Oxbow CC - December Newsletter

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December 2019

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MANAGER’S MESSAGE………………………………………………...………PAGE 3 MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING UPDATE………………………………..…PAGE 4-5 EVENT COORDINATOR UPDATE……………………………………………….PAGE 6 FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER’S MESSAGE……………………………...PAGE 7 KITCHEN……………………………………………………………………….…...PAGE 8 RECIPE OF THE MONTH…………………………………..…………………….PAGE 9 NEWS FROM THE FAIRWAY……………………………………..……….…..PAGE 10 GOLF SHOP……………………………………………………………..….…….PAGE 11 DECEMBER EVENT CALENDAR…………………………..………….……...PAGE 12 JANUARY EVENT CALENDAR……………………………………….………..PAGE 13 UPCOMING EVENT DETAILS……………………………....…………...PAGE 14-15 WEEKLY SPECIALS & CLUB INFO………………………………………PAGE 16-17

Save the Date! 1.25.20 Mark your calendar for this year’s indoor put

12.13.19

-put tournament at the club! To compete in Saturday’s tournament, you must be a high schooler or older. On Sunday, the put-put course will be open to all ages! Stop on by!

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JAKE HUGHES INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER

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hope everyone had

possible, including coordination between the

a happy and safe

different departments here at the club. Our

Thanksgiving

goal is to have as much information regarding

holiday! Thank you to

the coming season to you, as early as possible.

all of our members who

This enables our members to plan their year

ordered pies from your

accordingly, maximizing opportunities at the

club. Pie sales were at

club for all family members. Be on the lookout

an all-time high at 112!

for more information in the coming months.

The team here had a

I would also like to remind the

great Thanksgiving, and is ready for the month

membership of our winter hours again. We

of December. We have some great events

encourage members to make reservations

coming up this month, as you will see in the

when dinning at the club.

following pages. One of our favorites, Santa

Winter Hours of Operation

Brunch, is just a few days away! Also don’t forget to sign up for New Year’s Eve at

Monday – Tuesday: Member dining closed;

Oxbow, and bring the kids! Chef will have a

clubhouse administration open 9AM to 5PM

great menu for the adults, and the kids can

Wednesday – Saturday: Member dining from

party the night away in the ballroom,

11AM to 9PM

culminating with a midnight (8:30PM) balloon drop! December is a busy month for us here

Sunday: Member dining from 10AM to 8PM, Brunch served from 10AM to 2PM In closing, from all of us here at your

at the club, with many holiday parties and events. We are also working on planning out

club, we wish you the happiest of holidays, and

2020 for our members. A lot goes in to the

we hope to see you all winter long, at YOUR

planning process to ensure that your club

club!

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MATTIE OLSON DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP & MARKETNG

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ello everyone!

The craft went a lot better than I expected and

I hope you all

I’m proud to say Oxbow Country Club has

had a great

some talented little artists! I enjoyed spending

Thanksgiving and

time with the kids and getting to know their

enjoyed some down time

funny personalities. Thank you to everyone

with family and friends.

who participated, I look forward to hosting

This Thanksgiving was by

more crafts in the future!

far the best yet because it was my first enjoying

Now that Thanksgiving is officially over, my Christmas Spirit is in full swing! I had

Suzy’s homemade pies! I ordered one French

a blast decorating the clubhouse and am

Silk and one Rhubarb, and OH MY

looking forward to hosting my first ever Santa

GOODNESS were they DELICIOUS! If you

Brunch on December 15th! If you’d like to

haven’t tried Suzy’s pies before, I highly

attend you need to book your reservations

recommend you do, she’s a fabulous baker.

ASAP through email or our mobile app.

Last week I hosted a kid’s

Because of the popularity of this event, we will

Thanksgiving craft at the clubhouse. I helped

be hosting two brunches, a 10:30 brunch and a

them each make their own Turkey centerpiece

12:30 brunch.

to show off in their homes on Thanksgiving.

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We can’t forget about another

What is it?

important event coming up… 2019’s Men’s

A fun way to raise money for our club! Every

Stag! Stag is on December 13th this year and

year our Stag Committee chooses one project

is approaching quickly. We would love to see a

around the club that Stag money will go

good turnout this year, so we highly encourage

towards.

your attendance! Don’t want to come alone?

How is money raised?

Bring your friends! This year we will be giving out a free Full Golf Membership to one lucky guest! Tickets are $100 a person and include all you can eat and drink, a free ride home, and a complimentary guest pass for 18 holes of golf. To purchase tickets, book your reservations through our mobile app or by emailing rsvp@oxbowcc.com. Because a large percentage of our members are newer members, I recognize that not everyone knows what Stag is. Keep on reading if you’d like to know more information, and feel free to reach out to me with any questions. I hope to see you all there!

Several amazing individuals and businesses around the community donate items to our Stag Committee to be sold during the live and silent auctions. We also have raffles, contests, boards, and other games that help us raise money.

What type of items are sold? Every year we have quite the variety! Autographed sports gear, sporting event tickets and suites, private parties and dinners,

gift cards, golf lessons and trips, golf gear and apparel... you get the idea!

Who attends? Stag is a special event for our male members. Basically. It’s one big guy's night! It's a great chance to meet other members and staff, network, make new friends, and donate to your club!

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HEATHER HEYERMAN EVENT COORDINATOR

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ello

involved! I think I will do very well in this

everyone!

position.

My name is

I love to be creative and consider

Heather Heyerman and

myself to be very kind and a friendly person. In

I am the new Event

my personal time I love to shop, hang out with

Coordinator here at the

my family and friends, and be out in the sun at

Oxbow Country Club. I

the lake.

am really excited to be working at the club! I

I would love for anyone to reach out if you are looking for a wedding venue, space for

graduated from the North Dakota State

a corporate meeting, or event space for a

College of Science this past year with a degree

social gathering. I would love to work with you

in Business with an emphasis in Marketing,

to make your event special and personal, and

Sales and Events. I fell in love with event

best of all, stress free! I can’t wait for all the

planning after being involved in clubs and

opportunities I will have and all the people I

activities on the campus. I was able to plan all

will meet along the way.

social events for the campus and I loved to see the excitement that events and activities brought to students at the college. Here at the club I will be giving tours, detailing events, and selling our beautiful event space. I will be in charge of organizing and detailing all outside events; including weddings, corporate meetings, and social

functions. I am so excited to make each and every event fun and memorable for everyone

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KARA SCHLIEMAN FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER

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fter a year and December, so be sure to check out the drink a half of working here

menus on your table! New on tap for this winter is

Jake thought it would be Deschutes Black Butte Porter. It’s a rich and a good idea for me to

creamy beer with hints of chocolate and coffee

write a bit about what’s

making it perfect for the cooler weather! We

happening in the food

are going to keep rotating some of the taps

and beverage

during the winter, so if there is a favorite that

department. December

you would like to see on there let me know and

is my favorite month out here with the snowcovered golf course and all of the beautiful

I will see what I can do! Lastly an update on our wines: we have

decorations around the club. We are always

a new Rose called Yes Way Rose. It is made in

nice and busy with Christmas parties and we

the Southern France which makes a great dry

have the best serving staff in Oxbow to make

Rose to pair with any meal. Earlier this month

sure you have the best time while visiting us!

we started a new brunch beverage menu. It has

Specials we have this month: We are currently running a $3/12 oz

all of your favorites on it as well as some unique cocktails, like the St Germain Royal,

can special, so be sure to ask your server or

which is a wonderful light mimosa with a hint

bartender about what we have available! We

of floral taste. We have a new Cabernet on the

are now open on Wednesdays and we have our Menu as well, Treana Cabernet. This is a nice ½ price bottles of wine when you dine with us. dark robust wine from Paso Robles and it’s Also, this month we have some fun new

delicious paired with one of Scott’s steaks!

featured cocktails! One that I am excited about

So, stop on out to the club to see your favorite

is the White Christmas Margarita; it brings back crew and have a drink with us! a little bit of summer to the chilly month of 7


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SCOTT MOTSCHENBACHER EXECUTIVE CHEF

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ello,

pictures. We will have a frost your own cookie

Oxbow!!

station for the kiddos as well. Be sure to get

Apparently,

your reservations in soon!! So… Just to throw some stats at you.

November is

Mainly because I want to brag a bit. Last year

supposed to be one

was a record year for Thanksgiving pie sales.

of the slowest

Somewhere in the mid-sixties. 63 I believe was

months of the year.

the number of pies sold. That number eclipsed

Judging by how

around 52 the year before. An awesome turn

many of you came

out year to year. This year we had a staggering

out to your club… that was determined a lie.

112 pies sold!!! We nearly doubled last year’s

The snowballing of people dining with us is

number!! I wish I could be the one to take

just exciting! Myself, my staff, and the rest of the Oxbow staff have always wanted Oxbow to be your first choice for dining out. I can say now, we are very close to meeting that goal.

As, always I appreciate your feedback on your experience at your club. Whether good or bad. The month of December is going to be packed! So many of you have chosen Oxbow as your Christmas party destination. One of the biggest member events of the year takes place in December. Santa Brunch!!! We will

obviously be putting on the full spread of food. Mr. and Mrs. Clause will be on hand for 8

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credit for this staggering incline. All the credit goes to our one and only Suzy and her son Michael for cranking all of these out. I did however peel and cut more apples than I ever have in my entire life. WOOF!! If you get the chance, please let Suzy know how much we appreciate her hard work. That pretty much sums up the culinary department. I hope to see you all out for Santa Brunch!

For this month’s recipe I want to share an idea. The idea of where your food comes from.

The idea of how, I, as your chef, can tell you exactly where your food came from. Currently I can tell you where most of our produce comes from. I can almost pinpoint exactly where our beef comes from. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you who grew the vegetables or raised the cattle. I want to change this as best as I can. A lot of it starts with YOU. We started with a small garden last summer at the Clubhouse. I want to expand the garden this coming year. I would like to triple the size of the garden add a melon patch and a pumpkin patch. The I like the idea of having a pumpkin patch because it would give our members and their children a chance to come pick pumpkins for Halloween … AT THE CLUB! Along with the garden I’m interested in starting a bee colony. The bees help the garden and the garden helps the bees! So, please, help, me make my case! We want Oxbow vegetables and Oxbow honey! How cool would that be?

Ingredients: Oxbow vegetables and honey

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DAVID WOOD SUPERINTENDENT

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s the 2019

inventory of equipment in exceptional working

season

order the past three seasons. He recently

comes to

assumed the reel sharpening duties that are

an end, I want to

completed in the winter months. This winter

recognize several key

will be a little more challenging for his winter

staff members that

maintenance duties while working out of a

have shown their

temporary shop, but I know he will have

commitment to

everything ready to go before we open in

Oxbow this past

2020.

year. Jesse Lunde, Assistant Superintendent, and Bryce Fenske, Maintenance Mechanic,

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Holiday season!

have both been instrumental in helping keep the golf course in great a day to day basis. Both Bryce and Jesse started at Oxbow Country Club in 2017 during the golf course construction project. Jesse has taken

Assistant Superintendent

on staff scheduling and seasonal staff’s daily assignments. He has shown great organizational skills and patience through inconveniences such as our construction project and the spring flood. He has allowed me to focus on the construction while keeping 18 holes open for play.

Maintenance Mechanic

Bryce having no golf experience prior to starting with Oxbow, has kept our 10

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COREY HERLICKSON HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL

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now has

courses will be advertised sometime in the

now

middle of December.

officially

fallen and it is here to stay. We want to thank

We have compiled a few stats from the 2019 season. If you happen to see these folks out and about, give them a pat on the back for a job well done.

you all for a great year! We are so happy to have

Most Rounds Played:

such a caring group of members to work for. We are blessed to wake up everyday and say, “I get to go to work!”, rather then, “I have to go to work.” You are all a large part of why we say those words! In January we will host our first ever putting tournament! We will host it in the

Women: Lee Ann Townsend - 78 Men: Rich Menze - 120

Most Improved Handicap: Women: Laura Tallakson (improved 10.2 strokes)

event center on Saturday, January 25th. We

Men: Chace Conley (improved 5.7 strokes)

are working on the format for the event, but

Lowest Rounds:

we know there will be a Shoot-out at the end and we will serve in between regular play and the Shoot-out. We are trying to get some

Women: Julia Wold – 75 Taylor Cavanagh - 64

activities for you to do in the off-season and this event is one of them. We will also be hosting golf related fitness courses starting in January. These

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REGISTER FOR EVENTS ON THE OXBOW CC APP OR WEBSITE!

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Family Day Meal Special

Bingo

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New Year’s Eve Dinner & Party 31

2-For-1’s Family Day Meal Special

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SATURDAY

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Stag 11

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1/2 Price Bottles of Wine

Brunch w/ Santa

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1/2 Price Bottles of Wine

2-For-1’s

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FRIDAY

1/2 Price Bottles of Wine

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Family Day Meal Special

THURSDAY

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REGISTER FOR EVENTS ON THE OXBOW CC APP OR WEBSITE!

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1/2 Price Bottles of Wine

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Wine Pairing Dinner 20

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Junior Putput 26

2

1/2 Price Bottles of Wine

Party Like An Animal 19

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Dream Catcher Class 12

Kid’s Night

1/2 Price Bottles of Wine

Cooking Class

Bingo

SATURDAY

Put-put Tourney 22

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30

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Trivia Night 27

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REGISTER FOR EVENTS ON THE OXBOW CC APP OR WEBSITE!

Men's Stag DECEMBER 13, 2019 5:30 PM Tickets—$100/person Comes with a complimentary guest pass for 1 holes of golf in 2020, all you can eat and drink, and a free ride home!

Santa Brunch DECEMBER 15, 2019 10:30 AM & 12:30 PM Adults: $28 Children 6-12: $12 Children 5 & Under: $6 A magical morning filled with a delicious brunch buffet, cookie decorating, crafts and activities, and pictures w/ Santa and Mrs. Claus (photos available for purchase)!

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REGISTER FOR EVENTS ON THE OXBOW CC APP OR WEBSITE!

DECEMBER 31, 2019 Reservations accepted from 5:30 PM—8 PM Ring in the new year at Oxbow by enjoying a special dinner with your loved ones. Dinner comes with a complimentary glass of champagne for each guest!

Kid’s Night Pop-up JANUARY 3, 2019 Restaurant 7 PM $10/child Drop your kids off at the ballroom to enjoy dinner, activities, and a movie while you enjoy quiet time in the restaurant. Children must be 3 -years-old and potty-trained to attend. Movie: Oddball

Kid’s New Year’s Eve Party DECEMBER 31, 2019

An eccentric chicken farmer, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog Oddball to protect a penguin sanctuary from fox attacks in an attempt to reunite his family and save their seaside town.

7 PM—9 PM $15/child

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Don’t let your kids miss out on this year’s New Year’s Eve Party! There will be a dance, music, games, activities, and of course our fun balloon drop at 8:30 PM. Parents are welcome to attend the party with their children or eat dinner in the restaurant. A kid -friendly buffet will be provided for all attendees. 15


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Family-Style Meal Specials 4 PM—8 PM

ALL BISON & VIKINGS GAMES (during regular club hours)

1/2 price wine 4 PM—9 PM

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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HOURS

CLUBHOUSE HOURS

M-F

M-Tu CLOSED

9 AM - 5 PM

W-F

11AM—9 PM

TRACKMAN HOURS

Sa

11 AM—9 PM

M-Tu CLOSED

Su

10 AM—8 PM

W-F

2 PM—10 PM

Sa-Su 10 AM—6 PM

RSVP Use our mobile app or email

rsvp@oxbowcc.com to create reservations

for an event!

EVENT IDEAS Hey members! Is there a type of event you’d like to see at the club? We’d love to hear your ideas and take them into consideration! Email your suggestions to our Director of Membership & Marketing, Mattie, at mattie@oxbowcc.com

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Download our mobile app: Oxbow Country Club Like our Facebook page: @OxbowCC RSVP Members, join our private FaceUse our mobile app or book group to stay up to date on email rsvp@oxbowcc.com what’s happening around the club: to create reservations Country Club Members for anOxbow event! Like our Instagram page: @oxbow_cc

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MANAGEMENT STAFF JAKE HUGHES - Assistant General Manager

Jake@Oxbowcc.com

MATTIE OLSON - Director Membership & Marketing

Mattie@Oxbowcc.com

HEATHER HEYERMAN - Event Coordinator

Heather@Oxbowcc.com

KYLE CHRISTENSEN, CPA - Accountant

Accounting@Oxbowcc.com

DAVID WOOD - Superintendent

Davidw@Oxbowcc.com

COREY HERLICKSON, PGA - Head Golf Professional

Corey@Oxbowcc.com

PEGGY SOLA - Golf Shop Merchandiser

Peggy@Oxbowcc.com

SCOTT MOTSCHENBACHER - Executive Chef

Chef@Oxbowcc.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT

SCOTT DIFFERDING

VICE PRESIDENT

ROGER CAMPBELL

SECRETARY/TREASURER

JIM NYHOF

DIRECTOR

SHANNON CAMPBELL

DIRECTOR

CHRIS CHAMP

DIRECTOR

TAMI HENKE

DIRECTOR

MIKE PODOLAK

DIRECTOR

CRAIG RISE

DIRECTOR

BILL SHORT

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