September Edition
2101 E. Country Club Road, Salina, KS | 785.827.0388 www.salinacountryclub.com
In This Issue
August, 2015 The View
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Randy's Corner
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The Message
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The Setup
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Inside the Lines
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Mike’s Minute
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Whats Cookin’
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OFFICE: Mon-Friday 9am-5pm Saturday 9am—5pm Sunday: Closed
GRILL ROOM: Tues-Thursday: 11am-9pm Fri-Saturday: 11am-9:30pm Sunday: 8am-2pm
FITNESS CENTER: JOHNNY’S PLACE: Monday: 5:30am-7pm Tuesday-Thursday: 5pm-9pm Tues-Thursday: 5:30am-9pm Friday-Saturday: 5pm-9:30pm Fri-Saturday: 5:30am-9:30pm Sunday: 12pm-8pm Sunday: 5:30am-8pm POOL HOURS Mon-Fri: 4pm-7pm GOLF COURSE: Monday: 1pm-Dark Sat & Sunday: 10am-6pm Tues-Sunday: 7am-Dark
A View From The Club With the summer season winding down, we wanted to share with you the exciting improvements that were accomplished through the Capital Enhancement program that was adopted in November 2014. In its first year this program generated $160,187. Entering the 2015 fiscal year, we started with a Capital Expenditures budget of $217,300 leaving $57,113 to be made up through Club operations and seeking opportunities to complete these projects under budget. This year’s Capital Enhancement Plan called for four main projects: The first project completed was replacing the batteries for the entire golf car fleet. The original budget for this project called for an expense of $40,600. We are pleased to say that through the continued efforts of our staff and vendor, this project was completed for $32,480. We also completed a sizeable pool repair project which entailed replacing all of the skimmers, repairing cracked steps and pool floor, and repainting the pool. Replacing two additional skimmers and more extensive tile repair pushed the final expense for this project beyond our initial budget of $70,000 to a final cost of $71,253. In addition, we further enhanced the look and feel of our Pool complex by replacing all of the furniture surrounding the pool which had last been updated in 1994. Our initial estimate for the furniture replacement was $67,000. By utilizing the purchasing power available to SCC, we were able to replace 80 chaise lounges, 16 dining tables, 64 dining chairs, and 16 umbrellas/bases for a total expense of $56,288. Our final project was the installation of two new irrigation wells to support the maintenance needs of the golf course. Prior to this project, the SCC golf course water supply had been diminished to just one usable well, which created the definite need for back-up water supply alternatives. The initial budget for this project was estimated at $30,000. We are happy to report that both wells have been dug, and with just one left to be tied in with our irrigation system, the expectation is for this project to be completed within budget. In total, with savings also recognized in smaller projects, we have been able to complete this year’s capital projects for a total expense of $191,500. As stated when the Capital Enhancement program was adopted by the membership, 100% of the Capital Enhancement funds contributed by members were spent only on Capital projects. During the next fiscal year we are expecting to again utilize the funds generated through the Capital Enhancement program to further enhance your membership experience by restoring and improving our club. Some of the projects being considered for the upcoming year include: parking lot repaving, indoor driving range/simulator, kitchen equipment replacement/upgrades to name a few. We graciously thank you for your support of this program.
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Our Employee of the month for August was Destiny Allen. Destiny has been with us for almost a year now and has grown into an Important part of our team! She is an extremely Destiny Allen hard worker, and has a great personality. Destiny will be gone the rest of the year, she attends school at Wichita State where she participates in Cheerleading.
Congratulations Destiny! Have a great school year!
This Month Chef Nic will be heading home. Chef has been a huge help to all of us here at the club, and we really appreciate giving up his summer in Florida to join us here in Salina! Remember, you can always visit Chef Nic through Troon Prive at Ballenisles!
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Randy’s Corner Fall is the best golf weather of the year in Kansas and we have some fun events coming this month! September golf at SCC will kick off with the 2-person best ball tournament on Labor Day with flights for men, women and couples. We will begin taking tee times for Labor Day on Thursday, Sept. 3rd at 7:00am. The Couples Championship on September 27th is the last of the SCC championships for the year. The format for the Couples Championship will be 2:00 shotgun, chapman alternate shot. Flights are based on couples’ combined handicaps, and dinner will follow play. This is always a fun event so be sure to sign up even if you don’t think you can win the championship. We have a huge sale going on the Pro Shop! Most shirts are “Buy One, Get One,” and up to 75% off many other items. Be sure to take advantage of these “end of season” clearance discounts!
Upcoming Events: Mon, September 7 Labor Day Event Sun, September 13 Member/Associate Golf Mon, September 14 Aerify Greens Tues, September 15 Aerify Greens Fri, September 25 Muleskinners Event
Thank you to our tournament chairpersons, Bob Vidricksen with the Wally Beets Classic and Tom/Linda Loudis with the Couples Invitational, for all of their hard work and efforts in making these tournaments successful. Many positive comments were received about both events. Congratulations to our Club Champions so far! Men’s Champion - Bill Roberts, Men’s Senior Champion - Ray Wyatt, Junior Boys - Brooks Brown, and Junior Girls - Ellie Cobb. The Women’s and Couples champions will be crowned in September. Just a reminder the course will be closed for fall greens aerifying on Monday September 14th and Tuesday September 15th. The practice range will be open both days.
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See you on the links. Randy
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The Message Well here it is! September, my favorite month of the year! Football is starting, weather is perfect, and of course my birthday! This has been a busy, busy month. With Chef Eric coming in, new members, and me helping my fiance plan our wedding for next month it is safe to say there has not been a dull moment in while! I love the excitement! Continuing with success, this month we will be having out 2nd All Sports Golf Event on Saturday the 19th. This was such an incredible time in July we decided to bring it back! Get signed up today!! Also this month we will be having our Fishing Derby, so get your poles and your tackle box ready! There will be prizes for the Biggest Fish, Most Fish, and Smallest Fish! The fishing derby will begin at 5:00pm on September 20!
Last month our Facebook page was more active than it has ever been, that is so amazing! Thank you to everyone who follows us! If you are not following us be sure to do so, this is where you will see updates on the facility, along with the Weekly Dinner Features, and announcements such as Chef Eric joining the club! www.Facebook.com/SalinaCC
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The Setup As the Summer is coming to an end we are looking forward to our New Chef starting at the club and some cooler weather. I want to thank Chef Nic for everything he has done for us this summer! You’ve been a huge support! I am happy to announce that Jason Mullin is going to be taking over Sales at the club. If you have a party or reception that you will be needing our meeting space. Please contact Jason and he will be happy to schedule your event. Thank you all who participated in the end of Summer Luau. It was a very successful event and our Members had a great time. You will continue to see some new faces in F&B and we are working diligently in getting the staff trained on menu knowledge and giving great personal service to you our members. Thank you all for being patient and looking forward to having a great fall. Thanks, Justin
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Inside the Lines Thank you to all of the parents for your continued support of our Program. It was a fantastic season and we saw a lot of improvement! What an amazing turn out we had this summer, over 115 kids!! As you know I try to improve even further on our fantastic program, I would also like to hear back from you, the parents if you have any suggestions to improve what we are currently doing, you can email me at bob.warkentine@kwu.edu. Also, don’t forget about Women’s Practices! We drill every Wednesday morning at 8:30am until 9:30am. It is a fantastic way to start the morning, and improve while meeting ladies who enjoy the game as much as you do! Thank you for a fantastic summer and I look forward to more practices! Bob
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Mike’s Minute Fairway Conversion Update To complete the fairway conversion the zoysia nursery had to be "pushed" to produce enough quality sod to supply the remaining fairways. Due to declining production from the irrigation wells which, the nursery had not been maintained for production for the past few years. Last fall, new wells were installed, boosting water production that will allow for increased care of the nursery. With water levels restored, we then needed to resume fertilizer, herbicide, and fungicide applications which had previously been forgone. To accomplish this the funding was reallocated from the monies normally used to overseed these fairways in the fall. As has been mentioned in previous letters, these four fairways were only overseeded each year because they had not been converted to zoysia. Because the intention was to resod these areas anyway, there was no need to overseed them this year and we were able to reallocate the monies that would have been spent on overseeding to support restoration of the zoyisa nursery. This plan was shared with the Golf Committee last fall along with the info that there could be some areas in the bermuda that might suffer some winter injury leaving a poor playing surface in the Spring. As mentioned, there are some areas that are effected more than others and they will be sodded yet this spring as the seasonal golf course staff is hired/returns. Our plan is to use the same removal/resod program that has proven successful many times over the years. Dependent upon weather, we will begin with bi-weekly chemical control applications starting in late July through the first killing frost along with specific maintenance practices to encourage better uptake of the control chemicals into the plants. This will result in the control of the Bermuda and to help keep it out of the new sod. We will then begin the removal of the treated sod, correction of any drainage issues and make any desired contour/edge changes. After this is completed we will begin the installation of the new zoysia sod from the nursery in late January to early February. With ideal weather we can install approximately 1 acre/day so the replacement should be fairly timely with the fairways ready to go by springtime. The greens aerification is scheduled for the 14th & 15th of the month. The same proven methods will be used this fall to help them remain some of the the finest around with every effort in place to return them to those condition as quickly as possible. Thank you for your support and understanding. Mike
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In the Kitchen We are excited to announce the news of Chef Eric Shelton coming to Salina Country Club. Chef Eric will be joining us from Dallas, Texas. He has been featured on the Food Network, Cutthroat Kitchen. Chef Eric will be with us starting September 4th. This will give him and Chef Nic sometime to work together and “Pass the Torch� and make the transition as smooth as possible. We are very excited to be having Chef Eric join us and for the direction the facility is moving! Join us in welcoming Chef Eric! Chef will release his Dinner Special Calendar after his arrival! For more information on Chef and to follow his trip to Salina follow him on Facebook! Www.Facebook.com/ChefEric
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SALINA COUNTRY CLUB 2101 E. Country Club Road Salina, KS 67401 785-827-0388 Golf: 785-827-6131 www.SalinaCountryClub.com