Holly Ruof

What do you do at the club?

I work in the Flynn Grille, the bar and help out with banquets when needed.

How did you come to work at the club?

My daughter went to first grade, and before that I was a stay at home mom, for 6 years. The first day of school when the big yellow monster came and scooped her away, I went to Turkey Hill and bought a newspaper and looked in the want ads. There was an ad for the club and since LCC was the only golf course I had never played in Lancaster County I wanted to apply here. As a kid I grew up at Media Heights Country Club, and I've been playing golf since I was 8 years old. I thought - hmmm – I know how to serve because I did banquets when I was a teenager out at the Host Resort. I came in and filled out an application and said from the get go that I could start in the fall, but come the last day of the school year, I need to leave and take the summer off because we have a place down at the beach.

How long do you stay at the beach?

I leave the last day of school and my daughter and I stay down there until the day before the first day of school. My husband, Randy, comes down on the weekends. We live in Fenwick Island, Delaware at the Treasure Beach RV Park. The camp ground there is like every camp ground I grew up at as a kid.

Do you work down there during the summer?

Yes, I work at tanning.

What previous jobs have you had?

I was a purchasing agent for an investment casting foundry for 4 years, and prior to that, I was part owner of Lemoyne Sleeper for 12 years.

What is your favorite food?

Classic Asian food. Not Americanized Asian food. A good place to go is Lanviet, which used to be Lanvina and is in Bridgeport. It's actually Vietnamese and they are one of the few places in Lancaster that still has authentic dishes.

Where is your favorite place?

Number one has to be the beach. Number two is Florence, Italy.

Where is a place that you would like to visit?

The Grand Canyon, I've never been there I'd like to go to the west coast, someplace past the Mississippi River.

What are your favorite TV shows?

Monty Python's Flying Circus, Saturday Night Live, American Idol, Survivor, and Days Of Our Lives.

What are your favorite movies?

Young Frankenstein, Caddyshack, any Pixar flick, Hoodwinked, anything black and white. I like Cary Grant movies, Some Like It Hot, I love watching Turner Classic Movies.

What is your favorite music?

I grew up with jazz - but alternative jazz. I like early Steely Dan, Rush, Earth Wind and Fire, Chicago, old standards. I'm not a big top 40 fan, I like classic rock - classic vinyl rock.

What are your favorite books?

Anything by James Patterson and Stephen King.

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

An architect, I loved to use CAD to design when I was in school, and I loved to draw.

What is something that you would like to do one day?

Have dinner with Anthony Bourdain, actually breakfast, lunch and dinner. I think he's awesome.

What is the best gift you’ve ever received?

My daughter Maddy.

What is the best compliment someone could give you?

“You’re always yourself”. Someone once actually told me that "I was genuine and had moxy."

If you could go back and give the teenage version of yourself advice – what would you tell her?

Respect yourself, and respect your elders.

  

Matt Goudie

What is a typical work day for you?

During the season we run tournaments for the members, sell items in the shop, teach lessons.
It's usually a full 8 hour shift working either an early, middle or late shift, but some days we're here from sun-up to sundown.

How did you get interested in golf?

I grew up playing a little bit with friends, but when I got into high school all of my friends were on the golf team and I didn't have anything else going on, so I started playing. And then it just took off from there. I wasn't very good at golf in high school until my senior year when I got serious and started playing more. Before that, I just did it for fun since I had nothing else to do.

What previous jobs have you had?

I worked at Weis Markets in Willow Street. I worked at Cross Gates golf course, and Media Heights in college doing internships, and during college I ran a club repair shop, and worked at a couple of other courses as a part time job.

What is your favorite food?

Macaroni and cheese - the good kind. Not the Kraft version.

What is your favorite place?

Park City, Utah for snowboarding.

Where would you like to visit?

Scotland or Ireland, to play golf.

Do you have other hobbies or interests?

I hunt and fish, and snowboard in the winter. I do a little mountain biking from time to time and I also play hockey.

What are some TV shows that you enjoy?

Pawn Stars, hunting and fishing shows, Penguins and Steelers games - I try to watch every one I can.

What kind of music do you like?

I listen to Country music a lot.

When you were growing up what did you want to be?

An airline pilot.

What is something that you'd love to do one day?

I'd like to go heliskiing. It's where a helicopter drops you off on the top of a mountain and you ski your way down. That would top my list.

What is the best gift that you've ever received?

Probably my first shot gun.

What famous person would you like to meet for

dinner?

Dan Bylsma, coach of the Pittsburg Penguins. He seems like a really smart guy and an interesting personality.

If you could go back and talk to the teenage version of yourself what would you tell him?

Don't be too excited to get out of school because the real world is tough! (Laughs).
Try harder in school and enjoy it more.

Israel DeJesus

What was your very first job?

When I was a kid I worked in my dad’s grocery stores in New York. I worked as the cashier, stocking the shelves, everything that had to do with the store.

What place would you like to visit?

I'd like to go to China, although I have a fear of flying.

What are your hobbies or interests?

I like the martial arts. I like to do things around the house and I like spending time with my daughter, Mariana, 6 years old.

What are your favorite foods?

Seafood, rice, Italian food, Spanish food, (laughs) ALL food!

How did you get interested in cooking?

I got interested in cooking through my Grandmom, I was always in the kitchen with her. She was the best cook, so that got me interested in food. She would show me how she made things. Then when I came to the states, and started cooking in an Italian restaurant, they taught me how to make pizza. I was very young, still a

teenager.  Then I learned a lot of different dishes and I just enjoy cooking.

What was your favorite dish that your

grandmother would make?

I enjoy it all - but she had sweet rice that she would make and I always loved that. She would put coconut in it and it was delicious. It was like a dessert. She used to farm a lot, so all of the food was natural. It was straight from the ground. All different kinds of potatoes. That was a main dish that we ate a lot. When I was growing up we

didn't eat canned food, everything was from what she grew. There were a lot of us because she had 24 kids, and she raised 6 grand kids. She died at 98 years old, my grandfather died at 106.

Any favorite TV shows?

I used to watch ‘The Honeymooners’ with my dad.

What movies do you like?

When I rent a movie I like to watch action

movies, something to keep me awake. I like

movies with karate in them. I like western movies, movies with Clint Eastwood, those were the best.

What is your favorite music?

I like jazz. It helps me mellow.

What did you want to be when you were

growing up?

I wanted to grow up to be a detective. A drug busting agent.

What would you like to do one day?

I'm afraid of planes and flying but I'd love to go parachuting, just to get that fear out.

What is the best gift you've ever received?

When I get home and my daughter jumps on me and says "Hey Daddy!"

Are there any famous people, past or present that you'd like to meet?

Charles Bronson

If you could go back and give the teen age version of yourself advice – what would it be?

Stay in school and meet the goals that you really want.

Kathy Rosen

What is a typical work day for you?

I prepare monthly statements for the members.

I make sure that the correct members are getting billed and then at the end of the month I prepare the statement, and send the statements out to the members. I also bill for events, so if someone has a sponsored event I send the bill to the person who had the event and a copy to the member. And I bill for the general membership as well. Right now I'm busy with the

bylaw changes so they can now be billed monthly instead of just quarterly, if requested.

Are you married?

Yes I am, to Larry.

How did you meet?

I had a job at the podiatry school in Philadelphia in 1984 and he was a student there. I was working in academic affairs - helping the students with internships. We started seeing each other. It was funny, when I got the job my boss, who was a German woman, said "You vill not date das students" but (laughes) that's what ended up happening. Then we got married in 1986.

  

Do you have children?

Yes - two children, Sam is my son, he's 19. He's a freshman at Gettysburg College. Kelly is 15, she's a sophomore at Manheim Township.

What were some previous jobs that you've had?

My first job as a teenager was waitressing at Green Valley Country Club in Layfette Hill and I loved it. Now it's come full circle - I'm working at a country club again! It was just a lot of fun, I worked with a lot of fun people, some of which I'm still friends with. I worked there all through high school. I worked in Manhattan for a year for an employee benefit firm, which was really neat. My husband had a job in north New Jersey. We lived in New Jersey, and I thought "Well I'm not gonna work in stinkin' New Jersey when I can see Manhattan from our apartment." I took the bus into Manhattan every day for work. It was really neat - a good experience that I'm glad I had.

I also worked for an ad agency for 21 years before I worked here. I was director of administrative services but I was laid off. I took about a year and a half off. I did some volunteering, then this time last year I started quietly looking for a job  - nothing intense, and then this opportunity came.

What is your most favorite place you have been and where would you like to visit?

Disney World is probably my favorite vacation. They were magical vacations for us. Our kids were little the first time we went. Sam was 7 and Kelly was 4. There was a smile on his face the entire time. We went back several times, probably 5 times. We've been on 2 Disney cruises.

California was also wonderful. 2 years ago we took the kids from San Francisco all the way down to LA We visited Yosemite in between so that was a really fun trip. I liked San Francisco a lot but LA was not quite my cup of tea.

We took a trip to Arizona witch was really nice. Sedona was absolutely beautiful, We flew into Phoenix, and the Grand Canyon was fantastic. We've been to Puerto Rico, and one of my favorite places is Sea Isle, the beach in NJ. We've been going there for years.

I'd like to go to Europe, Greece, France , Italy, and any beach in the world!

What are your interests/ hobbies?

Wine, relaxing and reading by the pool.

What do you like to read?

I like mysteries, that was always my favorite but I got a little bit tired of them - they were too much of the same thing. I read a fantastic book this summer called 'Sarah's Key' It's a historical fiction. By far the best book I ever read, it was excellent.

What magazines do you read?

Ladies Home Journal, People, and cooking magazines when I get the chance.

Do you follow any sports teams?

My daughters soccer team - I've been watching her play soccer since kindergarden. She plays soccer pretty much all year round.

What are your favorite TV shows and movies?

I like Monk, we just got Netflix, so I saw that there were a couple of episodes that I missed so I'm watching those. I loved LOST when that was on, I do miss that. Desperate Housewives, it amuses me. I like The Middle, and Modern Family. Seinfeld, I've always loved that.

What is the best gift you've ever received?

My children

Who are a few famous people you'd like to meet?

Bruce Springsteen would be neat , Ryan Reynolds, Jacqueline Onassis, I actually saw her once in an elevator in New York, I had a job interview at Doubleday and she worked there at the time. We came down in the elevator together. That would be kinda neat - to talk with her.

If you could go back in time and give the teen-aged version of yourself some advice, what would you tell her?

I remember as a teen-ager thinking that only this particular moment right now mattered. I'd tell myself to slow down and take time to think about tomorrow.

Kathy's family was chosen to be the advertising models for Chocolate World's 'Really Big 3-D Show'. Although these pictures were taken several years ago - they are still being used to promote the Hersheypark attraction!