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Exciting times
for E-town!
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W H AT P E O P L E S AY
What’s your
favorite part
about the
Glass Blown
Open?
DAY ONE OF GBO BRINGS
CHALLENGES, SURPRISES
(asked at Dynamic Discs)
Organizers replot
flooded holes,
play commences
without a hitch
By Tim Steward
Special to The Gazette
Thursday morning brought crisp
air and clear skies to Peter Pan
Park. While the weather bore no
resemblance to the storms that had
rolled through on Tuesday, the park
itself still showed the scars left by
significant rains.
Several disc golf holes that had
been readied for the opening round
of the Glass Blown Open were
now unplayable. A stone foot bridge
that had previously gone over water
was now under it.
Tournament officials worked
hard on Wednesday coming up with
plans for alternate holes. As the sun
rose Thursday morning, they were
back on the course making final adjustments. The GBO would begin as
scheduled.
The largest disc golf tournament
in history began simultaneously on
Nick Forbeck,
Mascoutah, Illinois
T
he people and
how Dynamic
Discs runs it, it’s
the best event of
the year.
a total of six courses used for the
tournament. At Peter Pan Park, the
Female Professional Open division
held the earliest tee times. They
would have the honor of being the
some of the first to throw at the 2016
GBO. Twenty-seven of the top female disc golfers in the world took
on the modified layout.
Last year’s second place finisher
Catrina Allen would end the day in
the lead, coming in ahead of 2015’s
champion Paige Pierce by three
throws. California’s Ellen Widboom took the second spot and Emporia’s own Paige Bjerkaas finished
Please see GBO, Page 8
Erin Griepsma,
Conroe, Texas
T
he hangout
rounds, the
casual friendly
rounds.
P H O T O S
LYON COUNTY
COMMISSION
APPROVES
BIDS, GETS
UPDATE ON
FAIRGROUND
By John Robinson
[email protected]
The Lyon County Commission held an action session on
Thursday and the commission
approved several bids during the
meeting, from herbicides to grader blades.
The commission approved
a pair of bids from County Engineer Chip Woods, the first
being 350 Single Bevel Grader
Blades from Welborn Sales Inc.,
for $30,695. The other was 180
gallons of Pathway herbicide
from Red River Specialties for
$5,302.80.
Woods also updated the commission on the status of crushed
rock distribution for the roadways. According to Woods, the
heavy rainfall on April 26 washed
away a lot of the rock already on
the roads.
“I was expecting a flood this
C O U R T E S Y
O F
S T U
M U L L E N B E R G
CAMP WOOD YMCA
TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS
The Emporia Gazette
To honor the impact of Camp
Wood YMCA on the lives of countless youth and their families —
and to celebrate 100 summers of
providing a high quality summer
camp experience in the beautiful
Kansas Flint Hills — Camp Wood
will host a free, family-friendly
open house from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Saturday, May 7. Lunch
will be provided.
A wide range of activities are
planned for the celebration at the
camp. They include pony rides,
canoeing on the lake, archery, arts
and crafts stations, prairie hikes
and nature encounter opportunities, among other games and entertainment.
There will also be walking
tours of both historic and new
camp facilities, and informational
sessions on the camp’s history as
well as on the buildings that were
recently completed. In addition
there will be a short presentation about the upcoming summer
camp programs for prospective
campers, including a question and
answer session.
Members of the Camp Wood
YMCA board are excited about
the upcoming season, and many
are former campers.
“I like to imagine the Wood
Family, 100 years ago, dreaming of
how a gift of a small plot of land
could shape the future of Kansas
and how moved they would be today knowing the result,” former
staff member and Chase County
resident Jill Burton said. “When
I try to imagine the tens of thou-
Jarod Summons,
Conroe, Texas
sands of people who have been a
part of Camp Wood YMCA and
their memories, well, it becomes
unimaginable to think of the number of lives that were touched all
because of a handful of cabins
and a whole lot of people … with
a whole lot of love. And the backdrop of all of these memories is the
Flint Hills — a place so easy to fall
in love with, a place that becomes
a part of you long after you leave.”
Everyone involved with the
camp continues to see the value
of the facility, and what the memories mean to the youngsters that
spend time there.
“The Flint Hills — Chase
County — is home,” Board Member Ginny Ward Braden said. “It is
where I spent my first 15 years of
Please see Camp Wood, Page 8
Joe Ramirez,
Sequim, Washington
I
t’s a chance to
come together
and see everyone
again. This is my
first time here and
it’s pretty cool.
Please see County, Page 8
COURTESY PHOTO
VOL. 124, NO. 258
P
robably meeting all the
people, everyone
gets together at this
thing and it’s pretty
cool.
An old postcard shows the former quad at Camp Wood YMCA.