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Thendara Club’s Rally for the Cure golf event announces MAC’s Safe Ride as a beneficiary

On Tuesday July 19, 2011, the Thendara 9- and 18-hole leagues will once again host their annual golf event supporting Rally For the Cure. This year the event will also support MAC’S Safe Ride.

With each Rally event, men and women move one step closer to a world without breast cancer. People are being educated by means of outreach programs and health screenings to one day eliminate this cancer and to help save lives.

MAC’S Safe Ride is a local non-profit organization, created as a result of an alcohol-related car accident that ended the lives of two local young men.

Its purpose is to provide a safe means of transportation for those effected by the use of alcohol. Since the free service was launched this past New Year’s eve, over 400 people have been provided a safe ride home.

The hope of the MAC’s Safe Ride board is to purchase a larger van to meet the increasing demands of the service.

All are welcome to play in this 9-hole scramble format.

Sign up sheets are available at the clubhouse, or players can call Judy Foley at (315) 369-3282, Marylou O’Connell at 357-2828, or Chris Teesdale at 369-2059.

If leaving a message, players are asked to give their name, phone number and handicap for 9 holes. The deadline for signup is Saturday, July 17, after which time the tee times will be posted.

A donation of $20 per player will support the Rally mission and each person will receive early detection information, a complimentary one year magazine subscription and other goodies.

Fees for carts and play are available by calling the Pro Shop at 369-3136.

A variety of fun competitions will be offered throughout the event including a putting contest and closest to the pin on the designated Rally hole.

 

 

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Thendara: St. Pio’s to resume Latin Masses on Sunday, June 19

The Most Rev. Richard Euler, Priest in Charge of St. Pio’s Old Roman Catholic Summer Mission, announces that the first offical Mass of the 2011 summer season will be held Sunday, June 19 at 10 a.m., at 333 Green Bridge Road, Thendara, across from the Old Bottling Plant.

Masses have been ongoing since Ascension Thursday and will continue thru Labor Day. Masses are held each day at 8 a.m. during the week and at 10 a.m. on Sundays. All Masses are the Traditional Mass of St. Pius V presented in Latin.

Euler is the Auxiliary Bishop of the Old Roman Cahtolic Diocese of Florida under The Most Rev. John J. Humphreys, D.D., with churches in and around Florida and Tennessee.

The group is dedicated to preserving the traditional liturgy some 1,500 years old.

Since the Latin Mass has been given greater emphasis in recent years, St. Pio’s offers a summer opportunity to either refresh your memory of this liturgy or to attend and see it for the first time.

All are invited and encouraged to attend.

 

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Shades of Yesteryear: PGA exhibition action returns to Thendara

The Thendara Golf Club will host a 90th Anniversary Golf Exhibition on Saturday, June 18 featuring PGA Touring Professional, Barry Cheesman.

According to George Hilte-brant, president of the club’s board of directors, Cheesman, aka “The Big Cheese,” will be joined in the exhibition by Thendara Golf Pro Richard Chapman and Damon Kull and Colin Criss, the two top players of the Town of Webb School’s golf team.

Hiltebrant said that the club hasn’t hosted a PGA Touring Professional since the early ’70s.

He recalls that the first two pros invited were Arnold Palmer and Sammy Snead, but over the years the club had played host to a number of other pros, including Lee Trevino.

“If it works out well this year, we’re hoping that Barry will come back again and bring another pro with him-and we can start building on more exhibitions,” he said.

The Cheesman visit was arranged by Club Pro Chapman, who got to know him during a Florida visit.

“I went to see him about my game and we worked together a little and played quite a bit,” said Chapman.

“Then last year I thought it would be a good idea to try to get him to come up here to do an exhibition. He was really interested-especially after telling him about Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and all the other big boys that have played Thendara.”

Tim Foley, a member of the board of directors, thought the revival of the golf exhibitions was a great idea and a fitting way to celebrate the club’s 90th anniversary-especially because most of the older club members have fond memories of the pro outings.

The Thendara Golf Club was established in 1921 by the Town’s forefathers who believed it would become a tourist attraction and would give people another reason to visit the area, according to Foley.

“That’s why the club will always be open to the public. Those early exhibitions were also promoted to bring tourists to the area to support all of our businesses. That’s another reason why it’s important to bring them back. It’s another great tourist attraction for our great community,” Foley said.

Exhibition organizers are anxious to see what kind of score Cheesman will post next week as he is known to be one of the longest drivers on tour.

Cheesman is consistently in the top ten in driving distance. He has qualified for the final round in 82 PGA tournaments, with seven finishes in the top ten.

On the Nationwide Tour, he qualified for the final round 94 times, with 18 top ten finishes.

“He could probably drive holes #3, #6 and #7 which are all par 4, and he could possibly drive #11, and #15 depending on the wind’s direction. It will be fun for people to see that,” Chapman said.

Chapman is also looking forward to seeing young golfers Colin Criss and Damon Kull play along with the pro.

“I don’t think people truly understand what we have done with the junior golfers at our club. This is the smallest school out there and they’ve won their first sectional championship ever. It’s a great accomplishment,” he said.

The event is free to all spectators. It will begin at 11 a.m. with a clinic for spectators, followed by a noon Meet and Greet session with Barry Cheesman. Lunch will be available.

The 18-hole exhibition will begin at 1 p.m.

A complimentary party with hors d’oeuvres with a cash bar starts at 6 p.m.

More information is available by calling the Thendara Golf Club at (315) 369-3136.

 

 

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