Celebrate Parks Day July 14th!

Saturday, July 14^th, enjoy the 5^th Annual Parks Day Celebration. It will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a free pancake breakfast at Phippeny Park (831 N. 8^th Street), cooked by the Panhandle Kiwanis. There will be many free activities including an inflatable bouncer, a “learn to ride your bicycle event,” an old-time photo op, Art on the Edge crafts, informational booths, HAM radio demonstrations, sack races, and much more. Featured entertainment includes the North Idaho Hat Band bluegrass group. Events at Phippeny Park are scheduled from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

At 6:00 p.m., activities will resume at Winton Park (810 W. La Crosse) including a free hot dog dinner cooked by local Air Force volunteers. Come and see CDA Rock School perform, and take part in many activities, including: Art on the Edge crafts, Frisbee play, kite flying, an inflatable bouncer, and more. There will be an informal horseshoe tournament hosted by the Kootenai County Horseshoe Pitchers Association. Participate for a chance to win a gift certificate donated by Texas Roadhouse. In the evening, take part in a square dance with the Coeurly Q’s square dancers. At dusk, the movie “Puss in Boots” will be shown, hosted by the Coeur d’Alene Police Department. Free popcorn and soda will be served.

Stop by the Parks Booth at either park to enter to win great prizes including a parasail ride donated by CDA Parasail, and a mounted panoramic print of our city by 29k Productions.

Parks Day is brought to you courtesy of the Coeur d’Alene Parks Department and the Panhandle Parks Foundation.  Sponsors include Waste Management, Greenstone Homes, Kootenai Electric Co-op, Transtector Systems, J.U.B. Engineers, Hecla Mining, Parker Toyota, Architects West, and the Hallock Family.

Parks Day originated in 2008 when the Parks Master Plan survey revealed that quite a few Coeur d’Alene citizens did not know the locations of many of their city parks. Each year, Parks Day spotlights different parks.  For more information and the schedule of events, please visit http://parks.cdaid.org or contact Katie Kosanke, 415-0415.