Roaring Gap, NC Roaring Gap, NC Roaring Gap, NC Roaring Gap, NC March 2020 March 2020 March 2020 March 2020 High Meadows “Hummer” High Meadows “Hummer” High Meadows “Hummer” High Meadows “Hummer” Roaring Gap, NC Roaring Gap, NC Roaring Gap, NC Roaring Gap, NC October 2020 October 2020 October 2020 October 2020 High Meadows “Hummer” High Meadows “Hummer” High Meadows “Hummer” High Meadows “Hummer” General Managers Message General Managers Message General Managers Message General Managers Message October has finally arrived with cooler temperatures, fresh and crisp mountain air while our trees begin to show their beautiful fall leaf colors. With the arrival of the fall season comes the winding down of our golf season. The Fall Member/ Member on October 3 rd & 4 th will be the final event on the 2020 golf calendar. Both the LGA & MGA Kick-outs were moved forward not to conflict with the Fall Membership meeting on October 10 th . Our pickle ball and tennis courts had a Grand Opening on Saturday, September 19 th with 40 members attending the instructional clinic held that morning. Thank you to our guest professionals Don Merriott from the Mountain Air Club in Burnsville and Mark Troutman from the Westwood Racquet Club in Winston Salem for providing excellent instruction and insight on pickle ball rules and strategy. All funding for the tennis/pickle ball court renovation was provided through contributions from the Living Tree Fund. A Wine Dinner was held later that Saturday evening with 45 members in attendance. Thank you to Tony & Angela for the wonderful food and service for the evening. Also thank you to Ben Weber with American Premium Beverage for being the host for the evening and selecting some wonderful wines to pair with the dinner. Thank you to the MGA and Roger Braswell for all of the recently completed work to the waterfall at the lake on Hole #18. It looks fantastic! Greens aeration has been moved back one week. The greens were originally scheduled for aerification on Monday/ Tuesday, October 12 th & 13 th has now been rescheduled to (See General Manager General Manager General Manager General Manager Connued on page 2) A Word From The President A Word From The President A Word From The President A Word From The President Dear Members, Let me begin my LAST Hummer article by simply saying OPPS! I ended what I thought was my last Hummer article last month with: “On a personal note, this will be my last hummer article as a member & President of your Board. I must say, it's been a heck of a ride. Hurricanes, floods, speed humps, earthquakes, renovation and of course COVID. Funny story, when I was President of our Club in Florida we were hit by Hurricane Charley that destroyed much of the Club facilities, but don't worry everything will calm down now that my term is coming to a close. On a serious note, I can't close without praising & thanking our entire staff. I've enjoyed working with terrific dedicated folks on a daily basis that have stepped to the plate for the good of the Club. I thank them all!” Most of us don't realize how dedicated they are to our Club, after many interactions with staff I can tell you that they love this place and they work together as a team to do the best they can to make your experience here at High Meadows the best it can be, please thank them and appreciate what they do. I'm going to miss working with them! Little did I know that due to schedule conflicts and time needed to properly plan for this Falls Member meeting under the Executive Orders and CDC guidelines, the meeting would be delayed and thereby extend my term by two weeks and I'd be writing an October article?? Some thoughts; Thanks to the efficient management of our Club by our GM, Department Heads and the unshakable support of our members your Board was able to present each department head and full time staff member with a small token of our appreciation as a bonus. It's been a few years since any wage increases, this appreciation bonus was/is well deserved. We're having a very positive year financially but in order to continue the positive trajectory that our Club is currently experiencing we need to enhance our facilities. Your Boards plan will be explained and discussed at the October 10 meeting, we'd like your impute. Along with the many plans to (See President President President President Connued on page 2) Welcome New Members Welcome New Members Welcome New Members Welcome New Members Benton & Rebecca Montgomery - Golf Members From Murrells Inlet, SC & 51 Buchannan St. Sydnor & Nancy White - Dining Members From Raleigh, NC Cliff & Nancy Hudgins - Social Members From Lewisville, NC & 305 Ridge Road
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October has finally arrived with cooler temperatures, fresh and crisp mountain air while our trees begin to show their beautiful fall leaf colors. With the arrival of the fall season comes the winding down of our golf season. The Fall Member/Member on October 3rd & 4th will be the final event on the 2020 golf calendar. Both the LGA & MGA Kick-outs were moved forward not to conflict with the Fall Membership meeting on October 10th. Our pickle ball and tennis courts had a Grand Opening on Saturday, September 19th with 40 members attending the instructional clinic held that morning. Thank you to our guest professionals Don Merriott from the Mountain Air Club in Burnsville and Mark Troutman from the Westwood Racquet Club in Winston Salem for providing excellent instruction and insight on pickle ball rules and strategy. All funding for the tennis/pickle ball court renovation was provided through contributions from the Living Tree Fund. A Wine Dinner was held later that Saturday evening with 45 members in attendance. Thank you to Tony & Angela for the wonderful food and service for the evening. Also thank you to Ben Weber with American Premium Beverage for being the host for the evening and selecting some wonderful wines to pair with the dinner. Thank you to the MGA and Roger Braswell for all of the recently completed work to the waterfall at the lake on Hole #18. It looks fantastic! Greens aeration has been moved back one week. The greens were originally scheduled for aerification on Monday/Tuesday, October 12th & 13th has now been rescheduled to
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Dear Members, Let me begin my LAST Hummer article by simply saying OPPS! I ended what I thought was my last Hummer article last month with:
“On a personal note, this will be my last hummer article as a member & President of your Board. I must say, it's been a heck of a ride. Hurricanes, floods, speed humps, earthquakes, renovation and of course COVID. Funny story, when I was President of our Club in Florida we were hit by Hurricane Charley that destroyed much of the Club facilities, but don't worry everything will calm down now that my term is coming to a close. On a serious note, I can't close without praising & thanking our entire staff. I've enjoyed working with terrific dedicated folks on a daily basis that have stepped to the plate for the good of the Club. I thank them all!” Most of us don't realize how dedicated they are to our Club, after many interactions with staff I can tell you that they love this place and they work together as a team to do the best they can to make your experience here at High Meadows the best it can be, please thank them and appreciate what they do.
I'm going to miss working with them!
Little did I know that due to schedule conflicts and time needed to properly plan for this Falls Member meeting under the Executive Orders and CDC guidelines, the meeting would be delayed and thereby extend my term by two weeks and I'd be writing an October article??
Some thoughts; Thanks to the efficient management of our Club by our GM, Department Heads and the unshakable support of our members your Board was able to present each department head and full time staff member with a small token of our appreciation as a bonus. It's been a few years since any wage increases, this appreciation bonus was/is well deserved.
We're having a very positive year financially but in order to continue the positive trajectory that our Club is currently experiencing we need to enhance our facilities. Your Boards plan will be explained and discussed at the October 10 meeting, we'd like your impute. Along with the many plans to
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Welcome New MembersWelcome New MembersWelcome New MembersWelcome New Members
Benton & Rebecca Montgomery - Golf Members From Murrells Inlet, SC & 51 Buchannan St.
Sydnor & Nancy White - Dining Members From Raleigh, NC
Cliff & Nancy Hudgins - Social Members From Lewisville, NC & 305 Ridge Road
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Fall has arrived and some of our Members will be heading south soon. Now is the time to stop by the golf shop to clean up any unused credits or take advantage of our end of season inventory reduction sale! If a special club, apparel or gift for the holiday season is needed, now is the time to order to have it before the holiday season. As always, if we can assist in anyway please let us know in the Golf Shop!
Thank you, The Golf Shop Staff
Monday & Tuesday, October 19 & 20th. Special thanks go out to members who recently contributed to the Living Tree fund: Dennis & Linda Denny and an Anonymous contribution was also received.
See you around the Club! Mike West-General Manager
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attract new members that we had planned for this season and couldn't due to COVID, this plan will bring our Club up to the 21st century and assist in attracting new members. As you all know, we had to make some reductions in the golf course maintenance staff this past season. The 2021 budget will include enough funds to provide Nathan a complete staff. We will also present proposals for some By-Law changes at the October 10 meeting. By now our members should have received those proposals. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact the office, the staff will relay your questions to the Board for clarification. Exciting plans are in place and ready to go, your continued support of our Club is appreciated! We're on the right path!
It's been my honor to serve our Club.
Regards, Rich Kaplan, President FOR THE GOOD OF THE CLUB!
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1. The biggest question this month has been “Who is on the Finance Committee?” The committee has met monthly for most of the year and this has been a great input of ideas and observations. The members are Bill Boyles, Bob Reed, Lou Garner, Pete Morrow, Ricky Brown and Tom Styers. Also attending each meeting have been Rich Kaplan, Mike West and Barbie Blankenship. Thanks to all of these folks.
2. We met our operating profit/loss budget expectations for August, slightly exceeding budget. This is the revised budget after the virus hit.
3. Dues, golf fees and food services were all ahead. 4. Operating cash should end the year around $100,000,
assuming we continue to meet budget. 5. The key challenge is now to plan a budget for 2021. This will
be a challenge as we plan for our golf course to be back to a full maintenance schedule. As you will remember, when we reduced the budget last spring due to the virus, expenses were reduced by $216,000 to offset lost revenues, of which $ 120,000 was golf course. We will budget assuming that we return to normal and adjust accordingly based on circumstances going into 2021.
Thank you for all of your support. Your Finance Committee
We’re delighted to announce and welcome the new LGA Board. We know this talented group of ladies will do an outstanding job!
• President – Sally Earnhardt
• Vice President – Jane Knott
• Secretary – Carol Perdue
• Treasurer – Susan Lewis
Remember the High Meadows Ladies Golf Association (LGA) invites all lady members of High Meadows Golf & Country Club to join us. Our mission is to promote golf and fellowship among the lady members at High Meadows. Whether you’re a beginner, casual or serious golfer - or not a golfer at all - there is a place for you. We hope to have more social (non-golf) events in 2021 so come join the fun! We’d love to have you!
Sue Talley LGA President
As poet Robert Burns once said in a poem, the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft aglay, or in other words, oft go astray, and that’s what happened to our plans for a dynamite social season here at High Meadows. To say that we are disappointed would be an understatement. The only social event we were able to have inside this year was the New Year’s Eve party. We did manage to have a Scavenger Hunt and some Fun Friday Golf, but the Horse Races were cancelled twice. Between Covid and the weather, the season was pretty much a washout! We are certainly hoping to kickoff the 2021 season in grand style and to be able to offer fun events throughout next summer. If you have any ideas or suggestions for events or activities, please email one of the Social Committee Members. Have a safe, healthy winter and we’ll see you back on the mountain in the Spring.
Social Committee, Vicki Cox, Chair Nancy Boyles, Dana Caudle, Peggy Cooper, Pamela Hinson, Cindy Lee Middleton, Maggie Styers and Cathy Williams
ALL Golf, Social & Dining Members!
This has been a rough year on all of us as far as FUN social activities has been concerned. And, we cannot have a Halloween Party, due to COVID restrictions. BUT what we can do is make dinner reservations for Halloween night, Saturday, October 31st, and come dressed in costume! Everyone who comes to dinner in costume on Halloween night will receive a FREE dessert! So lets end the season with a little bit of FUN and not let COVID steal everything from us this year! Find your inner child, dress up and get a FREE dessert!
