MCA of Kansas City

From Bob Looman,
MCA-KC Executive Director:

Thanks to all Golfers, MCA Members, and Associate Members,

We had a perfect day for our annual charity golf outing on September 14. The National Golf Club was in great condition, as long and relentless as ever.  Despite the serious decline in our industry, I’m proud to report that we raised a new record amount this year with a total contribution of $13,142 going to the ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) Association – Kansas City Chapter

Special thanks to our volunteers:

  • Cathy Paulson  –  MCA-KC
  • Susan Kotubey – Midwest Mechanical
  • Karen Hancock – US Engineering
  • Milton Huckabey  - Mid-States Supply
  • Stacey Woodyard – The Fagan Company
  • Jennifer Bartel and Averie Chapman - Ferguson
  • Ejay Cahill, Roy Lashbrook, and Kevin Latham – MKS Pipe & Valve
  • Joni Looman – MCA-KC

Thanks to our major event sponsors:

  • Our main event sponsor: Johnson Controls for the Medalist Awards
  • Our event sponsors:
    • Mid-States Supply for the Putting Contest. 
    • Metro Air for the Par 3 Challenge
    • MKS Supply for the  Drive Like Tom Watson hole. 
    • Midwest Mechanical for the Fastest Hole Competition. 
    • P1 Group for the Par 4 Challenge. 
    • US Engineering for their Lunch sponsorship.
    • The Fagan Company and Controls Service for their Beverage Cart sponsorship.
    • Design Mechanical for 19th Hole Cocktails
    • VHC Van Hoecke for 19th Hole Appetizers
    • Our Associate Members (MKS Pipe and Valve, Mid-States Supply, McQueeney Group, Ferguson, KC Windustrial, and Safe-T-Link) for all the items donated for the Raffle.
    • Ferguson Supply for the Barton Creek Golf Resort Raffle
    • Pipe Fitters Local 533 for their Target Chip Challenge sponsorship
  • The following hole sponsors: 
    • Alexander Mechanical
    • Control Service
    • Enright Plumbing
    • Environmental Mechanical

Award Presentations:

Mid-States Supply – Putting Competition ( US Engineering – Tom O’Donnell, Larry Barnhart, Ryan Soden, Steve Hancock, who donated their winnings to charity)

Midwest Mechanical – Fastest Hole (MCA-KC, Steve Janasz, Neil Willis, Joe Bret, Bob Looman – 48.89 seconds, who donated their winnings to charity)

P1 Group’s Par 4 Challenge (US Engineering Team 1, US Engineering Team 2, Local 533 Team 1, and Alexander Mechanical)

Metro Air’s Par 3 Challenge (Willie Comissano, Chuck Tarpley, Bill Iler, Mike Enright, Tim Erickson, Nate Persell, Keith Flowers, Neal Andrew, Jack Hausback, Bob Looman, Scott Taylor, Paul Smith, Pat Julo, Mark Cooper, Phil Rellihan)

Local 533 Target Chip Challenge (Scott Taylor, Waldinger)

Johnson Controls – Medalist Awards:

3rd place team: Enright Plumbing (Mike Enright, Tracy Lehr, Jeff Elkins, Ron Anderson)

2nd place team: Environmental Mechanical (David DeBiasse, Tim Erickson, Larry Stevens, Corey Emmons)

1st place team: Local 533 (Pat Julo, Mark Cooper, Jim Lanning, Phil Rellihan)

The final contribution that we raised as a result of our event for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) Association – Kansas City Chapter:

Registration (charitable portion):  $6600

Sponsorships:                            $4400

Winner Donations:                        $200

Gold ball sales/penalties:                $102      

Par 4 Challenge donations:             $150

Par 3 Challenge donations:             $150

Raffles:

            Barton Creek Golf              $430

            Assoc Member Raffle        $1110                                    

Total:                                     $13,142

Thanks to our golf committee for putting together a great event:  Mike Enright, David DeBiasse, and Pat Adams.