My first tourny

Ben and I completed in our first tourny on sat 7.22.06 at the Francis e Walter dam near lake harmony, pa. The tournament was a blast with some crazy weather. It rained during the first 2 hours of the first round. Ben and I had never played this course before and went into it blind. We shot 4 over par which we were happy with as our playing partners shot 3 over par. On the 2nd round Ben and I shot 5 over par as we got into a little trouble on some holes. Altogether it was a great time and can't wait to go back for another tourny. There were 8 teams in the am division and we finished 5th. Not to bad.

Taken down once again

Last Saturday was a busy day for myself. I woke at 7:00 am and Ben and I headed out to Hughesville to join Larry in a round at the lime bluff course. I started off very well getting birdies on holes 1 and 2 and both Ben and Larry shot par on each. Hole 3 and 4 I got bogies which should not happen on these holes as they should always be pared. Ben and Larry both had hot front nines with Ben shooting a 29 Larry shooting a 26 and myself shooting a 30. Going into the back nine I knew I had to get some birdies quick if I wanted a chance to back in the race. The birdies did not come, for myself and Larry but Ben birdied the 10th hole. Ben shot a 30, I shot a 31 and Larry also shot a 31 on the back 9 to give me a total of 61, Ben 59 and Larry a 57.

we had to leave by 1:00 to make the party at my parents house for 3:00. We had about 45 minutes until 1:00 so Ben and I decided to play as many holes we could before we had to leave and Larry went back to working on the course. I shot even par on the front 9 and was on track to have my best round ever on that course but time ran out going to the 10th hole and I had to leave the score behind and head back home. We will be back at the course again this Saturday and I hope I can pick up where I left off and shatter Ben's low score of 58 in the process.

Now entering the rebuilding stage

The flood has passed but has not been forgotten. The park was hit hard but with minimal damage to park amenities. The ground is still soggy and dyed brown from all the mud left over. I am happy to report that all nine baskets and tee boxes were not harmed in the flood but do need to be cleaned up.

the rest of bloomsburg on the other hand did not make out so well. Many residents lost a lot to this flood. Many homes are now in the process of cleaning up the mess and rebuilding. By rebuilding I mean replacing water heaters, installing new carpeting, installing new wall coverings and such things like that. bloomsburg was added to the growing list of counties to receive national disaster relief funds from fema which should help a lot. The members of the local armed forces also gave great effort in providing bloomsburg area with over 10 water buffalos as bloomsburg did not have running water for nearly a week and are still under a water boil advisers.

there has been much debate the last couple years that bloomsburg should install a flood wall. One can only wonder how much damage we would have had if it was installed and I'm sure after the recent flooding the flood wall topic will again be a headline of the town.