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Contributed by: Karen Groves/YourHub.com on 8/28/2008

Neighbors of the Johnny Roberts Memorial Park at 8001 West 59th Ave. , Arvada, recently have voiced differing opinions about the disc golf activity that occurs at the park.

Ray Goetz, who has lived nearby on the 7600 block of West 59th Ave. since 1948, said he had been hit several times by one of the discs and that players have damaged his fence.

His daughter, Janice Vernon, who lives in Johnstown near Greeley, said,
"My father is 97 years old and he likes to walk in the park. He has been hit on the leg and we have called the city to report this, but no one will do anything."

Another neighbor of the park, 73-year-old Chuck Bailey lives on West 59th Ave.

He said, "I could have bought a house anywhere. I wanted this one and we were aware it was a disc golf course when we moved here four years ago. I enjoy the diverse group of young people. For the most part they are very respectable, when one of their discs lands on m y roof, they knock on my door, say they're sorry and ask to borrow my ladder so they can retrieve the disc."

Goetz said discs had landed on his aluminum shed several times and a player damaged his fence in an effort to get the disc back. Goetz contended that over the years he thought there had been numerous complaints about players.

Vernon recalled a time she was walking with her father. "I had asked this fellow not to throw a disc because dad walks really slow. I said, 'Just let us get out of the way,' - the next thing I knew dad got hit. Why do they keep this one at 8001 right on top of residential district? I think it's to the point of harrassment when the players throw a disc when they can see us walking on the path."

Kristin Dorsey at the Arvada Police records department, said she could find no records of complaints about disc golf players at the park, which is practically in the backyard of the city offices between Wadsworth Boulevard and Allison streets.

The city of Arvada maintains two disc golf courses. The Johnny Roberts course is described on their Web site as the "Grandaddy" of Colorado courses.

A new disc park, Bird's Nest Disc Golf park is located at 17925 West 64th Parkway. It is is a 24-hole, disc-golf-only park built on 40 acres of Jefferson County Open Space east of Highway 93 on 64th Avenue below the Arvada Blunn Reservoir.

Goetz said she didn't think the multi-use park at Johnny Roberts was a good location.

Neighbor Cody Rainey, who has live on West 59th Ave for five years, said she takes her children to the park and there have been several times when a disc lands near them.

"You can't walk through the park, you are constantly looking to make sure there is no one throwing a disc your way. We have a broken window on our home from a disc. The players apologize, but it's still broken," she said.

Vernon said her father had called the city more than once and talked to police, but he didn't want to file a report for fear of retaliation.

Goetz said, "I know they (players) don't do it purposely, but the discs can go as fast as 55 miles per hour. My gripe is you can't get anyone do anything about it."

Bailey was philosophical about the situation. He said, "I don't know what people expect from their government. If someone hit me inadvertently, I would still have the disc."

More information about Arvada parks, visit www.arvada.org.

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Submitted By: Mike Keleman

posted on 9/3/2008 @ 7:50:07 PM

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Hit an old person, get a penalty of +3, break a window, +2, hit a squirrel, -4, hit a dog off a leash, -2, land on top a roof +1, come on people, this is the only exercise the nerds and geeks get, if we take this away from them they'll be stuck in their parent's basements and never see sunshine again.

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