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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 961-8311 9 Fax (808) 961-8411
http://www.hawaiicounty.E!ov/parks-and-recreation/
NEWS RELEASE
July 14, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Clayton S. Houma
Director
Kenneth J. Van Bergen
Deputy Director
Openings Still Available, Late Registration Fee Waived for
Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp July 21-24 in Hilo
The County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation still has openings for its 3 d Annual
Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp and has waived the late registration fee for the camp set for
July 21-24 in Hilo.
Parents may still take advantage of the discounted early entry fee of $60 per child. All
participants will receive a camp shirt and group picture.
Registration forms are available at the Department's Recreation Office located within Aunty
Sally Kaleohano's Luau Hale at 799 Pi`ilani Street in Hilo and online at
http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/parks-and-recreation/. Completed forms should be submitted at
the Recreation Office or the Department's main office at Suite 6 within Aupuni Center. Please
make checks payable to the County Director of Finance and include the note "Jimmy Yagi
Summer Hoops Camp."
Open to boys and girls 9 to 17 years old, the Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp is named in
honor of the legendary former University of Hawaii at Hilo basketball coach who helped guide
the Vulcans-Hawaii Basketball School for 37 years. It will be held at the Afook-Chinen Civic
Auditorium and the Pana`ewa Covered Play Courts.
UH -Hilo women's basketball coach David Kaneshiro will share his basketball expertise by
serving as lead clinician for the four-day camp. Assisting Kaneshiro will be Daphne Honma,
Honoka`a High School girls basketball coach and a former Division II coach of the year.
Additional basketball coaches have volunteered to serve as camp clinicians.
Campers will receive personalized instruction as they practice agility, ball -handling and other
basketball drills each morning before breaking for lunch. Players will return to showcase their
skills by competing in games expected to last until about 3:30 p.m. each day.
For more information, please contact Jason Armstrong, Public Information Officer, at 961-8311
or jarmstronq(a�hawaiicounty.gov.
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County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.