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NEWS RELEASES

2006 News Releases
Dec. 13 Vale-Asche Playground the Playing Field for Children With Disabilities
Nov. 9 2,000 Volunteers Needed to Plant Urban Forest
Oct. 30 HPARD Invites Everyone to Get Aerobics During the Holidays
Oct. 27 Wescott Esplanades Receive a Forest Face Lift
Oct. 13 Spiders, Scorpions and Snakes Slither Series Seminar Scheduled
Oct. 3 HPARD Celebrates World Space Week by Honoring its Historic NASA Roots
Sept. 29 Upper Kirby Management District Provides Funding for the Completion
Sept. 20 HPARD Announces the First Peech Creek Peepers Bird Walk
Sept. 19 HPARD Joins Home Depot & Volunteer Houston to Reviltilize Edgewod Park
Sept. 7 NBA & Tyson Foods Visit Houston as Part of Es Tu Cancha
Sept. 6 NBA & Tyson Foods Host "Es tu Cancha" (It's Your Court)
Aug. 31 HPARD Expects Big Crowds at Hermann Park Labor Day Weekend
Aug. 25 City of Houston Aquires State Park
Aug. 2 HPARD and BARC Team Up to Educate Children
July 17 Let's Play Carnival Set for Marian Park
June 30 Road Closure to Be Factor for 4th of July at Hermann Park
June 29 Houston Parks & Recreation Dept. Unveils Work of Young Artists
June 23 Lyondell Chemical Company presents HPARD with New Bat
June 13 Fifth Annual Father's Day Golf Tournament at Wildcat Golf Club
May 23 HPARD Kicks-off 2006 Summer Swim Season
May 23 City of Houston to Challenge Inactivity by Celebrating Challenge Day 2006
May 15 2006 Youth Sports Appreciation Day
May 15 Bunker Hill 5th Graders and Amegy Bank Raise $3,400
May 2 Dedication Scheduled for Refurbished Nellie Keyes Park
May 1 Hermann Park Water Playground Scheduled for Renovations
May 1 HPARD'S Project KidFit! Selected Among 2006 Nutrition & Physical Activity
April 1 First Annual "On The Trail Of Trash" Houston Cleanup Event
March 22 2006 Senior's Summer Softball League
March 20 HPARD To Host National Junior Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
March 20 Houston Area Senior Olympics
March 14 2006 Adult Summer Sand Volleyball League Registration
Feb. 28 Mayor Bill White Featured Speaker at Second Annual Health and Wellness
Feb. 28 HPARD Awarded $5,000 "Tennis in the Parks" Grant
Feb. 20 7th Annual "Cool Summer" Job Fair Hosted by HPARD
Feb. 15 Time for the Texas Round-Up
Jan. 17 Celebrate Arbor Day 2006
Jan. 12 5TH Annual Kids Health and Safety Fair