Eight years ago, Lakeside Painting held the first Lakeside Painting Open, a scramble tournament on Eagle Spring’s 9-hole golf course for employees, friends and family to enjoy a day of food, drink and fun. But in 2005 the tragedy of the Hurricane Katrina disaster inspired Lakeside Painting’s President Joe Pangburn to raise some money for the hurricane’s victims. Thus was born the Lakeside Painting Annual Benefit Open. The last four Opens benefited a number of causes, including Habitat for Humanity and Breast Cancer Research at Waukesha Memorial Hospital.

The 2010 Lakeside Painting’s 8th Annual Benefit Open will donate all proceeds to the Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, which supports the foundations of St. Joseph’s, St. Francis, Elmbrook Memorial and Franklin hospitals.

The proceeds will support research into Vascular Diseases & Neurological Disorders, which touch all of us on a daily basis through: Blood Clots, Strokes, Cavernous Hemangiomas, Aneurysms, High-Blood Pressure and Blood Disorders, to name just a few.

This year’s Open is held In Memory of Donald Smith and Jim Kau, and In Honor of Warren & Betty Pangburn.

The Benefit Open will be held Saturday, Auguste 28th, 2010, rain or shine, at Eagle Springs Golf Resort, which is located at W352 S10355 Touhy Road, Eagle, WI 53119.

For more information, visit the following link to our website:

Golf Sign-Up

For nearly the last six years, Lakeside Painting’s office (and President Joe Pangburn’s truck) was brightened by the quirky and, we daresay, highly intelligent presence of Sasha the Airedale dog. Sasha was a regular fixture at the Lakeside office, occupying hallways, rooms, the shop floor, as well as a little corner nook that was outfitted with a high-quality doggy bed, upon which she passed several peaceful hours while Joe worked. She was also often found sleeping in odd positions with stuffed animals in her mouth. Sadly, Sasha passed away last month, leaving a big hole in the office and in the hearts of Lakeside’s employees.

Joe, always to be found in the company of the canine species, quickly brought home another Airedale puppy, which he and his wife Kim named Sylvie after much debate with family members. (Sylvie being the name of one of Lewis Carroll’s great fictional characters, Sylvie, from the novel Sylvie & Bruno.) The pup has revealed herself to be every bit as smart as Sasha while twice as stubborn and independent. Indeed, Sylvie is almost devilishly smart. Joe had very grand plans of quickly shaping Sylvie into a model pet, but she’s possessed of a rare talent for abstract thought and problem-solving abilities, which has put Joe and Kim on the defensive in training the pup.

That said, Sylvie really is a good puppy, and she loves to be around people and enjoys epic walks through town and country.