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2010 Alumni Golf Outing - Phoenix Golf Links Course - August 27
 The weather couldn't have been better for our 4th Golf Outing. At 8am it was 60 degrees, warming up to about 80 by the time everyone was off the course.
The event netted over $1200 for the Alumni Scholarship Fund, once again enough to provide one $1000 scholarship for a graduating senior next May with some left over to go toward another scholarship!
Our thanks to event chairperson Bill Kern '60 Jan. and his committee for putting together another successful alumni event.
The carts were waiting for our golfers.
The teams gathered for their group pictures before they left for the course.
First up - Team 'Harrison' - Rick McCord (Buckeye Valley '76), John Collins '79, Beverly Hill Harrison '50, Mike Collins '73. John and Mike are Beverly's sons.
Each person in the event received a team picture.
Team 59'
Bill Clark '59, Jim Hastings '59, Phil Gramlich '59, 1992 Association President and event committee member - Dean Potts '59 Jan..

Team '60'
This group was having their 50th class reunion the evening of the golf outing and the following evening - but again this year they made time to participate in the golf outing.
Joe Ditrick '60, Mike Heil '60 - again coming all the way from Franklin Tennessee to participate!, Ted Miller '60, and John Ditrick (guest)
Team 'Barnard'
Steve Barnard '65, Karen Krueger Barnard '65, Dick Scott '70, Carol Krueger Scott '51 Jan.

Dick Curtiss '58, Leslye Creek '70, Gary Smith '58, Hank Canello (guest).
The evening of the event, Dick Curtiss would be announcing the first Westland H. S. football game of the season, and his 40th year of announcing for the Cougars! It would have been forty years straight had the Southwestern School District not cancelled fall sports last year. Dick also announces their basketball games.

Team 'WSF'
Ron Wilcox '54, Jon Schmidt (guest), 2007-2008 Association President Robin Schmidt '49 Jan.,
Rod Fuller '54 Jan.

The 'almost all' former West teacher's AND West Alumni team

Ed McCleaf '57 (teacher), Bob Keefer '61, Bob Zadrozny (teacher from 1968-1976), Dave Ewing '57 (teacher).
Another retired West teacher, Gary Link '57, stopped by before the event to wish his friends and former co-workers good luck.
Team 'Chrisman'
Steve Chrisman '69, Steve Ramey (Upper Arlington H. S.), Dave Chrisman '66, Bill Dennis (guest)

The winning team, with 12 under,
Team 'Morlan'

Pete Eyer '65 (Central H. S.), Bill Westhoff (guest), Charlie Keller (guest), John Morlan '65, (retired West teacher and coach), and Gary Smith
Team 'Wesley'
Bob Phillips (guest), Mike Wesley (guest), 2009 Association Treasurer Bob Wesley '60, John Espey (guest)
Team 'KMGPS'
Event Chair Bill Kern '60 Jan., Vera Dixon Murphree '61 (here from Bowling Green, KY), Larry Graves '63, John Pinkerton (guest), Winnie Stockman (guest)

The 2nd place team, just one shot shy of winning with 11 under -
Team 'Castle'
Steve Burris (guest), Phoenix Golf Links, Director of Golf, Charlie Castle '63, Debbie Castle (guest), Bill Castle '60 Jan.
Event Chair Bill Kern '60 Jan. explains the event rules.
The carts are lined up and everyone is ready to begin.
The golf bags are waiting.
We won't divulge who forgot to strap his golf bag on the back of his cart and lost it as they drove up the hill to start play!
Bill Kern and a Phoenix employee provide additional instructions.
The carts start out for the course. Several were heard saying this was their year to win! Our thanks to all who participated in this event this year with a special thanks to those who have participated all four years. We look forward to every one coming back in 2011.
Some of Bill's volunteers arranged the door prizes while the golfers were out on the course. Every golfer received a prize.
Robin Schmidt '49 Jan.
making one of his best swings of the day.
Ron Wilcox '54
watches the ball as his club is on its way down.
Vera Murphree '61 and Larry Graves '63
wait for their teammates.
Bill Kern '60 Jan.
suggesting a different stroke for John Pinkerton?
Mike Collins '73 and Rick McCord
John Collins '79
lines up for a shot.
The Phoenix Golf Links provides a great view of Columbus from the south.
Beverly Hill Harrison '50
concentrates on her putt.
Our Skill hole! Pay $5 before you tee off, and if you make it on the green you get three golf balls.
If you make it inside the flagstick, you win a 3-pack of golf balls and double your money back.
Holding just some of the money she collected at the Skill hole, volunteer Marilyn Hicks explains the process to Beverly Harrison '50.
A view from the Tee area to the hole
(over the river and through the woods!).
Team 'Castle.'
Bill was explaining the intricacies of teeing off from this Skill hole!
Hmmm. Well, he thought that was the correct approach!
Part of the stream area the golfers had to go over to reach the green.
Gary Smith '58
chips out off the hill incline. He didn't quite make it to the green! No free golf balls, or double his money back, for Gary!
Leslye Creek '70 makes her putt for the team.
One of our 'Hole Sponsor' signs. Our thanks to State Farm agent Gary Snowden for supporting our event.
Team 'Chrisman' out on the course.
Steve Chrisman '69
 

A pretty sun flower area out on the course.
Our appreciate to the 1970 class, who just had their 40th Class Reunion the previous weekend, for sponsoring a hole.
Bob Phillips watches John Espey putt.
Some nice ground-cover with flowers planted in several areas on the course.
 
Some of the attractive decorative grass
planted on the course.
Bill Westhoff and Gary Smith watch John Morlan '65.
Marilyn Hicks lets John Morlan know the details of the Skill hole - pay $5 and maybe get double your money back!
Marilyn and Joyce Ditrick add up the money
they have collected.
Team 'Morlan' making their putts on the Skill hole.
Karen and Steve Barnard wait their turn at the Skill hole. Steve had just given Karen her distance to the green and to the hole.
Dave Ewing '57 and Bob Zadrozny
Dave Ewing takes a swing.
Ed McCleaf '57
watches his ball fly straight to the hole!
Everyone enjoys a great lunch in the clubhouse that was prepared by the Phoenix staff.
It included fresh baked chocolate chip cookies that were just scrumptious when warm (for those lucky enough to be in the clubhouse when the cookies came out of the oven!).
Bill Kern announces the winners.
Dick Cooley '51 Jan. came all the way from Ft. Myers, Florida just to buy his winning 50-50 raffle ticket that netted him $47!
The volunteer group gathers for a picture.
Without the volunteers this event couldn't have gone as smoothly as it did.
Thank you volunteers!

Dorance Nichols Hornsby '63, Marilyn Hicks, Beverly Hill Harrison '50, Bill Kern '60 Jan., 2009-2010 Alumni Association President Susie Katon Card '70, Charlie Castle '63, Sandy Badgley Miller '59 June, Joyce Ditrick, and Jim Willis '60 Jan. who left before the picture was taken.