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PAGE 2B - THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS - MAY 14, 2008
Sport Shorts And Rec News
Outdoors
Recreation Swimming
The American Veterans Memorial
Park Aquatics Center will be open
to the public on Monday, May 26,
through Friday, Aug. 1. Weather
permitting, the pool will be open
Mondays through Saturdays
from 1 until 5 p.m. and closed on
Sundays. Daily admission is $1.50
for pre-school through high school
youth and $3 for adults. Season
passes for individuals and families
are available.
The pool is available for private
rentals on Saturday evenings in
June and July. Call the office at
706-335-3236.
There is no wading pool. Young
children not potty trained must
wear air-tight rubber pants or dia
pers designed especially for swim
ming. All children 8 and under
must be supervised by an indi
vidual 16 or older.
You must wear a swimsuit to
enter the pool.
Swimming Clubs
The Tiger Shark Swim Club is
currently taking registrations.
The club is composed of two
divisions.
The “Minnows” group is designed
for 5 and 6 year olds and functions
as the entry-level activity of the
swim team. To participate, a child
must turn 5 prior to June 1 and
must have successfully completed
swim lessons. Entry into North
Georgia Swim League competi
tion is optional.
The swim team includes youth
ages 7-18 who know how to swim.
Participants must be 7 prior to
June 1. Entry into North Georgia
Swim League competition and
the GRPA District Swim Meet
is optional. Team members also
have the opportunity to qualify for
the GRPA State Swim Meet.
Registration fee for both groups is
$70 for Commerce residents, and
$90 for non-residents. Deadline to
register is May 30.
Additional expense will be
incurred for meet entry fees. The
purchase of team swimsuits is
optional.
Swimming Classes
The swim instruction program
at the Veterans Memorial Park
Aquatic Center this year for 3 and
4 year olds will be June 16-20 with
daily one-hour classes beginning
at 9:45 a.m. Registration is open
on a “first come” basis. The fee is
$40 for Commerce residents, and
$60 for non-residents.
Two separate eight-day sessions
are available for children ages
5-12 who do not know how to
swim. The first session is June
2-11 on weekdays only, and the
second session will follow June
30-July 10 on weekdays only.
Daily starting time is 9:45 a.m.
for a one-hour class. Registration
is open on a “first come” basis.
The registration fee is $50 for
Commerce residents, and $70 for
non-residents.
Water Aerobics
Offered
This Commerce Rec. Department
activity is a water exercise class for
adult men and women in gen
eral, but it is particularly benefi
cial to individuals with arthritis,
muscular disease, osteoporosis,
heart disease and recovery from
joint replacement as well as other
disabling injuries. Water aerobics
strengthens all muscles and joints
without the stress, stiffness and
soreness which accompany land
exercise programs. Workouts will
require participants to use their
arms, legs, hips and neck and will
elevate the heart rate through the
buoyancy of the water.
Experienced water aerobics
instructor Sharon Pruitt will lead
the class on Mondays, Wednesday,
and Fridays at 11 a.m. beginning
Wednesday, May 28. The class
will continue through early August.
Cost is $3 per class at the gate. No
advance registration is required.
No children will be admitted to or
allowed during class.
Summer Day Camp
A first-time endeavor for
Commerce Parks & Recreation,
this camp is designed for boys and
girls ages 5-12. The camp experi
ence will include a variety of activi
ties that will promote active and
physical play. Some educational
and environmental programs will
be a part of the camp schedule
as well.
Camp will be held at Veterans
Memorial Park, based in the build
ing and all activities will take place
within the park.
Camp will be held for ages 5-8
on June 2-6, ages 9-12 on June
9-13, ages 5-8 on June 16-20,
ages 9-12 on June 23-27, and
ages 5-8 on July 14-18.
All five camps will operate
Monday - Friday from 9:00 to
3:00.
Registration will be $70 per
week per child for city residents,
and $90 per week per child for
non-residents. Non-resident regis
tration began May 6.
Registration is open for each
weekly camp session until the
maximum enrollment is reached.
Registration must include a birth
certificate for 5-year-olds.
Rec Basketball Camp
For the first time, the Commerce
Parks & Recreation Department
is offering a basketball camp for
children who feel like basketball is
“their thing.” This camp will stress
the very basic fundamentals of
the game and thus strengthen any
player’s foundational skills.
Former Commerce Middle
School coach Sam Chaney will
serve as the instructor.
Designed for girls and boys who
are rising fourth graders through
rising eighth graders, the camp
will run 10 a.m. until noon July
21-25 at the Commerce Middle
School gym. Registration will be
$40 for city residents, and $60 for
non-residents. Registration will be
limited.
Tiger Softball Camp
This camp for girls who are ris
ing third through eighth graders
is scheduled for May 19-22 from
6 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. Players will be
taught the fundamentals of fielding,
hitting, throwing and base running.
Participants must bring a glove,
hat, cleats and bat. Everyone will
receive a camp T-shirt.
Instructors will be Commerce
High School softball coach Pam
Canup, CHS players and former
CHS players.
The registration fee is $55. A
non-refundable deposit of $10 was
due by April 30. The balance will
be due on May 19. Make check
payable to Pam Canup.
Tiger Baseball Camp
For youth ages 7-15 this activity
is scheduled for June 16-19 from
9 a.m. until noon daily. Players
will be taught the fundamentals of
fielding, hitting, throwing and base
running. Players will be placed
in groups according to age and
ability. They must bring a glove,
hat, cleats and bat. Everyone will
receive a camp T-shirt.
The staff of instructors will be
Commerce High School base
ball coaches Walt Massey, and
Wes Massey along with Ricky
Woodruff of the Commerce Parks
& Recreation Department.
The registration fee is $60 with
a non-refundable deposit of $30
due by Friday, June 6. The $30
balance is due on June 16.
For more information on any
of these events, call the recre
ation office at 706-335-3236. Any
updated information will be posted
on the Commerce website at www.
commercega.org.
Girls Basketball Camp
For girls in grades 3-8, this camp
will help participants learn the
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Trent Wilson, right, accepts a plaque designating him as Georgia’s
2007 “State Hunter Education Instructor of the Year” from Captain
James Bell, the DNR’s safety education coordinator.
Wilson Named State's
Top Hunter Ed Teacher
fundamentals of basketball and
improve their game. The camp
will be directed by 4 time AAA
State Championship and for
mer Gardner-Webb University
Basketball Coach Eddie McCurley.
Girls will learn the fundamentals
of shooting, passing, ballhandling,
and defense. They will learn drills
that can be practiced all year round
to take their game to the next level.
Participants will be grouped by
age and ability levels to maximize
instruction. Camp will be lim
ited to the first 50 girls to sign up.
Camp will run June 9-12 from 9
a.m. - noon. Cost is $50, including
t-shirt and awards for competi
tions. For more information, email
Coach McCurley at emccurley@
commerce-city.k12.ga.us or call
706-716-1800 to have a registra
tion form sent to you.
Boys Basketball Camp
The Commerce Little Tigers
boys basketball camp will be held
May 27 - 30 from 9a.m. - noon for
children ages 5-14.
Registration will be May 27 at
8:30 a.m. Cost is $55, and will
include a t-shirt and drinks daily.
For more information, contact
coach Chad Bridges at Commerce
High School at 706-335-5942.
Soccer Camp
The first annual East Jackson
Soccer camp will be held June
2-6 from 9 a.m. - noon, with Eagle
Advanced Camp to be held from
noon - 3 p.m. for boys and girls
ages 6-14. The camp cost is $60
per player ($40 for each addition
al sibling). The Eagle Advanced
camp will cost $60 per player ($36
if registered for a.m. session). The
camp will be held at the EJCHS
soccer fields and gymnasium.
For more information, call Rich
Friedman at (706) 336-7913.
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Veteran hunter education instruc
tor Trent Wilson of Commerce has
been declared the State Hunter
Education Instructor of the Year.
Wilson, who has taught hunter edu
cation for 14 years, was nominated
by Jackson County conservation
ranger Eric Isom.
Wilson was also nominated as
one of ten volunteer instructors
of the year for the International
Hunter Education Association by
Captain James Bell, the Department
of Natural Resources’ safety educa
tion coordinator.
He taught classes during 2007
in Jackson, Banks and Stephens
counties, assisting approximately
250 people in learning basic hunt
er safety, ethics, conservation and
wildlife information.
Under Georgia law, anyone born
after Jan. 1, 1960, must pass such a
course to get a hunting license.
Wilson is a member and has served
with the Georgia Hunter’s Education
Association. He is a founder of the
Outdoors Network and of a pro
gram in Banks County that puts
on kids’ fishing events, a women's
handgun course, youth and adult
deer hunts, DNR appreciation ban
quets, archery shoots, and sporting
clay tournaments.
Wilson was selected for the state
honor among seven nominees from
the state’s DNR regions. He was
nominated in Region 2.
A typical hunter education course
comprises two four-hour evening
sessions and two hours of home
work,
"We cover ethics, conservation,
firearms safety, archery, tree stand
safety and general hunting knowl
edge like game identification,”
Wilson said.
He also issued a plea for others to
join the effort.
"I’d like to see other people volun
teer as instructors and have other
people to host classes,” Wilson said.
"Last year I did a course at the
Public Safety Complex, the first one
in Commerce that I know of in well
over 10 years.”
To become an instructor, Wilson
had to help teach courses with game
wardens, who evaluated him, and
pass a test,