FEATURE ARTICLE

32ND LAKE ARROWHEAD CHURCH GOLFING FORE CHILDREN CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT AND FUNDRAISER

by Marilyn Biviano, Mike Gibney, Nikkie Frank, Jill Strickland, Todd Tyler, Marcia Terry, and “In Loving Memory” Families; photographs by Marilyn Biviano, Susan Arkin, Bobby DeCoux, Rob Petmecky, and Mike Gibney

What were you doing in 1989? Lake Arrowhead Church was holding its first Annual Golfing Fore Children Charity Tournament. Over the years, many children’s charities have benefited from the proceeds. The secret to the success lies right here in the Lake Arrowhead community.

HOLE-IN-ONE SPONSORS

Day’s Chevrolet of Jasper and Shottenkirk Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (Shottenkirk) of Canton each provided a Hole-in-One sponsorship. One on Hole 13 and the other on Hole 17. Both Andrew Diemer of Day’s Chevrolet and David Booth of Shottenkirk were enthusiastic contributors to Golfing Fore Children. Each of these gentleman care deeply about their community and give back by helping the organizations that are equipped to help at-risk children. It is comforting to know we have such leaders and businesses who are so willing to give back and we are so grateful for their support.

Through the corporate leadership of these companies, we were able to draw in 128 golfers. Please be reminded that and all the money raised from Golfing Fore Children goes to the charitable organizations we support. While nobody won either of the hole-in-one prizes we did have a golfer that came within one foot of a hole-in-one win.

Shottenkirk Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Hole-in-One Jeep

BREAKFAST SPONSOR

The Pitchtree Café

HOLE IN ONE SPONSORS

Day’s Chevrolet, Jasper Dixon Golf Shottenkirk, Canton

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Alston Construction Atlas Collaborative, LLC Haines, Gipson & Associates Luca Electric Plateau Excavation, Inc. Strack, Inc. Farmers, Thomas Insurance Agency My COI, LLC Truelook, Inc. Ultra Commercial Veteran’s Services Malcomb Ware Williams Steele Company

GOLD SPONSORS

Benefield, Shane & Jan Biviano, Joe & Marilyn Exceptional Wildlife, Jeff Ilse Keller Williams Realty, Jeff & Danielle Leshin Lake Homes, Lisa Steele McClellan, John & Meri Shannon, Terry Steve Major Sports Wiginton Fire Systems Windham, John & Janet

HOLE SPONSORS

ACG Wealth Ana’s Salon de Belleza Atlas Collaborative, LLC Atomize Collision Azure by Ryan, LLC Baker Paint & Contracting Bay Equity, Jessica Duetta Bennett, Jim & Dolores Berkshire Hathaway, Kaylin Pound Bloom Hair Design, Inc Bridgemill Dentistry Bryant, Sean Buffalo’s Café, Canton Bus Stop Barber Shop DEAR LAKE ARROWHEAD COMMUNITY:

Lake Arrowhead Church announced raised over $88,000 for at the 32nd annual Golfing Fore Children tournament held on September 24. This is a significant increase over the contributions raised in previous years. On behalf of Marcia Terry (co-chair) and myself, we wish to express our sincere gratitude to the Lake Arrowhead community for your continued support. This is a very special community, full of care, love, and a genuine interest in helping the at-risk children in our community.

The Church gives 100% of the funds raised to four local children’s organizations described in the following article. The four organizations are well equipped to help children in crisis and provide opportunity to change the trajectory of their young lives. As a community, we should feel good that so many kids will be helped through our gifts.

A special thanks to the many donors, hole-in-one sponsors – Day’s Chevrolet of Jasper, Shottenkirk of Canton, and Dixon Golf ($1,000 American Express Card), the 10 Gold Sponsors, 10 Corporate sponsors, 115 hole sponsors, and 128 golfers. In addition, we had over 30 volunteers that made the tournament run smoothly and successfully.

There were numerous heart-felt moments for me - the in-memoriam signs honoring those recently passed in our community, getting the Golfing Fore Children baseball caps celebrating 32 years of giving to the kids, having the honor of Jim Bennett playing in my foursome, witnessing all the smiling faces, and the unity of all the volunteers working together for such a great cause.

Thanks to Uel Kemp and Eddie Carlson for managing and hosting Golfing Fore Children at the beautiful Lake Arrowhead (Highlands) Golf Course and Clubhouse. During these trying times of Covid and supply chain shortages, Uel found a way to accommodate so many golfers. Chef Jason Danneman, Dining Room Manager Elizabeth Raymond and their excellent staffs provided excellent golfing support, lunch, and a memorable awards ceremony.

Mike Gibney

The proceeds of the Lake Arrowhead Church Golfing Fore Children tournament this year go to Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Goshen Valley Foundation (Goshen Valley Boys Ranch), Must Ministries, and Cherokee County Schools Student Services. Please see below for more information on the specific charities.

LAKE ARROWHEAD CHURCH (LAC) GOLFING FORE CHILDREN 2021 CHARITIES (CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS)

GOSHEN VALLEY

Goshen Valley provides hope and healing to foster youth and vulnerable families to cultivate personal healing and generational Change. Their mission is to be the leading provider of trauma-responsive, faith-based services for children, youth and families predicated upon best and most promising practices - to create relational environments that evoke peace and purpose in self and others.

Each year, Goshen Valley has increased the average number of at-risk youths served per day, currently nearly 100 per day per calendar year: they have served over 700 foster youth, seen 8 young men enter the armed forces, have celebrated 51 high school graduations, have facilitated over 30 adoptions and have seen countless families restored through their programs.

The Contact Info for this organization is: The Canton office is located at 505 Brown Industrial Pkwy, Suite 200. Canton GA 30114 - Phone: 770-345-9535 and Website: https:// goshenvalley.org/programs/homes/

Goshen Valley Boys Ranch is located at 387 Goshen Church Way, Waleska GA 30183, Phone: 770-796-4618

FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES (FCA)

The FCA is an interdenominational Christian sports ministry with a mission to see the world impacted for Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes, primarily by working to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church.

In each practice, huddle and game-day play, the FCA seeks to make disciples through their methods of engaging, equipping and empowering coaches and athletes to know and grow in Christ and lead others to do the same. This approach has impacted hundreds of thousands of people with an ongoing echo of love and responsibility through the Gospel. The Contact Info for this organization is, locally: Steven Hyland, P.O Box 5208 Canton, GA 30114, shyland@fca.org .

MUST MINISTRIES

MUST brings people together to minister to others with compassion and love. Their mission is to serve our neighbors in need in the community and in doing so, transform the lives and communities in response to Christ's call. MUST has a vision to become Georgia's most respected Servant Leader - Restoring lives one person and one community at a time.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes Holding its First Evening with Tim Tebow at Woodstock Baptist Church

Drone Picture of the Beautiful Goshen Ranch Campus

Fellowship of Christian Athletes -- Presport Prayer with Cherokee Christian Students

The MUST Ministries Client Services in Cherokee County offer food, housing programs, workforce development and clothing, as well as Breads & Sweets. Clients participate in a variety of classes in the classroom and the computer lab, both staffed by volunteers and staff. The local impact alone helps so many people in and around our local community: families, children, individuals - having served 3,400+ people from July 2020 to June 2021 alone, distributed more than 285,000 lbs. of food from July 2020 - June 2021, managing a 124% increase in housing clients among all programs compared to the 16% increase at the beginning of the pandemic, as well as having worked with over 500 people on job assistance last year, placing more than 300 in stable jobs and returning more than $8.5 million to the local economy.

The Contact Info for this organization is: Phone: (770) 4795397 - Website: https://www.mustministries.org/canton. It is located at 111 Brown Industrial Pkwy, Canton, GA 30114

THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (CCSD)

CCSD is a high-performing public-school system dedicated to “educating the emerging generation” with 40 schools and centers, 4,800 employees and more than 47,000 students - with many families and children in need.

Student Services supports school counselors, social workers, and nurses across the district. Services and resources for homeless children and youth as well as students in foster care are coordinated in Student Services. CCSD is able to provide in specific needs for the child and, sometimes, the family in order to maintain the child in the school learning environment. For instance, a child and/or family may receive:

• Electric payment if a home has no electricity because a parent cannot pay this bill. No child can learn in a home with no electricity. • Gas cards for those families evicted from their home and have moved to another school area with family or friend – these cards enable the family to drive the child to their “home” school and not have to change to a different learning environment • Grocery cards for those families who have no food for the weekend. Roughly one-third of children are in supplemental lunch programs but have no weekend food. Starting the week hungry does not avail the child to good learning. • Assist those children who are homeless and living in their family cars. Unfortunately, this is often “not seen” by many but it is a fact in Cherokee. • Social and emotional learning and suicide prevention initiatives

CCSD is committed to educating the emerging generation through learning environments designed to increase the performance of all students. Please contact your local school counselor if there are questions regarding a specific school within the system. Their names by school can be found at https://www.cherokeek12.net/Content2/schoolcounselors. Dr. Ben Lester is the Director of CCSD and can be reached at ben.lester@cherokeek12.net.

Cherokee County Fellowship of Christian Athletes conducting worship for 100 children at LAC Mega Sports Camp

MUST Book Van Giving Out Books to Cherokee County Children

MUST Staff and Volunteers Organizing a Childrens Event Cherokee County Public Schools Graduating Class of 2021 Return to Their Elementary School

2021 High School Graduates Jumping for Joy -- They Made It

Cherokee County Schools Mobile Agriculture Classroom at Clark Creek

HOLE SPONSORS

Canton CBD Store Canton Chevrolet, Russell Juliani Canton Insurance Agency, Michael Chastain Canton Northside Pharmacy Canton Termite & Pest Control Chambers, Sue & Chuck Cloud Supply Cotton Mill Exchange, Steve Sinatra Dalton Marine Daniel’s Home Services Darby Funeral Home Darryl’s Rock Work Davis, David Donohue, John & Lorraine Durden, Polly Edward Jones Elwell DMD PC ERA Sunrise Realty Farr, Nelson Fowler Insurance Agency, Inc. Georgia Medical Treatment Center Green Heating & Cooling Hair Etc. Haley, Timothy Hasting’s Heating & Air, LLC

HOLE SPONSORS

Herndon, James & Charlotte Herndon Heating & Air Conditioning Co. Hopper, John Howard’s Auto Body Hyder, Hugh Infiniti Roofing & Remodeling J. Stevens Painting JFM Contracting, LLC Johnny’s Pizza Chevrolet of Canton KBD Foundation Ken McGarry Homes, Inc. Kilger, James Lloyd Family Dental Care Lumpkin, Elvis & Judith Maid In America Majestic Lifestyle Builders Malone Agency Maples, John Maxwell Construction Group May, Kathy Mid City Pharmacy Mid South Roof System Miller, Tony & Donna Moss Family Chiropractic Olson, Howard & Lois

HOLE SPONSORS

Olson, Timothy & Michele Pearson, Victoria Petmecky Law Group, LLC Poidevant, John & Joanne Precision Motors Puerta De Oro Taqueria & Cantina Raydeo Enterprises Red Oak Painting Reinhardt University Resilient Horizons Roth, Jim S&H Tire Sales Salon Soleil Scrubs n Essentials Senior Helpers of North Georgia Shear Design Salon Shoffstall, Jack Sister Circle Smith, Dianne Sosbe, Brenda Sosebee Funeral Home South Canton Funeral Home & Chapel Southernite Interiors State Farm Insurance Agency, Jey Willis Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor Strickland, Jill

DON SOSBE TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES

To all of our Lake Arrowhead Church family and neighbors,

Please accept our family's deepest gratitude for your prayers, love, and support. Don's faith, love, resilience, and endurance touched many lives.

“Keep on Keepin’ on”--Don

He will forever be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend.

Isaiah 40:31 "They that wait upon the Lord, shall renew their strength." W. C. TYLER, LOVING FAMILY MAN

A trusted and beloved son, Dad, Paw-Paw and brother in Christ.

He will be missed as a strong, loving man, a benevolent provider, a font of knowledge, a fixer of anything and a defender of honesty and truth.

Dad, we’ll see you soon enough in Glory and can only imagine the wonders Jesus is showing you even now.

We love you Dad.

HOLE SPONSORS

Sugar Rock Corporation DBA Shade Systems Swords & Phelps, DDS PC Tarquinio, Thomas & Susan Terry, Marcia The Basket Shack Café Thomas, Connie Thomas, Susan Thomas Insurance Agency, Inc. Townes, Dwight & Elizabeth Turner, Jamie Volcano House Warnke & Associates Warnock, Michael Watts, Pitt & Georgia Williams, Susan & William

CONTRIBUTORS A Touch of Beauty Salon Allison, Traci B Loved Bennett, Jim & Dolores Brooklyn Joes Canton Waleska Flower & Gifts Chamber House Classy Nails

HOLE SPONSORS

Cotton Mill Exchange Angela Gibney, Vintage Vixen Judy Nesbitt, Handmade Vintage Repurposed Stephanie Rainey, The Appleseed Mike & Robin Rogers, Rustic Designs Suzanne Skelly, The Soggy Bottom Barn Caroline Ziplein, CZ Chic DeCoux, Misty Dietz, Jeff Downtown Fringe Embry, Hollene & Naylor, Susan Etowah Veterinary Hospital Feather’s Edge Vineyards Fowler’s Florist Frank, Nikkie & Tom Garland Mountain Sporting Clays & Grill Georgia Rustic Woodworks Georgia Rustic Candles Hana Steak House Hopson, Steve J. Michael Prime

HOLE SPONSORS

Kaiser, Vikki Kay’s Jewelry KYSC LaBamba Lake Arrowhead Men’s Golf Assoc. Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club Langeland, Karen Local on North Lynn, Gary Mathis, Billie Newks NT Nails Perotti’s Pizza Planet Fitness Publix Renansant Bank Riverstone Corner Bistro Rocco’s Pub Rose, Jill Shampoos & Main Creations Studio 5 Thomas, Rachel Williamson BBQ

OUR LOVE FOR YOU WILL NEVER END, LU EISENHART

Mom (Lu), we remember your love for the Lord, your love for others, your bright smile, positive spirit, British accent, and the sparkle in your eyes. Our love for you will never end as we strive to carry -on your legacy in the days ahead.

Although your Earthly light has been extinguished; your light will continue to shine brightly in our hearts forever until we are reunited once again in Heaven; never to part again.

We Love You GUY F. MATHIS, LOVING FAMILY MAN AND FRIEND

Loving husband of 64 years, father of three children, Janet, Tim, Greg, granddaddy of six grandchildren, Brittany Thibodeaux, Marshall Smith, Lindsay Dabbs, Clayton, Mason, and Travis Mathis, great grandaddy of Mali, Bodi, and Lexie Dabbs.

Guy was a resident and friend of the Lake Arrowhead community for 24 years. With so many fond memories of his presence and good-natured humor—he will always be missed at our family gatherings.

Guy, we will always remember you, with our love.

2021 GOLFING FORE CHILDREN TEAMS

Lake Arrowhead Church Golfing Fore Children 2021 TOURNAMENT WINNERS -- COMPLETE LISTING

Flight 1, 1st Place: Bernie Orban, Rick Bondie, Adam Johnson, Chuck Torres Flight 1, 2nd Place: Al Keel, Mike Whatley, Marty Parris, John Tyner Flight 1, 3rd Place: Steve Hopson, Brian Evans, Tom Karcz, James White Flight 2, 1st Place: Mark Edwards, Keith Gervickas, Jeff Sarauer, Kevin Aines Flight 2, 2nd Place: Robert McGurk, Bob Gusick, Randy Phillips, Jeff Schwartz Flight 2, 3rd Place: Don Rakestraw, Cee Rakestraw, Rick Elder, Hal Walls Flight 3, 1st Place: George Edwards, Randy Sharon, Mike Mullinax, Charlie Ehrman Flight 3, 2nd Place: Tom Downs, Jim Cole, Steve Cannan, Dick Lewis Flight 3, 3rd Place: Geoff Iles, Ty Olney, Jeff Gelinas, Mathew Olson Flight 4, 1st Place: Team 9A, Gary Lynn, Rich Langeland, Tim Bearden Flight 4, 2nd Place: Team 1B, John McLellan, David Levy, Al Riley, Brian Bazemore Flight 4, 3rd Place, Team 3A, Steve Major, Tony Miller, Monty Watson

2021 Tournament Winners Flight 1 1st Place Team 17: Bernie Orban, Rick Bondie, Adam Johnson, Chuck Torres

Flight 1 | 2nd Place Team 18A: Al Keel, Mike Whatley, Marty Parris, John Tyner

Flight 4 | 2nd Place Team 1B: John McClellan, Brian Bazemore, David Levy, Al Riley

Flight 2 | 1st Place Al Edwards, Keith Gervickas, Jeff Sarauer, Kevin Aines

Flight 2 | 2nd Place Team 12B: Robert McGurk, Bob Gusick, Jeff Schwartz, Randy Phillips

Flight 2 | 3rd Place Team 16A: Don Rakestraw, Cee Rakestraw, Rick Elder, Hal Walls Flight 3 | 1st Place Team 8A: George Edwards, Randy Sharon, Mike Mullinex, Charlie Ehrman

Flight 3 | 2nd Place Team 10A: Steve Cannon, Tom Downs, Jim Cole, Dick Lewis

Flight 4 |1st Place Team 9A: Gary Lynn, J Pendergast, R Langeland, Rich MacNelly

SPECIAL PRIZES

Ladies Long Drive — Polly Balint Men’s Senior Long Drive – Bruce Roberts Men’s Long Drive – Brian Verdi Closest to Pin #2 – Steve Cannan Closest to Pin #17 – Larry Adams

Larry Adams Closest to Pin 17

Polly Balint Ladies Long Drive Steve Cannan Closest to Pin 2

BOB ROSE, BELOVED FAMILY MAN AND WONDERFUL NEIGHBOR

Thanks for all the kindness shown to our family.

Bob enjoyed all the fun happenings living In Lake Arrowhead gave him besides the beauty of the place.

Bob loved playing tennis and Karaoke and our neighborhood church. His fun personality and happy spirit will be so missed.

So long dear friend.

PAULINE (POLLY) PARSONS BELL, GENEROUS, LOVING MOTHER, AUNT AND FRIEND

Loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Mom (Polly) was a kind, hardworking, and generous person who led her good life by example. Her faith in God was strong and she prayed for everyone, even people that she didn’t know. She loved her long life and seemed to easily endure and overcome horrible diseases and personal setbacks. She is no longer held back by crippling disease; Mom, we hope you are dancing in heaven.

All our love, Joe and Marilyn Biviano, Roseanna Bell, Earl and Lisa Bell, Carolyn Bell and all the grandchildren. LOVING CHRIS BENWAY, LOVING FAMILY MAN AND EVERYONE’S FRIEND

Loving husband, father, and always my (Jennifer’s) best friend. Chris was always the life of the party and larger than life itself anywhere he went. His charisma and fun-loving personality were contagious for all that came in contact with him. He was someone that everyone wanted to be around.

Thank you Lake Arrowhead community for all your support and the love you gave to Chris and our family.

Chris, my best friend, you will be missed.