NORTH NEWTON, KAN.—The Bethel College Alumni Association will host its 21st annual Summer Thresher Golf Classic at Galaway Creek Golf Course, Henderson, Saturday morning, Aug. 2. Bethel College, located in North Newton, Kan., is a four-year liberal arts college affiliated with Mennonite Church USA.
The 18-hole, four-person scramble for men and women promotes fellowship and supports the college through its Alumni Association. Funds raised go toward student-centered activities such as a Student/Alumni Career Night, Student Alumni Association Holiday Feast, Young Alumnus Award convocation, annual Grandparents Day, popular Mud Slam Volleyball Tournament, and Senior Party for graduates at the end of the school year.
All golfers are welcome. Players may register as teams, or as individuals who are then placed on a team.
Registration forms are available at the course (401 S. 15th St.), from the Bethel College alumni office (316-284-5251, <alumni@bethelks.edu>), or at <http://www.bethelks.edu/
Registration cost is $65. However, a $10 discount applies if the form is postmarked or delivered with payment by Thursday, July 24, to Bethel College Office of Alumni Relations, 300 E. 27th St., North Newton, KS 67117. The tournament is free to current Bethel students and to youth in high school in 2014-15.
Hole prizes as well as team prizes will be awarded at a barbecue lunch that follows. The meal is prepared by alumni and friends who attend Bethesda Mennonite Church, Henderson. The lunch is free to those who played. Others are welcome, as well, with a donation requested to defray costs and support the college.
The term “Threshers†refers to Mennonite wheat farmers who founded the college in 1887. Current students as well as alumni refer to themselves as Threshers, and it is the name given the college athletic teams.
Bethel College is the only private, liberal arts college in Kansas listed in the 2013-14 Forbes.com analysis of top colleges and universities in the United States, and is the highest-ranked Kansas college in the Washington Monthly annual college guide for 2013-14. For more information, see www.bethelks.edu.
