Fourth annual Good Samaritan Bowl is in the record books
The annual Good Samaritan Bowl, hosted by the Good Samaritan Societies of Mountain Lake and St. James, is now in the record books. Bowlers were able to meet the $15,000 goal – plus have a lot of fun in the process.
The bowling event was held Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3, at Memory Lanes in St. James.
The fundraiser was held to raise monies that will be split 50/50 between the Good Samaritan Societies in Mountain Lake and St. James. Mountain Lake has designated the use of funds raised towards walking paths on their Good Samaritan campus, as well as for independently-controlled heat pumps in each resident room. Funds for St. James will be put towards the purchase of therapy equipment for the rehabilitation remodeling projectd .
The primary sponsor for the Good Samaritan Bowl is Buhler Construction Company of Butterfield.
The list of major sponsors includes Custom Motors of Mountain Lake, First National Bank of St. James, Downs Foods Group of Mankato, Bargen Incorporated of Mountain Lake and Armour-Eckrich of St. James.
KDOM radio of Windom is noted as the event’s major media sponsor.
Lane sponsors are Balzer Manufacturing of Mountain Lake, Herrig Construction of Mountain Lake, Triumph State Bank-Butterfield and Darfur, Peterson Thrifty White Drug and Gifts of Mountain Lake, Prairie Rehab with locations in Sioux Falls and Minnesota, Rognlie’s Nursery of St. James, Birkholz Law Office of St. James and Nu-Way Cooperative of St. James, Ormsby, Trimont, Welcome, Sherburn, Dunnell and Buffalo Center, Iowa.
The list of alley sponsors includes Nickel Construction of Mountain Lake, Odin State Bank of Odin, Gopher Alarms of St. James, Midway Farm Equipment of Mountain Lake, Tri-County Implement-St. James location, BKC Construction of St. James, T & K Transport of Butterfield, Mayo Health Systems-St. James, St. James Federal of St. James, Milk Specialties-Mountain Lake, Butterfield Foods of Butterfield and Observer/Advocate of Mountain Lake/Butterfield (media sponsor).
Raffle prize winners included:
* Outdoor Patio Rocker from By The Yard – Laurel Voelker (Mountain Lake).
* Four Twins Tickets from KDOM Nadeen Mathistad (Butterfield).
* 1/2 Processed Hog from KBQ – Mary Allen (Mountain Lake).
* 1/2 Processed Hog from KBQ – Richard Ringham (Butterfield).
* Two Chanhassen Theater tickets from KDOM – Dianne Vandyke (Mountain Lake).
* Dewalt Radio/Charger from Overson Lumber – Kevin Jones (St. James).
* Four Nickelodeon Universe wristbands from KXAX/KXAC – Judy Jones (St. James).
* Toro Power Shovel from Toro – Jerry Logue (Mountain Lake).
* $100 Casey’s Gift Card from Casey’s – Bear Voge (Mountain Lake).
* Dewalt 80 Pro Drill Bit Set from Lampert Lumber – Molly Clipperton (St. James).
* Two Old Log Theater tickets from KXAX/KXAC – Kathy MacMaster (St. James).
* Two Nickelodeon Universe Moose Mountain passes from KNUJ – LaDonna Stout (Butterfield).
Bowling participant door prize drawing winners were:
* Dianne Lozada – One-month membership to Anytime Fitness in St. James, + 1-hour with a personal trainer donated by Anytime Fitness.
* Julie Schmidt – Toro Electric Blower Vac donated by Runnings of Windom.
* Josh Pfeffer – Two Chanhassen Theater tickets to Mary Poppins donated by St. James Publishing.
Following is a photo gallery from over the course of the two days of the event. Photos are courtesy of Good Samaritan Bowl:
