By Terry Cords 

Allied Gardens Recreation Center

There will be a special fall season Halloween Movie in the Park on Saturday, Oct. 15. Enjoy music with our live DJ, fall crafts, a costume contest with prizes and food trucks. The festivities start at 5 p.m. with the movie “Hotel Transylvania 2” starting at dusk (approximately 6:30 p.m.). This is a free, family-style event. Come out and enjoy the movie and the park setting.

The What’s Up Cupcake? classes continue until Oct. 31. It’s a rousing success designed for children ages 8–14. Each week the participants will prepare their own cupcakes and then decorate them in a new technique to fill and frost.

Parents Night Out continues with the next scheduled for Oct. 21 and Nov. 18. This is open to children ages 6–12 years and costs $10. The fee includes dinner for the children.

The Allied Gardens Teen Center is open Monday–Friday from 2–6 p.m. with fun games and activities for all participants.

There are many interesting and challenging events and activities for all ages at the Allied Gardens Recreation Center and Pool, including Dance to Evolve, Pickleball, Basketball, Flag Football, Badminton, Yoga and Volleyball.

The Allied Gardens Pool will be closed from Dec. 12, 2016 until Feb. 19, 2017 for annual maintenance and the winter season.

The next meeting of the Allied Gardens Recreation Council is Monday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. At the Sept. 12 meeting, the council recommended approval for the Marvin Elementary School field project and joint use permit process to move forward to the Park & Recreation Board.

Allied Gardens Recreation Center is located at 5155 Greenbrier Ave. Call 619-235-1129 for information. The Allied Gardens Pool is located at 6707 Glenroy St. Call 619-235-1143 for more information.

San Carlos Recreation Center

The San Carlos Recreation Center is hosting its Annual Halloween Carnival on Friday, Oct. 28 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The “Spooktacular” event will feature a costume contest, bake walk, games, jumpers, laser tag a music DJ and more. Volunteers are needed; please call Kristy at 619-527-3443 for information and to volunteer.

Winter Basketball registration starts Nov. 19. The cost is $65 which includes a jersey, award, photo, banquet and official fees. Players divisions are 6 & under, 8 & under, 10 & under, 12 & under and 14 & under. The season runs December 2016 through March 2017. Games start in January 2017.

Also featured at the San Carlos Recreation Center are: PeeWee sports, winter Camp Coyote child care, gymnastics and tumbling, ballet dance and art classes. Call for more information.

Help for Patriots Baseball

Patriots Baseball League of San Carlos needs the Navajo community’s assistance and help. On July 30, the Patriots Baseball League snack bar and storage container was broken into and several expensive, important tools and equipment items were stolen. This has left the league with a huge financial loss. They need to raise money to replace the equipment and tools as well as the snack bar supplies. The equipment and tools that were stolen were purchased over a period of years and trying to replace them all at once will be a huge expense.

The annual registration fees charged to the players are not enough to pay for the replacement equipment, tools and snack bar supplies. We need the community’s help. A GoFundMe page has been established to help with the fundraising effort. Please take the time to make a donation to the Patriots Baseball League to help with the replacement effort. Visit gofundme.com/shirafield.

Thank you from the Patriot Baseball players, coaches, umpires and families.

The next meeting of the San Carlos Recreation Council is Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m.

The San Carlos Recreation Center is located at 6445 Lake Badin Ave. Visit 619-527-3443 for more information.

—Terry Cords is chair of the Allied Gardens Recreation Council and the San Carlos/Lake Murray Recreation Council. Reach him at [email protected].