CLUB'S GENERAL MANAGER RETIRING PARTY WILL HONOR MARK DE POMPA'S DECADES OF SERVICE.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Mark De Pompa, general manager of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Country Club, is retiring after decades of playing a key role in the club's growth and operation. A retirement party is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Friday at the club, 39300 Country Club Drive. De Pompa started as a caddy A plastic container that holds a CD or DVD disc for added protection. The bare disc is placed in the caddy, and the caddy is inserted into the drive. A caddy is not a jewel case. A jewel case protects the disc for transportation. A caddy protects the disc while reading and writing. when he was a boy in 1942. He later helped run Air Force base golf courses outside Washington, D.C., in the Philippines and at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . De Pompa was assistant greens superintendent and acting starter and gave golf lessons at Andrews Air Force Base Andrews Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 4,279 acres (1,732 hectares), central Md., est. 1943. It is the chief military airport of Washington, D.C., as well as the headquarters for the air force's high-priority airlift command. in Maryland. He was assistant manager and then manager of the golf course at Clark Air Force base in the Philippines. In 1964, De Pompa moved to the Antelope Valley as the new manager/golf pro for the golf course at Edwards Air Force Base. He assisted in the construction of the back nine holes, the driving range and remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling of the clubhouse. De Pompa came to the Antelope Valley Country Club in 1975 as the assistant golf pro. Besides ordering for the pro shop, he ran the Wednesday and weekend tournaments and gave golf lessons. In 1977 he took over as the general manager. He resigned in 1988 when he opened Sharkey's on West Avenue L in Lancaster. In 1990 he ran for the board of directors and became the club's first membership chairman. In 1991 he was voted in as the club vice president. A year later he came back to the club as general manager and reorganized the operations. In 1995 he cautioned the board about the need to remodel re·mod·el tr.v. re·mod·eled also re·mod·elled, re·mod·el·ing also re·mod·el·ling, re·mod·els also re·mod·els To make over in structure or style; reconstruct. the clubhouse due to outside competition and the need to have modern facilities. The new clubhouse opened in May 1997. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Mark De Pompa |
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