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  • 7/31/2019 Hannibal Country Club August Newsletter

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    A Tradition Since 1903August 2012

    2012 Club Champion - Dominic Whiston with a score of 148.

    Mens A Flight Champion - Jim Harris

    Mens B Flight Champion - Dan NelsonMens C Flight Champion - Jeff Bross

    2012 Ladies Champion - Doris Nichols with a score of 179

    Ladies Net Champion - Debi Wooten

    Ladies Day LuncheonWednesday, August 15 at NoonWere celebrating the hot days of summer with a lighter, lady luncheon.Jan Schanbacher, Rosie Raible and Dolly Athman have chosen to serve a

    beautiful ripe tomato from the Meyers Garden stuffed with chicken salad.Along side this sunshine split tomato will be haricot vert green beans, crusty

    bread with dipping oil and lemon pie to nish. The hostesses are lookingfor this function to be the largest of the year so please call soon with

    your reservations.

    Congrats to our

    2012 Club Champions!

    TUESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL

    ITS BACK!

    The sauce has been revised slightlyand the members have been impressed.

    $12 Ribs Basket

    Great for Dine In or Take-Out!

    Welcome to the Club!It is our pleasure to welcome

    the Hess Family to the Club.Ken Hess rst appeared here

    when son, Eli, decided toparticipate in the Kids Klub

    Golf Program this June. BothKen and Ceann decided to

    become members and playa lot of golf since so many

    golf balls end up in their front yard. Guess that makessense, because the Hess live across the street in

    between holes 7 & 8.Ken says he has lived here FOREVER and is a retiredHannibal Police Ofcer. Wife, Ceann, originally hailsfrom Unionville and currently is a Social Worker

    Supervisor for the Childrens Division. Their hobbiesinclude photography, swimming, boating at

    Thunderhead, and tailgating at Missou games.Glad to have you here!

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    2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORSMike Mechlin, President

    Ralph Shaw, Vice PresidentAndrea Scott, Secretary/TreasurerDolly Athman Buddy Tarleton

    Warren Barrett Jim HarrisJim Behrens Joel Booth

    Jeff Bross Sally PooleSteve Carroll Mac Fisher

    COMMITTEE CHAIRSPairs & Spares: Dan and Rita Nelson

    Entertainment/Membership: Robyn WilliamsonGreens & Grounds: Buddy Tarleton & Ralph Shaw

    House & Property: Bruce Athman & Bob ChriscinskeLadies Golf: Doris Nichols, Janice Shaw, Vicki James

    Mens Golf/Stag: Warren BarrettFinance: Mac Fisher

    Press Liaison: Mary BaileyMarketing: Sally Poole

    Pool Liasons: Lisa & Kristin ShoresPool Manager: Greg AsmussenHospitality: Joel BoothEntertainment: Darlene Oliva, Megan Liter, Lana Link

    Club House ManagerApril Kent [email protected]

    PGA Class A Golf ProfessionalJeffrey Kent [email protected]

    Course SuperintendentLarry Naggatz 573.221.5202

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    Mark Your

    Calendar

    Aug 11 Pairs & Spares Yellow Ball at 1 pm

    Entertainer Chuck Munson performs at din

    Aug 12 Mens Golf Pick-A-Partner at 9 amwith breakfast

    Aug 15 Shores Pool Party for 20 at 6 pm

    Aug 18 Ladies Golf 2 person Scramble at 9 amAug 26 Pairs & Spares Battle of the Sexes at 1 pm

    Steak or Hotdog Cook-Out to followAug 31 Calcutta Auction at 7 pm

    Sept 1 Ladies Bombay - Lunch IncludedSept 2 & 3 Mens BombaySept 3 Labor Day - Last Day for the Pool

    Sept 4 Club ClosedSept 8 Wedding for 300

    Sept 15 Wedding for 150

    From the PresidentThe golfers and everyone else who normally admire our golf course

    do not need to be told that we are again experiencing problemswith the fairways. The extraordinary heat and drought that we have

    experienced for several weeks have been a factor in this. Larry andHenry have for weeks been working long hours seven days a week

    to compensate for the extreme conditions. Our water bills reect thetremendous amount of water applied. Despite this, deterioration of thefairways started some weeks ago.

    The Greens and Grounds committee have been working with Larry

    since the rst indication of the problem to identify and control thecause of it. Regular core samples are taken to determine moisture

    levels. Soil temperatures are being taken to determine if temperaturesare being reached which can damage roots. Additional water was

    used at times to limit soil temperature.

    When problems were rst noted contact was made with the UniversityExtension Service to obtain assistance in addressing our problems.

    This has been a slow and frustrating process which nally culminatedin the arrival this past Friday of a knowledgeable turf specialist. He

    came equipped with microscopes and I believe the experience gaveus credible assistance.

    He identied three sources of our problem; heat stress, leaf spot

    melting out disease, and Pythium blight. The chemicals we wereusing were somewhat effective against these diseases but not the

    best in his opinion. We will switch to his recommendations to preventfurther deterioration this year and to better maintain the course inthe future.

    We are seriously investigating converting our fairways to Zoysia

    grass. Some of the benets of Zoysia grass are: Heat tolerance

    Requires approximately one half the water as does blue grass Requires less chemicals

    Requires less frequent mowing

    You can see that the various volunteer patches of Zoysia grassaround the course are thriving whether they are covered by the

    sprinklers or not. The Zoysia plugs we inserted in the middle of #4fairway last spring are doing ne with everything around them dead.

    A complete conversion to Zoysia grass will probably be cost

    prohibitive. It is more likely we will convert one or two fairways ata time. We will communicate our recommendation when we have

    identied the best course within our budget. Anything we would dowith Zoysia grass would not be done until next spring at the earliest.

    We will be seeding this fall with a bluegrass variety more resistant tothe diseases identied.

    ~ Mike Mechlin