Golf course rates rise

Members of the Banks Lake Golf Course received letters late last week of a new rate structure for annual membership.

Port District 7 officials were busy Thursday preparing letters noting that single memberships and family memberships wlll each go up $50 for 2015. The golf course will open for play on March 1.

Port commissioners said the rate increase is modest and is still much less than a few years ago.

This year, family memberships will be $750, and an individual membership will be $650.

In addition, gas cart storage will be $200 a year, and electric cart storage is set at $275. Both are the same as last year.

Junior membership, which remains the same, is $100.

District President James Keene said that commissioners hope to hire one additional person to help with some of the mowing.

Currently, the port district, which manages the 18-hole course, runs the operation with considerable volunteers.