Today's Sports

I always associate the Townsend’s solitaire, Myadestes townsendi, with working in the garden. For many years, a pair of these little gray birds nested just across the road on my neighbor’s property. The male chose the utility line, which ran along the road, as one of his territorial perches.

It’s the handling of the club. It’s foot placement. It’s how much divot is taken on any given shot.
Steve Patterson, a PGA golf pro, meticulously works with golfers from Evergreen and Golden high schools on a cool Thursday afternoon at Hiwan Golf Club to prepare them for the 2013 season. There’s a lot of hands-on teaching between him and fellow golf pro Kevin Hanley. More than that, there’s the teaching of the mental aspects of the game to help the players understand that they must practice the way they play.

BOB COOK MEMORIAL/MT. EVANS HILL CLIMB
The following are partial results from the 48th annual Bob Cook Memorial/Mt. Evans Hill Climb on July 20:

MT. EVANS GRAN FONDO: Erik Dorf, 2 hours, 9 minutes, 26.63 seconds; Gregory Dobbin, 2:10:01.64
TANDEMS: Nico Toutenhoofd, 2:07:58.59; James Hickman, 2:59:00.04
SW 55+: Lynne Anderson, 2:42:42.49; Ellen Wakeman, 2:46:32.54

By Tim Donohoo
For the Courier
If one never knows why an older brother and father would sneak out of the house early on a Saturday morning to go fishing now they can find out. All it takes is spending three hours with instructor Gary Okizaki.
Every Saturday, for two hours, from 10 a.m. until noon, the Blue Quill Angler fishing shop offers fishermen the opportunity to learn about the sport of fly fishing. Okizaki meticulously describes how to rig a fishing rod, cast, apply necessary knots and effective flies to fish dry flies, nymphs and streamers.