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My wife is looking for some low L shaped bunk beds for our daughters room. I was looking on line for different designs and was originally thinking a wood working project. Now I am thinking a combination wood/metal project. I'm trolling for some ideas (I'm not the most creative). What material would you use? My girls are 4 and 6 and are of course into girly stuff (barbies, etc). If I come up with something cool, I also have 2 boys in a room who could use bunk beds as well. I was thinking about some sort of metal frame that would be smaller than a typical wood structure as they have small rooms. I am a hobby welder with a nice mig and access to tig. Any thoughts or ideas out there?
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09-25-2010, 12:21 PM #1Junior Member
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Bunk Bed Ideas
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That could be fun.
The first thing I would do is get the measurements of the mattresses you're planning on using. That would give you what you have to have to make it work for more than just one set of kiddos.
The next thing I would do is to set down with your wife and lay out some parameters that she wants and or needs.
I know. Most guys don't want to have that conversation but take it from me. Believe it or not women are on the average smarter than guys when it comes to designing things that are practical. I can't explain it except for our hammer reflex I guess.
The other thing is if she buys into it then chances are you won't be asked to build another one, right this time, anytime soon.
I like the idea of using sixteen gauge galvanized fence tube for the frame work if you can find a muffler shop close by that has dies for 1 5/8". It's substantial enough in size and appearance, easily welded if you're careful, ventilate, ventilate. And it can take a powder coat that will outlast mild steel by years.
Powder coating cost is down to where it's foolish to paint anymore.
Not sure how small the room is but we have a small room also and I just made a Loft to hold 2 beds end to end. You can see the Old single bed underneath but that is now at a friends house.
Anyhoo- I just kept it simple- they're going to draw on it and cover it in stickers so why waste my time and fancy usually gets $$ quickly.
Anyhoo- drew up a basic idea at Lunch then built it after work. 4x4 Corner posts, 2x12 for the span- because I had them off a Photo shoot = Free. The rest is just 2x3 and 1x2
Crappy Cell Phone pics.Ed Conley
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Nice bunk and pictures. I can't fit both beds back to back so I think I am going to do an L. One bed up and one bed down. I saw some cool ideas on the projects gallery. Any thoughts on a combination of wood and metal? I hate to say I don't have much creativity. If I was using mostly square tube, what dimensions would you use? Any sites I can use to figure out what materials sizes will hold a given load?
The only thing I can think of for the Girlie girls is to some how incorporate the 4- Post style with the hanging frilly stuff
You can get Decorative pieces from King
For the legs I would use 2"x2" 16g iffin metal and then some 1/8" angle for the bed support.
Wood- you could use 2x4's but you'll need to sand the crap out of them or run them through a planer and then just do the decorative metal work for the end pieces and canopy- if you go that route.
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Good morning, Chibrew.
One of the most interesting projects I ever built was a trundle bed for my son when he was about 3 years old (he turns 29 tomorrow, by the way).
I built it out of walnut from a blown down tree on my property. I had it sawn and planed.
You will have a fun project that the kids will treasure for years.
2 things I would tell you.
1. buy the mattress, measure it (they vary a little), and allow enough room to easily make the bed (probably 2 inches). Mine was always a little tight by the time you have 2 sheets, blanket, and spread.
2. really think about how it will go together and break down later. I used standard rail hooks and you need the pins to be pretty precise to lock properly. I would suggest just using some bolts for the rails instead.
Wood, metal, or wood and metal together - all could make a nice design. Go to the furniture stores with a camera and tape measure. You will find some great ideas to start your design.
Be sure to post some pictures of the project's progress.Burt
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I tried making a some basic designs here. The main frame would be square tube and I was planning on getting some woven baskets from King Metals for the head board and foot board. I was originally thinking of using 2x2 .065" tube for the main uprights and frame, but am wondering if that is overkill. Can I use 1x1 instead? What wall thickness should I be using. I am not an engineer and certainly don't want this to collapse on my kids, but don't want it too heavy as well. This will be a low bunk with a total height of 60". Suggestions welcome.
1"x1" for the legs will be a little small. I would go with 2"x2" 16g or 1-1/2" and some 1"x2" 16g
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Folding Bunk Beds
Since it's been a couple years since your post, I'm sure you've probably come up with something by now. My son and I recently built folding bunk beds in a playroom.
All framing was welded from 2x2-3/16. The bed frames were made to match standard twin size mattresses. Pivot points are at 1/3 the width of the head/foot. 5/8" bolts in sleeves with lock nuts are used for pivots. There's a 7/8" washer between bed frames and support frames for clearance. The nylon lock nuts allow for precise tension for opening and closing. Stop tabs keep the beds either exactly horizontal or exactly vertical (a nut welded to the wall support stop tabs allow for precise adjustment for horizontal).
The first wall support was plumbed and lag screwed to horizontal framing already in the wall. Once the bed frames are temporarily bolted to the wall support frames, the second wall support was lag screwed to the wall. Angle iron feet were welded to the outer wall support uprights so that concrete wedge anchors could secure the outside legs to the ground.
Toggle clamps keep the bed frames from opening or closing, unless released.
We cut aluminum tread plate to fit inside the 2x2 angle iron of the bed frames and then ¾ oak plywood was placed on top for a solid base. 1 screws through the bed frame then hold the tread plate and plywood in place.
Mattresses are held in place with buckled straps 6 from each end of each mattress.
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Brooke, how do you gain access to the top bunks? Looks like you could construct a ladder on the framing between them that could be used for each one.


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It was a clash of mainstream culture vs. the counterculture when the Doors were booked to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show in September of 1967. Things did not go as smoothly as the producers may have hoped.
Fronted by charismatic-but-unpredictable singer Jim Morrison, the group had recently scored its first No. 1 hit with 'Light My Fire,' and the Sullivan show — which had made instant superstars of Elvis Presley and the Beatles — was a choice booking. The Doors' performance on the night of Sept. 17, 1967 would live on in a very different way, resulting in the group being banned from the show in perpetuity.
According to the official Ed Sullivan web site, rehearsals for the show went well, and with 15 minutes to air time, Ed Sullivan himself came to see the band in their dressing room, telling them, "You boys look great, [but] you ought to smile a little more." Shortly after that a producer from the show came by to inform the band that they needed to change the line "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" to "Girl, we couldn't get much better," when performing 'Light My Fire,' ostensibly because the line might be construed as referring to drugs.
Band members have given varying accounts of whether they ever agreed to change the line or not, but there's no denying what happened live on the air: after a strong, but unremarkable performance of 'People Are Strange,' the band launched into 'Light My Fire,' and as this YouTube video shows, Jim Morrison sang the original lyric instead of making the suggested change. After the show, producers informed the Doors that they had hoped to book the band six more times, but had decided instead to ban the group from the show in the future - to which Morrison reportedly replied, "Hey, man, we just did the Sullivan show."
The Doors would go on to other television appearances, and a career that encompassed hit albums like 'Strange Days' and 'L.A. Woman,' but they never played the Sullivan show again. Morrison's increasing volatility and unreliability due to drinking and drugs slowly ate at the group, and the Doors performed their last concert together on Dec. 12, 1970. Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in Paris on July 3, 1971 at the age of 27. Since no autopsy was conducted, no cause of death was ever officially determined.


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The creature boxed in yellow is an example of an ostracod and is commonly known as a Seed Shrimp. Its body is protected by 2 half shells which meet at a hinge toward the top of its body. We found a mosquito in the 2nd stage of its life; eventually it will change and enter pupa stage of its development where it will then transform into an adult mosquito.
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"I have been with the department for 23 years and I still get ribbed about my name to this day," said Murray, 48.
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After returning, Murray soon set up shop for himself as an electronics sound man and also began volunteering his time with the Vienna Fire Department.
"Through some contacts there I learned that the Vienna Police Department was hiring," he said. "I loved working for myself in electronics, but I had already met my wife by then, and I felt like it was time to do some work that was a little steadier in terms of income."
Murray began working for the police department in 1989.
"He was a hometown boy who had grown up in Vienna," Police Chief Bob Carlisle said. "It turned out very well because he is well-thought of today, and is looked up to by everyone in the department."
Early on, Murray became part of the Vienna Police Department's motorcycle division.
Officer Mike Oliver, who rode with Murray for several years in that division, said many aspects of Murray's prankster personality became evident during that time.
"I remember riding alongside him, both of us on motorcycles, and he reached over and disconnected my spark-plug wire," Oliver said. "I thought, 'OK, I'll just put it right back' not realizing that it was still live and not insulated. I got quite a jolt —and Bill just laughed himself silly. He thought that was the funniest thing."
While still remaining employed by the town, Murray became an instructor at the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy, where other aspects of his personality soon emerged.
"He wore many hats and wore them all well," said Jewel Longerbeam, who worked with Murray for nearly six years. "He had an incredible work ethic."
Murray said during his time at the academy, he saw a large number of young military veterans returning from the Gulf War who signed up to become law enforcement cadets.
"I would see these guys come in very young and green," he said. "I would help to train them and watch them grow both as cadets and as people. I guess I matured a little myself right alongside them."
In 2006, Murray became the police department's first public information officer.
"We had a huge void in the public communications arena," Carlisle said. "Law enforcement did not always have a great relationship with the media, and we also needed one person within the department that the public could call into and get information. Bill was our choice for that."
Murray said he got a little ribbing at first, not because of his name but because he once rode motorcycles.
"Motorcycle cops are not generally thought of as being the most gifted of writers," he said. "I had to prove myself."
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But Monckton is not satisfied with just a factor of three reduction in sensitivity. So he makes another dodgy claim. Note that Monckton starts off using the IPCC definition of climate sensitivity as the forcing associated with a concentration of 2xCO2 – this is the classical "Charney Sensitivity" and does not include feedbacks associated with carbon cycle, vegetation or ice-sheet change. Think of it this way – if humans raise CO2 levels to 560 ppm from 280 ppm through our emissions, and then as the climate warms the carbon cycle starts adding even more CO2 to the atmosphere, then the final CO2 will be higher and the temperature will end up higher than standard sensitivity would predict, but you are no longer dealing with the sensitivity to 2xCO2. Thus the classical climate sensitivity does not include any carbon cycle feedback term. But Monckton puts one in anyway.
You might ask why he would do this. Why add another positive feedback to the mix when he is aiming to minimise the climate sensitivity? The answer lies in the backwards calculations he makes to derive the feedbacks. At this point, I was going to do a full analysis of that particular calculation – but I was scooped. So instead of repeating the work, I'll refer you there. The short answer is that by increasing the feedbacks incorrectly, he makes the 'no-feedback' temperature smaller (since he is deriving it from the reported climate sensitivities divided by the feedbacks). This reverses the causality since the 'no-feedback' value is actually independent of the feedbacks, and is much better constrained.
There are many more errors in his piece – for instance he accuses the IPCC of not defining radiative forcing in the Summary for Policy Makers and not fixing this despite requests. Umm… except that the definition is on the bottom of page 2. He bizarrely compares the net anthropogenic forcing to date with the value due to CO2 alone and then extrapolates that difference to come up with a meaningless 'total anthropogenic forcings Del F_2xCO2′. His derivations and discussions of the no-feedback sensitivity and feedbacks is extremely opaque (a much better description is given on the first couple of pages of Hansen et al, 1984)). His discussion of the forcings in that paper are wrong (it's 4.0 W/m2 for 2xCO2 (p135), not 4.8 W/m2), and the no-feedback temperature change is 1.2 (Hansen et al, 1988, p9360), giving k=0.30 C/(W/m2) (not his incorrect 0.260 C/(W/m2) value). Etc… Needless to say, the multiple errors completely undermine the conclusions regarding climate sensitivity.
Generally speaking, these are the kinds of issues that get spotted by peer-reviewers: are the citations correctly interpreted? is the mathematics correct? is the reasoning sound? do the conclusions follow? etc. In this case, there really wouldn't have been much left, and so it is fair to conclude that Monckton's piece only saw the light of day because it wasn't peer-reviewed, not because it was. Claims that the suggested edits from the editor of the newsletter constitute 'peer-review' are belied by the editor's obvious unfamiliarity with the key concepts of forcing and feedback – and the multitude of basic errors still remaining. The even more egregious claims that this paper provides "Mathematical proof that there is no 'climate crisis' " or is "a major, peer-reviewed paper in Physics and Society, a learned journal of the 10,000-strong American Physical Society" are just bunk (though amusing in their chutzpah).
The rational for the FPS publication of this note was to 'open up the debate' on climate change. The obvious ineptitude of this contribution underlines quite effectively how little debate there is on the fundamentals if this is the best counter-argument that can be offered.
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Is anybody out there aware of a Zip Line/High Ropes course that coexists with Disc Golf. If so share your thoughts...Hell, share them even if you don't know of one.
Our City in it's infinite wisdom is working to slap a Zoom Air Zip Line Deal directly on top of us.
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I love high ropes courses and I love disc golf! Sounds good to me... might get a little scary having discs wizzing by you while wizzing down the zip line. lol
Yeah Moving targets...gotta love it.
That would be FUN!!! People to aim at????? Lol!
Can you imagine getting an ace while flying down the zip line?
Or getting ACED while flying down one!
Pure Adrenaline!
All kidding aside...Neither the owners of the Zip Line company nor do the powers that be within the upper ranks of our city govt...haven't a clue about the physics of our game. Our leisure services director (that's a fancy name for the head of our Parks dept) Led me to believe that they were only in preliminary negotiations with Zoom Air...it became clear last Thursday...that they are way beyond that...the use permit goes before our city commission on March 21st. They completely hoodwinked us.
They have yet to have an arborist examine our trees. As far as I can tell...an impact study done...nor do they have any design plans for the individual elements. This thing, while it sounds like fun, will be directly on top of us. Both the city and the company reps assures us it will not impact our course in anyway....what they don't quite understand...yet....is disc golf will impact them.....literally. What that means for our course is...once they realize the potential for Disc verses zipliner is going to be a common occurrence....and considering this thing will potentially generate a crap load of revenue for the city....something disc golf can not do....not even close. Our 20 year old, well established course may be on the ropes...and that sucks!!
Our hope is ask the city to delay granting the use permit...at least til we have a chance to see exactly where they plan on zipping to and from...a report from an independent arborist that hopefully shuts them down before they even get off the ground. I've worked hard over the last few days to gain support from the surrounding neighborhood..which I am making good progress at.
There are some great points to having this activity coexisting with us. The exposure to our sport...the revenue will be a huge boost to our city's budget woes....something our course may benefit from directly. A few jobs created. A real concession for snacks and drinks. Running out our long term vagrants and transients. All of which I'm all for. However ..They hoodwinked us...something that does not sit well with me or my neighbors who know full well that our presence cleaned this park from the pit it once was. it's clear they have only dollar signs and have not jumped through all the hoops you would expect a project of this type should be required to jump through. While we might lose this fight and the outcome may not be that bad if we do...we will have made a stand and an attempt to influence the design of this thing or force them to find another parcel to work with.
I recommend putting a driver in the hands of the decision maker. when they get the idea of how dense the disc is and how sharp the edge is, they might rethink it. the exposure is good, but 1 smartass target throwing kid hits a zip liner and it'll be the disc golf course that ultimately pays.
I did that...last Thursday at what was supposed to be the preliminary meeting with Zoom Air. I handed him a Boss and a quick tutorial of the physics of disc flight. To say he had a frog in his throat would be an understatement. They had no idea what that one disc could do. I was told by our Leisure services director we would have another meeting to discuss things out side of a public meeting...Tomorrow will be one week and I have yet to hear from anybody... Oh and I've called and left a message to remind him. Hopefully tomorrow I will hear something. I want to take the Zoom Air people to the park with our top and farthest throwers and show them first hand...it least that's the plan.
What I really want to know from the DGRUS folks... is there a Disc Golf Course already coexisting with a zip line course and how is working out.
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Ifound this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-xZfxrdV38
and this https://www.google.com/search?q=zip+line+and+disc+glof&rls=com....
I think there are several around the US perhaps contacting one of the Disc Golf Courses on the list or thier club may be a avenue to explore.
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As Rosmery Rodriguez '15 researched colleges, Hamilton stood out for the student internships it offers at the New England Center for Children, a school for children with autism. Each summer, select Hamilton students interested in education or psychology get the chance work at the center founded by a Hamilton alumnus. Rodriguez figured she would major in neuroscience or psychology, and when she heard about the center experience, the scale tipped toward Hamilton College.More >>
She majored in psychology, secured the internship and spent a summer teaching, under supervision, a group of boys aged 9 to 14. At first, the work could feel overwhelming, but Rodriguez got the hang of it. In the end, she learned things that helped focus her future studies. A big realization – she wants to work in a clinical setting.
The most rewarding part of her Hamilton experience, Rodriguez says, is being part of the close-knit psychology community. The bond means the rigorous atmosphere is never daunting, in her experience.
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Transferred use of the surname, which is of Norman origin, a coalescence of two different surnames, one derived from a Germanic personal name based on the element war(in) 'guard' and the other from a place in Normandy called La Varenne 'the game park'. The Norman personal name survived at least into the 17th century in Yorkshire, where it was particularly associated with the Scargill family. In America this name has sometimes been chosen in honour of General Joseph Warren, the first hero of the American Revolution, who was killed at Bunker Hill (1775). Among modern influences on the choice of the name has been the film actor Warren Beatty (b. 1937).
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The idea was for the young dancers to practice leaping.
The 6- to 8-year-olds gathered at one corner of the dance studio at Ballet Caliente in Lexington Park on July 24 and listened as teacher assistant Isabelle Lopez, 15, of Leonardtown and teacher Abi Albers, 17, of Breton Bay offered a list of reminders.
"What do you need to remember when you leap? Spread your legs out. Point your feet. Keep your legs straight," Albers said as she cued the music from Camille Saint-Sa�ns' "Carnival of the Animals."
"You need to look up," Isabelle said to the children, tapping herself under the chin.
The teachers set out aqua-colored strips of fabric on the studio floor to represent water. "OK! Watch Miss Isabelle jump over the river," Albers said, as the music began.
Lopez, who at 4 feet 11 inches tall and about 85 pounds is only a little bigger than the campers she's teaching, traversed the diagonal of the studio in three graceful jumps, high above the "river." Legs straight. Feet pointed. Head up.
Lopez smiled the whole time. She's good at this. Dancing is what she loves, and it shows.
"I don't want to do anything else but dance," Lopez said later. She dreams of becoming a professional.
"She's a great dancer," Albers said. "She's incredible."
Sheryl-Marie Dunaway, artistic director of Ballet Caliente and Isabelle's longtime teacher, has already accomplished what Isabelle dreams of doing.
Dunaway started training at 3, and at 16 she was invited to become an apprentice with the San Francisco Ballet Company. She then attended the National Academy of Dance in Champaign, Ill., a feeder school for the American Ballet Theater. She majored in dance at college and performed with Ballet El Paso, Ballet de Las Americas in Mexico, Ballet Fantastique and Monterey Peninsula Arts Company. She has taught dance for more than 30 years.
It's competitive, Dunaway said of a dancing career. It requires the dedication of an Olympic gymnast, staying focused and training from a young age. "It is very demanding physically."
And yet, Dunaway thinks that Isabelle has what it takes. "She is an advanced dancer ... She has the dedication. She has the intestinal fortitude," Dunaway said.
She noted that Isabelle is musical and limber and that her body proportions are ideal for ballet — long legs, shorter torso and very arched feet. "She's also very strong," Dunaway added.
Lopez has been noticed by prestigious people in the dance world. A frequent participant in Dance Theatre of Harlem programs and classes at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Lopez was offered a scholarship to attend a four-week program with the company in New York City this summer.
"Very few get scholarships," Dunaway said. "It speaks volumes."
But there are some things that only time will tell, such as how Lopez would deal with the disappointment that is inherent in a dancing career. Dancers don't get all the roles for which they audition. "All performers are people-pleasers," Dunaway said, and rejection is hard to take. And rejection can come from things outside a dancer's control, like not getting a role because you're not the right size for a costume.
Isabelle is the daughter of 1st. Sgt. Michael and Geovana Lopez, the second of their four children. Her father just recently left the U.S. Army and is now in the Army Reserves. Her mother is a software engineer. She has an older brother, Michael, who is a senior at St. Mary's Ryken High School (Isabelle is a sophomore at the school), and two younger sisters, Gigi, 6, and Sophia, 4.
Isabelle's life has been shaped by being part of this military family. She was born in Germany and also lived in Georgia, out in Washington and Maryland — all by the time she was 5. She talks about how difficult is has been for her father to be gone during his deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. "It was honestly terrible when he left," Isabelle said of his most recent deployment to Afghanistan.
Isabelle said her life is simple: It has two parts — dancing and her family. School is worked in there somewhere.
Geovana says that even as an infant Isabelle responded to music, moving some part of her body. "There was a twinkle in her eye, I swear," she said.
Isabelle's choice of pastime was settled early. It was dance. When she was 5 she decided to do something other than dance class, a decision that Isabelle says she still regrets. Her cousins were playing soccer and Isabelle asked to try it also.
Geovana remembers being at a game that ill-fated season, watching Isabelle out on the field. At one point, she noticed that Isabelle was running in the opposite direction from everyone else. In fact, Isabelle ran off the field, up to her mother and announced, "I'm done with soccer. I just want to dance," Geovana remembers. And that was it.
"OK. But go out and finish the game," Isabelle said her mother told her.
Isabelle said she knew for sure that she wanted to take dance to the next level and pursue a career in the art about two years ago. "It wasn't a hobby anymore," she said.
To train, Isabelle takes classes, participates in summer intensive programs, auditions for everything she can, much of which requires traveling to the Kennedy Center and sometimes to Silver Spring. "There's a lot of very talented girls at this studio doing the same thing," Geovana said of the Ballet Caliente students. And that's what saves the family. It means that they can take advantage of carpools, which helps the Lopezes also devote time to three other children who also have activities.
Sitting cross-legged on the floor of Ballet Caliente after finishing her camp duties last month, Isabelle said the time required to train is an easy sacrifice. "Most girls my age want to be at the mall and parties. I'd rather go to bed early so I have the energy to dance," she said. "My life is literally — home, school, dance, home, school, dance. That's it."
Isabelle hardly counts the cost. "Honestly, dancing is the most amazing feeling," she said. "When I am dancing, I feel like ... freedom."
But it's not just a sacrifice of time and other opportunities. "It's a big financial responsibility," Geovana said. The cost has "crept up slowly through the years."
For instance, a pair of point shoes can cost between $60 and $120, and Isabelle needs a new pair every couple of months. The cost for costumes is about $1,000 a year. And then there's the cost of summer intensive programs, classes and travel.
It can be challenging for a family with four children. When Isabelle was offered the scholarship this summer to attend the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the scholarship took care of the four-week program, but didn't pay for housing. The family couldn't afford that part, and Isabelle couldn't go.
"Everything happens for a reason," Isabelle said, just noting how tickled she was that an African-American dance company wanted to work with her.
About this series
This story is the first in a three-part series about several people in St. Mary's County who are exerting themselves to reach for something out of the ordinary.
Part 1 — dreaming of becoming a professional ballet dancer
Part 2 — dreaming of winning the Federal Duck Stamp Contest
Part 3 — dreaming of representing the United States in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro


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Before any of you scoff at the idea of a league at Myrtle Ridge, how long has it been since you played it? I know that it still isn't the best course in the world/state/area, but many of us have been putting a lot of work into the course lately. It is a complete 18 holes, with several of the alternates already installed and the rest just waiting for their space to be cleared. The fairways are MUCH better defined, a great deal of the thorns have been removed and most* of the roots have been removed from the teepads. There are many plans in place for the course, many to come and it is getting better all the time. It may never be a big arm, bomber course and the rough here will be pretty unforgiving for quite some time but I am absolutely dedicated to improving my new "home course".
I moved here about a month and a half ago from an area where every town had a league and any night of the week you could find one nearby to play. Well, that hasn't EVER been the case here, so I started organizing a club about a month ago. In just a month, we are up to 20 players and growing. It turns out that there was/is a lot of interest for a league here and either nobody had the time or was willing to put forth the effort to make it happen so I stepped up and it has been going well so far.
League events are every Tuesday at 5:30 pm and there is currently no buy in. We have been alternating singles and random dubs depending on the turnout.... We are taking this one step at a time and working toward hopefully building a better disc golf "community" in Milledgeville. Hopefully some of you passing through town or nearby can make it sometime and lend us a little support (even if it's just another body on the course).
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