Starting August 1, the Hudsonville Friends of the Parks is putting on a local scavenger hunt affectionately named the ‘funk buster’. Park visitors can go to www.hudsonville.org and download a copy of the playing card. On the card will be pictures from five parks in Hudsonville and players will be asked to identify which park the picture is from. The first five players to correctly identify all of the park photographs will win a ‘Friends of the Park’ t-shirt.

Amy Robinson, from the Friends of the Parks said, “We wanted to do this to get kids out in the parks and to visit all the parks. The summer is almost over and we just wanted to make sure the kids knew everything that is out there for them.”

WYOMING - Nestled along a busy road in a sea of apartment complexes is Prairie Park, a nice piece of green space with a walking trail, a skate park, and a nice playground contraption with slides and climbing pieces.

The park is located on Prairie Parkway between Byron Center Ave. and Burlingame.

The park includes a gazebo with one picnic table, water fountains and bathrooms.

Unfortunately the park offers no shade, even at 10am.  Other than that, another fun place to run your toddler around for a while.

Doug Snoap 53, son of Pat McComb and David Snoap, was born in Grand Rapids, graduated from Grandville High School, attended Davenport College and then went on to the University of Central Florida and since then has resided in Florida.

From the time Doug was 11 years old, he played golf, starting out at Lincoln Golf Course on Lake Michigan Dr. NW, near his family home.

He worked for IBM for several years, then took a year off from work to pursue his golf career but after failing to make the cut, went back to work, this time for the Hilton Hotel chain, his present employer.

Just recently Doug was notified that he was chosen as an alternate for the US Senior Open Championship to be played at Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Lake Orion, MI, approximately 35 miles north of Detroit beginning Thursday July 12 through Sunday, July 15.