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Centralia VFW holding golf, BBQ lunch fundraiser Saturday

Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 7:38 pm

The veterans of Centralia VFW Chapter 6276 are working to help their fellow veterans as well as the  patients of the Missouri Veterans Hospital.

They are hosting a golf tournament, 9 a.m. Saturday Aug. 17 at the Centralia Community Golf Course.

Veterans Dennis Mills, left and Ed Torreyson have been promoting the chapter’s golf fundraiser this weekend. Listen below to them discuss the BBQ golf benefit. Fireside Guard Live! audio sponsored by Janet Thompson for Northern Boone County Commission.

Ed Torreyson, along with Dennis Mills, speaking to nearly 20 members of the Centralia Kiwanis Club, the tournament would be a good time for golfers and non-golfers.

“It’s an 18-hole, two-person, alternating shot, one bag of golf clubs, you and your partner get to  have six golf-clubs, that’s all  you can have in your bag to play your golf with,” Torreyson said. ”It will probably help some peoples’ games but may hinder some others’.”

For the complete article, read this week’s edition of the Centralia Fireside Guard.