Thanks JP. I will shoot you an email. Good news, something big happening in your neck of the woods.

I'm gonna weigh in with my .02 about work on the course...
For me, Idlewild's the "other end of the world" for disc golf courses. I've not hidden my dislike for the course in the past, but that's not a dig on you or anyone who works it. If I have a choice, I'm going to play something closer to home which is a little more friendly to my plastic. But that's just me. Any time I've had a semi good round going over there, I wind up getting frustrated around the 14th hole or so. I have some anger issues in my game to deal with, and besides, the course is growing on me. It's the most scenic (possible exceptions- Harbin & Mt. Airy) and challenging course in the area. My game needs a challenge.
Another reason you may find a lack of volunteers is the simple fact that there are so many courses available in the area which haven't required volunteerism to keep up. Given the choice between setting aside a day for work with a round after, versus simply pulling out the plastic for an hour and a half at another course which is maintained by a parks department, I think many people just decide to play and move on to the rest of the day's activities.
Work days are understandably scheduled for weekends. These are the only days any golfer would be available to volunteer. Speaking for myself again, Saturday's my errand day, and Sunday almost always has something going on.
Once again, just my two cents. I'm nowhere near the volunteer I need to be. For 5 1/2 years, I worked overtime every weekend. With the new job I'm just now learning to readjust to having weekends back. Dunno, maybe if Idlewild was in my backyard, I'd learn to like it more. I love what you've done with the place. The park has allowed you much free rein. Despite my personal feelings, I always mention Idlewild to anyone who asks about Cincinnati area courses. I think we need to erect a statue in your honor by the first tee. Do you have your own parking space yet?

Lets update that to the 12th. If nothing is scheduled, I'll dig stumps out.

Has anybody seen Nicky's wall on #15. It's looking pretty good.

I seen the wall on hole 15 today, It is shaping up real nice. Any for 16?

http://www.kypost.com/2005/03/18/bear031805.html

Bear remains on the lam

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By Stephenie Steitzer
Post staff reporter

Kentucky wildlife agents are hoping doughnuts and other sweets will be the key to capturing and relocating a black bear spotted Wednesday in a field off U.S. 42 in Union.
Officers baited a trap with such goodies Thursday, but this morning the bear was still at large.

It could take several nights to snare the animal, said Jonathan Day, big game coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

Agents from the agency were at a meeting in Louisville Wednesday and could not respond immediately when Boone County sheriff's deputies reported the sighting. By the time those officers got to Boone County, the bear had disappeared.

Day said he believes the bear is the same one that was hit by a car and spotted several times in Boone County in June.

"I think it's the same bear," he said. "I may be wrong."

Fish and Wildlife agents want to catch the bear because it probably isn't safe in such a heavily populated area.

"Ordinarily we're usually happy to let bears be -- but I think there's a lot of risks up there for this bear," he said.

Day said he was concerned about someone trying to shoot the bear. He also feared it could get hit by another car with so many busy roads in the county.

On Thursday afternoon, field agents got permission from a landowner and set a trap near where the bear was spotted Wednesday.

Day said the trap is a giant piece of pipe, like the ones manufactured for drainage under roads, that is closed off on one end and has a trap door on the other.

A bag of sweet smelling goodies was hung in the back of the trap. When the bear grabs it, the trap door will close.

"It's a very safe way and what it allows us to do is pick up the entire thing," he said.

If the bear is captured, it will be released in a more remote area, probably in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky.

Around the time a black bear was spotted last year in Boone County, officials were dealing with one in Henry County, near Frankfort.

Day said it took just one night for agents to catch that bear.

"A lot of times if a bear has never been caught before, they don't recognize the trap as something they don't want to be in," he said.

Fish and Wildlife agents canvassed neighborhoods Thursday near where the bear was seen Wednesday to let residents know how to deal with the situation.

Most importantly, Day said people should not feed the bear.

They also should not put trash out to the curb until morning and should not leave pet food outside.

He said bears aren't usually a threat to cats or dogs, but pet owners should bring their animals inside at night just in case.

"Black bears really just prefer to be left alone," he said.

Union resident Anna Hall, who spotted the bear Wednesday afternoon in a neighboring field, said she hasn't seen it since.

The bear hung around for about 2½ hours and then disappeared, she said.

that kind of humor is almost unbearable Pete ...

Paul, i think that bear has been in hiding ever since UK beat UC. :()

Concerned here! RobJ the ideas for the cork board and paint should be applauded. I vote for wood over corky stuff. Try for black paint or even light tan. I have to run changing oil in the mowers. Get back to me on improvements on the courses or any chubby furry furocious sightings. As aslways "Let those sweet babies soar"....I'm out!

Admin knows what he is doing.  He wouldn't have cut Concerned if he didn't need to.

Not me. I appreciate that Rob does exercise his privileges in keeping the msg board current & cleaned up.

Dan, thanks for agreeing with my earlier admission that i may have gone too far in editing Concerned's post. When Paul asked me to be an admin., he did so to help delete abusive posts when they crop up. I was cleaning up eagledog's (or is it eagleboy?) latest adolescent drivel, and perhaps got a bit carried away in cleaning up this thread. If we want to ramble -- (i'm guilty of it too) -- let's try to do it in the miscellaneous thread area and not on a course thread area. Fred has also asked me to clean-up some of the non course-related posts here before.