MONTE VISTA—The 5K Run/Walk and Veterans Golf Tournament will be held at the Monte Vista Golf Course on Saturday, May 26 to benefit the Sgt. Glen Martinez Memorial Scholarship Fund, in which $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to a senior boy and girl of Monte Vista to further a higher education.

Glen was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, when he and three other Marines were killed in action May 2, 2008 while on a combat mission as the Humvee they were riding in hit a roadside bomb in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq.

The 5K Run/Walk will begin on Saturday May 26 at 7 a.m. at the Monte Vista Golf Course which will include breakfast, t-shirt and ribbons (eight different age groups). Cost is: $20 pre-registration or $25 on event day. Deadline for mail-in- registration at P.O. Box 181, Monte Vista, CO 81144 is MAY 23 or register online at www.GlenmartinezmemorialScholarship.Org. To register or for more information, call Ron or Carol at 719- 850-3758 or 719-849-1830.

The Veterans Golf Tournament will begin 10 a.m. shotgun after the 5K. It’s a 4-man team scramble, 18 holes,  $240 per team; limited to 25 teams. Cost is $60 for singles (will be grouped in teams). Cost includes: golf carts, team entry fee, tee prize, complementary range ball and lunch after golf. To sign up or more info, call Ingrid or Mark at the Monte Vista Pro Shop at 719-852-4906.