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  • Then and Now: Little Lake Park built by big ice and big hearts November 20, 2024 3:02 pm Midland Today What we now know as Little Lake was formed by ice left behind by glaciers in kettle lakes many tens of thousands of years ago. Kettle lakes are formed when sediment surrounds blocks of ice left behind by retreating glaciers. The resulting deposit forms a …
  • Best Budget Bites: $6 ‘Big Slice’ From Lucca Pizzeria October 15, 2024 5:47 pm Racket - Minneapolis The cost of things these days? Far too expensive! Inflation, supply chain, giddy price gouging from proprietors large and small—the boring factors are too numerous to count. To protect our readers, Racket launched the Best Budget Bites series, where we’ll …
  • Checking in on the Orchard Hill disc golf course October 9, 2024 4:02 am Massachusetts Daily Collegian Tucked away in the trails between the Orchard Hill and Sylvan residential areas, a vibrant ecosystem sprawls out containing chipmunks, mullein, colorful flowers and a nine-hole disc golf course. I’ve occasionally seen groups playing on the course, but …
  • What Montana's $38 Million Park Has That Others Don't September 4, 2024 11:56 pm KPRK-KMMS - Montana BUTTE, MT - Ever wondered which park in Montana was the most expensive to build? Spoiler: it isn't in Bozeman. Montana might be famous for insane mountain treks, outdoor experiences, and hating people from other states (even though we all are), but it …
  • Canucks NHL Draft notebook: 'We had these guys a lot higher on our list' June 30, 2024 2:52 am The Athletic The Vancouver Canucks entered the 2024 NHL Draft relatively devoid of top-end draft capital. That reflects the fact that, really, the draft wasn’t a tentpole event for the organization for the first time in over a decade. Coming off a 50-win dream season …
  • Soaring to New Heights April 26, 2024 7:02 pm Cityview Magazine - Tennessee On the afternoon of October 15, 2022, as a throng of football fans descended upon Neyland Stadium for that night’s Tennessee vs. Alabama SEC showdown, two of those universities’ biggest fans were duking it out in the woods near Charlotte, North Carolina, …
  • Library & First Capital Flight Club to offer Disc Golf 101 April 21, 2024 11:06 am Chillicothe Gazette - Ohio Many of us have played with, seen, or at least heard of a frisbee. I have a vivid memory of finding a red frisbee, emblazoned with the white logo of a local business, in my grandma’s garage. I used it as a hat, as a fan to ward off the summer heat, and as …
  • The surreal, colourful Katamari Damacy is 20 – and still the weirdest game I have ever loved March 20, 2024 7:09 pm The Guardian My parents were somewhat sceptical of video games when I was growing up. I did have a SNES and then an N64 as a child, but I was allowed to play them only at weekends, so on Fridays I would come home from school and binge on Mario 64 with a huge pack of …
  • Brice Cherry: Waco is 'parked' when it comes to fun disc golf options March 7, 2024 1:09 am Waco Tribune-Herald - Texas More so than most cities in Texas, Waco is parked. Yes, it has a collection of top-notch parks. No doubt about that. But as avid disc golfers know, “parked” is one of the best verbs the sport could possibly serve up, referring to a drive that lands right …
  • Lincoln Frisbee Golf Course Earns Top 100 Ranking Worldwide March 5, 2024 12:56 pm KLIN News Talk - Nebraska The city of Lincoln can “frolf” with the best of ’em. UDisc, the leading frisbee golf app for scorekeeping, user-generated directories, and statistics, has ranked the Beal Slough Disc Golf Course located in south Lincoln as one of the best disc golf …
  • 'Come and Get It': This fictional account of college has plenty of truth baked in January 27, 2024 12:13 pm NPR So few people, so much press: Only a teeny tiny fraction of the U.S. population has a degree from an Ivy League institution ... and yet we hear about those schools an awful lot. Above, an entrance gate to Harvard Yard. Scott Eisen/Getty Images hide …
  • ‘Rick and Morty’ Gave Us a New Bisexual Queen December 1, 2023 7:37 pm The Mary Sue Rick and Morty‘s Summer Smith has gone through some changes over the years. After episode seven of the newest season, Summer might have just become our hero. Summer Smith (Spencer Grammer) started on Rick and Morty as a basic teen girl. She’s the sister to …
  • Rick and Morty: How Morty Gains and Loses High School Popularity December 1, 2023 3:39 am Comic Book Resources (CBR) Summary Morty's desire for acceptance leads him to use gadgets and devices to impress others. Morty's reliance on superficial changes and manipulation ultimately leads to disastrous consequences. Morty's journey highlights the importance of …
  • Colorado Lands in Top 10 of States That Love to ‘Frolf’ – Have You Played? September 22, 2023 9:22 pm Townsquare NoCo - Colorado It's one of the fastest-growing sports in America, though a lot of people in Colorado have never played or even heard of it. You would think that more people in Colorado would be taking part in "Frolf," when you consider that it's so easy …
  • Aced it: Montanans Search This Sport More Than Anyone Else August 8, 2023 12:28 am KGVO - Montana A cool, rainy weekend gave Montanans a reminder of what fall feels like. By this time of the summer, you might be sick of floating Missoula’s rivers and on the hunt for a new hobby to ring out the rest of summer with. Have you searched up folf recently? If …
  • With new improvements, Farmer’s Park is now a disc golf destination July 12, 2023 8:15 pm The Courier-Herald - Washington State The world of disc golf is ever-expanding, growing by leaps and bounds – and that trend certainly is on display at Enumclaw’s Farmer’s Park. The treed acreage on the city’s west end has been enjoyed for generations, but only in recent years – recent months, …
  • 10 Adult Adventures at Denver Parks This Summer June 16, 2023 4:45 pm Westword - Colorado Don't make the mistake of thinking that the parks in metro Denver are just for kids. Sure, the little ones will appreciate an impressive play structure like the one at Paco Sanchez Park, or giant climbing sculptures  like the big cement frog at Rocky …
  • Not Your Average Trails April 8, 2023 2:01 pm Northern Express - Michigan Looking for more than a walk in the woods? Try these four NoMi trails. The sunlight in your eyes may seem sharp after months of gray, but it’s a welcome reminder that we did it; we survived another Michigan winter. Now you want to get outside, but you want …
  • Youngkin wants 'developer friendly' land use policies to expand housing supply November 18, 2022 8:24 pm The Daily Progress - Virginia Richmond Times-Dispatch data reporter Sean McGoey looked at home sales in the region for the last five years. ARLINGTON COUNTY - Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants local governments to adopt "development friendly" land use plans and zoning regulations to …
  • B.C. breweries pick up top honours at Canada Beer Cup October 25, 2022 11:00 pm Lakes District News B.C. breweries picked up top honours at the Canada Beer Cup. The event, which was held on Sunday (Oct. 23), saw Vancouver’s Callister Brewing take home Best in Show for Wee Laird Wee Heavy. The beer was matured for 10 months in freshly emptied barrels, …
  • 10 Best Disc Golf Sets to Step Up Your Game February 11, 2022 5:00 am Runner’s World Disc golf, sometimes called frisbee golf, is a sport that is almost identical to golf in terms of rules and objectives. However, instead of shooting a ball with a club toward a hole on a grass course, you throw a plastic disc through the air toward a metal …