Recreation calendar
Baseball/Softball
Sign up: Spokane Sports Association will accept registration for fall leagues July 10-Aug. 11. Leagues offered: men’s modified, men’s slowpitch and coed. Registration for these leagues will be taken at Franklin Park. Info: 483-4653.
Basketball
Sign up: Spokane Basketball Adult year-round league. Men’s and women’s leagues. Cost: $570 a team or $90 individual. Info: 487-3644 or www.spokanebasketball.com.
Canoeing/Kayaking
July 8: Liberty Lake Parent-Child tour. Enjoy an afternoon of adventure on Liberty Lake and Badger Lake from 2 to 6 p.m. Sign up by July 3. Cost: $19. Info: 625-6246.
July 8: Badger Lake Moonlight Tour, 6 to 10 p.m. Sign up by July 3. Cost: $19. Info: 625-6246.
July 15: Morning canoe paddle on the Little Spokane River from 6 to 9 a.m. Ages 18 and older. No experience necessary. Sign up by July 10. Cost: $17. Info: 625-6200.
July 15-16: Twenty-fifth Annual Pend Oreille Poker Paddle beginning at Pend Oreille River in Usk and heading downstream 32 miles to the finish at Ione’s City Park. Cost: $25 before July 1, $30 after. Info: Eileen Dugger, (509) 447-4812 or edugger@popud.com.
July 23: Horseshoe Lake kayak tour from 1 to 5 p.m. Ages 14 and older. Registration deadline is July 17. Cost: $19, $16 for REI members. Info: 625-6200.
Climbing
Various: Learn How to Rock Climb, offered July 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at North Idaho College. The four-session clinic is opened to all ability levels. Cost: $80, which covers instruction and equipment. Info: (208) 769-7809.
Cycling
July 6: Women’s tuning clinic sponsored by REI Spokane. Will be held at the REI Shop from 6 to 9 p.m. Cost: $25 for non-members, $20 for members. Info: 328-9900.
July 8-9: NIC Outdoor Pursuit’s mountain biking trip to Canada. Participants will depart for Nelson, British Columbia, on July 8. Only adults 18 and older can participate. Register by July 6. Cost: $60 per person. Info: (208) 769-7809.
July 15: Trail of the Coeur d’Alene’s bike tour for ages 14 and older. This 40-mile ride will end with a late lunch at the Snake Pit Restaurant in Enaville. Cost: $39. Sign up by July 3. Info: 625-6200.
July 16: Route of the Hiawatha Bike tour. This 15-mile ride through the scenic Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho is for ages 10 and older. Sign up by July 3. Cost: $49. Info: 625-6200.
Football
Sign up: YMCA Grid Kids third- and fourth-grade tackle football. Practices begin the week of Sept. 11. Games are played at local high school fields. Info: For Spokane Valley call 777-9622, for downtown call 838-3577.
Sign up: YMCA Grid Kids fifth- and sixth-grade tackle football. Practices begin the week of Aug. 21. Games played at local high school fields. Info: For Spokane Valley call 777-9622 and for downtown call 838-3577.
Sign up: SYSA Grid Kids seventh- and eighth-grade tackle football fall league. Practices begin week of Aug. 21. Register by July 31. Cost: $145. Info: Ron, 536-1800 ext. 106 or register online at www.sysa.com.
Sign up: SYSA flag football for grades 1-6. Practices begin week of Aug. 28. Register by Aug. 10. Cost: $65. Info: Ron, 536-1800, ext. 106 or register at www.sysa.com.
Lawn bowling
Sign up: Spokane Lawn Bowling Club offers free introductory lessons and play on the greens at Mission Park, E. 1400 Mission. Bowl under the lights July and August on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:30. Day bowling Monday through Saturday at 10:30. Info: Mary Lou, 487-0085.
Rafting
July 1: Whitewater rafting on the Salmon River. Begins at 9:30 a.m. Ages 10 and older. Cost: $68 for adults, $56 for children 10-16. Info: 625-6246.
Running/Walking
July 1: BRRC’s Marathon Training Clinic for beginning and intermediate runners. Info: 326-3935 or go to www.brrc.net.
July 15: Valley Kids Triathlon for children ages 7-15, 9 a.m. in Liberty Lake. Last day to register is July 13. No race day entries will be accepted. Cost: $20. Info: Marla, (509) 326-6983 or marla@valleygirltri.com.
July 15: Rathdrum Days 5K and 1-mile run beginning at 8 a.m. in Rathdrum. Cost: $12 with T-shirt, $5 without.
July 16: 2006 Newman Lake 25K and 5K fun run. Entries must be postmarked by July 8. Cost: $22 which includes breakfast and T-shirt. Enter online at www.active.com.
July 16: Valley Girl Triathlon beginning in Liberty Lake at 9 a.m. To sign up or be a volunteer, call Marla at (509) 326-6983 or marla@valleygirltri.com.
Sign up: SYSA cross country for grades 1-6. Practices begin week of Sept. 11. Register by Aug. 10. Cost: $50 for grades 1-2 and $55 for grades 3-6. Info: Kim, 536-1800, ext. 108 or register online at www.sysa.com.
Soccer
Sign up: SYSA soccer for fall and spring seasons. Ages 5-16. Cost: $70 for ages 7 and younger, $80 for ages 8-9 and $90 for ages 10 and older. Info: Tracy, 536-1800, ext. 104.