Foundation's 32nd Annual Golf Tournament Results
The 32nd annual Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation Golf Tournament was held on Monday, June 16, at the Waukon Golf and Country Club. A full tournament of 33 teams of three participated, each enjoying 18 holes of golf plus lunch and dinner prepared by Rich Schulte, Kris Cote’, and the Foundation Directors.
The Foundation gives credit for the success of this tournament to the many local businesses that provide great prizes so everyone participating wins. Plus many businesses serving this area contribute as hole sponsors to the tournament making it an enjoyable, community-wide event.
The hole sponsors for this 32nd annual event included: Beneke & Associates, Brickl Bros., Casper Plumbing & Heating, Christensen Electric, Clark Tire Pros, Cunningham Hardware, Fidelity Bank, Finholt Construction - Tryad Design, FreedomBank, Goodfella’s, Grau Funeral Homes, Gundersen Health-Waukon Medical and Eye Clinics, Hacker Nelson & Co., CPA’s, Imperial Dade, InVision Architecture, Irv & Chris Fosaaen, Kerndt Brothers Bank, Kol-Gol, Inc., LaMair-Mulock-Condon, Co., Larre’s Service and Repair, L.T.I. & Son Water Conditioning, Lutz, New Albin Savings Bank, Nightingale Drug, Northgate Care Center, Peoples State Bank, RW Pladsen, Inc., Signature Auto Body & Paint, Silver Laine Co., Systems Equipment, Torkelson Motors of Waukon, Waterville Bar & Grill, and Waukon State Bank
This year, numerous prizes were donated by the following individuals and businesses: AgVantage FS, AJ’s Steakhouse, A-Ok Well Service, Bemiss Distributing, Beth and Bill Shafer, Bud and Marge Strike, Carquest-Lansing, Carquest-Waukon, Cook Insurance Agency, Cunningham Hardware, Decorah Bank and Trust, Dollar Fresh, Double D Liquors, Edward Jones, Empty Nest Winery, Federal Express, Fiesta Vallarta, Freedom Bank, Grumpy’s, Hausladen’s Auto Supply, Hello Sunshine, Horsfall’s Lansing Variety, Houg Chiropractic, Iron Hill Power Sports, Jet’s Meats, Kerndt Brothers Bank, KNEI Radio-LA Communications, Krambeer Barber Shop, Kwik Star, Leiran Auto Repair, Lid’s Bar and Grill, Lutz, McMillan Muffler, Oneota Golf & Country Club, Oneota Golf & Country Club, Paws Up Pet Supplies, Peoples State Bank, Peterson Auto Repair, Port Side Bar & Grill, Proverbial Tap Room, Ray Whalen, Red Geranium Floral and Gifts, River Run Pub & Grub, S&D Café, Spillway Supper Club, State Farm Insurance, Sue Stamper, Sycamore Floral, System’s Equipment, Teslow’s Formal Wear & Guest House, TriCity Golf & Country Club, 222 Trained, UPS, Uptown Grill, Village Farm & Home-Lansing, Village Farm & Home-Waukon, Waukon State Bank, Waukon Veterinary Service, West Side Waukon Lumber, Wings Supper Club and WW Homestead Dairy.
Special hole-in-one contests were sponsored by Farm Bureau Agents Wade Bucknell and Andy Moore, and also by Waukon Implement. Volunteers Marilyn Anderson and Maury Mooney were witnesses for these contests. The Harley Davidson motorcycle and John Deere lawn mower went unclaimed again this year.
Other special hole contests and winners included the following: Closest to Pin (Hole #9) was Jeremy Hogan; Longest Putt (Hole #3) was Shawn Schulte; Closest to the Pin in 2 (Hole #4) was Devin Johnson; and Longest Putt (Hole #7) was Logan Houg.
Many other businesses and individuals pitched in to help with the food expenses and preparation, including Quillin’s Food Ranch, Fareway, Casey’s, Kwik Star, Rich Schulte, Kris Cote’ and the entire Foundation Board.
The 33 teams participating in the tournament consisted of three people each who played a best shot tournament. The winner of the Veterans Memorial Hospital Health Care Foundation’s 32nd Annual Golf Tournament with a score of 58 was the Stegen Brothers including Dylan, Vaughn and Connor Stegen.
The Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation Board, including Rose Beardmore, Sue Blagsvedt, Vicki Bloxham, Kris Cote’, Chris Engstrom-Fosaaen, Patty Goltz, Kevin Hanson, Judy Herman, Sue Kratz, Ardie Kuhse, Craig Lensing, Reid Mahoney, Becky Mitchell, Larry Schellhammer, Barb Shull, Sue Stamper, Jeremy Strub, Kim Sylvester and Matt Teslow, sponsor this annual golf tournament at the Waukon Golf and Country Club in June of each year.
