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Parks discussed at Fredericktown meeting | Government and Politics

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, 2022-08-30 20:37:03,

Several items on a recent work session agenda prompted the Fredericktown City Council to discuss additional ideas for use of the sports complex. 

There was a proposal for a Fredericktown Disc Golf Course to be created in the wooded area behind the new ball fields. 

“Disc golf is a growing sport,” Mayor Travis Parker said. “It has been made popular by, believe it or not, YouTubers on the internet. They really helped the sport propel. Popularity was also driven by the fact that it does not cost a whole lot of money to get started.”

Graham Punches and Al Kennon approached the city with the proposal. The packet of information provided is for an 18-hole layout with concrete tee-pads, signage, beautiful fairways and walking paths. The estimated cost is $20,000 to $25,000 and the proposal says sponsors could help ease the financial burden. 

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“They are looking at an 18-hole, championship level, frisbee golf course located in the wooded section out behind the sports complex,” Parker said. “There are parking lots over there and plenty of space. It would go out towards City Lake and then make a loop back around.”

Parker said,he was told there are two or three courses in the area that are considered qualifier courses for bigger tournaments. He went on to say these qualifier rounds are said to bring out close to 200 players, per course and within a few years it would be possible for Fredericktown to be added as a fourth location. 

“At the end of the day, if you have people who are traveling to come and play, it’s businesses that are getting sales for restaurants and stuff like that,” Parker said. 

Alderman Rick Polete brought up the topic of maintaining the courses and asked City Administrator James Settle his thoughts on the idea.

Settle said there is no doubt it is a growing sport and he thinks it would be a good spot for one. He then added that grass would be the easiest to maintain and he does not think it would be too difficult to keep up with.

Polete added it would be nice to have the area available to the community as both a disc golf course and a wooded walking trail.

The general consensus of the council was in favor of the idea and Parker said he would move…

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Story Walk around Lake Wanahoo opens this week | Wahoo

Story Walk around Lake Wanahoo opens this week | Wahoo

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, 2022-08-17 13:50:00,

WAHOO – A unique venture combining outdoors and literacy will begin this week in Wahoo.

Story Walk, a partnership between the Wahoo Public Library, the Lower Platte North Natural Resources District and the Lake Wanahoo NRD Recreation Area, will kick off on Thursday, Aug. 18 with a grand opening at 6:30 p.m. at Lake Wanahoo.

“We have been wanting to do something like this for a couple of years now, said Carrie Trutna, Youth Services coordinator for the Wahoo Public Library. “We just hadn’t found the perfect place to put it until now.”

A StoryWalk is an outdoor walking area that follows along a children’s book. The concept came out of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vermont. Since its inception, StoryWalks have been started in all 50 states and 13 countries.

Officials with Wahoo Public Library approached the Lower Platte North NRD with the proposal to start a StoryWalk at Lake Wanahoo last September.

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Sydney Abbott, education coordinator for the Lower Platte North NRD, said the organization was eager to be a part of an idea that would connect people with the outdoors and reading.

“We decided it would be a great opportunity to bring something new to the recreation area,” said Abbott.

A grant was available from the Nebraska Library Commission to fund the project, but there was not much time to get a proposal put together. Trutna met with Abbott, NRD General Manager Eric Gottschalk and Bret Schomer, supervisor at Lake Wanahoo, to start planning and in less than a year, they were ready for the grand opening.

The Story Walk will be located on a part of the trail that winds around the lake.

“It’s a perfect little loop on that very northwest part (of the trail),” Abbott said. “You follow the loop all the way around and you can read the story.”

Trutna said the NRD staff found the perfect spot for the Story Walk, one that follows along a path with views of the lake and local wildflowers.

“A StoryWalk promotes literacy, health, and an appreciation for nature. Along with promoting nature, science, and reading, we wanted to see family bonding and exercise in a beautiful setting outdoors,” said Trutna.

Schomer and his team installed 20…

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