Dear Disc Golf-hers and Disc Golf-hims,

WE NEED YOU to show up for the Public Hearing of the Santa Clara County Park & Recreation Board. The time is 6:30 on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7th. The location is 70 West Hedding Street, San Jose. The Commissioner’s of the Park & Recreation Board will be render their decision on a proposal that the Club presented at the Hearing in May. The proposal: we want to lease the LaRaza group picnic area on an annual basis to establish a nine hole disc golf course. We would lease this area until the Park & Rec Department develops a new setting for a disc golf course in south County. The new setting is off Highway #101 near the Coyote Creek Golf (ball) Course. However, this new area, called Perry’s Hill, won’t be ready for development for another 7 – 10 years. Eventually, the LaRaza group picnic area will be no more as the Department will turn it back into a natural area as it is in the flood plain of Coyote Creek. When the new area is ready we will vacate LaRaza. We’ll always have the original nine at Hellyer and that will stay when we begin developing the new course of 18 baskets.

Speaking of LARAZA, there’s a TOURNAMENT this weekend of MAY 20 &21. We’ve rented out the site and we’ll have a singles event on Saturday and a doubles event on Sunday. There’s a paved parking lot, bathrooms, running water and picnic tables for our use. The course is extremely challenging and fun to play. The LaRaza group area is off Coyote Road just east of the freeway. From the Hellyer original course it’s about 2 miles to drive to LaRaza.

ENCLOSED you’ll find a business card from Mel Cotton’s Sporting Goods. There’s a stamp on the back of the card to show that you’re a member of the Club. Present this specially stamped card and you’ll get a “DISC”-COUNT on disc golf merchandise while shopping at Mel Cottons. Thank you Gavin McClements for this membership perk.

Thanks again to TORY JAMISON for leading the charge to acquire a RIDING LAWN MOWER for the Club. Hellyer has never looked better. THANKS are also in order to STEVE GANZ for establishing and maintaining the discussion board at Google as well as maintaining the web site.

See you at the course!