Park district notes

From Roy Logan, program coordinator

[September 28, 2011]  Lincoln Park District will have a Fall Family Fun Run on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 9 a.m. The route will start at the park district grounds on Primm Road, run down Wyatt Avenue, across Kickapoo Street, right on South Chicago, right on Clinton, cross Kickapoo, right on McLean, left on Wyatt and back to the park district. The run is approximately two miles. This is a noncompetitive and untimed run. Water, Gatorade, other refreshments and goodie bags will be provided after the run. The park district thanks Graue Inc. and Integrity Data for sponsoring the run. Please register at the park district. Cost is $3 for an individual and $7 for a family. 

The park district is offering a Home Schooled P.E. program. Grades K-5 will meet on Thursdays from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Junior high through high school ages will meet from 2 to 2:50 p.m. The kickoff for the program was Sept. 22. There will be six-week sessions, with a week off after a session, and then resume another six-week session. Plans are to take a Christmas/New Year's break and then end with the conventional school year. Each six-week session will be $25 for the first child and $15 for each additional sibling. To preregister, call the park district at 732-8770 or email [e-mail].

Basic Dog Obedience training is the very best thing you can do for the relationship with your dog because it helps to establish your dog's place in the world and distinguish right from wrong.

Railsplitter Veterinary Wellness Center is teaming up with the Lincoln Park District and Mike Bieser to help teach basic training techniques such as leading on a leash and the commands to heel, sit and stay. Bieser is the owner of the Canine Training Institute and has trained police dogs for a number of years.

Handlers must be a minimum of 8 years of age. Proof of vaccination by a licensed veterinarian must be provided before classes start. Vaccination requirements are as follows:

• Less than 4 months of age -- Distemper-Parvo (DA2PPv), Bordetella (kennel cough)

• Over 4 months of age -- Distemper-Parvo (DA2PPv), Bordetella (kennel cough), rabies.

Classes will be on Sundays, beginning Oct. 16, and will continue for four weeks. Sessions will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the park district ballroom. Cost is $50 per pet in district and $60 per pet out of district. Railsplitter Veterinary Wellness Center is offering $20 vouchers toward the cost of registration for the first 20 dogs. At the conclusion of the last class, Railsplitter Veterinary Wellness Center will offer a hospital tour and free microchip implantation.

For more information, contact Lincoln Park District or Railsplitter Veterinary Wellness Center at 217-732-5700. More details are also available at www.railsplittervet.com or www.lincolnparkdistrict.com.

[Text from file received from Roy Logan, Lincoln Park District]