Lopez Senior Services sponsors golf benefit

Lopez Island Senior Services invites the community to the sixth annual Islanders Bank Golf Tournament Saturday, May 10 at 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the renovation of Woodmen Hall and help support senior services operations.

Lopez Island Senior Services invites the community to the sixth annual Islanders Bank Golf Tournament Saturday, May 10 at 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the renovation of Woodmen Hall and help support senior services operations.

Entry into the four-person team 18-hole scramble tournament is $50 per person. It includes two drinks on the course and a cocktail and filling hors d’oeuvres party following the event. Sandwiches will be available prior to tee-off and free hot dogs after nine holes.

The winning four-some will have their names inscribed on the Jack Saul Memorial Trophy.

Saul was a golfing philanthropist on Lopez. He was instrumental in enlarging the course and improving the quality of the course layout.

Woodmen Hall, on Fishermen Bay Road, was built in 1898 by the Woodmen of America. It was acquired in by Lopez Senior Services in 2003 for in hopes of expanding services in the outgrown space in the basement of the Fire Hall. Lopez Senior Services provides services to senior citizens on Lopez, administering county, state and federal grants for home care, hospice and meals-on-wheels.

For additional information or to register call: the Senior Center at 468-2421 or Carl Bender 468-3901.