Parks and rec offering basketball, cheerleading
Brown County Parks and Recreation is offering basketball and cheerleading to students from preschool through the fourth grade this fall.
Registration is open now and will close Friday, Sept. 27. The cost is $50 for preschoolers through second-graders or $55 for third and fourth grade students. Additional children in the same family get a $10 discount each.
Practices will begin after Brown County Schools’ fall break, Oct. 7 to 11. Games will be on Sunday afternoons.
Register in person by going to the parks and rec office, 1001 Deer Run Lane, or by visiting bcparksrec.com.
IU Alumni Association to host fundraising bicycle event
COLUMBUS — Those who love the outdoors and pedaling through spectacular scenery are encouraged to register for “Bicycle Boogie” on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Hosted by the Indiana University Alumni Association South Central Region (IUAA SCR), the ride begins at the Columbus Learning Center and then takes riders west through great autumn-colored sites including Pikes Peak, Bellesville, Harrison Lake and Columbus Youth Camp. Riders will then wind through Mill Race Park and tour through the city of Columbus.
There are three well-marked routes available to riders including a leisurely 12-mile tour that meanders along the Columbus People Trails system, a 30-mile scenic tour of Columbus and Bartholomew County, and the ultimate 55-mile trek through the hills of Bartholomew and Brown Counties. The courses are all designed with safe cycling in mind.
The cost to register is $25 in advance, $30 on the day of the ride and includes an event T-shirt while supplies last. Proceeds will help fund the IUPUC Alumni Association Scholarship which supports students pursuing an Indiana University or Purdue University degree at IUPUC.
Participants will begin their rides at the Columbus Learning Center, 4555 Central Ave., Columbus, starting between 8 and 10 a.m. with coffee, pastries and granola bars to fuel up. There will be SAG (support and gear) stops all along the way, and all routes will return riders to the Columbus Learning Center.
For more information and to register, to iupuc.edu/giving/bicycle-boogie.
Child care available weekdays at YMCA
The 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.
For more information, stop in at the Y, 105 Willow St., or call 812-988-9622.
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.
