CASA of the 31st Judicial District held their 19th annual Father’s Day Charitable Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 14.
CASA was honored and excited to be the first tournament on the newly refurbished Allen County Country Club golf course. “The tournament is always held to celebrate Father’s Day and the important role that Fathers play in raising children,” CASA Director Aimee Daniels said. “But also to celebrate Flag Day and to have some fun while raising funds to increase the capacity of the Court Appointed Special Advocates program in this Judicial District.”
CASA serves Children through the Courts in Allen, Neosho, Woodson and Wilson County. The theme was Fathers and Flags. CASA Board President Cynthia Jacobson assumed the role of host as she is retiring from CASA soon.
“As always, Mulligans were available, you could spin for a hole-in-one, teams used best ball and bogey was your friend,” Daniels said. “Fun was the highlight as well as camaraderie, but competition was fierce in the three-flight tournament and several teams ran neck in neck throughout play.”
Nineteen teams with 74 golfers tee’d off at 9 a.m. while enjoying cool weather and a nice breeze. An afternoon sprinkle provided more relief from heat.
See GOLF, continued on page 3 First place in A Flight was won by Monarch Cement, with team members Steve Sellman, Scott Stryker, Mike Byers and Eric Byers. Second place in A Flight was McIntosh-Booth Insurance No. 2, with members Chuck Gardner, Betty Gardner, Kent Short and Rick Jensen.
First place in B Flight was Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline with members Sterling Barker, Luke Smith, Ron Ballard II and Ron Ballard. Second place in B Flight was Twin Motors Ford with members Doug Stewart, Mike Koehn, Blake Appling and Jeremy Sellman.
First place in C Flight was Nelson Quarries, with team members Dennis Skahan, Larry Hart, Patrick Clift and Rick Clift. Second place in C Flight was Ash Grove Cement CHC, with team members Oliver Bunker, Richard Haslett and Kathy Larson.
Contests during golf were won by Garrett Kalm, Men’s Longest Drive; Kirsten Zenner, Women’s Longest Drive; Steve Sellman, Longest Putt and Kyle Murphy, Closest to the Pin.
Monarch Cement team members generously donated their cash prizes back to CASA to further the program. Prizes for C Flight and the on course contests were donated by CASA Board Member Mike Hofer.
The 50-50 Drawing was won by Becky Carlson for $232 and she generously donated $115 back to CASA. The Lotto Game was won by Steve Sellman. Door prizes were donated by T-Mobile, El Rincon Azteca Restaurant, Allen County Country Club, Connie Burrow, Stone Creek Golf and Bumper to Bumper Auto were won respectively by Luke Smith, Scott Stryker, Kyle Murphy, Larry Walsh, Derick Carr, Jerry Bowman, Scott Cunningham and Brady McDonald.
Coffee, pastries and trail mix were supplied by Prairie Fire Coffee, The Donut Shop and Jennifer Dietsch, State Farm Insurance. Various elements of the delicious BBQ pulled pork lunch were donated by G & W Grocery Iola, Fredonia and Chanute, Walmart of Iola and Chanute, Our Market and Mike Hofer. Cynthia Jacobson provided all the homemade desserts. Robert Poydack donated his smoking expertise. Lunch was cooked and served by CASA Advocates and Friends of CASA Volunteers. Plenty of bottled water and massive amounts of ice were supplied by Pump’n Pete’s Corp, State Farm (Dietsch) and ACMAT.
The tournament was underwritten by the Porter Family and McIntosh-Booth Insurance; Platinum Sponsors were Community National Bank and Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline. Gold Sponsors include Twin Motors Ford, Nelson Quarries, Monarch Cement, H & H Roofing & Restoration, Ash Grove Cement – CHC, Manbeck Law, B & W Trailer Hitches, State Street Liquor, Farm Bureau Financial Services, Sharla Miller, Hofer & Hofer /Mike Hofer and the Wyoming Daniels Clan.
Silver Sponsors include Allen County Regional Hospital, Karen Lee and Orizon Aerostar. Bronze sponsors were Crown Realty, Daniels Auction Service, Access Realty, Farmers Union Midwest Agency and Johnson Vaughn, PA. Over fifty more entities were hole sponsors.
CASA lends extreme thanks to Dennis Skahan and Dan Leslie for stepping up as volunteers to score the tournament. CASA also thanks the 74 players who played in the tournament and those businesses and individuals that sponsored teams and the tournament in general.
At CASA we thank Cynthia Jacobson, retiring CASA Board President for hosting our tournament, giving out the prizes and making dessert. Mike Hofer served as Golf Fundraiser Chairman but was unable to attend.
CASA extends gratitude to Advocates, volunteers and employees who worked the fundraiser including Amy Roeder, Connie Burrow, Calvin Parker, Gail Klaassen, Marie Parker, David Ellison, Robert Poydack, Aimeé Daniels and Mary Ann Goodro for everything they did for this tournament. The 2026 CASA will host the 20th annual Father’s Day Tournament.
All funds raised from this tournament will remain within the 31st Judicial District including Allen, Neosho, Woodson and Wilson Counties to help serve children here in the court system.
CASA thanks everyone for their generosity in helping to fund the CASA program, which is so important in providing advocate services to abused and neglected children. Court Appointed Special Advocates recruits, trains and supports volunteer advocates who the judges assign to children who have been found by the court to be in need of care.
CASA can be reached at 620212-4255, [email protected] or on Facebook at CASA of the 31st Judicial District.
