February 2020

Club Hours/Staying Social

Events in February

Greetings from the GM

Valentine’s Day Dinner

Ace in the Hole

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IN THIS ISSUE

SALINA COUNTRY CLUB 2101 E. COUNTRY CLUB RD 785.827.0388

Up to Par

Membership Check-In

February Birthdays

February Calendar

SCC Shoutout: Bill Conrey

2020 Social Events

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@SalinaCC

The weather is getting warmer

and that means golf is getting

better! Send us all your best

pictures on the golf course.

Make sure to follow us on Insta-

gram and add us on Facebook

and share your SCC fun with us!

Tag us in your social media

photos and we’ll share them in

the newsletter & on our pages!

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OFFICE:

Monday through Friday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Saturday & Sunday: Closed

GRILL ROOM & JOHNNY’S UP: Open for lunch

service Wednesday & Thursday. Open for dinner ser-

vice Wednesday-Saturday.

Monday & Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday & Thursday : 11:00 am-9:00 pm

Friday & Saturday : 5:00 pm-9:30 pm

*opens at 3:30 pm for drink service

Sunday Brunch: 10:00 am-1:30 pm

FITNESS CENTER:

Available for 24 hour use with keypad code!

Sunday-Tuesday: 7:00 am-5:00 pm

Wednesday & Thursday: 7:00 am-9:00 pm

Friday & Saturday: 7:00 am-9:30 pm

CLUB FOR KIDS (Charge per child)

Friday & Saturday: 5:00 pm-9:00 pm

Advanced Reservations Required

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Chiefs vs. 49ers Game 2/2

The big game is here! Enjoy appetizer and

drink specials while cheering for the Chiefs.

Fettucine Alfredo Day 2/7

A day dedicated to pasta? We’ll take it!

Passport Series: Belgium 2/20

Time to go to Belgium! Enjoy Chef’s spin on

traditional Belgian dishes for this month’s

Passport Series.

Beach Party 2/29

We’re bringing warmer weather to you!

Enjoy games, food, and drinks for the whole

family! *Reservations required for all Club events

Tapas Night 2/5

Tapas Night is back with Chef’s take on

Spanish small plates.

Valentine’s Day Dinner 2/14

Make sure you have reservations to enjoy a

romantic dinner on this special day!

National Margarita Day 2/22

What else do we need to say?

FLAVOR OF

THE MONTH!

For all of February, Chef

Bradley has made a

chocolate cheesecake ice

cream with chocolate chips

and cheesecake chunks!

Events in February

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Welcome back Salina Country Club,

I hope everyone enjoyed their New Year celebrations

and January travels! We were thrilled to reopen on the

15th as the clubhouse was lonely place during the

closure. Thank you for your patience during this time as it

allowed us to accomplish many maintenance tasks

difficult to complete during operations.

A glimpse of warm weather? We will take it! Golf and

football are the way to start your February. We hope you

plan to join us on Sunday for the Super Bowl!

It has been a very busy month with membership sign ups. The Board of Directors is on a

pursuit to a membership drive. It was kicked off with the release of a Junior Sponsor

membership for those under 35 years of age. Make sure you take a look at Abby’s new

membership listing to see the success we’ve had so far!

As we enter February, we are starting to update calendars for summer programming,

booking entertainment, and planning ahead for the holiday seasons. You can find a lot of

information in advance through the online calendar, but do not hesitate to reach out with

any questions.

Thank you for your continuous support. We look forward to a great February with you.

Best regards,

Chris Nickell

General Manager

Salina Country Club

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One more month to go!! With February here, we are only

one month away from more consistent weather (hopefully).

With the winter we had this past year, we have a lot of peo-

ple who are giddy to get on the golf course.

The 2020 Tournament Calendar will be finalized in the next

week or two. If you are in need of dates to put on your

calendar please feel free to call and we can give you some

tentative dates.

Winter Cart Policy: During the winter months please keep

carts in the rough as much as possible and use the 90

degree rule when crossing the fairway. This will help the

condition of the fairways going into spring.

Club Storage: Winter or Summer, the worst thing you can do to your golf clubs is store them

in the trunk of your car. Extreme cold and hot temperatures can cause the club heads to

loosen and will deteriorate grips over time. If you are not currently taking advantage of

SCC club storage, consider it for 2020. Club storage charge for the year is $150 which

includes storage, cleaning after each round, handling of bags to and from carts, and minor

club repairs.

We are looking forward to another fun and eventful year at Salina Country Club. We have

some fun new events planned, as well as some old events with new formats.

As the weather gets nicer, please call the Pro Shop to make your tee times

for either weekday play or the weekends. We will have plenty of availa-

ble tee times!

Hope everyone had a wonderful January and it should be a better

February!

Rob Carlson

Ace in the Hole

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Welcome to February, Salina country Club!

The winter weather this year has been typical for Kansas, 60

one day and snow the next. The rollercoaster weather

pattern has been good in the fact that we have been getting

some moisture.

It has not been good for golfing and hopefully that will

change and allow everyone to enjoy the course, and for the

crew and I to start the fairway conversion project without

delay.

The start date is planned for February 17th with #1. The first

hole will be played as a par-3 while we work on the first half of

the fairway. After we finish that half, we will close the hole and finish the rest of the fairway.

The next step is to water the new turf for a couple days and when dry play can resume that

hole will be cart path only until the sod has rooted down and is actively growing. That

process depends on the weather but we will aid the grass with proper nutrition and water

to help speed the process as much as possible.

After #1, we will close #2 and finish the entire fairway at one time. After #2 we will move to

#16 so we can connect the fairways with the same process. We will close #16 while

working there for the safety of the crew and to make sure all golfers are not in danger of

equipment.

Once we finish #16 we plan to rope off the new sod and allow cart traffic up to the new

turf as weather permits. The goal for the entire project is to be completed in four weeks

from start to finish. That should give us time to patch in the seams and complete everything

so we may have the same success as the other fairways we have sodded.

We are all excited to get this project started as this

should be the last complete set of fairways we will

have to complete.

Thank you,

Chris R.

Up to Par

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Hello all!

February is here and we are that much closer to Summer!

This month began by giving us GREAT weather. We hope to see

you all on Sunday, February 2nd, on the golf course and in John-

ny’s to watch the Chiefs in the Super Bowl!

We have so many great events for you to enjoy this month

including Tapas Night, Valentine’s Day Dinner, and a Family

Beach Party. Take a look at the February calendar on page 10

for all the fun events going on at the Club this month.

Through our recent Junior Sponsor Promotion, we have gained 41 (yes, forty-one) new

members!! In February alone, we have welcomed 34 new members! We are excited to

build new membership promotions to show the Salina community what we have to offer.

Please join me in welcoming the newest members of Salina Country Club:

Membership Check-In

Brett & Jenny Mitchell

Tyler & Kristyn Burnett

Alex & Laurel Driskell

Cassee Cole

Terry Odle

Jeremiah & Lori Thornton

Garrett Hooker & Maria Whittman

Tre & Alyssa Spector

Nicholas & Kirsten Reynolds

Chelsea & Tim Burnett

Maggie Gillam & Darin Bernhardt

Jacob & Alisha Hemmer

Carly & Brian Eilert

Michael & Jessica Ziegler

Jamie & Chris Miller

Veronica & Jared Lilly

David & Abby Hein

Devan Lowe

Mitchell & Jocelyn Kufahl

Joe & Megan Kingry

Derek & Amy Pihl

Bailey & Michelle Ramsey

Jessica Cleveland & Darrin Biegert

Jason Mann & Klara Hemmy

Sam & Ashley Finan

Austin & Allison Walker

Nathan & Megan Roberts

Hector & Ginny Reyes

Bret & Angela Keeler

Cody & Amanda Rhyne

Kate & Jordan Toogood

Austin & Elizabeth Bosch

Brahn & Stephanie Marrs

Lee & Sarah Legleiter

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Patricia Traxler

Shirley Howard

Linda Bolen

Donald Timmel

Kay Money

Linda Ellison

Kathleen Shwegmann

Roger Morrison

John Divine

Morrie Soderberg

Lynda Hassler

John Young

Sallie Morrison

Darris Larson

Daniel Vidrickson

Sandra Norris

Lynette Abbott

Kathryn Toll

Larry Britegam

William Garlow

Tamara Jones

Eric Lund

Ryan Murphey

Nathaniel Stein

Claudia Perez-Tamayo

Grant Johanson

Gina Weaver

Diane Gubbels

Randy Weis

Eric Anderson

Terry Eisenhauer

Stacy Clark

Brenda Johnson

Daran Neuschafer

Kendra Neuschafer

Kayla Roberts

Maggie Hemmer

Bill Roberts

Robert Murphey

Phillip Heath

Natalie Morgan

Tonya Montgomery

Kristina Johanson

Jeanene Ehrlich

Keith Foth

Martin Kramer

Casey Vidrickson

Kelly Hopkins

Debra Vidrickson

Melissa Eshleman

Dawn Sheforgen

Matt Cobb

Ryan Payne

Ryan Commerford

Jennifer Yohe

Sara Matteucci

Jeremiah Cole

Bob Moeller

Sam Finan

Jeremiah Thornton

Tori Decker

Veronica Lilly

Erin Smith

Austin Hoppock

Cody Rhyne

Louis Marcozzi

Emily Barletta

John Terry

Kate Hemmer

Will Shadwick

Erik Norris

Colton Elmore

Quentin Shaw

Sadie Kossow

Sophie Nelson

Lakyn Short

Isabella Matteucci

Brynn O’Hara

Lilly Koland

Marilyn Benyshek

Frankie Fuller

Ruby Hassler

Benjamin Marrs

Thomas Payne

Annabell Heath

Stratton Cole

Wendess Seirer

Lucy Geitz

Grant Ostmeyer

Ella Gragg

Addy & Ally Wilson

Everett & Harper Legleiter

SCC would like to give a special birthday shout out to all

of our members with February birthdays!

*If you don’t see your birthday, we may not have it on file—Give us a call and let us know!

February Birthdays

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Long time Salina Country Club member Bill

Conrey has been chosen by the KGA as the

2019 recipient of the Virgil Parker Award.

Bill has served on the Kansas Golf Association

Board of Directors representing Salina Country

Club since 2005 and was the Kansas Golf

Association president in 2007. Bill has also

served as a KGA Rules Official for more than

25 years, served on the USGA Public Links

Championship committee from 2010 to 2014

and on the USGA Mid-Amateur Championship committee from 2015 to present.

Created in 1997, the Virgil Parker Award is given at the discretion of the KGA’s Executive

Committee to those individuals that have made an impact on golf and golfers in Kansas

through significant volunteer efforts. The award is named after a man that was a volunteer

leader of the KGA even during a successful amateur golfer career in the Wichita area.

Virgil Parker was an expert of the Rules of Golf, a president of the KGA, and a member of

the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame.

“Bill’s selfless commitment to golf and promoting the amateur game in Kansas are the

embodiment of what the Virgil Parker Award stands for,” said Casey Old, KGA Interim

Executive Director. “We are proud to recognize his countless days of service and giving

back to the game that we all love.”

Congratulations Bill! Thank you for your years of representing SCC and contributions to

Kansas golf!

SCC Shoutout!

Bill Conrey

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January

15th Re-Opening

16th Passport Series: Italy

23rd Trivia Night

31st Break Your Resolutions Party

February

14th Valentine’s Day Dinner

20th Passport Series: Belgium

29th Beach Party

March

7th Mardi Gras

17th St. Patrick’s Day

26th Passport Series: Chile

April

12th Easter Brunch

23rd Passport Series: Australia

26th-30th Member Appreciation Week

May 1st New Member Social

2nd Kentucky Derby

6th Painting & Pinot

10th Mother’s Day Brunch

15th SCC Fiesta 21st Passport Series: Japan

23rd Summer Kick Off

25th Memorial Day Poolside BBQ 30th Pool & Snack Bar Opens

June

25th Passport Series: France

*All dates subject to change

2 0 2 0 S A L I N A S O C I A L E V E N T S July

3rd 3rd of July Celebration

4th 4th of July Pool Party

16th Passport Series: India

18th Poolside Hawaiian Night

August 1st Dive-In Movie (Poolside)

15th Cardboard Regatta

20th Passport Series: Spain

26th Women’s Wine Wednesday

September

7th Labor Day Poolside BBQ

13th Family Fishing Derby

17th Passport Series: Thailand

October

22nd Passport Series: Germany

25th Fall Family Harvest

31st Halloween Costume Party

November

14th 90’s Night

19th Passport Series: Colombia

21st Turkey Trot

26th Thanksgiving Brunch

December

19th Breakfast with Santa

24th Christmas Eve Dinner

31st New Year’s Eve Party

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