Pickleball? Yes!

 It is Sunday morning, early.  I plan my routine that follows every week the same.  After I write in my journal, get my head cleared, my mind working on all cylinders, I rev my engines, and jump out of bed.  It's been a whole week almost that I've been able to play pickleball.  To remedy the situation, I can practice my regular 30 minutes at our Community Center on Sunday mornings.  No conflicts with any other group.  Everybody else (it feels like) is sitting in a church pew at one of the many churches located in town. I'm satisfied with this "alone time" at the Community Center. I have my own key so that I can come and go at will.  Sometimes.  The Center is mainly a gym and, as a gym, has lots of activities going on during the week.  Many of those activities are different groups of pickleball players matched mostly with others of similar skill levels.  Not squeezed between those scheduled times but more likely right after them are ...

 Since I first introduced my small community to pickleball in 2017, I've made several reports to our City Council along the way.  This past Council Meeting (November 15, 2022) included the most recent report.  I made a point to again thank them for their support and notified them of continued growth of the sport in our town. I also added information of a new group in the community that we were inviting to participate.  The following is the major part of that report. "...I am thankful for the encouragement and support we have felt from the Roundup City Council since pickleball came to town in August, 2017.  Initially, when we started playing pickleball at the City Park tennis courts, we had to purchase and lay down blue tape to make the pickleball court.        "However, after we made several reports to the Council about how the growth of the game was increasing over the past several years, the Mayor and Council offered to provide pa...