Members of the Kings County Disc Golf Club were at Hidden Valley Park Tuesday morning taking first steps to build the course, with vice president and treasurer of the Kings County Disc Golf Club Patrick White estimating that the buckets would be added to the course on Thursday.

Parks and Facilities Manager Levi Winebrenner said that the club had been easy to work with on past collaborations and was excited to see another way for the community to use Hanford’s parks. Winebrenner said that the Parks department tries to support whatever efforts they can to get residents out and active in local parks.

“More people using the parks is always a good thing to me,” Winebrenner said. “The more parks are being used, the less chance negative activity has the opportunity to set in and fester. Getting more people out using parks, getting people in green spaces and getting active is always a good thing. That’s what we build these parks for and that’s why we maintain them.”

To enter Saturday’s tournament, called the Frozen Classic because of the winter temperatures, entrants will need to bring a $10 buy-in fee, which will be used to pay winners, and canned foods.

The Kings County Disc Golf Club plans on donating the nonperishable food gathered during the event to a local charity or food bank. White said that last year’s event gathered enough food from participants to fill the bed of his pickup truck.

Rose expects the club to continue to get a lot of use from the course after the tournament ends. According to the club, the permanent baskets often catch discs better than their temporary counterparts and save…