YOUTH DANCE:
Great offerings,
but sign up now!
Popular classes like ballet, tap, hip hop, jazz and more fill up fast. Ages 3-14.

HOOPS CLINIC:
Annual coaches
event is Dec. 4
Practice drills, game strategies for new and youth basketball coaches. FREE!

GET WAISTED!
Holiday glutton?
Workout with us
Sign up now for one of our great fitness packages knowing you'll be pigging out.

ETIQUETTE:
Dining manners
for kids, adults
Gather 'round for these 1-session workshops just in time for holidays!

Need a break from the holidays, the noise, the people, and most of all . . . the kids?
3 Great Winter Break Programs for Kids
Plus! Holiday Basketball Camp and Karate Clinic

• Cooking: Australian Food and Wine Pairing
• Hobbies: More Magical Bridge Hands
• Kids Sports: Coach Doug Holiday Sampler
• Personal Improvement: Powerful Presentations
• Seniors: Daytrip to National Aquarium
• Aquatics Training: Recertifications for CPR/FPR and lifeguards.

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• Nov. 29: Referee training for rec basketball leagues, 7-9 p.m., MCRD, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring.
• Dec. 1: Elder Law Series concludes with "Managing the Risks of Retirement," plus a discussion on hot topics for 2006, 1:30 p.m., Holiday Park Senior Center, $5 fee. Call 301-468-4448 to register.
• Dec. 2: After Hours 3-on-3 Basketball Competition for middle schoolers (aged 11-14), 6:30-p.m., East County CC, $3 per player, trophies. Call 240-777-4987 to register.
• Dec. 5: Medicare discussion on durable medical equipment, 1 p.m., Damascus Senior Center. Free.
• Dec. 7: High school basketball (grades 9-12) coaches meeting for pre-registered teams only, 7-9 p.m., MCRD, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring.
• Dec. 8: Ballroom Line Dance demonstration, 11 a.m., Long Branch Senior Center. Free.
• Dec. 10: Medicare Prescription Drug Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Rd., Silver Spring.
• Dec. 10-11: Agricultural History Farm Park's "Christmas on the Farm," noon-6 p.m., Derwood. Free, but $4 for hay rides.
• Dec. 12: Rising Star basketball (grades 6-8 select teams) coaches meeting for pre-registered teams only, 7:30-9:30 p.m., MCRD, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring.
• Dec. 14: Performance by barbershop quartet "Just in Time," 11 a.m., Long Branch Senior Center. Free.
• Dec. 14: Instructional basketball (grades 1-2) coaches meeting for pre-registered teams only, 7-9 p.m., MCRD, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring.
• Dec. 15: Chipper the Clown (aka Deni Phillips) with magic and balloon tricks, 1 p.m., Damascus Senior Center.
• Dec. 16: Club Friday Open House and Drug Awareness Carnival, for grades 2-8, 7-10 p.m., Potomac CC. Free to members of the Club Friday/After Hours programs; $2 for all others.

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Spectacular outdoor winter garden
lit with 600,000 lights is now open at
Brookside Gardens until Jan. 8.

• Sports: Badminton, Beginner to Advanced
• Cooking: Food Wine Pairings
• Domestic: Home Organization
• Hobbies: Digital Photography Now
• Fitness: Small Group Weight Training
• Kids: Modeling for Children
• Hobbies: Bhangra Dance
• Wellness: Tai Chi Meditation
• Senior Hobbies: Beaded Bracelet and Earrings

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After 36 years of County service, Sharon Hackey, left, with Recreation Director Greg Bayor, retires.

MCRD Mainstay, Hackey Retires
Since 1987, the gateway to da Boss's of-
fice has had one keeper, executive ad-
ministrative aide Sharon Hackey. Her many friends, family and co-workers gave her a rousing send-off on Nov. 15.