Milestone Anniversaries Ed Wilson House/Pool Chair George & Elizabeth Shaw
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From the President Jason Siener, President This past weekend the Country Club of The Board of Directors, in partnership with Paducah was represented by your top golfers and the guidance of our search firm, will Value in both the Women’s and Men’s Cup Match- then select the top 4 or 5 candidates that they Tradition es, and a big Congratulations goes out to the would like to interview. Once the candidates Family women of the Club for their victory! The have been selected, Kopplin Kuebler & Wal- Quality men enjoyed a beautiful weekend for golf at lace will conduct their deep background and Paxton Park and while making a much im- reference checking, along with having them proved run on Sunday it wasn’t quite enough take a skills and behavioral assessment. for a win. Board The Board of Directors will conduct a full As you know we launched a nationwide day of interviewing the candidates with the of search for our new General Manager several intention of narrowing the selection to one or weeks ago with our search firm Kopplin two candidates. Those candidates would then Directors Kuebler & Wallace. I thought this would be come back to the Club for a final round of a good time to give you an update on our interviews. From there, a final candidate progress. decision will be made. We expect that all of this will transpire in the next few weeks. Jason Siener Having advertised the position through sev- President eral industry mediums and relying on our The search process is moving in a fruitful jsiener search firm’s vast network of contacts in the and timely manner thanks to the excellent @beltlineservices.com industry for recruiting, I think it is safe to say guidance of our Board of Directors and we have had an excellent response to our search firm. I will report on our final deci- efforts. Kopplin Kuebler & Wallace has be- sion just as soon as we can. Thank you for Brent Denker gun the process of vetting the top tiered ap- your patience as we conduct this important Finance Chair plicants to recommend to the board of direc- assignment on behalf of the Country Club of [email protected] tors for review based on the criteria estab- Paducah. lished by the board early in this process. My understanding is that a wide range of appli- Sincerely, Dr. Mark cants from rising stars, and experienced suc- cessful golf and country club executives are Jason Siener Gillespie in the mix of candidates being recommended Club President Tennis Chair to us. On behalf of the Board of Directors of [email protected] Country Club of Paducah Dave Massey Welcome our new member to the Country Club Family Golf Chair [email protected] Troy & Tammy Courtney join the Club as Corporate Premier members. Troy is the Corporate Strategic Planner with Swift & Staley and Tammy is the VP/ Project Manag- David Mast er with Swift & Staley. Membership Chair [email protected] Milestone Anniversaries Ed Wilson House/Pool Chair George & Elizabeth Shaw ............................. 15 years [email protected] David & Crystal Hutcheson Jr. .................... 15 years A Big Thank You to the following members for hosting or sponsoring an event at the Club in September Todd Trimble Tim Farmer Nancy Powless Private Event Systems Solutions Book Club Gloria Meriwether Jane Gamble Lars Blythe Private Event Paula Connell Blythe White & Assoc. Luncheon Club Joe Framptom Whitney Denson Paducah Bank Dr. James Eickholz Private Event Private Event Kevin McEwan Steve Powless Private Event Jeff Holland CSI NAIFA Heath Bowling Dr. Paul Grumley Edward Jones Jennifer Brien Top Drawer Private Event Lyn Smith Dr. Charles Ransler Private Event 1st Investors October 2017 Page 2 In the Dining Room Bob Hoppmann, Dining Room Manager Fall back and spring forward. We might be falling back to ing up a frosty root beer float as part of the cooler weather but the Club is looking forward to a few biweekly specials menu. small positive changes. The new Russ Cochran display in the Ken- tucky dining area is impressive. It’s being Our new waitstaff uniforms are looking good and the honorably presented by his friends and staff (well most of them ) are excited about the new colleagues of our Club. With board ap- color. I believe it puts a little zip to our professional team. proval, we are upgrading our look in the foyer and hallway to our boardroom. I In the kitchen, Chef Billy continues to impress us with hope you will like the new flooring at the some very good dishes. It’s exciting to see Chef work main entrance to the clubhouse. with our kitchen staff on a professional level. By the way, we now serve Mug root beer and Chef is currently serv- Ciao for now, Bob On the Social Scene Natalie Broster, Banquet & Events Manager Fall is here and it’s bringing some fun events with it! spooky night in a spectacular Halloween atmosphere with devilishly delicious red and white wines. Chef Billy will How do you feel about all-you-can-eat lobster tails? Be- be serving up specialty food that will NOT disappoint! cause that’s what’s coming to your Club on Friday, Octo- ber 3rd! Executive Chef Billy will be serving up a full buf- For the kids – let’s get one last fishing trip in! Join us on fet of delicious selections featuring never ending lobster Monday, October 23rd at 4:30 PM for our Fall Fishing tails! Check out the flyer for more information on this buf- Derby on hole #2. There are two age ranges for prizes: fet. 7 & under / 8 & over. Prizes are awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each age range for the longest fish. Speaking of good food, don’t forget to sign up for our “Hallo-Wine” dinner on See you at the Club! Thursday, October 19th. “Hallo-Wine” Dinner is a special twist on our very pop- ular wine dinners. Be prepared for a in September WAS A HIT! Don’t miss the next one in November: Trunk show & gift wrapping Page 3 October 2017 From the Golf Shop Chad Martin, PGA Head Golf Professional Pro’s Corner Congrats to our September Champions!! Senior Member-Guest Gross Champions-:Chris Hunkler It’s hard to believe the month of October is already upon & Randle Cope us. Hopefully, we are now done with the heat and humid- Senior. Member-Guest Net Champions- George Sirk & ity of the summer months. Unfortunately, the seasonal Don Frizzell change brings less daylight, falling leaves and dormancy Glow Golf- Chris McNeill, Walker McNeill, Whitson to the zoysia fairways. McNeill, & Grant Eckstein Year End Scramble- Edward Hely, Bob Wheeler, Lyn Along with the change in temperatures comes the arrival Smith, & George Sirk of our fall merchandise in the Golf Shop. I greatly appre- ciate how the membership has supported the Golf Shop in Biggest Loser Update my first season here at CCP. As we move forward into fall, I am excited for our members to explore the golf and Please see below for golfers that are leading the way in lifestyle options that will be available in your Golf Shop. the 2017 Biggest Loser contest. Standings are based on Over the next few months, please plan to stop by the Golf the members handicap when beginning lessons with our PGA staff in April and are currently tracked to the Sep- Shop as we will have new men’s arrivals from Southern th Tide, Straight Down, FootJoy, & Donald Ross. On the tember 15 update. Ladies front, we will begin receiving new shipments from Current Antigua and FootJoy Leisure. Standing Member Strokes Improved Very rarely will I take the time to single out one specific 1st Gary Adkins 3.5 club company for their innovation, but this is one of those 2nd Kim Birch 3.0 times. On October 1st we will receive the fitting and trial T-3rd Larry Jarvis 2.0 components from Titleist for the new 718 series of irons. T-3rd Cody Wiles 2.0 The new AP3 iron is hands down one of the best looking and easy to hit irons that I have ever hit. If you would like to try any of the new line up of AP irons please contact 2017 CCP Fall Varsity Golf Program: the Golf Shop and we will be glad to schedule a fitting Your PGA Professionals would like to offer a fall junior appointment. With the benefit of member pricing and my golf program geared towards our juniors who are playing expertise as a certified Titleist fitter these clubs will be a competitively or are looking to begin playing competitive- great value and opportunity to improve your game. ly. This program is a great way to keep your junior golfer’s fundamentals sharp, as well as continuing to learn With the golf course experiencing its first stages of winter course management. The Varsity Program will meet on dormancy, I would like to take this opportunity to address Tuesdays from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm in the months of Octo- some important steps in general course maintenance and ber & November for a total of 6 clinics. Within these etiquette to help keep CCP looking beautiful throughout clinics we will offer full swing and short game instruction, the upcoming months. First, let me remind everyone of as well as taking a deeper look at how to approach on the importance of filling in the fairway divots with sand. course situations, and how to manage scoring opportuni- The zoysia grass growth and healing season is slowing, ties within a round.