ARTA Annual Golf Tournament
Gerhard Sawatzky | FRTA Planning Chair
On June 21, the Highwood
Golf and Country Club in High
River was the destination for
136 golfers as they played in the
ARTA Annual Golf Tournament,
hosted for the fi rst time by
Foothills Retired Teachers’
Association (FRTA).
The FRTA Golf Planning
Committee was delighted
with the excellent support
the tournament received
from across the province.
Golfers travelled from Calgary,
Lethbridge, Edmonton,
Claresholm, Brooks, Nanton, St.
Albert, Three Hills, Cochrane,
Athabasca, Medicine Hat,
Airdrie, Vermilion, and Okotoks.
Helen McIntyre led twenty
volunteers that included
ARTA president Marilyn
Bossert. Many were not
golfers, but happily supported
the project nonetheless. The
planning committee chose as
the tournament’s venue the
Highwood Golf and Country
Club to celebrate its fl ood
mitigation eff orts and the
complete rebuild of the course
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Early volunteers setting up for the day: Darryl McLeod,
Shirley Crawford, Gerhard Sawatzky, and Arnold Nugent.
with its newly engineered berm
that protects both the golf
course and the neighbouring
residential community.
We can make a signifi cant
donation to the Alberta
Retired Teachers Charitable
Foundation due, largely, to
the very successful mulligan
sales. Thank you to everyone
who planned, volunteered,
promoted, and participated in
this tournament. Not only was it
an excellent golfi ng event, but it
was also a wonderful opportunity
to socialize with old and new
friends from across the province.
Our major sponsors
included the Alberta Retired
Teachers’ Association, Servus
Credit Union, High River TW
Insurance, and Merit Travel. ●