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OCTOBER, 2015

Fall Fashion Show & Luncheon Page 2

The Big Show Fall Festival Page 3

Ladies’ Fall Dinner Page 4

Membership Committee Page 5

Ladies’ Organization Page 6

Junior News Letter Page 7

From the Golf Shop Pages 8 & 9

Calendar Pages 10 & 11

Golf Course Committee Page 12

End of Year Food & Beverage

Minimums Page 12

Prime Rib Night Page 13

Featured Wine Page 14

October Features Page 15

Christmas in October Golf Sale Page 16

Chef’s Buffet-Taste of Italy Page 17

Oakwood Private Parties Page 17

Family Fright Night Spooktacular Page 18

New Golf Course & Dining Hours Page 18

Condolences Page 19

Hours of Operation Page 19

Club Contacts Page 20

Greetings,

Club membership gives you an opportunity to meet people you

wouldn’t normally meet from your community and become close.

At Oakwood we continually strive to provide our membership with

events and entertainment that enables you to do just that.

This month we are featuring the 9 Hole Crawl & Fall Festival! On

October 10 there will be a 9 Hole Par 3 Scramble tournament with

German Food & Beer Samplings on three of the nine holes begin-

ning at 3 PM. Sign up for the event is located outside of the Pro-

Shop. Following golf there will be a buffet dinner served from 5 PM

to 6:30 PM. Following dinner Hypnotist Extraordinaire, Dan Lornitis

will perform once again. If you did not catch the show two years

ago, this is one you do not want to miss. This is an ala carte event

meaning you can choose whichever activity you would like to par-

take in. Although I recommend the trifecta! Details on all three

events are located inside this newsletter.

In Our Something For Everyone Category

Family Fright Night Thursday, October 29, 2015

Spooktacular Buffet Hay Rack Ride costume Contest Scavenger Hunt

Bring the Little Goblins out for a treat! What happened to the cannibal who was late to dinner?

(They gave her the cold shoulder!)

See you around the Club,

Mark

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Ladies of Oakwood Fall Dinner & Meeting Tuesday, October 6th

5:00 Cocktails ~ 6:00 Dinner Golf & Bridge Awards

Menu Mixed Greens with Candied Walnuts,

& Crisp, Sliced Apples with a seasonal vinaigrette

***** Old-Fashioned Pork Roast

**** Mashed Sweet Potatoes

*** Zinfandel Poached Mascarpone

Stuffed Pear

$20 per person R..S.V.P. to 309-799-3153 by Friday, October 2nd

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Attention all Social Members, you have a great opportunity to access all benefits at Oakwood Country Club. If you choose to sign on as an Introductory Member for next fiscal year, you will receive full golf privileges for the remainder of this year at your current rate.

We are still able to add more members across all classifications. If you know of someone who may be interested don’t hesitate to invite them out to your favorite club. Contact the office for information on current new member programs.

If you have any questions regarding anything Membership at Oakwood Country Club don’t hesitate to call the club or speak to any board member. Remember, it’s Where You Belong!

From The Membership Committee

Full Access Memberships

Option 1 Full Membership Commitment through February 28, 2017

Full Membership now through February 29, 2016 at your Social Membership Rate

March 1, 2016 through February 28, 2017

Ages Rates*

20-29 $1500/year 30-39 $2000/year 40+ $2500/year

Option 2

Full Membership ~ 3 Year Commitment

Ages

20 - 29 30 - 39

40 +

Year 1

50% off dues 50% off dues 50% off dues

Year 2

30% off dues 30% off dues 30% off dues

Year 3

20% off dues 20% off dues 20% off dues

Full Access Memberships Include:

Unlimited golf Full clubhouse access Full pool access Access to all club events (additional fees apply) Dues, capital, and building fees. Amounts will not be prorated during the year Range Fee Locker Fee No assessment during the 2015 - 2016 fiscal year No initiation fee

*Food & Beverage Minimums are required and are an additional cost. These are not discounted. Regular Family minimums for these

age groups apply: $40/50/60 per month. Member may choose to pay minimums monthly or an annual amount equal to 24 times monthly. This offer is for new members only. Former members in good standing must be resigned for at least 2 full fiscal years. This membership does not allow votes on any club actions.

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From the Ladies’ Organization

What great weather we have had in September! Let’s hope the nice weather continues so we keep playing and enjoy the fall colors and being outdoors.

The IWGA State Senior Amateur Tournament was held at Decatur Country Club. This year we only had 5 ladies giving it their best shot, Joyce Aller, Rose Barnet, Donna Edwards, Shelly Foster and Denise Killion. Good play-ing ladies in spite of zoysia grass and water in front of fast greens. Hopefully we will have more players repre-senting Oakwood next year at Champaign Country Club.

As of this writing the Solheim Cup has begun with 34 ladies signing up for this fun competition. Teams of red and blue were seen on the course along with many cheers and jeers. A big thank you to Rose Barnet for organ-izing the event and to Captains, Margie Delgado and Terrase Winkelbauer.

UPCOMING EVENT – Please make sure you attend the Ladies’ Fall Dinner on Tuesday, October 6TH and enjoy a great meal and the presentation of bridge and golf awards. You can phone your reservation to the office

at 799-3153 by October 2nd. Come out and enjoy the company of friends and maybe even make new ones.

SAVE THE DATE of Saturday, November 14 for the Fall Fashion Show. Bring your friends and have a nice lunch and great afternoon at Oakwood. It is always a fun time seeing the Oakwood lady models in new fashions from different vendors.

If you are currently not a member of the Ladies' Organization please consider joining next season. Dues are $20.00 and help support scholarships and other charities through IWGA, give monetary support of women's needs at the Club and go toward prizes for Ladies' Organization sponsored activities.

Ladies' Bridge Group – This group is always looking for new members and they play on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. If you are interested in being a part of the group, contact Jane Gavin and she will be glad to get you in-volved.

Email List – Frequent reminders about Ladies’ Organization activities are sent via email. If you would like to be added or have a change in your email address, please send an email to OakwoodLadies@gmail.com.

Cards – If you know of any lady of Oakwood to whom we should send a card, please contact Tricia Barron,

Social Secretary or any Ladies’ Organization Officer.

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE CLUB!

Sandy Rice

President - Ladies' Organization

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October, 2015 / Oakwood Golf Shop News: oakwoodgolf71@pga.com

Hello Membership,

Fall Golf is upon us and the course is as good as ever. No sense in slowing down. Keep getting your exercise on the course and enjoy your club.

The Oakwood Golf Shop would like to take this opportunity to THANK YOU for your patronage in 2015. Golf is a unique industry and I understand consumers have many avenues to shop for Golf Merchandise. Thank you again for the nice gifts throughout the year and the gratuities given to the golf staff. Keep using your club this fall season. We’ll be open until the snow flies and usually open after that too!

Thanks again, The Oakwood Golf Staff

October, 23rd Friday Night Golf Sale at Oakwood!

Set up a special evening to show off your club to your friends. Introduce them to the Oakwood Experience on a Friday night with a great dinner from our Chef Sean and shop for Christmas too.

Golf Shop Credit: Shop early for best selection!

Special Gift for the Golfer:

Shop the Oakwood Golf Shop for your Holiday Gifts & Special occasions!

The Golf Shop is stocked for fall golf. Many new items with excellent pricing. Shop Early!

Shop early & Soon!

*******************Free Gift Wrapping by your Golf Professionals*******************

Foot-Joy Rain & Wind Jackets Foot-Joy & Adidas Shoes, many sizes available Scotty Cameron Putters Phil Mickelson Wedges “Right Handed” Golf Buddy Range Finders

Mizuno, Adidas, Under Armor Golf Shirts Ping Ranger Pullovers Greg Norman Fall Shirts Sun Mountain Bags, Push Carts & Jackets And Much More!

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Closing Smoker TREMBLE: This year for the Closing Smoker we went with a new format and did it ever make the guys “TREMBLE”. It was an A, B, C, D draw for the (19) teams the par-ticipated. Each player would tee off and then 1 player had to play his own ball and the other 3 players played a scramble counting (2) balls on each hole. There was all sorts of strategy with this format and many positive comments on the competition. Congratulations to the top 3 teams.

1st Place -24 _________ 2nd Place -19 3rd Place -15

Steve Kratzberg John Timmer Ryder Houck Gary White Chad Gustafson Tim Wilson Darrell Koeinig Wayne Guinee Steve Gelande Steve Bush Dale Koenig Vern Laurin

Solheim Cup 2015: Holy Cow! The Cubs are in the Playoffs and The RED TEAM wins the Oakwood Ladies Solheim Cup. This was the 4th year and the first time RED has taken home the cup. Congratulations Ladies. Another fine Solheim competition with spirited play.

2015 Red Players: Rose Barnet Vicky Lagerstrom Donna Edwards Carol Sergeant Denise Killion Wanda Robb Terrase Winkelbauer Mary Lewis Deb Hutchinson Stephanie Crompton Cindy Erickson Teri Cone Brenda Kratzberg Carol Holmes Jan Knox Gayle Leslie Mary Curran

Reminder: Oakwood is a member of Private Club Network and Boxgroove! Both networks help you play at nice courses around the country. For more information, call us here in the Golf Shop to help you with these options.

Get your Clubs ready to Travel: Make sure your grips and name tags are up to date!

Company Logo Golf Balls: Logo balls make excellent gifts. If you need a good give-away gift, let me know. Titleist has excellent turn-around service and they make a great gift!

Company Outings: Owners, if your looking to have a company golf outing with us next year, please call soon to book a good time. Our dates are filling quickly and I want to help you with the best time available. Oakwood Golf Shop Staff: Butch Haverland Andrew Braun PGA Professional Assistant PGA Professional 309-799-5558

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Family Night

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RIB FEST

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Private Event Golf Bar Dining Only

Chef’s Select Menu

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6 Ladies’ Closing Dinner

7 Red Tee

Day Open Play

8 Family Night

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10 9 Hole Crawl Fall Festival

and Hypnotist

Show

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15 Family Night

16 Private Event

Golf Bar Dining Only

17 Private Event

Golf Bar Dining Only

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Family Night

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Prime Rib Night

Christmas In October Golf

Shop Sale

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Golf Bar Dining Only

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orating, Costume Contest, Scaven-ger Hunt & Spooktacular Family Buffet

30 31 HAPPY

HALLOWEEN!

GOLF EVENT SPECIAL EVENT DINING/SOCIAL EVENT

Oakwood Country Club

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Family Night

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Private Event Golf Bar Dining Only

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Show & Luncheon

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Chef’s Italian Buffet

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Golf Bar Dining Only

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25 The Night

Before Thanksgiving!

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THANKSGIVING CLUB CLOSED

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GOLF EVENT SPECIAL EVENT DINING/SOCIAL EVENT

Oakwood Country Club

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From The Golf Course Committee - October, 2015

Well folks, fall is upon us and we have begun our fall projects. Troy and his staff have aerated the greens, so they will be a tad slower for a week or two, but should fill in and be back to our preferred speed in no time. Patience. Fairway and tee aeration will commence soon, so please be patient with that initiative too. If you have played after Labor Day, you have noticed the bunker renovation has resumed. Our contrac-tor Larry started on #10, and will continue to #11, #16, and #12 for starters. Time permitting, we will meet with him to determine which additional bunkers he can complete this fall. Larry does the design and drain tiling, while Troy and his staff install the sand and sod around the bunkers. We have found this to be the most expedient and cost saving approach to the renovation. Fortunately, the existing tiles that drain away from the #10 bunkers were still usable – they were plugged at the bunker ends only. Hopefully, this holds true for others as Larry progresses. It saves time and money! We will use excess dirt and sand from the bunker project to rework and expand some of the tees iden-tified in last month’s newsletter. This includes starting the tee complex for the eventual #18 reroute plans. Let’s all hope for good playing conditions throughout the fall, as we don’t want a short season now, do we? Finally, we’d like to thank Derek Engstrom for the nice job on #1 Tee. The final product is a great addi-tion to our golf course and really opens up the view from the club house and pro shop area.

December, January and February Food & Beverage Minimums

The Club will be closing on January 2, 2016 for annual maintenance and deep cleaning, reopening on January 28th, 2016. Your monthly minimum will be af-fected by the shutdown. We will be altering the monthly minimum cycle in order to accommodate you during the last three months of the fiscal year. Members whose last names begin with the letters A - M will have from No-vember 16, 2015 through February 15, 2016 to use their combined three month minimums. For example, if you are a Family 40+ golf member whose last name begins with the letter J, you will have from November 16, 2015 through February 15, 2016 to spend $180 in food and beverage charges. Mem-bers whose last names begin with the letters N - Z will have from December 1, 2015 through February 29, 2016 to use their combined three month mini-mums. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call the office.

309-799-3153

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Prime Rib Night Saturday, October 23rd

King Cut ~ 16 oz. $24.95

Queen Cut ~ 12 oz. $21.95

Full Menu & Chef ’s Feature Available Reservations Recommended

309-799-3153

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Featured Wine Heavyweight Cabernet Sauvignon

2012

Ingredients: 12 ounces Fettuccine -- uncooked 1 pound fresh baby carrots 1 10-ounce pearl onions 1 pound beef tenderloin tips OR 1 pound steaks -- cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons margarine 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 10 1/2-ounces double-strength beef broth 1/3 cup cabernet sauvignon 1.5 teaspoons dried thyme leaves Chopped fresh thyme or Italian parsley (optional) Procedure: Cook pasta according to package direc-tions. Add carrots during last 5 minutes of cooking time. Meanwhile, thaw onions in microwave oven at high power about 2 minutes or in a bowl of cool water; drain. Combine flour, salt and pepper in a plastic bag. Add half of beef to bag; shake to coat. Melt 1 tablespoon margarine in a

large, deep nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add floured beef. Quickly brown beef, turning once, about 2 minutes. Trans-fer to plate and set aside. Melt remaining tablespoon of margarine in skillet; repeat browning with remaining beef, reserving any flour mixture in bag. Transfer beef to same plate. Add garlic to drippings in skillet; cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add any remaining flour; mix well. Add beef broth, thawed pearl onions, wine and thyme to skillet; bring to a boil. Stir in re-served beef. Simmer uncovered about 4 minutes or until beef is pink in center and sauce

Here, the syrah and zin add extra power, spice, richness and warmth to this wonderful Cabernet. You also get smooth tannins, very dark burgundy color and the expected currants, black raspberry and other dark fruits flavors. As BBQ season is in full swing, this wine will pair well with anything fresh off the grill. After a couple of sips, you may need to go to your corner and catch your breath!

Chef Sean’s Beef Bourguignon Fettuccine

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From Chef Sean & The Oakwood Culinary Team October Features

Family Night Features October 1 Meatloaf

October 8 Buttermilk Marinated Fried Chicken

October 15 Beef Stroganoff

October 22 Veal Marsala &

The Spook-Tacular Family Buffet (see page 18 for details)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Events

Rib Fest Friday, October 2

Ladies’ Fall Dinner

Tuesday, October 6

The Big Show 9 Hole Crawl & Fall Festival

Saturday, October 10

Prime Rib Night Friday, October 23

Family Fright Night Spooktacular

Thursday, October 29

Fall Fashion Show & Luncheon Saturday, November 14

Weekend Features October 2 & 3

Braised Beef Short Ribs with Aged Cheddar Cheese Grits

$20

October 9 Roasted Pecan Encrusted Walleye with

Brown Butter Sauce & Candied Pecans $20

October 10 The Big Show- Fall Festival

(see page 3 for menu)

October 16 & 17 Citrus Prosciutto Stuffed Airliner Chicken

with Pumpkin Ravioli $20

October 23 & 24 Crispy Pork Shanks with

Hunter Sauce $19

October 30 & 31 Mixed Grill

Carved Beef Tenderloin & Duck a la Orange

$30

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Chef’s Buffet

Taste of Italy

Friday, November 20th

$20 per person

Got Some Party Planning to do?

Relax.

We’ve got answers. Whether you’re planning a party for a small, intimate few, or a gala for hundreds, Oakwood Country Club has got

you covered. With our beautifully appointed banquet facility, award-winning culinary team and professional event planners, we promise to help take the stress out of your party planning.

Want to find out more? Call us!

309-799-3153

delectable delights from Italy selected &

prepared by Executive Chef

Sean Dittmer and his team

(details coming soon!) Full menu &

Chef’s Feature also available.

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New Golf Course & Dining Hours Golf Course

Beginning Saturday, October 3rd, The Golf Course will open at 8:00 am on the weekends.

Dining & Beverage Service Beginning Thursday, October 1st, Dining & Beverage Hours will be:

Monday - No Dining Service Monday - Beverage Service Noon to 5 pm

Tuesday & Wednesday - 11 am to 5 pm Thursday - 11 am to 8 pm

Friday & Saturday - 11 am to 9 pm Sunday - 11 am to 5 pm

(limited menu)

Reservations strongly Recommended Last Minute Plans? No Problem.

Call on your way to ensure availability!

309-799-3153

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Business Office Hours

Tuesday through Friday 9am - 5pm

Food Service

Dining Room

Tuesday - Wednesday 11AM - 5PM

Thursday 11AM - 8PM

Friday - Saturday 11AM - 9PM

Golf Bar

Monday Closed

Tuesday - Wednesday 11AM - 5PM

Thursday 11AM - 8PM

Friday - Saturday 11AM - 9PM

Sunday 11AM - 5PM

(limited menu)

Beverage Service

Golf Bar

Monday Noon - 5PM

Tuesday - Friday Open at 11AM

Saturday & Sunday Open at 9AM

**Hours Are Subject to Change**

Please Call the Clubhouse in the Event of

Inclement Weather

(309) 799-3153

Condolences

To Jon DeDecker and Family on the passing of Jon’s Father.

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OAKWOOD COUNTRY CLUB

1067 US HIGHWAY 6

COAL VALLEY, IL 61240-9448

2015-2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS TERM

John Timmer President 2016

Tony Carpita Vice-President 2016

Gary McCormick Treasurer 2016

Carol Holmes Secretary 2017

COMMITTEES

Stan Arnold House & Grounds 2018 Capital Improvement Michael Burns Membership 2017

Steve Bush Membership 2017 Clubhouse/Entertainment Tony Carpita Accounts Receivable 2016 Clubhouse/Entertainment Jon DeDecker Golf Course 2018

Terry Francis Golf Course 2016

Tres Gomez Sports 2018 Golf Course Carol Holmes Communications 2017

Gary McCormick Finance 2016 Capital Improvement Deno Minas Membership 2017 House & Grounds Ladies’ Organization

Sandy Rice President

Denise Killion Vice-President

Jan Knox Secretary

Karen Deeter Treasurer

OAKWOOD COUNTRY CLUB STAFF

CLUBHOUSE (309) 799-3153

FAX (309) 799-3168

General Manager Mark Uhde

Executive Chef Sean Dittmer

Bookkeeper Sarah Raber

Administrative Assistant Toni Fernihough

PRO SHOP (309) 799-5558

Golf Professional Andrew Braun

GROUNDS (309) 234-5141

Grounds Superintendent Troy Shattuck

PLEASE VISIT THE OAKWOOD WEBSITE

www.oakwoodgolf.org

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