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Daily Record
21-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Fuming Stacey Lewis says WPGA making the best look silly and turning fans off
Ex-Solheim Cup skipper reckons women's game is being shown in a big light Fuming Stacey Lewis reckons fans are being turned off ladies golf by set-ups at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship which are making the best look silly. The two-time United States Solheim Cup captain hit out at the lay-out of the course for the Major at Fields Ranch East in Texas. With searing hot conditions and blustery wind, play has been slug-slow with rounds of over six hours through the event with some high scoring as some of the best in the women's game have been buffeted around and struggled. Lewis, who amongst the big names who missed the cut, says that's offering no positive advertisement to the watching fans on-course and at home at a time when the ladies game is looking larger audiences and grow their status. She moaned: 'The issue of this all too is, make us look good. We're trying to get more people to watch women's golf, to watch us play golf and setups like this, they don't help us. This is when we have our biggest stages, network TV and all of that and we're making very good players look silly. 'Just hole locations again, on sides of hills. Then you throw the wind in there, there was no way to stop it on No.8 again today [Friday]. We should be playing the front of that tee, probably 120 yards, can't hold the green.' Some of the tournament's best players gave their insight. recent US Open Major winner Maja Stark said: 'I played to the big areas on the greens and tried to not end up in the places where you couldn't do anything. I don't know if it was more of a fight. It was obviously you had to hit good shots here and just trust it.' On the eighth, she said: 'I was trying to go long and right of that pin, but it was howling right to left and you don't want to get stuck in the bunkers because they're so deep. I knew that I was going to end up in that place. That's just major golf. It's very annoying when it's like that, but it's just the mindset switch you need to have.' American Auston Kim added: 'A lot more challenging. Wind was definitely stronger. Feel like it was blowing probably twice as strong as yesterday and a lot of the spots where you're supposed to land the ball is pretty shiny and the greens have gotten a lot firmer, rough is getting thicker, so the course is just overall being really challenging.' Canadian star Brooke Henderson said: 'It's a tough and challenging course and tests you physically and also mentally. It's very demanding and trying to stay sharp and hydrated and well rested. It's a very firm green (eight) and the wind is very strong right to left and down, so it's very tough to hold the green. You can see that a lot of girls have been trickling over the left side. I've been able to hit couple good shots in there the last two days and I guess I walked away with par and I'm very happy with that.'
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Mini-Park Village opens as educational and career-focused space for kids
SOUTH FORK, Pa. (WTAJ) — A new Mini-Park Village that will educate children and help them explore careers is now open in South Fork. The South Fork Public Library, in partnership with the Forest Hills School District, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the opening. 'I'm just so excited to see it come alive again, because this park has sat here empty probably for 10 or 15 years, and it's such a beautiful location. And I told someone that the ironic part of this is that my father designed this park and was part of it being built in the 1970s,' Stacey Lewis, South Fork Library Treasurer, said. The Mini-Park Village is a dynamic educational and career-focused space that was made possible through the 'Building Opportunities Out-of-School Time' (BOOST) Grant awarded to both the School District and the town of South Fork. VA Medical Center celebrates women veterans with ceremony According to the library, the park offers hands-on learning experiences that promote career exploration, civic engagement, and real-world application of academic skills. 'I'm a former kindergarten and first-grade teacher, so I know the importance of dramatic play for children. That's how children learn and that's how they develop skills. So in each of the centers, there is a developmental skill, like maybe colors or shapes, and just hands-on activities for children to learn,' Lewis said. Educators, community leaders, and local government also supported this effort. 'So what this mini park is designed to do is really to start planting the seed in our youngest students that, you know, we can start thinking about our careers at a very young age, and there's boundless opportunities. And then in school, we learn what skills they need in order to develop the skills for those careers,' Robert Dill, Assistant Superintendent for Forest Hills School District said. In the winter, the toys and equipment will be moved, and the park will be flooded to create an ice skating rink. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New Educational and Career Space announced in Cambria County
SOUTH FORK, Pa. (WTAJ) — In partnership with the South Fork Public Library, the Forest Hills School District announced Wednesday the grand opening of a new educational and career-focused space. Mini-Park Village will offer students experience with career exploration, civic engagement, and academic skills that they can apply to the real world. The goal of the space is to build community while also shaping future career paths. The space was made possible through collaboration with educators, community leaders, and the local government, with state-level funding through the Building Opportunities for Out-of-School Time (BOOST) grant. 'The opening of Mini-Village Park represents more than just a new community space – it reflects our shared commitment to building neighborhoods where families can gather, children can play safely, and everyone feels a sense of belonging. This park is a symbol of progress, partnership, and pride in our community,' Stacey Lewis, Treasurer at South Fork Library, said. Residents and families are invited to join the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, June 11, at Noon at the South Fork Library located at 320 Main Street, South Fork, PA. The ceremony will include speeches from local community leaders, students, and project partners, and will also include tours of the facility. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
