The new irrigation project is about completed.  Mike Greer, Golf Superintendant, reports a savings of 40% on the amount of water we have used since it was installled.   Not ony are we saving money, but the golf course is really beginning to green up too.

Speaking of what’s new, work on the ditches that run along the golf course is now in progress. The current work is being done mostly through the efforts of community volunteers. The Woman’s golf club help pay for the project by donating $1,000 dollars. The total cost will come in under $5,500 dollars. A small pittance when you consider the last time these two ditches were renovated it cost the Association over $30,000 dollars each. For those of you not familiar with our Golf Course’s infamous ditches, these have basically been traps for debris and stale water. We all know those mosquitoes love stale water!

The lion share of the work on the ditches (over five days) is being done by local residents, Marty Mooney, who is heading up the project, along with Bob Nessa, Jeff Thomas, Chris Tilton, Grif Griffin and too many more to regrettably list here. The first day we had over thirteen volunteers, helping to break up concrete and haul it away. We used muscles we hadn’t used in a long time and were sore several days afterwards. Please take the time to thank all the volunteers for their efforts. You can expect to see more activity on additional ditches as time goes on and monies come available next year in the reserve fund.

As always, I'm here to answere your concerns,

Todd Lander, President, BVSA