Thursday, July 19, 2018
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Volume 22, Number 22
An exhausting fundraiser By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
Even for three seasoned golf professionals, playing 100 holes in a row is an exhausting endeavor.
Blueberries ready at Hrubiec Farm By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
For 62 years, Southington resident Judy Kizilski has walked the rows of blueberry bushes at Hrubiec Farm in Berlin, filling the homemade blueberry holder her mother taught her to make when they started going to the farm together when she was 10. “It’s just a tradition with me,” she said. Kizilski and her husband, Chic Smedes, were among the first at the farm on Monday, July 9 for the farm’s first full week of blueberry picking this year. When Smedes drove by the farm on the way home recently and saw a sign saying the blueberry season had begun, he rushed home to tell his wife so they could go. With 67 years in operation, stories like Kizilski’s are See Blueberries, A13
The marathon outing generated funds for the Connecticut Professional Golfers’ Association Golf Foundation and the many programs it supports. The threesome’s fundraising effort started around a month and a half before the nearly 12-hour, 100-hole slog, which took place at Shuttle Meadow. They’ve raised over $3,000 and will continue taking contributions through October.
Marc Bayram, head golf professional at Timberlin Golf Course, played 100 holes of golf at Shuttle Meadow Country Club to raise money for the CTPGA Golf Foundation and the Berlin High School golf teams. Devin Leith-Yessian, The Citizen
Bayram, Gavronski and Hedstrom have embarked on the 100-hole challenge for six years.
raised between $12,000 and more than $14,000 from local golfers and the general public.
In previous years, they’ve
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Blueberry picking is open at Hrubiec Farm in Berlin. With over 5,000 bushes to pick from, the season will continue well into August. Devin Leith-Yessian, The Citizen
“I can tell I’m getting old because I’m as sore as I’ve ever been,” said Timberlin Golf Course pro Marc Bayram, who played 100 holes with fellow professionals Tim Gavronski, of Shuttle Meadow Country Club, and Kyle Hedstrom, of Stanley Golf Course, on Monday, July 9.