Recreation calendar

Baseball/Softball

June 24: Men’s Class D softball tournament at Coeur d’Alene’s Ramsey Park. Cost: $175. Info: Steve Vogel, (208) 699-1773.

Basketball

Sign up: Spokane Basketball adult year-round men’s and women’s leagues. League begins June 28 and July 2. Cost: $570 a team or $90 individual. Info: (509) 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: (509) 625-6246.

July 8: Badger Lake Moonlight Tour, 6 to 10 p.m. Sign up by July 3. Cost: $19. Info: (509) 625-6246.

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.

Camping/Hiking

June 23-25: Outdoor Parks and Recreation’s first Camp Play. Recreate with your family and discover new outdoor adventures including sit-on-top kayaking, Dutch oven cooking, tandem biking and huckleberry ice cream, a compass scavenger hunt, a class on how to set up proper camp and an interpretive adventure on live owls. Cost: $25 or $35 per family. Info: (509) 625-6246.

Climbing

Various: Learn How to Rock Climb, offered July 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2 from 5:30 p.m. 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.

Fishing/Hunting

June 24: An Introduction to Fly Fishing program will be presented from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sandpoint Library. Lester Bevan, who has given lessons on all aspects of fly fishing, will offer the presentation.

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.

Golf

July 8: Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs will hold the SNAP benefit golf tournament. Registration will begin at 6 a.m. with a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start. Cost: $70 per person which includes 18 holes of golf, a cart and lunch. Info: 456-7111, ext. 242.

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 ages 10-16. Info: (509) 625-6246.

Running/Walking

July 1: BRRC’s marathon training clinic for beginning and intermediate runners. Information meeting on June 29 at the Bloomsday office at 1610 W. Riverside at 6 p.m. Info: 326-3935 or go to www.brrc.net.

July 8: Colfax Marmot 5K and 10-mile run. Race begins at Schmuck Park in Colfax at 8 a.m. Entry deadline is June 30. Cost: $12 with T-shirt, $3 without. Info: Shirley Cornelius, (509) 397-5806 or (509) 397-2860.

July 9: Kootenai County Substance Abuse Council and Fleet Feet Sports seventh annual 5K or 10K fun run. Race begins at Higgins Point along Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive. Entry deadline is June 30. Cost: $17 (includes T-shirt and pancake breakfast) for adults, $12 for children younger than 12. Info: 773-2118.

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: Newman Lake 25K and 5K fun run. Entries must be postmarked by July 8. Cost: $22 which includes breakfast and a 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 to be a volunteer, call Marla at (509) 326-6983 or marla@valleygirltri.com.

Skiing/Snowboarding

June 28: “A Journey to the Source:” Nils Larsen’s presentation on the origin of skiing in China and the Lands Council Raffle for the River Drawing. Presentation begins at 7 p.m. at Mountain Gear, 2002 North Division. Admission is by donation. Info: Ingrid Hannan (509) 838-4912.

Shooting

Various: Shotgun shooting, ages 9-21, at Landt Farms Sporting Clays. Saturdays, 9-11 a.m. July 1, July 15, Aug. 5, Sept. 2, Sept. 16, Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Nov. 18. Fee: $25, which includes use of gun, ammunition, targets. More information: 464-2070.

Soccer

Sign up: Valley Youth Soccer fall and spring leagues. Cost: $35 for children ages 4 to 8 and $50 for ages 9 and older. Info: 924-7661 or www.vysoccer.org.

Swimming

July 16: Steve Omi 13th Annual Memorial Swim. One-mile open-water swim in Lake Coeur d’Alene at 9:30 a.m. Cost: $25 with mesh gear bag, $15 without. Info: (208) 667-3721.

Water sports

Sign up: Spokane Parks Foundation needs volunteers on Dragon Boat race day, July 30 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers are needed to escort racers, offer support to the Dragon Boat race leaders, monitor parking and help with check-in. Info: 625-6774 or 270-2603.