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nts. Continuous development event on Cape Cod for Master Swimmers. Over 125 Youth; and Special Eve in these areas along with added Adult Education adult swimmers from as far away as Florida and Ohio classes available on the Internet, as well as offering competed in the swim. As usual, many of the swim- trips for citizens both locally and internationally has mers participating were once world ranked swimmers kept the Department growth oriented and creative. who now enjoy the less stressful competition and camaraderie that we provide. -� Our Before & After-school Kids Klub child care programs along with the Kids Klub Pre-School and The Woodland Run and the Town Cup Golf } our summer camp program continues to be a large por- Tournament instituted for the 125th celebration con- 1 tion of our programming sphere. Youth from ages 3 to tinue to be successful and well supported. Over 50 14 continue to be our major area of concentration with runners competed this past year through the Mashpee most programs filling up in a short period of time. Pine Barrens from Heritage Park to the KC Coombs Presently we have approximately 50 youth participat- School. In addition, close to 20 teams signed up and ing in our nationally accredited Pre-School program, enjoyed a wonderful day of golf at Quashnet Valley with over 100 youth participating in our Kids Klub Golf Course to take part in the annual Town Cup Golf program. Kids Klub Summer Camp and the Classic. Adventure Camp for older youth again was a huge success with over 100 youth participating daily during The year also provided the first time that funding our 8-week season. Not having our own facility to was created for a Special Events Committee. The a handle these programs lends us to utilize our schools committee started right off with a blockbuster of an °�L for this need. The high quality day camp program pro- event, the 1st Annual Fireworks display and vides opportunity for youth to participate in Ropes Community Picnic. Over 2,000 people enjoyed the Course training,canoeing,hiking and biking,and field event at Heritage Park that also included music, food, trips to unusual places in and around Cape Cod. kiddy rides, entertainment, and fun for everyone. The committee immediately set its sites on an even bigger The adult programming area has risen from 25 and better event in 2002. evening class to around 60 choices with many of the classes having multiple listing to serve the public. The Oktoberfest event celebrated its 15th This brings the option for class selection to over 90 per anniversary in 2001 by expanding to a two-day affair. semester. In addition,the Adult Brochure has become The highlight of the Columbus Day weekend included a stand-alone document, now 22 pages in booklet our 2nd annual Parade that promises to be bigger and form. Distribution for the youth and adult brochures is better each year; the Mashpee High School Band in 3500 and 8500 respectively. Youth brochures are dis- their brand new uniforms, the addition of a 15-piece tributed directly through the school system, library, Bavarian Band, a Boston-based youth dance troupe, town hall and mailers. The adult brochure is distrib- over 50 antique cars, and the largest crowd ever. uted through the Upper Cape Local, the Mashpee Enterprise, local business, local libraries, schools, The year again was finished off with the annual town hall, and mailers. In addition to the brochure we Children's Halloween Parade with over 200 children also use the Internet, cable television, and newspaper participating again in the parade along with refresh- advertisements to publicize our programs. ments at the conclusion. Mashpee beaches showed an additional increase SPECIAL THANKS in over-all sticker sales as the Sticker Office again sold Special thanks need to go to a number of spon- out of beach stickers. We also experienced a relatively sors and volunteers for all the support that they gave quiet summer in the number of accidents and rescues, the department this past year. As always,without their 1 however for a time we experienced some beach clos- assistance, many of our programs and events would ings due to a shark landing in the early morning hours, not be able to take place. I would like to thank all of and low water quality after a heavy rain. Beach per- our Department Staff for their dedicated support, sonnel were fine this past year, bucking the Cape enthusiasm,and inspiration. In addition,the following trend, as many lifeguards and gate attendants returned departments and individuals were instrumental to our from the previous year. efforts: Mashpee School Department, the School Committee and the Superintendent's Office, SPECIAL EVENTS: Department of Public Works, Fire & Rescue We continued on with the 12th Annual Super Department, Mashpee Police, Town Clerk's Office, Swim at John's Pond in late June that served as THE Mashpee Personnel, and especially the Town 117