Senior Partnership

Due to the weather, the Senior Partnership has been rescheduled for October 24th & 25th. To sign up your team, please call the golf shop at 499-3397.

Thanks.

Senior Partnership

The Senior Partnership has been rescheduled for October 24th & 25th. To sign-up your team please call the golf shop @ 499-3397.

Thanks

October Newsletter

From the President

First I want to try and keep everyone up to date on the grant writers. While we don’t have any grant money in hand at this very moment we are getting closer everyday. One grant that has already been submitted is for an emergency telephone (required by State law) at the swimming pool. The phone must be able to call 911 in the event of an emergency, 7 days a week 365 days a year, even thought the pool is closed 9 months a year (again state law). The grant is for the purchase of the phone and for the monthly monitoring fees for one year. This grant alone can save us hundreds of dollars. Other grants are still in progress. We have received bids from some paving companies to re-pave our roads and parking lots and the grant writers are currently working on finding sources of income for those. One thing that we are running up against is timing. A lot of the grants that are out there have deadlines of October 1^st, so we are running out of time. The good news is our grant writers will continue their efforts after the first of the year when new grants are announced.

The “Party on the Patio” was a huge success. There were lots of people in attendance and tons of good food. I would also like to thank all those who donated money (we raised over $1,500) for the grant writers. The Ladies Auxiliary made a large donation of $500 towards the fee. Special thanks also goes to Bob and Debbie Lang for emceeing the night and buying the beer, Lynn Johnston for covering the cost of cooking the fajitas, and Clarence Vaughn for his “fundraising abilities”. I know there are many others who helped put on this event, but these folks went a little above and beyond.

The next thing I want to address is the condition of our course. The board of directors recently received an anonymous letter. While they were positive comments in some areas there was much ridicule. I know there are places that need improvement, but look at what has been done. The right side of number 4 was re-done last year and the right side of number 2 was re-done this year. The board of directors and the entire staff of Canyon CC are constantly trying to make this club the best it can be for the least amount of money. I would like to encourage our members who have a little extra time to offer to run a mower for Mikel and mow some of these areas that are being complained about, bring a chain saw there is plenty of tree trimming that needs to be done. You can always offer to help clean up the creeks along the course. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone to pitch in and help make CCC a better course. We will get with Mikel and Casey and come up with a list of small of chores that need to be done, and members can volunteer their time and resources to help out the club. We would love to be able to hire additional staff for some of these tasks, but unfortunately we (the Club) barely make it month to month. We are doing the best that we can with what we have to work with.

I love the fact that we live in a democratic state where people can express their views without fear of persecution, but please come to me or another board member or talk to Casey in person about this one on one. Don’t send an anonymous letter belittling our club, come to a board meeting or call someone, lets work together to make Canyon CC a place we can all be proud of. As for our anonymous letter writer, I would love to sit down and discuss some of your ideas so please call me.

Jerry Neufeld – President

President – Board of Directors

From the Golf Shop

The Senior Partnership will be held on October 10^th & 11^th. This is open to men who are 50 years old or older. The first day will be a scramble and the second day will be low ball. Flights will be determined by your combined handicap. Call the golf shop to sign up your team or for more information.

The Ryder Cup was held at the end of September. The Men's side won this years contest, however, there were a lot of close matches and it really could have gone either way. Thanks to everyone who played and we will see everyone again next year.

Congratulations to Red Higginbotham for winning the 19-Man Shootout. He beat out a tough field this year to win the title. Jim Giacomazzi was second, Jim Farmer was third, Stan Price was fourth and Bob Lang was fifth. Thanks to everyone who played.

The Robert C. Burton 3-Man Scramble was a great success this year. Thanks to the Burton family for donating money for the meals for the weekend. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone who played.

Winter time is coming up. Remember to stay on the cart path as long as possible when driving a golf cart. Also, please remember to fix your pitch marks on the greens and to sand all of your divots in the fairways. Thanks for making Canyon Country Club a great place to be a part of.