The Lake Havasu Classic Battle at Bridgewater disc golf tournament took place Saturday at Bridgewater Links as 89 players took to the brand-new course.
“We’re very excited to be able to be working with the Bridgewater Links, or the Bridgewater Resort, in order to have this disc golf course here,” tournament director Mercedes Kaiser said.
Bridgewater Links has put in permanent baskets for the course, and it is open to anyone wanting to play.
“So, the baskets were installed as permanent baskets, so this is a permanent disc golf course, and right now, the Bridgewater Links has disc golf at play open seven days a week, with tee time starting at 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. is when you can schedule a tee time and then, between 5 and 6, it’ll be walking only,” Kaiser said.
With the disc golf community in the area growing, players are excited to have this course and have already taken advantage of it.
“The disc golf community has just grown, like, significantly,” Kaiser said. “The first day that the locals were able to play this, I’m pretty sure they played probably three rounds in one day. Everybody’s just been coming out as much as possible. They love this.”
Any donations that the tournament received has been split with Grace Arts Live.
“All the donations that were brought in for this tournament, we split 50-50 with Grace Arts Live Youth Theatricals. We’re excited just to partner with them, because Graham (Russell), Blain (Russell) and I are big into theater, and so we support Grace Arts Live.”
The Lake Havasu City Disc Golf Club has been working to build a youth disc golf program and want to donate disc golf baskets to all the schools in the Lake Havasu Unified School District.
“Starting in February at our staple tournament, which is the Lake Havasu City Open, was kind of like our big opening to sharing with the community that we are building a youth disc golf program,” Kaiser said. “We have received so many donations of discs and equipment from the community, and all the players who have registered for our tournaments. We were able to purchase a disc golf basket and donate discs to Jamaica Elementary School, just last week.
“Our goal is to be able to donate a disc golf basket and discs to all the schools in the Lake Havasu City, or the Lake Havasu Unified School District. We’re working our way there but we’re just…
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3:30-5 p.m., Carnegie Room, Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. Fourth St.
Would you like to help plan and present teen library events? Join the Stoughton Teen Advisory Board, a super fun group of teens who love to laugh and get creative! Afterwards, the art cart will be out to create and explore. New members are always welcome to attend. Ages 11-16. No registration required.
Adult Craft Club: Sew Write Sashiko Journal
6:30-8 p.m., Stoughton Fire Department Training Room, 401 E. Main St.
Learn some meditative Sashiko stitching and create a cover for a journal. You know you need to write it out and get started on your memoirs or a notebook to keep you on track with your goals! Thread, fabric, journals and stitch patterns provided. Registration is required and begins April 20 at 9 a.m.
Friday, May 5
Miles Nielsen & the Rusted Hearts in concert
7:30-10 p.m., Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St.
Led by free-wheeling frontman Miles Nielsen, The Rusted Hearts have been wowing audiences for years with the diversity of their sound, the tightness of their 4-part harmonies, and the quality of their songcraft. Equally comfortable in a compact 3-minute pop song and an epic 10-minute jam, the band has toured incessantly since their inception in 2011, amassing an army of hardcore followers that have dubbed themselves the Rusted Herd.
Their new album “OHBAHOY” finds the band venturing into a sphere of Americana that feels both familiar and excitingly new. Tight drums, rich guitar tones, gorgeous woodwinds, and sweeping harmonies provide the perfect complements to Nielsen’s immense storytelling gifts and impeccable vocals. The album’s name comes from an imaginary friend Nielsen had growing up, a fitting reminder as we get older to hold tightly to the noble ideals of freedom and creativity that seem so natural to us as children. Tickets are $25. For more information, visit milesnielsen.com
Saturday, May 6
Kiwanis Disc Golf Rally
8:30 a.m. registration with tee off from 8:30-9:30 a.m., Kiwanis Disc Golf Course, Amundson Park, Stoughton
Stokes County native Mason Via has been crossing horizons as a member of Old Crow Medicine Show, the GRAMMY-winning Americana string band outta Nashville, who’ll headline the inaugural Pilot Mountain Outdoor Adventure Festival & Expo at the Armfield Civic Center in Pilot Mountain on April 22
Running April 21-23, the festival aims to showcase outdoor recreation and highlight the town’s basecamp appeal in proximity to three state parks: Pilot Mountain, Hanging Rock, and Stone Mountain. Expo activities include a bicycle criterium, 5k run, and disc golf tournament; along with wellness workshops, guided hikes, and vendors geared toward outdoor enthusiasts.
Music festivities kick off with a Friday night block party from DJ Ish at the “Downtown Bandstand” on Depot Street. Saturday’s bandstand lineup features Cooks Wall, the Robertson Boys, Will Easter & the Nomads, His & Hers, and April B & The Cool. Old Crow takes the stage at Armfield that night. Michael Chaney and Stillwater Junction will play the bandstand on Sunday.
The concert will serve as both a touring adventure and homecoming for Via, who’s been living in Nashville since joining the group in 2021. “It’s pretty dang cool,” he said, “to get some love from back home — it just feels, like, full circle.”
Steeped in Appalachian tradition, waxing the philosophic with down-home charm, “We all just want to fit in,” Via said. “It’s part of our human DNA or something. We all wanna be loved. And as a musician, you feel that even more, you know? You’re being vulnerable putting out your art and you’re going for something.”
“It’s been an eye-opening experience with this band,” he continued. “And whenever I get to play close to home — and this’ll be the closest to home I’ve actually gotten to play with the band — I’m excited I can go back home and folks’ll be like: ‘I remember him when he was just playing at the local coffee shop.’” With reference to Pilot Mountain, folks might recall a high school-aged…
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The Emporia State disc golf team is preparing for its first post-season showing this weekend, after a stellar inaugural season.
The Meid Collegiate Regional Championships are set for March 18 – 19 at Quail Valley farm in Winfield and Knebler Pond in Arkansas City.
“It’s pretty surreal, honestly,” said head coach Eric McCabe. “We put the team together and had really no expectations in the beginning, but then we won our first event.”
Since then, ESU has just kept winning. Today, the men’s team is ranked No. 1 in national rankings and the women are No. 13.
For the men Alex Chaparro is ranked No. 5 in the nation. He won the Collegiate Conference Kickoff in Emporia to open the season and also captured the individual championship at the MidSouth Regional Qualifier. Justin Farrell is ranked No. 63 nationally. He was tenth in singles at the Collegiate Conference Kickoff. Cade Kohlmeier and Grant Yoder are the other members of the Hornets’ D1 team entered at the Regional. Quentin Riggs, Ross Ehrsam, Tyson Potts and Zach Dyer make up Emporia State’s D2 team this weekend.
For the women Shelby Ebert is ranked No. 13 in the nation. She finished third in the MidSouth Regional Qualifier and teamed with Rebekah Thompson, who is ranked No. 26 nationally, to place first in the team category at the MidSouth.
“We showed up, we played, we won,” McCabe said. “At that point, we kind of knew we had something special.”
ESU has played the course at Winfield before. McCabe said the team did well at that tournament and are feeling positive heading into this weekend.
“We’re really positive — but not too positive that we just expect to win at this point,” he said. “It’s kind of hard to tell the guys that, ‘Hey, you’ve won every event. That doesn’t mean a loss isn’t coming.’ But you have to stay positive, you have to stay in your own mindset.”
At the end of the day, McCabe said they’re really just excited to be playing the post-season, and to be continuing to grow disc golf right here in Emporia.
“It’s obviously an honor for me, since I’ve lived in Emporia my whole life,” he said. “I’ve always known we had something special for disc golf in the community, with the big events that were potentially able to happy here.”
He credited the City of Emporia, as well as ESU and Dynamic Discs for helping the…
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The popularity of disc golf continues to grow in the region, with London as the hub, as evidenced by another maxed-out professional tournament on Saturday, March 18 and the rising number of rounds played at Whitley Branch Veterans Park.
Due to the logistics of holding such a large tournament, Whitley Branch will be closed to the public this Saturday for the event.
A full field of 90 disc golfers is scheduled to participate in the “Thaw Down at the Branch.” The event is sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association and sponsored by London Tourism and Parks.
“Excitement for the tournaments at Whitley Branch continues to grow,” said Jordan Infield, a PDGA member who designed the course at Whitley Branch and is coordinating the Thaw Down. “We have a waiting list of golfers who want to play.”
Disc golfers from Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana and all over Kentucky have registered for the tournament and will compete in classes from professional to novice. Cash payouts will be offered to the pros, and amateurs will receive disc golf-related prizes, Infield said.
A large tournament bringing tourist dollars into London was one of the goals of installing the disc golf course at Whitley Branch.
“It’s a great tourism event for the city,” said Parks and Recreation Director Mackey Williams. “We usually have about 35-50 people playing every day to get ready for the tournament, so it’s just more than a one-day event. It brings in a lot of people. The park is doing its job for sure.”
Figures just released by a popular disc golf app show that Whitley Branch is the fastest-growing course in Kentucky for the number of rounds played.
Infield said he’s just learned of the top ranking, which shows the number of rounds played increased from 10,600 rounds in 2020, to 15,470 rounds in 2021 and another large increase to 21,225 rounds last year.
“It’s so encouraging to me to see how fast the sport has grown in London,” Infield said. “It indicates that London could be the fastest-growing area for disc golf in Kentucky, not in the number of golfers living here, just in the number of rounds played per capita. I’ve looked all over Kentucky and I haven’t found any courses with greater-year-over year growth than Whitley Branch.”
The park’s location near Interstate 75 makes it a prime…
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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.
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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.
TUESDAY, MARCH 21
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The 24HR Access System has been changed to an APP-based system at River’sEDGE. Original key fobs that were given out prior to 2023 will no longer work. All memberships must be renewed and paid in full at River’sEDGE to receive 24HR Access. River’sEDGE TEAM YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS- $150 Single, $175 Duo, $200 Family & River’sEDGE NON-TEAM YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS- $155 Single, $180 Duo, $210 Family. 24HR Access is a $25 one-time fee with a paid yearly membership.
24HR ACCESS to the FALCON CIVIC CENTER AVAILABLE TO YEARLY MEMBERS… Falcon Civic Center Hours: Mon-Fri 6am-8pm, Sat 8am-4pm & Sun- 12-4pm
Our access system is an APP based system, so interested members must have an updated smartphone to download the app and use the system. Cost is only $25 (one-time fee w/ paid in full yearly membership) on top of your Yearly
2023 Falcon Civic Center Yearly Membership Fees:
Family $215 Adult $155 Student & Seniors (60+) $130
Memberships and/or 24HR access must be purchased at the Falcon Civic Center. Once paid and the form filled out completely, Bob will email you the link (from POSTMASTER, not from BOB BEATTY) to download the APP.
If you are member with 24HR access and would like to bring a friend who does not have 24HR access, the cost is:
$4 per person regardless of membership status. You must be at least 16 years of age to come alone or if you are under 16 years of age, you must come with a responsible adult. Drop box for admission is located @ the front desk at the Falcon Civic Center. 24HR access at the Falcon Civic Center does NOT transfer to 24HR access at River’sEDGE or vice versa. You must purchase separately. REMEMBER YOU ARE ON CAMERA!!!!
ATTENTION MEMBERS & PATRONS of the FALCON CIVIC CENTER~
Winter weather means that our facility is a lot busier than it is during warmer seasons. This is especially true after school, on early out days, and non-school days. Please keep this in mind when you come out to walk in the gym. We have youth programs, rentals, and fitness classes that run in the gym which in turns shuts the gym down to public use at various times. Please feel free to call 319-334-6711 to check if the gym is open or when you are in the building you may look at the calendar at the front desk.
Our 2023 IPRD ACTIVITIES GUIDE is COMPLETE!!! Hard copies have been delivered to Kindergarten- 3rd Graders in the Independence…
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Josh von Rathonyi sat next to his 6-year-old nephew Braxton, offering him encouragement and coaching, as the boy faced off against an opponent three times his age in an intense game of Pokemon cards.
“You just got Marnied,” von Rathonyi told the boy. “So, what should your next move be?”
As Braxton contemplated his move, his opponent, 20-year-old Dom Englebert, of Victor, sat across from him patiently, and offered this oblivious onlooker tips on using Flaaffy cards and “dynamic spark attacks” and “knockouts.”
“I come here every week, as much as I can,” Englebert said.
Here was the backroom of Millennium Games in Henrietta, where their match was one of dozens of card games playing out on a cold fall evening.
That gaming should be a fun and social affair is the philosophy of the shop, a cornerstone of hobby gaming in the region for 35 years. To that end, the store dedicates more than 2,000 square feet to play space and holds free tournaments almost nightly.
The evening was set aside for Pokemon, Digimon, and Magic: The Gathering contests, and drew players as young as Braxton to middle-aged men and women looking to test their gaming skills in a safe and clean environment.
“I came here when I was his age,” von Rathonyi, 33, who lives in Greece, said of his nephew. “He’s the only one here who’s under 10 and everyone is patient with him. People here understand that he is the younger generation of gaming.”
VALLEJO – Vallejo’s annual Waterfront Weekend festivities are set to return this Saturday for the eighth time.
Like many street fairs, the eighth annual Waterfront Weekend includes a beer and wine garden, live music and a kids’ zone — all enjoyable pursuits, but what makes it special is its focus on the elements that make the city unique. These include Vallejo’s Filipino community and other communities of color, its waterfront and the fact that the city encompasses its own peninsula, also known as Mare Island.
Speaking of Mare Island, there’s a whole slate of offerings specific to the former naval shipyard, including the chance to see it from a hot air balloon Saturday. While the overall event is free, there’s a fee for the balloon ride and tickets must be bought in advance.
Continuing the local focus, visitors can hop a ferry or ease (carefully) into a kayak for a tour on San Pablo Bay. They can also jump onto a complementary loaner bike to pedal around Mare Island or take a bus tour, all free of charge.
Just as the Renaissance Faire features jousting knights, the Waterfront Weekend has its own distinctive competitions. Visitors can watch whaleboat races with contestants rowing furiously across the water. There’s also disc golf, and one of the Waterfront Weekend’s most popular attractions, the annual Filipino Martial Arts Tournament.
Original Giron Escrima Federation, one of the martial arts organizations taking part, is based in Vallejo. Escrima is the traditional martial arts of the Philippines, and uses both weapons and unarmed techniques, according to the group’s website.
Vallejo was named the most diverse city in the United States in a 2012 study by Brown University, and the musical lineup reflects that diversity. Performers include Los Cochinos, billed as San Francisco’s original Latin rock and soul band, the Joyce Grant Trio, headed up by Grant, the great-great grandniece of Scott Joplin, and Santana tribute band Zebop.
The 2021 event raised $15,000 that was distributed among local nonprofits including Faith Food Fridays, Nature of Sound, Vallejo Senior Citizens Council, Vallejo Project and Watch Me Grow. Other nonprofits raised a total of $15,000 by hosting individual events at the Waterfront Weekend.
“We hope people throughout the Bay Area will come enjoy this two-day diverse event benefiting our local nonprofits. There is something for everyone,” said Jon Riley, event chair for the Waterfront Weekend.
Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakachek of the Chicago-based indie duo Whitney have been going golfing a lot. At first they got into it “ironically,” and because it was one of the few activities during the pandemic that forced them out of the house for hours at a time. The two musicians are certain they stand out on the golf course—their tight jeans and Ehrlich’s bleach-blonde hair looking quite the opposite of the insurance salesmen types they’re often paired with for 18 holes—but it’s something they’ve picked up and kept doing, despite being pretty bad at it.
They’ve also been making a lot of meals together in their shared Chicago walkup. Unlike golfing, they admit to being good at cooking, with guitarist Kakachek on grilling duty and drummer/vocalist Ehrlich on his “soup and sauce game,” or “going crazy” with salads. After living together for nearly 10 years (save for a two-year break when they lived with their respective partners), Kakachek says the Whitney boys now have a “proper domestic life.” They’ve leveled up from the apartment they shared in their early 20s that didn’t have a working doorknob, and now try to make time to do the things that bring them joy, whether that’s an afternoon golf outing or preparing a lamb ragu before hitting up their favorite bars.
Whitney is synonymous with Chicago. The two first played in the Pitchfork-core garage rock group Smith Westerns in the early 2010s before the group disbanded and they began working on music as a duo, coming up in the Chicago scene before the release of their instant classic 2016 alt-country debut Light Upon the Lake. They also seem right at home in New York City, though. Seated in the intimate tavern Achilles Heel in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on an August visit for a recording session and to promote their new album SPARK (out September 16 via Secretly Canadian), they can’t help but indulge in memories of their past trips and tours through the city. At Achilles Heel, for instance, an old friend is among the bartenders. The intimate gastropub may look like a cozy haunt with its rustic interior and tin ceiling, but it’s often where Whitney ends up after a night out to keep the good times going. It’s also where they’ve ushered many friends-of-friends through and even members of their record label Secretly Canadian, which used to have an office down the street, connecting them with their friend behind the bar. They also have a long history with the Williamsburg venue Baby’s All Right. There, they’ve…
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