Foundation’s 33rd Annual Golf Tournament Results
The 33rd annual Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation Golf Tournament was held on Monday, June 22, at the Waukon Golf and Country Club. A full tournament of 34 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 meals were sponsored this year by Lutz Financial.
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 33rd annual event included: Allen Real Estate-Ryan Johnson, Allen Roofing and Construction, Beneke & Associates, Casper Plumbing & Heating, Christensen Electric, Clark Tire Pros, Cunningham Hardware, Fidelity Bank, Emplify by Gundersen-Waukon Clinic, Finholt Construction - Tryad Design, FreedomBank, Gallagher, Goodfella’s, Good Vibrations Entertainment, Grau Funeral Homes, Hacker Nelson & Co., CPA’s, Imperial Dade, InVision Architecture, Kerndt Brothers Bank, Kol-Gol, Inc., La Crosse Memorials/Kerndt Monument Works, Larre’s Service and Repair, L.T.I. & Son Water Conditioning, Lutz, NB Koch General Contractors, New Albin Savings Bank, Northgate Care Center, Peoples State Bank, Pladsen Chevrolet., Signature Auto Body & Paint, Systems Equipment, Teslow’s Formalwear and Guesthouse, Torkelson Motors of Waukon, and Waukon State Bank.
This year, numerous prizes were donated by the following individuals and businesses: AgVantage FS, A-Ok Well Service, Bemiss Distributing, Beth and Bill Shafer, Bud and Marge Strike, Carquest-Lansing, Carquest-Waukon, Clark Tire Pros, Cook Insurance Agency, Cunningham Hardware,
Decorah Bank and Trust, Dollar Fresh, Double D Liquors, Edward Jones, Empty Nest Winery, Epic Wear, Federal Express, Fiddler’s Green Pro Shop-the Whalen’s, Fiesta Vallarta, Freedom Bank, Gemini Salon, Grumpy’s, Hair, Body and Mind Salon & Day Spa, Hausladen’s Auto Supply, Hello Sunshine/Maui Sunshine, Linda Herman-PC, Horsfall’s Lansing Variety, Houg Chiropractic, Jet’s Meats, Kerndt Brothers Bank, KNEI Radio-LA Communications, Krambeer Barber Shop, Kristi’s Stylesetter Salon, Kwik Star, Leiran Auto Repair, Lid’s Bar and Grill, Madigan Winery, Oneota Golf & Country Club, Peoples State Bank, Peterson Auto Repair, Port Side Bar & Grill, Red Geranium Floral and Gifts, S&D Café, Spillway Supper Club, State Farm Insurance, Sue Stamper, Sycamore Floral, System’s Equipment, Teslow’s Formalwear & Guesthouse, Tiffany Cote’, TriCity Golf & Country Club, Torkelson Motors, UPS, Uptown Grill, Village Farm & Home-Lansing, Village Farm & Home-Waukon, Waukon State Bank, Waukon Veterinary Service, Waukon Wellness Center-Park & Rec, West Side Waukon Lumber, Worldwide Express, 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 Frank Goltz and Linda Siegrist 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 David Zittergren; Longest Putt (Hole #3) was Brian Wagner; Closest to the Pin in 2 (Hole #4) was Tyler Wiebke; and Longest Putt (Hole #7) was Todd Wallhauser.
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 33rd Annual Golf Tournament with a score of 58 was Wiebke Fur including Jason and Tyler Wiebke and Evan Carpenter.
The Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation Board, including Sue Blagsvedt, Vicki Bloxham, Dawn Clark, Kris Cote’, Chris Engstrom-Fosaaen, Patty Goltz, Kevin Hanson, Judy Herman, Sue Kratz, Ardie Kuhse, Craig Lensing, Reid Mahoney, Becky Mitchell, Barb Shull, Tim Smedsrud, 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.
