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WEDNESDAY
August 8, 2018
Camp in Enterprise
teaches fundamentals
with an international flavor
The sound of children enjoying the process
of learning soccer last week in Enterprise
was punctuated with instruction tinged with
accents from other countries.
Five instructors from Poland, Scotland,
Northern Ireland and Wales, as well as one
from Portland, were on hand for the United
Kingdom Soccer Camp at Jensen Field. July
30 to Aug. 3.
Around 60 children ages 4-13 attended the
camp, sponsored by Wallowa Valley Youth
Soccer Association.
The fall 2018 soccer season will run
from September through October. Coaches
will contact parents during the first weeks
of school to provide practice schedules.
Registration for players has closed.
Team sponsors and volunteer coaches are needed.
Info: wallowavalleysoccer.org
Andrew Hurley, left, and Jonathan Rice go after the ball
during the UK Soccer Camp in Enterprise last week.
Photos by Paul Wahl, Chieftain editor
Fletcher Witherrite gets ready to send the ball into the goal during Thursday’s session of the UK Soccer
Camp in Enterprise.
Livia DeMelo works on her dribbling technique
while fellow soccer campers Abigail Hurley and
Annie Rose Miller look for an opening.
Alpine’s seventh green is anything but heaven
In a recent “man-on-the-golf
course” poll, guys and gals were
asked to name their favorite green.
Answers varied with nothing spe-
cific, but there were several golfers
who were quite vocal about their least
favorite ... the seventh green.
In fact, Becky Collman of
LaGrande, who played in the Shri-
ner’s fundraiser, was adamant about
her dislike for No. 7, claiming she
wouldn’t play in another tournament
because of the green’s layout. Only
Jerry Hook, Alpine Meadows Golf
Course board president, claimed the
hole as his favorite challenge.
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Rochelle Danielson
Truly, that green is like no
other. You’d think that it had been
designed by someone with a deviate
mind, which is truly not the case.
This particular green makes a
golfer feel they either need knowl-
edge of a professional pool player
or carry with them a little magi-
cal-reading book that diagrams how
to putt a green that has so many
slopes and breaks.
Adding to the green’s difficulty,
the approach shot across Trout
Creek takes accuracy, concentra-
tion and a stroke of good luck. The
green’s apron is closely surrounded
by a hot-wired fence, a grassy hill-
side and a tall old tree with over-
hanging limbs.
It’s simply a tough hole for the
recreational golfer to score, but
again, you’ve got to hang in there.
You don’t need a “how to” book or
pool stick, just a positive attitude to
accept the challenge as expressed by
golfer Jerry Hook.
Or better, take advice from leg-
end Jack Nicklaus. He was quoted
in the 2018 Golfweek Magazine,
“Learn how to play the game and be
responsible for everything you do.
It’s fun to learn how to putt greens
and play clubs.”
Yes, but pros like Nicklaus never
putted Alpine Meadows seventh
hole.
Scotchball: Gary/Carol Marr,
low gross, 40. Bill/Judy Ables, 2nd
low gross, 42. Terry/Cheri Lamb,
1st Low Net, 45. Mike Reynolds/
Rochelle Danielson, 2nd low net, 47.
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Ladies Tuesday Low putts: Carol
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Thursday Men’s Day, July 26 ––
Skins: Dick Anderson, 3 Gross/2
Net skins. Jerry Hook, 1 Gross/1
Net. Dale Johnson, 3 Gross/3 Net.
Harlan Menton, 1 Net. Terry Lamb,
1 Gross/1 Net. George Kudzma, 2
Gross/1 Net.
Blind Partners –– Dick Ander-
son/Gary Marr, low gross. Jerry
Hook/Mike Reynolds, low net.
Rochelle Danielson writes a
weekly golf column for the Chieftain.
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