Recreation calendar

Baseball/Softball

Sign up: Rijo Athletics Baseball evaluations and tryouts for 2005 fall baseball league, ages 10-19. Also conducting National Showcase Team tryouts. Info: (425) 486-4878.

Sign up: Tryouts for 2006 Spokane Crash Softball girls fastpitch teams at 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U. Info: 467-2295.

Basketball

Aug. 18: Fifth-grade AAU boys tryouts, 6:30 p.m. at St. Aloysius School, 611 E. Mission. Info: Kerrie, 220-2221.

Aug. 19: Spokane Storm AAU girls tryouts, grades 5-6. Info: Tom, 939-0755.

Aug. 27-28: Coeur d’Alene Shootout 3-on-3 tournament at North Idaho College. Registration deadline Aug. 19. Fees: $90 per team; includes T-shirt. Info: (208) 769-5975.

Sept. 11: Spokane Stars Basketball Skills Camps for girls, kindergarten through 12th grade. Camps run every Sunday at University High School, 12420 E. 32nd Ave. Fees: $15 per session. Info: Ron Adams, 499-1112 or 928-8512.

Cycling

Aug 15: Bike touring through the Norwegian Arctic, slide show by Chuck and Wendy Huber, sponsored by the Spokane Mountaineers, 7 p.m., Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland.

Football

Aug. 15: Mandatory Idaho state rules clinic for coaches and officials, 7 p.m. at Coeur d’Alene High School. Info: Jim Kravik, (208) 772-3534.

Golf

Aug. 27: Cow Pasture Open Golf Tournament, 10 a.m. in the Big Hole Valley near Wisdom, Mont. Fees: $20. Info: (406) 689-3800 or (406) 834-3264.

Multievent sports

Aug. 21: Dirty Tri Off-Road Sprint Distance Triathlon at Liberty Lake County Park. Registration deadline Aug. 18. Fees: $59 individual, $89 team. Info: 326-6983.

Aug. 27: Hell’s Gate Duathlon, 9 a.m. at Hell’s Gate State Park in Lewiston. Fees: $30 individual ($15 w/o T-shirt), $35 team ($25 w/o T-shirts). Info: Mike Collins, (208) 792-2308.

Nature

Aug. 13: Dutch oven cooking seminar aboard the Idaho cruise boat, 5:30 p.m. at Heyburn State Park. Fees: $6 adults, $2.50 children. Info: (208) 686-4030.

Running/Walking

Aug. 12: Spokane Parks & Recreation late-night walk downtown, starts 11 p.m. at City Hall. Fees: $7; includes snack. Info: 625-6200.

Aug. 21: Centennial Trail Inline Skate Marathon and 10K, 7:30 a.m. at Mirabeau Park. No race-day registration. Fees: $40 marathon, $25 for 10K. Info: 326-6983.

Sept. 5: Labor Day 5K, 10 a.m. at Kiwanis Park in Lewiston. Registration deadline Aug. 24. Fees: $12 with T-shirt, $7 without. Info: Mike Collins, (208) 732-2308.

Sept. 10: Uncle Joe 50K Ultramarathon, 9 a.m. at Bead Lake near Newport. Registration deadline Aug. 23. Fees: $50. Info: 924-8229.

Shooting

Sept. 18: Safari Club International Inland Empire Chapter free new shooters day at Landt Farms. Registration deadline Sept. 10. Info: 993-3098.

Swimming

Aug. 22-26: Spokane County Parks & Recreation lifeguard training course at Northwest Aquatic Facility, 18120 N. Hatch Rd. Fees: $65 course, $15 Red Cross cards, plus book costs. Info: 477-4730.