ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTRE
- In the process of being renovated.
5300 Main
972-412-6170
- Centre Rooms & Activities - Please
call for details
- Cardio Room - Features five treadmills
and three Spinner bikes, includes TV/VCR for those with video
tapes, lockers are available to members.
- Cheerleading - Classes consist of stretching,
jumpoing, tumbling, and new cheers to learn.
- Weight Room - Features weight machines
in two rooms, this area is for members only and only for those
17 years of age or older.
- Aerobics Room - A fully carpeted room
for aerobics, jazzercize, creataive movement, tumbling or kickboxing
aerobics.Ask about aerobic classes.
- Game Room - For all ages, with a pool
table, ping pong and video arcade games.
- Gymnasium - For baskeball, volleyball
and free play. All participants must present membership card prior
to entering.
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- Centre Senior Activities:
- ROWLETT ROCKERS - Seniors 55 and over, meet every Tuesday
for coffee and donuts. The 4th tuesday of each month, is a Pot
Luck Luncheon. Trips and events are planned throughout the year,
including a State Fair trip in October. Call Anna Ramos at: 972-412-6174.
- TABLE TALK - Seniors get together every Monday and Friday
from 1pm-4pm to play different card and table games, or just socialize.
Snack are provdied on Mondays. You are encourage to bring snacks
to share on Fridays.
- Health Promotion - On the second Tuesday of each month
at 8:30 am the Dallas County Health Department will check blood
pressure and blood sugar levels. A flu shot clinic is held each
October.
- Rowlett Rockers - The Rowlett Rockers 55 and Over Gang
meet every Tuesday for activities. The fourth Tuesday of each
month is a pot luck luncheon. Trips and theater parties are planned
for through the year. For information, call 972-412-6174.
- Hot line - Rowlett Senior Citizens are invited to call
the Hot Line at 972-412-6170 with your questions or for information.
Staffed by volunteers Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
from 9am to 12 noon.
- Senior Services -
- AARP Office: 214-254-4060
- Aging Information Hotline: 972-730-4100
- Baylor-Garland Hospital: 972-487-5000
- Lakepoint Hospital: 972-412-2273
- Benefit Counseling: 214-741-5244
- Better Business Bureau: 972-220-2000
- City of Rowlett: 972-412-6100
- Nursing Home Ombundsman: 214-823-5700
- Social Security Administration 1-800-772-1213
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Other Centre Activities:
- Babysitting - The Rowlett Fire Department teaches a Safe
Sitting Class to those wanting to babysit. For information and
registration. For information, ontact Gloria Adams at 972-412-6230
- Baseball Leagues - Lake Cities Fast Pitch, Rowlett Baseball
Assoc, Rowlett Adult Softball Assoc.
- Basketball Leagues - Men's Basketball Leagues, 3 on 3
Basketball Tournament.
- Creative Movement & Tumbling - Ages 3-5, classes
on Mon 5-5:45pm, $5/class. For information, contact Karen at 972-412-8300.
- Health Clinic - A clinic for children on the second Tuesday
of each month. Vacinnation shots for children are given 8:30-11am,
infants by appointment only. Provided by the Dallas County Health
Department.
- Skyhawks Sports Camps - Basketball, Tennis, Roller Hockey,
Soccer, Mini Camp. Call for information.
- Music, Magic & Motion - A fun class for 2-year olds
on Mondays from 8:30-9:30am. Includes arts and crafts, exercise,
musical play for children and mothers. For information, call Back
erickson at 972-462-3412.
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Centre Clubs:
- Artists 'Round Texas - Usually 4th Tuesday, 7pm, Temporarily
meeting at the First United Methodist Church on Main Street, Rowlett,
until the renovation of the Community Centre is finished. (Comm
Centre-Room "F"). Meetings include monthly demonstrations
by area artists. The club also has shows and sales during the year,
including the Festival of Freedom show & Sale, and a Miniature
Art Show. Membership open ot all artists, inlcuding painters, photographers,
sculptors, and ceramists. A couple months a year members take field
trips to museums and art centers. Contact Carolyn Jefferies, Program
Chairman at 972-475-1004, or Shahin Etezadi, Memberhship chairman
at 972-412-4222, or Laurieann Dygowski, President at 972-475-1836.
- Bridge Club - Come enjoy a day of Bridge every Thursday
10am-3pm, in the Ruyle Room. A co-ed club. Bring a sack lunch. For
information, contact Ann Etherredge at 972-412-0588.
- Exchange Club - Meets the first, third and fourth Thursday
of every month for luncheon in Room F. For information, contact
Kyle French at 972-463-9110.
- Widowed Persons Service - Meets the fourth Friday of every
month for games and lunch, 1:30-4:30pm. For information, call Bob
Baltz at 972-271-9149.
- Community Park - 10800 Yeager. A 150-acre park with eight lighted
ballfields, soccer fields, basketball courts, picnic and playground
areas, horseshoe pits, volleyball courts, walking/jogging trail and
two ponds with fishing piers.
- Garner Park - Garner Road. A 6-acre park with a playground
and basketball.
- General Homes - University Drive. A 16-acre undeveloped tract.
- Herfurth Park & Skate Zone - 4601 Centennial, just east
of City Hall. 24-acre park with lighted tennis courts, covered picnic
shelters, wiffleball field, ball field, in-line lighted hockey rink,
and restroom facilities.
- Kids' Kingdom - 5300 Main Street (south of the Community Centre).
A playground designed and built by the citizens of Rowlett.
- Lakeside Park -C.A. Roan at Miller Road. A 2-acre park featuring
a fishing pier, volleyball, a picnic area and a 6/10 mile walking area.
- Nature Trail - Miller Road and Dexham Road. 66 acres with 1.3
mile trail.
- Paddle Point - Miller Road west of Lakeside Park. A public
use area with facilities for launching canoes or kayaks on a backwater
area of Lake Ray Hubbard.
- Pecan Grove Park - 5300 Main Street. A 100+ acre park offering
a 1-mile beautiful walking/jogging trail that winds through majestic
pecan trees. The Community Centre is located in the north edge of the
park.
- Shorewood Park - Woodlake and Williams Way. A 14-acre park
on Lake Ray Hubbard with a 1/4 mile walking trail, a playground, practice
fields for baeball and soccer, plus a half-size in-line hockey rink.
- Springfield Park - 5501 Antioch. A 117-acre park with a 1.1
mile trail, ballfields, picnic areas, pavilion, playground, fishing
lakes and restrooms.
PARK RULES
The following activities
are NOT allowed in the parks
for your safety and to protect the parks.
- DAMAGE to park property
- USE OF PARKS from 11pm until 6am.
- COURT PLAY more than one hour when others are waiting
- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (without permit).
- MOTORIZED VEHICLES on park grounds.
- SKATES, BICYCLES OR SKATEBOARDS in designated areas only.
- LITTERING
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