Catbackers to hold annual event Friday in Wellington

    MANHATTAN – The Sumner County Catbackers will host a golf tournament, dinner and auction Friday, June 26, at the Wellington Golf Course.
    The tournament begins at noon with check-in and a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The format is a four-person scramble to support Kansas State University’s Mike Ahearn Scholarship Fund, said Lon Floyd, development officer and director of Catbacker clubs for K-State Athletics.
    The dinner begins with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. at the golf course Pavilion. Guest speakers will include members of the K-State football coaching staff and student-athlete ambassadors. Other campus guests attending will include Wyatt Thompson, Voice of the Wildcats; Tom Roesler , associate director of alumni clubs for the K-State Alumni Association; and Floyd.
    The deadline to make reservations for both events is Friday, June 19.
    For all the event details, cost and reservation information, please call Dr. Richard Heersche at (620) 326-7125; or refer to the calendar section of the Association’s Web site at www.K-State.com/calendar.