Fore the Flames Golf Tourney, 2022

April 30, 2022 / Andrea Wenger

A record turnout of 40 teams and more than 150 golfers enjoyed ideal spring weather for the annual Fore the Flames Golf Tournament, raising more than $38,000 for student financial aid and the athletics program.

The tournament took place April 29 at Heritage Oaks Golf Course in Harrisonburg and was organized by members of the Eastern Mennonite School Alumni Board and other alumni and parent representatives.

A highlight of the day was a hole-in-one on the 17th hole by Jeff Souder, golfing with the Special Fleet foursome, winning a set of Callaway X hot irons.

It was the first time a raffle was added to the mix which raised $1,353 for a new volleyball net system. The winner, Jeff Forbes, earned a week at the Outer Banks, thanks to donor Trevor Parmer ’90, committee co-chair.

The planning team included co-chairs: Parmer and Mattias Clymer ’06. Diana Berkshire ’70, Ann Eberly ’64, Stephanie Forbes, Joy Kingsley-Ibeh ’93, Eric Martin ’72, and Chris Slonaker, golf team coach. EMS staff: Erin Hess, Trisha Blosser, Andrew Gascho, Paul Leaman, and Andrea Wenger

Thank you to our sponsors:

LD&B Insurance and Financial Services, lunch sponsor
Rockingham Steel, flames family sponsor
Weaver’s Flooring America, hospitality sponsor
VistaShare, hospitality sponsor
Classic Kitchen & Bath, putting green sponsor
PBMares, putting green sponsor
Gaines Group Architects, beverage cart sponsor
Horizons Edge, scoreboard sponsor
Asa & Kathleen Graves, scoreboard sponsor
Beachy & Arehart PLLC, driving range sponsors

Royal blue hole sponsors

BioLife Plasma Services
Harman Construction, Inc.
Park Rose Village
Park View Federal Credit Union
R.S. Monger & Sons Inc.
Special Fleet Service

Hole and hole-in-one contest sponsors

F&M Bank
Bear Creek Outdoor Living
Maplewood Valley Ranch
Schlabach Drywall, Inc
McEneely Family
Buffalo Wild Wings
MSL Consulting
InterChange Group, Inc.
Kreider Four Seasons Equipment
Cornerstone Concrete Foundations
Venture Builders Inc.

Student golfer and student support sponsors:

Landes Heating & Air Conditioning
Weyers Cave Medical Center
Bear Creek Outdoor Living
Asa & Kathleen Graves
Jay & Cynthia Veenis
Winchester Group
VMRC Foundation

In-kind sponsors:

WBTX Radio, media sponsor
Eddie Edwards Signs
Pepsi (PCVA)
EMS Food Science Nutrition Class
Strite’s Donuts
Greenberry’s Coffee

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Erin Kennedy Hess, advancement assistant, makes sure the all-important coffee is ready by 7:30

The day started out chilly! Jeff Shank, board chair and LD&B golfer, chats with Trisha Blosser, EMS development officer

Edgar Miller and Ramona Rios

Sam Weaver '52 checks in.

Sherm Eberly, Dave Bechler, Andrew Gascho

Jeffrey Smoker '12, Kreider's Machine Shop manager

Kreider's Machine Shop donated $9,000 toward the mower of choice for a hole-in-one. Jeffrey Smoker '12 represented Kreiders.

Golf coach Chris Slonaker chats with Justin King, high school principal, and Andrew Gascho, athletic direcotr.

Sponsors Harman Construction, Inc.

Loren Swartzendruber's team

PB Mares team

LD&B Financial Services team #2

Shout out to our senior golfers! Kenneth Zehr, J. Edward Collins, Sam Weaver, Irv Weaver.

Sherm Eberly's team

Ramona (Steiner '94) Rios, alumni board member from Colorado

LD&B Financial Services, team #1 included Trevor Parmer on the left (co-chair of the golf tournament planning team), and Jeff Shank (second from right), EMS board chair.