INCLUDES JUNIPER SWIM summer 2017 & FITNESS CENTER, THE PAVILION & BEND SENIOR CENTER playbookyour you’re invited: summer’s freebies let’s go! park & trail projects in the works larkspur adult therapeutic recreation park play without limits CONTACT US phone: (541) 389-7275 email: [email protected] website: bendparksandrec.org ADMINISTRATION & RECREATION SERVICES summer 2017 799 SW Columbia Street • p. (541) 389-7275 Welcome to “Your Playbook.” You’re invited Bienvenido a su Revista de Actividades Mon. - Fri. 8:00 am - 5:00 pm to play, learn and thrive in the many recreation Recreativas “Playbook.” Los invitamos a Administration will be closed: May 29 - Memorial Day, programs, facilities, parks and trails available participar, aprender y crecer de manera sana July 4 - Independence Day, Sept. 4 - Labor Day to you this season. Whether you are one, one en muchos de los programas de recreación, hundred or somewhere in between, the centros de recreación, parques y senderos THE ART STATION Bend Park & Recreation District is your disponibles durante esta estación del año. 313 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr. • p. (541) 389-7275 place for play. Bend Park & Recreation District es el lugar de Open for scheduled programs and open recreación ya sea para una persona, cientos o studio hours. See schedule online. menos. BEND SENIOR CENTER 1600 SE Reed Market Rd. • p. (541) 388-1133 VISION STATEMENT: To be a leader in FOLLOW US: building a community connected to nature, Mon. - Thurs. 7:30 am - 7:00 pm Facebook - Bend Park & Recreation District, active lifestyles and one another. Fridays 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Juniper Swim & Fitness Center, The Pavilion, Saturdays 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Bend Whitewater Park and Bend Senior Center. MISSION STATEMENT: To strengthen Holiday hours and special events: See page 26. community vitality and foster healthy, enriched Twitter - Bend Park & Rec (@bendparksandrec) lifestyles by providing exceptional park and Instagram - bendparks (@bendparks) recreation services. JUNIPER SWIM INCLUSION: The Bend Park & Recreation & FITNESS CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS: District is committed to making all of our 800 NE 6th Street • p. (541) 389-7665 Ted Schoenborn, Chair • Nathan Hovekamp, programs, facilities, services and activities Vice-Chair • Craig Chenoweth • Brady Fuller • Mon. - Fri. 5:15 am - 9:00 pm accessible to everyone. If you feel that you or Ellen Grover Saturdays 7:00 am - 6:00 pm your child may require auxiliary aid or special Sundays 8:00 am - 6:00 pm accommodations to participate, please let us BUDGET COMMITTEE: know at the time of registration. We will work Holiday hours and special events: See page 16. Thomas Fisher • Larry Kimmel • Ariel Mendez • with you in order to make safe and respectful Sarah Olson • Brian Thorsness accommodations. For more information or an THE PAVILION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: activity assessment, please contact Therapeutic Recreation at (541) 706-6121. 1001 SW Bradbury Way • p. (541) 389-7588 Don Horton • (541) 706-6101 [email protected] May - June Hours vary - check online. SERVICIOS AL ALCANCE DE LA COMUNIDAD LATINA / LATINO June 26 - Sept. 2 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR: Lindsey Lombard • (541) 706-6109 Mon. - Fri. 7:00 am - 6:00 pm, daily OUTREACH SERVICES: [email protected] Comuníquese con: Kathya Avila al teléfono Hours subject to change. (541) 706-6190. Horarios de oficina en JSFC: Holiday hours and special events: See page 25. PLANNING & PARK SERVICES Lunes, miércoles y viernes de 3:00 a 7:00 pm / DIRECTOR: Sábados de 9:00 a 11:00 am. El horario puede Michelle Healy • (541) 706-6113 variar. PARK SERVICES [email protected] Contact: Kathya Avila p. (541) 706-6190. Office 1675 SW Simpson Ave. • p. (541) 388-5435 hours: Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 3:00 – RECREATION SERVICES DIRECTOR: Mon. - Fri. 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Matt Mercer • (541) 706-6103 7:00 pm / Saturdays, 9:00 - 11:00 am at JSFC. Park Services will be closed: May 29 - Memorial Day, [email protected] Hours subject change. July 4 - Independence Day, Sept. 4 - Labor Day (JSFC = Juniper Swim & Fitness Center) On the Cover: A kickball player makes a run for it. BPRD offers adult cornhole, kickball, pickleball, softball and volleyball leagues this summer. See pages 51 - 53. Photo credit: Greg Kleinert. 2 “If you never WHAT’S INSIDE did you should. INTRODUCTION These things are fun, Contact Us ................................................................ 2 and fun is good.” Letter from the Executive Director ...................3 ~ Dr. Seuss NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS .......................4 - 11 REGISTRATION, FEES & PASSES How to Register ......................................................12 Fees & Passes .................................................. 14 - 15 FACILITIES & SWIMMING Juniper Swim & Fitness Center ..................16 - 18 Adult Swimming......................................................19 Youth Swimming & Fitness .........................20 - 24 The Pavilion ............................................................25 Bend Senior Center ......................................26 - 29 Spring has arrived and I join so many in getting outside again for an activity other than snow removal. It was a historic winter for weather and ADULT RECREATION our team worked hard to remove snow and ice and to continue providing a Adult Art ......................................................... 30 - 33 high level of service. With winter behind us, we’re looking ahead. Adult Activities ............................................. 34 - 39 Planning for how to best serve everyone in the community is a big Adult Outdoor ...............................................40 - 43 part of the District’s work and now is a great time to get involved. Our Adult Fitness & Wellness ............................44 - 50 comprehensive plan will be the roadmap for the next ten years of parks, Adult Sports ................................................... 51 - 53 trails and recreation in Bend and we need your help. Please consider attending a public meeting, filling out a survey that may arrive in your mailbox, or sharing your input THERAPEUTIC RECREATION electronically. I encourage you to visit bendparksandrec.org/compplan for more details. Youth Therapeutic Recreation .................54 - 56 Most of the projects from the last comprehensive plan are now realized, so it’s not Adult Therapeutic Recreation ..................56 - 58 a plan that collects dust on the shelf. It guides how your District operates and meets needs, so please be involved! YOUTH RECREATION This summer we have even more camps for children and therapeutic recreation Young Children .............................................. 59 - 61 participants, a full offering of programs at the Art Station, and youth and adult sports Youth Art .........................................................62 - 67 programs. Youth Activities ............................................68 - 83 Please enjoy the season and play with us. Youth Outdoors ............................................84 - 89 Best, Youth Sports ................................................90 - 105 LOCATIONS & PARKS Program Locations .............................................108 Renting a Park or Facility .................................109 Don Horton, Executive Director Park Features & Locations ........................ 110 - 111 [email protected] For more information, call (541) 389-7275 • bendparksandrec.org • Park and location lists on pages 108 - 111 3 parkS, TraIlS, FaCIlITIES & future play New projects and developments A local herd of Rocky Mountain elk repeatedly visited Riley Ranch Nature Reserve throughout this past winter season. Located in have been a steady stream for the northwest Bend along the Deschutes River, the reserve offers wildlife a quiet place for wintering as well as year-round habitat. District since voters passed Bond Measure 9-86 in November 2012. Riley Ranch Bend McKay Park For four years, the District has Nature Reserve Whitewater Park been busy with land purchases, COMPLETED project design, public outreach to COMPLETED gather input, and construction to To accommodate recreation turn plans into amenities for the Designed to preserve its This project involved associated with the Deschutes community. unique natural features and construction of a new pedestrian River and the Bend Whitewater Currently, there are eighteen wildlife habitat, the site will be bridge over the Deschutes River, Park, enhancements to McKay projects underway – some funded a 184-acre nature reserve with creation of a fish ladder and Park included an accessible by the bond and others funded visitor facilities including trails, reduction of hazards to improve beach, parking and loading areas, by other District resources. The overlooks, interpretive displays recreational opportunities for the changing facility with restrooms, following are updates on projects. and parking. Dogs and bikes will 100,000-plus river users annually. plazas for river viewing, trail not be allowed at Riley Ranch BPRD made adjustments in both improvements and riparian BOND-FUNDED Nature Reserve in order to limit the passageway and whitewater habitat restoration. Construction PROJECTS: impacts to this special place. channels during winter. The Bend at McKay Park is complete and the park is open for use. All the bond-funded projects are Construction is anticipated to Whitewater Park is complete and either completed or in design, begin this summer. open for recreational whitewater engineering, construction and/or