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Marathon Classic Prepares to Tee Off
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July 7 - 20, 2015 • Vol. 20, No. 7 • www.sylvaniaadvantage.com BY MARY HELEN DARAH
andy White, director of operations for the 2015 Marathon Classic, is busy preparing for the event that was voted the fifth favorite tour stop by members of the LPGA. The 2015 Marathon Classic will be held at Highland Meadows Golf Club, July 13-19, with an anticipated attendance of over 70,000 spectators. White and her team with one part-time, four full-time employees and four interns, work year-round to orchestrate and manage the event that benefits local children’s charities in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. White first became involved with the tournament while serving as a volunteer through her employer Owens Corning. “I then had a bit of a midlife crisis,” she explains. “I quit my job, went back to school at BGSU and majored in sports management. I worked for the Detroit Tigers until I came to Highland Meadows in 2000 as a sales associate. I have been the director of operations for the past 12 years. I wasn’t even a golfer until my friends dragged me out to play. There really is something to ‘If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.’”
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Swinging into Action
Sandy White, 2015 Marathon Classic Director of Operations, will be seen daily keeping all aspects of the tournament on course at Highland Meadows Golf Club.
A typical day preparing for one of northwest Ohio’s and southeast Michigan’s biggest attractions keeps White on the move. “I take care of all the accounting and online ticket sales. I like to come in early so I can get things done in quiet,” she says. “The rest of the day is nonstop. We have to oversee everything being built and set up on the golf course from the bleachers and skyboxes to the porta johns. We also assign duties to our volunteers—all 1,200 of them.” Volunteers are greatly appreciated and valued by White and her staff. “We have two volunteers that handle mailing out tickets to our sponsors,” says White. “They also sell tickets at the front gates. We highly encourage people to go to Kroger where they can buy one ticket MARATHON CLASSIC TO 8A
ProMedica Flower Named One of 100 Great Community Hospitals Becker’s Hospital Review recognized ProMedica Flower Hospital as one of the “100 Great Community Hospitals.” Flower was compared to other hospitals in the nation with fewer than 550 beds and minimal teaching programs. This is the second year that the hospital has been included in the list. Flower was also recognized in 2014. The Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team selected community hospitals based on rankings and awards from iVantage Health Analytics, Truven Health Analytics (formerly
Thomson Reuters), Healthgrades and CareChex. “For more than 100 years, Flower Hospital’s employees, physicians and volunteers have worked extremely hard to provide the level of excellent care our patients deserve and expect,” said Neeraj Kanwal, M.D., president of ProMedica Flower Hospital. “Our continuous improvement efforts will not stop and our focus remains on our mission to improve the health and well-being of our community.”
Dr. Neeraj Kanwal, M.D.
Farmers Market
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Joelyn Stone bought a scone to eat while she shopped at the market.
Senior Follies
Carole Palenske, the 2015 Senior Follies codirector, is the accompaniest and also sings.
Toledo Zoo
Kevin Wachowiak demonstrated how to stand out in a crowd at the Zoo to Do held June 19.
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