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Bent Tree Golf Club in Sunbury will close Nov. 16

Plus, Powell's council moves on land for the Scioto Street Extension.

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Bent Tree Golf Club in Sunbury will close for good on Nov. 16 after 37 years

Bent Tree's last stretch runs through Nov. 16

  1. 1989Bent Tree opens as a public golf course.
  2. Nov. 14The Bent Tree Chilli Open is set to be held.
  3. Nov. 16 will close permanently.

Sources: NBC4 WCMH-TV, 614NOW

If you've teed it up at in Sunbury, you've got until Nov. 16. The public course, which opened in 1989, will close permanently that day. The club announced it on Facebook, and neither report gives a reason.

That Chilli Open was announced just before the closure news, so for many it will be the last round on the course. runs Bent Tree, and NBC4 reports its central Ohio courses include Glenross Golf Club in Delaware.

  • Address: 350 Bent Tree Road, Sunbury
  • Operator: KemperSports, based in Illinois
  • The club invites golfers to play one final round

Bent Tree by the numbers

37
years in business
167
acres of course
18
holes

Source: NBC4 WCMH-TV

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Powell

Powell City Council has voted to start the land acquisition process for several downtown properties. It's for the first phase of the city's planned project. The Columbus Dispatch

Powell's news runs from a land vote to a Veterans Day ceremony

ItemDetail
Scioto Street ExtensionCouncil voted to start land acquisition
Quilt of ValorAwarded Sept. 24 to Eugene McKahan
Veterans Day ceremonyTue., Nov. 10, 11 a.m.

Sources: The Columbus Dispatch, Delaware Gazette, the event's listing

Quilt of Valor

Veteran Eugene McKahan received a Quilt of Valor on Sept. 24 at his Powell home. Grateful Quilters of Ohio, a group based in Mount Vernon, presented the handmade quilt. Delaware Gazette

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Powell's annual Veterans Day ceremony is Tue., Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. at the Greater Powell Veterans Memorial, 47 Hall Street. Facebook

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  1. Fri., Nov. 6Land-Grant Brewing buys Nocterra, plans Powell taproom reopening
  2. Thurs., Nov. 5New Albany names Westerville's Brian Spoon its next police chief
  3. Wed., Nov. 4Early results: Delaware County voters appear to favor property-tax measures
  4. Tues., Nov. 3Delaware Hayes runners head to the state cross-country meet
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Bent Tree Golf Club in Sunbury will close Nov. 16

Plus, Powell's council moves on land for the Scioto Street Extension.

The TLDR

  1. Bent Tree Golf Club in Sunbury will close Nov. 16
  2. Powell starts land acquisition for the Scioto Street Extension
  3. Powell's Veterans Day ceremony is Tue., Nov. 10
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