Banners memorializing fallen service members were placed along the paths at the tournament. A Gold Star family is a family which had a direct family member die in the line of duty while serving in the U.S. military in a time of conflict.
August 29, 2022
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Time of Remembrance golf tournament held in Warden
Local golfers swing to support Gold Star families
WARDEN – Golfers gathered at the Sage Hills Golf Club on Saturday morning for the Time of Remembrance Golf Tournament, which raised money for the Time of Remembrance held in Tri-Cities in September. “It actually went really well,” Tournament Organizer Morgan Derington said. “We had a pretty big turnout, I think we had over 15 teams – so, that’s four-person teams that showed up.” Derington said that the tournament was in jeopardy of not happening about a month before they took to the course on Saturday, so he was thrilled to see the community's outpour of support. “For the cause, the Gold Star families of the state of Washington, Idaho and Oregon, it’s really amazing,” Derington said of the support the tournament received. The tournament memorializes Jeremiah Schmunk, a native of Warden who was killed in action in July of 2004. Along with Schmunk the names of other service members from the Pacific Northwest are memorialized on banners throughout the event...