Dear DISC members,

Below find the cover letter that was just mailed out to any of you that we have
the snail
mail address for. You can download the pdf of the Ice Bowl flyer at:

http://homepage.mac.com/clifftowne/

the cover letter:

Once again we have an attractive event designed for DISC's 4th Ice Bowl In
Paradise. YES -
there will be a limit on the number of players in the event. Avoid
disappointment, fill out
and return the enclosed form ASAP. We will again be a PDGA* and So Cal Disc Golf
event
this year! The So Cal board has pledged the $2 So Cal fee directly back to the
Food Bank
again! So, sign up to So Cal prior to the event and collect So Cal points for
your play in the
Ice Bowl**.
The Ice Bowl In Paradise at Whittier Narrows will be run like last year's event,
with lunch
and a cool T-shirt (comes with your DISC membership) accompanying the fun of
disc golf
and Disc Arcade games. You will need to donate at least $5 to the LA Regional
Food Bank
(please do more if you can) and half of the Disc Arcade proceeds will go to them
as well.
Our thanks to last year's helpful and generous players, volunteers and sponsors
(Trader
Joes, So Cal Disc Golf and Discovering the World).
If you are interested in knowing what Discsports In Southern California has done
for you
lately, in addition to running the LA Fling IX in 2005, we ran our Jr.
Discsports Summer
Program for the Los Angeles Unified School District's South Youth Services. We
set up
Ultimate and disc golf demonstrations and played with the kids at elementary and
middle
schools throughout Los Angeles. We are currently helping in the production of a
documentary of that program – very exciting! For more info check out
www.discsports.org
(which links to our Yahoo group site).
We will soon be jumping through the next (and hopefully final!) hoop for the
Chavez Ridge
DGC at Elysian Park. Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (the City)
is
preparing their report for the Rec and Parks Commission. Given that we have
received
final approval from the Committee to Save Elysian Park – we are confidently
hopeful that
we will get approval to install the course in December.
John Babin, Mike McNamara and the Burbank Disc Golf Club have offered to
coordinate the
installation of the Chavez Ridge DGC at Elysian. Please go to
www.burbankdiscgolfers.com
and click on the Chavez Ridge tab and sign up to help with the installation. We
will need a
lot of help to install this course on that lovely hillside above Solano Canyon
and Dodger
Stadium. Also, be alert for the Chavez Ridge hole sponsorship opportunities
that will soon
be available to cover the balance of the installation costs (DISC has already
bought the
baskets, signs and anchors – we will need some more money to cover decomposed
granite, lumber, equipment rental and other installation costs). Please contact
Cliff
(contact info below*) if you can help with any of our education and recreation
projects, or
wish to help in other projects to grow the sport.

Thanks so much for your support and Play LA!

* A year's subscription to Disc Golf World News is one attractive benefit of
PDGA
membership. For a PDGA membership application contact Cliff Towne @ 323.660.4026
e-
mail: clifftowne@...
** The 2006 form to become a Southern California Disc Golf member should now be
available at: http://www.socaldiscgolf.org/