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On Thanksgiving day, = November 27,=20 from 12:00 - 3:00 PM, Bush Recreation Center will = provide a=20 traditional Thanksgiving dinner to benefit the = homeless=20 and disadvantaged throughout the city. = Dinner is=20 free to all. Call 352-3879 for more = details.=20

Join=20 Oakley Recreation Center for = Breakfast=20 with Santa Saturday, December 13. Doors open at=20 9:00AM and breakfast is = served at=20 9:30AM. The morning = will be=20 filled with fun including breakfast and pictures = with=20 Santa, gifts for kids, door prizes for adults,=20 storytelling and magic by Dr. Fred Smart. = Tickets must=20 be purchased at Oakley = Recreation = Center = by December=20 9.

Call 321-9320 for tickets = and=20 details.

Call your local recreation center = to find=20 out about holiday happenings in your=20 neighborhood.

Ready for some time just = for girls?=20 Enjoy hot chocolate, holiday cheer and homemade=20 ornaments at LeBlond = Recreation = Center = on December=20 15, 4:30 =96=20 6:00PM. Each girl ages 9-15 will make = an=20 ornament at their center and bring it with her = (wrapped)=20 to do an exchange with other girls. Call = 281-3209 for=20 details.

CRC's Division of = Therapeutic=20 Recreation wants to recognize Nakeem Williams = for his=20 quick reactions and competent execution of his = CPR/First=20 Aid training. On October 25th, Nakeem's = quick=20 actions successfully assisted a choking = participant.=20

Nakeem is a part-time = employee who=20 worked the 2008 TR Summer Day Camp program. He = currently=20 works with various TR social and leisure = programs.=20

Tonaruse =93Spoon=94 = Witherspoon received=20 the 2008 Duke Energy Children=92s Museum = Difference Maker=20 award as a Community Leader at the Union=20 Terminal=20 Museum = on October=20 30, 2008.

Spoon uses athletics to make a=20 difference in the lives of youth at the = Price=20 Hill=20 Recreation=20 Center. He=20 has been with CRC since 1994. In those fourteen = years,=20 Spoon has improved the lives of Price Hill youth = through=20 long hours and dedication to programs that teach = sportsmanship, teamwork, self-esteem and life=20 skills.

Spoon, congratulations and thanks = for=20 your hard work!

The Showboat = Majestic is=20 announcing its 86th historic season by offering = free=20 tickets. Patrons who renew or newly purchase a = 2009=20 subscription package before December 5 will get = a free=20 ticket to the Showboat=92s annual holiday romp = =96 Frostbite=20 Follies, running December 5 =96 14, 2008 (more = details=20 below).

For more information on = the=20 Showboat Majestic=92s 2009 Subscription = Season,=20 contact the Box Office at (513) 241-6550. = Or check=20 us out on the web at http://www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com/.=20

Learn more about the 2009 Showboat Season!=20

This is the Showboat=92s = treasured=20 salute to the holiday season, featuring a = potpourri of=20 holiday song, comedy, audience participation,=20 improvisation and the annual Christmas-themed = send up of=20 all things Cincinnati = =96 the Queen=20 City Toast!

Tickets are $15.00 for = subscribers;=20 $16 for Students and Seniors; $17 for Adults. = The show=20 runs December 5 - December 14. Showtimes are = Fridays and=20 Saturdays at 8:00PM and Sundays at 2:00PM. For = more=20 information/tickets, contact the Showboat=20 Majestic, (513) 241-6550. You can = also=20 order tickets online at http://www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com/.

Indoor swimming is a great = way to=20 ward off the winter blues. Just in time, = you can=20 improve your swimming ability with the CRC and = American=20 Red Cross Swim Stroke Clinics. Year-round = clinics=20 take place at CRC=92s Krueck Indoor Pool. = Clinics=20 begin in January. Call 357-POOL or visit the CRC = website=20 cincyrec.org for more=20 information.

More details about swim = stroke=20 clinics:
=95 Age 14 and = above
=95 Free=20 with pool membership
=95 Register for a = two week=20 session =96 call 357-POOL (7665) or email=20 aquatics@cincinnati-oh.gov.

=95 It is recommended = you=20 complete at least one two-week swim stroke = clinic prior=20 to the lifeguard training = course

You may not be thinking = pool safety=20 right now, but we are at CRC! Trainings to = become a CRC=20 Lifeguard begin at CRC=92s Kreuck Indoor pool in = February. =20 Call 357-POOL (7665) or visit CRC's=20 website for more = information.

To learn more about CRC = programs, day=20 camps, events and more visit http://www.cincyrec.org/ or = call=20 352-4000

For more information about = other=20 City of Cincinnati Departments, visit http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/

Be=20 sure to check out CRC's Online Photo=20 = Galleries!

11/27/2008

Free = Thanksgiving Dinner=20 at

Bush Rec=20 Center

Free = Thanksgiving meal=20 to benefit the homeless and = disadvantaged.=20 12:00PM-3:00PM. = Call=20 352-3879 for more information.=20

12/1/2008-2/2008

Instructional = Basketball=20 League at North Avondale Rec=20 Center

Begins = December 1. Colt=20 League ages 5-7 from 4:30PM-6:00PM. Pony = league=20 ages 8-9 from 6:15PM-8:30PM. For more=20 information or to register call=20 961-1584.

12/3/2008 -=20 12/17/2008

Master = Rain = Garden Workshop at =

McKie Rec=20 = Center

Master Rain = Garden/Rain=20 Barrel Workshop for certificate from = Cincinnati=20 State.=20 Wednesdays from 7:00PM-10:00PM.

[More=20 = Information]

12/5/2008

SantaFest at = Westwood Town Hall Rec=20 = Center

Come visit = Santa, make a=20 craft and play games. 6:30PM-8:00PM. $2 per=20 = person.

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12/5/2008 -=20 12/14/2008

Frostbite = Follies at the=20 Showboat=20 = Majestic

This is the = Showboat's=20 treasured salute to the holiday season,=20 featuring holiday song, comedy, = improvisation=20 and the annual Christmas Queen City = Toast! Shows=20 are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00PM and=20 Sundays at 2:00PM. Tickets = are $17=20 for adults and $16 for students and=20 = seniors.

[More=20 = Information]

12/5/2008

Winter Fest at = Pleasant Ridge Rec=20 Center

Join us for = the lighting=20 of lights, activities and entertainment! = 6:30PM-8:00PM. = Free=20

12/6/2008

Annual = Christmas Bazaar=20 at College Hill Rec=20 Center =

10:00AM-3:00PM. Artisans=20 will display their handmade wares = featuring=20 ceramics, yarn goods, fabrics, = woodworking,=20 jewelry, luminaries, and much more. = Vendors are=20 still being accepted. Call 591-3555 for = an=20 application. =

12/6/2008-12/20/2008

Dazzle Days at = Tower=20 Place Mall

Saturday = December 6,13=20 and 20. Afternoon of fun crafts and face = painting. 1:00PM-5:00PM.=20

12/13/2008

Breakfast with = Santa at=20 Oakley=20 Rec Center

Join us for = breakfast,=20 pictures with Santa, gifts for kids, = door prizes=20 for adults, storytelling and magic by = Dr. Fred=20 Smart! Doors open at 9:00AM. Breakfast=20 served at 9:30AM. $7 for = kids 12=20 and under, $10 ages 13 to adult. = Purchase=20 tickets at the center by December 9. = Call=20 321-9320 for more=20 details.

12/15/2008

Girls = Only-Holiday=20 Ornament Exchange at LeBlond Rec=20 Center

Ready for some = time just=20 for girls? Enjoy hot chocolate, holiday = cheer=20 and homemade ornaments. Each girl ages = 9-15 will=20 make an ornament at their center and = bring it=20 with her (wrapped) to do an exchange = with other=20 girls. 4:30PM-6:00PM. = Call=20 281-3209 for more details.=20

12/29/2008-12/31/2008

Carl Burgess = Holiday=20 Basketball Tournament at Evanston Rec=20 Center

11:00AM-6:00PM. = Deadline to=20 enter is Friday, December 12. $30 = per=20 team. For more information call=20 861-9417.

Recreation programs=20 and facilities are open to all citizens = regardless of=20 race, gender, color, religion, nationality or=20 disability. CRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer = and is=20 committed to supporting the Americans with = Disabilities=20 Act. Please call if you require any special=20 accommodations.

Cincinnati = Recreation=20 Commission =95 805 Central Avenue, Suite=20 800 =95 Cincinnati,=20 Ohio = 45202
Phone:=20 513-352-4000 =95 Fax: 513-352-1633 =95 Email: info.crc@cincinnati-oh.gov

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