Community effort helps golf course

When the community steps up, things happen.

There's a lot of new white sand out at Banks Lake Golf Course, thanks to two benefit events.

The first was a golf tournament that raised about $2,500 to revitalize sand traps at the golf course.

The tournament, run by former Grant County Port District 7 commissioner Stan Conklin, produced enough money for the golf course to order a truckload of white san...