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RECREATION CALENDAR

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Baseball/Softball

Oct. 28: Home Run Derby men’s softball tournament at Ramsey Park in Coeur d’Alene. Entry fee: $200. Deadline: Oct. 21. Info: Steve Vogel, (208) 699-1773.

Basketball

Sign up: Spokane County Parks and Recreation adult league. Entry deadline is Nov. 8. Cost: $600 for a team of eight. Info: 477-4732.

Sign up: Tri-County AAU basketball beginning Nov. 11 and ending Feb. 10. Boys and girls in grades 5-8 are encouraged to participate. All players and coaches must have a valid AAU card. Entry deadline is Oct. 27. Cost: $65 per player. Info: Brent Monroe, 879-0864 or Kevin Mulligan, 844-7625.

Sign up: Spokane Basketball’s adult men’s year-round league begins Nov. 3 and Nov. 5. Cost: $490 per team or $90 for individual. Info: 487-3644 or visit www. spokanebasketball.com.

Dodgeball

Nov. 29: Third annual Turkeybowl Dodgeball Tournament sponsored by Spokane County Parks and Recreation. Registration deadline is Nov. 9. Cost: $60 per team. Info: 477-4732.

Fishing/Hunting

Oct. 21: Fly fishing fundamentals crash course, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Silver Bow Fly Shop, 13210 E. Indiana Ave., Spokane Valley along I-90. Class is free but space limited. Preregister with Sean Visintainer, 924-9998.

Nov. 8: Rod building class, 6-8 p.m. at White’s Outdoor. Another class Nov. 15. Cost: $60. Info: 535-1875.

Nov. 16: Trolling for rainbows at Lake Roosevelt, clinic by fishing guide Lennie Mayo, 5:30 p.m. White’s Outdoor, 4002 E. Ferry Ave. Info: 535-1875.

Nature

Nov. 8: Monitoring avian productivity and survivorship in the Coeur d’Alene Basin and effects of environmental contaminants on the wildlife inhabiting the region, program for Spokane Audubon Society by Kate Healy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, 7:30 p.m. at Riverview Retirement Center, 1801 E. Upriver Dr. (Use N. Granite St. entrance to downstairs chapel.)

Outdoors

Oct. 21: Help Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge restore native riparian habitat to benefit birds and other wildlife species. Call 235-4723 to register.

Nov. 2: Wildlife observations on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Howard Ferguson will speak on the wildlife of the time, 7 p.m. at Eastern Washington University’s Isle Hall, room 138. Info: 235-2760.

Running/Walking

Oct. 21: Come walk with the clubs and walkers of the American Volkssport Association. Meet at the Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District Building, 22510 E. Mission Ave., at 8 a.m. No preregistration is required. No cost. Info: Barb Midkiff, 255-9615.

Nov. 5: BRRC’s Qualchan extreme cross country race, 10 a.m. at High Drive at Manito Blvd. Cost: $4 ($3 for BRRC members). Info: Jeff Corkill, 448-2616 or visit www.brrc.net.

Skiing and Snowboarding

Oct. 25: North Idaho College is offering an introduction to ski instruction course this fall. This course is made up of classroom sessions and on-snow session. The class will be limited to 12 participants. Registration for non-NIC students is $133. Info: Terry Godbout, (208) 691-4666.

Nov. 4: Injury prevention in the young athlete, program by Dr. P.Z. Pearce, sports physician, 6:30 p.m., Southside Senior Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. Free program sponsored by Spokane Nordic Ski Education Foundation. Info: 448-2520.

Volleyball

Sign up: Winter coed league offered by Spokane County Parks and Recreation. Entry deadline is Nov. 16. Info: Spokane County Parks and Recreation, 477-4732.