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IOWA LAKES FOUNDATION GOLF OUTING BENEFITS CLAY RESIDENTS
The Iowa Lakes Community College Foundation held its annual golf
outing on June 15 at the Spencer Golf & Country Club. One
hundred fifteen golfers hit the links to benefit Clay County
residents with scholarships to attend Iowa Lakes.
Flight winners included – Flight 1: Kort Freeman, Bill
Lapczenski, Todd Lundgren, Jack Nolan; Flight 2: Marc Bruning,
Dean Jacobsen, Bruce Klenken, Ron Mummert and Flight 3: Jon
Hinderks, Pat Nalley, Bryan Sebastian, Donovan Wunschel. The
“high score” team of Darin Moeller, Kris Moeller, Mike O’Hara
and Molly O’Hara received “Drown Your Sorrows” beverage tickets
along with gift certificates from Marv’s Steakhouse.
Flag contest prizes were awarded to Larry Harden hole 1 (closest
to sand without going in); Tom Roti hole 2 (longest putt-men);
Carla Fank hole 3 (longest putt-women); Donovan Wunschel hole 4
(closest 2nd shot); Becky LaBarre hole 5 (closest to pin in
1-women); Bryan Sebastian hole 6 (closest 3rd shot); Kathy
Beachem hole 7 (longest drive in fairway-women); Mike O’Hara
hole 8 (shortest drive-men); Bruce Groen hole 9 (closest to pin
in 1-men); Ron Nissen hole 10 (longest putt men); Mike Peasley
hole 11 (closest 3rd shot); Ken Norris hole 12 (closest 2nd
shot); Mark Bedor hole 13 (closest to hole in 1); Todd Lundgren
hole 15 (longest drive in fairway-men); Nicole Heng hole 16
(shortest drive-women); Scott Stokes hole 17 (closest to hole in
1-men); and Linda Helmers hole 18 (longest putt-women).
Raffle winner of the 2007 E-Z Go PDS electric golf cart,
partially donated by Ken’s Auto & Golf of Emmetsburg, was
Reynold Peterson of Spencer.
“We cannot begin to express our appreciation to the many
golfers, donors and sponsors of this event,” said Kitty Conover,
Spencer Campus Dean. “Over $13,000 was raised that will help
Clay County students attain their dream of a higher education at
Iowa Lakes Community College. It was a wonderful day!”
Event donors included Loon Lake Golf Course, Campus Cleaners,
Clay Co. Cattlemen, Culligan, Fort Dodge Country Club, Hy-Vee,
Miller Plumbing & Heating, Motor Inn, Squire Shoppe, Iowa Cubs,
Lost Island Golf, Brooks Golf Club, Estherville Golf Course,
Fridley Theatres, Indian Hills Golf Club, Minnesota Twins,
Ruthven Meat Processing, Silver Lake Country Club, Spencer Golf
& Country Club, Spencer Municipal Golf Course, Spring Hills
Country Club, West Bend Golf & Country Club, and Whittemore Golf
Club.
Event sponsors included Ameriprise Financial; Arnold Motor
Supply; Avera Spencer Family Care; Campbell, Higgins & Assoc.;
Cotton-Grave; Days Inn; Del’s Garden; Design Masters; Don
Pierson Ford; Dyno’s; Edward Jones-Stephen Hunter; Evertek;
Farmers Savings Bank-Fostoria; Farmers Trust; H&N Chevrolet;
Hahn Roofing; Holiday Express; Hughes, Brennan & Wirtz;
Investment Centers; Iowa State Bank; Janitor’s Closet; Johnston
Auto; JP Greer Law; KAPCO; Kentucky Fried Chicken; KICD/CD107.7/Lite104.9;
Klaussner; KOFAB; Lundt & Sears; Marv’s Steakhouse; Matt
Furniture; Midstates Builders/Community State Bank Insurance;
Midwest Piano & Organ; Motor Inn; Mowery’s Bar & Grill;
Northwest Equipment; Northwest Federal; Northwest Financial;
Northwest Iowa Surgeons; PepsiAmericas; Prime Rib; Pro-Crop;
Progressive; Shine Bros.; Slumberland; Solutions, Inc.; Spencer
Insurance; Spencer Municipal Utilities; Spencer Realty; Standard
Printing; State Bank of Spencer, Everly, Peterson/Security
National Bank of Sioux City; State Farm-Gary Ogburn; Storey
Kenworthy-Don Holladay; Tecton; The ACRE Co.; Twetten’s;
Williams & Co.; Winther, Stave & Co.
Scholarship recipients benefiting from event funds during the
upcoming academic 2007-08 year include Lucas Flaharty of
Dickens; Emily Geerdes and Ben Harris of Everly; Justin Brown of
Greenville; Amanda Hansen of Royal; Mara Butler and Katie
Rowlands of Ruthven; Bridget Gilmore of Sioux Rapids; Alex
Carlson, Jaclyn Fear and Nicole Paulsen of Spencer and Tawny
Smith of Webb.

Some of the students receiving Clay
County scholarships posed for a picture during the Clay County
Golf outing. They include, from left, Justin Brown, Nicole
Paulsen, Lucas Flaharty, Katie Rowlands, Jaclyn Fear, Emily
Geerdes, Mara Butler and Bridget Gilmore.
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