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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, July 21, 2014 Page 5 ? ? ; i PARK?.S & RECREATION - Bill Thomas Adding to Chief Edelman's report, Mr. Thomas stated, it is strange to see an empty North Commons Rlvd. without anv cars on it during the dav. It's a wonderful situation. I wanted to give a public thank you. We have our annual Debbie Hudacko Run. It was the 25t' this year. About 2 years ago, we added to what we already had, a five mile run and a two mile walk. We added a Sk run and 2 mile run to the other 5 mile run we offer. As a result, that brought a greater need for sentries throughout the race routes we have throughout the park and wherever we run. I always count on Key Club to help out. We normally have between 10-15. This year I only had 2. I talkecl to Rick Whitehead during Cruise Night when I saw the CERT organization there and asked if they would be interested. We borrowed their walkie talkies last year but we didn't have any volunteer support. It would have been very difficult for us this year to do the runs without the CERT's support. Those individuals, I just wanted to publicly thank: Jerry Banks Paul Berne Ginny Ca11en Pat Gregoric Joe Skoda Diane Tripodo Theresa Whitehead Those individuals were there and were an immense help in keeping our runners safe and on track on all of the courses. I can't overstate enough how appreciative I was of those individuals. T'hank you. Everyone should have received in their packets the enrollment figures for Parkview. I also mentioned in there that we have a new computerized system that we use in our office. We got it for our seniors' program. After 16 years we said goodbye to our integrated precision system. It really did not have the capability that our computer system now has. We are very pleased how that is working now. Our numbers were good for June. We had a very hot dry spell. After opening a week later than last year, our numbers were still higher than in 2013. Last but not least, our Senior Report. We had 25 people attend our AARP Smart Driving Class on June 18"'. We took an excursion to Marietta on July 16fl` where we had a narrated Lolly Trolly tour of Marietta, had lunch at Henderson Hall, an impressive pre-Civil War mansion in West Virginia. I truly enjoyed it. I took a vacation day. The next trip is August 6' aboard the Goodtime III. That trip is sold out. T'he next foot clinic is Friday, August 80` from 1:00-3:00 in the CommuniTy Room. The next Lunch N Movie is August 13th. The movie is Nebraska. Registration is underway.for our knitting and crocheting class which begins on August 15th.