We're celebrating the 30th anniversary of the legendary westside gold and friendship event. The first day of August, the traditional “Ducktown Day,” has been special not only for hundreds of guys now pushing 80, but also for their sons, grandsons and old friends who realize it has become something very, very special.

The event will take place Friday, August 1 at Bob-O Links Golf course, 4141 Center Road (Rt. 83) in Avon. The first tee off is 8:00am.

Prices are as follows: Social only (food and drink) = $30.00 or Golf, Cart and Social = $60.00

Our name stands out among the hundreds of participants. Without Bill Toole there would be no annual “Ducktown” Invitational. For it was Bill and 31 of his closest buddies who not only teed 'em up for the first time in 1978, but successfully created a legacy that we all have enjoyed ever since. Ducktown happens because of Bill.

This year we will support 25 Infantrymen in the 173rd Airborne Brigade deployed in Afghanistan. The soldiers are at a remote Forward Operating Base and are not anywhere near a PX, so they are unable to purchase needed items. Their supply line is always in great danger of attack and they don't often have the nutritious food that they require.

We are collecting donations of healthy, high protein foods such as; pop-top canned goods (tuna, ham, chicken, sardine, beef stew, soups, sausage links, baked beans, beef-a-roni), Velveeta cheese, oatmeal cheese, string cheese, nuts, crackers, beef jerky, peanut butter cookies, gum, candy (excluding chocolate), and peanut butter as well as hygienic and household items such as; wipes, skin lotion, lip balm, shampoo, toiletries and other miscellaneous goods.

Make checks payable to: Tom Corpus, 25539 Hilliard Blvd., Westlake, OH 44145, ph: 440-871-8832