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Because this section is free of charge, community events are subject to run based on available space. Religion items are published on the Saturday church page. Email events to [email protected].

TODAY, MARCH 16

ADULT ARTS AND CRAFTS: Let creativity shine to create a cute craft or inspiring art piece from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Ruby B. Archie Library auditorium. Ages 18 and up. No fee. Registration is required by calling, 434-799-5195.

FRIDAY, MARCH 17

FAMILY GAME NIGHTS: Relax with family and come out for a fun night of board games, sports and outdoor games at Coates Recreation Center from 5:30 to 7 p.m. No fee. Registration required by calling, 434-799-5150. Sponsored by Parks and Recreation.

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

CARS & COFFEE: Old Dominion Classic Sports Car Club will hold Cars & Coffee from 9 to 11 a.m. at Crema & Vine, 1009 Main St. For more information, call 434-548-9862.

JAPANESE CULTURAL EVENT: George Washington High School Japanese class and club will host the third annual Japan Day free event in the GW auditorium from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be Kendo, Taiko Drumming, a tea ceremony, prizes and more. Register online at https://tinyurl.com/yse2tj2z.

CLASSIC MOVIE CLUB: Enjoy a classic movie with discussion following at the Ruby B. Archie Library auditorium from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “The Adventure of Robin Hood” (1938) for ages 18 and up. Registration required by calling, 434-799-5195. No fee.

ARCHERY 101 WORKSHOP: Learn the basic safety, anchor points, draw and release, care of equipment and essential safety skills with a USA Archery certified instructor for ages 5 to 17 at Coates Recreation Center from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $12. Registration required by calling, 434-799-5150.

HOMESTEADING 101: Learn from local homesteaders Ben and Amber Martin at Glenwood Community Center from 10 a.m. to noon. No fee. For ages 5 and up; registration is required a week prior.

MONDAY, MARCH 20

PRESSURE CANNER LID TESTING: Virginia Cooperative Extensive Office, 19783 U.S. 29 South, Suite C, Chatham, will check pressure cooker lid and gauge used for canning at no cost from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 434-432-7770.

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How Emporia became king of the Disc Golf world | Gaz

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, 2022-12-31 10:00:00,

Do you ever wonder how a small town or city becomes renowned for something that has achieved mainstream status? Like Roswell and aliens, Kitty Hawk and airplanes, Williamsport and Little League Baseball, Emporia and disc golf? If you’re an Emporian, you already know the city has staked its claim to this wildly popular sport.

Disc golf has manifested in many ways in Emporia/Lyon County. The city has hosted the disc golf world championships, boasts the largest disc golf retail store in the world, offers several disc golf courses and the Emporia State University men’s team is ranked No. 1 in the nation. Enough proof? UDisc, a disc golf resource website, ranked Emporia as the top disc golf small town in the country.

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Crandall Public Library budget keeps taxes steady, eliminates most fines

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, 2022-11-06 15:30:00,

MAURY THOMPSON
Special to The Post-Star

GLENS FALLS — Voters in the Crandall Public Library District on Tuesday will be asked to approve a $5.3 million budget that holds the line on property taxes and eliminates fines for late return of most items.

The tax levy in the three municipalities that comprise the library district will remain the same for 2023 as this year — $937,522 from Glens Falls, $1.94 million from Queensbury and $809,926 from Moreau.

“We are cognizant of the economic challenges everyone is under,” said library Director Kathy Naftaly in a telephone interview.

Some property owners may see a change in their tax bill due to revaluations, but that is a process the library has no control over, Naftaly said.

Late fines will be eliminated for books, videos and related items.

The library board determined that some children were not using the library because their parents had accumulated late fines that had to be paid before checking out more books.

“We will remove that barrier to access,” Naftaly said.

A few specialty items, such as disc golf kits, will still result in fines if not returned on time.

Patrons will still be charged for damaged or lost materials.

Spending in the proposed library budget would increase from $5.17 million this year to $5.3 million in 2023 because of increased state, county and private funding.

This continues a trend of the property tax levy covering a reduced share of the total budget.

The tax levy would cover 70.1% of the proposed 2023 budget, down from 71.8% this year, 76.4% in 2021 and 77.1% in 2020.

The Crandall Trust, the entity that manages the estate of philanthropist and library co-founder Henry Crandall, will contribute $120,000 in 2023, up from $108,000 this year.

“Its board has a thorough investment strategy, and, in spite of a volatile market, they are still ahead of the game,” Naftaly said.

State library aid will increase from $104,206 to $126,675, and Warren County’s contribution will increase from $17,280 to $26,400.

Spending for library materials would increase from $417,640 to $458,809.

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Ribbon-cutting for downtown Dalton disc golf course is Friday | Local News

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Earlier this year, the Dalton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) installed two practice disc golf baskets outside its visitor information center that is in the old freight depot at 305 S. Depot St., just off Morris Street.

“We are trying to share with our visitors things made in Dalton and Georgia grown,” said Margaret Thigpen, director of tourism for Dalton and Whitfield County, who directs the CVB and the Dalton Convention Center.

Prodigy Disc, a Whitfield County-based manufacturer of disc golf equipment, donated one of the baskets and sold the CVB the other.

“They (the practice baskets) are getting a lot of use,” said Thigpen. “They are not only being used by our visitors, but by our locals, especially those living in the Belk building.”

“We took that idea and expanded it,” Thigpen said. “We thought it would be great to have something throughout downtown. We got with the DDDA (Downtown Dalton Development Authority), Prodigy, the Dalton Parks and Recreation Department and Whitfield County. Voila, we now have a par 2 disc golf course downtown.”

The course, which is open for play, has eight baskets in four locations: the Burr Performing Arts Park, Dalton Green, the county-owned greenspace across from the courthouse and the freight depot. Discs will be for sale at the freight depot.

“To our knowledge, this is the only permanent downtown disc golf course in the nation,” said DDDA Executive Director Candace Eaton.

“I think it’s a huge deal because it will bring a different market downtown,” Eaton said in a press release from the city. “As they walk the course they’ll see local businesses downtown or stop and eat lunch or dinner, or maybe grab a beer or shop.”

“From a tourism standpoint, it absolutely opens our downtown for visitors to have something more to do, to keep them there a little longer,” Thigpen said in the press release. “For all of our tournaments and events coming into our community, just to have something else for the visitors to do when they’re waiting for their next game or their next event, that’s a great addition.”

The Greater Dalton area has several full-sized disc golf courses.

The Whitfield County Parks and Recreation Department’s Westside Park Disc Golf Course was voted one of the top four courses in the United States in 2020 by the readers of Connect…

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Nation’s first Downtown Disc Golf Course Is opening in Dalton | Local News

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, 2022-10-26 17:05:00,

The first permanent downtown disc golf course in the nation is opening next week in Dalton, Georgia, and the holes are already open for play.

There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony for the course on Friday, November 4^that 3:00 pm at the Old Freight Depot at 305 S. Depot Street and the course will host its first tournament the next morning on November 5^th.

You might not know about disc golf, but the disc golf community nationwide definitely knows about Dalton.

Whitfield County has been home to one of the best manufacturers of disc golf equipment for nearly a decade and now Dalton is home to the nation’s first permanent downtown disc golf course.

The course will officially open with a ribbon cutting ceremony and tournament next week.

Disc golf, which also used to be referred to as “Frisbee golf”, is played like golf but instead of using balls and clubs, players throw a Frisbee-like disc and try to get it into a metal basket referred to as the “hole.” Just like traditional golf, the goal is to reach the hole in the fewest number of throws. According to the PDGA (Professional Disc Golf Association) the sport was formalized in the 1970s and gained widespread popularity in the early 2000s.

While it’s becoming more common to find disc golf holes or even full courses in public parks, the new course in downtown Dalton is the first permanent course to be housed in a downtown business district.

“I think it’s a huge deal because it will bring a different market downtown,” said Candace Eaton, the executive director of the Downtown Dalton Development Authority. “As they walk the course, they’ll see local businesses downtown or stop and eat lunch or dinner, or maybe grab a beer or shop.”

The new course currently features eight permanent hole locations. There are holes in Burr Park, the Dalton Green, the greenspace adjacent to the County Courthouse Parking Deck, and the Old Freight Depot on South Depot Street.

“From a tourism standpoint, it absolutely opens our downtown for visitors to have something more to do, to keep them there a little longer,” said Margaret Thigpen, Dalton’s director of tourism. “For all of our tournaments and events coming in to our community, just to have something else for the visitors to do when they’re waiting for their next game or their next event, that’s a great addition.”

Thigpen, who was one of the…

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UPDATED: Collaboration key as Visit Emporia earns three Kansas Tourism awards | Free

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, 2022-10-25 14:05:00,

Visit Emporia it touting community partnerships after it earned three first place marketing awards during the Kansas Tourism conference in Wichita last week.

The conference was held Oct. 17 – 19.

Visit Emporia’s awards include the People’s Choice Award, print advertising for the city’s disc golf and cycling field guides, and the Emporia Visitors Guide. Director LeLan Dains said this is the second consecutive time Emporia has earned the People’s Choice Award.

“The thing about the People’s Choice Award is it’s not going based on community size or budget size,” he said. “We’re up against Kansas City, up against bigger communities who have budgets significantly larger than ours. So, to receive that two years in a row is somewhat unprecedented and I’m really, extraordinarily proud.”

Dains said it speaks to the innovation and creativity coming out of Emporia, being able to compete with those larger organizations across the state.

“My perception is that the innovation resonates with them a little bit more, because they see how we can do more with less,” he said.

One of those innovations, Visit Emporia’s bike chariots, just happened to win the People’s Choice Award this year. Dains said he saw a similar project out of Wales, U.K., where people were riding around a town festival on a chariot pulled by a bicycle. Thinking it was a neat idea, he brought the idea to Emporia.

“I thought that was really fun and that’d be a great here, since we’re known as a cycling destination,” Dains said.

IM Design Group co-owner Shawn Honea, whose company designed the wraps and worked with Visit Emporia on its publications, said it was an exciting accolade. He said IM Design has worked with Visit Emporia for years.

“I think have the history is a really, really important aspect of working with them, and with the city,” Honea said. “LeLan has brought a whole new process to making this guide, with all new ideas. He’s a very excited, go-getter kinda dude. He’s making things happen, and I think that shows.”

Dains said the collaboration with IM Design helps bring Visit Emporia’s designs to life. This year, Visit Emporia published its Visitors Guide in both English and Spanish.

“I think that’s a big sticking point is that we had it translated into Spanish and made it available digitally, which very few communities across the state of Kansas are…

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City and citizens gather for recreational opportunity community forum to talk about the future of the golf course | News

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, 2022-09-29 02:00:00,

About 50 people attended the Abilene Commission community forum Monday night to hear and share their opinions on recreational opportunities. The forum’s agenda contained ideas of a sports complex, the city purchasing the local golf course and other recreational ideas the public may have. After discussing the sports complex, the conversation moved to the golf course and the public’s opinion on the city should purchasing it.

Tom Canfield started the public comments on the course. Overall, he wants to city to purchase the golf course. He started by saying he has been a member at the course for around 45 years and golf, to him is a lifetime sport. His wife and children learned how to play golf and took those skills with them to where they are living now. Businesses have golf tournaments. Many of the surrounding communities have municipal golf courses. If there is no course in Abilene, children golf programs will shut down.

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SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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, 2022-10-11 23:15:00,

Texas Hold’em Poker Nights

Join us every Wednesday night for two games of Texas Hold’em, sponsored by World Tavern Poker. Winners of the two games will be able to pick between our merch or a gift certificate to go on the Virginia Dare. The restaurant and bar will remain open for general customers from 5 to 10 p.m. on poker nights. Drink and food specials every week along with our special menu including seafood and non-seafood options.

Where: Beacon Seafood Pub, 3619 Airport Road, Moneta

Contact: Stacy Bresson, 540-297-7399, [email protected]

We meet every Thursday to share experience, strength and hope for families/friends of those struggling with alcohol use.

Where: Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 13586 S. Old Moneta Road, Moneta

Reservation Deadline: Fall Harvest Dinner with Mr. Jefferson

One of America’s first foodies, Thomas Jefferson had a taste for fine wines and gourmet foods. Join the president, as portrayed by actor Bill Barker, in his private retreat to raise a glass to a successful harvest season and enjoy a multi-course dinner with wine pairings on Saturday, Oct. 22. Must be 21 and over. Reservations required by Oct. 15!

Where: Poplar Forest, 1542 Bateman Bridge Road, Forest

When: Event is Saturday, Oct. 22, 6 to 9 p.m.

Cost: $200 per person, $350 per couple

Do you like playing BINGO? Are you 55 and older? If so, mark your calendars and come join fellow enthusiasts for our quarterly BINGO morning! Space is limited so registration is required. You may register online at bplsonline.org or by calling the Forest Library. Refreshments and prizes are provided! This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Forest Library.

Where: Forest Library, 15583 Forest Road, Forest

Smith Mountain Lake Women’s Club Monthly Meeting

Our speaker will be Dr. Susan Mead, assistant professor of sociology. She will talk about her own experiences with members of the Monacan Nation. After a brief business meeting, lunch will be served. Guests and potential new members are always welcome. Please come and attend a meeting and see what a delightful group you could be part of! For information on club membership, please contact Dianne Vallimont at 540-719-1640. Check out…

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GCSD scraps plans for disc golf | Local News Stories

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, 2022-09-21 12:10:00,

▸ Government body: Granada Community Services District Board of Directors

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Kenosha receives major fiberoptic infrastructure investment

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, 2022-09-22 11:50:00,

Officials with the City of Kenosha and SiFi Networks announced the construction launch of the Kenosha FiberCity project, a major fiberoptic infrastructure investment aiming to offer a fast and affordable all-fiber internet network to every home and institution in the city.

The $100 million privately-funded project could offer speeds up to 10 gigabits in the coming years, among the fastest speeds available to the public in the nation.

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian, project manager Ed St. Peter and SiFi Networks community relations liaison Marcus Bowman announced the project Thursday morning in Lincoln Park.

The project will be constructed at no cost to taxpayers, according to SiFi Networks officials, and internet service providers would have the ability to offer their clients a packages with a faster internet network. It’s the first such project in southeastern Wisconsin.

The FiberCity project will also be an open access network, which allows fiber infrastructure to be shared by multiple service providers, whether internet or wireless.

“Kenosha residents and businesses will see a great benefit from the Kenosha FiberCity project, ensuring that affordable, high-speed internet service is available throughout the entire city,” Antaramian said.

Construction is expected to take approximately three years to complete and will follow a phased construction timeline, neighborhood-by-neighborhood, according to officials. While the winters may slightly alter the timeline, officials said they remain optimistic that they can deliver a project that the community will benefit from in the coming years.

“We’ll be working closely with SiFi Networks to ensure a smooth construction process so we can collectively get every address in the city connected over the course of the next few years,” said St. Peter.

Construction will occur in the parkway and occasionally in the roadway using a micro-trenching machine, St. Peter said. The machine is specifically designed to cut a 1.25 inch by 12 inch deep incision or trench – typically where the road meets the curb or where the curb meets the parkway – where fiber is to be laid.

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