By Marvin Wittschen, Camp Organiser

This year’s German-French Balloon Kids Camp took place in Sonnenbühl, Germany with a total of 19 participants aged 8 to 14 from Germany and France.

Most of the participants had no experience with ballooning before the camp. This made the excitement of discovering the region in the air for the first time from a balloon basket all the greater. Due to some very nice and warm October days at

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  • Plan to build youth sports complex carries hope of making Gallatin a destination for games and tournaments.

An indoor sports complex is the centerpiece of a development plan submitted in Gallatin that also proposes commercial lots and outparcels and two hotels.

Station Commons is the working name of the proposal on about 32 acres at 190 Big Station Camp Blvd. at the corner of Highway 386.

Layout of a building plan named Station Commons in Gallatin.

The proposed indoor sports and recreation building would be

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King County Executive Dow Constantine

King County Executive Dow Constantine recently announced $4.6 million in Youth Sports and Outdoor Recreation Relief funding – including a substantial boost from federal COVID-19 recovery aid – to improve access to sports and recreation for youth of color following extensive community-based review that helped focus investments on racial equity.

A total of 45 organization will receive funding based on a comprehensive community review process designed to promote equitable access

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LOS ANGELES – Mayor Eric Garcetti and LA Parks today launched the winter season for youth and adaptive sports after a delay due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County.  All indoor and outdoor sports will resume today. 

“Team sports offer more than just fun and exercise — they are an opportunity to learn and grow. This is why it’s so important that we offer sports to all young Angelenos, no matter

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I have an 8 year old boy and I am desperate to get him started in some kind of team sports. I know I am a little late in the game – pun intended – I would love to have had him start a couple of years ago but between a move, covid, and a custody battle it got put on the back burner. Now however, now that we are just gearing up freezing cold

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Youth Sports Foundation of Tuolumne County (YSF) is excited to announce that the Sonora Area Foundation has granted $1.5 million to YSF to support building a multi-sport facility complex for the youth of Tuolumne County.

Brandon Meyer, President of the YSF, was Friday’s KVML “Newsmaker of the Day”.

“Sonora Area Foundation’s award will allow YSF to match donations, accelerating us towards our project need of $3,000,000” said Meyer.

The yet-to-be named

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James Solis stood in the parking lot of a shuttered Chicago Public School drenched in water, trying to catch his breath.

The recent high school graduate, along with other West Side kids, some as young as 6, was in a massive water balloon fight Friday afternoon, but they weren’t targeting each other. Instead, their opponents were nearly a dozen Chicago police officers.

“I think this kind of helps make the relationship better because there is

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Abby Walsh possesses the ball for East Greenwich during a high-school lacrosse game against Prout on Monday. At left is Olivia Barber, and at right is Saoirse O'Connor.

While Rhode Islanders have the green light to ditch their face coverings in most places indoors and outdoors, the state is still requiring young people to mask up while playing outdoor sports until at least July 1. 

That decision has some parents, coaches and players baffled, especially since the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association last week dropped its mask requirement for all outdoor sports.

“These poor kids have been really pummeled the last year and

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SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) – Beginning Tuesday, children do not need to wear a mask while playing sports outdoors.

This goes for all children 18 and under. Also beginning Tuesday, children no longer need a mask at school recess either.

South Hadley resident Shelley Shorette told 22News, “That should never have even been a requirement in the first place because they are outside and it really hurts me to see

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SINGAPORE – All indoor sports and physical activity classes and programmes for youth aged 18 and below will be suspended and moved online from Wednesday (May 19) to June 13 as part of heightened measures amid a sharp spike in Covid-19 cases in the community, Sport Singapore (SportSG) announced on Tuesday (May 18).

All outdoor sports and physical activity will be limited to one coach and one student, while those in this age group can

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