JCH&L Golf Tournament Raises $15,000

The 30th annual golf tournament to benefit Jefferson Community Health & Life was successful, raising $15,000.

“We continue to be very pleased with the success of this annual event. It’s a great way for JCH&L supporters to have a good time and help provide quality health care for our community, as well,” said Lana Likens, JCH&L Director of Public Relations.

The golf tournament, held Friday, Aug. 14 at the Fairbury Country Club, was a fund-raiser for Jefferson Community Health Center, a 17-bed critical access hospital located in Fairbury.

A total of 28 teams golfed in the event.  Winning teams were:

Championship Flight —  first place, High Plains Anesthesia (Marci Gillham, Penni Mitchell, Mindy Sasse); second place, Chad Mans (Chad Mans, Terri Eberly, Nathan Petska); third place, Edward Jones Investments (Jay Peterson, Paige Boeckner, Ross Boeckner.)

First Flight — first place, RadSource (Katie Schoenrock, Emily Retzlaff, Ashlee Husa); second place, Barber Home Furnishings (Trent Pollman, Miranda Pollman, Tanner Stenson); third place, Twin Rivers Auto Group (Aaron Folkerts, Steve Crosier, Mike Beachler.)

Second Flight — first place, Signature Performance (Brad Bleich, Brandon Bleich, Evan Hale); second place, Fairbury Dental (Jackie Wesch, Pat Rauert, Rick Rauert); third place, Gerdes Meyer Funeral Home (Justin Stelling, Nate Behrends, Lyle Byrd.)

A total of 23 companies served as hole sponsors, helping to make the fund-raising tournament possible.  Hole sponsors were: Active Hearing Health LLC; B.E. Solutions and Technology; Behrends Welding Inc.; Control Services; Davis Design; Edward Jones Investments-  Jay Peterson; Eide Bailly LLP; Heartland Bank; High Plains Anesthesia; GI Specialties PC; Nebraska Hematology Oncology; Nebraska Medicine; Nebraska Orthopaedic Center; Ni2; Plymouth Electric; Pollman LLC; Prellwitz Exteriors; RadSource; Rural Sleep Solutions; See the Trainer; The Olson Group; Twin Rivers Auto Group; and UNMC Regional Pathology Services.

Specialty sponsors were: breakfast sponsor – ruralMED; lunch sponsor – Signature Performance; water sponsor – Rutt’s Heating and Air; photo sponsor – UNICO; putting game sponsor – Heartland Bank; Other sponsors – Fairbury Country Club; signage – Precision Signs; treats on the course – Ray’s Apple Market.

Contributing sponsors – American National Bank; Cancer Partners of Nebraska; CHI; Diode Technologies; Directions EAP, LLC; First State Insurance Agency; Globe Rexall Drug; MyVitalz; Prairie Health Ventures LLC; and The Medicus Firm, Inc.

Drawing prize donors were: UNICO, Sutton Golf Carts and Club Repair, KUTT 99.5, Pepsi, Barber Furniture, Edward Jones- Jay Peterson, Walmart, and Main Street Market.

Flag prizes were donated by: Capital Care Staffing, Lucent, Main Street Market, Nebraska Hospital Association, Nebraska Healthcare Association, SFM, Shelter Insurance, UBT, Fairbury Journal-News, Beck’s Hybrids—F3 Ag Services LLC.

Teams participating were: AhlRight (Dennis Ahl), Barber Home Furnishings, B.E. Solutions and Technology, Beckenhauer Construction Inc., Behrends Welding Inc., Blobaum & Busboom CPA, Davis Design, Edward Jones Investments —Jay Peterson, Eide Bailly LLC, Fairbury Dental Associates, Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home, Hauge/Ni2, Heartland Bank, High Plains Anesthesia, Chad Mans, Nebraska Orthopaedic Center, Par Tee 3 (Joy Gaston), Pollman LLC, Jeff Prellwitz, Rural Sleep, See the Trainer, Shanking Shinglers (Prellwitz Exteriors), Signature Performance, Sutton Golf Carts and Clubs, The Olson Group, The Slice is Right (RadSource), Twin Rivers Auto Group, UNMC.

“We especially want to thank our sponsors, donors, golf teams and volunteers.  It wouldn’t have been a successful event if we didn’t have such great support from our community, our peers, and companies we work with regularly,” Likens said.