unclear that our land was

even included in the as-sessment district (since it doesn't front on Hem-lock). As a result, of that

defect, the club did not even know it was in the assessment district. Al-

though the club has the right to a new hearing, the board has unanimously

voted not to request such a hearing. The fact is we are properly in the assess-

ment district, and there are no grounds for pro-test. Our golf course em-

ployees and vendors use this road daily in season for access to the mainte-

nance shed. The club has not been harmed in any way by the failure to at-

tend the July 19th meeting. Please correct anything you hear to the contrary.

The estimated assessment is approximately $2,500 and may be paid in install-

ments over 5 years.

Bob Foster

Recently, I was talking to

one of our past presidents, and he referred to the 80-20 rule. I asked him what he meant. He explained

that it means that in most clubs 80% of the members will be happy and suppor-

tive of the club and 20% won’t. Based on surveys, we have done periodically

at the club, we are fortu-nate that our numbers are closer to 95% to 5%.

Nonetheless, even 5% can do a lot of damage, espe-cially when we really need

to work on recruiting new members. This doesn’t mean that constructive

criticism to the right par-ties isn’t both helpful and necessary. It is. However,

publicly dwelling on the negative tends to feed itself and hurts the club.

Just a friendly reminder, since we have so many positive things going for us.

Also, please remember the IRGC’s Annual Meeting on

August 21st at 1:00 PM.

This year certificate mem-bers will be electing 3 of 4 nominees to the board. CPA Chris Sangster will be

giving a report on the fi-nancial condition of the club, and John Roberts will

give the Strategic Thinking Committee’s report on the outlook over the next

10 years. July was a great month!

Let’s hope August is as good!

More……. There have been rumors

that the club will improp-erly be assessed up to $3,000 for the repaving of

Hemlock Street. There was a hearing at Tuscarora Township Hall on July 19th

at which the club could have appeared and pro-tested had it received proper notice. However,

the notice was legally de-fective to the point it was

From The President

August, 2011

Inside This Issue:

Manager’s Report

Upcoming Events

Notes From The Treasurer

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House Committee 3

Golf Programs 4

Tournament and Golf 5

Social Committee; Mah

Jongg; Dinner Dance

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Ladies Invitational 7

Mah Jongg; Cards 8

Club Newsletter Indian River Golf

Bob Foster, IRGC

President 2011

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August 6th Stag Day 8:30 Shotgun

August 6th Junior Drop In 10 to 11AM: 11AM

to 12PM Little Duffers

August 10th Travel Series 1 Day Golf Get-

away; President Cup Ends

August 11th IRGC/Gaylord CC/Charlevoix

CC Couple Event at Charlevoix 1 PM Shot-

gun

August 11th Lobster Dinner 5 to 10 PM

August 11th Adult Drop In Clinic 6 to 7:30

PM

August 12th Board Meeting 8 AM

August 12th JR Camp Session 3 from 9AM to

Noon

August 12th TGIF “Scotch Ball” 4PM

August 13th and 14th JR Camp 9AM to Noon

August 14th Burt Lake Cottagers

1 PM Shotgun

August 14th Mike Ridley Night 5 PM

August 18th Adult Drop In Clinic 6 to 7:30

PM

August 19th Pairs and Spares 4:30 PM

August 20th July 16th Junior Drop In clinic 10

to 11AM; 11AM to 12 PM Little Duffers

August 20th Far Out, Far East Dinner Dance

6 PM

August 20th Annual Meeting 1 PM

August 24th Ladies Interclub vs. Boyne at

IRGC 9 AM

August 25th Men’s Interclub vs. Boyne at the

Ross Course 12:30 Tee Times

August 25th Short Game Clinic 4 to 5 PM;

Adult drop In Clinic 6 to 7 PM

August 26th Sale-A-Bration 3 PM

August 27th Club Championship 9 to 11 AM

August 28th Club Championship 11AM to 1

PM; Club Championship Dinner 5 PM

August 29th Monday Night Ladies League

Awards Dinner following golf

August 31st Member’s Night 4:30 Shotgun

As July comes to a close, I have to say that it was a very successful month. No

measurable rain was recorded during the daytime in the entire month and that transpired into very favorable financial news. Several very successful events also increased the bottom line. Thank you to all the members who attended the dinner Sheryl and I prepared. We truly enjoy cooking and appreciate all of

the nice comments about our food. The August calendar has many activities in which members and family can enjoy; i.e., Stag Day, Mike Ridley on the Deck, the club dinner dance, the pro-shop Sale-A-Bration, a couple’s scotch ball

event and many interclub matches. With fall slowly approaching, I must remind everyone that dining minimums

must be used before the last dinner service on October 16th. Late season events sometimes prevent members from having dinner service, and I would suggest that everyone look at our calendar on-line and plan ahead to prevent

having minimums left at the end of the year. If you are coming to dinner, it helps immensely with staffing and food preparation to make a reservation by calling the dining room at 238-8515.

As the staff starts to depart for school, please let them know what a great job they have done again this season. I work very hard at selecting employees

whohave good work ethics and have values that we all try to instill in our own kids. Mentoring these people is not an easy job, but I think my managers have done an excellent job this year to ensure all the members and their guests are

given professional service by the staff.

From Our Manager, Dave Marsh Upcoming Events

Notes From The Treasurer

In Memoriam

Howard Shuman, one of our IRGC rangers died on the

golf course playing golf with his family in early July.

Here is a brief update on finances. At the end of June, net profit for the club

was $15,000 behind budget. This variation from budget is in the income ac-counts. The membership level has fallen in 2011, so we are behind budget in dues income. Green fees and cart rentals were also behind budget at the end

of June. The good news is that it looks like we will be ahead of budget by about $5,000 in green fees and cart rentals for July (final July numbers not yet available). With membership slipping, income from outside play and res-

taurant use is more important than ever. Expenses continue to be well con-trolled, coming in $8,000 under budget through June. Also, inventory levels are being well controlled. Kudos to Dave Marsh, Pat Whitman, and Doug

Temple for all their hard work in this area.

The Finance and Budget Committee has begun work on a long range plan for the club. The purpose of the long range plan is to anticipate major capital expenses which will be needed in the future and plan ways to finance them.

After the plan is approved by the board, we will communicate the results in

a future newsletter.

Sukey Stump,

Treasurer

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House Committee

The House Committee completed

sprucing up the stain on the deck re-cently. This involved two days of work, one for cleaning and one for

applying about 3 gallons of stain.

Thanks go to:

Bob McFadden

Kim Wilkins

Ray Eaton

Dick Binder

Steve Bataran

The House Committee continues to review and plan for the following im-

provements:

-Storage area for dining room equipment -Wind-break for front door

-Patio furniture for front porch -Second toilet room in locker room

-Sun shading for the north patio As well as longer term needs: -New roof on cart barn or new

cart barn and related improve-ments

-New roof on clubhouse

We hear many good comments on the operation of the dining room as well as some suggestions for improve-

ment. Please keep up this feedback via the comment cards that are included with your dining room bills.

Reminder!

Garage Sale will be Saturday, September 3, 2011 (Labor Day Weekend) at the club. If you have any items you would like to donate to the sale,

drop off dates are as follows (please do not drop stuff off at the club-house as there is nowhere to store it):

Drop Off Location - Ms. Ardelle Rensel's house at 3441 Prospect

Street (past the Green Docks - on the left)

Saturday, August 13th from 9:00 a.m. until12:00 p.m.

Saturday, August 20th from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

Saturday, August 27th from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

Thank you for your cooperation and participation in this fundraiser!

A Friendly Tale…..

I told my friend…..

This morning I waded across a raging river,, escaped

from a bear in the woods, marched up and down a

mountain, stood in a patch of poison ivy, crawled out of

quicksand, and climbed up an enormous tree!......

My Friend said, ― You must be some outdoorsman!‖

―No,‖ I replied, ―I’m just a lousy golfer.‖

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Don’t forget the golf staff has a lot

planned for August. Check your calen-

dar, mark the dates and make sure you

sign up for these exciting upcoming

events!

Woman’s Day in Golf Resched-

uled to August 5th

The Woman’s day in golf event that

was scheduled for June 17th has been

rescheduled. This fun event involves an

1 ½ hour clinic, a fun 9 hole golf

scramble, cocktails and a themed after

golf party – Cookin’ Up Good Times!

The NEW date is August 5th. Save the

date!

Session III – Junior Camp August

12 – 14 (Final camp for the 2011

season)

Kids ages 5 – 18 will enjoy

learning ―Everything

Golf‖. No equipment

needed! The golf staff

makes the camp fun for all

abilities, and kids can ex-

pect to learn the swing

fundamentals along with rules, eti-

quette and on course application.

Don’t miss the FUN! There is lim-

ited space available. The camp runs

from 9 am till noon Friday, Saturday

and Sunday, and the cost is just $75

for club member’s families.

August 26th – the 2nd Annual

Sale-A-Bration

Starting at 3:00 pm on Friday Au-

gust 26th is the IRGC Sale-A-Bration

event. IRGC is collecting donations

for local food banks, and for your

support you’ll be rewarded with

great deals in the golf shop. Simply

bring in any amount of non perish-

able food to the golf shop and in

exchange for your donation, the

golf shop will offer you special

―Support the Cause‖ discounts of

up to 90% in the shop. Thank you

for your support!

Short Game School – Limited

Spaces Available!PGA Profes-

sional Doug Temple and Profes-

sional Golf Management Student

Dave Topel will be offering a Short

Game School with very limited space

availability. Improve your game and

scoring through proven techniques.

Doug Temple has studied under Na-

tional Teacher of the Year, Jack

Lumpkin, and Gail Peterson and has

worked clinics with Dave Pelz. You

don’t want to miss this opportunity

to take your game to the next level!

The short game scoring school will

focus on chipping, pitching, putting,

sand shots and trouble shots from

75 yards and closer to the green.

The two day school will be on Satur-

day, August 13th and Sunday, August

14th from 2 pm – 5 pm (3 hours each

day). Space is limited to just 8 stu-

dents and cost is $150 per person.

The school must have a minimum of

four students enrolled or it will be

cancelled. THIS SCHOOL WILL

LOWER YOUR SCORE!

Doug Temple

News From The Pro

Top O’Michigan

Boats Races

Join us at the green docks on Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and14th to cheer on course superintendent, Pat

Whitman, as he races in the Top O’Michigan Boat Races again this year. The club will be grilling hot dogs, brats

and hamburgers on our property near the corner of Prospect and Chippewa

Beach Rd. Maybe this will be his year!!

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The big news around the club this

month is the new and improved for-mat for the annual IRGC Club Cham-pionship to be played August 27and

28th. This yearly event will have a new name—The Legends Tourna-ment—and new scoring rules—

Stableford scoring. {PLEASE SEE ARTICLE: ―High Score Wins‖ else-

where in this newsletter.}

Your T&G committee decided on these changes as a way to answer some of the concerns that have been

voiced in the past. It is the commit-tee’s goal to increase participation numbers, competitiveness and enjoy-

ment while hopefully speeding up

play.

The men’s side of the competition will feature several different flights and ways to play. The OPEN division

will be played from the BLUE TEES with no handicaps given. Anyone feel-ing that they are playing well enough

can choose to enter this highly com-petitive flight. The man with the low-est 2 day gross total will be declared

the 2011 Club Champion.

The next flight will be open to any

man over 60 years of age. This flight

will also play a 2 day low gross total,

but from the WHITE TEES.

Remaining gentlemen of any age can

choose to enter the Stableford scor-ing flights. The number of these flights will be determined by the number of

players entered. Handicap level will be used to group players into proper flights with everyone hitting from the

WHITE TEES.

And last, but certainly not least, we

will have a division for our GOLD TEE loving gentlemen. These ―rule of 90‖ players will compete over 9 holes each day with the winner being de-

clared using Stableford scoring.

For the ladies we will use Stableford

scoring for all flights and the RED TEES. This decision was made in hopes of increasing the number of

participants. Similar to the men, the number of flights will be determined by the number of ladies who sign up

to compete. In addition, we will spon-sor a senior flight for the ladies that

ask only 9 holes per day.

For the Legends Tournament all tee groupings and starting times will be

set up by the Pro Shop for both days.

Tournament and Golf

There will be a scoring table to assist

with any scoring questions AND, if you choose the Stableford flights, only your points will be posted on

the windows—not any embarrassing

scores.

We encourage you to try this tour-nament this year. It costs nothing and hopefully you will enjoy a great

time with your fellow members. En-try forms are available in the Pro

Shop.

If you have any questions please see anyone from the T&G Committee or

our fine pro, Doug Temple.

PRESIDENT’S CUP

This year’s tournament has come down to just a few surviving players. On the ladies side Candee Tucker

will take on Carol Freismuth for the championship For the men it will be either Hap Herpel [2008

champ] or Steve Cheli [2010

champ] vs. Gary Freismuth.

The winners will be announced at the trophy ceremony following the Legends Tournament. Good luck and

congratulations on making it this far.

HIGH SCORE CAN WIN IN GOLF

How would you like to play in a golf tournament where the highest score wins and one or two bad holes do not ruin your chances of success? NO, you are not dreaming-- you are playing in the IRGC 2011 Legends Tournament! At this year’s

club championship tournament the people with the highest score will be declared the winner in several flights. The T&G Com-mittee has decided to use Stableford scoring at this year’s event. A Stableford competition is a golf tournament in which the object is to get the highest score. That’s because in Stableford, golfers are awarded points based on their net scores, with

points awarded as follows:

Net double bogey or above- 0 points

Net bogey 1 point Net par 2 points Net birdie 3 points

Net eagle 4 points

Net double eagle 5 points

So let’s say you make a net bogey at Hole 2- you score 1 point. You make a net birdie on Hole 3- you get 3 points!

Should you get a 12 on Hole 4-you get a zero, pick up and move on knowing that your tournament is NOT over.

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Congratulations to Carol Miller and

Steve Reh for winning Closest to the Pin Challenge. Thank You to Tom Gleason for sponsoring our $100,000 Hole in One Challenge. Thank you to

Ben Smith for setting up a very chal-

lenging miniature golf game.

Save the dates of August 5th and 19th

for our Pairs and Spares Event.

Member Night is Wednesday, August 31st at 4:30. Don’t forget it is a Mem-ber-Guest. This event is a wonderful opportunity to show your friends all

the perks of belonging to IRGC. The

theme is Western Cookout.

Social Committee

Third Annual Mah Jongg

Tournament

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Registration: 11:00 AM

Lunch: 11:30 AM

Mah Jongg Play: 12:30 to

2:00 PM

Look for the sign-up

sheet in the pro shop.

SOCIAL MEMBERS YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN IN THE CAMARADERIE OF MEMBER’S

NIGHT. COME FOR COCKTAILS ON THE DECK AT 6:30 AND WATCH GOLFERS FINISH THE 9TH

HOLE. DINNER IS AT 7:30. OUR NEXT MEMBER NIGHT IS AUGUST 31ST.

Indian River Golf Club

Annual Dinner Dance

August 20, 2011

“Far Out, Far East”

Wine Tasting: 6 to 7:00 PM

Dinner: 7 to 8:00 PM

Dancing: 8 to 10:30 PM

Featuring: NIGHBLEND by Maggie and Jeff Dickson.

$35.00

Sign-up Soon!

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2011 Ladies Invitational

Hurrah For The Red, White and Blue!

At dawn (we’re talking 5:30 am) on July 14th, IRGC

staff started preparing carts, course, food, etc. for the 15th Annual Invitational, ―Hurrah for the Red, White & Blue‖. Seventy two participants started arriving at

7:15 am to decorate all but 4 carts in great fashion. The weather was perfect and all seemed to have a great time. It was a festive affair that carried out to

the course as one would look out to see decorated carts and participants enjoying the surprise games the committee prepared. In addition, there was a nice

new addition of a casual fashion show during the luncheon. Congratulations to the winners for BOTH golf and best decorated cart were the team of Shirley Wixon, Nancy Hartfield, Helen Trim and Rachel

Swiss. Special thanks go to the great IRGC staff and the twenty five women who made it all work like

clockwork!

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Indian River Golf Club

P.O. Box 428

Indian River, MI 49749

231-238-7011

2011Officers:

President: Bob Foster

Vice-President: John Gibson

Secretary: Karen Hill

Treasurer: Suzanna Stump

Tee Times 238-7011

Restaurant 238-8515

W E A R E O N T H E W EB !

W WW . I ND I AN R IV ERG OL FCL UB . C O M

Mah Jongg play is Tuesdays from

10:00 AM to 2:30+ PM. Beginners are

welcome. To inquire about learning the

game, contact Jessie McFadden at 238-

7369. There is an on-going beginner

table.

Duplicate Bridge (Sanctioned)

Tuesday night at 6:00 PM. Dinner is at

5:00PM. Friday at 10:00 starting June

18th.

Party bridge is Thursdays from

11:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Lunch is at 11:30

AM, and bridge starts at 12:30PM.

Friday Sanctioned Bridge starts

July 8th at noon. Come early for lunch.

Pinochle play will move to Mon-

days starting June 6th. Lunch will be at

noon and card play begins at 1 PM.

New players are welcome and encour-

aged to attend!

Looking Forward:

September 1st: One man

Scramble; Adult Drop-In

Clinic; Lobster Dinner

September 2nd: Pairs &

spares

September 5th: Labor Day

No Leagues and No cards

September 6th: Men's Day

League Make Up day for 18

Hole League (Position

Day—No Subs)

September 6th Men;s Night

League Banquet Following

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