On Monday, June 6, the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce held its 5th Annual Golf Tournament to raise funds for the Scholarship Program that awards six scholarships to local students including four traditional awards to local high schools: Windham High School, Bonny Eagle High School, Gray-New Gloucester High School and Lakes Region Technical High School, along with two non-traditional awards to students who are currently in the business community and are returning to school to complete a degree or certification program. The goal of these awards is to provide a $1,000 scholarship to a student who plans to further their education and return to the Lakes Region to start a business or work for a current business in the communities served by the SLRCC. In addition, donations will be made to local charities and support programs for area tourism programs of the Chamber.

Through the generosity of our local business members the events of the day are hosted through a series of Sponsorship Programs that provide many amenities for the business and teams that play 18 holes of golf at a local Chamber member golf course. This year’s event was held at Point Sebago and despite the overcast and misty start at noon, 31 teams headed onto the course to engage in an afternoon of networking, socializing, winning events such as closest to the pin, high gross scoring, low gross net, and even had a chance for $1 million in the ever-popular “Million Dollar Shootout!” Following the five-hour event, the SLRCC provided a barbeque and awards event for all of the teams.

A sincere “thank you” is extended to the following Corporate Sponsors of the Chamber:

Signature Sponsor – Norway Savings Bank

Silver Sponsors – Dyke Associates, Mechanics Savings Bank, Northeast Bank

Bronze Sponsors – Allied Real Estate, Maine-ly Marine, Pat’s Pizza

Hole in One Sponsor – Sebago Lake Chevrolet

Banquet Sponsor – Evergreen Credit Union

Beverage Cart Sponsor – Lee’s Family Trailer Sales and Service

Million Dollar Shootout Sponsor – Coachmen

Tee/Green Sponsors – Auto Werke, Brown Dog Promos, Bill & Ruth Crane, Custom Computers Sales and Service, Custom Shingle Sign Company, DownEast Engraving, Edward Jones Investment, Gorham Savings Bank, Key Bank, Land Rover, Lavalley Lumber, Maine Bank and Trust Company, Naples Garage Door Company, Panther Run Properties, Power Pay, Turner Barker Insurance, Potential Released Consulting Services and Seacoast Business Machines.

Congratulations and Thank You to the following teams and participants:

Allied Construction: Roy McPhail, Bill Libby, John Pollard, Gary Kibbler

Allied Real Estate: Tom Noonan and Guests

Austin Associates: Steve Austin, Jeff Leonardo, Phil Doucette, Scott Booker

Auto Werke: Tom and Martha Blackburn, Bruce and Marianne Pulkkinen

Custom Shingle Sign Company: Allen Phinney, Joe Delois, Gordie Holmes, John Lincoln

Dyke Associates – Dick Thurston, John Townsend, Harvey Macomber, Joe Wolverton

Edward Jones Investment: Pete Neelon, John Burqhardt, Ken Bureck, Tom Hugil

Evergreen Credit Union: Tucker Cole, Randy Moses, Darryl Mottice, John Paris

Gorham Savings Bank: Rich Spies, Matt Early, Sean Carroll, Guy Gagnon

Gorham Savings Bank: Bill Tracy, Becky Winslow, Joe Wyse

Gorham Financial Group: Corey Whitehead, Jason Agren, Andrew Smith, Mike Hayward

KTO Builders/Spectrum Real Estate: Tony Vance, Greg Fall, Alan Taylor, Mark Piper

Lee’s Family Trailer Sales – Randy Gardner, Brian Gardner, Happy Sandberg, Kevin McMahon

Little Sebago Gallery & Frame, Inc: Steve Mizerak, Paul Langzette, Tom Noyes, Ken Hincks

Maine Natural Gas – Roy Lane, Ed Gagnon, Pete Parkhurst, Dick Torrey

Maine-ly Marine – Kathy McClelland, Chad Pelletier, Dan Smith

Mechanics Savings Bank – Scott Woodward, Stacy Frank, Dennis Ackroyd, Tim Mathieu

Mortgage Solutions of Maine – Chris Chapman, Mike Kilfoil, Dan Meyer, DerikNarvaez, Bud Harris, Tim Nolan and Guests

Naples Garage Door Company – Keith Hodgdon, Bob Surette, Jeff Bettney, Steve Wallace

Nationwide Payment Solutions – Patrick Allen, Brian Stevens, Jamie Nonni, Bill Rowan

Northeast Bank – Jim Day, Gary Bertucchi, Chirs Delamater, Blair Sanders

Norway Savings Bank – Darrel Herbert, Bud Minot, David Croxford, Paul Robinson

Orion Lending Group – Todd Flaherty and Guests

Pat’s Pizza – Mark Lailer, Aaron Schimke

Portland Safe Consulting & Design – John Fecteau, Brian Sevit, Dave Wilcox, Dale McElleny

Power Pay – Ronnie Bates, Mike Lee, Chris Keene and Guest

Pratt Insurance – Wayne Pratt, Bill Jarvey, Omer Galipeau, Rick Galipeau

Sebago Lake Chevrolet – Mitch Woodbrey, Herbert Woodbrey, Loren Hall, Bob Grondin

Sebago Lakes Region COC – Kelly McKeil, Colleen Allen, Erik Clark, Tom Lavoie

Turner Barker Insurance – Bill Oxley, Alan Parks, Paul Blackman, Mike Alberta

Windham Way Motel – Robin & Michelle Westcott, Henry Westcott

Upcoming Events:

The June monthly Chamber Business Break, a networking event for local businesses, will be held on Tuesday, June 21 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Little Sebago Gallery and Frame, 889 Roosevelt Trail in Windham. This popular Chamber event will be hosted by the following business members: Little Sebago Gallery and Frame, Maine Natural Gas, Cherry’s Ice Cream & Coffee, and Frost and Flame/Sebago Lake Pools. If you are a local business owner and would like to learn more about the Chamber Business and Community Programs, please join us for this upcoming event.