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--BFL Volunteer visit: The Walmart Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division is holding the fourth of its five 2011 tournaments Saturday from the Dayton Boat Dock on Lake Chickamauga. It is set to begin at 6:30 a.m. with weigh-in at 2:30 p.m. Top awards could be as much as $9,500 for boaters and $3,000 for co-anglers. Walmart FLW Tour pro Wesley Strader from Spring City predicts 23-25 pounds for the winner.
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-- Downtown kayak adventures: Beginning Friday, 9 a.m., from Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; 2-hour, beginner-friendly trips for adults & ages 8-older with adults; $35; equipment and guides provided; pre-registration required. Email ruth@outdoorchattanooga.com or call 643-6888.
-- South Cumberland State Park hikes: Friday, 2 p.m. CDT, moderate 2-miler from Grundy Forest parking lot, including discussion of woolly adelgid's potential devastation on Eastern hemlock trees; Saturday, 2 pm.. strenuous 6-miler from Collins West parking lot ot Horsepound/Suter falls; June 11, 7:45 p.m. CDT, moderate 4-miler from Savage Gulf ranger station to see Savage Falls at night. See www.friendsofscsra.org.
-- National/Tennessee Trails Day: Saturday. See www.americanhiking.org.
-- Ride for Life: Saturday, 8 a.m. (registration starts 6:30), Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave., Signal Mountain; 10- and 25-mile options hosted by Friends of the Firths; $50, proceeds to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Register at www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=13363.
-- Coosa River Basin Initiative 6-mile paddle: Saturday, Chattooga River from Mt. Vernon Mills in Trion; part of program to bring attention to the Chattooga; suitable for beginners. See www.coosa.org or contact Alan Crawford at ibwheelin2@yahoo.com or 706-237-7268.
-- McCallie School fly-fishing camps: June 6-10 & 13-17, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., grades 5-9 boys & girls, $260. Register at summer.mccallie.org or call 493-5886.
-- GPS rowing camps: Weekly through July 18, 9 a.m.-noon; grades 6-12, $145. Register at www.gps.edu/camps or call 634-3457.
-- Open-water swimming: Wednesdays, 5:15 p.m., Tennessee River; meeting under Market Street Bridge in Coolidge Park; ages 18-older; paddlers needed to accompany swimmers. Email Karah Friberg at karahnazor@gmail.com.
-- Western North Carolina paddling clinic: June 8-10, includes camping near Nantahala River; Outdoor Chattanooga's Terri Chapin will teach and guide on 3 rivers in 3 days; $150. Contact Chapin at terri@outdoorchattanooga.com or 842-6629.
-- Local Tenn. Ornithological Society meeting: June 9, 7 p.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Road. Contact David Stone at rockyturf@comcast.net or 238-4234.
-- Cysco Cycles cross country mountain bike race: June 11, 6-hour event. See www.sceniccitymultisport.com.
-- Cysco Cycles triathlon/youth triathlon: June 12. See www.sceniccitymultisport.com.
-- Adaptive bicycle rides at Tennessee Riverpark: June 13 and 27, 6 p.m., from Hubert Fry Center; volunteers needed to ride with people with various disabilities. Call Elaine Adams at 697-1345 to reserve equipment. Also, free ride for ages 55-older; email kassi@outdoorchattanooga.com or call 643-7880.
-- Mocs Anglers Bass Classic: June 18, out of Chester Frost Park, safe delight to 3 p.m., Chickamauga, Watts Bar & Nickajack lakes; $150 per 2-person boat, plus optional $10 for big-fish pot; registration at UTC athletic department (McKenzie Arena), Sportsman's Warehouse, East Brainerd Lumber. Call Brent Brady at 718-0326 or Andrew Horten at 425-5285.