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February 19, 2008
Sherwood Forest
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| Image: Eagle Scout Dusty Carr and one
of his gigantic arrows. Part of Gregg's information kiosk design. Chico deserves cool things. As a community it deserves things that are just a little bit less "off-the-shelf". I think everyone that worked on the Nico Project saw that and put in the extra effort to add something to the community that didn't just come out of a box. The Sherwood Forest kid's disc golf course is getting some treatments that will make it unique in the world of disc golf, and hopefully a unique addition to Chico's recreation scene. The Robin Hood theme has generated some fun ideas. Holes will be named after scenes from the 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn. There are names like Robin's Escape, The Golden Arrow, and King Richard's Return. Did you know that in England Elderberry branches were used to make arrow shafts? Interpretive signs will tell you that when you play through Sherwood Forest. It's sad that the environmental studies cost almost as much as the course. But CARD still managed to do it on the cheap. Volunteers collected money and put in the effort to build the project. It still has a couple of weeks of finishing touches before it reaches completion. It makes me wonder what could have been done in the last 13 years at the highway 32 disc golf site if improvements hadn't been thwarted. Not everyone's expression of love for Bidwell Park includes keeping people out of it. I'll be writing more on this project as the opening day nears. For now I just think it's cool to point out that for about the cost of four park benches something very unique to Chico is being built for our kids and families to play in. It will be open for use on March 1st, and an opening day will be held on March 8th at 10AM (a Saturday). We are going to give away 150 custom golf discs on the 8th. They'll go to kids first, then to whoever is left. Images Below: Custom tee markers tell you which hole you're on and show you the direction to the target. Image Below Below: Custom discs hot off the press. |
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| Major Sponsors Chico Area Parks and Recreation District The Outsiders Golden Valley Bank Community Foundation Rotary Club Of Chico Chico Police Officers' Association Eagle Scout Dusty Carr - BSA Hole sponsors Practice: Doug and Frank 1. Jim Mellem 2. The Hoover Family 3. Chico Police Officers' Association 4. Anthony Watts 5. Sports LTD 6. The Giezentanner Family 7. Megan Thomas Petty, Esq. 8. Golden Valley Bank Community Foundation 9. Conroy Construction Inc |
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CI Challenge: Can you guess what it is? Winner: Jennifer "The Lion Hearted" Oman, see comments below for the answer. |
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Posted by Lon at February 19, 2008 07:01 AM
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CIC: King Richard's Coat of Arms.
Posted by: Jennifer Oman at February 19, 2008 07:39 AM
Jennifer beat me to the challenge this morning.
The Sherwood sign is painted and Dusty and I were marking holes on the sides of the giant stainless steel arrows yesterday afternoon. They are pretty cool. Makes me dream about making a giant crossbow.
Posted by: Gregg Payne at February 19, 2008 07:46 AM
I like the concrete hole markers, and the arrow is way cool, looks like high powered rocketry.
Be sure not to put any bollards on that course, the Scwabbinator will surely make you remove them.
BTW I have a followup on the spy satellite shoot-down. Looks like the NAVY is going to try for it during the middle of the total lunar eclipse Wednesday night.
Posted by: Anthony at February 19, 2008 08:58 AM
Anthony,
We're taking a shot at it tonight using the Dusty/Gregg designed anti-satellite Robin Hood arrow. Kris and Anita are going to sight-in the satellite with their laser pointers, and we'll be launching with black powder stolen from the rod and gun club. Lastly, any course corrections will be made by an onboard kitten donated by the Chico Cat Coalition.
This is an all park group satellite shoot down event.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at February 19, 2008 09:32 AM
We did get a little vandalism this weekend. An interpretive sign was torn out of the ground. I stuck it back in this morning. Hopefully that will be the last of it, but you never know, some people really don't like people playing disc golf.
Lon
PS. I added the a photo of the custom discs with the Robin Hood stamp.
Posted by: Lon at February 19, 2008 09:41 AM
Gregg,
Send me a picture of the sign. You can't sit on that kind of propaganda. It has to be released to the world.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at February 19, 2008 09:53 AM