hannibal country club august newsletter
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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