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Weatherford Horseshoe Club has been selected to host the Texas State Doubles Championship Tournament this year.Â
On Saturday, all day long, pitchers will be teamed and try to claim they are the best. Horseshoe pitching has a long history in Texas and this yearâs version seems to be one of the best.
There are many singles state champions coming to town. The players who have won state championships and participating are: Debra Odom (10-time Womenâs Champion, carrying the top average in Texas at 83%), Doris Hieden (six-time Womenâs Champion), Jeff Finke (three-time Menâs Champion), Ed Posey (two-time Menâs Champion), and Polly Murphy and Willie Rutledge, each one-time champion.
Suzie and Allen Martin’s gift will amplify the impact of their existing philanthropic commitments
Suzie and Allen Martin at Banff National Park in 2019. The Martins recently moved forward with a gift to early activate a professorship in Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, which will strengthen and accelerate research related to the U.S. National Park System. Image: Courtesy of Suzie Martin
Newly activated professorship will accelerate research at U.S. national parks
Tom Joudrey
March 23, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Three years ago Suzie and Allen Martin made an estate commitment to establish the first-ever endowed professorship in Penn State’s Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (RPTM). The bequest ensured that, upon their deaths, resources from their estate would become available that would benefit research, teaching and public service associated with the U.S. National Park System.