BMC Members' Blog

August 22, 2012

WALK FOR WINE - AUGUST 22

The information in the BMC Bulletin said the BMC and the Buckeye Recreation Center were sponsoring a walk, hike, along Beech Mountains' Eastern Ridge, with some of the most gorgeous views in the High Country. (the mountain views were as beautiful as those off Roan Mtn, The Blue Ridge Parkway, or Blowing Rock, and much closer.) This would be perfect, not only for yourselves, but guests would love it, and it would be a special memory for them of their visit to the mountains. I want to warn you, it took us 1 1/2 hours to walk/hike it, and I believe it was 5 miles! So you might want to drive it instead. Call the Banner Elk Winnery, so they will have delicious wine for you to taste. The directions are: Leaving Beech, take a left on Elderberry Ridge Rd. Take the first left fork after the Pinnacle Inn. It will be a gravel road through woods, which then becomes paved with beautiful views. The Banner Elk Winery is on the left, not far from 194. Thanks to our Recreation Director, Morgan Herdklotz for helping with the arrangements. Enjoy the pictures. They were taken on a rainy day, and the other hikers were very fast, so they were taken very quickly, but I wanted you to see the beautiful scenery.

Nancy Raymond

BMLGA TOURNAMENT, ELECTION OF OFFICERS, AND LUNCHEON-AUGUST 21ST.

MARLENE REETZ

LOIS FIVIAN & T.J. WHITE

PLAYERS PRACTICING LAST FEW PUTTS
& JASON COMING OUT TO ANNOUNCE THE GAME.

CHARLOTTE TYNER & LAVON FRANKLIN

JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS
NEEDED TO PLAY THIS GAME!

JASON, GIVING INSTRUCTIONS.

LAVON FRANKLIN, REMINDING US
ABOUT OUR GUEST DAY, NEXT TUESDAY.

KAREN LEVINE,
OUR 2012 PRESIDENT.

KAREN, MAKING FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
AT OUR LUNCHEON.

LOIS FIVIAN, NOMINATING CHAIR,
ANNOUNCING OFFICER AND COMMITTEE
CHAIR NOMINATIONS

ROSALIND KAPLAN, OUR 2013 PRESIDENT
KAREN LEVINE, OUR 2012 PRESIDENT

ROSALIND KAPLAN
NEW PRESIDENT OF THE BMLGA.

We played a fun game today, which was a ABCD Step Aside Scramble. This requires 3 tee shots from each team member, and the person who hit each selected shot could not participate in the next shot, which really evened things out. We then had a delicious luncheon at the Clubhouse, and election of Officers for 2013, and appointment of Committee Chairs. The BMLGA members thank Karen Levine, for her leadership this year, and all committee chairs who helped make this such an enjoyable year of tournaments.
These will be the new officers for BMLGA for 2013:
President: Roz Kaplan
Vice President: Carol Smith
Secretary: Vivian Lager
Member at Large: Karen Levine

Nancy Raymond

August 14, 2012

BMC SUMMER BOARD MEETING - AUGUST 14TH

It was a very informative meeting. I have included pictures of the reports of the Grounds & Greens, Golf, House, Recreation, and Tennis Committees, so those of you who did not attend, will have some idea of all of the work being done, and decisions made to make our club even more enjoyable.

FROM LEFT: BRIAN BARNES, MATT LA VIGNE, PETE McDONALD,
JACK DICKERSON, CRAIG HUNTER, JIM FRANKLIN, PRESIDENT, BARBARA HESS
(DOUG DANZIGER & BARBARA BERMAN, ABSENT)
WEIDNER ABERNETHY, AND RON HAYNES.

SOME OF THE AUDIENCE

Nancy Raymond

BMLGA RED AND BLUE MATCH PLAY -AUG. 14TH

This is a special tournament. Each foursome is composed of two red and two blue team players, and is scored hole by hole, and when the scores are added up, the team that has the most points wins. Today the Red Team won. Check out the score board at the bottom of the pictures.