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tive endeavors to compensate for the loss. For example, Leisure pursuits are your constitutional right. In this an- the Youth Soccer parents organized a league organization niversary year of the Constitution of the United State of without the affiliation of the Department. New Seabury America, we wish you life, liberty and the pursuit of Recreation offered Moms & Tots at their Recreation happiness! Building and The Community School offered men's bas- ketball programs. Respectfully submitted, The Parks& Recreation Advisory Committee chipped Wendy L. Rubin, Director in to help with the Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest at the Oktoberfest celebration. We were able to continue Denise Stinehart-Watson, Chairman Adult Volleyball with volunteers, and the Director still of- William Chase fered a Stress Reduction workshop and youth soccer coach- Robert Fernald es training clinics. New Seabury Recreation Department Sheryl Holmes teamed with us to run our first road race,the R.I.P. (Run Nonie Nickerson in Pairs)Halloween Footrace, which benefitted the Mash. Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee pee Good Neighbor Fund. The Good Neighbor Fund re- ceived non-profit corporation status, and has establisheC Report of the a strong relationship with the Salvation Army. It no longer' needs the support of our department, and can truly stand Harbormaster on it's own merits as a year round emergency assistancf program for local families in need. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen This winter we were able to hire Ms. Susan Lochiatto and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: as the part-time Program Supervisor and we're back on I hereby submit my report for the year ending December track. Volleyball is running strong and will continue 31, 1987: through the spring. Youth Basketball has 82 participants. The Arts Council granted us funds to continue the Children 1. Aids to navigation placed in tidal waters 74 of the First Light program through the spring, and ac- 2. Signs John's e-Wakeby Pond 4 Js tivities are planned for school vacation weeks. Several 3. Signs ohn's Pond I1 Community School workshops and another Mashpee May 4. Signs Town Landings 6 Days Celebration is also planned.We hope to maintain ex- 5. Boat Moorings registered 406 isting service levels in 1988,and to expand programs to fur- 6. Boat Moorings illegally placed and removed 6 ther meet the community's needs for leisure time activities. 7. Floats and rafts registered 12 With full time program staff,the Director can continue 8. Boats assisted 26 to work on administrative duties to improve the service 9. Boats rescued 8 delivery system.Ms. Rubin was the coordinator of the first 10. Citations for infractions of boating laws 8 meeting of the All Cape Recreation Directors committee 11. Verbal and written warnings for infractions which first met this January. In future meetings,they hope of boating laws and regulations 226 to share information and ideas for cooperating on a regular 12. Removal of debris from tidal waters 18 basis,sponsor local conferences and workshops,and pro- 1987 was the first year that a fee of$20.00 was imposed vide joint recruitment and training of summer staff. for the granting and registering of boats, floats and rafts. Another new group has formed for Cape Cod Beach Richard Halpern was placed in charge of computeriz- Managers. Ms. Rubin plans to be an active participant. ing the mooring registration by boat and the collecting of Many Town committees have helped the Parks&Rec- fees, which system has worked admirably. reation Department in the past, and we hope to continue The dredging of the Popponesset Bay Boat Channel 850' to cooperate closely with them, including the Handicap long, 80' wide and 6' deep, and the dredging of the ap- Committee,Youth Commission,Arts Council, Communi- proach to Popponesset Bay in Nantucket Sound, ty School and Indian Education program. 1650'x80'x6'was finally accomplished after approximately Plans for the new ballfield are under way, and the fifteen (15) years of effort by the Town of Mashpee and surveying and engineering are almost complete. Mashpee the Greater Popponesset Bay Improvement Association, Youth Baseball organization will be involved in all phases despite it seemed at times that every beaurocratic body in of the project. We are seeking assistance in a community the country was placing additional roadblocks in the way survey to address the feasibility and needs of a Communi- of this project. ty Recreation Building.This committee was delayed from The Greater Popponesset Bay Improvement Association its work due to the staffing shortage this year. raised approximately $73,000 (some of which will be In closing, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank returned to them) towards the cost of this project enabl- the many volunteers that provide so much support to our ing the Town to apply for and receive additional funding programs.Without them,Parks and Recreation would not from the state to complete the project. thrive and flourish as it has for so many years. Popponesset Spit will be planted with beach grass dur- - 98 -