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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 07-28-15CAPE CANAVERAL LEISURE SERVICES CULTURE AND LEISURE SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD STAFF REPORT JULY 28, 2015 Copied from Weekly Updates Director Meetings • Puerto Del Rio Homeowners Association • Hurricane Training • Infrastructure Maintenance Supervisor • Library Board • FEMA Forms Training • Brevard Public Schools Community Relations Coordinator RE: Legacy Club • Bid # 2015-08 Banana River Park Phase I Bid Opening • Homewood Suites Top Out Ceremony • City Council Athletic Leagues Monday night kickball completed all make up games and are ready to begin playoffs. Monday night advanced tennis league has two weeks of regular season matches left before the start of playoffs. The Wednesday and Thursday Intermediate tennis leagues will both have their championship matches next week. Recruitment for the next season has already started. Thursday Night Softball began a new season with 9 registered teams. The Wednesday A-1 Racquetball League started a new season last week, boasting a 14 player roster. Cape Canaveral Library Ais Artifact Display A display of locally found Native American artifacts is currently on display at the Library. 111� IIPtt 10, /' u1u'aJ 'tt"4 l�'u� �I Ais Indian Seminar A presentation on the local Ais Indian culture and recently found artifacts was given at the Library on Saturday, July 11"' from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. This engaging presentation was hosted by Mr. Raymond Osbourne of the Ais Indian Trail Organization with guest speakers Alan Brech, Joey Imherst, and Mark Jacobs. Special Events and Programs A Sporting Chance Summer Camp Coaches Don & Julie Ingram returned with a special Summer Camp edition of their youth sports program. Open to children ages 2-7, this drop off program offers an engaging opportunity for little ones to be active, build social skills, learn good sportsmanship, and have fun. gee, ASF ,TIME CHANCE SppIorh t Arms V / Tares & Thurr 0-Itru9w Drop off (program! Weeb Sesdond Coll 52l•632,30Si to Register Ages 2-5 Thurs I1,0130-110Ou i' child: $70 per Session 3^r child: $4o per Sarsian 3"C child: FREE! C:xnreya Mr, 9Vae nsyr l4teunre,ri IIIVur nro.u.fierm Complex A'enylnr Aue iG X!pdA Beach Vendinz A site inspection of the surf school franchisee took place and was found to be in compliance with the terms of the agreement. Outside of bags and coolers from students attending surf camp, everything was as proposed in the original site plan of the franchisee. 111,1,111i1„ „1. �y i Ir 0 w �Illulw ,t<e 11/f%/f /% Farmers Market The Farmers Market has renewed its contract with the City and will continue to offer fresh produce, baked goods and handmade arts and crafts to the public. We are now able to host up to 24 vendors each week. The City is happy to be a part of this nationwide trend. www.brevardfarmersmarkets.com. Friday Fest The next Friday Fest is scheduled for August 7th. The beverage stand will be hosted by Space Coast Little League. Live entertainment will be the "Highway 1" band. If'lll(hh1I „i 1111pBEN EiPI� m.ou6,111.11.111:111.11111„ul�i �11 uiflll"nIII11I1IN014iE,I i" Movie in the Park The June movie in the park was "The Spongebob Movie 2: Sponge out of Water" and was enjoyed by all who attended. Unfortunately, due to inclement weather, the July presentation of "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" was cancelled. 111111111111111111111,11111 11111111111111111.1.1.11 t l'AYAin nu. ,111111111111111111111111111111111 ,. III Ouster Mat Workshops The Oyster Mat Workshop held on May 26t' was well attended and enjoyed by all who participated. Sponsored by a partnership between Brevard County, Brevard Zoo and UCF, the City will host another workshop at Manatee Sanctuary Park on Aug 26th from 10-11:30 am. These Oyster Mat Workshops teach Cape Canaveral citizens the importance of Florida's oyster reefs and how to take an active role in protecting our local ecosystems. These events are free to attend and open to the public. TIMPPP III a';;, ��✓�,rYiY�i��61��;;,9 nNOMlll�,ft I uul �illlllllll ii aulglVuuuili0i6hiYluuillii unl IIW ji poi Street Eats on Taylor Ave This one of a kind food experience enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome from the citizens of Cape Canaveral. After receiving a wonderful write up in Florida Today's July 8t'' issue, guests came from near and far to enjoy a great evening of food, friends, and music. Street Eats on Taylor Ave is a reoccurring event that will take place on the second Saturday of each month. Organized by Food Truck Event coordinator, Food Truck Luaus, each month will feature new trucks with original gourmet dishes to experience. Featuring Bavarian style tables and light music, this family friendly event has an amazing ambiance that encourages positive community engagement. Efflammines Haaait miarrr Summer Camp The 2015 Summer Camp season is going strong, each week's registration has been at full capacity. After the initial introduction of campers, counselors and the explanation of Camp rules, Monday morning began with a challenging outside game of "Jump the River". Using two jump ropes, campers must jump over the middle area trying not to land in the swamp filled with alligators. If they don't make the jump, they are out and are encouraged to show good sportsmanship by cheering for the other campers still in the game. The afternoon was enjoyed at the Shore Lanes Bowling Alley for another afternoon of competitive fun. Tuesday morning kids watched the 2009 animated action film "Astro Boy" at the Cobb Theatre in Merritt Island. In the afternoon, campers were treated to a yummy ice cream party with several toppings and ice cream flavors to pick from. The weekly walk to the Cape Canaveral Library was held on Wednesday to sing and dance with the infamous Banjo Billy. Thursday was water day filled with splashes at the Cocoa Beach Aquatic Center. Friday was spent at the park playing on the playground followed by free time inside the Youth Center. The week ended with reading and crafts at the Library where campers made their own torpedoes and paper airplanes to take home and fly. PV f w11'1 61 1l 711" 111111 pV107771IIV1I771'' )ui)pVIP'Iiijll),lllllllill!'I"till mu 111111111111111111111 P,�� �IIIIIIIry 91WIY�II��I'hV"...��f WY' a uuull�w �u uuumiuuuuumI1 ��. II1� W t u ,),),),),),),),„))))))))),A'I ulnlol Nll11ill 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 IY I� 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111)111)) 1111111 111111111111111,1 NNNIYI@ II� o Summer Tennis Camp USTA certified Tennis Instructor Joe Deitchler hosted a youth Summer Tennis Camp at the Nancy Hanson Recreation Complex June 8t'' — 12t''. Children had a great time Deitchler Academy "))) er Tennis Camp, lune 8'i3 941 am 4.AtnN h41d )0 C11R 441,5f, Kamon Fri o C, 91r,ORK Tqylpr Axe I0110. Qrrr )l+s,p!a3rvrv1 Fo!I SW.1-395-NAS to Wqo Wp," Wallvball By popular request, the Recreation Complex will soon be adding a new sport to its palette. Played on one of the racquetball courts, Wallyball has all the action of volleyball but uses the "English" of a game of pool. The objectives and equipment are similar to volleyball, but the ball is allowed to bounce off the walls before going over the net. YYYtY, 8 " CAPE YYYY0t7 CAN AV ERAL 00 IIIPME E IU 11 hYI f; REGULAR, COURTRATESAPPLY pp yy u p spry � �✓�'�rr 22 0R VPJ OREO�IIAIC ON Youth Basketball A new season of summer co-ed 3v3 Youth Basketball began June 9th. All registered players will receive a basketball compliments of Brevard County Sherriff's Office at the last game of the season. Staff Projects Historic Marker for Carter -Fuller Mound Complex at Center Street Park The Florida Historical Marker Council approved the application, submitted by staff member Molly Thomas, to place a state historical marker at Center Street Park. This officially recognizes the location as a Florida Heritage site. The Brevard County Historical Commission and the Florida Tourism Council are sponsoring the cost of the marker and it will be installed by City employees. The approved verbiage of the sign is as follows: "Before modern construction, a complex of six burial mounds occupied this location. They were built by the ancestors of the prehistoric Ais tribe, a group who occupied the Cape Canaveral area at the time of European contact. Based on pottery styles and the presence of European materials discovered here, the age of these mounds range from AD 600 to the 16th century. In the 1930s, Dr. George Woodbury, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institute's Bureau of Ethnology and the Peabody Museum, initiated a series 2 of archaeological investigations into several American Indian mound sites near here. With the help of local laborers provided by the New Deal's Civil Works Administration, excavations on the properties belonging to the Carter and Fuller families revealed the remains of more than 100 individuals that included men, women, and children. Along with these burials, dozens of ornamental and utilitarian artifacts made of bone, shell, and stone were recovered. Many of these artifacts are still housed at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.0 and the Peabody Museum in Massachusetts." Florida Public Archaeology Network's C.R.P.T. Conference 2015 Senior Secretary, Molly Thomas, attended a historical preservation conference June 2' at the Historic Volusia County Courthouse in Deland, Florida. Mrs. Thomas holds a B.S. in Anthropology from UCF and is a graduate of the Cemetery Resource Protection Training (C.R.P.T.) program directed by the Florida Public Archaeology Network. She was invited to speak at this year's conference and was presented with the 2015 "Cemeteries are Safer Because of You" Award for her work on the "Canaveral Cemetery Recording Project" at Kennedy Space Center. Staff Member Featured in Local History Article Senior Secretary Molly Thomas was featured in the June 26th issue of The Hometown News for her work on preserving pioneer cemeteries at Kennedy Space Center. Please enjoy the attached article. va Hometown News - NORTH Ii31.I81dl,111O- ilstorian her tell By 'luny Dudnich ajudnich G7 homeksvurc'newsal.com CAPE C, NAVERAI.. --- The homes, churches, citrus groves and businesses of many 1-homesteaders from the late 19th. to early 20th centuries an north Merritt 181and are long gone, having been, replaced in the 1960s by Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Aar Force Station... The markers of some of these folks' graves,. however, still stand the test of time, historian Mo:d1y-'1homas said. Mrs. Thomas, who serves on the Ere- van] County Historical Commission arm is. the administrative assistant in Cape Canaveral''s Leisure Services Department, has a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Central. ;Florida in. Orlando. The 30-something: Mrs. Thomas also is ba graduate of the'Florida P➢iblic Archaeology Network Cemetery Resources Protection Training pro- gram,. And recently,the network recog- nized her for her "Canaveral Cemetery rterordin,g Project." From March through November 2014, Mrs, Thomas conducted research for the project. on the north part of the 52-year-old Merritt Island NationalWildlife Refuge, by State Road Ed. ' .Be°forre becoming Kennedy Space C crxtcsr, there were a too. of little towns and boroughs and corn'a:rnlin:zities there," she said.. 'So the people who Rom page 2 of the graves were in the t,-.;liitoun area, which was a black community origi- nally known as FSan ulowrer. "They were small, what 1 would con- sider to be homestead' cemeteries," Mrs.. "Thomas said. ''Once upon a treat, there were no cemeteries as we know them. today: You were mast buried in your backyard." She added that flew homesteaders in the area hard access to headstones. Most of them "used markers that did died there are still buried there." The area included, places called Shiloh, Clifton, ,Allerthurst, Haolovcr, Wilson, Heath and Happy Creek, as well as the birthplace of the famed Indian Inver Citrus fruit industry, according to information from the refuge and the I3revard County Histori- cal Gommissaon.. Between the fall of 1961 and the '.spring of 1964, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers .acquired the hulk of the land needed — more than 87,000 acres - -- for NASA operations at the Cape, according to the Historical Commis- sion and a 20CV'8'historic resource study of Canaveral National Seashore. The Corps acquired the land from about 1,500 property owners, wrote Susan p'arker, the study's author. "There had been extensive negoti.a:- r onns and some litigation, which result- ed in some bad feelings and the even- tual expenditure of about $72 million before the land acquisition vwas corrr- pdete," she wrote in the study. it no i i' the past. Before baffling mosquitoas and researching the gravesltea, Mrs. Thomas had to get KSC and wildlife refuge officials' permission to explore the north pan of the refuge.. That approval ended up taking about a year, she said. "The first 'phone call I made was to Kennedy Space Center," Mrs. "Thomas said. "'The people. at their press office not stand the test of time,"' she son "There were not a lot of headstones being shipped. in on a barge." Mrs, Thomas said she provided names, dates and other information from the gravesites'to the state, which stored tbe data. on the Florida Master Site bile. Previously, "the records on CCSC gravesites 'were', very old and had a lot of inaccurate information," she said. Because of the sensitive historical data it contains, the overall contents of the .Master Site File are not easily a¢ ¢.essihle to the general public. But les important that the state knows about the okl burial sizes, Mrs, Thomas said, . H o met owm News O L. c o in 's sto IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIRllilli < ., Friday, June 26, 2015 oil 11111111III(ff III. luia.IIII Photo covnr9 sy t Florida Publlk Archaeology Network Kevin (-Musko, public archaeology coordinator for the Florida Pub 'c Archaeol- ogy Network s East Central Region, and network volunteer Molly Thomas share a moment tune 2 at the Cemetery Resource Protection Training Confer- ence in Deland. said there were no cemeteries. 1 had to keep calling to find out what ineeded." Alter finally receiving access, Mrs. Thomas began performing her field. work, during which she was accompa- nied by Refuge Manager Layne Hannl- t11ra ti came from hrr hometown of Spring- field, Ohio, which has suffered through many tough economic periods. "Because of that, a lot of ltistoric sites, particularly Cernmed. es, were abandoned, or were built over by development," Mrs, Thurnas said of Springfield. In recognition of her Canaveral Cemetery :Recording Project, the Flori- da Public Archaeology Network on June 2. gavel Mrs, 'Thomas. the 2015 Cemeteries are Safer Because of You Award" at the network's Cemetery tour. Upon. completion, Mrs. Thomas had counted four cemeteries•, with a total of about 20-36 individual graves. Most See CEMETERY, page 3 Juice Protection Training Confer- ence in Deland. She said she was honored to receive this recognition but that it "was absolutely my to conduct tthe research. "s rewarding to gl'vc people their names, and soarnethnes their dignity, back," she said. For anyone interested in Erevan] County history, Mrs. Thomas recom- mends checking out the resources at the Central Brevard Public Library, 36il Forrest Ave., Cocoa, and the Florida Historical Society's Library of Florida History. 435 Brevarci Ave.. Cocoa Vil- lage.