond
Parks &
Recreation
Department
is not in
charge of
local youth
league
sports.
Please
contact the
organizations
below for
more
information
for all
youth
leagues. |
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YMCA
Youth
Basketball
Registration:
Sept
1st-November
1st
$70 YMCA
Members
$75 Non
Members
Age Brackets
Rookies:
Ages 5-6
Winners I:
Ages 7-8
Winners II:
Ages 9-10
Winners III:
Ages 11-12
Champions:
Ages 13-15
8 Regular
Season
Games/
Double
Elimination
Tournament
Call the
Telford YMCA
(859)
623-9356 |
Youth
Football
Sign Ups:
For
More
Information
Contact:
Mike Brock
358-5066
Chuck Hardin
661-0273
Youth
Baseball
Sign Ups
www.eteamz.com/richmondkyllb
Youth
Soccer-
www.musasoccer.com
Girl's
Softball-
www.richmondgirlssoftball.com
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Special Needs Activities &
Programs |
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SNAP Young
Adults Club
(Ages 16-35)
Sept. 10th-
Scavenger
Hunt
Berea City
Park
6pm
Call Maggy
to Register
986-9402
SNAP Bocce
Mondays
October 5th-
October 26th
Irvine
McDowell
Park
4:30-5:30pm
Call Lisa to
Register by
September
28th |
Photography
Club
Ages 8 & up
Meets the
3rd Monday
of the Month
7pm at the
Recreation
Center
Call for
Next Meeting
Date.
Special
Olympics
Winter
Sports
Basketball &
Cheerleading
Sign Ups in
October
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Arc of
Madison
County
Support
Group for
families of
people with
various
disabilities.
Arc Picnic:
Saturday
August 29
12:00pm-2:00pm
Lake Reba
Shelter C
Free Food,
Games &
Activities
RSVP to Erin
Moore
erinmoore@richmond.ky.us
Arc Family
Support
Group
Meetings:
RSVP to
Terra
Durbin-
terra0601@yahoo.com
September
14-Transitions-
Berea
Broadway
Building-
6pm
October 5-
Guardianship-
Richmond-
Chransye,
1049 Center
Dr- 6pm
November 7-
Potluck &
Family
Support
meeting-
Berea
Broadway
Building-
6pm |
Other
Special
Needs
Activities
September 14- Heuser Hearing & Language
Academy
presents
"Things you
really need
to know if
something
happens to
you- to
ensure your
child is
provided
for"
6:30pm-8pm,
111 E. KY
Street
Louisville,
KY 40203
RSVP by Sept
7,
502-515-3320
x 291
mkmccubbin@thehearinginstitute.org
September
19- Richmond
Perkins
Building,
EKU
Parent
Professional
Conference,
N/C, Lunch
Provided
Call Carol
Brooks at
859-986-1929
October 3-
7th Annual
Buddy Walk
to support
Down's
Syndrome.
Will be held
at Keeneland.
http://www.dsack.org |
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Miscellaneous |
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Richmond
After
School
Program
New
Director-
Amy
McDowell
amcdowell@richmond.ky.us
Begins
August
24th
Kindergarten
to
5th
grade
level
Bus
Transportation
from
most
Richmond
Schools
$25/
Per
week
1st
Child
$20/
Per
Week
2nd
Child
Call
623-1650 for
registration
information |
Adventure
Falls
-
Miniature
Golf
&
Batting
Cage
Complex
Located
at
Lake
Reba
Park
Party
Room
Available!
www.adventurefalls.com
859-626-0030
Adventure
Falls
Play
Day
Sponsored
by
Century
21
Saturday
August
22
12-6pm
Free
Mini
Golf
&
Batting
Cages |
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Community Events &
Announcements |
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Upcoming
Community
Events |
August
27-30- "Pythonesque"
- Sketches
of Monty
Python: A
Family
Friendly
benefit for
St. Mark
Catholic
School.
Evening
Performances
at 8pm,
Sunday
Matinee at
2:00pm.
Tickets are
$10/adults
$5/ kids.
Berea Arena
Theater,
1835 Big
Hill Rd. For
Reservations
Call:
859-582-0563
August
28-
Preservation
Classic
Celebrity
Golf
Tournament
at
Battlefield
Golf
Course.
Registration
and
continental
breakfast
for
the
fifth
annual
tournament
begins
at
8am
with
play
beginning
at
9:00am.
EKU
and
other
Kentucky
Sports
personalities
will
participate.
August
29-
30 -
Re-Enactment
of
Battle
of
Richmond
at
Battlefield
Park-
10am
to
4pm.
The
eighth
annual
re-enactment
of
the
Battle
of
Richmond
will
be
conducted
at
2pm
each
day.
Numerous
living
history
activities
are
available;
Union
and
Confederate
camps
open,
performances
scheduled
at
the
Rose
Barn
Theatre.
September 3-
City Fest
5:30-8:30pm;
sponsored by
the Chamber
of Commerce.
EKU Powell
Plaza.
Free and
open to the
public.
September
18- 8th
Annual "Just
Wish For It!
Walking For
Wishes"
fundraiser
sponsored by
EKU Chi
Omega
Sorority.
Proceeds
benefit the
Make a Wish
Foundation.
Contact
Megan
Franklin for
registration
and
sponsorship
information-
megan_franklin11@eku.edu
September
25-27-
Intertribal Pow
Wow,
Battlefield
Park-
Friday
is
school
day.
Gates
open
to
the
public
at
5pm,
Saturday
gates
open
at
10am-
9pm
and
Sunday
gates
open
at
11am
-
4:30pm.
Admission
is
$5
for
adults
and
$2
for
children.
Maximum
of
$15
per
family.
http://www.richmondpowwow.org/
October 2nd-
"Paint
the Town
Pink Day"
Join Mayor
Connie
Lawson wear
pink this
day as she
declares
October 2nd
as "Paint
the Town
Pink Day"
and helps to
promote
Breast
Cancer
Awareness
Month.
October 9-
Sponge
Bob Square
Pants-
5pm-7pm at
Lake Reba
Little
League
Complex.
Meet and
Greet Sponge
Bob and help
support
Breast
Cancer
Awareness
Month.
*Starlight
Mile
Participants
should
arrive
early. Race
registration
ends at
7:15pm at
Shelter A*
Sponsored by
Pattie A.
Clay
Regional
Medical
Center.
October
11-
"2nd
Sunday"-
Walk/Run/Bike/Skate
Battlefield
Park-
2pm-4pm.
Battlefield
Park
located
at
1546
Battlefield
Memorial
Hwy/
US
421
between
Richmond
&
Berea.
2nd
Sunday
is a
free
event
for
everyone
of
all
ages.
The
purpose
of
the
event
is
to
encourage
Kentuckians
to
be
physically
active
and
to
build
healthy
communities.
Come
out
to
the
battlefield
and
enjoy
games
for
kids,
physical
activity
demonstrations,
walking
tours,
door
prizes
and
much
more.
For
More
Information
call
the
Madison
County
Cooperative
Extension
Service
at
859-623-4072.
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Other
Community
Announcements |
Berea Parks
&
Recreation-
For
more
information
please
call
986-9402.
Free
Concerts,
Friday
nights
at
Memorial
Park
in
Berea
through
September
25.
Madison
County
Parks-
Call
624-0013
about
parks
in
Madison
County.
Madison
County
Extension
Office–
Community
Webpage
&
Calendar
of
Events
http://ces.ca.uky.edu/madison/
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
Contact 623-4072
Madison
County
Public
Library-
Click
here
for
the
Calendar
of
Events.
http://www.madisonlibrary.org/
Free
activities
for
teens,
tots,
and
in
between.
Madison
Indoor
Sports
- Call
625-1320
for
information
regarding
upcoming
sessions,
visit
www.madisonindoor.com
or
email
cary@madisonindoor.com
EKU
Community
Education 09
Catalogs
are
now
available!
A
wide
variety
of
non-credit
classes
are
open
to
the
general
public
including
arts
&
crafts,
baking,
computer
training,
music,
personal
growth,
and
recreation
&
exercise.
Call
622-1228
to
request
a
catalog
by
mail
or
register
for
a
class
today.
You
can
also
visit
us
on-line
at
www.ceo.eku.edu/communityeducation.
Financial
Partners-
A
Healthy
Marriage
Initiative
grant
funded
program
designed
to
help
improve
marriages
through
customized
budget
meetings
and
financial
education
classes.
Services
are
offered
at
no
cost
to
residents
of
Clark,
Estill,
Madison
&
Powell
Counties.
Services
are
not
income
based.
Customized
Financial
Coaching
in
the
areas
of:
Budgeting,
Debt
Reduction,
Saving,
Future
Planning,
and
Financial
Principles.
Call
859-624-4116
or
www.foothillscap.org/financialpartners.htm
Grandparents
As
Parents-
Offering
support
and
resources
for
grandparents
raising
grandchildren-
Contact
Amy
Robertson:
859-623-7233,
amy.robertson@headstart1.org
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