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Planned Event
Annual Golf Tournament
This event is the chapter's only fund raising event of the year and produces the only revenue other than the normal return of our share of association dues from the national headquarters of AUSA. In other words, we count on this tournament to finance the myriad of troop support activities conducted by the chapter each year.
The Chapter’s Summer 2012 Golf Outing & Get Acquainted Scramble was held on August 18th at our normal venue, the Carlisle Barracks Golf Course. Terry Myers, the "Pro" at the course, provided prizes for the top six teams, long drives, straightest drive, and two closest to the pin awards. While the event was a fund raiser, the cost to enter was minimal; only $30.00 for club members and $50.00 for non-members and this price included the tournament entry fee, a cookout, prizes, carts and green fees (for nonmembers). We hope, by keeping the cost low, to encourage participation by as many active soldiers, retirees and civilians as possible in the area.
The minimum cost of hole sponsorship was also very modest, $100.00. We did offer sponsors the opportunity to contribute at five different levels this year: Army Green, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum (See sponsorship list below). Our distinctive hole sponsor signs recognized the support of our Sponsors and provided them with attractive, low-cost advertising for their business or organization.
The 2012 Annual Get Acquainted Scramble enjoyed ideal weather conditions and the course was in magnificent shape, thanks to Terry Myers and his staff. Once again, the turnout was outstanding with approximately 104 players taking the course for the competition.
Since the golf outing is the Chapter's main source of revenue each year, we were very pleased with the response from Chapter Corporate Members, local businesses and individuals to our request for Hole Sponsorships and Prize Donations. We wish to acknowledge all who contributed to this record-setting year for the tournament.
Thanks to the diligence of many Chapter Board Members and friends of the Chapter, we were fortunate to secure forty-eight Hole Sponsorships:
Abom & Kutulakis, LLP
American Legion Post 101
Army War College Foundation
Army & AF NG Students USAWC
Army Heritage Center Foundation
Army Reserve Students USAWC
AUSA National
Balfour Beatty Communities
Bangkok Wok
Bedford St Antiques
Bernie & Honey Griffard
Bill & Dolores Davies
Bill & Laurie Harkey
Bruce H. Spivak, DMD
Carlisle AutoCare Center
Centris Consulting, Inc.
Craig M. Anzur, DMD
DCLM-USAWC
DMSPO-USAWC
David Kann MD FACC
Family Ford Mercury
First Command Financial Svcs
First Region, AUSA
Gabler Trucking Inc
GOH Construction Company
Joseph D Buckley Law Offices
Kevin Benton, CPA
Kozloff Stoudt Attorneys, PC
Linden Hall Antiques
Marcello's Restaurant
Members 1st Fed Credit Union
MOAA, CV Chapter
Jerry Comello (Men of Malvern)
MPRI
Patt's Antiques
Bobby Rahal Toyota
Raymond Bily, Esquire
Robert Byrne & Karen Kaiser
Ron & Jenny Elliott
Rotary Club of Carlisle
Sam Lombardo
Seibert Sloan & Don Price
Serafin Family Dentistry
Sonny & Carol Sloan
Thomas P. Neslund, DMD
Tiburon, Inc.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 477
Wolfe & Company Realtors
And, sixty-one Drawing Prize and Silent Auction Donations:
Adams County Winery
Alibis Eatery & Spirits
Applebee's Bar & Grille
Army War College Foundation
Arnold Palmer Enterprises
Aya Japanese Steakhouse
Bill Solomon
Bill Harkey
Bob Chaudrue
Body & Sole Salon & Day Spa
Boscov's Department Stores
Bruster's Ice Cream
Carlisle Barracks Commissary
CRMC/Advanced Wound Healing Center
Carlisle Sports Emporium
Carrabbas Italian Grill
Chili's Grill & Bar
Cumberland Golf Course
Christian Companion Senior Care
Classic Dry Cleaners
COL Judy Robinson
Comfort Suites Hotel Carlisle
Cracker Barrel Restaurant
Dairy Queen of Carlisle
Dick Baumgartner
Dick's Sporting Goods
Dunkin Donuts Carlisle
Eagles Crossing Golf Course
Fay's Country Kitchen
Fiddlers Bar & Grille at Mayapple
Gary Sausser
Georges’ Flowers
Giant Foods Carlisle
Green Room Bistro & Juice Bar
Harrisburg Senators
Karns Quality Foods
Kathy Perry
Kozloff Stoudt Attorneys, PC
Leo’s Homemade Ice Cream
Marcello’s Ristorante
Market Cross Pub
Mayapple Golf Links
Mountz Jewelers
Nell’s Shurfine Super Markets
North Hanover Grille
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Printed Image
Quest Custom Embroidery
Rich Valley Golf Course
Robert Byrne
Scalles Restaurant
Shearer Advertising
The Pizza Grille
The Sentinel
Wal-Mart SuperCenter
Wardecker's Menswear
Wayne H. Gordner, DMD
Wegmans Food
Weis Markets Carlisle
The Hole in One automobile was provided by Sun Motor Company of Mechanicsburg.
We are very grateful to all our Sponsors, Donors, Board Members, Friends of the Chapter, and the many golfers who participated in our 2012 Annual Get Acqainted Scramble.
THANK YOU!
The event's success was due in large part to the terrific teamwork of members of the Chapter Board of Directors: Ron Elliott, Jerry Comello, Neal Delisanti, Bernie Griffard, Bill Seely, George Woods, Jim Dunn, and Ed Filiberti. Everyone pitched in filling goodie bags, stapling donor sheets & hanging banners in the pavilion, unloading the truck, arranging the silent auction and drawing prize tables, handing out goodie bags, putting out/retrieving hole sponsor signs, taping winning tickets to prizes, placing water bottles in each cart, talking up the Silent Auction & Special Raffle, judging the hole in one attempts and assisting with the ticket drawings and all the end-of-tournament “wrap up” details.
The Chapter extends special thanks to Honey Griffard for teaming up with Bernie to judge the hole in one tries and to Karen Comello, Emily Filiberti, Julia Filiberti, Carol Sloan, Carolyn Sloan, Debbie Smith, and Nancy Clausen. Their help was instrumental in our achieving the high number of ticket sales that contributed greatly to the overall record profit for this year’s event. Also, thanks to Emily and Carolyn for their work on the Silent Auction Table and to Julia for taping the winning tickets for the golf/tee shirts to cardboards, great idea! And, a big thank you to Carolyn for taking all those great photos!
Once again, our sincere thanks to Monk Hilliard for the use of his pickup truck to move tournament items to and from the golf course. Of course, we all appreciate the great support we receive every year from Terry Myers and his management team. Their efforts always add an aura of professionalism to the tournament as well as providing a great meal for everyone.
This year, the Special Raffle for a set of Adams Tight Lies golf clubs, irons, fairway woods, driver, putter, and golf bag was won by Paul Cunningham. Tom Grimm won the fifty-fifty drawing and went home with $205.00.
The winners of the individual skills competition were:
Gold Tee Longest Drive – Tom McGinley
Ladies Longest Drive – G. Duck
Straightest Drive - Wilbur Wolfe
Closest to the pin #6 – Sonny Sloan
Closest to the pin #11 – Paul Cunningham
Team competition winners were:
2nd Place with a score of 61 – Frank Stringfellow, Robert Byrne & Lew Compton
3rd Place with a score of 62- Gary Sausser, Mike Hester, Bill Harkey & Tim Mitchell
4th Place with a score of 63 – Eric Wertz, Kevin Heefner, Randy Barnhart and Mike Shockey
5th Place with a score of 63 – Bob Coles, Tom Homolash, Shorty Brehm & Mike Kensick
6th Place with a score of 63 – John Creason, Harold Cooney, Bob Kelly & Udonna Solomon
