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and Natural), “it’s the perfect place
to learn how to operate one of these
carts and how to play a round of golf
on one of them.”
“Being able to drive around to the

practice range and practice driving
the cart, and being able to drive the
cart around and play the three-hole
practice course before playing on the
regular nine-hole courses here, that’s
just huge,” Osborne said.
“Now,” continued Osborne, “just
remember that some things using the
VertaCat might take you some time.
It might be one or two or three or
more times before you even get off
the practice range or off the practice
course and feel comfortable enough
to get on a regular course here.
“But aside from tough slopes and
bunkers – things you want to avoid
in the cart – it’s going to enable you
to play golf at a time in one’s life
that they’d never imagine they’d be
doing something like playing golf
again due to their mobility prob-
lems.”
‘Feeling Normal Again’
Asked if there was a specific
moment when he was overcome by
positive emotions when he realized
he could return to playing golf after
his injury, Krimmel said there were –
and are – instead many.
“Every time I get in this cart and
start playing golf, I’m feeling normal
again – and I get a little emotional,”
Krimmel said.
Krimmel and his wife Diane
(Davis), also a Lakeview High grad,
have three grown children and one
grandchild.
Krimmel said he and Diane are
now a regular twosome on Binder
Park’s layouts again; that he and
Funk and others regularly play in
twosomes or foursomes at BPGC
(“The pace of play with the VertaCat
is just about the same as any other
twosome or foursome using carts
out there,” Osborne said); and that
he plans on playing in upcoming
fundraisers at BPGC the rest of this
season and then return to Lakeview
Lounge league play next year.
Another person using the VertaCat
cart this season, Osborne said, has
been Alan Waller, a mobility-chal-
lenged local player who played golf

with his son at Binder Park this past

Father’s Day.

“Golfing using the VertaCat is just

like any other sport, or like regular

golf play: The more you play, the

better you get,” said Krimmel, who

said he started playing golf in his

early 30s and is still at it in his 60s –

despite his mobility challenges.

“And the way I play golf now on

the VertaCat is swinging the club

with my right arm while stabilizing

myself with my left arm – I’m better

and more comfortable swinging with

one arm instead of two – and having

as much fun out there as I can.

“But aside from me playing golf

again, which of course I love, my

whole thing now is like I said before:

Making awareness of the VertaCat to

others. It’s just a wonderful feeling,

feeling normal again, playing a sport,

an activity, where I’ve met a lot of

people through my lifetime and made

a lot of friends.”

Call Binder Park GC at the afore-

mentioned number (269-979-8250)

for details about using the cart.

‘Thanks’ To Sponsors

Aside from thanking the City of

Battle Creek for its huge contribu-

tion (from Binder Park GC’s budget)

toward the purchase of the VertaCat

cart, both Krimmel and Osborne also

wanted to make sure that sponsors

who contributed toward the $19,

raised during BPGC’s ADA fund-

raiser golf outing last Sept. 29 at the

course also received “thanks.”

Those contributors were (according

to Krimmel and Osborne):

• $500 sponsors: Jack & Patricia
  Krimmel, Hildebrand Ski-Doo
  Clinic, Gardner Brothers, Rice
  Shoes, McDerment Roofing, Griffin
  Grill & Pub, Southern Michigan
  Bank, Sunshine Toyota, Kellogg
  Community Credit Union, Shouldice,
  Tammy & Chuck Schwartzle.


• Also: Z-Boys Amusement, EJ
  Vincent & Associates GPA PC,
  Heritage Chevrolet, Clara’s on the
  River, Volcano Pizza, Behnke Inc.,
  Henkel Jeep, Henkel Ram, MCI,
  Paragon Planning (Travis May),
  Kelly & Kris Ingersoll, Jack Pearl’s
  Team Sports, Fleet Automotive Inc.,
  Corky & Lisa Cutsinger.


• Also: The Griffin Boys
  (Hoelscher, Hanson, Wilson, D.
  Sellers, Bess, Ernst, Tubergen);
  David Behnke; America’s Auto
  Auction West Michigan; Lake Drive

Marine Handmap Brewing; MKD &

JW & Susan Townsend; Surf’s Up

Battle Creek Goguac Lake; Equity

Planning Group; Radisson Plaza

Hotel at Kalamazoo Center.

• Also: Cricket Club, Marty & Jen
  Pessetti, Moonraker, King Jewelers,
  Freedom Firearms, Marshall
  Community Credit Union, Mike
  Shepard/Top Kut, Lakeview Ford,
  Dr. John Morris & Diane Morris,
  ADLIB Grafix & Apparel.


• Also: Michigan Pure Water,
  Besco Water Treatment Inc., New
  Holland Brewing Co., Champion

Power Washing, The Basic Golf

Feel with Carol Likins, Hans Stark,

Calhoun Area Career Center, Water

Furnace/Allan Waller.

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