CALHOUN REC DEPARTMENT YOUTH CHEERLEADING AND FOOTBALL REGISTRATION

— The Calhoun Recreation Department is currently holding registration for 2016 youth football and cheerleading through Aug. 4. Registration for cheerleading is $40, 5-6 flag football is $50 and 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 tackle football is $60. Registration hours at the rec department are 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Online registration is also available at www.calhounrec.com. Late registration between Aug. 5-11 will be and extra $10. Assessment day is Aug. 13, and opening day is Sept. 10.

CALHOUN REC DEPARTMENT FALL SOCCER REGISTRATION

— The Calhoun Recreation Department is currently holding registration for the 2016 fall youth soccer season through Aug. 18. There are four age groups: U6 for 4-5 year olds (registration cost $50), U8 for 6-7 year olds ($60), U10 for 8-9 year olds ($60) and U12 for 10-11 year olds ($60). Players will be placed in an age group based off their age as of July 31. Registration hours at the rec department are 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Online registration is also available at www.calhounrec.com. Assessment day will be Aug. 20.

GORDON COUNTY PARKS AND REC ADULT SOFTBALL REGISTRATION

— The Gordon County Parks and Recreation Department will have an Adult Softball League this Fall. The first meeting will be on Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. for anyone interested in entering a team. You must be at the first meeting or call 706-6024435 for more information to enter a team. For registration or more information, contact Diane Jones at djones@gordoncounty. org or Craig Sparks at csparks@gordoncounty.org or visit the Sonoraville Recreation Complex at 7494 Fairmount Hwy S.E. Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

GEORGIA WILDLIFE GATOR QUOTA HUNT

— Don’t miss your chance at a hunt like no other! Quota applications must be received by July 31 if you want a chance at hunting a Georgia gator. According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division, 1,000 applicants will be selected for the 2016 alligator hunting season which begins Aug. 19 at sunset and ends Oct. 3 at sunrise. In 2015, a total of 325 alligators were harvested with an average length of 8’6” and the longest gator measured 14”1.” In Georgia, alligators typically live south of the fall line (which roughly traverses the cities of Columbus, Macon and Augusta), occupying a variety of natural wetland habitats including marshes, swamps, rivers, farm ponds and lakes. Opportunistic carnivores, turtles and fish are their most common food, but they also eat small mammals, aquatic insects, crayfish, frogs, and water birds. How to Apply: To apply, go to www.gohuntgeorgia.com/hunting/quota. The quota hunt system allows applicants to sign up for a chance at a quota hunt using their existing license purchase account. Those applying should be sure to keep their email and mailing address current in order to receive quota updates, confirmations and any notices about quota hunts. Applicants can check their application status through their account after the July 31 deadline. Selected hunters will receive a temporary harvest tag and information packet by mail in early August. For more information, visit www.georgiawildlife. com/Hunting/Alligator .

TEAM ADIDAS BASEBALL TRYOUTS

— Team Adidas of Calhoun will hold tryouts for their upcoming 12-under season for 2016-17. The team is based out of Calhoun, Ga. and will play in AA/AAA tournaments. The tryouts will be Aug. 6 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Calhoun Recreation Department’s Ratner Field at 601 S. River St., Calhoun, Ga. 30701.

SARAH WILLIAMS MUD VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

— Gordon Optimist Club’s Sarah Williams Memorial Mud Volleyball Tournament will be held Saturday, August 20, at the Calhoun Recreation Facility on McDaniel Station Road. To enter a team, sponsor the event or for more information, e-mail robertnwilliams@att.net.

GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK FALL FLOAT ON THE FLINT

— This fall, river lovers will have the opportunity to explore Southwest Georgia’s scenic Flint River during Georgia River Network’s (GRN) Paddle Georgia Fall Float on the Flint, a three-day, 56-mile canoe and kayak journey set for Oct. 8-10. This will be the third year that the statewide river advocacy group has offered this trip in conjunction with Flint Riverkeeper, and organizers are expecting at least 150 paddlers to make the journey. Registration for the event begins July 1 online at www.regonline.com/fallfloat2016. Registration fees are $325 for adults, $280 for youth age 8-17 and $140 for children age 7 and younger. Registration fees include catered breakfasts, lunches and dinners for three days, camping privileges, shuttle services, event t-shirt and decal, maps and guides, entertainment and educational programs and a year’s membership in GRN. Paddlers will launch from Mitchell County Landing south of Albany on Oct. 8 and finish the journey Oct. 10 at Flint River Heights Road north of Bainbridge. During the event, they will camp at Rocky Bend Flint River Retreat in Newton. The trip is an off shoot of GRN’s annual Paddle Georgia event, a 7-day summer-time trip that ventures on a different Georgia river each year. Now in its 12th year, that event has grown into the largest week-long canoe and kayak camping adventure in the country. In addition to providing participants with opportunities to learn about the importance of the Flint River and Georgia’s other rivers, Fall Float also serves as a fundraiser for Georgia River Network and Flint Riverkeeper. Since its inception in 2005, GRN’s Paddle Georgia trips have guided more than 4400 people down 15 Georgia rivers while raising more than $330,000 for river protection. Earlier this month, more than 400 people participated in Paddle Georgia 2016 on the Conasauga and Oostanaula rivers in northwest Georgia. Through a grant from Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund, this year’s Fall Float will also involve a local youth group who will complete the three-day journey and receive training as Georgia Adopt-A-Stream citizen water monitors. The goal of the project is to involve these youth year round in water monitoring and Flint River protection projects. The trip is suitable for novice paddlers as well as experienced paddlers. Paddlers range in age from four to 84, with many families participating. Georgia River Network is a non-profit 501c3 organization working to ensure a clean water legacy by engaging and empowering Georgians to protect and restore our rivers from the mountains to the coast. Flint Riverkeeper is a 501c3 organization working to restore and preserve the habitat, water quality and flow of the Flint River for the benefit of current and future generations and dependent wildlife. Those interested in participating can get more information at the Paddle Georgia website at http://www.garivers. org/paddle_georgia or by contacting Joe Cook at 706-409- 0128 or joecookpg@gmail.com.

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