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Sunny weather and dispositions made for a marvelous day at Pueblo Country Club as supporters, donors and friends of the Pueblo Community College Foundation gathered for the annual golf tournament.
Funds from the annual Fore! Education Golf Tournament support the Pueblo Community College Foundation and its mission to fund scholarships for students who attend Pueblo Community College in Pueblo, Canon City, Durango and Mancos/Cortez. In addition to student scholarships, the PCC Foundation works to raise the funding necessary to support programs of academic excellence at Pueblo Community College.
Winners included:
- Alice Birch, women’s closest to the pin
- JJ Grillion, men’s closest to the pin
- Casey Edwards, men’s straightest drive
- Last but not least team: Baca Properties
- 3rd place team, flight two: Team Erjavec
- 3rd place team, flight one: CSU-Pueblo President’s team
- 2nd place team, flight two: Friends of the Foundation team
- 2nd place team, flight one: Spradley Auto
- 1st place team, flight two: Team Bell, Canon City
- 1st place team, flight one: Team Alire
- Event Co-Chair Carlos Baca and title sponsor Mark Kennedy get ready to start the tournament
- Event Co-Chair Carlos Baca with event announcements
- Mark Kennedy makes some additional announcements
- Ray Erjavec competes his swing
- Orion Birch gets ready to tee off
- Steve Carter, left, Ryan Edwards, Mark Kennedy and Paul Beninati
- Alice and Orion Birch, left, with Ray and Patty Erjavec, PCC President (Alice won women’s closest to the pin and the team won 3rd place, Flight Two)
- Chuck Trujillo, left, Isiah Trujillo, Scott Alire, Victor Solano–they ended up getting first place in Flight One
- Dee Brown, Mike Maffucci, Matthew Valdez, Mark Valdez
- Committee members Sharon Swerdfeger and Ernest Montoya get ready to go out on the course
- Hubert Jones, Quinten Niccoli, Jay McCoy and Stan Rogers
- Bob Robler, left, Tom Urbina, Pat Rooney, Ken Conyers
- Sam Cortese, left, Carl DeSalvo, Dave Kristan, Tom Clason
- Gary Cunningham, left, Bill Drury, Brad Heath, Bob Myers
- Mike Kurtz, left, Michael Johnson, David Allen, Dwayne Cavin
- Jim Morgan, left, Rory Cook, Casey Edwards (who won the straightest drive award) and Mark Campos
- The Farmer’s Insurance team clowning around
- Berniece did the tour of the course in a little cart and iced blankets to keep her cool
- Don Ortega, left, Don Trujillo, Joe Easton and Butch Batchelder
- Ed Mastro, left, Barry Rapp, Eddie Mastro and John Peters
- Mike Somes, left, Ken Lewis, Ken West and Don Colalancia (team won the putting contest)
- Jim Whitmore, left, Sharla Musso, Cody Gardner and Ron Ivan
- Matt Morris, left, Todd Kelly, Donald Moore and Doug Proal
- Martin Ayala, left, Tammy Fesmire, Ron Padilla and Craig Law (they won the Superball contest)
- Dick Federico, left, Mark Kelzer, Dario Garcia and David Phelps
- The District Attorney team jokes around with props
- Bruce Bell, left, Karl Wurzbach, Larry Oddo and Eban Bell–they won first place in Flight Two
- Mike Hannabass, left, Brett Boucher, Martin Bunn and Chris Thompson
- Ron Francis, left, Jeff Shaw, JJ Grillion (he won men’s closest to the pin) and Carl Dirks
- Jon Grude, left, Cliff Kitchen, Emilio Gonzales and Brian Figueroa
- Joe Morton, left, Jimmy Rousch, Liz Finn and Jeremy Hudson
- Bryan Gasperetti, left, Alan Lucas, Michael Milyard and Brian Lucas
- Sam Martinez, left, Sam Segura, Roger Wolfe and Paul Bernier
- Chris Moore, left, Janice Mehle, Sherri Woods and Leslie Shepard
- Scott Robb, left, Paul Depatie, Mike Ingo and Mark Taravella
- Anthony Guerrero, left, Rick Greene, Mike Beaudoin, Jim Martin
- Joel Sebald, left, Doug Stout, Jamie Pedler, Travis Bostic
- Jimmy Walker, left, Dale Dercole, Dillon Thurston
- Ray Quintana, left, Frank Hill, Brandon Kochen and Rick Reed
- Darryl Stephens, left, Ray Swerdfeger, Keith Swerdfeger and Pam Patterson
- Louie Carleo, left, Gino Carleo, Greg Croasdell and Tyler Wright
- Troy Lott, left, Bob Silva, Richard Knudsen and Carlos Baca (they won “Last but not Least” award)
- Jim Brooks, left, John Segura, Shane Irons and Jack Everhart–they won 2nd place, Flight One
- Emcee Mike Engle welcomed everyone
- Dr. Patty Erjavec thanked everyone for their support
- Ron Francis, in blue shirt, accepts an award for his teammate, as Mike Engle, Ray and Patty Erjavec and Carlos Baca look on
- Ray and Patty Erjavec and Carlos Baca give Alice Birch her closest to the pin award
- The “Last but not Least” team–Baca Properties
- Team Erjavec won 3rd place, Flight Two
- CSU-Pueblo President’s Team won 3rd place, Flight One
- Spradley Auto won 2nd place, Flight One
- First place team, Flight Two–Bell Team from Canon City
- 1st place team, Flight One–Team Alire
- Foundation Director Martha Simmons and Mike Engle watch the program from the side of the stage