Registration open for Senior Softball league
Registration for the Cary Senior Softball league is being held through Sept. 14. Registration is being accepted from individuals only.

Registration fee is $30 for Cary residents, $45 for nonresidents. Age groupings are 45 and over, 50 and over and 60 and over. Skills evaluations will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 16, for registered participants.

Games will be played on Tuesday and Thursday nights for the 50 and over and 60 and over divisions. Games will be played on Wednesday nights and Sunday evenings for the 45 and over division. Games will be played at Bond Park late September through early November.

Mail-in registration is being accepted as well as walk-in registration at any community center or at the Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources office at 316 N. Academy St.

For information call Aubrey Clayton at 469-4063 or e-mail aubrey.clayton@townofcary.org.

Cary resident profiled in Referee magazine
Cary resident Shana Lowther, a softball umpire and student at N.C. State University, is profiled in the September issue of Referee magazine in the Personalities Plus feature.

Lowther, who is studying aerospace engineering, recently received her private pilot’s license. She also is the first female captain of the N.C. State drum line.

In the aricle Lowther talks about her long history with softball in Cary, obtaining her pilot’s license and her second-year stint as drum-line captain.

“There’s a lot of practice involved,” she said.

Soccer fields open in Holly Springs
A ceremony marking the opening of the Rex soccer fields will be Saturday, Sept. 6, at 11 a.m. off Avent Ferry Road on the east side of G.B. Alford Highway. Youth soccer matches will follow the ceremony.

Three soccer fields for the Town of Holly Springs’ athletic programs have been built on approximately seven acres that Rex Healthcare is allowing the town to use free of charge. The fields’ opening comes three months after completion of a three-year property license agreement, which can be canceled by the town or by Rex.

The seven acres are part of a larger tract where Rex has announced plans for healthcare facilities.