Legal Mutual Golf Outing Raises Over $3,600 for Pro Bono!

The 5th Legal Mutual Customer Appreciation and Charity Golf Tournament, held at Hunt Valley Golf Club on September 13, 2004, was a rousing success and raised $3,669.00 for the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, the food was delicious, camaraderie was rampant and everyone had a truly wonderful time.

The winners were:

	FIRST PLACE: Left to right: John Register; (Walt Stewart, presenter); Jeff Harding; Rick Miller; and Bart Teems. Winning Score: 58
SECOND PLACE: Left to right: Chip Burnett; Jack Schulz; Richard Ham; and Lynn Peck-Collins. Winning Score: 61
	THIRD PLACE: Left to right: Sean Blake; Eric Moreau; and Chad Mathis. Winning Score: 64

Longest Drive – Women: Sheila Chittams.

Longest Drive – Men: Eric Trela.

Closest to the Pin – Red Course, Hole # 2: Bart Teems.

Closest to the Pin – Red Course, Hole # 4: Chip Burnett.

Closest to the Pin – White Course, Hole # 1: Jeff Harding.

Closest to the Pin – White Course, Hole # 3: Bart Teems.

Closest to the Pin – White Course, Hole # 9: Lewis Johnson.

Pictures from the event are now posted on our web site at http://www.legalmutual.com in the About Us & Photo Gallery section under Photo Gallery - 2004 Legal Mutual Golf Outing. These photos are not copy protected, so please feel free to download any you would like for your scrapbook.

This charity golf tournament wouldn’t be possible without the wonderful help of a whole bunch of people from volunteers to corporate sponsors. Legal Mutual has been very fortunate to receive the assistance from a whole bunch of very good friends.

First, a big “thank you” to our “Hole Witness” volunteers:

• Amy Pierson, The Daily Record;
• Sharon Stewart, LaFarge North America;
• Joanna Trela, Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, P.A.;
• Sharon Goldsmith; Steve Blume, Lisa Muscara & Precious Ratliff, Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland; and
• Nancy Lilly, Kay Kenny & Mary Nevius, Legal Mutual.

Next, a huge “THANK YOU” to our corporate sponsors, without whom this event would absolutely not be possible:

• Co-Sponsor – The Daily Record (Legal Newspaper) (410) 752-3849
• Gold Sponsor – Kramon & Graham, P.A. (Law Firm) (410) 752-6030
• Gold Sponsor – Legg Mason Trust (Investment Advisors) (410) 454-3109
• Gold Sponsor – Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher (Law Firm) (301) 627-5500
• Gold Sponsor – Semmes, Bowen & Semmes (Law Firm) (410) 539-5040
• Silver Sponsor AND Automobile Hole-In-One Sponsor – Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.A. (CPA Firm) (800) 337-5104
• Silver Sponsor – Ellin & Tucker Chartered (CPA Firm) (410) 727-5735
• Silver Sponsor – Millennium Printing & Graphics (800) 446-8801
• Silver Sponsor - U.S. Re Corporation (Reinsurance Brokerage) (212) 808-5500
• Silver Sponsor – Wright Constable & Skeen, L.L.P. (Law Firm) (410) 659-1300
• Bronze Sponsor – Lord & Whip, P.A. (Law Firm) (410) 539-5881
• Automobile Hole-In-One Sponsor – Onal & Associates, Inc. (Insurance Agent) (410) 975-9711
• Trophy Sponsor – Illiff & Meredith, P.C. (Law Firm) (301) 627-5500
• Hole Sponsor – Insurance Masters, Inc. (Insurance Agent) (410) 203-0707
• Hole Sponsor – Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, P.A. (Law Firm) (410) 332-8508
• Hole Sponsor – Ofcourse Professional Marketing, Inc. (410) 377-4865
• Hole Sponsor – Trela Computer Corporation (410) 825-2700

Thanks also to the many folks who donated hand-outs and door prizes:

• Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.A.;
• Hunt Valley Golf Club;
• Legg Mason Trust;
• Lord & Whip, P.A.;
• MICPEL;
• Millennium Printing & Graphics; and
• Ofcourse Professional Marketing, Inc.

Special thanks to Hunt Valley Golf Club (410) 527-3300 for being our host course, and to their entire staff, especially Francis Gonzales, Tom Brown and John Albert, for doing such a wonderful job putting on this event.

Special thanks also to Towson Ford Sales, Inc. www.towsonford.com (410) 823-3131, especially Mark Stanton, Sales Manager, for providing the automobiles for our hole-in-one contests.

Our trophies were purchased from Awards Plus (www.awardsplus2000.com) who did a wonderful job in creating our trophies and getting them delivered on time. Thanks, Ray!

OTHER GOLF NEWS:

KREIDER HITS HOLE-IN-ONE!

In a special golfing side note, CONGRATUALTIONS to our underwriting manager, Jim Kreider, for hitting his first HOLE-IN-ONE on hole # 2 at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Pennsylvania on Thursday, September 23, 2004! Too bad he didn’t do this at our tournament on one of the automobile hole-in-one holes!

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