Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

CMI hosts 32nd Annual Firemen's Golf Benefit

Event raises over $5,500

On Wednesday, July 17, Century Mutual Insurance Association held its Annual Firemen's Golf Benefit Tournament. This year's event was held at the Sanborn Golf & Country Club in Sanborn. Century Mutual sponsors the event with all entry fees from the teams being distributed to the fire department of their choice.

Golf started at 9:30 a.m., with 96 golfers comprising 24 teams teeing off.

The annual event is an 18-hole tournament held to benefit the local area volunteer fire departments. This year's event raised $5,876 for the local departments, which will be split among 14 local fire departments.

Sanborn/Hartley Funeral Home, Prins Plumbing & Heating, United Community Bank, and the Hartley Fire Department all sponsored teams for the Hartley Fire Department. State Bank Insurance sponsored a team for the Everly Fire Department.

The winning team was sponsored by Prins Insurance with a score of 60 strokes. A putting contest, coffee, doughnuts, lunch, refreshments and prizes were also part of the day's events.