OABA Bowling for Scholarships Recap and Winners

Nearly $5,000 Raised for Educational Trust Scholarship Fund

Last Friday (Feb. 10), 92 Ohio AgriBusiness Association (OABA) members came together for the 2012 Bowling for Scholarships event in Bowling Green, Ohio. The event is held annually to raise money for the OABA Educational Trust, which provides scholarships to college students with an agribusiness focus enrolled at various colleges around the state. Through bowler registration, event sponsors, and an onsite 50/50 drawing and auction, the event raised nearly $5,000 for scholarships.

In addition to being charitable, many of the bowlers were focused on the competition! The results from this year’s bowling event are as follows.

• First Place Team – Mid-Wood Inc., comprised of Tony Romaker, Charlie Schoendorf, Scott Barnhisel and Phil Rupright
• Second Place Team – ABIS/JH Ward Agency, comprised of Brad Gorton, Elliott Ward, Curtis Kummerer and John Henry Ward III
• "A" Flight Individual Winner – Jimmy Beaupre with Deshler Farmers
• "A" Flight Runner-Up – Sean Richardson with Varsity Lanes
• "B" Flight Individual Winner – Kyle Hogrefe with Deshler Farmers
• "B" Flight Runner-Up – Jason Zilles with The Andersons Inc.

To see photos from the event – including award winners and bowling teams – “Like” the OABA’s Facebook page; click here, and then click the “Like” icon at the top of the page.

Thank you to our 25 event sponsors – listed below – for contributing more than half of the total amount raised!

• The Andersons Inc
• Ashland Scale Co Inc
• Blanchard Valley Farmers Co-Op
• Bunge North America Inc
• Central Ohio Farmers Co-Op Inc
• CoBank
• Country Hedging Inc
• Deshler Farmers Elevator
• Elevator Services & Storage Inc
• FGDI/Agrex Inc
• Honorary Member – George Greenleaf
• Kale Marketing
• Kraft Foods Global Inc
• The Mennel Milling Co
• Mercer Landmark Inc
• Morral Companies LLC
• Northern Ohio Grain Co-Op Inc
• Ohigro, Inc
• Potash Copr/PCS Sales
• Farm Credit Services of Mid-America