Remember the Fire!!

None of us will soon forget the events of August 27th when the old polo barn went up in flames. One of the headaches created by that blaze was the contamination of the large stockpile of Pro-Angle Bunker sand.



This pile of sand (approx. 900 tons or 1/3 of the project total)has since been moved out of the fire location and re-located to the lower parking lot near the tennis courts. In an effort to make sure the sand is free of any fire debris, your CCD team first removed the outer two feet of the entire pile and that sand was discarded. Don't worry, the insurance policy does cover the replacement material. The remaining sand is being run a 3mm screen to make sure there is no additional debris embedded deeper into the pile.



The machine in this picture has been brought in from the same sand mine where our greens and tees mix was blended. This machine is very effective removing any "junk" that may still remain. I am happy to report that the first 200 tons that have been run through the machine have come out perfectly clean and we have begun to use this product in the construction.

FIRE!!!!!!

Yesterday was a shocker!!! Around 2pm screams of a fire in the maintenance barn were flying across the radios. By the time I arrived on the seen - 30 seconds or less - the old polo barn was completely engulfed in flames. Seven different fire departments were called to the seen in order to control the blaze. The firefighters are to be commended for their efforts even though there was not much they could do. The nearly 100 year old building, formerly a horse stable, was the perfect conduit to a large fire.




The fire was so intense and fanned by the wind that it quickly spread to the second structure pictured below.



That's the bad news! The good news is that almost all of the project materials were not stored in either of those buildings. The biggest loss to the project is some sprinklers and PVC pipe that can be quickly replaced. All the seed, fert, Klingstone, spreaders, and chemicals were spared from the blaze.

We put our helmets and shoulder pads on today and got back to work. The final 5 greens were seeded today. Seeding of fairways will follow on Monday-Thursday of the upcoming week.

Please know that I might be off the blog site of a few extra days while we sort everything out that transpired yesterday. To all of those of you who have wished us well, I say "Thank You". Your support and rallying efforts for the best interest of the club is what makes CCD such a special place.