Oct 2014 (pdf) - Avondale Golf Course

October 2 0 1 4 N e w s l e t t e r
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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Live Music 6-9pm
Truck Mills
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18 HOLE LADIES
Closing Day
10 am shotgun
OCTOBER
5
Course closed
for aeration
9 Hole Ladies
Closing Day
6
Course closed for
Aeration
Monday Night
Football
Sunday Breakfast
9-11:30am
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Sunday Breakfast
9-11:30am
13
8
7
Columbus Day
19
Sunday Breakfast
9-11:30am
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15
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Board
Meeting 6pm
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Live Music 6-9pm
Pat Coast
11
Halloween NightLight
Tournament
7pm Shotgun
18
Prime Rib Night
20
21
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Monday Night
Football
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Sunday Breakfast
9-11:30am
NCCGA
T-times 8-10am
10
Live Music 6-9pm
The Jazz Guys
Prime Rib Night
Election Mtg 7pm
NIC Invitational
All Day
Monday Night
Football
NIC Invitational
All Day
9
Prime Rib Night
MC Closing Day
4-Man Scramble
9 am shotgun
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Live Music 6-9pm
Dan Mills
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NCCGA
T-times 11am-1pm
2014
STAFF
directory
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PGA Golf Professional
Dan Porter
Assistant Professionals
Taylor Porter
avondaleproshop@
avondalegolfcourse.com
208-772-5963
The Avondale
Bar & Grill
Restaurant Manager
Malinda Street
waterhazard@
avondalegolfcourse.com
208-772-4273
31 6-9pm
Halloween
Costume Party!
DJ Todd Deming
Monday Night
Football
Course Maintenance
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
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NOVEMBER
2
Daylight Savings
Time ends
3
4
5
6
11
12
13
14
15
Board Meeting
6pm
Monday Night
Football
17
8
Prime Rib Night
Veteran’s Day
16
7
Live Music 6-9pm
Truck Mills
Monday Night
Football
10
Prime Rib Night
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20
21
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Live Music 6-9
Dan Mills
Monday Night
Football
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Greens Superintendent
Tim Mack
Greens Assistants
Nick Becker
Tim Lynam
[email protected]
208-772-6172
Club Office
Election Day
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Sat
26
27
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I s s u e
Av o n d a l e G o l f C l u b
Office Manager
Vicki Bradley
vbradley@
avondalegolfcourse.com
208-772-9423
Fax:208-762-8302
Website
avondalegolfcourse.com
avondalegolfcourseblogspot.com
NOTES FROM THE FAIRWAYS —
TIM MACK
Well, we are rolling into what is probably the prettiest time of the year on the golf course,
when the trees start changing colors. Yes, they do make a mess, but it is well worth the
beauty. Now, for what’s going on around the course.
Aeration: by the time you read this, 5 & 6 greens will have already been punched. The following is an explanation I wrote to the board why we need to aerate 5 & 6 earlier than the
rest. Now a little more explanation...A survival mechanism for plants is to go dormant (you can see
this in your own yard as you don’t mow as much in the fall as you do in the summer, the reason
being is your grass is preparing for winter. The plant is putting all its energy into survial). Bentgrass
is so hardy because it goes dormant early and avoids any freeze damage, it also stays dormant
longer in the spring to avoid the freeze/thaw cycles that are common around here. Now poa annua
is considered a winter annual and its survival mechanism is to not stay alive…it banks on seeds it
produces...it waits to the last second to go dormant to get as much seed produced as possible and it
breaks dormancy early to get more seed out. These two factors are why it is not a hardy plant. So if
we aerate our new greens when the bent is almost dormant and cannot compete with poa annua
which is still going strong making seeds, and we have over 100,000 open holes, and golfers tracking
poa seeds on these new greens, we will not have our pure stand anymore. Now when the temperatures are warmer and the bent is actively growing the poa does not have a chance to get established. This will always be a problem of aerating pure bent greens too late in the year. We put
these new greens in so we don’t have winterkill and can play them right away in the spring. We are
taking many measures to keep the poa out. We hand remove any poa plants we see, and are going
to have to do some chemical controls down the road. At this point we are 100% pure bent and to
open 100,000 possible infection sites that will sit open all winter is not a good idea. I feel I can get
those 2 greens punched and cleaned with minimal disruption and there is a good chance that they
will be perfect for the men’s closer. All our other greens are poa so it does not matter if more poa
invades.
This fall is an experiment with a later aeration and we will not know for sure of the aeration
dates for next year. We may experiment with punching small holes a couple times a year and
eliminate the spring aeration completely. We will be pulling some soil samples late this fall and
spring to determine the effects of not aerating this spring.
Well, until next time, enjoy this beautiful time of year.
PORTER'S PUTTS—
DAN PORTER
October brings us toward the end of our golf season. We hope the weather will cooperate
for all of you to enjoy more days of golf.
The Men’s Club is having their closing tournament, a 4-man scramble, on the 4th. The
Ladies 9-Hole Club closing is on the 7th and the Ladies 18-Hole Club will hold their closing
day on the 2nd.
On October 11th join us for the Halloween Night-Light Tournament ,7pm shotgun. Signup
is available in the Pro Shop.
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Thanksgiving Day
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Monday Night
Football
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Prime Rib Night
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Please remember to use your credits before December 31 st, so visit the Pro Shop this fall
and shop with your winning credits.
Prime Rib Night
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Proshop
Prime Rib Night
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V o l u m e
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2014 Newsletter
Bar & Grill – Malinda Street
Avondale Members enjoy Reciprocal Privileges
with 2 Complimentary Rounds Per Year at each
of the clubs listed. Unless otherwise noted.
Exciting things are happening in October. We have Live Music every Friday
night. Come join us for dinner and a variety of Blues and Jazz Bands throughout the month. October 3rd is Truck Mills – Blues; October 10th is our very own
local artists The Jazz Guys; October 17th is Pat Coast – Blues; October 24th is
Dan Mills – Variety. October 31st we are planning a Halloween Party with prizes for best- dressed. DJ Todd Deming will provide the music . More info to
follow by email.
Reciprocal Golf Agreements
Contact the Pro Shop for More Information
(208)772-5963
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Thursday, September 18th Board Meeting
Remember when?
Don’t forget to call us if you have any upcoming events. Birthday and Retirement parties, Rehearsal Dinners, Anniversary celebrations, Fundraisers or
any other special event you have planned. It seems early to start thinking
Christmas but we are already filling up, so be sure to give me a call to get a
date saved if you plan to bring your company Christmas Party here, too.
At 6:00 PM President, Tim Warnecke called to order the Regular
Scheduled Board of Director Meeting. Directors attending:
Richard Colburn, Gayle Foote, Mark Heckel, Steve Hill, Steve
Peterson and Tim Warnecke. Absent: Ken Bevan, Pete Bredeson
and Jayson Jury. Managers attending: Vicki Bradley, Tim Mack,
Dan Porter and Malinda Street.
There were six members in the audience.
Gayle Foote made a motion to accept the Minutes of the August 28,
2014 Regular Monthly Board of Directors Meeting. The motion
was seconded, all were in favor and the motion was carried.
Steve Peterson made a motion to accept the following stock transfer. The motion was seconded, all were in favor and the motion
was carried.
Thanks so much!
NEW
John & Tara Nelson
Men’s Club News - Darren Titus
We have had a good turnout this year for the Men’s Club. The One-Man
Scramble was played on Sept. 13, and there were many requests to play
it again next year.
The Men’s Club election of officers meeting will be on October 9 at 7pm.
Closing day is October 4. It will be a 4-Man Scramble with a 9am shotgun
start.
UPCOMNG EVENTS
October 2…..18-Hole Ladies Closing 10 am SG
October 4......MC closing 4-man Scramble 9am SG
October 6-7...Course closed for aeration
October 7…...9-Hole Ladies Closing Luncheon
October 7.. ...Annual Election Meeting 7pm
October 11….Halloween Nite-Lite Tourn 7pm SG
Oct 12-13…...NIC Invitational All Day
October 16….Board of Directors Meeting 6pm
October 25.…NCCGA Tee times 11am-1pm
October 26… NCCGA Tee times 8am-10am
October 31....Halloween Costume Party 6-9pm
Ladies 18-Hole Club—Tracie Mantia
Hard to believe the season is coming to a close with all this fabulous golf weather!
We held the "Fall Classic" tournament in September, with 124 ladies participating.
Once again the members of the 18-Hole Club worked together to make the tournament a huge success, generating over $2000 to donate to Hospice of North Idaho.
We thank our many local sponsors for their continued support.
The new officer elections will be held at our last meeting and awards banquet on
October 2nd, then we will soon be saying goodbye to our snowbird friends.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my 2 years as club president and thank the many volunteers who make my job easy. The wonderful friendly women in our club make it a
great environment for learning the game and playing the sport we love.
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Our season has come to a close and winter is nipping at our heels. The
summer sure went fast, but we are having a wonderful fall. I want to thank
all of your for your kindness and support while I was president and ask that
you offer the same to Jenni Whitehead. I know that she will do a wonderful
job. The closing luncheon will be held on October 7th with a chipping contest before lunch. Safe travel to our snow birds, keep in touch over the winter. Pray for a mild winter and early spring. See you again in April!
Every Friday & Saturday Night
Petite Cut Prime Rib 8oz $16
Prime Rib 12oz $21
Serving Breakfast on Sundays
9 am to 11:30 am
HOLE-IN-ONE REPORT
Live Music—October
9/18 Yvonne Titus aced the 161 yd. #6 hole at Palouse Ridge Golf
Course with a 7 iron. Congratulations, Yvonne!
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Every Friday Night 6 pm to 9 pm
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REFERRED BY
John McMurray
TRANSFERRED FROM
John Kowsky
Treasurer’s/Finance Committee - Treasurer, Steve Peterson
reported that August was a better month. Steve reviewed the August
profit and loss statement. There was discussion regarding green fees
and the public rounds, plus Dan Porter talked about new tournaments he has been trying to recruit. Steve Peterson requested that
2015 budgets be turned in to him by October 6th.
Greens Committee – Chairman, Richard Colburn reviewed the
items discussed by the Greens Committee. Tim Mack discussed the
algae problem in the pond. On Monday the 22nd the new greens on
five and six will be punched. Steve Peterson reported that by delaying aeration the 2014 green fees had increased $5,800.00 over 2013
green fees in the same time period.
House/Entertainment Committee – Gayle Foote reported that
the chef was no longer with Avondale. Breakfast will be served on
Sundays. Malinda Street reported Monday Night Football, Sunday
breakfasts, and beginning October there will be live music on Friday
nights. Malinda is also planning a Halloween party.
Tournament Committee –Dan Porter reported that the September
green fees to date were up over 2013. There was a discussion regarding a confrontation between golfers on the course.
Membership Promotion Committee – Mark Heckel told the
Board that after the decision to delay aeration, it was decided to
promote play on the course. A fall special green fee of $34.50 has
been advertised on both radio and newspaper at a cost of $2,500.
The green fees have increased to date by $5,800 over 2013. Mark
also told the board that in October he will begin direct mailings to
promote 2015 corporate memberships.
Open Forum – It was suggested that an article be placed in the
newsletter explaining the displayed landscape draft. It should also
be explained that it is a long term plan.
The managers were excused from the meeting.
Old Business
JUB Engineering – Tim Warnecke reported that he had signed the
contract with JUB to move forward with developing the lot. The
project has a stipulation of not to exceed $7,500 and should take
JUB approximately two months.
The meeting was adjourned to executive session.
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