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- Written by: Suzette Cook-Mankins
UKIAH – Close does count in horseshoes as 19 competitors pitched an average of 300 shoes each during the two-day Tom Burns Jr. Tournament. Ukiah Valley Horseshoe Club hosted the tournament at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds.
Contestants took over nine clay pits and played against fellow pitchers who are ranked according ringer averages.
The highest-ranked pitcher, Bernie Merchen, hails from Lake County and touts an average of 55 percent ringers.
Other participants traveled from Santa Rosa, Vallejo, Willits and Fort Bragg.
On Saturday three groups of pitchers vied for first and second place in each group.
In group one, with ringer percentages from 55 percent to 31 percent, Marty Scribner from Fort Bragg went home with first place and a Tournament Champion award while John Brotherton from Clearlake Oaks took second place.
In the second group, with ringer percentages from 30 percent to 17 percent, Dave Shelton from Willits took first place and a Class Champion award while James Taylor from Lakeport took second place.
The third group with ringer percentages of 17 percent to 5 percent was won by Scott Briggs with Randy Leonard taking second place. Both men live in Ukiah.
On Sunday competitors were grouped into one class with ringer averages of 55 percent to 7 percent with an 80-percent handicap figured into the scores.
Robert Harrall of Lucerne took first place and Tournament Champion by half a game and Will Facey from Lakeport took second place.
This was an NHPA (National Horseshoe Pitching Association)-sanctioned tournament and open to all pitchers from any sanctioned club in the world.
On these two warm days in Ukiah all the winners were members of the Ukiah Valley Horseshoe Club.
Gil Tournour, president of UVHC, is proudly sporting a first place from the Rogue River Money Tournament in Grants Pass, Ore., which took place on June 9 and 10. Although he didn't win in Ukiah this weekend he pitched a 50-percent game for the first time in his career on Sunday.
The UVHC was founded in 1981 by Barek Wright and Jerry Beach. The club practices on Thursdays at 5 p.m. and encourages drop-ins who might be interested in competing and joining the club.
For more information contact UVHC President Gil Tournour at 485-7894 or visit www.horseshoepitching.com.
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- Written by: Thelma Dangel
Beginning June 20, the park will host the program from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday and Saturday each week. The program ends Sept. 1.
Children ages 7 through 12 will learn about geology, Native Americans, birds of prey, mammals, insects, lake ecology and more. The Junior Rangers offers hands-on learning experiences about nature.
Come to the Visitor Center summer, earn awards and have lots of fun – it's free.
Call Elaine at the park office, 279-2267, for more information.
Clear Lake State Park is located at 5300 Soda Bay Road.
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RODMAN SLOUGH – The Lake County Land Trust will offer walks at the Rodman Slough Preserve every Saturday through August.
The walks will start at 8 a.m. at the new nature center at the Rodman Slough Preserve on the corner of Westlake Drive and the Nice-Lucerne Cut-off north of Lakeport.
Walks start on June 16.
For information, call Pamela Bordisso at 279-0923 or Roberta Lyons at 994-2024.
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LAKE COUNTY – Do you have a love of the outdoors? Do you enjoy hiking? Would you be willing to share your knowledge with others?
The Bureau of Land Management, Ukiah Field Office is currently seeking volunteers to lead guided nature hikes in the Cache Creek Natural Area in Lake and Colusa Counties, and the Stornetta Public Lands near Point Arena in Mendocino County.
Volunteers should be in good physical condition, and have some knowledge of natural or cultural history.
BLM is particularly interested in volunteers who are familiar with wildflowers or birds of the area.
If you are interested in being a docent, contact Larry Ames, volunteer coordinator at (707) 468-4093, or e-mail
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