This years tournament will be on Thursday May 22nd at a new venue: Quail Valley Golf Club in Littlestown, PA. For more information download a golf tournament flyer from here.
In 2013, for the 12th year, 6 local Lions Clubs - Deer Park, Freedom District, Greater Carroll, Roaring Run, South Carroll and Taylorsville-Winfield - joined forces to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association and the Lions Saving Kids Sight Foundation, Inc. (LSKS), which funds the Lions’ Preschool Vision Screening Program. Participation in past tournaments has enabled these Carroll County Lions to donate over $60,000 to Lions vision research programs and the American Diabetes Association.
As a result of last year’s tournament, the American Diabetes Association received $6,127 and the Lions Saving Kids Sight Foundation, Inc. will received $3,157.
Last year’s Captain’s Choice Golf Tournament was held on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the Westminster National Golf Course, 2158 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, MD. 96 golfers enjoyed a continental breakfast, green fees and golf cart, gift bags, team prizes, refreshments on the course, lunch and door prizes. The lowest scoring and first place team included Bob Tobash, Tom Tobash, Rick Kurik and Matt Lattin and was sponsored by the Glen Arm Building Company. The second place team included Greg Witmer, Jeff Witmer, Walt Gassiway and Patrick Witmer. The third place team included Ken Clark Sr., Ken Clark Jr. Josh Miller and Ken Hungier sponsored by Tharco Inc. The Taylorsville-Winfield Lions Club team including Bob Garber, Dick Steiger, Ed Sullivan and Jim Carlock won the first place plaque for the highest scoring Lions Club team.
Bob Garber won the putting contest; Greg Witmer was awarded a prize for being closest to the line; Rick Kurek was recognized as having the longest drive; Dan Duncan was closest to the pin on hole #8 and Bob Tobash was closest to the pin on hole #12. No one was able to achieve a hole-in-one nor win a 2013 Chevy from Jeff Barnes Chevrolet, 6110 Sykesville Road in Eldersburg.
Contributing $500 as corporate sponsors were Tharco, Inc., 1510 Caton Center Drive, Suite M, Baltimore, MD 21227, 410-247-3818, www.tharcoinc.com; Cheryl Leonardi MD, Crossroads Medical Associates, 4801 Dorsey Hall Drive Suite 205, Ellicott City, MD 21042, 410-997-7660, www.cleonardimd.com; Thos. Somerville Co. & A.O. Smith, 16155 Trade Zone Avenue, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, 301-390-9575; Glen Arm Building Co., LLC, 658 Kenilworth Drive, Towson, MD 21204, 410-296-7930; Wells Fargo Bank N.A., 9062 Old Annapolis Rd., Columbia, MD 21045, 410-848-2153; Innovative Earth Solutions, P.O. Box 824, Westminster, MD 21158, 410-751– 3478; Northeastern Supply, 8323 Pulaski Highway, Baltimore, MD 21237, 410-574-0010; M & M Insulation, Inc., P. O. Box 9, Benson, MD 21018, 410- 893-9447.
Contributing $300 as executive sponsors were Garber Home Improvement, 4504 Salem Bottom Road, Westminster, MD 21157, 410-875-2630; Betsy Sullivan, Longaberger Consultant, 4108 Teklen Drive, Westminster, MD 21157, 410 795-4374, www.longaberger.com/betsysullivan; H & E Equipment Services, George Gillis, 625 Kilmarnock Trail, Bel Air, MD 21014; Ferguson Enterprises, 4001 E. Monument St., Baltimore, MD 21205, 410-276-5200; Riverview Insulation, Inc., 316 Trappe Road, Baltimore, MD 21222, 410-285-0506.
Contributing $100 as general sponsors were Roy Rogers, 6 Baltimore Blvd., Westminster, MD 21157; The Joyce Agency, 3933 Avion Park Court, Suite B10213, Chantilly, VA 20151; St. John Properties, 2560 Lord Baltimore Drive, Baltimore, MD 21244, 410-788-0100; General Paving &Contracting Inc., PO Box 18202, Baltimore, MD 21227; Finch Services, Inc., Farm-Lawn & Turf Equipment, 1127 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, MD 21157, 410 848-7211; Roaring Run Lions Club, P.O. Box 190, Finksburg, MD 21048, 410-848-7748; Greater Carroll Lions Club, PO Box 61, Westminster, MD 21158, 410-848-3636; Freedom Foot and Ankle, 826 Washington Road, Suite 206, Westminster, MD 21157, 410-861-5092; Farmers & Merchants Bank, 15226 Hanover Pike, Upperco, MD 21155, 410-833-6600, www.FMB1919.com; Little George’s Markets, Inc., 1709 W. Liberty Road, Woodbine, MD 21157, 410-875-4000; Winfield Liquors
1707 W. Liberty Road; Westminster, MD 21157, 410-875-9516; Gaither Manor Apartments, 7430 Gaither Road, Sykesville, MD 21784, 410-795-1925; Taylorsville-Winfield Lions Club, 5883 Woodbine Road, Woodbine, MD 21797, 410-875-0173; South Carroll Lioness-Lions Club, P.O. Box 1353, Sykesville, MD 21784; R & H Toyota, 9801 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117, 410– 363-2000; Lion Tom Harney, Jr., Westminster, MD 21157; Illiano’s J & P Restaurant Inc., 480 Meadow Creek Drive, Suite A, Westminster, MD 21157, 410-857-0940, www.illianojandp.com; JDL Electric Co., Inc., 1510 Caton Center Drive, Suite P, Baltimore, MD 21227, 410-247-7055, www.jdlelectricc.com; Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory P.A., 1212 West Old Liberty Road, Sykesville, MD 21784, www.burrier-queen.com; Maryland Retina, Sadiq Syed MD, 5963 Exchange Dr. Ste 108, Sykesville, MD 21784, 410-549-1100, www.marylandretina.com; Haight Funeral Home, 6416 Sykesville Road, Sykesville, MD. 21784, 410-795-1400, www.haightfuneralhome.com; Steven Billet MD, 6190 Georgetown Blvd., Eldersburg, MD 21784, 410-795-0929; C & A Automotive, Inc., 1441 B Liberty Road, Eldersburg, MD 21784, 410-795-2211, wwcaautomotive.com; Michael Blair & Associates, Inc., 60 Aileron Court #6, Westminster, MD 21157, 410-876-0076; Lions Zone Chair Barbara Brimigion, Eldersburg, MD 21784; Healthy Hearing & Balance LTD, 1001 Washington Road, Westminster, MD 21157, 410-857-3800, www.healthyhearingandbalance.com; Thomas, Bennett & Hunter, Inc., Ready-Mix Concrete Contractors, “The Right Mix,” 70 John Street, Westminster, MD 21157, 410-848-9030; Green’s Ace Home Center, Inc., 1706 Old Liberty Road, Westminster, MD 21157, 410 875 2660; E.W. Becks Pub, 7565 Main St., Sykesville, MD 21784, 410-795-1001; Elaine Gossage, Agent, State Farm Insurance, 7568 Main Street, Sykesville, MD 21784, 410-795-4090; American Core Drilling & Sawing Inc., PO Box 614, Ellicott City, MD 21041, 410-719-0282; Carroll Hospital Center, 200 Memorial Avenue, Westminster, MD 21157, 410-871-6200, www.carrollhospitalcenter.org; Lion Gary Buchman, Sykesville, MD 21784.
Contributing $50 as business card sponsors were B&D Truck Hoist, 111 John Street, Westminster, MD 21157, 410-876-3522; Olympia Faucets, Inc., 1916 Crain Highway, Suite 20, Glen Burnie, MD 21061, 410-767-8744, www.rgmgi.com; Terri Parkent, Vemma A Nutrition Company, 410-967-0428, http://tparkent.vemma.com; Lanny L. “Doc” Palmer, Long and Foster Realtors, 1425 Liberty Road, Eldersburg, MD 21784, 443-604-8681, www.docpalmer.Infre.com;
Suzanne M. Bradshaw, Edward Jones Financial Advisor, 6220 Georgetown Blvd., Suite D, Sykesville, MD 21784, 410-549-1829, www.edwardjones.com; Don McCombie, No Worries IT.net; 57 Aileron Court, Suite 14, Westminster, MD 21157, 410-751-7650; www.NoWorriesIT.net; and JT’s Collision Repair, Inc., 6345B South Carroll Park Dr., Eldersburg, MD 21784, www.jtscollision.com.
$25 cart sponsorships were provided by Lions Susan and Martin Bonura; Lions Ronald and Judy Kuykendall; and First Class Thoroughbreds, Glen Arm, MD 21057.
Door prizes were provided by Carroll Community College, Waverly Woods Golf Club, Carroll County Farm Museum, Carroll County Arts Council, Shepard Service Center, McDaniel College Golf Course, Common Grounds on the Hill, Steel Wire Products Inc., Santoni’s Marketplace & Catering, Texas Roadhouse, Westminster Car Wash and Detail, Westminster National Golf Course, Finksburg Pharmacy, The Y of Central Maryland, Galloping Goose Vineyards, Stu’s Music Shop, Homewood Suites by Hilton-Columbia, MD, Pritts Funeral Home and Crematory, Lion Mike Madeja, Lion Gary Peltier, Lion Susan Bonura, Lion Jackie Moore, Lion Terri Parkent, Lion Tom Harney, Lion Vicky Mahr, Lion Zone Chair Barbara Brimigion and the Lions Zone III Golf Tournament committee.
Since its inception, programs such LSKS have helped screen more than 30,000 preschool-age children in Maryland for amblyopia and strabismus. Over 2,500 of them were referred for professional follow-up eye exams. Funding provided by the Lions is sorely needed to ensure that the Preschool Vision Screening Program continues as a viable community-based program. Lions support local and wide-scale efforts to control and prevent diabetes and diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of vision loss in U.S. adults.
With 1.35 million men and women serving in more than 46,000 clubs in over 206 countries and geographic locations, Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service organization. In 1925, Helen Keller challenged Lions to become "Knights of the Blind in the crusade against darkness," and we accepted. Today, sight programs remain one of our defining causes.
