Luke Klink
Oct 18, 2021
Those who will be in the audience for an invitation-only concert by popular entertainer Chris Kroeze are now known, following a special drawing on Sunday.
The concert is part of a fundraiser sponsored by Sons of AMVETS Ladysmith Squadron 127, benefitting the Deputy Dan Glaze Memorial Scholarship Fund. A total of 151 tickets were sold with the 50 winners announced at the Oct. 17 drawing at the VMA Drop Zone on Summit Avenue.
The drawing was part of a Facebook Live event.
The fundraiser generated about $15,100 in raffle ticket sales. Most of the revenue will go toward the scholarship fund that aids high school graduates pursuing a career in law enforcement.
Each winner receives two tickets to the concert and a sit-down dinner Friday, Oct. 29, at JS Supper Club. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. with the show taking place from 8p.m.-midnight.
“We couldn’t have done it without the people who stepped up,” Squadron Commander Dave Roth said.
The winners are Colleen Schott, Jon Runstrom, Miranda Kron, Eric and Shelly Olson, Shane Bishop, Kari Petersen, Shane Trott, Jerry Johnson, Dave Vitcenda, Linda Grefsheim, Karen Zebro, Jarrett Doughty, Scott Seifert, GRS Transportation, Rick Nash, Dave Borman, Angie Mincoff, Rich Summerfield, Matthew Hanson, Gordie Pederson, Justine Rittgers, Dan and Lisa Wicik, Adam Coggins, Janet Oksen, Tim Vacho, Walt Poradish, Nikki Weisenberger and Bryan Lee, Ellen Stephenson, Michelle Thull, Tim Reul, Lisa Stodola, Dawn Dicus, Josh Shimko, Joel Checkalski, Chris and Deb Walzel, Julie Hauser, Larry and Pam Wolf, Ladysmith Amvets (3), Gayle Novak, Terry Nussberger, Brian Olsen, Paul Fischer, Janelle Thompson, Carol and Kay Heath, Lynn and Terry Fredrick, Tony Vacho, Jared Prokop and Kathy Paulson.
One ticket that didn’t win the dinner and show was drawn for a $500 cash prize that went to Jim Reul from Rice Lake.
Organizers thanked individuals who bought tickets and helped to sell tickets.
“Thank you to this community and to the people who stepped up to purchase tickets,” Roth said.
Glaze was a deputy for the Rusk County Sheriff’s Department killed almost 5 years ago in the line of duty while investigating a suspicious vehicle in a field along Broken Arrow Road on Oct. 29, 2016.
Kroeze is from Barron. He was the runner-up of season 15 of the American talent competition, The Voice. For the show, he was coached by country star Blake Shelton.