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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE - by Roland Kotcamp The “Hot August Night” party on Saturday, August 21 was a big success thanks to the efforts of Ruth Morgan, I hope to see you at the Labor Day golf outing being organized by Sam & Jim Melton and Jeannie & Wayne Kulka. Hope you have signed up. Remember registration starts at 7:30 am with tee-off no later than 8:30 am. Card/Game night is scheduled for Saturday, September 25. Registration is 6:00 pm We have started selling the wooden chairs located in the grill room on a first come - first served basis. See Pat Szekely’s article about pricing details. We are offering the chairs to the membership first then will open to the public. We hope to have the chairs gone by late September to make room for the new chairs scheduled for late September delivery. Start marking you calendar for the Craft/Bake sale scheduled for Saturday, November 20th. If anyone is interested in helping on the Craft sale, please contact Pat Szekely. Also, we have scheduled a tentative date of Monday, November 1st for this year’s Health Fair. AS ALWAYS REMBER TO: Fill your tee and fairway divots, repair ball marks on the greens and AVOID SLOW PLAY. I encourage all our golfing members to always pay attention as to where you are in relation to the group in front of you. Try not to be the reason for slow play. Remember, you tee off at the 1st hole when the group ahead of you is at the 2nd tee, try to keep that same relationship all the way around the golf course. Follow the riding golf cart guidelines. If you’re not sure about the guidelines, ASK! The next Board of Director’s meeting will be Monday, October 11, 2010, at 8:00 am. TREASURER’S REPORT – by Pat Kelly The Club’s financial position as of July 31, 2010, was: CASH 390,520 o Reserves 61,114 o Operating 329,406 Our cash balance is approximately $35,000 higher than it was at this time last year and our year to date net revenue is $10,400 higher than budget projections. Although restaurant and bar revenues are running behind budget, we are continuing to see higher than budgeted revenue from golf activities. We are also keeping expenses under control and within budget. MEMBERSHIP - by Jim Melton The WCCC Board of Directors has changed the price of an Equity Certificate in the club from $1,500 to $500. Equity ownership has not been required since the Associate Membership was established, but the price of a certificate purchased from WCCC was not lowered below $1500. Private sales of certificates have occurred at approximately $500 for several years. As an Equity Certificate owner, the club by-laws list the following rights: (1) The right to vote (2) The right to hold office (3) A proprietary interest in the assets of the corporation (4) The right to receive a Medical Leave of Absence for up to 365 days (5) First priority for cart storage space at the club Funds received by WCCC from the sale of Equity Certificates are capital funds available to continue capital improvements to our Club. The private certificate sales between individuals are of no financial advantage to WCCC. We are encouraging present Associate Members and converting Trial Members to purchase an Equity Certificate from WCCC. Please become a full voting and participating member of WCCC and help increase capital funds available to the club. GOLF COURSE – by Bob Teegarden I want to extend a warm welcome to Travis Sturman and Chris Campbell to our maintenance staff. Travis has joined Josh's crew on the course and Chris has accepted the responsibility for generally caring for our carts as well as morning and evening chores required to prepare the course for play and close it up in the evening. Glad to have these two on board. I also want to wish Ed Hardiman a warm thanks for all of his efforts on our behalf. Ed never failed us and will be missed by his many friends. Our sincere thanks to Ed and best wishes on all his future endeavors. The golf course remains in excellent condition. Surprise! We have new cart paths on the front nine. The Board approved the project and when I informed our contractor that it was a GO situation he wanted to start work immediately. Three days later he was on site and started work two days later. The result is obvious and comments have been very positive. Thanks to Mike Kuehn and his crew of volunteers we have replaced the sand in the large bunker in front of #2 green. This project will continue as opportunity occurs until eventually all traps have been renewed. This could take as long as two years to complete due to funding and help availability but we will get it done. The new fairways and practice green are doing very well and I currently plan to put them in play for our Labor Day celebration and tournament. Hopefully by the time you read this our new fleet of Yamaha golf carts will have arrived. The new carts have some nice features such as: Climaguard tops directing water to the rear of the cart for discharge; Hydro Link Battery Fill, fills all batteries at the same time; club covers; club name on front of cart; info holders for inserting signage; split windshield and sand buckets. Hope you like them. Remember, it's our golf course - take care of it and stay hydrated in this terrible heat. If Linda tells you to throw cold water in your face, you should do it!!! SEBRING TRIP – by Don and Evy Hunt We currently have 21 couples that will be playing at Sebring on October 22-24. This is a really fun outing. There are a few openings left, but you must call Don or Evy Hunt before September 10th. WCCC HOSTS SOUTHWEST Despite very wet playing conditions (rained 3 - 31/2 inches the night before), 22 junior golfers from the SWFJG association played WCCC on August 2nd. With standing water on the fairways and in the traps, these young, ages 7 - 13, boys and girls persisted and finished the 9-hole back nine. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot of ball roll! Many thanks to those volunteers who helped make this day special. Volunteers: Betty and Charlie Shogren, Ruth Morgan, Jean Teagarden, Sid Harris, Jim Gehring, Phyllis Black, Bob Nelson and Linda Peckham. LEGA – by Jean Teegarden Friday, August 20, the sun came up and it was another hot, hot day. Seven hardy ladies from WC challenged the LEGA tournament at El Rio. Everyone managed to finish and three were in the money. In Flight "A", Betty Shogren showed her stamina by taking 3rd place; in Flight "B", PRO SHOP – by Jan Kotcamp and Rosalie Merola Items are constantly changing in the “On Sale Bin”. Don’t forget to check out the merchandise in the “On Sale Bin” on top of the Pro Shop counter. Items will be added to the bin during the month. All of the items for sale have a red dot on the tag and are for selling at $15.00 plus tax. Thank you for your patronage throughout the year! The Pro Shop is here for the convenience of our members. Don’t forget to check out items that are available when you are doing your gift giving. Remember it is YOUR Whiskey Creek Pro Shop!!! Take some time to look things over…new items are always arriving! Thanks!!! CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT AND PARTY The Hot August Nights Party and Corn Hole Tournament held on Saturday, August 21 drew a total of 58 members and guests who ate, drank, played games and listened to music by DJ Forty-five members and guests participated in the Club’s first Corn Hole Tournament. It was hot and humid, but the rain held off while these hardy soles played for the right to become the 2010 WCCC King and Queen of Corn Hole. First place went to Jim Caldwell and Dale Livingston; and second place to Alex Christ and Dick Roberts (all Kings and no Queen). A big thank you goes to Trudy Goldsbury, Irv Zimet, Jan & Roland Kotcamp and CLUBHOUSE/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES – by Pat Szekely Notes from the Kitchen
Friday Night Dinners: Please support our great Friday dinners at one of the two seating’s: 5:00 pm and 6:00pm. UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS: Watch the coming month Tattlers for more information on these events as well as other events planned for future months. September 6, 2010 Labor Day Golf Tournament September 25, 2010 Card & Game Night Sign in at 6:00 pm; Play 6:15 pm
October 22-24 Sebring Trip; for information contract Don & Evy Hunt October 30, 2010 Costume Halloween Party 6:00 pm November 20, 2010 Bake A FEW REMINDERS: Labor Day is fast approaching; remember to sign up for the tournament and picnic on September 6. Also in September is the Card and Game Night on the 25th. Be sure to register for this fun evening. Our Bake Sale and Craft Show will take place on November 20; so if you or anyone you know would be interested in renting a space for the upcoming craft show, please pick up a registration form in the office. Hope everyone is thinking about their Halloween costumes! New chairs should be delivered this month. If you are interested in purchasing the wooden dining room chairs, they will be selling for: One for $15.00, two for $25.00 or 4 for $40.00. To reserve your chairs either put a note in my box in the office or email me at nanaszek@yahoo.com include your name, phone number and number of chairs you want. Remainder of chairs will be sold to public. SEPTEMBER MENUS Friday, September 3 Friday, September 10 Bacon Cheeseburger with fries $7.95 Prime Rib AuJus $14.95 Potato Crusted Tilapia Basket w/fries & slaw $7.95 Chicken Chef’s Salad with roll $7.95 Broiled Sea Scallops in Scampi Sauce $13.95 Salad, Potato, Vegetable and rolls Friday, September 17 Friday, September 24 Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Fries $7.95 Salisbury Steak with gravy $10.95 Shrimp Basket with fires and slaw $7.95 Honey Dipt Fried Chicken $10.95 Cobb Salad with roll $7.95 Broiled White Fish $10.95 Salad, Potato, Vegetable and rolls
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE - By Roland Kotcamp The heavy rains in July produced some standing water issues around the Clubhouse and practice green. To address the issue, Bob Teegarden handled the details to have commercial size (7”) gutters installed around the clubhouse. So far the gutters appear to have significantly reduced the amount of standing water around the clubhouse and practice green after the heavy rains. Bob Teegarden and Josh Anderson along with the contractor continue to monitor the progress of the newly planted grass on the 2nd and 3rd fairways and practice green. To date the progress is on schedule. The Shirley Heard Memorial committee met on Monday July 5 and decided the cluster of royal palm trees that member Irv Zimet is donating and located on his property will be planted behind the 6th hole; a memorial stone with appropriate wording will be put in the island in front of the clubhouse; work will be done sometime in September or October 2010; once the work is completed there will be a dedication ceremony with Shirley’s family. Ruth Morgan, Thanks to Jim Gehring for his donation of the palms trees that were planted by the maintenance staff (Travis Sturman, Bob Skrentny and Roger Wampler) located behind the 8th tee. Pat Quinn is volunteering his time two days a week to assist the maintenance staff with mowing around the golf course. Thanks Pat! Thanks to Art Schaper for the purchase and installation of the exhaust fans in men’s and women’s restrooms. Unfortunately, the weather man did not cooperate with our July 4th golf outing and we eventually had to cancel. Thanks to Bobbie & Dick Sheridan and Jan Kotcamp for their efforts organizing and to Chef David for his cooperation. Next scheduled golf event is Labor Day and is being organized by Sam & Jim Melton and Jeannie & Wayne Kulka. Look for the sign up sheet. Tentative plans have been started for the first annual fund raising event to be chaired by Dave Grochmal. The format for the initial event will be a bowling tournament on Friday followed by a golf tournament on Saturday. The proceeds will be used for specific improvements to the golf course. The dates for the event will be January 14 and 15, 2011. Details about this fund raising event will be communicated in the coming months. Let Dave know if you would be interested in helping. On behalf of the membership I want to extend our deepest sympathies to Mary, Don and Eleanor Longer and their family on the passing of Hal; George and Wanda Myers on the passing of George’s brother; to Diane and Mark Lundi on the passing of Diane’s dad Jack Belke (Rosemary & Jack Belke were long time members); and to Harry Kaup’s family on Harry’s recent passing. AS ALWAYS REMBER TO: Fill your tee and fairway divots, repair ball marks on the greens and AVOID SLOW PLAY. I encourage all our golfing members to always pay attention as to where you are in relation to the group in front of you. Try not to be the reason for slow play. Remember, you tee off at the 1st hole when the group ahead of you is at the 2nd tee, try to keep that same relationship all the way around the golf course. Follow the riding golf cart guidelines. If you’re not sure about the guidelines, ASK! The next Board of Director’s meeting will be Monday, September 13th at 8:00 am. TREASURER’S REPORT – By Pat Kelly The Club’s financial position as of June 30, 2009, was: CASH 455,910 o Reserves 61,114 o Operating 394,796 Our June 30, 2010, cash balance was: $393,500 Our net year to date revenue (surplus) is $72,600. The surplus is $24,000 higher than budget projections and has helped us arrive at a stronger cash position than that which existed at June 30, 2009. As of the Tattler publication date, July revenue is running behind projections, primarily due to the heavy rains we experienced early in July. The rains also caused some serious flooding and necessitated approximately $3,000 in unplanned expenditures for gutters on the rear of the clubhouse. MEMBERSHIP - By Jim Melton Please welcome Ron Frazer as our newest Social Member. Ron recently retired from the school system and purchased a home near WCCC on We received over 30 Trial Members during the 2009 – 2010 winter seasons. Many of these will convert to full membership this fall. We are keeping in contact with these members this summer, and we are preparing for our fall membership drive. Please keep referring prospective members to us. Our members are always our best advertising source. We appreciate the help of all WCCC members in identifying new members and in welcoming them to our club. GOLF COURSE – By Bob Teegarden Can it be August already? It certainly is, unbelievably, and the grounds crew under Josh continues to keep the course looking and playing great! Thanks for all the positive comments. We also want to extend a warm welcome to Travis Sturman, the latest addition to our staff. The grow out on the new fairways and practice green is progressing well. We did have an area on the south end of #2 that was not doing well and has been re-sprigged by the vender and is already looking much better. If you look at the roof of the Clubhouse, you will notice new guttering on both sides and the course side. This became necessary due to the incredible amount of rain we received in July. The amount of standing water we had near the practice green was just too scary to ignore. The materials to replace the front of the cart barn is on site and that project will be moving forward shortly and is scheduled for completion in September. We will be looking for volunteers to help with demo, painting and final assembly. If you are willing to be involved, please let me know. I know the word is out that we plan to do some renewal work on the sand traps this year. That’s true, however, this is more complicated than I anticipated and some real planning is involved. The money for this project is the remainder of gifts received for the fairways. The amount currently available is $5,000.00. Not nearly enough to do all traps but should give us a good positive start. Our replacement fleet of rental carts is on order to be delivered and available to us on November 1st. They will be coming from Club Car and will be nicely equipped. Remember, it’s our golf course – USE IT NOW GOLF ACTIVITIES – By Mike O’Leary Some you win some you lose and some are rained out; like the 4th of July. The next game is September 6. Labor Day; check the board in a couple weeks. The following is a schedule of golf activities for the year 2010-2011; pretty much dates are locked in. 2010 Sept 6 Labor Day, Monday--------Kulka & Melton’s Sept 24 Guest League-Nine & Dine golf group-Sept to April, 4th Friday of each month-3:30 pm Oct. 1 Guest league-Heritage Point golf group-Oct. to May-Fridays-11:30 am Oct. 21 MEGA @ WCCC-8:30 AM Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 7 Fun day-the first one, running thru April-----------Cullen & Rubin Nov. 12 WCCC Women’s 9-hole invitational---------------R. Merola Nov. 14 Nov. 16 WCCC Women’s 18 hole Rally/Cancer-----------B. Dec. 5 Fun Day Dec. 14 WCCC 1st annual putting contest--------------------M.OLeary & M. Sliter Women’s=12/14+12/17+12/19 finals---Men's=12/15+12/17+12/19 finals Dec. 25 Closed Jan. 1 Closed Jan. 2 Fun Day Jan. 3 Guest league-Holiday Condo group-Jan. to April-Mondays-11:00 am Jan 14 & 15 Invitational Fund Raiser – Dave Grochmal Jan. 18 WCCC Women's 18-hole invitational----------------B. Feb. 6 Fun Day-Super bowl Sunday Feb. 18 Seniors-Men & women's shoot out-------------------Don Hunt Feb. 20 Men & Women’s shoot out------------------------------Don Hunt Feb. 23 WCCC Men's 18-hole Rally/Cancer-----------------Dave Grochmal Feb. 27 WCCC 2-Man challenge-pick your partner-best ball March 4 WCCC men's 27-hole tournament-March 4+11+13 finals----------------TBA March 4 WCCC Women's 27-hole tournament-March 4+11+13 finals------------TBA March 6 Fun Day March 15 WCCC Women's 18-hole tournament-March 15+22+27 finals-----------E. Longer March 16 WCCC Men's 18-hole tournament=March 16+18+20 finals---------------TBA April 1 WCCC Women's 9-hole Rally/Cancer-------------------------------------------R. Merola April 3 Fun Day (Sadie Hawkins day) last one till Nov. April 12 WCCC Awards Dinner----------------------------------------------------------------P. Challen LEGA – By Jean Teegarden We were able to send nine ladies to Del Tura CC for the LEGA Tournament on July 16. We had a warm, but nice day and some of our golfers scored very well. Nancy Yavorsky took 2nd place in "A" Flight; B.J. Turner was 2nd and Betty Shogren was 4th in "B" Flight; and Katie Tolstyka took 4th in "D" Flight. Nice job ladies! Others participating were: Roberta Rock, Jean Teegarden, Phyllis Black, Karen Caldwell and Ruth Morgan. Our next LEGA is August 20 at El Rio. The sign up sheet is on the bulletin board. We only have two more tournaments after El Rio; PRO SHOP – By Jan Kotcamp and Rosalie Merola Just Arrived! Ladies sleeveless golf shirts have arrived at the Pro Shop. The shirts in Guava come with a white stripe detail on the sides. The color-block shirts feature a zipper closure with the WCCC logo on the lower side of the shirt. They are available in medium and large. Also new in the Pro Shop are three golf shirts for the men. Available in medium, large and x-large; there is a black shirt with stripes, a bright green shirt and a classic red shirt. All the shirts are by Page and Tuttle and are moisture wicking. Don’t forget to check out merchandise in the “For Sale Bin” on the Pro Shop counter. New items will be added to the bin during the month. The shirts in the bin have a red dot on the tag and are for sale for $15.00 per shirt. Thank you for your patronage throughout the year! The Pro Shop is here for the convenience of our members. Remember it is YOUR Whiskey Creek Pro Shop!!! Take some time to look things over…new items are always arriving! Thanks!!! CLUBHOUSE/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES – By Pat Szekely Notes from the Kitchen
Friday Night Dinners—Please support our great Friday dinners at one of the two seating’s: 5:00pm and 6:00pm Welcome Back David…Hope you had a wonderful vacation. UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS: Watch the coming month Tattlers for more information on these events as well as other events planned for future months. August 21, 2010 Hot August Night Party 6:00 pm September 6, 2010 Labor Day Golf Tournament and lunch September 25, 2010 Card & Game Night Sign in 6:00 pm; Play 6:15 pm
October 22-24 Sebring Trip—for information contract Don & Evy Hunt October 30, 2010 Costume Halloween Party 6:00 pm Hope all had a wonderful 4th of July. Summer is coming to an end fast so enjoy the rest of your summer. REMEMBER: New chairs have been ordered to replace the wooden dining room chairs. We will be selling the wooden chairs in September when I get a firm confirmation date on the delivery of the new ones. If you are interested in purchasing the wooden dining room chairs, they will be selling for: One for $15.00, two for $25.00 or four for $40.00. To reserve your chairs either put note in my box in the office or email me at nanaszek@yahoo.com include your name, phone number and number of chairs you want. Remainder of chairs will be sold to public. © Copyright 2005 Whiskey Creek
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