20th Annual D.A.R.E. Golf Tourney set for June 15

Come out and have fun and help a good cause too at the 20^th Annual Custer County D.A.R.E. Golf Scramble on Saturday, June 15.

This benefit event will be held at the Broken Bow Country Club, starting with a Shotgun Start at 10 a.m. All proceeds will go directly to Custer County D.A.R.E.

The 18-hole scramble is open to four-person teams, and the registration fee of $35 per person includes green fees, lunch and mulligans. Cash prizes will be awarded to winning teams, and everyone will be eligible to win flag prizes and door prizes.

To register a team, please call 308-872-6424 and ask for police secretary, Carol Allen. To reserve a golf cart, please contact the Broken Bow Country Club at 308-872-6444.

67 golfers compete in 19th annual event...

Hanson, Rowden team tops D.A.R.E. Golf Scramble

Bill & Larry Rowden with Nate & Dan Hanson

A team of two fathers and sons, Dan and Nate Hanson and Larry and William Rowden, took top honors on Saturday, June 23, 2012 in the 19^th Annual Custer County D.A.R.E. Golf Scramble at the Broken Bow Country Club.

The Hanson/Rowden team finished first place in the championship flight among a field of 67 golfers at the fundraiser for the Custer County D.A.R.E. program. All proceeds from the scramble and many generous donations from area businesses and individuals went directly to the D.A.R.E. program, which has been bringing Drug Abuse Resistance Education classes to area fifth and sixth grade students since 1990.

Complete results in all four flights were as follows:

Championship Flight

1^st place – Dan and Nate Hanson, Larry and Bill Rowden, 2^nd place – Mike and Denise Steckler, Roland and Mary Jo Peterson, 3^rd place – Kent Westling, Kendall Storms, John DeMoss and Roger Wenquist

First Flight

1^st place – Barrett Gibbons, Levi Johnson, Jeff Fauss and Travis Klanecky, 2^nd place – Andy, Renae, Trey and Cole Allen, 3^rd place – Scott Williams, Troy Barnum, Craig Davis and Dale Florea

Second Flight

1^st place – Diane Spangler, Teri Sell, Chris and Lorna White, 2^nd place – Kevin Fielder, Jerry Marple, Steve Staab and Nick Krause, 3^rd place – Lori Fenton, Carissa Flenniken, Marilyn Staab and Amy Hostetler

Third Flight

1^st place – Blaine Gibbons, Steve Bowers, Kyle Drake and Emily Bargell, 2^nd place – Brad Parliament, Jason Stevens and Rocky Tibbs, 3^rd place – Three-way tie: Jeff, Aaron and Alec Rogers and Matt Osmond, Steve Scott, Jesse Pandorf and Heath and Mike Paulsen and Dan and Pat Osmond, Clint Lewis and Casey Lange

Instructors reach students across county

Capt. Dan Hanson

Sheriff. Dan Osmond

Two Custer County law enforcement officers bring Drug Abuse Resistance Education to students across the county.

Capt. Dan Hanson of the Broken Bow Police Department teaches classes in Broken Bow.

Sheriff Dan Osmond of the Custer County Sheriff's Office instructs students from Anselmo-Merna, Ansley, Arnold, Callaway and Oconto.

What is D.A.R.E.?

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is a program for young students, instructed by uniformed law enforcement officers. D.A.R.E. instructors work with students to raise their self-esteem, teach them how to make decisions on their own and help them identify positive alternatives to drugs.

Since 1990, Broken Bow Police Department and Custer County Sheriff's Office have brought the D.A.R.E. Program to approximately 300 fifth and sixth graders in the county each year.

In Broken Bow, the program involves three classes of fifth graders at Custer Elementary School, averaging 75 to 80 total students per year. Following the 10- week program, students celebrate completion of the class with D.A.R.E. graduation and a Lock-In Party that further reinforces peer acceptance of a drug-free lifestyle.