Inside this issue:

Contact Dave Hobson with your comments at

(253) 838-0432 or at dhobson@twinlakesgolf.net

Clubhouse Manager

.............................. 2

Golf Pro ................ 3

Ladies Golf............ 4

Upcoming Events . 5

Santa Brunch ........ 6

November 2015 The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer, and we are quickly entering into my most favorite time of the year, the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Season. I always en-

joy this time of year for the gathering together with family and friends during these two Holiday events. Even though we still have two weeks to the first Holiday, I’m already preparing to get out of storage 6 of my boxes containing hundreds of outdoor lights. I enjoy seeing my house, and all the houses in our neighborhood, with lighted outdoor decorations. It really adds to the feel of the Holiday season. It is also a pleasure to see our Club house come alive with decorations, lights and Holiday spirit. During the Holiday Sea-son our Club house always seems to feel more warm, cozy and extra friendly. Please be sure to take the opportunity with family and/or friends to spend time enjoying our restaurant and lounge facilities during this festive time of year.

The safety of Club members is an important issue at Twin Lakes Golf & Country Club. Recently after a number of parking lot car break-ins, our maintenance staff replaced new and brighter lights in our taller parking lot lamp poles. It has done a wonderful job at nighttime to help alumi-nate our parking lot. It is important when parking your car or when leaving the Club house going back to your car that you maintain awareness of your surroundings and to be on the lookout for any suspicious activities. If you see anything or you perceive something that appears to not be right, please return to the clubhouse and imme-diately call the 911 emergency number.

I would like to take a moment to recognize and thank our Social Committee for the fabulous job they have done throughout the year to organize and implement the various social activities for Club members, and guests, get to enjoy.

This past October the Social Committee, along with Jeanne Walker (catering and events manag-er) staged two highly successful and well attend-ed events; Oktoberfest and Scareyoke. It takes a lot of time and commitment for the members on the Social Committee to stage an event. If you missed either of these events you missed an op-portunity to experience what the social side of our Club is all about. If you have not taken the time to attend Club social events I highly recom-mend you do the next time something comes up. The next time you see a Social Committee mem-ber, please take the time to thank them for their service. The Social Committee – Phil Matonti, Pam Schneider, Kathy Reed, JoAnn Harrell, Deb-bie Murphy, Roberta Chargin, Debra Young, Stephanie Keating, Diana Rawlings.

On Tuesday, November 10th, all Marines and for-mer Marines will be celebrating the 240th birth-day of the United States Marine Corps.

Veterans Day is Wednesday, November 11th. All Club members that are veterans will receive a complementary dinner and there will a compli-mentary desert for the guests of the veterans. Be sure and make reservations for this special even-ing dinner.

In a couple of weeks it will be the Thanksgiving Holiday. On behalf of my wife Kathy and myself, we would like to extend to you, your family and loved ones, our best wishes for a wonderful and enjoyable Thanksgiving.

As always, please feel free to share with me your thoughts, ideas, or concerns.

Jim Reed, 2015 President

The President’s Message / Jim Reed

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From Our Club Manager / Dave Hobson

Wow, I cannot believe it is November al-ready. Some of our members have already gone south for the winter, hopefully they arrived safely. For those that are braving the Pacific Northwest winter, don’t forget a hot meal or a Hot Tottie makes the day better. We will be bringing out some older classic comfort food menu items and we will always have hot coffee brewing.

Thanksgiving is coming up fast, and in the next week we will be sending out an order sheet for a Thanksgiving feast for you and your family. If you don’t want to do all the prep work and wake up at 4:00 in the morning to get the dinner done, preorder a prepared meal for you and your family. If you want to make the meal, but just don’t have time for homemade desserts – don’t buy them from a store. Our head

baker would love to make a creative homemade dessert to finish off your fami-ly dinner.

Veterans Day dinner is scheduled for the 11th of November, we look forward to seeing all our members come out for the event. Just a reminder, Veterans Day is great way to say thank you to all the men and women that served in the armed forc-es to protect this country. We should be thanking those that served every day for the freedom we enjoy living in the United States.

December 5th will be the annual Santa Breakfast and the signup sheet is located at the hostess station in the restaurant.

Dave Hobson, Club Manager

From your Catering & Events Manager / Jeanne Walker

We began and ended October with sever-al big Club events including the Twin Lakes Amateur, Oktoberfest, Center Stage Mur-der Mystery Dinner Theater, and Scar-eyoke! All well attended, successful and fun!

Coming up in November there are large events scheduled with estimated guest counts of over 100 on every Saturday night leading up to Thanksgiving, and two large Sunday events with counts over 100!

We have beautiful banquet & meeting space, terrific banquet service staff and a wonderful Chef ~ all necessary ingredients for a great event!

We still have banquet space available in December for your business or family holi-day party ~ call me and I’ll be happy to check date availability for your event.

November is one of my favorite months of the year. Not only are the colors alive and beautiful, but we get to remind ourselves of all of the things we have to be thankful for. This year, I am thankful for working here at Twin Lakes and getting to know each of you.

Jeanne Walker, Events Manager

2015 Annual Meeting Results

Congratulations! Jim Reed, Jimme Schneider, Phil Matonti

For being elected on to the 2016 Board of Trustees

Thank you for your time and dedication on the Board these past 3 years.

We look forward to another 3 years of success!

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From Our Golf Pro / Kris Runge

As I sit here in my office composing this literary masterpiece, I can hear the wind blowing through the tree tops outside and I’m telling myself only four more months of isolation. Although, we will be having Winter Tour events scheduled over the next four months to draw you out of your hibernated state. The first of this events will be held on November 21st. Remem-ber, there is no official sign up for these events, so when you wake up on the 21st if the weather looks good enough to play get to the club and sign up your team or we will find you a group to play with that day. Breakfast begins at 7:30 with a shot-gun at 9:00 am. The Winter Tour event for December will be on the 19th.

We will have the Pro Shop holiday party on December 5th from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. Like years past, we will have appetizers, beer and wine available during the event. The Wheel of Fortune will once again be part of the evening’s entertainment. Ti-tleist, the #1 ball in golf, will be offering free personalization on golf balls, so if this sounds like a possible gift idea for some-one you know, come in early to order them up so we can guarantee them by Christmas. Try and plan early for your golfing needs in case we need to special order your item.

The greens have come back beautifully from aerification, but with the rain our greens get much more receptive to our

golf shots leaving some rather large ball marks. Please take the time to replace, at the very least, your ball marks. And even though it’s difficult to get grass to germi-nate this time of the year it’s still im-portant that we keep filling our divots with sand so that when spring gets here our fairways will be nice and smooth and will fill in much quicker when the grass starts growing again.

The next topic is when the sign is up for CART PATHS ONLY, it means keep your cart on the path. I have been toying with the idea of charging a towing fee if a staff member has to rescue a member stuck in the muck. Let’s try to avoid the need for that decision this winter.

If you haven’t been to Bandon before it is really a treat. I know it may seem a long way into the future, March 17-20, but the Bandon trip sign up is in the pro shop. We would like to keep this as a member only trip so call or stop by the shop and sign up, because on December 1st we will open it up to guests of members for any of the remaining spots. The reason for the push is they need the trip paid in full 75 days in advance. Join us for a great time and a chance to get your year started off with some really great golf and a great time.

Kris Runge, Head Golf Professional

Beginning December 1st the Wine Advent Calendar

will return!

We will have daily drawings for members only.

A reminder of the rules:

You must have visited the Club, filled out a entry (one

per day), and then one name will be drawn daily.

Winners will be notified. The calendar, or bottles of

wine, will be December 1st thru the 24th.

Good luck!!!!

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Ladies Golf Division

October just flew by and we had great weather for our Tuesday competitions. Oct. 6th was Alternate Country and Ace of Aces. The Ace of Aces was Jane Nicholson. Congratulations Jane! In the 1st division Jane Nicholson was 1st, Kaein Gim and Pichin Oksenvaag tied for 2nd and Denise Harrell was 3rd. In the 2nd division Coralee Owsley was 1st, Carolyn Hartman was 2nd and Rita Keough and Diane Mey-ers tied for 3rd. October 13th was Shots to the Green. In the 1st division Frankie Stephens and Den-ise Harrell tied for 1st, Pichen Oksenvaag and Kaein Gim tied for 2nd and Linda Tungsvik was 3rd. In the 2nd division Rita Keough was 1st, Coralee Owsley was 2nd and Carolyn Hartman tied for 2nd and Sue Stevens was 3rd.

October 27th was the last competition of the sea-son. The competition was Best 2 Ball 4 with a Twist. The 1st place team was Rose Wohlhuter, Linda An-

derson and Rita Keough. The 2nd place team was Linda Tungsvik, Carolyn Hartman, Denise Harrell and Carol Berlin. The 3rd place team was a tied between Coralee Owlsey, Sue Stevens and Stephanie McBee and the team of Frankie Stephens, Sharon Pearson, June McNeese and MiChong Kim.

After golf on Tuesday the 27th we had a general meeting and elected our Board for 2016. The Cap-tain will be Frankie Stephens, the Assistant Captain will be June McNeese. The Treasurer will be Carolyn Hartman and the Secretary will be Diane Meyers.

Our Awards dinner will be on Dec. 8th at 5:00 pm

2015 Ladies Division

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White Elephant Gift Exchange

Saturday, December 12th

6:30 pm

Bring a wrapped gift valued between $15-$20

White elephant gifts should be new, unique, and usable.

Special holiday cocktails throughout the evening.

Join us in the lounge and bring a white elephant Christmas gift to participate in all the fun

Veterans Day Dinner

Wednesday, November 11th

Complimentary dinner for member Veterans and complimentary dessert for Veteran guests.

Social hour 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Dinner 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please call for reservations (253) 838-0432

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Saturday, December 5th

Seating's every 30 minutes

between 9:30 am and 1:45 pm

Adults $24.95++

Children 5-12 $12.95++

Children 4 and under complimentary

Call for reservations (253) 838-0432

Santa Brunch

Santa

will be

here for

pictures!

Important Numbers Clubhouse: .......... 253.838.0432 / 253.927.4440 Pro Shop: ...................................... 253.838.0345 Pool: ............................................. 253.927.3520 TLHOA Security: ........................... 253.838.5568 Club Staff Club Manager: ............................... Dave Hobson Head Golf Professional: ..................... Kris Runge Events and Catering: ................... Jeanne Walker Greens Superintendent: .......... Dennis Campbell Finance and Admin: .................... Jerusha Walsh OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES President: ............................................. Jim Reed Vice President: ................................ Phil Matonti Secretary: ...................................... Bob Rawlings Treasurer: ................................ Jimme Schneider Trustee: ....................................... Steve Turcotte Trustee: ............................................. Beth Coats Trustee: ........................................... Dave Mailer Trustee: ..................................... Mark Gustafson Trustee: .........................................Tom Brainard Assistant Treasurer: .......................... John Ward

COMMITTEES *denotes Committee Chair or Board Liaison FINANCE COMMITTEE: Mark Hale*, Leif Oksenvaag, Mark Clirehugh, Paul Richter, Dave Mailer, Jerry Kolsrud and John Ward GREEN COMMITTEE: Eric Marshall*, Tom Brainard*, Jerry Burbank, Frankie Stephens, Monte Ostrom, Bryce Landrud, Paul Richter and Bob Rawl-ings HOUSE COMMITTEE: JoAnn Burbank*, Jimme Schneider*, Sue Stevens, Coralee Owsley, Frank Witmer, Ann Marie Uhlman, Christie Clapp and Tim Erickson JUNIOR GOLF COMMITTEE: Dave Mailer* GOLF COMMITTEE: Dave Mailer* HANDICAP COMMITTEE: Joe Stevens* and Carol Berlin* LADIES’ GOLF ACTIVITIES: Sue Stevens* LONG RANGE PLANNING & POLICY COMMITTEE: Beth Coats* Ryan and Taunya Roberts, Linda Tung-svik, Coralee Owsley, Ann Marie Uhlman and Jerry Burbank MEMBERSHIP: Bob Rawlings*, Theresa Grimes, Linda Tungsvik, Kathy Varney and Randy Haydon SOCIAL: Pam Schneider*, Kathy Reed*, Phil Ma-tonti*, JoAnn Harrell, Debbie Murphy, Roberta Chargin, Debra Young and Stephanie Keating, Diana Rawlings MEN'S GOLF ACTIVITIES: Mark Hash* MEN’S SENIORS GOLF ACTIVITIES: Randy Haydon* POOL COMMITTEE: Ryan Roberts*, Taunya Rob-erts*, Steve Turcotte*, Stephanie Hare, Bob Hill, Philip Olufson, Monte Ostrom and Geneva Messex SUNDOWNERS: Ann Marie Uhlman* WINE COMMITTEE: René Ewing*, Frank Blacker, Mary Blacker, Ric Ewing, Pichin Oksenvaag, Lief Oksenvaag, Chris Witmer, Frank Witmer and Scott Dornan

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