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Fore! Tournament raises $6,500 Donations The extreme heat didn't stop 98 golfers – DSEA members, family, supporters and friends from endorsed organizations – from coming out for our annual Future Teacher Benefit Golf Tournament. eld at Maple Dale Country Club in Dover, the Future Teacher Golf Tournament is the sole source of funds for the Christopher K. Smith Scholarship. Thanks to its success, we are now awarding two $4,000 scholarships each year to outstanding Delaware students – future colleagues. You can see the complete list of scholarship winners at www.dsea.org/ AboutDSEA/DSEAAwards.html# scholarship. This year's awardees are Carolyn Smith of Seaford High School and Bethany Killmon of Sussex Tech, pictured here. Since 1990, DSEA has awarded scholarship money to 34 outstanding Delaware students. H Bethany Killmon, with an overall Grade Point Average of 98 from Sussex Technical High School, will enter Salisbury University this fall to major in Special Education. Carolyn Smith plans to teach elementary education in Delaware. A 2013 graduate of Seaford High School, she ranked 5th in her class of 195 with a GPA of 4.2241. The current scholarship is named after Christopher K. Smith, who in 1969 single-handedly organized his colleagues from the De La Warr School District to lobby the legislature for duty-free lunch for elementary teachers. Chris went on to teach Social Studies in the Colonial School District and also served as the elect- Rich Locher (center) of Kades-Margolis wins the Male Longest Drive award, congratulated by Mike Hoffmann, NEA director for Delaware, and Karen Crouse, DSEA vice president. ed NEA director for Delaware. He passed away suddenly in 1989. He was the husband of former DSEA President Earlene Gillan-Smith. The DSEA Exec. Board recently voted to create a second scholarship, to be named after former DSEA Exec. Director Howard Weinberg. This scholarship will be considered for the sons or daughters of DSEA members for any course of study The details are . still being worked out. More later. We thank the players, many of whom come back year after year; and our generous hole sponsors and donors whose generosity makes the scholarships possible. Rep. Earl Jaques (right) of Bear is a frequent player. His foursome this year includes Brian Cochran (left) and Don Mell (center). 12 July 2013 DSEA ACTION! Special thanks to our major underwriters: MetLife Lunches and contribution towards dinner Kades Margolis Corp. Beverages Treasured Trophies Trophies Standard Distributing Beverages Hole Sponsorships Horace Mann Insurance Companies Security Benefit Delaware Staff Organization NEA Auto & Home Insurance Program by California Casualty Dover Federal Credit Union Wheeler's Athletics Jack Polidori - Piceno LLC Advantech Security Delaware Association of Realtors DSEA-Retired FuturTech Consulting Hear In America In Memory of Chris Smith Kevin Lammers, Horace Mann Ins. Friends of DSEA John Deckers, Esq. DSEA Leadership Team Abbott's Grill Atlantic Sands AXA Equitable -Pat Lawrence Bobola Farms Baywood Blue Rocks Buffalo Wild Wings Caesars Pocono Resorts Capriotti's - Harmony Plaza Capriotti's - Route 10 Deerfield Golf Delcastle Rock Manor Del-One Doc Magrogan's Dover Downs Dover Par 3 Drexel University Felton Hardware Fifer Orchards Firestone Complete Auto Care Fordham Beer Forney's Too FuturTech Governor Markell Harmony Wellness Center Herr's Heritage Shores Horace Mann How Do You Brew Jen-Mor Florist McGlynn's/Deer Park Tavern Monica Kulesa M&T Bank Maple Dale Country Club Medieval Times Dinner Theatre NEA A+ NEA Member Benefits Pat's Pizza of Dover Piazza Mia Pizzadilli's Play It Again Sports Premium Seats USA Restaurant 55 Rori & Company Sayers Jewelers Seasons Pizza - Newark Security Benefit Sports Zone - Smyrna Texas Roadhouse-Bear & Camden The Rookery Tony's Bistro Treasured Trophies 33 West Wells Fargo Center Where Pigs Fly Wild Quail Hole sponsors contribute $150 to help defray the cost of the tournament. www.dsea.org