Recreation calendar
Baseball/Softball
July 29-30: Men’s D softball tournament. Entry deadline is July 24. Cost: $180. Info: Steve Anthony, 769-2249.
Aug. 5-6: Idaho ASA coed softball tournament. Entry deadline is July 31. Cost: $200. Info: Steve Anthony, 769-2249.
Aug. 12-13: Men’s and women’s ASA Idaho state tournaments. Cost: $200. Info: Steve Anthony, 769-2249.
Aug. 12-13: Men’s senior softball tournament at Franklin Park. Cost: $200. Info: Morris Clark, 327-4527.
Aug. 19: North Central High School invites back any graduate who played varsity baseball to its annual alumni game. Batting practice starts at 11 a.m. with the game starting at 12:30 p.m. Cost: $30, which includes a T-shirt and a ticket to the Spokane Indians game for that night. Info: Scott Harmon, 475-7779.
Various: Tryout for the Oakley Monster Dogs, a new baseball team in Spokane. The team will be made up of 16- and 17-year-olds from the Pacific Northwest. Tryouts will be held the last week of July. For more information contact Scott Pate, 217-7382.
Basketball
July 29-30: Silver Hoops 3-on-3 tournament in Kellogg, Idaho. Registration deadline is July 22. For more information call (208) 784-0821.
Canoeing/Kayaking
July 23: Horseshoe Lake kayak tour, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. Ages 14 and older. Sign up this week. Cost: $19. Info: 625-6200.
Various: “Learn How to Lake Kayak,” offered Thursdays from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Aug. 17, 24, 31 and Sept. 7 on Lake Coeur d’Alene. Participants must know how to swim. Cost: $80. Info: (208) 769-7809.
Various: Women’s Lake Kayak Clinic, Wednesdays Aug. 2, 9, 16 and 23, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Coeur d’Alene Beach. Cost: $80. Info: (208) 769-7809.
Hiking
July 29: Eight-mile Grassy Top Mountain hike. No cost. Info: 999-5100.
Golf
Sign up: Entry deadline has been extended to Aug. 1 to enter the 36th annual Wandermere Amateur, which runs Aug. 4-6. Cost: $125. Info: Pro shop, 466-8023.
Multievent sports
Aug. 5: Medical Lake Kiwanis 12th annual mini triathlon, 10 a.m. in Waterfront Park in Medical Lake. Registration deadline is July 24. Ages 15 and older. Cost: $45 for individuals, $85 for teams (three people). Info: 299-5478.
Nature
Aug. 5: Summer Bird Walk, 8 a.m. at Turnbull Wildlife Refuge. For more information call Marian Frobe, 328-0621 or e-mail her at rrfrobe@msn.com.
Officiating
July 24-28: Soccer referee clinic, 6 to 9 p.m. at the Discovery School in Spokane. Cost: $25. Register with Area Referee Instructor Coordination by e-mailing MerleI@comcast.net.
Aug. 6: The Inland Empire Football Officials Association will hold its first organizational meeting of the year at Gonzaga University’s Jepson Center. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. for last year’s apprentices and new officials. The veteran officials will meet at 6:30 p.m. Info: Dan Mencke, 218-8650.
Rafting
July 30: Clark Fork raft trip, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Ages 10 and older. Sign up by July 24. Cost: $69. Info: 625-6200.
Running/Walking
July 29: Toaster Splash 5K cross country race at the Mulvania estate in Deer Park. The women’s race will begin at 9:15 a.m. and the men’s will start at 10. Cost: $5 without a T-shirt. Info: Michael Roe, 999-5309 or Ken Mulvania, 951-2665.
July 30: “The Original” Bare Buns Fun Run at Kaniksu Ranch Family Nudist Park in Loon Lake. Cost: $18. Info: 327-6833.
Aug. 5: Kalispell Pow Wow fun run, 9 a.m. at the Kalispell Tribal Pow Wow Grounds. Cost: $10 (includes T-shirt). Info: 445-1147, ext. 1246.
Aug. 19: Huckleberry 5K fun run, 9 a.m. in Wallace. Registration deadline is Aug. 1. Cost: $20, which includes T-shirt and huckleberry pancake breakfast. Info: (208) 753-7151 or 1-800-434-4204.
Various: Train for the Spokane Half Marathon or 5-miler with Moms in Motion. Group meets weekly for structured workouts. For more information, attend orientation Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. at REI Spokane. Info: www.momsinmotion.com or call 327-9143.
Skating
July 30: Centennial Trail skate marathon, 7:30 a.m. at Mirabeau Park in the Spokane Valley. Registration is available online at www.signmeup.com/53373. Entry forms are also available on the Centennial Trail, Fitness Fanatics and local sport stores.
Swimming
Aug. 5: Twelfth annual Long Bridge Swim at 9 a.m. in Sandpoint, Idaho. For more information, go to www.sandpoint.org/longbridgeswim or call Eric, (208) 265-5412.
Volleyball
July 29-30: Hot Foot Classic tournament, 8 a.m. on the Coeur d’Alene beach. Cost: $30 per team. Registration is due by the start of the tournament. Info: (208) 769-3290.