Dear Party Hardys,
The 5th Birthday Party of the disc golf course at Hellyer Park is
masquerading as a
Work Day on Saturday, November 23rd. Bring yourself and your tools
and your party needs and help us work and then party from about 10
AM until 2 PM'ish. There will be plantings of trees and shrubs as well
as general clean-up and repairs. Lots of thanks go out to Ben Meyer
and Jim Challas for their dedication in watering the trees and bushes
during the last 6 months. Last year in 2001 we had some great help
from Al Johnson in watering and keeping our plants alive.
It's hard to believe that we've been at it for 5 years. There were about a dozen people present in November, 1997, when we were led by Tom Schot in constructing the course on the Saturday morning of the weekend before Thanksgiving. By that alternoon we were playing the course. And we haven't been the same since.
Speaking of constructing, we now have an architect drawing up plans for the temporary pedestrian bridge that's needed for us to realize the completion of the course at Hellyer Park. The temporary pedestrian bridge will be in use from the middle of April through the middle of October and will be assembled and disassembled each year. The full 18 hole course will be open during those months between mid-April and mid-October. When the bridge is disassembled in mid-October we have to remove the baskets on holes 3-9 and we'll be back down to our "rainy season" course for half the year.
When we have an acceptable drawing of the bridge, we then apply to the Santa Clara Valley Water District and State and Federal agencies for permission to cross the streambed. With some luck and lots of money we'll see the full course open by summer of 2003! Estimate for the bridge cost is about $3,000. The remaining baskets and signs will be about $5,000 and the concrete tee pads will be about $5,000.
We're planning another Work Day in December on Saturday the 28th. Typically we have work days on the 5th Saturday in a month when there are 5 Saturdays. In 2002 the 5th Saturdays fell on holidays Easter, Labor Day and Thanksgiving), so we've slightly changed the schedule. Hope to see you in November and December.
