Over a month since a post. July flew by and already I have to drive to work with the truck headlights on.
So whats been happening on the course? Mostly good stuff with only a few typical "situations". It's seems like old news but I'll comment on some small projects completed over the past couple months. The new sponsor sign has been erected next to #1 tee and is filling up with the three levels of sponsors. The construction side of the project was completed with volunteer member labour with the only costs being the materials for the structure and the printing of the signs.
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| Completed Sign With Sponsors |
Another completed projected was the flowerbed redo at 4T that I mentioned in the last post. By far the coolest thing about that project was the donations received from the members. Alison W. got the ball rolling by donating her 50/50 prize from a Friday night social. Soon the players from the Rose Bowl tournament voted to donate all unclaimed deuce pot money from their tournament. A couple more 50/50's and from Ethel J. and Sue O. and all of a sudden it began to look like the "crowdfunding" idea had struck a cord with a certain group of people. To date there has been over $400 contributed. I basically used a portion of that money to plant the 4T flowerbed and buy the extra concrete caps needed to "finish" the project (finish is in quotes since I was unable to get the same colour and style cap to match the old style we salvaged so it looks a bit awkward)
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| Adding and Amending Root Zone |
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| Mixing It Up |
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| Finished Flower Bed |
I was very excited and happy to see the response from my desperate plea at the AGM. People either appreciate our situation or took pity on me. Whatever the case may have been I was happy to have the cash to do a little something extra and I believe people are pleased with the result. Is it too bold to ask for more? Imagine, redoing a weak tee or adding extra tees to make the course more player friendly? Maybe keep updating/renovating the existing flower beds? If you've got a bee in your bonnet share it with me and maybe we can find proponents and who knows what can happen!
