As Backwoods Home Magazine continues to mail out copies of our new Special Preparedness Issue, high school golf continues to dominate the local scene in our hometown of Gold Beach, Oregon. Friday we had our home tournament at Cedar Bend Golf Course north of town and won by a staggering 66 strokes. Hugo Treinen, our No. 1 varsity seed, shot a one-under par 71 to lead the tournament.

On Saturday we had our annual golf fund raiser at the Riverview Restaurant just north of town on Jerry’s Flat Road. For $10, local residents could eat all the pizza they wanted, which was significant because the Riverview has the best pizza in town. Locals lined up out the door, and many had to wait twenty or more minutes to be seated because the dining room was so crowded. If you ever visit Gold Beach, I highly recommend this pizza. The restaurant itself is in a beautiful setting overlooking the Rogue River. It is typically closed this time of year, but will open for the season in May.

The fund raiser took in $4685, which will go a long way to helping the golf team. We are totally self supporting with donations and volunteers for all golf activities.

Meanwhile, back at the office, the ladies continue to mail out copies of our Special Preparedness Issue. We’ve been very busy. Saturday my sons and I reorganized our book storage areas for the office ladies to make it easier for them to ship anthologies and back issues out. Then we went to the fund raiser.

Afterwards, it snowed in the mountains. I measured nearly four inches at my house. Of course, that didn’t stop my son, Robby, from hitting golf balls off the deck this morning while the snow was still coming down.