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Page 6 April 2018
Niners Updates
Charbonneau Niners Golf
MARiKATe BooK KARen SieGeL
The theme for 2018 Earth Day is “ End Plastic Pollution .” For ways you can help , go to www . earthday . org .
Whether we are on the Charbonneau Golf Course or somewhere else , environmental consciousness toward Mother Earth should be a lifestyle . How are we at Charbonneau stewards of our environment ? And what we , as golfers , can we do to make every day Earth Day ?
Chris Bensel , golf pro here in Charbonneau , shared his insights as to what he and the Charbonneau Golf Club , Inc . Board of Directors are doing to promote earth-friendly maintenance techniques such as :
• Water Conservation by using river water rather than city water
• Updated turf management techniques
• Tree management
• Use of eco-friendly chemicals
• Recycling of leaves and limbs
• Recycling containers throughout the Golf Course
• Electric carts rather than gas carts
What can we do as individual golfers to be earth-friendly golfers ?
• Replace divots by using the method or technique prescribed by your course guidelines
• Respect frost delays
• Recycle your own trash
• Observe cart path rules
The Niners contribute to the beautiful gardens in Charbonneau by maintaining a garden on Yellow # 6 throughout the year . Cari Hampton has spear-headed this project for the last few years . If you wish to volunteer your gardening skills , contact Cari at bookrepvhl @ comcast . net .
Chris Bensel also has a team of volunteers who do small maintenance projects on Tuesdays that help keep our course looking so great . If you would like to help , please contact Chris at the Pro Shop .
The Niners have an exciting year planned ( see the following calendar ), and we are anxious to begin with our PAR WARS Welcome Back Coffee on April 3 at 9 am in the Clubhouse .
May the Foursome be with you .
Important Dates
April 3 : Welcome Back Coffee at 9 am in the Clubhouse Dining Room followed by New Member Orientation at 10:30 am in the Card Room .
April 6 : Niners Board Meeting from 9:30 to 11 am in the Lounge .
April 3 , 10 , 17 and 24 : Regular Play Days .
May 4 : Niners Board Meeting at 9:30 am in the Clubhouse Lounge .
May 8 : Scramble / Luncheon 8 am . Tee Off 9 am followed by lunch and meeting at 11:30 am in the Clubhouse Dining Room .
May 1,15 , 22 and 29 : Regular Play Days .
Charbonneau Book Club
By dorothy hochhalter
We are excited !! On April 10 , we will be reviewing The Waiting by Cathy LaGrow . She has consented to join us for our discussion .
LaGrow lives in Tualatin and has been writing short stories and blogging ; but this is her first book . It is a true story that her grandmother , Minka Disbrow , had kept a secret for 80 years . At age 17 , Minka had been raped . Even though she loves her baby , she knows that society in the 1920s will not accept an unmarried mother ; so she gives her up for adoption . Minka goes on to marry and have two children , but she secretly tries to find out about her little girl . She thinks about her every day . LaGrow does a wonderful job of incorporating world events into this story of yearnings and faith in prayer . It isn ' t until the baby ( she named Betty Jane has health problems that Betty Jane ' s son starts looking for his mother ’ s birth mother . The results of this search ends with an amazing unity of two families . It is so special to meet the author and get her personal story . We welcome visitors – so hope to see you on April 10 .
Our second read this month , The Bone Garden , also takes you back in time . Tess Gerritsen is a physician who writes medical mysteries . Julia , newly divorced , buys an very old house in Boston . When clearing the backyard for a garden , she discovers human bones that reach back to an unsolved murder in the 1800s . This makes the news , and she hears from a descendant of the original owner who says he has letters and papers that relate to the story . What follows is a touching love story and the development of a medical procedure that is widely promoted today to prohibit the passing of germs - Wash Your Hands ! You will learn much about the early practice of medicine and realize how far we have come today . Please join us on April 24 . Everyone gets to be involved in the discussions that are led by one of our members . We meet monthly on the second and fourth Tuesday from 1 to 2:30 pm at the Charbonneau Clubhouse .
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