Fairfield Park

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I think the the idea of Round Lake being the 2nd home would be sweet! I agree with you mirth, some vegetation would be nice. George said he dose not have the man hours to do the work but I think they do have the resources to start some upgrades. I still think the Gurnee project would be another great idea. The PFC has about 11 courses that they consider home courses. This is how they have 150+members.

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Let's get this going!

E-mail george_alexoff@rlapd.org

Show support & we are willing to work!!

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Sweet Mirth!!!

I also got an idea from the PDGA discussion board. I posted the possibility of us starting work on Fairfield. The first thing that was posted was all the garbage out there. I agree that there is a ton of garbage. Maybe we could have the club spend an hour picking up trash. Get the park district to bring out a some more cans. We then could have a best shot or casual round. What do you guys think?

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This is a BiG F_ING HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL   YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Considering Fairfield is 2 miles from my house I would really like to see improvements & i'm willing to help. Jason & I were talking last night about the PFC. They have 4 courses that they rotate their leagues to. I think that would be cool!!

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Hopefully it is positive.   I played at Fairfield today & the #7 basket has been pulled up out of the ground. The concrete & everything has been pulled out. It is just sitting there & i'm worried the basket will be stolen. I e-mailed the park district tonight. Hopefully they will take care of it.

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Well, just got back from playing 18 @ Fairfield. The #7 basket was gone. I hope the park district picked it up! I thought of another cheap & easy way to spruce up Fairfield. We could mark the AM & Pro Tees with those flags I used on the baskets @ Bevier. I also could print small tee signs on the computer & get them laminated. We could put those up on small sticks. Just a thought. Anyone want to help me measure & get these started this week?

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Jim,

      I e-mailed yestarday & have not received a response. Could you please bring your tape measure? CYA Thursday.

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Why does he want you to contact these guys? Obviously they haven't been around the last few years so why should they be involved now?

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I have not heard a word from him. The initial sign I posted about improvements is gone. The tournament flyer is still up though. I think someone tore it down. I will type up another one & hang it today. At this point I feel we are the BIG DOGS on the porch. No one else has stepped up to the plate to take on this task. If George Alexoff is willing to work with us, we should take advantage of it. No one else has contacted George. He told me that specifically. It's funny how when efforts are made the vultures come around to feed!

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Well, the RLAPD has poured new cement for the #7 basket. Looks like it will be ready for reinstallment tomorrow. Maybe we could install a tone pole on #3. Shawn, don't get me wrong. I respect anyone who spends time designing, installing,  & keeping up a course but the RLAPD told me all these guys did was design the course. The park district did the rest of the work. Since installment, there has been no work or planning since it has gone in the ground. The course is just sitting there getting run down. The superintendent of recs said he has not seen or spoken to these guys since the course has gone in. He has tried to contact them many times. They were supposed to work with the park district. The park district actually had to move some of the baskets because of discs flying onto someone's property. These guys had no say in that & they had every opportunity to do so. Are we supposed to go hunting these guys down as well? I don't think so. We are here to do good. Not harm. Yes it may only be a garbage pick up day, but I expect this course to be top notch if the park district will let us get involved. Bevier takes little maintenance time so we could spend those efforts on Fairfield. It has to start somewhere & no one else has stepped up and gotten anything started.

[CEValkyrie]

I can see your point of view Shawn. I would tell them to f!@# off & get out & help. I wish Parkside was closer. It is a sweet course. In my opinion, I wouldn't change jack there.

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Yes,

      I e-mailed George and added the link to the Fairfield Cleanup Day. I have not heard anything from him since early last week when I spoke with him the first time.

[CEValkyrie]

well, even if we don't get to do the job @ Fairfield, at least we woke up some people & got them off their a@#.

[CEValkyrie]

The #7 basket is back in. Be prepared because their is a ton of garbage out there.

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At least we are going to have a great day for our garbage pick up & play. It is going to be sunny & in the mid 70's. Wind @ 7MPH so it will be good throwing weather. CYA out there.

[CEValkyrie]

What a great day. We picked up about 12 garbage bags of trash & filled many of the cans around the course. There were 13 people that helped pick up trash.

Thanks!

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I just checked the PDGA Course Directory. Was this course really established in 1998? Man, it looks like it has been there 10 years. Can anyone confirm this?

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That sounds good Jim! The more help we can get the better off the course will be. Let's don't go out of our way or get stressed out if those guys don't show. Hopefully they'll appreciate what we are doing & going to do.

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AWESOME

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jim,

     has there been in current news from Round Lake Area Park District?