Thursday, September 19, 2013
N/Warren Town and County News
Page Three
NORWALK PARKS
& RECREATION DEPARTMENT
RE LINE
By Nancy Kuehl, Director
OFFICE INFORMATION
Pick up registration forms 24 hours a day at the Parks
and Recreation office or print them off our website:
www.ci.norwalk.ia.us. You can mail registration forms,
place them in our drop box or walk in. Our office is
located at 1100 Chatham Ave. (Public Safety Bldg.). Of-
fice hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday.
The drop box is open 24/7! If you have any questions,
call us at 981-9206. Online registration is available. (See
website: www.ci.norwalk.ia, us).
UPCOMING REGISTRATIONS
Pair-up w/Pottery, through December 6; Ballroom
Dancing, through September 20; American Sign Lan-
guage, through September 20; Line Dancing, through
September 20; Junior Warrior Chef's Club, through Sep-
tember 27; Lakewood Craft Club, through September
27; Adult Open Basketball (closes when full); 5th and
6th Boys/Girls Basketball through September 27; Little
Dribblers (4 and 5 year olds), through September 27;
Adult Community Ed Classes, September 23 through
February 28; Youth Volleyball September 23 through
October 4; Norwalk Family Tae Kwon Do, September
23 through October 4; OPALS trip, September 23
through October 4.
NON-REGISTRATION EVENTS
Shuffleboard League, Mondays, 4:30 to 6 p.m. at City
Park; Senior Exercise, Mondays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.
at Norwalk Chrigtian Church; Ultimate Frisbee League,
Sundays, starting September 22, 1-3 p.m. at Norwalk-
McAninch Sports Complex.
ADULT GOED VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
FALL 2013
Team Total
Court Jesters 6 " 6
Just Do It 5 5
123 Team 5 5
All Out 4 4
Old Farts 4 4
Hit for Brains 3 3
Team Total
Net Assets 6 6
My Bad 6 6
Bumpin Uglies 5 5
Safe Sets 4 4
Back That Pass Up 3 3
Watch Dogs 3 3
PAIR-UP WITH POTTERY (PARENT/CHILD)
-Pottery is a well-known art of painting a dry clay fig-
ure and then firing it in a kiln to produce a beautiful
finished product. In this-class we will be making a Fall
leaf bowl Trick or Treat item, turkey time platter or
Cookies for Santa plate in time for the holiday season.
Parents needed for children (K-3rd), not required for
older children. Registration Date: Through December
6; Class Date: Sunday, Oct. 13, Nov. 10, Dec. 8; Time: 2
to 3:30 p.m.; Location: Norwalk Easter Public Library;
Cost: TBA; Minimum/Maximum: 6/15.
BALLROOM DANCING
You could be the next dancer on "Dancing with the
Stars!" For the next six weeks put a little zest in your
evenings by learning dances such as Foxtrot, Waltz,
Swing, Triple Time Swing, Rumba, or Cha-cha. No ex-
perience needed to get started, but a partner is required.
Come on out and have a little fun and exercise too! Reg-
istration Dates: Through September 20; Program Dates:
September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Days: Thurs-
days; Time: 7 to 8 p.m.; Location: St. John's Catholic
Church; Cost: $109.25/couple for Norwalk residents and
$125.64/couple for non-residents; Minimum/Maximum
number couples: 6/12.
LINE DANCING
Get up and dust off those dancing shoes! Line dances
are choreographed dances with a repeating series of
steps that are performed in unison by a group of people
in lines or rows. Exhilarating line dances such as the
Cupid shuffle, Electric Slide and others will be taught.
It is a great way to exercise without even noticing! No
partner or experience needed. Registration Dates:
Through September 20; Program Dates: September 26,
October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Days: Thursdays; Time: 8:15-
9:15 p.m.; Location: St. John's Catholic Church; Cost:
$40 for Norwalk residents or $46 for non-residents;
Minimum/Maximum: 10/25.
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
American Sign Language (ASL) is the dominant sign
language of Deaf Americans. ASL is a manual language
or visual language, meaning that the information is ex-
pressed not with communication of sounds, but with
combinations of hand shapes, palm orientations, move-
ments of the hands, arms and body, location in relation
to the body and facial expressions. With this beginning
class you can learn foundation skills allowing you to
communicate with people who cannot hear. Class will
consist of Fingerspelling, Basic structure of ASL, Fam-
ily/People, Number and Time signs, Foods, Basic use of
Classifiers and other topics as requested. Registration
Dates: Through September 20; Program Dates: Septem-
ber 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Days: Tuesday; Times:
7-8:30 p.m.; Location: Norwalk Public Safety; Cost:
Norwalk residents $15, non-resident $17.25; Instructor:
Mallory Metzger; Minimum/Maximum: 5/10.
( RAFT CLUB
Get out your glue guns and imaginations for this pro-
gram. Children in 3rd through 5th grades at Lakewood
Elementary are invited to join. They meet once a month
after school on Thursday to make special arts and crafts
projects. Registration: Through January 27; Time: 3:15
to 4:15 p.m.; Dates: October 3, November 14, December
5, January 9, February 6; Location: Art Room at Lake-
wood; Cost per class: Norwalk residents $11.50/class,
non-residents $13.25/class; Mini-mum/Maximum: 6/20.
JUNIOR WARRIOR CHEFS CLUB
Young chefs cooking can be quite creative, full of dis-
covery and a whole lot of fun! One afternoon a week oam-
join Andy Mogle at the High School foods kitchen for a
fun time of making healthy after school snacks. Come
and enjoy learning how to prepare special treats that
you can take home to the family and prepare for them.
Registration: Through September 27; Dates: Mondays,
Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov. 11, 18; Time: 4-5:30 p.m.; Loca-
tion: Norwalk HS Food/Nutrition Classroom; Cost:
Norwalk residents $40, non-resident $46; Minimum/
Maximum: 12/20 students.
5TH AND 6TH GRADE
BOYS/GIRLS BASKETBALL
This program is for boys and girls in 5th and 6th
grades. The boys and girls will be assigned to teams and
volunteer coache will be needed for the program. The
teams will, practice one night a eek wdth. games on
Saturdays. Grade: 5th and 6th grade boys; Location:
Oviatt Gym; Practice: Weeknights at Oviatt; Game
Times: 2 and 3 p.m.; Dates: November 2, 9, 16, 23, De-
cember 7, 14; Registration: Through September 27.
Grade: 5th and 6th grade girls; Location: Oviatt Gyzn;
Practice: Weeknights at Oviatt; Game Times: 4 and 5
p.m.; Dates: November 2, 9, 16, 23, December 7, 14;
Registration: Through September 27; Cost: $34.50 for
Norwalk residents and $39.75 for non-residents.
LITTLE DRIBBLERS
This program is for boys and girls in Preschool (4
and 5 years olds) and Kindergarten. This activity teaches
the beginning fundamentals of basketball. Grade: Pre-
school boys and girls; Location: Oviatt Gym; Practice
Times: 9 a.m 9:30 a.m 10 a.m 10:30 a.m.; Dates: No-
vember 2, 9, 16, 23, December 7, 14; Registration: ,am i
Through September 27. Grade: Kindergarten boys and
girls; Location: Oviatt Gym; Practice Times: 11 a.m
11:30 a.m 12 p.m 12:30 p.m.; Dates: November 2, 9,
16, 23, December 7, 14; Registration: Through Septem-
ber 27; Cost: $28.75 for Norwalk residents and $33.25
for non-residents.
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