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About 75 people came out to play pickleball on the opening day of the courts at Allan Witt Park in Fairfield,

Saturday. Pickleball is a paddle game which is played between teams, either one on one or two on two.

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FAIRFIELD — Pickleball has officially come to town. The 16 courts were full Saturday for opening day, with about 75 players coming out to share their enjoyment with anyone who wanted to hit the courts. George Kennedy, the regional director of the USA Pickleball Association, claims it is the fastest growing sport in America. Pickleball is a paddle game which is played between teams – either one-on-one or two-on-two. The paddles are smaller than tennis rackets and bigger than racquetball racquets. The sport combines parts of badminton, table tennis and tennis. The ball is a brightly colored whiffle ball that

A pickleball enthusiast hits the ball during opening day of the courts at Allan Witt Park in Fairfield, Saturday. sails across the net. Pickleball was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island not far from Seattle, Washington, according to Kennedy. Dads Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum realized their children were bored with the regular summer fun and decided to create a new game. It was so popular even a young Bill

Gates came over to play in their backyard. “The name ‘pickleball’ comes from the family dog’s name,” Kennedy said. “I guess he would run and fetch the balls for them.” Anyone can play the game, Kennedy knows 80-year-olds who have played. “Really, it’s good for anyone,” he said.

Derek Bromstead, president of the Fairfield Pickleball Association, was thrilled to see it finally come together. The pickleball courts were worked into the planned renovation of Allan Witt Park. “This is healthy fun and that is one of the goals of this game,” he said. Bromstead also loves seeing people come out to play because everyone is nice and doing something they enjoy. “It brings the community out,” he said. Bromstead said he hopes to some day see pickleball in the Olympics. “We have to have leagues in every country,” he said, “and that is happening, worldwide.” Kennedy and Bromstead also want to see the game draw visitors

In a phone call in late 2020, President Donald Trump tried to pressure Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to overturn the state’s presidential election results, saying that if enough fraudulent votes could be found it would overcome Trump’s narrow loss in Arizona, according to three people familiar with the call. Trump also repeatedly asked Vice President Mike Pence to call Ducey and prod him to find the evidence to substantiate Trump’s claims of fraud, according to two of these people. Pence called Ducey several times to discuss the election, they said, though he did not follow Trump’s directions to pressure the governor. The extent of Trump’s efforts to cajole Ducey into helping him stay in power have not before been reported, even as other efforts by Trump’s lawyer and allies to pressure Arizona officials have been made public. Ducey told reporters in December 2020 that he and Trump had spoken, but he declined to disclose the contents of the call then or in the more than two years since. Although he disagreed with Trump about the outcome of the election, Ducey has sought to avoid a public battle with Trump. Ducey described the “pressure” he was under after Trump’s loss to a prominent Republican donor over a meal in Arizona earlier this year, according to the donor, who like others interviewed for this story spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. The account was confirmed by others aware of the call. Ducey told the donor he was surprised

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Wisdom Cole, the national director of the NAACP Youth and College Division, leads a march from the Supreme Court of the United States to the White House after the nation’s high court stuck down President Biden’s student debt relief program, Friday.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive millions of student loans, ruling that the nation’s chief executive does not have the legal authority to waive more than $400 billion owed to the government. The Biden administration had asserted its right to cancel the loans as part of its emergency response to the Covid-19 pandemic and under a 2003 law

that special counsel Jack Smith’s team had not inquired about his phone calls with Trump and Pence as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into the former president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, the donor said. Ducey did not record the call, people familiar with the matter said. Now out of public office, the former governor declined through a spokesman to answer specific questions about his interactions with Trump and his administration. “This is neither new nor is it news to anyone following this issue the last two years,” spokesman Daniel Scarpinato said in a statement. “Governor Ducey defended the results of Arizona’s 2020 election, he certified the election, and he made it clear that the certification provided a trigger for credible complaints backed by evidence to be brought forward. None were ever brought forward. The Governor stands by his action to certify the election and considers the issue to be in the rear view mirror.” A spokesman for Trump declined to respond to questions about the call with Ducey and instead falsely declared in a statement that “the 2020 Presidential See Trump, Page A9

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Ducey described the ‘pressure’ he was under after Trump’s loss to a prominent Republican donor over a meal in Arizona earlier this year, according to a donor.

called the HEROES Act, passed at the time of the Iraq War. In a 6-3 vote in Biden v. Nebraska, the court’s conservatives said only Congress could authorize such a large-scale cancellation of government-provided loans, and it has not done so. Writing for the court, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said, “The HEROES Act allows the secretary to ‘waive or modify’ ” provisions of

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President Donald Trump speaks with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, R, as they participate in a working lunch with governors at the White House, June 13, 2019.

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