Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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Wine for the holiday!
(Photo by Laura Mancuso, Illinois Valley News)
(Photo by Dan Mancuso, Illinois Valley News)
Sharon and Dale Hopper entertained the crowd at Taylor’s Country Store Friday, Dec. 16. Alicia Gerber rings up some wine for a customer Wednesday, Nov. 23.
The Foris tasting room is open noon to 5 p.m. seven days a week.
play except Eugene, Colby
and Todd. Bogies ruled that
hole and no skins. Skins
paid out $15 per winner, so
that made me even for the
past two weeks. The warm
afternoon sure made it fun as
so many guys showed up and
we were able to play in just
sweatshirts, without parkas
and mittens.
It was too frosty the rest
of the week until Saturday.
It was cold but the sun came
out early and even though the
thermometer was only reading
35, it felt cozy and warm. I
could only get Zion and Todd
to come down, but a new guy,
Connor was just arriving and
he played with us for a $20
skins pot. Zion won the first
on #1, then Todd on #2 with
a birdie. Connor surprised us
with a par on #3, but Todd
spoiled his win with a tie.
Everyone was on the green on
#4, but all us of missed putts,
including a shocking missed
4-footer from Todd. Todd won
the next five holes as the three
of us hacks fell apart. Zion
cashed out with $3 for his $5
bet, but he felt better once we
reached the clubhouse and his
Cleveland Browns beat the
Ravens.
That’s all that happened
this week, hoping that
Christmas vacation attracts
a bunch of people to come
out and enjoy the course.
The greens are nearly perfect
and Eugene has raked a
substantial amount of leaves
off fairways, so they are
looking very nice as well.
Of course the beavers are
working night shifts and
keeping standing water in the
rough on #1 for a little extra
muddy fun. I actually found a
brand new ball in the shallow
lake that they made for an
extra bonus, but of course I
lost it on the next shot.
Candle-light
Service
Come Worship the
Birth of our Savior
6:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve
Valley Evangelical Free Church
498 Laurel Rd., Cave Junction
Merry
Christmas
guys!
Love you
honey,
Gma
Cheryl
0401
Happy first day of
winter this Dec. 21!
Winter has certainly has
set in upon the golf course,
as most days it is either rainy
or very cold with frost on
the course until after 1 in
the afternoon. We have had
to cancel many of our skins
games as the sun refused to
come out and our poor hands
can’t take the cold any more.
I’ve heard more crying about
thinly-hit shots and the sting
it makes as the vibration
goes up the shaft and into the
frozen fingers!
Regardless, we have
been able to meet up on some
rare days of nice afternoon
weather. Monday, Dec. 12
was a very nice afternoon
and we had quite a group.
I’ll list every one as there is
not much news this week:
Zion, Troy (Florida boy
braved the cold), Eugene,
Todd, Jakob (returning after
being extremely busy this fall
with excavation projects),
Larry (also a busy guy with
his Second Hand Store in
Selma), Colby, Rhino, Dustin,
Dusty (a friend of Rhino’s
from Klamath Falls), Roland,
Scotty (says he was just
playing to keep in the game),
Woody and myself. All ties
on #10 and #11 with a bunch
of pars. Todd took the first
skin with a decent tap-in par
on #12. Eugene surprised
everyone with a chip-in on
#13 for a two and the second
skin. Colby got the KP but
didn’t make the long putt.
All ties with bogies on #14.
Todd got on #15 and fairly
close and got another birdie
for skin. Nobody hit the green
on #17 for KP although Me,
Dustin and Colby were on
the fringe and made pars for
a tie for skins. Colby, Roland
and I were on the green on
#17, Colby was closest for
a whopping $18 KP payout
and I sunk my putt for a
two-birdie for the skin. On
#18 everyone hit balls out of