Register for cardboard boat fundraiser
SWEETWATER — Brown County Parks and Recreation will host a cardboard regatta competition, Corrugated Chaos, Saturday morning, Sept. 22.
The race will begin at 10:30 or 11 a.m. with sign-in at Sweetwater Beach beforehand.
The challenge is to design and build a boat out of corrugated cardboard, powered by one to four crew members, capable of traversing and racing a 100-yard-long course in the lake.
Awards will be given for most creative design, fastest in the county, as well as “Gilligan” (most likely to leave you stranded) and “Titanic” (most spectacular sinking) awards.
The registration deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14. The cost is $10 per boat entered, or $25 per business.
Proceeds will go toward grounds upkeep and program improvements at parks and rec.
For rules and to register, visit bcparksrec.com/corrugated-chaos-in-brown-county or stop by the parks and rec office, 1001 Deer Run Lane.
Golf scramble to benefit children’s literacy fund
A golf tournament and happy hour with craft beers is planned Thursday, Sept. 13 at Salt Creek Golf Retreat, 2358 State Road 46 East. The goal is to raise $14,000 for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to help give free books each month to area children from birth to age 5.
Registration will begin at noon Thursday. The shotgun start will be at 1 p.m.
The tournament will include silly holes and prizes. A Dolly Parton look-alike contest and $100,000 shootout also will take place between 5 and 6 p.m.
A post-tournament happy hour party will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. featuring music by the Acre Brothers. For a $10 cover charge, the event will include heavy appetizers, craft beer, participation in the Parton look-alike contest and watching the shootout.
Child care available weekdays at YMCA
Tthe Brown County YMCA offers child care for two hours at a time while parents are in the building.
The service is free to Y members and for $2 per child for non-members. Children ages 6 months to 8 years old are welcome. Child watch hours are from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays until Sept. 21.
For more information, stop in at the Y, 105 Willow St., or call 812-988-9622.
Disc golf league plays every Tuesday
The Brown County Disc Golf Alliance plays regularly in Brown County and new members are welcome.
The group plays Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. at Deer Run Park or at the Brown County Country Club, alternating months. In September, it’s the club.
Players of all skill levels are welcome, including those who have never played before. Loaner discs are available.
For more information, contact Stan Golis at [email protected].
Free beginning yoga class offered Tuesdays
Erin Bliffen will lead an introduction to yoga from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sept. 11 in the multipurpose room of the Brown County YMCA.
The free class will be focused on developing clear, safe alignment in foundational poses. It will move at a slower pace than an all-levels class.
To sign up, stop by the front desk at the Y, 105 Willow St., or call 812-988-9622.
Private swim lessons available at the Y
The Brown County Community YMCA offers one-on-one, private swim lessons for children to gain confidence and expand water skills.
For more information, stop in at the Y, 105 Willow St., or call 812-988-9622.
State parks offering fitness challenge, prizes
The Indiana State Parks Fitness Challenge encourages visitors to walk, run, bike, paddle or swim at least 25 miles in one or more state park property this year.
Horseback riders can participate by riding at least 100 miles on state park or reservoir horse trails.
Those who complete the challenge by Nov. 30 will be entered into a drawing for prizes, including a 2019 state park entrance pass, Outdoor Indiana magazine subscriptions, DNR camping gift cards and state park inn gift certificates.
Participants must download and keep a fitness challenge log that documents their visits to state parks and get a signature from park staff each time they visit. To print the free log/entry form or get more information, visit dnr.IN.gov/healthy
Kyokushin karate training offered
Sensei David Michaelis is offering training in traditional kyokushin karate.
Classes are for students 16 and older twice a week, at 6 p.m. Thursdays and 4 p.m. Sundays.
Michaelis has trained and taught kyokushin karate for more than 35 years. Kyokushin, Japanese for “the society of the ultimate truth,” is a style of stand-up, full-contact karate. It is intended to foster humility, perseverance and nonviolence and to provide a foundation for improving physical and mental discipline.
For more information, email Michaelis at [email protected] or call him at 812-988-9409.
