Golfers get in the swing for DARE
<p>Bonners Ferry Deputy Chief of Police, Joel Minor takes a put at the DARE golf tournament held at Mirror Lake Golf Course on July 1.</p>
The first Drug Abuse Resistance Education night golf tournament was a glowing success.
“Everyone who participated got a prize and the tournament was a blast,” said Bonners Ferry deputy chief of police Joel Minor.
Minor and DARE officer Cpl. Tiffany Murray organized the glow in the dark golf tournament as a fun event community members could take part in, while supporting one of the county’s most pride programs for students, DARE.
DARE is taught to fifth graders of Boundary County School District by Murray her assistant David Koon and her partner a chocolate lab and drug sniffing dog, Sally Sue. The trio teach the 10-week program that has been a part of fifth grade curriculum in Boundary County for over twenty years.
All proceeds from the tournament entries and sponsors go to benefit the local DARE program.
About six teams of four played in the scramble tournament that went into the late evening Friday at Mirror Lake Golf Course.
First place winners were Jamie Porter, his son 11-year-old Junior Porter, Kevin James and Boundary County Sheriff Greg Sprungl. They won golf passes to the Coeur d’ Alene resort golf course.
Minor and Murray appreciate the continued support for the local DARE program by community members and businesses who stepped up for this event.
The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Kootenai River Inn, Pace Kerby and Associates, the Pizza Factory, Mountain West Bank, Misty Mountain Espresso, Bread Basket Bakery, Bonners Ferry Herald, Liberty Gas Station and Far North Outfitters sponsored the first night DARE golf tournament.