The Bow: January 2022 by Oxbow Country Club

OXBOW COUNTRY CLUB NEWS, EVENTS AND MORE

THE BOW January 2022

IN THIS ISSUE JANUARY 2022 January Event Calendar

Managers Message

Clubhouse Update

Membership & Marketing Update

New Member Welcome

December Happenings

Accountant's Avenue

Event Coordinator Update

January Events

Chef's Corner

Recipe of the Month

Food & Beverage Update

News from Profile

Golf Shop Update

News from the Fairway

Member Birthdays

Staff Information

Club Closed For cleaning yoga

Club Closed For cleaning Craft & Cocoa family bingo Sledding

cooking class

Trivia Night

game show night Member social

yoga

FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year! It was an extremely busy month here at your club, culminating with an extremely fun New Years Eve night! As we look forward to 2022, we have a lot of great things coming up in January, and the first quarter of the new year. Club Closure in January As we did last year, we will once again close the club from Monday, January 3rd through Thursday, January 13th for deep cleaning and preventative maintenance tasks. We keep this time frame fairly short, but we have a lot to accomplish during this week and a half. Painting, carpet and tile cleaning, all kitchen equipment pulled and cleaned, and much more. You may not see all the differences when we re-open, but much of what we do is to extend the life of the assets of the club, so that we do not have to spend capital dollars earlier than necessary. And of course, anyone that wants to join us is always welcome… 😊 Food and Beverage Minimums Due to the closing of the club for a couple of weeks, we have decided to roll minimums into one quarterly amount of $270, instead of the monthly $90. Hopefully this makes it easier on you to decide when to come to the club, especially with the sometimes-crazy winter weather. Please know that we will still be having great events and activities for everyone each month, and I would encourage everyone to not wait until the last week of March to come out to the club. I am particularly excited for our monthly member socials, which start in January. More info to come later in the month. Ice Rink and Cross-Country Skiing It has been great to see skaters out in December, enjoying the rink! David and his team maintain this all winter long, and completed the flooding process a couple of weeks before Christmas. The rink is lit in the evening, and there are two hockey goals as well.Also, Zach Schnitzler is going to try grooming our cross-country trails again this year, something that has been difficult to do the last few winters. We hope this is ready to go shortly after the new year. We will send out a notification when it is ready. Thank you Zach for volunteering to do this! 4

MANAGER'S MESSAGE Sedi Halvorson General Manager sedi@oxbowcc.com COVID Lastly, although I hate to keep talking about this, COVID has started to accelerate throughout the country again, which is not a surprise in the winter. Please be courteous to other members, as well as the team here if you have any possible symptoms or exposure, please stay home until you are able to get tested. I can speak from personal experience, as I tested positive on December 29th. We rely on many great associates each day to open up your club, and we want to make sure we can do that without interruption. It's cold outside now, but it will start warming up soon! We are going to do some cleaning, and we will see you on the 14th! Sedi

CLUBHOUSE UPDATE Kyle Millar Clubhouse Manager kyle@oxbowcc.com

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you have a wonderful time over the holidays filled with family and fun. I know that I thoroughly enjoyed myself this Christmas. For the first time in years I got to just relax and enjoy my time with my family. It was great! We enjoyed some fantastic food and a few excellent bottles of wine. This month was an extremely busy one for the club. We hosted a ton of Christmas parties, a few fun family events, a December wedding, Stag, Santa Brunch, and of course New Years Eve. Each week we had at least two Christmas parties, it was a lot of work but tons of fun! The Frozen Frostival was a great family event this last month! Anna, Elsa, and Olaf were all in attendance to help the kids decorate cookies and play fun games. We also snuck in a wedding at the beginning of December too. Thankfully it was a smaller wedding because we had to flip the entire event center that evening for Stag the following night. The staff put in a lot of long hours that weekend. Then halfway through the month we hosted our Santa Brunch. Santa and Mrs. Claus made the long journey from the North Pole to join us and take some pictures with all the families. As always, the food on the buffet was incredible and the timing for all the reservations couldn’t have been better. We finished the year off with our New Years Eve celebration. The kids had all of the ballroom to themselves, and as usual got pretty crazy with all the fun games and activities that Aja set up for them. If you haven’t already, make sure to thank Aja and Theresa for watching your kids that night, 34 kids can be quite a handful. For everyone else that evening, Chef and his crew had some amazing specials to satisfy anyone’s palate! The drinks were flowing that evening, I should know, I spent most of the evening behind the bar helping barback. Thankful it started to quiet down around 9:30 and I was able to make it home before midnight for my New Years kiss. I hope you all got to share yours with someone special too. Looking ahead to January, we have a couple things to look forwards to. First, we will be starting the new Winter menu once we open the club back up on the 14th. I know you have all been waiting for this to come out, and you will definitely be rewarded for your patients. Some old favorites and some new exciting dishes are coming your way. The last item to look forwards to is our new wine list! Once again Sedi and myself have been hunting for some great to wines to add to our already fantastic list and I believe that we have once again done just that. Make sure to inquire about the new offerings once we open. 6

WEEKLY SPECIALS

MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING UPDATE Aja Nyquist Director of Membership & Marketing aja@oxbowcc.com

Happy 2022! It has officially been one year since I started at Oxbow and I can't thank everyone enough for welcoming me here this first year! I hope that you have enjoyed the events that we have put on this year and we are only hoping to expand our offerings into the new year. As always if you have any ideas or thoughts on events or ideas you want implemented please don't hesitate to reach out to me! Toy Drive A huge thanks to everyone who donated to our toy drive for the Roger Maris Cancer Center, we were able to drop off huge boxes of toys and they were so thankful and the kids were so excited!

January Event Update While the club may be closed for cleaning until the 14th, we are not short on events the last 2 weeks! I hope you can make it to some or all of these events: Yoga: Our own server Taylor Wutzke will be leading Yoga classes on Jan. 15th and 29th. Cost is $10/person! Game Show Night: Rob Johnson brings his popular newlywed game back to Oxbow. It's bound to be a fun night on the 22nd. Cost is $25/person. Member Social: This January will be our first member social and we will be showcasing our new wine menu as well as some great cheese pairings. We will have music as well! Cost is $30/person. Free Events: We also have many free events this January including craft and cocoa on the 16th,trivia on the 20th, family bingo on the 23rd and our sledding event on the 30th (weather permitting). To find our more about these events, please see pages 14-15. Can't wait to see everyone in the new year! -Aja

NEW MEMBER WELCOME BEN & STEPHANIE HENDRICKS JOSSLYN & WYATT

DECEMBER HAPPENI NGS A LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH

ACCOUNTANT'S AVENUE Stacey Fett Controller accounting@oxbowcc.com

Happy New Year! As we enter the new year, I wanted to touch on just a couple of questions that we get monthly. How do I see my most recent charges? To keep an eye on your account, you can go to the app and click on current statement. This will take you to your account.On the top left, there is a ‘recent’ tab, this will show you all of your recent charges. If there are any discrepancies, please let me know and we can get it fixed. When will I receive my monthly statement? Statements are processed by the 5th of the month. If you are not receiving your statement, please let me know so we can get your email and/or address updated in the system. When is payment due? Can I set up auto-pay? Payment for your account is due by the end of the month. If you are not already set up on auto-pay, please contact me for an ACH or Credit Card authorization form. Please note, there is a 3% fee to use your credit card. Auto-pay is completed on the 10th of the month. If the 10th falls on a weekend, I will process auto-pay on the next business day. Enjoy your club! -Stacey

CATERING MANAGER UPDATE Theresa Keimig Catering Manager theresa@oxbowcc.com

Happy New Year!! Did the holiday season get away from you? Don’t worry if you still need to make plans for your office or family gatherings, January is also a great time for a party and it’s very common for those events to extend into the new year. I would love to have the opportunity to plan your events at Oxbow. During the holiday season we also see a lot of engagements, we are currently booking into 2023 (I know, sounds crazy right?) Please let me know if you have any events that we need to save a date for. As we wrapped up the wedding season in the past few weeks, I had time to think about all the member events that I have been honored to be a part of, weddings, anniversaries, birthday parties, showers etc. I’m looking forward to an even busier season in 2022. Thank you for celebrating all of these special events at Oxbow. Happy New Year to you and your family!!

JANUARY EVENTS WHAT'S COMIN UP THIS MONTH

MONDAY, JANUARY 3RD- THURSDAY, JANUARY 13TH CLUB CLOSED FOR DEEP CLEANING SATURDAY JANUARY 15TH, 9AM YOGA

$10/person

Fitness classes are back at Oxbow! Join us at 9am for a Yoga class led by Taylor Wutzke.

SUNDAY JANUARY 16TH, 4PM CRAFTS & COCOA: SNOW GLOBES

FREE

A free craft day for the kids! Join us for hot cocoa and crafts! This week we will be making snow globes. Please RSVP for each kid who will be coming so we can ensure we have enough supplies!

TUESDAY JANUARY 18TH, 6PM COOKING CLASS

$50/Person

Everyone could use a little more education and confidence with their cooking, and there's no better teacher than Chef Scott. Limited to 12. Reservations required.

THURSDAY JANUARY 20TH, 7PM TRIVIA NIGHT: TELEVISION TRIVIA

FREE

Join us for TV trivia starting at 7pm. There will be 3 rounds of questions on everything TV! The evening's

overall winners will receive a $100 food and

beverage credit. Teams limited to 6 people.

SATURDAY JANUARY 22ND, 7PM GAME SHOW NIGHT

$25/person

Join your friends for some fun and laughter. Oxbow’s own Rob Johnson will be bringing his highly interactive and entertaining show to the Oxbow stage. This show will feature a live performance of his highly acclaimed NOT-SO-NEWLYWED GAME! You guessed it...several of our own members will be the contestants and who knows what will happen?! You won't want to miss this! Price includes light hors d’oeuvres.

SUNDAY JANUARY 23RD, 5PM FAMILY BINGO

FREE

Bring your family to the club and enjoy a few fun rounds of bingo! Games will vary and prizes will be awarded.

FRIDAY JANUARY 28TH, 7PM MEMBER SOCIAL

$30/person

Let's all get together and mingle! This month we will be featuring wine tastings from our new wine menu as well as cheese pairings! Be entertained by Alison Molony and her jazz duo!

SATURDAY JANUARY 29TH, 9AM YOGA

$10/person

Fitness classes are back at Oxbow! Join us at 9am for a Yoga class led by Taylor Wutzke.

SUNDAY JANUARY 30TH, 2PM-4PM OXBOW SNOW DAY

FREE

Let's have a Snow Day at Oxbow. We will have sledding, a bonfire and more! More details to come and let's hope for a warm day! 15

CHEF'S CORNER Scott Motschenbacher Executive Chef chef@oxbowcc.com

Hello Oxbow! Time sure does fly out here. It seems like we just shut the course down. Now we are already into 2022. You all may have noticed that the new dining menu has not yet come out. I apologize for that. I am not the kind of person to offer excuses very often. However, my biggest problem has been staffing. The Oxbow kitchen has been hit pretty hard with labor shortages. I am very happy to say that I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have been able to hire 2 new people that have some pretty great experience. We anticipate having the new menu ready for you when we open up January 14th. In the meantime, during the closure we will be tearing apart the kitchen and doing our annual deep clean of everything not only in the kitchen but in the entire clubouse. It is an undertaking but definitely worth it. I hope everyone had a great holiday season! At the club we did a record breaking 162 pies for Thanksgiving. That is a little over 30 more than last year. Let’s give it up to Suzy, Michael, Karolyn, Sarah, And Sam for making it all happen. We then went straight into Christmas season and were very busy with holiday parties and family gatherings. Thanks to everyone who came out for those and for those who joined us for our New Years Eve dinner. I am excited to unveil the new menu to everyone this month, until then stay warm!

RECIPE OF THE MONTH: COMPOUND BUTTER

For this month’s recipe I want to share our compound butter that is a steak topper on our current filet. Ingredients: 1lb unsalted butter 4 slices bacon (crispy) ¼ cup gorgonzola cheese crumbles ¼ cup horse radish 1 tablespoon fresh cracked black pepper 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves Procedure: Let your butter sit out at room temperature until soft. In a mixing bowl add all ingredients and mix. Don’t mix too aggressively you still want decent chunks of the gorgonzola in the mix. Take a large piece of plastic wrap and lay on a counter. Place the butter on the wrap in a large snake shape. Cove the butter with the wrap and twist the ends like a tootsie roll. Place in your refrigerator to harden up. Cut coins off as needed. It will last in your fridge for 2 weeks. Or you can freeze and it will last up to 2 months. Enjoy!

FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER UPDATE Logan Winters-Helmbrecht Food and Beverage Manager logan@oxbowcc.com

Hello everyone, for those of you who don’t know me, my name is Logan, and I am your new Food and Beverage Manager! I have been at Oxbow for a year and a half now, and loving every minute! I hail from the small town of Henning, in Minnesota, the gateway to lakes as we call it. After leaving my hometown, I attending college at MSTATE/MSUM. I have worked at country clubs for almost all of my adult life, some places you may even be familiar with. I got my start at Detroit Lakes Country Club, then off to Thumper Pond in Ottertail, and then Mendakota Country Club in Mendota Heights, and then I found myself here, at Oxbow! As I mentioned, I have been fortunate enough to have worked here for the last year and a half, getting to know the staff and all of the members, and I have to say I was welcomed with open arms, great opportunities, and a whole lot of fun! I hope everyone has had a great holiday season; this has always been my favorite time of year, spending time with loved ones, seeing all the holiday decorations, and spreading holiday cheer! Looking back over the month, all of us here at the club have been busy little elves! From Stag, to Santa Brunch, Christmas, New Years, and even a wedding! The first couple months of the arcade has been a big hit, whether you’re looking to shoot some hoops, play some one-on-one air hockey, get your own trophy buck, or all the coloring you can imagine, we have something for the whole family to enjoy, so if you haven’t checked it out, come on in! Make sure to keep an eye on the Facebook page, as I will be posting the specials, as well as the family meals on a weekly basis. I am very excited to serve you in my new role, and am very grateful for the opportunity. I hope everyone has had a great holiday season, after all it is the most wonderful time of the year! Can’t wait to see you, cheers! -Logan

GOLF SHOP UPDATE Corey Herlickson Head Golf Professional corey@oxbowcc.com

December ended with a chill in the air so let’s see if we can relive the golf season and dream of some warmer weather. We came into this 2021 off of a record number of rounds in 2020. I didn’t think that we would beat the record year we had in 2020 but somehow, we did. We tracked the rounds on a month-by-month basis and starting right away in April we were ahead. Every month thereafter was an increase over last year! Below are the numbers: Rounds of Golf thru 10/26/21 2020 – 14,617 2021 – 16,142 In November we began our TrackMan Cup in the simulator. This is a nine-hole round of golf played on one golf course and you have two weeks to play the event. The entry fee is $10.00 and is paid out in golf shop credit after the end of the two-week competition. At the end of the year, we take the top five golfers from the first half and the second half for the TrackMan Cup Playoffs. All you need to do is book a simulator tee time like normal and make the golf shop team aware that you are going to play in the TrackMan Cup. TrackMan Simulator Hours after as of New Year’s Day: Tuesday - Friday Saturday – Sunday

12:00 – 8:00 10:00 – 6:00

If you want to keep your game sharp through the winter don’t hesitate to contact the golf professionals to set up lessons!

GOLF SHOP UPDATE As many of you are aware, we had a really difficult time getting clubs, shafts, bags, etc. in 2021. We expect that to occur through most of 2022, therefore we have taken steps to alleviate some issues such as purchasing more bags for next year in the golf shop. Clubs we cannot control because we do a lot of custom fitting here at Oxbow. To help get ahead of things, we are suggesting you get fit as early as possible if you are looking at buying new equipment. This will ensure we have it in hand before the season begins. Once a month we will be hosting a fitting day. I will be on a Tuesday and we will advertise it to make you aware. The only thing that we do not have to fit you into is Taylormade and Callaway drivers, fairways and hybrids. Those will come closer to the new year. As many of you begin to travel to warmer weather for sunshine and golf, don’t forget we have partnerships with ClubCorp, OpenRounds and the Thompson Golf Group. These groups will help you get tee times across the country at their respective golf courses! See the Golf Shop Weekly Updates for more information! -Corey

NEW OFFERING THIS WINTER

TITLEIST PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE (TPI) WORKOUT SERIES MONDAYS 5-6PM (4 PEOPLE MAX PER SESSION) CALL THE GOLF SHOP TO SIGN UP!

February 28 - April 11 Week 1: Base Swing Speed & TPI Fitness Evaluation Week 2: Swing Speed & Swing Fundamentals Week 3: Swing Speed & Individual Stretching Week 4: Swing Speed & Indoor Drills Week 5: Swing Speed & Mental game/Books Week 6: Swing Speed & TPI Fitness Evaluation & Recommendations 16

NEWS FROM THE FAIRWAY David Wood Superintendent david@oxbowcc.com

Winter preparations of the golf course went as planned. Green covers and snow fences have been installed to prevent desiccation of the greens. Hopefully we will receive a covering of snow on the course to further insulate the turf for the winter. Just a reminder to keep snowmobiles and atv’s off the golf course this winter. We will again have the skating rink on the pond in front of the Pro Shop when the ice conditions are safe to support skaters. Lights will be installed and running from sunset to 10:00 p.m., the ice will be conditioned to smooth out the rough areas as needed. This time of the year we are still working on a few outdoor projects as weather conditions allow. We have started removing dead or dying trees from the left side of hole 5/old driving range. The dead material in the tops of the trees became a safety concern with the proximity to the cart path. These trees are mostly cottonwood trees and have reached their life expectancy. I hope you had a joyous Holiday Season. David Wood

MEMBER BIRTHDAYS Make sure to wish your fellow OCC members a Happy Birthday this month! 1: Dave Meyer

9: Charles Townsend

16: Zoe Walters

23: Natalie Cano

Mary Miller

Cheri Barge

Jaydon Parker

Charleigh Burcham

Vicki Schnell-Ingstad

Charles Cooper

Scott Weiand

Trevor Stiles

17: Isaac Ding Talllakson

24: Grayson Lorz

Meredith Pittenger

Jackson Tiffany

Madeline Nelsen

Hailey Gramer Rachel Gebur

10: Dustin Olson

Jack Gebur

Kelby Erdmann

Micah DeBates

25: Andrea Albright

Rhett Nordin

Jim Schlieman Ross Pavek

18: Anthony Cain 2: Craig Rise

11: Betty Benson

Traci Johnson

Natalie Richter

26:Hailey Dingmann

Charles Cobb

Chris Feland

12: Barb Livinggod

Asher Fluto

27: Sarah Culhane

Joran Cook

Steve Kennedy

Isaac Fluto

Katelyn Crouch

Alexa Braaten

Heidi Middel

Elaina Bruns

Cole Campbell

Payton Campbell

Chace Conley Leah Vikander

19: Stephanie Roberts

28: Matthew Pearson

3: Joel Honeyman

Ireland Albrecht

Jill Rowe

Grant Honeyman

Nick Schommer

Isaac Johnson

Shane Bruns

Eva Kiernan

Sam Hendrisks Michael Cano

Madelyn Novak 13: Nancy Kaler

Vienna Kallstrom

Sara Corbett 4: Joel Vettel

Jackson Worner

Josh Joy

Taylor Sanders

Suzy Alberts

Huxley Kish

29: Tyler Roehl Charles Wimer

20: John Brummer

Blake Grenyo Gillian Jacobson

21:Logan Dosch

Sidney Evenson

Emily Reimer

Kru Jones

22: John Schnabel

30: Keagan Glover

Mikaela Hazard

Julia Langemo

Sarah Clark

Andrew Braun

Matt Lien

23: Rich Menze

31: Crystal Harman

8: Julie Halverson

Jordan Nelson

Alex Belquist

Carly Whiting

Macy Kappes

Shawna Differding

Derrick Lang

Makenzi Johnson

Luke Campbell

Luke Haldis

Madeline Cano

Jayce Johnson

Carly Pearson 15: Scott Haider 5: Johanna Stephens

Caitlin Furstenau

6: Khaled Zreik

16: Eileen Stone

Nolan Simmons

Jennifer Cross

Evie Gillund

Your Team. SEDI HALVORSON GENERAL MANAGER SEDI@OXBOWCC.COM DAVID WOOD SUPERINTENDENT DAVIDW@OXBOWCC.COM COREY HERLICKSON, PGA HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL COREY@OXBOWCC.COM SCOTT MOTSCHENBACHER EXECUTIVE CHEF CHEF@OXBOWCC.COM

Hours of Operation.

MONDAY & TUESDAY: DINING CLOSED ADMINISTRATION: 10AM-4PM

KITCHEN HOURS WED.-SAT.: 11AM-9M SUNDAY: 10AM-8PM (BRUNCH AVAILABLE 10AM-2PM)

SIMULATOR HOURS TUES.-FRI.: 12PM-8PM SAT. & SUN.: 10AM-6PM

STACEY FETTCONTROLLER ACCOUNTING@OXBOWCC.COM AJA NYQUISTDIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING AJA@OXBOWCC.COM THERESA KEIMIGCATERING MANAGER THERESA@OXBOWCC.COM KYLE MILLARCLUBHOUSE MANAGER KYLE@OXBOWCC.COM LOGAN WINTERS-HELMBRECHTFOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER LOGAN@OXBOWCC.COM PEGGY SOLA GOLF SHOP MERCHANDISER PEGGY@OXBOWCC.COM

PRESIDENT: TAMI HENKE VICE PRESIDENT: PAUL BENSON SECRETARY/TREASURER: MARY JOHNSON DIRECTOR: MIKE VIPOND DIRECTOR: BRANDON PITTENGER DIRECTOR: CRAIG RISE DIRECTOR: DENISE JOHNSON DIRECTOR: MIKE LORZ DIRECTOR: MATT MUELLER

Board of Directors.