聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Wawota Lion鈥檚 22nd Annual Farmers鈥� Golf Tournament was once again a success. This year the event was hosted at the White Bear Lake Golf Course and welcomed 112 golfers out for the day, up from last year鈥檚 108 participants.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he weather cooperated and it turned out to be a really nice day,鈥� tournament organizer and Lion鈥檚 member, Joel Carpenter, explained. 鈥淚t rained on the Thursday and again on the Saturday, so it was nice we got to fit golfing in on the Friday.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The day began with breakfast and a shotgun start. While making their way through the course they had the opportunity to visit and network with fellow farmers and ranchers. Businesses in the agricultural sector were also out and about.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Darryl Barker of Louis Dreyfus Company, who was out deep frying chicken wings for the participants said he鈥檚 personally come out to the event for the last five years and enjoys it: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great way to say thank you to those who do business with us, but mostly it鈥檚 just something we can do to support the Lions Club in Wawota.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t was a really good day,鈥� Carpenter added.
