Irrigation Renovation Project at the Touchet Valley Golf Course

With April showers just around the corner, and water going to be needed for May flowers-and turf-golfing enthusiasts from the local area turned out last weekend to work on the Irrigation Renovation Project at the Touchet Valley Golf Course. Trenches were trenched and main lines were connected to someday provide irrigation to the nine-hole course, and there's still a lot of work left to do, says Sean Thurston, project chairman. Some 12-15 volunteers turned out each day to help get this phase of the project moving, Thurston said. Last fall a one-acre reservoir/water hazard was excavated, and it will provide a continuous supply of water for adequate coverage. Thurston hopes that lateral lines and sprinkler heads will be in place in the next few weeks. Clint Atteberry, with Mike Himmelberger supervising, deepens a hole while Matt Johnson pushes soil into the finished ditch in the background.