As I said before, there is no shortage of work to be done indoors. All of the table tops from the croquet pavilions were brought in, sanded and refinished. These same goes for all the practice facility furniture and benches around the campus. Sanding this teak down and applying 2 coats of teak oil, brings the wood back to life, like new. New branding irons are on order that will be used on the new tee markers. Rather than using colors, the Jones tees will be marked with one Highlander man, the Ross tee markers with 2 Highlander men and so on. Our forward tees will be marked with 4 HCC logos. More on this will follow in the coming weeks, once we produce the new tee markers.
Below, William is having a blast sanding the furniture down.
Here is a sneak peak at the new trash receptacles you'll see on the golf course this spring. The wooden receptacles we've used in the past, constructed of reclaimed barnwood, are rotting and beat up from bears trying to get to the garbage. We've been brainstorming ideas for new trash cans and came up with the idea of using angle iron and old, rusted tin roofing. They will blend into the surroundings and add a unique component to the campus. The best part of it, is we are making them ourselves, thanks to the welding ability of Matthew Green.
Billy and Cross started work on a handful of new nesting boxes for the golf course. To date, there are well over 100 bluebird boxes around the campus. The new boxes will add to the total and replace several that have seen better days. Gary Dalton has been cleaning them out over the past few weeks and reports that he's only seen one birdhouse that wasn't used. Cleaning out old nests is critical if we want them to be used again. I appointed Billy and Cross to head up our Audubon recertification efforts that has a November 1, 2022 deadline. Both of these guys have environmental interests and will take a lot of pride in the project. The main component of recertification, is having a 3rd party associated with an environmental organization come and tour the property. They will have a report mailed to them separately and will confirm the efforts Highlands CC is taking to preserve the environment. Highlands CC has been an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary since 2003, when I first completed the program. We are part of the 3% of golf courses in the world that have this designation.
