A Honey of a Deal

The Massillon Review mail box is just exploding with correspondence from our faithful readers, the back bone of our successful publication.

We have decided to post two guest columns from our faithful readers this weekend. The first is called 'A Honey of a Deal,' and was submitted by 'Noone Special'

After the first few years of the Legends, Frank fired Marty, the first course manager, and replaced him with Linda Gill. Linda was a nice lady, but she didn't seem to know much about managing a golf course. She stayed inside and never went out on the course. Frank also assigned Honey Maier to work in the golf course office. Now there were two ladies doing what had been just half of Marty's job.

Linda Gill was in charge of building the new clubhouse. She insisted that it not look like a commercial building and forced the architects to make several changes that would have been more appropriate in a residence, not a commercial building. These changes cost money and also cut down on usable space. I don't know if Frank was behind the changes.

Honey Maier worked at the course for maybe two and a half to three years. Some people said Frank owed her and she needed that much time to get her PERS retirement. I don't know why she was there, but when she retired, she wasn't replaced.

Why was Linda Gill there? Her husband Michael Gill was the Regional Director of Sky Bank. He has since retired. When the Arena Project fell through, Frank fired Linda Gill and hired Craig Immel.

Linda Gill resurfaced a few months later at Skyland Pines as the Director of Outings and Banquets. She took with her copies of all the Legends' golf outings. Soon most of those outings had moved to Skyland. Outings are very profitable for golf courses. The sinking economy plus the lost outings caused the Legends to lose even more money. Frank had shot himself in the foot once again.