Recreation NEWS!

There's LOTS going on in the City Recreation Department!
This Saturday, April 7th, starting at 11:30am, will be the Annual Underwater Easter Egg Hunt, better known as "Eggquatics". There will be Easter games, a bouncy house, and 1500 sinking Easter eggs. Participants need to wear their swim suits to gather eggs in the pool.
There will be 3 waves of children with ONLY 75 kids per wave. The first wave is at 11:45am; the second wave is at 12:10pm and the last wave is at 12:35pm. Each wave will have a designated color wrist band. The cost is FREE to members or with a daily drop in fee.
To pre-register or for more information, email coryvanderveen@cityofgunnison-co.us or call 970-641-8060. Thanks to the event sponsors: Circus Train, Gunnison Kiwanis, Pizza Hut, and Boom-a-Rang. You're awesome!

The City of Gunnison Summer Adventure Camp for children ages 6 to 12 years, is starting planned for 2012! Session 1 is May 29th to June 29th; Session 2 is July 2nd to August 3rd and Session 3 is August 6th to August 24th. The sessions are held Monday through Fridays, and start at 8:30am each morning (drop-offs start at 7:30am) and sessions end at 4:45pm (with pickup by 5:30pm).
There will be hiking, rafting, fishing, basketball, kickball, rock climbing, swimming, baseball, arts & crafts, games, tennis, rollerblading, gardening, bowling, field trips and much more Whew!
For more information email gunnisonsummercamp@yahoo.com or call the Community Center at 970-641-8060.

A Fun Time Was Had By All

It was a rainy but fun weekend in Gunnison! The Easter Bunny was in attendance at the 2nd Annaul Underwater Easter Egg Hunt at the Community Pool on Saturday. 275 participants had a great time hunting for 2200 cement filled eggs, 4 golden eggs and 1 "Monster Egg". It weighed 10 pounds! 20 pounds of candy was given out. The kids enjoyed a "bouncy castle" and fun games like guessing the total number of jelly beans and "Bunny Bingo". Thanks to the Community Center personnel for all of their work in hosting this fun event.

A successful bike auction was held at the Public Works Shops at noon on Saturday. "Found" bikes, not claimed by their previous owners, were auctioned off to the public and great bargains were found - despite the rain.

With all of the rain this weekend - you can almost hear the grass growing and turning green! Welome spring!

This Weekend in Gunnison

While the weather has been an iffy combination of winter and spring, there is still a lot to do this weekend in Gunnison. The City of Gunnison Parks & Recreation 2nd Annual Underwater Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday at the Gunnison Community/Aquatics Center. Find more information on this event in the blog post below this one.

Also on Saturday is the City Bike Auction. The auction is conducted as a silent auction with written bidding beginning at 12 Noon and ending at 1pm. There will be bikes and other miscellaneous items to bid on. The auction will be at the Gunnison City Shops, 1100 W. Virginia Avenue in Gunnison (at the west dead end of Virginia Avenue). Come out and find some great bargins!

Saturday at 9am - head on down to the Fred Field Western Heritage Center (at the County Rodeo Grounds) for the 1st Annual Gunnison Valley Gardening Festival. The event will include 30 exhibitors with informational diplays and demonstrations, food vendors and cooking lessons, live music and kids activities. The Festival is free to attend and is hosted by the Gunnison Valley Farmers' Market. For more information email your questions to gardenfestival20112sonic.net.

Tonight, enjoy dinner in one of Gunnison's great restaurants and then bike or walk (It's Earth Day today!!) to the Gunnison Arts Center at 102 S. Main Street to hear the Canadian-based acoustic ensemble "The Duhk's" in concert. They were nominated for a Grammy Award for their song "Heaven's My Home. The doors open at 7pm and for more information or to purchase tickets go to www.gunnisontimes.com After the show, enjoy a locally brewed beer or a mellow glass of wine at one of Gunnison's brew pubs, taverns or wine bars.

On Sunday, April 24th at 1pm, the American Legion will hold their annual Easter Egg Hunt for the kids at Legion Park. The 0-3 year olds will hunt for eggs on the WSC field just east of Legion Park, the 4-6 year olds will hunt at the Legion Park Playground and the 7 to 9 year olds will hunt for their eggs on the park lawn west of the playground. Also, at 11:30am - the "Get Your Goat 4-H Club" will have a petting zoo in the park prior to the egg hunt. Happy Easter to everyone!

Underwater Easter Egg Hunt

The 2nd Annual Underwater Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the Gunnison Community/Aquatics Center on Saturday, April 23rd starting at 11:30am. All kids ages 0-12 are invited to attend the egg hunt, bouncy house and Easter games. All of the underwater egg hunting will take place in the leisure pool at the aquatics center. Participants will be arranged according to ages for egg hunting. The groups are: 4 and Under - 11:45am at the zero-entry pool area 5 - 6 year olds - 12:30pm at the zero-entry and stairs area 7 - 9 year olds - 11:45am in the 3-5 ft. deep pool area 10-12 year olds - 12:30pm in the 3-5 ft. deep pool area This Easter Event is FREE with a facility daily drop-in fee, annual membership or punch card. After the event stay and play/swim in the pool! For more information please contact Parks & Recreation at 970-641-8060.