Golf swings support fallen trooper’s family

MOLLENBECK SHOWS US HOW A GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISED SUPPORT FOR THOSE FAMILIES. ON GOLF OUTINGS LIKE THESE – THE SHOTS AND THE SCORES ARE SECONDARY TO WHAT THEY HELP ACHIEVE: IN THIS CASE – SUPPORTING A SURVIVING SPOUSE WHO IS NOW TRYING TO RAISE FOUR GIRLS. HOLLY BENDA AND HER LATE HUSBAND, TED, HAD A NEWBORN AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH LAST OCTOBER. <16:52.55 MY YOUNGEST WAS THREE WEEKS OLD WHEN TED PASSED, SO WE HAVE A LONG LIFE WITHOUT HIM. AND TO HAVE BENEFITS LIKE THIS MEANS EVERYTHING. 16:52.05> THE EVENT ALSO HONORED THE FAMILY OF SGT. JIM SMITH – WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT LAST YEAR. BENDA SAYS SHE AND THE OTHER SURVIVING SPOUSE HAVE DEVELOPED A BOND. <1724 16:52.03 WE WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TOGETHER, WE'VE DONE NUMEROUS EVENTS TOGETHER. I FEEL LIKE KATHY SUFFERS FROM A MUCH STRONGER LOSS THAN I DO. SHE HAD TO SUFFER THROUGH A TRIAL. 15:52.18> ON THE COURSE – SOME OF THE APPAREL WAS COLORFUL ENOUGH TO TURN HEADS – EVEN BY GOLF STANDARDS. SEVERAL GROUPS DRESSED IN MATCHING, BRIGHT-COLORED CAMOFLAGE. <16:53.49 SO I HAD PASSED THESE MEN PROBABLY FOUR TIMES ON THE GOLF COURSE NOT KNOWING WHY THEY WERE DRESSED IN CAMO. I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE A FUN GROUP OF GUYS. 16:53.59> FUN, THEY PROBABLY WERE, BUT THEIR CLOTHING CHOICE HAD A PURPOSE. <1709 16:20.20 WE DRESSED LIKE THIS I GUESS FOR THE GIRLS. THEY'RE OUTDOORSY GIRLS, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND MADE IT FUN FOR THEM. 16:20.28> THAT MESSAGE EVENTUALLY MADE IT BACK TO HOLLY. <16:54.21 SO ONCE I FOUND OUT WHY THEY WERE IN CAMO, WE HUNTED THEM DOWN. AND WE SHOWED OUR APPRECIATION. 16:54.30> THE HAMILTON COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE EVENT USUALLY RAISES MORE THAN 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A FAMILY.