THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 17, 1995 TAG: 9509150259
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 06 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Editorial
LENGTH: Short : 27 lines
If the city is going to sell 3,400 trees at Bide-A-Wee Golf Course for $24,000, it ought to earmark that money for improvements to the facility.
The trees must be cut, it is said, because too much shade is bad for the fairways and also when the trees grow too thick, they are not healthy.
Since there are some 96,000 trees on the course, presumably more timber will be cut from the course in the future. With proper management, which could mean the city should plant seedlings at some point in the future, the woods could yield a nice dividend for Bide-A-Wee.
Since Sleepy Hole is no longer under city management, Bide-A-Wee has become the city's primary golf course. It needs to be put into top-notch condition and kept that way. The money from the timber should go into a special account to give the city extra resources to maintain a premier course. by CNB