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| Photo: CARD's Girls Sports Day with disc golf CARD's Board addressed a number of interesting issues last night. They covered attendance in CARD programs and pass through income from the city. Sales are up, expenses are down, CARD looks to be moving forward in good financial shape. They also moved some projects forward. Kid's Disc Golf: CARD's board moved towards approval of a 9 hole kid's disc golf course. The holes are close together and mostly in the open and designed to challenge kids aged 8-14 and to be used for family outings. It is planned to be located at an unused area of the Hooker Oak Recreation Area. The board voted to move the environmental documents forward into the public comment process. If unobstructed the project could be approved in November or December of this year. That would put total time for approval at around 6 months, and an estimated cost of $15,000. Roughly half of that money was for environmental documents. Practice Disc Golf Targets: CARD approved funding and placement of 3 disc golf targets for Oak Way Park. The total cost should be under $1000. The targets are galvanized steel with a "basket" design. They constitute a 300% increase in official disc golf targets in Chico, adding to the 1 target at Children's Park. They are the first publicly funded disc golf targets in our town. Gregg Payne purchased the 1 practice target in our downtown. DeGarmo Dog Park: $50,000 was approved for a 1 acre dog park to be located at DeGarmo Park. The use model will likely change, but some discussion revolved around having small dogs and big dogs allowed on different days. Planning Consultant: CARD allotted $20,000 to pay a consultant to help plan a 100+ acre park in southeast Chico. The property is in the county and the owner wants to provide massive park lands as part of a development. The concept includes the possibility of a 700 acre natural regional park, possibly managed by CARD. The terrain is similar to Bidwell Park. |
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CI Challenge: Can you guess what it is? Winner: Trevor Hastings, with a new CI Challenge record of 17 minutes. See comments below, or video above for the answer. |
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Lon
About Me: Fasten your seatbelts for an exhilarating trip through Chico's public policy; I guarantee it's marginally better than public access TV.
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Its WW1 Snoopy on his dog house flying against the "Red Baron."
Also, that is really awesome about the kids course, and the new baskets. I will have to go check them out when they are put up.
Now if only we could get out of this stalemate for the hwy 32 Disc Golf Course. =D
Good news =)
also, to expand on my guess, that is snoopy on his house going down in flames yelling "curse you red baron!"
/big comics and cartoon fan/addict
P.S. my dad was the one that mentioned the "curse you red baron!"
It's Betty Boop flying Snoopy's Sopwith Camel!
Yes I will chime in as well.... It is snoopy flying his sopwith camel...
Also, I am very impressed with the latest developments as far as disc golf is concerned. Just think.... We die hard disc golfers could make up an extreme safari course that plays from Oakway park, to childrens park, and finishes at hooker oak! Thats thirteen holes of golf. Could take a while but it sure would be a great fund raising gimmic. They could sponsor us like a walk-a-thon!!! $1 per throw from beginning to end... Who is in!!!
Betty boop? There's a strange one. I don't recall ever seeing her riding snoopys house... or Sopwith Camel as it's proper name is, thank you Gregg.
Here's an image provided by Gregg Payne that is proof positive that Betty Boop did in fact fly Snoopy's Sopwith Camel.
http://www.norcalblogs.com/commission/images/Beytty%20Boop.jpg
But the winner is Trevor, with what I think is a new CI Challenge record of 17 minutes. Good job Trevor.
The original image is from a Charlie Brown Christmas special. That special has a Christmas version of the song Snoopy VS The Red Baron.
The original version of the song is the soundtrack for the Youtube video I posted above, and was the first 45 I ever owned. I always loved that song, and the courage Snoopy had to take to the skies against the bloody Red Baron.
Lon
Mark,
I couldn't support a cross town safari course. The devastation to Chico would be too extreme. Can you image the massive areas of compressed top-soil and the hundreds of knocked-down trees?
No. disc golf must be constrained to deep rock quarries or concrete bunkers.
Lon
Lon,
Not to worry. I have a plan to counter all of that. We strap large pillows to our feet and only panto-mime our throws during the round. Just think of all the problems that would solve!
hahahaha good PS job.
*raises fists in celebration*
awesome. I am down for safari's. I got the water purifier.
Speaking of frisbee golf, today's letter in the ER was a pretty good one:
http://www.chicoer.com/opinion/ci_6956466
Gregg,
But the editorial in the Beat is a good example of why writing while drunk is a bad idea.
http://chicobeat.com/?q=friends_golfers_chicoans
Lon