Lansing Recreation Department plans summer camps

Lansing Parks and Recreation will have summer camps this year, according to the department’s annual catalog of fun and learning released April 20.

More camps may be added, but the current slate includes:

Summer Day Camp at Myers Park: Five weeklong sessions between June 28 and July 30 for ages 5 through 12. $125 per week. Camp games and activities, sports, crafts, reading and perhaps a field trip.

School before Hogwarts: Aug. 16 to 20 at the Lansing Community Center for rising third- through fifth-graders. $70 for the week. Get sorted into houses, play quidditch, and attend classes in potions and care of magical creatures.

Flying High Farms Riding Camp: Eight weeklong sessions for ages 7 and older. $200 per week. Learn to ride and about caring for horses, training, nutrition, feeding and grooming.

Football Summer Training Camp: July 28, 29 and 30 at the field behind the Town Hall for kindergartners through eighth-graders. $35 for kindergartners through second-graders and $65 for third- through eighth-graders. Learn basic football skills and play noncontact games.

Adam Heck Soccer Camp: Aug. 2 to 6 at the Town Hall fields for kindergartners through 10th-graders. $120 for the full day. The camp offers young players the chance to improve their overall game, both offensively and defensively. A separate keeper training session will be offered for those interested in goalkeeping.

Youth Tennis Camp: Six weeklong sessions from June 28 to Aug. 6 at the Eastlake Recreation Club or the Lansing High School tennis courts for ages 5 to 16. $50 per week. Coach is Michael Bryant, current Ithaca High varsity tennis coach, Lansing varsity tennis coach from 2010-18, former ATP circuit player and lead instructor for Nike tennis camps.

Other recreation opportunities include music lessons, Small Fry Football, cheering, basketball, “Nerf Wars,” baseball and softball, fly fishing, sailing, golf, track and the Lighthouse 5K and Fun Run.

Sign up and learn more at https://lansingrec.recdesk.com/Community/Program.

In Brief:

Brush pickup May 3

The Town of Lansing Highway Department will begin picking up brush May 3 at 6 a.m. Residents are asked to pile brush loosely beside the road and include no plastic bags or leaves. Maximum limb diameter is 6 inches and length is 8 feet.

Why Ludlowville Road is closed

The Town of Lansing Highway Department has closed Ludlowville Road from house number 63 to the intersection with Brickyard Road to all forms of travel due to undermining of the road from heavy rains and snow.

“We are looking at options on how to maybe get this reopened,” Highway Superintendent Charlie Purcell said. “It will ultimately depend on the cost.”

Purcell added that an update on the road’s status will be available soon.

Lions plan Mothers’ Day BBQ, flower sale

The Lansing Lions will be hosting two events on Mother’s Day weekend. On Friday, May 7, they will host a chicken barbecue at the Lansing Town Hall beginning at 10:30 a.m. The dinner includes chicken, beans and salt potatoes for $10. Half chicken is $8.

They will also be selling hanging flower baskets at the Lansing Community Center — a perfect gift for mom, grandma or anyone you want to honor — beginning May 7 and continuing on through May 8. All proceeds will go to the Lansing Food Pantry and scholarships for kids to attend summer church camp.

Library friends holds barbecue

The Friends of the Lansing Community Library will hold a Hatfield chicken barbecue fundraiser May 8 from 10:30 a.m. until gone. A half chicken will be $8; a half-chicken dinner with salt potatoes and baked beans will be $10.

Funds raised will go toward the Friends, a group of volunteers who act independently of, but in conjunction with, the library’s trustees and the library manager, to preserve, promote and strengthen library services.

Lansing Class of 2022 slates fundraisers

The Lansing High School Class of 2022 is stepping up their fundraising activities as they near their senior year. These include:
An ongoing bottle and can drive at Lansing Bottle and Can Redemption Center, featuring a “drop and go” bin for donations to the class.

The sale of spring flower bulbs through June 1, including gladiolus, lilies, astilbe, bleeding hearts, daylilies and hanging basket kits. Go to https://tinyurl.com/h7zjvz7f to learn more.

A Dave Hatfield chicken barbecue June 6.