The City of Carthage is considering a proposal to put a disc golf course at the Ballpark.
Miles Seaborn, a Carthage resident and professional disc golfer, has asked the city to let him install a disc golf course near the walking trail. Seaborn plans to fundraise for the disc golf equipment the city would need.
“There’s a lot of courses in the area, but not in Carthage,” he said. “You have to travel 30-40 minutes outside of Carthage to find one. There’s a big group of golfers in Nacogdoches and a big group in Longview, a big group in Shreveport. I think that it would be something that would be well-served here in the community.”
Seaborn spoke to city commissioners at their December meeting, telling them about the sport’s growing popularity. It’s both easy to do and appropriate for all ages: all you need to do is know how to throw a frisbee at the target.
“One of the benefits to is is there’s no age limit and it’s free,” he said. “I take my kids out. I’ve got 2 and 3-year-olds. I take them out with me all the time. They don’t last the whole time, but they love getting out there and just throwing things in the woods.”
Seaborn said disc golf courses, if they are good, can draw enthusiasts to town. Courses in Nacogdoches and Timpson have also drawn tournaments, which helps the local economy, Seaborn said.
Seaborn’s proposal, which is not finalized, would include nine holes in the woods beside the walking trail. The disc golf course would not cross paths with the trail, but Seaborn said they would use the trail to help people walk to each hole.
“I know that’s something that has been spent a lot of time and money and effort into and the community loves. I don’t want to touch that at all,” Seaborn said of the trail. “Every hole would be designed away from it. There’d be nothing crossing it. It wouldn’t be of any impact to the trail at all.”
The city would not have to do much work in the woods to put in a disc golf course, Seaborn said. He envisions a beginner to intermediate-level course, based on the available land.
“Unlike traditional golf, there’s no limit. Your imagination is not limited,” he said. “You don’t have to clear-cut everything and start from scratch. You literally take whatever land you’re given and you place it in to fit how the land gives it to you. So there’s very minimal impact. If something ever happens and it needs to get pulled out, it gets pulled out and there’s no impact to it. The only thing that it takes to install it is a ground sleeve put in the ground just like fence post. You just pull the targets out of the ground and that’s it. The land will grow back.”
Seaborn said the costs to install a course would be between $5,000 and $6,000, and he would fundraise for everything they would need. City Manager Steve Williams added that the only cost to the city would be a little maintenance to keep things from getting overgrown.
City commissioners said they were open to the idea, but that they’d like to see more finalized plans.
“It’s definitely something I’d like to pursue,” Mayor Lin Joffrion said. “We have the infrastructure there, the space is there, the parking’s there, the restrooms are there.”
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Tucson’s Mayor and City Council and Tucson Parks and Recreation are thrilled to celebrate one year of “Ready, Set, Rec!,” providing mobile recreation in Tucson. This engaging program was made possible by a recommendation from Ward 5 Council Member Richard Fimbres to use federal CARES Act funds to acquire six vans and equipment to bring recreation to the community. This effort was backed by the mayor and all city council members.
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“Congratulations to the Parks and Recreation’s ‘Ready, Set Rec!’ staff for their work and accomplishments during the first year, which helped the citizens of Tucson to relieve their stress and anxiety during this pandemic,” Fimbres said. “I look forward to the second year of this program providing mobile recreation to the good citizens of Tucson through Ready, Set Rec!”
The program began one year ago, on Feb. 25, 2021, and mobilized the six vans into the community at various park locations each week, ensuring that the entire community is served and has an opportunity to participate in recreation activities near where they live. Throughout the year, the vans had 682 park visits, with 8,068 youth and 2,743 adult participants. The vans have also been made available to bring the fun and games to more than 60 events throughout the city and KIDCO and Therapeutic Recreation sites throughout the summer.
“Tucson Parks and Recreation is proud of the opportunity to engage with our residents in such an innovative way despite the challenges that the pandemic posed,” said Director of Parks and Recreation Lara Hamwey. “It shows that despite obstacles, we are passionate about delivering amazing recreation experiences, and our staff has done a great job showing that through this program.”
Save the date for the Spring Launch Event on Saturday, March 26, from 9 a.m.-noon, at Joaquin Murrieta Park, 1400 N. Silverbell Road. The community can enjoy coloring, origami, fitness, STEM, miniature golf, disc golf, gardening, yard games, and more. There will be raffle prizes, food trucks, and music.
To find out where and when each Ready, Set, Rec! vehicle will be and what activities will be happening throughout the months, visit Tucsonaz.gov/parks/ReadySetRec or follow them on Facebook and Instagram @ReadySetRec. Check out the launch video here.
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NEOSHO, Mo. — It didn’t take club members long. Once the Neosho City Council gave final approval to an agreement, members of the Neosho Disc Golf Club built a new disc golf course around a walking trail between Spring and Coler streets in Morse Park.
Council members on Dec. 21 voted unanimously to enter into an agreement with the club that allows club members to build and develop the course on city-owned land, with the parks department covering mowing and maintenance.
Club members had the course up and running last week, thanks to work from club members Jared Brown and Derek Green, said club president Frank Hebert.
“We already had a design in mind,” Hebert said. “We had already bought the baskets. We just had to have the approval so we could put them into the ground.”
The course has emerged as a need ever since the city beefed up its disc golf offerings. It has two other 18-hole courses in different parts of Morse Park, and the group in July expanded its annual Little Big Show Disc Golf Tournament to two days through a $4,786 grant from the city’s hotel-motel tax.
While no expansions are planned in the city’s current budget, disc golf could be further expanded in future years, said Clint Dalbom, parks and recreation director.
“We’re not opposed to the idea of adding more,” Dalbom said. “There was an idea for building one at the west end of the (Neosho Municipal Golf Course). There is some land there that’s not being used, and it seems like this sport has a huge number of participants, and that number is getting bigger all the time.”
The popularity of disc golf has expanded over the past decade and has spiked because of the pandemic.
Representatives of UDisc, an app that tracks disc golf course activity, reported that about 70% of disc golf courses have been built over the past 10 years. In its Disc Golf Course Report for 2020, a vast majority of those courses are free, and participation requires investing in only one disc. Costing about $15, the discs are engineered to be smaller and fly farther than a standard Frisbee, Aerobie or other flying disc.
Dalbom said the city had no numbers about how often the disc golf courses are used. Because disc golf is a free activity similar to using one of the city’s walking trails, the city has no way to track usage, he said. Anecdotally, however, Dalbom said the courses see visitors daily in all sorts of weather.
“Last winter, when there was snow on the ground, the regular golf course was closed,” Dalbom said. “At the same time, there were so many tracks on the disc golf courses that it looked like a herd of buffalo passed through.”
Intended for newcomers
While the new course is labeled as a beginner course in city documentation, Hebert described it more like a short course — none of the holes are longer than 280 feet. The intent is for newcomers to have some success as they learn the game, without having to deal with longer holes found in Morse Park’s other courses. Some of those stretch as far as 600 feet.
Hebert said the new course is perfect for developing his short game, a phase equivalent in golf to hitting the ball from the fairway to the green. While the holes were designed to be shorter, they weren’t designed to be simple, he said.
The course is also drawing experienced players. Hebert said the design has revealed shortcomings in his own short game that he can now work on.
“People of all skill levels are playing that course because it’s still challenging,” Hebert said. “It’s one of those things where we made it with a certain set of players in mind, but it turns out everyone likes it.”
Another aspect of the new course that is attractive to city leaders: The club is taking on the cost.
Hebert said that the club is working with sponsors to develop the course. The course is playable now, with baskets at each hole, but plans call for concrete tee pads with informational signs and sponsor displays.
When the club is finished, Hebert said, it will have $7,000 to $9,000 invested in the course.
Nate Sexton rallied with four straight birdies to keep his streak alive.
February 27, 2022 by Paul Rokeby-Thomas in News with comments
Cale Leiviska at 2021 Pro Worlds. Photo: PDGA
When Cale Leiviska woke up on Saturday, he hadn’t missed cashing in a PDGA-sanctioned singles disc golf tournament in 4,850 days. Since November 16, 2008, Cale had entered 307 tournaments and earned cash in every one of them, the longest active streak in disc golf.
Leiviska started the day tied for 47th at the 2022 Las Vegas Challenge and needed to finish in 48th or better by the end of Saturday to make the cut line to the final day of the tournament and earn cash. On the same day, Nate Sexton woke up with a cash streak spanning 259 tournaments. Nate started the day one stroke ahead of Cale. Both of their streaks were at risk.
After 14 holes, neither had definitively secured or lost their streaks. The cut line shifted as the MPO field made their way through the course, but it was starting to become clear that 14-under par was the score to hit.
Sexton’s streak was in serious jeopardy as he stepped up to the tee of hole 15. He had four holes to play and was sitting three strokes off the cut line. He needed to catch fire to secure his streak, and catch fire he did. He finished his Saturday round with four straight birdies, including parking hole 18’s island green with his trusted Sexton Firebird. Nate entered the clubhouse at 15 under, extending his 10+ year cash streak by the slimmest of margins.
Unfortunately for Leiviska, his magic ran out down the stretch. He took two OB penalties in his final three holes to miss cashing by a single stroke. In the desert of Las Vegas, here lies Cale Leiviska’s active cash streak: November 16, 2008 – February 26, 2022. Hats off to ironman, Cale Leiviska, and his very impressive 14 year campaign.
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Nate Sexton will earn his 260th consecutive cash in Las Vegas this weekend. Nate’s 5,095 day streak already eclipses Cale in duration, but he is 47 tournaments away from matching him in consecutive events. The only player anywhere near Cale and Nate’s streaks is Chris Dickerson, who will earn his 214th consecutive PDGA cash in Las Vegas. Dickerson has historically entered 30-40+ tournaments a season, which puts him within 2-3 years of Cale’s streak if he maintains that pace.
It’s not unreasonable to think Leiviska, Sexton, and Dickerson are battling for a record that will never be surpassed. With the recent disc golf boom and consolidation of the elite series under the DGPT, the tour field has never been more competitive, and there are no signs that trend is going to slow down. Ken Climo’s all-time cash streak record is 426 events, set between 1989 and 2013.
For reference, the all-time cut line streaks of the PGA and LPGA Tours are Tiger Woods at 142 and Jane Blalock at 299.
The evolution of a sport includes changes and advances that leave some records out of reach forever. Baseball’s Cy Young pitched 749 complete games and tallied 511 wins. The present day record holder in both these categories among active pitchers is Justin Verlander with 26 complete games and 226 wins, respectively. In an era where pitchers get pulled 5, 6, or even 7 innings deep into a no hitter, let alone a regular game, Cy Young’s records are almost certainly written in permanent ink.
StatMando, a disc golf statistics platform, has already started tracking the evolution of the cash streak record by limiting the eligible events to only Major and Elite Series tournaments. The top 10 active Major & Elite Series Cash Streaks for MPO and FPO heading into the 2022 season were:
Both Cale Leiviska and Chris Clemons will fall off the active list after missing cash in Las Vegas. Nate Sexton, Seppo Paju, Sarah Hokom, and Heather Young all came within a few strokes of losing their streaks.
The most exciting insight of the Major & Elite Series Cash Streak is that Valarie Jenkins formidable mark of 137 is under threat from Catrina Allen, who is on pace to pass Jenkins at the inaugural PDGA Champions Cup Major in April.
It may not have been done according to the city’s usual permitting process, but Hollister has a new disc golf course. And city officials are excited about it.
After hearing a report from Recreation Services Manager Tina Garza about the quality of the new nine-hole course at Vista Park Hill at the Dec. 20 meeting, the Hollister City Council approved the new recreation venue. Some improvements—such as a sign displaying the game’s rules and etiquette—will be required in the coming months, according to the council discussion.
The new disc golf course on top of Hill Street features sweeping views of Hollister and new exercise and recreation opportunities for residents and visitors, Garza told the council. She recently walked the course with Robb Rodriguez, one of the volunteers who helped build the new course earlier this year.
Rodriguez, the executive director of Growing Hearts Garden Center, is one of many disc golf enthusiasts who volunteered to stake out the new Hollister course and install baskets for each of the nine holes. He told the council that he and other local disc golf players are in the process of forming a formal nonprofit San Benito County Disc Golf Club, which would be able to raise funds and focus on maintaining and improving the Hollister course.
Until then, Rodriguez said Growing Hearts, also a nonprofit, will continue to adopt Vista Park Hill and keep the disc golf course clean and orderly. He noted that Growing Hearts as an organization was not directly involved in installing the course.
“We are excited. We’re working on forming a disc golf club right now,” Rodriguez told the council Dec. 20.
Another volunteer and avid disc golf player, CR Gonzales, told the council about the growing popularity of the sport, and the benefits the new course is likely to bring to Hollister. He said disc golf is “the fastest growing sport in the world right now,” and there are already 33 courses within 50 miles of Hollister.
“There are many benefits to disc golf—getting outside, fresh air, exercise. It’s played by all ages and abilities; it’s easy to learn and inexpensive, which opens it up to all economic classes,” Gonzales said. “It’s environmentally friendly, and in many areas it has been shown to move bad influences out of the parks.”
He added that he has observed disc golfers visit the Park Hill course from out of town since the local volunteers installed it. “When they come, they spend their money here,” Gonzales said.
Gonzales and the volunteers—who are loosely organized on the “San Benito County Disc Golf” Facebook page—hired a professional disc golf course designer to lay out the local course. Private citizens donated more than $4,000 to help design and install the new course.
The course is designed so it doesn’t endanger or disturb other park users, he said.
Frankie Sanchez tosses a disc at hole No. 9 at the new disc golf course at Vista Park Hill in Hollister. Photo: Juan Reyes
Hollister residents Frankie and Joseph Sanchez both enjoy the fact that the course is in their own backyard, which means they don’t have to drive outside of town to get in a round of disc golf.
“My main thing is just being able to come out here at any time now and have a disc golf course readily available because before I had to go to Santa Cruz, San Jose or Watsonville,” Frankie said. “You kind of had to make a whole day out of it. Now, you can come out here for a couple of hours, throw a few holes and get back to doing what you were doing before.”
Frankie, 25, said it’s good to be equipped with a disc golf bag along with extra discs because some of them can end up in a tree or down the hill near the courthouse. He added that the course still needs a sturdy walking path but he believes the trails will begin to develop as more people walk on it.
“We’re blazing the path to having a clear way to play. It’s pretty fun,” he said.
Joseph is fairly new to the sport and it was just the second time he’d gone out to play. The 22-year old Hollister native said having a park nearby is great and it’s very beginner friendly.
“It’s easy to just come out and enjoy. You’re not having a hard time, you can actually practice and get used to the things,” Joseph said. “But it’s not too easy, at the same time.”
Both brothers are thrilled to have the new course but they’re more excited about trying to build a new community full of disc golf enthusiasts like themselves.
“This is my first time out here but I’m hoping to run into a lot of the community members that enjoy disc golf and just get to see everybody out, maybe become friends,” Joseph said.
And it so happened that Joseph and Frankie ran into Gonzales at the course on Monday.
City staff will work with the volunteers in the coming weeks to create and install a sign listing the rules and etiquette for the course, and how to play the sport. Councilmember Tim Burns suggested the city should consider devoting funds to mowing the weeds and grass along portions of the disc golf course.
For all the city’s enthusiasm for the new recreation option at one of Hollister’s popular public parks, it was installed without the volunteers gaining permission from City Hall. Vice Mayor Rolan Resendiz said such unpermitted projects could be seen as a “huge liability issue.”
“We don’t want every organization to go out there and do these types of projects without consulting with us,” Resendiz said. “But I think this is a huge win, and I support it.”
A group of residents “a few years back” approached city officials to ask about installing a disc golf course at the Park Hill location, Mayor Ignacio Velazquez said. The council didn’t support it at the time.
“This will bring people to our community and give our residents a chance to have some fun,” Velazquez said.
Ask Us Guy’s first thought was, “This question might possibly be from the newspaper’s oldest reader.”
Then he did a little research and learned that it could actually be a question posed by one of the undoubtedly many hipster readers of “Ask Us.” Because shuffleboard, as it turns out, is trendy among young adults in some communities.
St. Petersburg, Florida, for instance, has a historic shuffleboard complex dating back to 1924 that had 5,000 members playing on 71 courts by the mid-1960s. The facility was nearly dead by the turn of the century, but then about 35 local artists and other cool people showed up, playing shuffleboard in the evening.
And by last year, the club had more than 1,200 members playing in evening shuffleboard leagues. Ask Us Guy isn’t certain if this is a relevant factor in the renaissance of shuffleboard in St. Petersburg, but players are allowed to bring their own adult beverages to the competition.
A much less vibrant shuffleboard scene is also available at the courts in Minneapolis’ Loring Park in the summer months.
Some of the shuffleboard athletes who compete at Loring Park near downtown Minneapolis.
Push It Shuffleboard at Loring Park Facebook group
The prospects for something similar happening in Mankato appear remote.
Ask Us Guy checked with the city of Mankato to see if some of the nearly 30 municipal parks offer shuffleboard courts: “We do not.”
He checked with the YMCA: “We don’t have it.”
He checked with Mankato Area Public Schools.
“Rumor has it there may be a couple painted in the floor of our older buildings,” spokesperson Stacy Wells said. “But nothing that is actively used and nothing that is open to the public.”
The colleges?
“I checked with rec sports on campus, and there are no shuffleboard courts on campus and they are not aware of any in Mankato,” Dan Benson said.
“But apparently an outside group brought their own shuffleboard sliding mats to campus and played in Schellberg Gym last August.”
No luck at Bethany Lutheran College, either, although spokesperson Lance Schwartz offered a glimmer of hope: “Sorry to say, no shuffleboard court at Bethany. Just a thought, I know a few older churches I’ve been in for a funeral lunch had shuffleboard courts on the tile floor of the church basement. For what it’s worth.”
So, area residents yearning to shuffle could do some scouting for locations while paying their last respects (and probably get a ham salad sandwich in the process).
The only alternative appears to be, in the short term, a road trip to Loring Park or maybe Florida. A longer-term solution would be lobbying the Mankato City Council to add a shuffleboard court when renovating one of the neighborhood parks.
The city’s official Park and Open Space Plan, last updated in 2014, has a list of mandatory features for every neighborhood park (an open grassy area, play equipment for kids, a shelter, a half-court basketball court and a trail).
But the plan also suggests each park should have at least one special feature, and a shuffleboard court is one of the alternatives listed. To date, however, the special feature has always been one of the other options — such as restrooms, full-court basketball, an ice rink, a volleyball court or a skateboard area.
Other choices for the special feature include horseshoe and bocce ball courts, a golf green, a disc golf course and informal fields for baseball/softball, lacrosse, soccer and football.
Ask Us Guy’s managing editor suggests people ask the city to replace numerous unused pickleball courts to make room for one shuffleboard court. It would be more “democratic.”
Contact Ask Us at The Free Press, 418 S. Second St., Mankato, MN 56001. Call Mark Fischenich at 344-6321 or email your question to [email protected]; put Ask Us in the subject line.
Parking, pro-shopping and planning — it’s an all-Lewiston Buzz II.
First up: Devils Grove Disc Golf at 455 Grove St. is growing.
The Lewiston Planning Board unanimously approved a new 534-square-foot pro shop and 335-square-foot overhead canopy Monday night.
Owner Alex Olsen opened Devils Grove in 2013 and it’s home to two 18-hole courses.
“The more open, green fairway is called The Devil and The Demon is the shorter, more technical course in the woods,” he said Tuesday. “It’s definitely gotten busier since COVID. We did have to shut down for about a month, but it’s definitely gotten more people outdoors.”
The pro shop has been in the basement of a house on the premises. The expansion will bring it out to a stand-alone building that he hopes to see open by June.
“We’ll carry water, we’ll carry discs and bags, all the gear you need to play disc golf,” Olsen said.
The new overhead canopy will cover picnic tables.
The business is open year-round with The Devil maintained through the winter.
“We salt and shovel the (traditional and beginner) tee pads and snowmobile the course,” Olsen said. “We’re hoping that this will take the business to the next level with being able to offer more products and really focusing on having more for sale there, and just a more comfortable atmosphere. Just a better destination.”
The FedEx distribution facility at 380 River Road in Lewiston is expanding its parking area by just over 4 acres. The project was approved by the Planning Board on Monday night. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
ALSO ON MONDAY
The Planning Board unanimously approved Phase 3 of a new FedEx site expansion and a new subdivision expansion.
For the first, Gendron Realty was looking to expand parking and stormwater facilities at 380 River Road, the local home of FedEx.
The parking area will grow by 4.3 acres, adding 166 employee parking spots and additional room for 40 long trailers and 81 vans.
The $1.6 million project impacts 18,105 square feet of wetlands, according to a memo from consultant Michael Gotto of Stoneybrook Land Use.
The distribution facility embarked on Phase 2 of growth last year, adding a 38,388-square-foot addition. At that time, up to 200 people worked there year-round and up to 100 seasonally.
City Planner Doug Greene said current employment numbers weren’t discussed Monday night. As part of Phase 2 approvals, FedEx has to let the city know each February what peak employment hits in November-December, and should it grow over 370, it’ll trigger a traffic assessment.
“Phase 3 kind of completes the entire project,” Greene said. “Once they get all this new parking put in place, they should be good for the long-term.”
Gendron is aiming to finish the project by November, in time for the next peak season, according to Gotto.
Also in Phase 3: L&L Estates, which asked the board to add four new lots to that subdivision off Old Greene Road, will bring it up to 15 single-family home lots.
Each new lot is 1.5 to 2.1 acres and brings the total acres developed to 43.
“They’re also looking ahead at some time in the future to Phase 4 and mentioned they weren’t sure how many lots, but there’s quite a bit of acreage available for some additional lots past where it goes right now,” Greene said. “It’s been a successful subdivision. It goes along with the search for buildable lots — everyone is looking and looking.”
The new lots require the 420-foot extension of Matobian Avenue, a $450,000 project that should be done by fall, according to Gotto.
A new car wash is going up at 449 Sabattus St. in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
BUILDING ON THAT
December building permits for the city included:
• A $83,455 project at 29 Lowell St. for Central Maine Healthcare renovating a storage area and turning part of it into classrooms.
• A $175,000 renovation at 150 College St. for Roy Real Estate turning a residential garage/barn into two family residential units.
• Several projects for GF Investments replacing windows and a patio door in all units at 25 and 27 Marston St.
• A $200,000 foundation-only project for a new car wash at 449 Sabattus St. for Schillings Drive.
Greene said the car wash was approved in 2017 when the Nouria gas station was built on the site.
“The owners finally have decided to pull the trigger on developing that car wash and they were able to bring in plans before their type of approval expired — approvals like that are good for five years, so they came in in time to meet that deadline,” he said.
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Piton Lager from St. Lucia, where they throw a big Mardi Gras Carnivale.
Here we are at Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, if you will, and the start of Lent. Then starting the weekend with the St. Patrick’s Day parades.
Monday, February 28
3:00 – 5:30 pm • Tap Room Trivia Temperance Beer Co., 2000 Dempster St., Evanston, IL (847) 864-1000 Map Join us every Sunday for trivia from 3-5:30 pm for fun, delicious beer, and prizes!
3:00 – 7:00 pm • Country Grill Chicken Truck Evil Horse Brewing Co., 1338 Main St., Crete, IL (708) 304-2907 Map Country Grill Chicagoland is a food truck company offering rotisserie chicken and ribs fresh from the spit, homemade salads and pretzels.
7:00 – 10:00 pm • Weekly Trivia @ Pilot Project Pilot Project Brewing, 2140 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago (773) 270-5995 Map Join us in the Pilot Project Heated Tent for free pub trivia every Monday! Beer Special: Every player will receive one free 4oz taster of beer, booch or cider. Reservations Available on Tock
7:00 – 9:00 pm • Monday Night Trivia Une Année Brewery, 6343 W Gross Point Rd., Niles, IL (847) 635-0655 Map Free to play general trivia on the patio or in the taproom with pubtriviausa.com.
Tuesday, March 1
Mardi Gras 2022 Byway Brewing Co., 2825 Carlson Dr., Hammond, IN 219-844-5468 Map Break out your beads and join us on Fat Tuesday for a Mardi Gras celebration! We’ll be releasing a brand new beer AND serving up Muffulettas, Shrimp Po Boys, Shrimp & Grits, Gumbo, and King Cake for dessert! No tickets necessary! Food specials while supplies last.
4:00 – 9:00 pm • Support Urban Farming Haymarket Pub & Brewery, 737 W. Randolph St., Chicago (312) 638-0700 Map Every Tuesday join us at the brewpub and order a Big Mick Burger + 12oz pour of Harold’s ’83 Honey Ale + a shot of Wolf Point Bourbon for $25 and we’ll donate $5 to Urban Growers Collective. Urban Growers Collective currently operates eight urban farms across 11 acres in the city of Chicago. On these farms, Urban Growers Collective’s job training and education, food access, and community engagement programs support health, economic development, healing, and creativity. The Green Era Renewable Energy and Urban Farm Campus in Auburn Gresham will serve as a centralized hub for workforce development, education, food access, and community well-being.
4:00 – 9:00 pm • Fat Tuesday Rock Island Public House, 13328 S. Western Ave., Blue Island, IL 708-388-5513 Map Fat Tuesday! at Rock Island Public House. It’s another excuse to get loose on a Tuesday! Butter Upon Baconwill be running a special cajun menu from 4-9pm and we will be having drink specials all day!
5:00 – 8:00 pm • Dope Sandwich Food Truck at Alter Brewing Co. Alter Brewing Co., 2300 Wisconsin Ave. #213, Downers Grove, IL 630-541-9558 Map Grab some brain fuel from our buds at Dope Sandwich before you rock trivia night! They’ll be here 5-8pm.
5:00 pm • Fat Tuesday Village Vintner Winery & Brewery, 2380 Esplanade Dr., Algonquin, IL (847) 658-4900 Map Join us on Tuesday, March 1st at either 5:00pm or 7:00pm for our Fat Tuesday Dinner. The 4-course meal includes Crawfish & Chicken Gumbo, Oyster Po’Boy served with house made chips and remoulade, Shrimp & Grits with a Jalapeño & Cheddar grits & an andouille cream sauce & Beignets with honey & chocolate sauce. Cost is $24.99 per person and space is very limited, so we suggest reservations for this event. To reserve your spot call the restaurant at (847)658-4900 or email the event coordinator at [email protected] We hope to see you for this amazing event.
5:00 pm • Fat Tuesday Shrimp Boil! DMen Tap, 2849 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago 773-961-8757 Map Join us for a Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Celebration! Complete with Hurricanes!
5:30 pm • First Tuesday Cask Tapping Goldfinger Brewing Co., 513 Rogers St., Downers Grove, IL (630) 541-9728 Map One of the perks of being a brewer is the ability to taste the beer throughout its maturation process. Flavors meld, some aromas disappear while others appear, and yeast is still in suspension adding bread like qualities. What does the Original taste like when it has been lagering for only a couple of weeks? Hazy Pils? Yes please! Beginning next month, every FIRST Tuesday of the month we will share the pleasure of tasting young “kellerbier” versions of whatever we have in our lagering tanks with you! Our brewers will fill a small cask of whatever young version of a beer is tasting particularly delicious and tap the cask right in front of your eyes. Tappings will happen at 5:30pm and we’ll serve you straight from the spigot until the cask is done. The first First Tuesday Cask Tapping from the Cellar will be March 1st at 5:30pm. Stay tuned for what Keller version of our beer you’ll get to enjoy.
5:30 pm • Mardi Gras at Region Ale Region Ale, 1080 US-41, Schererville, IN 219-322-2337 Map Mardi Gras at Region Ale!!!! $6 Abita Mardi Gras Bock $5 Abita Purple Haze Beer-Ritas Hurricanes! Delicious house made jambalaya and more! Best of all, an Abita Take The Pint! Just order a Mardi Gras Bock and take a pint glass home, while supplies last so don’t be late! Plus, Mardi Gras music piped in straight from New Orleans (okay, maybe that’s a stretch).
6:00 – 9:00 pm • CERAMIC Stack Of Gnomes St. Patrick’s Day Paint Party Steam Hollow Brewing Co., 450 S. Spruce St. Unit C, Manteno, IL Map Tickets $43 here. CERAMIC Stack of Gnomes St. Patrick’s Day Paint Party Dimensions of this ceramic piece: 9H x 5W Come join us as we paint this Stack of 3 Gnomes in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Never painted before? No worries, step-by-step instructions will be provided. In case you don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, there will be a variety of paint colors available for you to choose from. Price of your ticket includes your 1st drink.
6:00 – 9:00 pm • Big Lagniappe at Maple Tree Inn Maple Tree Inn, 18849 S. Dixie Hwy., Homewood, IL Map We are looking forward to returning to The Maple Tree Inn for Fat Tuesday! Our last time here was Fat Tueday 2020 right before you know what.. you’ll need reservations for this one. Check our website soon!
6:30 pm • Tuesday Trivia: General Knowledge One Allegiance Brewing, 10215 S. Harlem Ave., Chicago Ridge, IL (708) 529-7067 Map Join us on Tuesdays for a night of trivia dedicated to various popular TV shows, movies, and themes! First Tuesday of every month is general knowledge trivia. Each game is free to play! First place winner will receive a $30 OAB Gift Card and other prizes include a beer to go. There is no entry fee to play trivia. Trivia starts at 7pm but come in to register at 6:30pm so you and your team can grab a couple drinks before the games start! See you soon for some fun, games and prizes!
7:00 – 9:30 pm • Trivia Night in Skokie Sketchbook Brewing Co. – Skokie, 4901 Main St., Skokie, IL (847) 588-0652 Map Trivia courtesy of Pub Trivia USA. No cards, teams will play on their phone apps. Prizes for the winning teams: $35 for 1st place, $25 for 2nd, $15 for 3rd. Pop up Latin American cuisine from Libertad from 5:30-8:30p!
7:00 pm • Brewery Bingo The Open Bottle Lockport, 16437 159th St., Lockport, IL (815) 293-6350 Map Brewery Bingo is back! Over the next 5 months, we’re partnering with a new brewery every Thursday at 7pm for our monthly Brewery Bingo! No more sneaking into bingo halls for you! Every week, we’ll have a draft beer on special and prizes from a variety of local breweries. Here’s who’s up: March – Old Irving Brewing Co. April – Goose Island Beer Co. May – Mikerphone Brewing It’s Bingo with breweries you love & fantastic prizes for you to win! HOW TO PLAY: Imagine a Bingo card. Now replace the B-I-N-G-O with five breweries and the numbers replaced with their most popular beers. We’ll spin our bingo balls ’round and ’round until a random ball decides to set itself free. We call out a beer, you look at your bingo card, and then place a bottle cap on your card if you’re lucky. Get 5 in a row and win a prize! In between rounds, there will be penny pours, good music and even better times. Must be 21+ to play.
7:00 – 9:00 pm • Trivia Night at Black & Gray Black & Gray Brewing Co., 311 Barrington Ave., East Dundee, IL (224) 484-8200 Map Join us for weekly trivia! Questions cover all subjects (Current Events, Geography, History, Movies, Music, Pop Culture, Science, Sports), and you play as a team. No limit to team sizes, so bring all the friends you want. The top teams will win gift certificates to be redeemed on a future trivia night.
7:00 pm • Napoleon Dynamite Pilot Project Brewing, 2140 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago (773) 270-5995 Map Join us for Histrionic Brewlab movie night on Tuesday March 1. We will be showing Napoleon Dynamite in Pilot Project’s heated outdoor patio. Show starts at 7pm It’s going to be flippin sweet!
7:00 – 10:00 pm • Bar Bingo Crafted 1979, 19200 LaGrange Rd., Ste. E, Mokena, IL 708-860-2826 Map Bar Bingo with a brewery sponsors each night! There will be specialty tappings and prizes all night long. The sponsor rotates regularly with the usual bingo fun.
7:00 – 9:00 pm • Trivia Night at Alter Brewing Downers Grove Alter Brewing Co., 2300 Wisconsin Ave. #213, Downers Grove, IL 630-541-9558 Map Come out for our General Knowledge trivia night and join your host as they quiz your teams through two full hours of general knowledge trivia, including awesome themed bonus rounds and music rounds! While we’re testing your wit, Alter Brewing Company will be keeping you fueled up with craft brews all night, PLUS the top teams will win bragging rights and prizes, so bring your friends, family, and even your enemies (if they’re good at trivia) to increase your chances of winning. Feel free to order in delivery from one of the awesome local restaurants (we highly recommend Dan’s Pizza!) to enjoy during the event, as well. Due to limited capacity, reservations will be taken for indoor tables the time being – simply email [email protected] to reserve a table for your team. Please follow ALL Covid-19 guidelines and restrictions put in place by the venue, and here are a few extra tips: 1) Please bring your own pen/pencil. Our host will have pencils just in case, but it would be best to use your own for everyone’s safety & comfort. 2) The questions will be read by your host over our PA system, but may not be displayed on a screen if one is not easily available. 3) Any and all rules/restrictions are subject to change.
Wednesday, March 2
12:00 – 4:00 pm • Work From Here Weekdays Riverlands Brewing Co., 1860 Dean St. Unit A, St. Charles, IL (630) 549-6293 Map Wednesdays…the half way point to the weekend. Let us help make the work week a bit better with our Work From HERE Wednesday special! Each week, come by with your work team, laptop, paper work….or just your self…and enjoy $2.00 off full pours of any of our 16 taps. On occasion, we’ll have food trucks or pop-ups to supply your mid-day hunger cravings. Otherwise, bring lunch or order delivery from one of our local St. Charles neighbors.
5:00 – 7:00 pm • Gear Up With Guinness Franklin Tap, 325 S. Franklin, Chicago 312-922-8025 Map Gear Up With Guinness sampling, swag and glassware giveaway. Start your March right! It’s time for Guinness. Join us and local Guinness reps at Franklin Tap on Wednesday March 2nd from 5-7pm for Guinness beer samples and swag & glassware giveaways!
6:00 – 9:00 pm • Pints & Points Game Night Riverlands Brewing Co., 1860 Dean St. Unit A, St. Charles, IL (630) 549-6293 Map Our monthly game night, Pints & Points, returns in 2022 bigger and better than ever. Join our friends at Tabletop & Brews as they host a monthly night of board and dice games of all types! Whether you’re a beginner or pro, there’s always something for everyone. Jump in and play one of the many games they bring along, or bring your own! Bring a group or jump in with another table (masks and hand-sanitizer recommended when playing outside of your circle). Or, bring the family for a unique take on family game night. We’ll be adding features like food trucks and special games/events throughout the year whenever possible. When there’s no food truck here, feel free to BYOF or order delivery. Now’s your chance…GAME ON!
6:30 pm • Ghastly Goblets Game Night Miskatonic Brewing Co., 1000 N. Frontage Rd., Darien, IL 630-541-9414 Map Stop by Miskatonic to meet the Ghastly Goblets boys, play some fun games, and grab some of their awesome glassware and merch! Bring your own game or see if you can best them at their favorites.
7:00 – 9:00 pm • Trivia & Tacos @ the LV Taproom! Harbor Brewing Co., Lake Villa, 136 Cedar Ave., Lake Villa, IL Map General Trivia hosted by Chicago Trivia Guys starts at 7pm! Authentic Mexican Food from Mijo’s will be served starting at 5pm!
7:00 – 9:00 pm • Trivia Wednesdays at Black Lung!! Black Lung Brewing Co., 2217 N. Illinois 83, Round Lake Beach, IL (224) 643-7204 Map We have trivia every Wednesday with Dancing in the Rain DJ! Come have a tasty craft beer and win a cool prize, if you’re good enough;) This is free trivia!
7:00 – 9:00 pm • Trivia Night at Pollyanna Brewing Lemont Pollyanna Brewing Co., 431 Talcott Ave., Lemont, IL (630) 914-5834 Map It’s time to put those endless afternoons of answering along with Jeopardy contestants to use — come out and prove you’ve got the deepest well of useless information at Baig of Tricks Entertainment‘s General Knowledge Trivia Night! Gather your team and join your host as they quiz you through two full hours of general knowledge trivia, including awesome themed bonus rounds and music rounds! While we’re testing your team, Pollyanna will be keeping you fueled up with craft brews all night, PLUS the top teams will win bragging rights and prizes, so bring your friends, family, and even your enemies (if they’re good at trivia) to increase your chances of winning. Feel free to order in delivery from one of the awesome local restaurants to enjoy during the event, as well. Be sure to get there early and snag your team a spot and fuel up with some drinks, see you soon!
7:00 – 9:00 pm • Stump Trivia Quiz Ten Ninety Brewing Co., 1025 Waukegan Rd., Glenview, IL 224-432-5472 Map IN-PERSON trivia is back at Ten Ninety Brewing Company! Wednesday nights have never been better! Join us for two free, fun, rounds of trivia beginning at 7pm & 8pm. We will be using our new digital scoring system. Each team will designate one person to submit answers on your team’s behalf. No need to write anything down by hand, no need to stand up, and no need to turn in a paper answer slip! Remember – venue capacity may be limited, so please call ahead to RSVP! More info: here.
7:00 pm • Lord of The Rings Trivia The Brass Tap, 14225 95th Ave. Ste. 400, Orland Park, IL 708‑226‑1827 Map Grab your friends and join us for a night of Lord of The Rings Trivia, hosted by Finer Points Trivia! It’s free to play and the top teams win Prizes! Call now to reserve your table !
7:00 pm • Trivia! Rock Island Public House, 13328 S. Olde Western Ave., Blue Island, IL 708-388-5513 Map We will have an all-subjects trivia game with questions covering a wide range of subjects. Possible categories include history, geography, current events, television, fashion, science, and much more. FREE TO PLAY! We will have prizes for the top three teams. Get your team together for some trivia fun!
7:45 pm • Trivia Night Dunning Pour House, 7718 W. Addison St., Chicago (773) 309-8135 Map Trivia Night Returns to DPH on Wednesday at 8PM. Hosted by Kevin G, general trivia. Bring your team. Always a fun night! Message or call us today to make a reservation!
Thursday, March 3
3:00 – 9:00 pm • Nashville Hot Chicken Thursday! Wildrose Brewing Co., 1104 E. Main St., Griffith, IN (219) 595-5054 Map It’s Thursday…..you know what that means. Due to popular demand we’re serving up Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwiches every Thursday. Topped with Chef Mike’s homemade slaw and pickles and paired with a side of fries for just $10! We are now also offering up a less spicy version for those who can’t handle all the heat. Both the spicy and less spicy will be available only while supplies last. These have been extremely popular the last few weeks so you don”t wanna miss out!
6:00 – 8:00 pm • Trivia with Challenge Entertainment Oswego Brewing Co., 61 S. Main St., Oswego, IL (331) 999-1991 Map Trivia is back! A Live Trivia game consists of 6 rounds with 3 questions each, with one halftime question and one final question where you can wager between 0 and 20 points to boost your final score. But beware — if you miss the final question, you lose all the points you have wagered!
6:00 – 8:00 pm • Ale Trail Night The Lone Buffalo by Tangled Roots Brewing Co., 808 – 812 LaSalle St., Ottawa, IL 815-324-9549 Map Join us for special giveaways and learn how to use the 2022 Heritage Corridor Ale Trail passport to win exclusive prizes by visiting local breweries.
6:00 – 8:00 pm • Dry City Trivia Dry City Brew Works, 120B N. Main St., Wheaton, IL (630) 456-4787 Map Trivia at Dry City! Themed trivia every Thursday!
6:00 – 9:00 pm • Take Flight Thursdays Riverlands Brewing Co., 1860 Dean St. Unit A, St. Charles, IL (630) 549-6293 Map Thursdays seem lame until you realize they’re really FRIDAY EVE. To celebrate come sample some of St. Charles’ hometown beers and SAVE. Every Thursday*, from 6pm to close, we’ll take $2.00 off flights of four 5oz pours. This is the PERFECT date night opportunity, or a chance to just try out some of our 16 taps all at once. We also have a rotating calendar of pub games each Thursday, including our monthly trivia nights, shuffleboard tournies, and (weather permitting) patio disc golf putting. Check our weekly events for more details.
7:00 – 9:00 pm • Holzlager Trivia Holzlager Brewing Co., 150 S. Eastwood Dr., Woodstock, IL (815) 308-5901 Map Come test your knowledge with our weekly Holzlager Trivia Nights! Our Trivial Pursuit-inspired game focuses on 5 topics: Entertainment, History & Geography, Science & Nature, Art & Literature and Sports & Leisure. Stay tuned for our monthly special-themed trivia nights!
7:30 – 9:00 pm • Thursty Thursday Elephino Trivia Side Lot Brewery, 110 Slocum Lake Rd., Wauconda, IL 847-714-2584 Map Join M.C. Hill & Elephino Trivia every Thursday night at Side Lot Brewery for Team Trivia. Free to play & fabulous prizes to win.
February 25, 2022 by Charlie Eisenhood in Opinion with comments
The white OB stakes at Fox Run Meadows are just right.
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Question of the Week: The PGA Tour’s Waste Management Phoenix Open (AKA The People’s Open) was in the news last week when Sam Ryder hit a hole-in-one on the 16th and the massive crowd in The Colosseum gallery went nuts, throwing beer into the air and screaming like banshees.
Sam Ryder Hole in One
The tournament has developed a reputation for being a loud, drunk, and fun event unlike any other stop on the PGA Tour.
“It almost feels like a real sport,” said Brooks Koepka. “The atmosphere is unbelievable. I love it. Look, I love when people get rowdy. They’re cheering you when you hit it tight, and they’re booing you when you hit it bad. If you do something wrong, you deserve to get heckled. If you do something right, they will cheer for you. I think that’s what makes this event so cool.”
Does pro disc golf have tournaments that set themselves apart from the crowd? How does the sport start to develop events with different reputations? The courses themselves don’t seem like enough of a factor to influence the vibe of the event.– John C.
A: That clip of Sam Ryder has to make you think of something that just happened in disc golf, right? You know what I’m talking about.
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