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Turlock Golf head golf pro talks about his job and offers tips for a better game
Q: What's your favorite aspect of your job at the Turlock Golf and Country Club? A: "Variety every day, the outside tournaments to memberships." Q: Who is your favorite group of players to instruct? A: "Kids are the most fun, because they absorb everything." Q: What are some useful tips you would suggest to beginners to improve their skills? A: "Definitely using lineup sticks during practice sessions." Q: What is the new computerized swing analysis ...
A quick look at the courses in Modesto
MODESTO - Golfing options in Modesto. Creekside Golf Course 701 Lincoln Ave, Modesto CA (209) 571-5213 Directions: From Highway 99 take the Tuolumne Blvd. exit and turn left on 9th Street. Make the next right on D Street and continue north until you reach Yosemite Blvd. Turn right. Continue down Yosemite Blvd. and make a left onto Lincoln Avenue. The street runs straight into the golf course. Cost: 9-hole weekday – $17.50 for adults ...
Short game options in the 209 in Escalon, Farmington
Need to work on your short game? Look no farther than the Escalon Golf Course. This nine-hole course plays the same for men, women, and children regardless of skill level. Electric-powered golf carts are available for those with physical disabilities. The longest hole on this par-31, 1,520-yard golf course is the No. 7 hole. This 260-yard green is one of four par-4s on this course designed by Ken Johnson. Escalon opened in 1984. The course ...
JAMESTOWN
JAMESTOWN - Beginning the weekend of Saturday, March 31, and Sunday, April 1, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown will resume offering popular steam-powered excursion train rides on weekends from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Jackson Rancheria presents Little Anthony & the Imperials
JACKSON - Take a trip back to the great R&B sounds of the '60s when Little Anthony & the Imperials perform live at Jackson Rancheria on Thursday, April 26.
New Melones: Get back to nature
SONORA - Reclamation's Interpretive Speaker and Hike Series returns this Spring at New Melones Lake.
Exodus screens at Modesto’s Historic State Theatre
MODESTO - Otto Preminger's Exodus, dramatizing Israel's struggle for independence, will screen this Sunday, March 18, at 2 p.m. at Modesto's Historic State Theatre.
Global smash hit ‘Mamma Mia! on stage April 13-15
MODESTO - Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, will play at the Gallo Center for the Arts April 13 through 15.
WHAT’S BREWING IN THE 209
STOCKTON – All that Kellie Craig-Jacobs needs to do to gauge how well she's doing as a business owner is look towards her bar.
Dust Bowl Brewery serves unique beer, food in Turlock
TURLOCK - Some sons play catch with their fathers. Others work on cars. But Don Oliver, brewmaster for Turlock's Dust Bowl Brewery? His dad taught him how to homebrew beer. What started as a small hobby, doing simple extract-based brewing, soon grew into a full-blown passion for the Hilmar native. He bought book after book on brewing, gradually learning the fine art of all-grain brewing. "I really got into it," Oliver said. "I enjoyed the ...
What’s brewing in the 209?
MODESTO - More and more beer lovers are taking their passion to the next level and brewing their own craft beers. Homebrewing clubs and competitions have grown rapidly since the legalization of homebrewing in 1978. In 2011, there were an estimated one million homebrewers and over 1,000 homebrew clubs in the United States, according to the American Homebrewers Association.
Mark Ranes
TURLOCK - Turlock resident Mark Ranes is one of the thousands of people who brew their own beer as a hobby. The technology manager said what started out as an extension of his love of cooking has turned into a full-fledged passion.
THE GOLDEN DOME
SACRAMENTO - Beneath the Golden Dome in Sacramento is a building worthy of the world's sixth largest economy.
St Patrick’s Day frolic in Columbia
COLUMBIA - The Jack Douglass Saloon in Columbia State Historic Park hosts its traditional St. Patrick's Day celebration, free to the public, Saturday March 17.
Restless Heart at Black Oak on April 11
TUOLUMNE – Country favorite Restless Heart will be coming to Black Oak Casino on April 11.
Articles by Section - 209
Bluegrass concert at Twisted Oak
VALLECITO - Twisted Oak Winery opens the 2013 concert series with the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band under the stars at the winery in Vallecito.
5 free things to do in the Napa Valley
NAPA (AP) - Love the lush and lovely Napa Valley but hate how expensive it can be? You're not the first. In the late 19th century, writer Robert Louis Stevenson moved his honeymoon to the rustic but free setting of an abandoned mining camp when the $10-a-week going rate for Calistoga hotels proved too much for his slender purse.
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