From left are Larry Marsala, Mayville Food Pantry volunteer; Debby Marsala, Mayville Food Pantry coordinator; and Bill Larson, golf tournament chairman and member of the VFW Post 8647 Auxiliary.

CHAUTAUQUA — The recently held 19th annual Lake Chautauqua Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8647 golf tournament raised $4,500 for the Mayville Food Pantry.

The tournament was held at the Chautauqua Hill Golf Course with 92 golfers participating.

“Thank you is not enough for the success of the tournament,” said Bill Larson, tournament chairman and member of VFW Auxiliary. “I would like to thank hole sponsors, prize donors, volunteers, and participants.”

Debby Marsala, Mayville Food Pantry coordinator, expressed her appreciation to the post and its community. She reported an increasing number of families are using the services offered by the Mayville Food Pantry, especially those with children. Nearly 100 households are provided with food each month; most of those families have jobs, but “just cannot stretch their food budget to last through the end of the month due to rising grocery, utility, and gasoline costs.” Federal poverty guidelines are used to determine eligibility.

Located at 99 S. Erie St., the Mayville Food Pantry is affiliated with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. All parishes and service organizations located within the Chautauqua Lake Central School District have a representative on the Board of Directors. The food pantry is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

TOURNAMENT WINNERS

¯ Men’s low team score 60 (Holland, Powell, O’Conner, and Burger);

¯ Mixed low team score 63 (Scott, Tracy, Doug, and Amy Johnson).

¯ Longest Drive: Men – Fred Burger;

¯ Longest Drive: Women – Kathy Deering;

¯ Closest to the Pin: Men – Doug Johnson;

¯ Closest to the Pin: Women – Beth Sacilowski;

¯ Skins: Hole 4 and hole 17 – team Holland, Powell, O’Conner, and Burger; hole 8 – team Jordan, Dunbar, Hoesel, Derbish; hole 11- team Douglas, Latimer, Latimer, Latimer.

¯ High Poker Hand – Tom Jordan;

¯ Low Poker Hand – Brent O’Connell.

¯ 50/50 Giveaway – Vicki Cole.

Sponsors and donors include Lake Chautauqua Memorial VFW Post 8647 and VFW Auxiliary 8647; William L. Travis Ladies Auxiliary Unit 493 (Mayville); Sons of American Legion Post 493 (Mayville); SAL Squadron to Samuel Derby American Legion Post 556 (Frewsburg); Blanche’s Goodie Garden; The Boat Docktor; Certo Beverages; Chautauqua Golf Club; Chautauqua Landscaping; Chautauqua Suites Meeting & Expo Center; Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus; Gren Co.; Ron Hoesel; Paul and Juanita Holthouse; Brenda Houser; Lakeview Hotel; Shannon Larson; Hardtales Magazine; Ken Murphy in memory of Pat Murphy; Val Nelson; Point Chautauqua Golf Course; Jerry Parker; Emily Tarr; Jen Tarr; UAW Local 338 Veteran’s Committee; Westfield American Legion Auxiliary Unit 327; and William Jackway VFW Post 6764 (Westfield).

Volunteers included:

¯ Registration and giveaways — Kathy Jordan, Shannon Larson and Wanda Latimer;

Grillmasters — Ginger Edwards, Val Nelson, and Ezra Weise;

¯ Mulligans – Shannon Larson;

¯ Beverage cart: Chris and Emily Tarr;

¯ Poker Holes: Staci Bemis, Sarah Bemis; Tom Douglas, Clair and Debbie Ohls;

¯Bob Preston, Rhonda Reynolds, and Paul and Kris Yeskey.

¯ Scoring: Ed Bradford and Beth Sacilowski;

¯ Kitchen help and food: Gary Counts, Autumn Maring, Marlene Olson, and Deb Pratt; and

¯ Pig Roast — Mike Krause.

Steve Edwards and Club Manager Jim Thomas allowed use of their trucks to transport all the necessary items from the club to the course and back. Larson also thanked Jim Thomas for securing donations, making behind the scenes arrangements and helping in many other ways we wel as Troy Moss and his staff at Chautauqua Golf Club.