THE ALLEYS OF BOWLING GREEN

Students benefit

The 7th Annual OABA Bowling for Scholarships event, held last week at Varsity Lanes, Bowling Green, OH, netted nearly $5,000 for the OABA Educational Trust Fund. The Fund is used to provide financial assistance for Ohio students pursuing college/university curriculums, which will lead to careers in agribusiness. Twenty-three lanes of bowlers, mostly OABA members, had a great day of bowling, pizza and a general good time all in the "dead of winter." A special thanks to those who planned, participated and/or financially sponsored this so very worthwhile event.

One of the highlights of the day was the auction. In addition to a very "neat" scarlet OSU bowling ball, there was an OSU 2002 "National Champs" football, an OSU "2002 National Champs" football helmet and a "2002 National Champs" poster all autographed by OSU Coach Jim Tressel. In no small part, due to the professional handling of the auction by our own Steve Powell, of FCStone/FGDI Agronomy, the items generated nearly $1,000!

Winners of the day were:

Individual-Flight A: John Ward, J. H. Ward Insurance Agency

Individual-Flight B: Kelly Dee, Representing J. H. Ward Insurance Agency

Team: Town & Country Co-op #1

Mike Badger, Town & Country Co-op
Walt Paxson, Elevator Services & Storage
Mark Trenchard, Town & Country Co-op
Brian Amstutz, Town & Country Co-op

We thank Varsity Lanes, Bowling Green, for their graciousness as our host and for their generous prize and financial contributions, and to J H Ward Insurance Agency for sponsoring the trophies.

Thanks to following for sponsoring lanes:

Advanced Trading
The Andersons
Archer Daniel Midland
Ashland Scale Co.
Blanchard Valley Farmers Co-op
Brechbuhler Scales
Cameron-Crittendon
Cargill Inc
CoBank
Country Star Co-Op
DeBruce Grain
Deshler Farmers Elevator
Donnelly Commodities
Elevator Services & Storage
EMP Coop
Foraker Elevator
GatesMcDonald
GVM-West
Helena Chemical Company
Kraft Foods North America
Land O' Lakes
Lansing Grain Co.
Luckey Farmers
Mennel Milling Co.
Mercer Landmark
Michgan Millers Mutual Ins. Co.
Mid-Wood Inc.
Murray Equipment
PCS Sales
Pioneer a Dupont Company
Southwest Landmark Inc.
Town & Country Co-op
Walton Agri-Service

And, thanks to George Greenleaf and
Glandorf Feed for their cash contributions.

Last, but not least, thanks to the Committee members for their expenditure of time and effort:

John Ward, J H Ward Agency, Chair
Andy Swerlein, Blanchard Valley Farmers Co-op, Vice Chair
Mike Badger, Town & Country Co-op, Prizes
Jill Boyd, Morral Companies
Dan Hines, ADM
Beth Schuster, The Andersons
Eric Winner, Helena Chemical