LYF’s 7th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta Was a Huge Success
Our 7th annual Cardboard Boat Regatta was held on Saturday, July 23rd at Sailboat beach during an extreme heat wave which didn’t hamper the crowd from attending this popular event! Ten boats were registered in five different categories this year. Below is the list of participants and their rankings.
Ages 10 & Younger
1st Place The Banana Boat Corrado and Cristos Apostolakis
2nd Place Dumpster Diva TJ Murphy and James Sagar
3rd Place Boat R. Fly Emily McFarland
4th Place Soggy Bottom IV Ethan, Natalie and Charlotte Pettyjohn
Allie, Robbie, and Kamiryn Pittman
Ages 11 - 14
1st Place LOW Players “Oklahoma” Thomas and John Paul Gildersleeve
2nd Place Molly Brown Noah Jones
Ages 15 - 18
1st Place Army Ranger Jason Hileman and Anthony Albrecht
Parent and Child
1st Place Thor Max and Rob Yarrow, Timmy Barr
School/Civic/Scout/Club/Business
1st Place U.S.S. LOW Vets Amanda and Brian Stuchel
Mark Albrecht, Nathan Hileman
2nd Place Pingu II (AARP) Bobbie Prees
Pre-Race Awards
Best in Show Thor
Most Likely to Float USS LOW Vets
Titanic The Banana Boat
People’s Choice Molly Brown (collected $68.50 for the LYF Scholarship Fund)
We would like to thank the following businesses: Clearwater Grill for preparing lunch and donating a portion of the proceeds to LYF, Cool Zone for selling ice cream and Norma Hix-Macht of “Colored In Disguise” for her awesome face paintings!
A special thank you to our judges Daniel Benedict (Lions), Courtney Farrel (Lioness Scholarship Winner) and Margaret Darby (LOWA Vice President) for selecting the boats for our pre-race awards. We also appreciate the kayaking services of Terri Karfgin and Kathy Dunn for manning the races from the water in case any mishaps occurred. Jimmy Lee for supplying the kayak and buoys and Melanie Philipp for placing the buoys in the water for the race course. An additional thank you to Mary Kramer for her assistance with the business logo designs on the regatta shirts. Neil Buttimer for graciously accepting the task of M/C for this year’s regatta. Diane Hileman for organizing this entire event for the past seven years.
A final thank you for the financial support of our sponsors: LOW Lions and Lioness Club, Clearwater Grill, LOW Bass Anglers, The Car Doctor, AARP, Coldwell Banker Elite-Suzanne Brady, Cool Zone, and Eleni’s Restaurant. Hope to see you all next year when we will be adding a “Mom’s” category!
Seven Students Earn Scholarships
Seven graduating high school seniors from Lake of the Woods were recently awarded scholarships from several LOW clubs. This is the fifth year that the Lake Youth Foundation has had the pleasure of awarding scholarships.
Danielle Amador was the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship. Amber Breeden, Kelsey Brodkin, Allyson Dodson and Hannah MacDonald each received $500 scholarships. Scholarship funds are sent to the school of their choice. All applicants are judged on academic achievement and community service, as well as an interview with the scholarship committee. The LYF recipients were honored at a brunch held on Sunday, May 22, at the LOW Clubhouse.
For the second year, the Lioness club, represented by Zoila Ortega, joined in the selection process and awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Courtney Farrel. This scholarship is named the Lioness Bridge Scholarship because the funds are raised from bridge lessons taught by Jan LeMieux. Courtney will be honored at the June 9th Lioness meeting.
And this year the Susan Allen Republican Women, represented by Kathy Genson, joined the selection process and awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Danielle Amoruso. She was honored at the May 18 SARWC luncheon.
Every year the scholarship committee, led by Lois Powell, Scholarship Chairman, is so pleased to learn about all the applicants. Committee member sfelt these students have not only excelled in their studies but have also given valuable time to groups, organizations and special causes. They learned that many have tutored students who are struggling in school or worked with younger children in after school programs. The committee was delighted to meet these young folks who have a very positive attitude and influence on our community.
If your group or organization would like to partner with LYF next year to offer an additional scholarship, please contact Connie Buttimer at 972-0083 or send an email to info@lakeyouth.org.