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Thank you to the VHEDC Golf Committee :
Megan Dohmen , Frandsen Bank & Trust
Nolan Wall , City of Vadnais Heights
Gerry Urban , Urban ’ s Farm & Greenhouses
Scott Haupt , SEH
Samantha Lucio , Hallberg Engineering
Brian Deuel , Olsen Thielen CPA ’ s
Kyle Sommer , Toshiba Business Solutions
We also appreciate our volunteers : Cindy O ’ Donovan , Tara Jebens- Singh , and Rebecca Longen .
discount . A $ 500 Par sponsorship includes a foursome at a 25 percent discount , and a $ 300 hole sponsorship provides companies with signage at the hole they sponsor .
All sponsors will receive social media and website recognition . To sign up just for participation in the tournament , a foursome sells for $ 900 , an individual can participate for $ 250 , and dinner only tickets are $ 50 per person . To sign up for a sponsorship of the 2024 tournament , or purchase individual tickets , go to VHEDC . com / golf
The 2023 Keith Warner Memorial Annual Golf Tournament
A total of 110 golfers competed for bragging rights in the 2023 Keith Warner Memorial Annual Golf Tournament on June 26 , 2023 at the Dellwood Country Club . After expenses were covered , the event raised more than $ 15,000 for the VHEDC ’ s Business Education Partnership fund , which addresses local workforce development issues . More was raised through sponsorships , entry fees , raffles , and a few new activities .
For the 2023 event , Frandsen Bank & Trust , was the $ 2,500 Eagle sponsor . BizRecycling and Ramsey County Workforce Solutions were $ 1,500 Birdie sponsors . The $ 500 Par sponsors were Market & Johnson and Olsen Thielen
CPA ’ s . Buerkle Honda and Buerkle Hyundai teamed up to be the Hole in One sponsor . The Northeast Metro Young Professionals team sponsor was GDO Law .
Market & Johnson sponsored a new addition to the golf tournament in 2023 : a golf ball launcher made available to those who needed help with their long drives , and were willing to pay for it .
“ Instead of driving the ball to get started on a hole with a Par 5 , they were able to pay to launch their ball onto the green . It launches the ball up to 300 yards . We set the price at $ 10 per person for use of the launcher , and $ 30 per team . Somebody on our golf committee came up with the idea , and using it raised an extra $ 300 ,” said Megan Dohmen , Vice President of Fransden Bank & Trust of Vadnais Heights , and Chair of the Golf Committee . Dohmen has been one of the event organizers since 2010 .
In addition to raising money through ticket sales , sponsorships , and use of the golf ball launcher , there was also a wine
pull event in which people donated $ 10 , then got to pick a mystery bottle of wine from the table . Wines were specially wrapped in cellophane for the event , and ranged in value from $ 8 to $ 20 .
Plus , a raffle was held for such items as a day of golf for a foursome at Dellwood and tickets to a St . Paul Saints game . The raffle raised $ 2,400 .
VHEDC is proud to offer recognition to the top performers in the tournament itself . Congratulations to the 2023
Keith Warner Memorial Annual Golf Tournament contest winners :
1st Place Team : Attorneys Title Group 2nd Place Team : Market & Johnson
15th Place Team : LGH Wealth Management
Additional Sponsors Raffle and Prize Sponsors : Dellwood Country Club , F & M Bank , Press Publications , TCM , Olsen Thielen , Xcel Energy , Top Ten Liquors
Wine and Beer Sponsors : Urban ’ s Farm & Greenhouses and GDO Law
Thank you !
About Keith Warner
During his lifetime , White Bear Lake resident Keith Warner won numerous awards for his outstanding commitment to community service . The Mayor of White Bear Lake declared Nov . 25 , 2013 , as “ Keith Warner Day ,” just two weeks before he died of brain cancer at the age of 78 .
After retiring from the banking and milling industries , Warner served as the VHEDC ’ s executive director from 2008 to 2013 . He is credited with transforming VHEDC ’ s organizational focus from “ Open for Business ” to “ Taking Care of Business .”
“ Keith was a master organizer and brought people together , dialing down objectives and transforming people ’ s ideas to get things done . He was a bulldog — persistent until you said yes — and then he handpicked people to make it happen ,” said former Vadnais Heights City Administrator Gerry Urban .
Before he got sick , Keith Warner and his wife , Patty , co-founded the Relay for Life event in White Bear Lake in remembrance of their daughter , Lori , who they lost to colon cancer . The Relay for Life has raised almost $ 7 million to date .
Patty Jean Warner passed away in early 2024 .
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