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OAK HILLS
HAPPENINGS
from OAK HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
July 2021
A Note From The General Manager Club Staff
I would like to take this time to offer our sincerest Mike Zadalis
apology on behalf of our entire Team that we were PGA General Manager
not able to deliver as great of an experience as Chief Operating Officer
we hoped for the annual Member/Member event.
We won’t make any excuses and we will take full Bobby O’Keefe
responsibility as a Team. One fact that I would like PGA Director of Golf
to share though is that the wedding and rehearsal
Jonathan Mielke
dinner that was scheduled the same weekend was PGA Director of Instruction
booked back in February 2019 and not the contrary.
Justin Herron
We will certainly learn from our mistakes, improve, Head Golf Professional
and get better because of them. Moving forward
we are forming a “Member/Member Committee” Sam Martin
to help in the planning of all the details involved First Assistant Golf Professional
with this event. This event will be treated at the Dan Maddox
same level or higher than our annual Invitational Director of Grounds
Member/Guest event. We will invite our reigning
champions to serve as our hosts and co-chairs of this new committee. We will Andy Rhylander
absolutely knock it out of the park with this event next year and for many years to Golf Course Superintendent
come and offer an experience that exceeds expectations that our members deserve.
Ashley Dougherty
Director of Membership & Marketing
Mark your calendar and plan on joining us August 7th! We are planning a giant bash
as a member appreciation for supporting us the last 1.5 years through the global Olivia Lynes
pandemic and coming out of Covid-19 in great shape. It took a village and total Office Administrator
team effort from the management Team, staff, Board of Directors, and the entire
membership. The event will be set up to be more “kid” friendly during the daytime Becky Rohwer
and early afternoon, then planned to be more “adult” friendly for the evening and Systems Facilitator
night. Expect a pool party and festivities similar to our 4th of July celebration. During
Brian Shields
the day we plan on a dunk tank, bounce house, face painting, and lots of kid friendly Director of Food & Beverage
games. In the evening you can expect a parking lot party with beer gardens, a live
band, food trucks, and adult friendly games and contests. So, keep your eyes and Candy Mapes
ears open for final details as you will not want to miss out on this big bash. Events Manager
Thank you for all the feedback, whether it is very complimentary or constructive Jacob Wuestewald
criticism. We use it all to motivate the Team, improve, and get better so that we can Assistant Food & Beverage Director
be the Best Club around. Looking forward to a great rest of the summer and year, and Zach Chingren
hope to see you all soon and often, thank you kindly! Executive Chef
Wilfred Ambrosio
Sincerely, Sous Chef
Tom Lilly
Head Tennis Professional
Mike Zadalis Jacob Whelan
PGA General Manager Co-Director of Aquatics
Alex Jones
Co-Director of Aquatics
Brad Sauser
Building Maintenance Supervisor
Dan Zadalis
Services Manager
The Board President Letter
Time flies when you are having fun, or maybe it flies even faster when you are having fun and so
busy! The Club has been hopping with golf events, social events, special events, and just nice
and busy day in and day out. It is great to see the Club thriving after the last year and a half we
all endured. The Club is in great shape with our cash flow doing well and our financials through
the month of May have us almost $70k ahead of budget for the year. Both Golf memberships and
Social memberships are completely full with substantial waiting lists continuing to build daily
with Golf at 39 on the wait list and Social at 26 on the wait list. We certainly have come a long
way in the last 7 years in not only membership growth, but also financial growth, and with the
large number of projects and improvements we have been able to accomplish.
Most of the projects have been completed and we thank you for your patience through some of
the inconveniences we had to deal with while getting them complete. Mother Nature sure was
not cooperative but these projects needed to be done and the improvements are fantastic. A big
thank you to Mike, Dan, Brad, and the entire management team for all their planning and project
managing they had to juggle along with maintaining daily operations and their normal duties and responsibilities. The new
patio area landscaping has just begun and will be beautiful when its complete.
We have been having great discussions and meetings at the committees and Board of Directors and are now into both a long-
term and short-term planning mode. We have reformed the Facility Enhancement Committee and we are currently making
lists of all the Club’s future needs, big and small. Please feel free to email Mike at mikez@oakhillsomaha.com if you have any
ideas for improvements or projects you would like our committee to consider.
Thank you all for all the support as we continue trying to improve and make the Club what we all want it to be, “our home
away from home”, and a great place to hang out with our friends and enjoy fantastic experiences.
Regards,
Congratulations on their Holes in One to
Jackie Roseland on #2,
Jonathan Leymaster on #2,
Todd Carey and Jane Pohlman on #9
Oak Hills Inc. Board President
Project Updates: Patio Landscaping
WELCOME TO OUR JUNE NEW MEMBERS!
Robyn and Bob Freeman
Barbara and Michael Muellner
News From your Oak Hills
Management Teams...
Golf: On behalf of the staff, I would like to thank all the parents and the membership for their continued sup-
port of our Junior Golf Program that concluded at the end of June. We had over 172 young players take part this
year and Jonathan Mielke did an outstanding job, once again. This was a fun and exciting time for all the PGA
Professionals that were involved, and a constant reminder as to one of the great reasons why we got into this
business.
I would like to remind the members to continue to visit the website and the golf calendar as there are a lot of fun
events coming up. With that being said, the Invitational is just around the corner and the staff will be busy mak-
ing it one of the best events of the year as well as a great way to show off the club to your guest! Couple quick reminders on Dress
Code Policy for the golf course and practice facilities. These are never easy conversations to have especially with guests so please
make sure they are aware of our policy before arriving to our club.
Congratulations to the following Members for their Great Achievements in June.
Ben Rowan/Skip Hanlon - for winning the 2021 MGA Member-Member Event
Mary Lu Wheeler/Kristy Damkroger - for winning the 2021 WGA Member-Member Event
Jon Oswalt – for winning the 2021 MGA Club Championship
Lastly, with the summer heat and the use of sunscreen and insect spray, please spay these aerosol cans on cart paths or in parking
lots. The spray being used on turfgrass will kill the leaf blades and will take the plant weeks to recover.
Bobby O'Keefe
PGA Director of Golf
Food & Beverage: I hope your summer has been awesome thus far, I know mine has. It’s nice to see everyone
coming out of 2020 with such enthusiasm. All events have been well attended and pub/patio remains busier
than ever. Thank you to all that continue to support our club.
I would like to take this opportunity to fill you in regarding product issues. As you have heard or possibly even
experienced, there is a National shortage in many products that we carry. Our food purveyor does a great job
with substituting like product, but beer, liquor and wine continue to be a struggle. Please know we are working
hard in securing product but some things are completely out of our control. We are gearing up for a busy July,
so please continue to support our many wonderful events, continue to make online reservations for the pub and I hope to see you
all very soon.
As always, any comments, suggestions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly.
Brian Shields
Director of Food & Beverage
Grounds: Summer is officially here and as always Nebraska’s weather remains very unpredictable. With the
extreme heat and humidity then changing to numerous thunderstorms, this weather pattern is causing extreme
stress to the golf course.
Currently, we are on schedule with our fungicide applications, venting greens, and tees along with top dressing
with sand. Thank goodness the rough has slowed down, letting us shift labor to deal with this weather pattern.
We want to thank the WGA for their donation to the plant material that was installed next to the new patio exten-
sion. Plus, a thank you to Kinghorn Gardens for their design.
As a reminder, please take care of your course as you play by following all cart signs and rope, repair ball marks on greens, and sand
your divots on tees and fairways.
Dan Maddox
Director of Grounds
Chef Notes
Happy Independence day. This summer has been flying by, but with so many great events it has also been a lot of fun.
The pool has been extremely busy and is a good sign that life is getting back to normal, which is a welcome relief. This
upcoming holiday weekend should be another fantastic collection of events for the Oak hills family, the fourth of July
celebration is always a fun day. I want to say thank you to the membership for being patient and understanding during
these strange post Covid times. I am still facing a few supply issues with some suppliers, it has been a strange time and
I never know from week to week what challenges I might face. With that being said, I do appreciate your understanding
as we are trying to keep business moving as normal, even with these new challenges. I hope that everyone’s summer is
going well and I hope to see you all out at the club enjoying all we have to offer!
If you are looking for a light and fresh salad dressing for these hot summer days try my poppy seed dressing
Zach Chingren
Executive Chef
EMPLOYEE
SPOTLIGHT
Our July employee spotlight is our Locker Room Attendant, Zach Smith!
Please read below to learn a little more about Zach.
Do you have any pets?
I have 3 dogs, a German Shepherd, Basset Hound, and a Dachshund.
3 Favorite things to do in your free time?
I like to Golf, hang out with friends, and watch sports.
Previous jobs and expertise you would like to share?
This is my first job. I just finished my sophomore year of high school.
How did you hear about the job at Oak Hills?
My brother works at Oak Hills and told me that it would be a great fit for me.
Favorite thing about oak hills so far?
My favorite thing about Oak Hills is how nice the people are and how fun they are to talk to.
What are your future plans?
My future plans are to graduate high school and to go to college.
Please make sure to stop and say hi to Zach if you see him around the Clubhouse, or are visiting the men's locker room!
A Note from our Youth Program Instructors
Junior Golf: The youth golf academy has completed it’s 4-week training program. We had a record number of youth
athletes and even more smiles and laughter as they learned about putting, chipping, pitching, bunkers, full swing and
rules & etiquette. The junior championship at Oak Hills is coming up with boy’s and girl’s divisions in all four levels.
The youth Team Golf team the Offspings has a win the girls 14+ division at Wilderness ridge. The Oak Hill PGA Junior
travel league team also has a win scoring 8 out of 12 points to beat the Players Club at Freemont.
The Oak Hills Special Olympics golf team the Eagles have had three practices focusing on putting, chipping and full
swing. Follow us as we are prepare for the Fall Games in August.
The Super Speed Youth Golf Program is on week 4 of the six week program. On average each youth athlete has seen an average of 7 mph
increase in club head speed.
We have had a fun packed June and we are looking forward to an exciting month in July. I am very proud of all of the youth athletes.
Jonathan Mielke, PGA
Director of Instruction
Swim: Swim team season 2021 is flying by and the swimmers are getting better every week. We're ecstatic to behos-
ing Happy Hollow at our club for a meet this Wednesday and Players Club the following week. Our themes and meets
were heavily missed morale boosters from years passed which we're thrilled to have as part of the program this year.
The Fourth of July is less than a week away and the pool staff cannot wait to provide the grounds for some outstanding
summer memories for our members here at Oak Hills Country Club!
Alex Jones
Co-Director of Aquatics and Head Swim Coach
We are a month into the pool season and things are looking great! We have a mostly new staff but they were able to
catch on and provide some of the cleanest, safest experiences yet at the pool. We seek and achieve new goals daily to
improve the pool experience as a staff and the results are showing. We chose Henry Belik as our June lifeguard of the
month. He has been taking great initiative and working hard to keep the pool both safe and clean! With swim lessons
well underway and our big 4th of July event coming up, we are looking forward to creating a memorable and enjoyable
summer!
Jacob Whelan
Co-Director of Aquatics
:
Tennis We have been as busy as ever on the tennis courts this summer. It is so great to see the enthusiasm for-
thisgreat sport and so many kids and adults enjoying the lifetime sport. We are doing our best to accommodate the
largest number of kids in clinics that we have ever had. We want them to have a lot of fun but also get them to learn the
fundamentals and improve every time out. Pickle Ball is also going very well and I am enjoying the sport more and more
every week – didn’t think that was going to happen.
Kid’s Clinics - due to the construction with the court resurfacing at the beginning of June not allowing us to start when
we planned to, we are going to go straight through the end of July. That will allow for 8 full weeks. Your child can come to
as many clinics as they would like to. Each clinic is $12 and if you let me know when they are NOT coming, you will not
be charged. If you only signed your child up for the first session but they would like to continue, just send me an email to let me know and let
me know if there are days or weeks they will be missing. Please continue to email me when you or your child will NOT be in attendance for a
clinic that you or they have signed up for. Here is a list of events coming up in July- it will be a busy month:
Kids Tennis Games | July 4th - 10 AM Kids Tennis Tournament | July 19-22
(please email me to let me know if your child will attend in order for me Adult Tennis Tournament | July 24-25
to know how many assistants I will need) Kids Tennis Banquet | July 27th
Rita’s and Rackets | July 9th - 6:30 PM (usually our biggest adult event each summer. Pickle Ball Tournament | August 14th
Players will be given different, strange handicaps each round for some goofy/interesting tennis)
Email me to sign up.
Tom Lilly
Oak Hills Head Tennis Professional since 1994
USPTA Certified
4
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july
Celebration
Oak Hills Book Club Meets First
Open to all Lady Members of Oak Hills Thursday of sunday, July 4, 2021
Every Month The Pool: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
For those who are interested in joining,
Pool Grill: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
please contact Patti Miller or
Mary Dickerson. 6:30 p.m.
guesT PriCes:
Adults $15
February 4, 2021
The Splendid & The Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, & Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson Children (4-12) $10
Main Pool Wading Pool
March 4, 2021 11:30 a.m. -3 p.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict Coin Dive Ring Toss
Soda Coin Toss Duck Hunt
April 8, 2021 Big Splash & Belly Flop Contests Water Balloon Toss
Floating Twigs by Charles Tabb Water Balloon Toss Games for ages 5 and under
May 6, 2021 Grouped by age
After the Flood (an Omaha reads section) by Kassandra Montag 10 and under | 11-15 | 16 and over
June 3, 2021 adulT gaMes Tennis CourTs
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand 4 - 5:30 p.m. Kid’s Tennis Carnival
Beer Bottle Toss 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
July 8, 2021 Big Splash $10 per child
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins Belly Flop Contests Prior sign up required.
Pub sPeCials $13
August 5 2021 Starting at 11 a.m.
The Four Winds by Kristan Hannah pulled pork sandwiches or fried chicken | mashed potatoes & gravy | corn on the cob
September 2, 2021 Dessert | Apple Crisp
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff
Chairs at the Pool are first-come-first serve. You may bring your own lawn chairs.
No outside food / drink / coolers are allowed at the Club.
er family
Mulligans &
Margaritas
GOLFnight
Wednesday, July 7 Sundays, July 11, 18, & 25
5 p.m. Shotgun
Family Golf | 4 to 6 p.m.
$12 Golf | $20 All-Inclusive Dinner
$10+Tax Cart Fee
You’re registered for both golf and food functions un
Reserved tee times for families only
less you indicate otherwise. (children under the age of 18)
Parimutual Betting | Flag Prizes | Mulligans| No green fee to play.
ABCD Format |Teams Determined by Pro Shop |
Dinner and Cocktails to Follow Cart charge additional
Registration Required Contact the Golf Shop for details and tee times
Online | https://www.oakhillscountryclub.org
Phone | 402-895-3636 ext. 210
Email | proshop@oakhillsomaha.com
All members are welcome!
Around the World Twilight
Get your GLOW on for
Kids Night at the Pool!
Friday, July 16
5:30 p.m. shotgun
$80 per couple (Golf Members)
$92 per couple (Social Members)
(cost includes golf/cart, prizes, & dinner)
Thursday, July 15th at the Oak Hills Pool
8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Glow Sticks and Variety of Kids Games will be provided!
Snack Bar and Poolside Bar and Grill will be open.
Golf members sign up 30 days piror
Social member sign up 10 day piror
(call the Golf Shop to sign up)
RSVPs: Required
Online: Oakhillscountryclub.org
Email: Admin@oakhillsomaha.com
RSVPs required.
Phone: 402-895-3636 oakhillscountryclub.org | Phone: 402-895-3636 | Email: proshop@oakhillsomaha.com
You’re registered for both golf and food functions unless you provide different instructions.
Pool Side Jammin’ 2021 Dates
July 17 | 8 - 11 p.m.(21 and older)
OAK HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
August 21 | 8 - 11 p.m.(21 and older)
WGA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
JAMMIN´
Head to The Pool on
Saturday, July 17, 2021 from
8:00 to 11:00 p.m. for a
Live DJ from Saturday, July 17 & Sunday, July 18
Complete Music (21+)
The Snack Shack, Tiki Bar and Grill 8:30 a.m. Tee Times Both Days
will be open for rockin´
food and drinks.
Cost: $15 per player
Reservations Required Sign up on online or stop by the Golf Shop.
online | 402-895-3636 | admin@oakhillsomaha.com
Oak Hills Eagles
Special Olympics Unified Golf
It’s time again everyone for the Special Olympics Fall Games. The Oak Hills Eagles recently
started their team practices for the 2021 season in preparation for the Fall Classic, which is held at
the Mahoney Golf Course in Lincoln on August 8. We practice Sunday evenings under the
instruction of Jonathan Mielke. A quick shout out to anyone who wants to partake and also
volunteer please contact Heather Wright at Heather_Wright@Gallup.com or Jonathan Mielke at
jmielke@oakhillsomaha.com. Come out to watch the amazing competition and to see everyone bring
their “A” Game and support our Special Olympics Nebraska teams
to victory. We hope to see all of you there because it’s going to be
a lot of fun. Remember everyone bring sunscreen and water to stay
hydrated. Wake up put your soul in everything you do and “Never
Give Up.” Go Team Oak Hills Eagles.
Melissa Giersch
SONE Reporter
Shhh....it’s a
New Year
SPEAKEASY
48TH ANNUAL MEMBER-GUEST INVITATIONAL
The Roaring 20’s
DiNNe
AT OAK HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
July 29-31, 2021
15th Annual Bill Bowzer Memorial fishing tournament
Rally for the cure
2021 Board of Directors Golf Shop Hours
Todd Carey Board President Tuesday-Sunday 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
John Lapour Vice President Monday Closed
Justin Clements Treasurer
Carla Whittaker Secretary
Karen Goughnour Social/Swim/Tennis/Jr. Golf Club Office Hours
Bruce Henderson Golf Tuesday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Jeff Athy Grounds Saturday & Sunday Closed
Eric Bergquist Food & Beverage 12325 Golfing Green Drive
Omaha, NE 68137 Monday By appointment
Scott Wright Facility Enhancement
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4th of July Members Day Course/Club Swim Meet vs. Book Club MGA Stag
Celebration Club/Course Closed, NE PGA Players Club @
Open Pro-Am OHCC
WGA Mixer
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Family Golf Night Swim Team Pre- Swim Team Finals Swim Team Kids Glow Stick Twilight Pool Jammin 21+
lims @ Happy @ Champions Diving Finals @ Night @ the Pool
Hollow Shadow Ridge WGA
MGA Stag Championship
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Family Golf Night
WGA
Championship
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Family Golf Night Youth Tennis
Banquet
Member- Guest Invitational
Event details, including dates/times, are subject to change.
The Pub | 402-502-2738
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. to
Closed
9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
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