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March 18, 2010
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It's Pickleball Time!

Well suited for the over-fifty crowd

by Eve Silberman

posted 1/22/2010

With winter's arrival, Community Education and Recreation is hoping to lure people looking for indoor exercise to the drolly named sport of pickleball. A hybrid that blends elements of ping-pong, badminton, and tennis, the game has been around for a while but has just caught on locally the last couple of years. Karen Draves of Rec & Ed says that regulars help

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