The Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Volume 69, Issue 4 September 2014 The ISC BULLETIN Organized to help provide Central Illinois youth the best sports programs in the country! Proudly serving our community for over sixty years. In the News $50 Cash Raffle #3 (last one for 2014) tickets are now available for the drawing to be held October 9 at the Smoker 120 tickets are being sold with 13 winners 1@$1,000, 2@$500, 10@$200. Contact Geoff Smith (222-4031) or any board member listed on page 4 for tickets. Each ticket has a 1 in 9 chance of winning. Best odds in town!!! ISC Smoker.Thursday, October 9th - to be held at The Peoria Park District Gateway Building on the Riverfront guest speakers Geno Ford, Bradley Men s Basketball coach, and John Groce, University of Illinois Men s Basketball coach. Contact Rich Moore (rd.moore65@yahoo.com), Billy King (billyking1122@yahoo.com), Jeff Doeden (jeffdoed@hotmail.com), or David Hunt (dnrhunt2@aol.com) for additional information if needed. ISC Steak Fry Thursday, November 19th or 20th features past-presidents and guest speaker yet to be decided. Once again at The Lariat. See details to right. Turkey Raffle (10 winners) 2 - $5.00 tickets included in this newsletter - to be drawn at the November Steak Fry. Bradley University Upper Bowl Men s season Basketball Tickets (2).3 - $5.00 tickets included in this newsletter to be drawn at the Smoker on October 9th. Newsletter Advertising We rely on selling advertising space to offset the cost of the newsletters. If anyone would like to place an ad, contact Randy Perau (696-9819). Business card size is $150/year and ½ business card is $75/year. We are now mailing six newsletters a year to 800+ people. ISC Annual Steak Fry. November 19th or 20th Another Steak Fry is just around the corner and will be held at the Lariat but the date is not set due to scheduling with the guest speaker. ISC Vice President Jeff Doeden is still working on securing a guest speaker but that will not diminish those in attendance from having a great time visiting with old friends and maybe playing a few hands of poker. Once again we will recognize ISC past-presidents in attendance. Beyond that, this is an ideal night to get out of the house with friends for a delicious mouth-watering rib-eye steak cooked to perfection by the Lariat crew. Date: November 19th or 20th Place: Lariat Club on Glen Ave. Time: Doors open 5:00 pm, seating at about 6:00 pm. Price: $40.00 per person (might change due to speaker) Includes: Great rib-eye steak dinner, cooked to order, with potato, roll, salad, coffee, soft drinks and draft beer. Contact Ron King (678-5004) for reservations so that we can alert the Lariat of the seats needed. Bradley University Upper Bowl Men s Basketball Tickets To be drawn at the Smoker on October 9th Each year the ISC raffles off a pair of upper bowl Men s Basketball Season Tickets (Carver Arena) at the Smoker, and this year we can do the same, in part due to the generosity of the Bradley Athletic Department. Enclosed in this newsletter are 3 - $5.00 tickets so fill out the stubs and put them, along with $15.00, in the enclosed self-addressed envelope. Where else can you get a R-E-A-L-L-Y top-level Division I college basketball season ticket this cheap? $50 Cash Raffle #3 Don t miss out! The drawing for the 3rd and final $50 Cash Raffle of 2014 will be held at the ISC Smoker on Thursday, October 9 but you need not be present to win. We sell 120 tickets for this raffle and pay 13 winners which results in a 1 in 9 chance of at least picking up $150 on the $50 cost of the ticket. 1st prize - $1,000; 2nd-3rd - $500; 4th-13th - $200. If the $50 ticket price is too steep for you, go in with friends or family. Contact any board member listed on page 4 to secure your ticket for this raffle.
Page 2 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois September 2014 Turkey Raffle Tickets. Get em in! Delicious gobblers just before Thanksgiving! Enclosed with this newsletter are 2- $5.00 tickets for the Annual Fall Turkey Raffle. 10 winners will be drawn at the November Steak Fry. This traditional long term raffle has been very successful in generating funds that allow ISC to support youth sports in the tri-county area. As you read this, 10 fine turkeys are giving it their all to make this ISC raffle a big success! So do your part by sending your ticket stubs and $10.00 back in the enclosed envelope and make sure you put your phone number on the ticket so we can notify you if you re not planning on attending the Steak Fry. Tickets can also be purchased at the Smoker and the Steak Fry. WINNER S CIRCLE Halfway Club Winners The winners of the 2014 Half-way Club drawing for the months of July through December are as follows: July Pat Berres #81 August Chuck Brown #294 September Mike Burns #51 October J R Runkel #20 November David Brugger #58 December George Voorhees #228 Congratulations to these individuals and ISC thanks them for participating in this fund raiser. The Half-way Club is a monthly drawing from 300 enrollees, the winner each month receiving $150 prize money. ISC pays out $1,800 to the 12 monthly winners and retains $1,800 to use for the support of youth sports. Central Tower Exchange Corp. 9102 N. Industrial Rd., Suite A Peoria, IL 61615 Ph: 309/691-0800 Fax: 309/691-0827 www.centraltowerexchange.com Global Sourcing Castings Forgings Machining Fabrications Paul Vinnedge, Broker ABR, GRI, CNHS Your Realtor for Central IL 309-678-6070 Serving Central IL for 20 years! Jim Maloof/Realtor, Peoria IL www.centralil-homes.com http://realtytimes.com/c/paulvinnedge Jeff Brockamp 1105 E War Memorial Dr. Peoria Heights, IL 61616 309.685.6000 WHITNEY & ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED 2406 West Nebraska Avenue PEORIA, ILLINOIS 61604-3193 (309) 673-2131
September 2014 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Page 3 A Memorial The ISC would like to offer condolences to the family of ISC member Tom Stonebock who passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014. Tom was the epitome of the principles the ISC was founded on in that he devoted a considerable amount of his time organizing Von Steuben Little League and improving the Von Steuben Little League facilities. Several ISC members recall playing with Stonie in the Sunday Morning League. Tom s love of his association with youth sports continues in the lives of those he touched. Thanks, Tom, for your excellent help in promoting youth sports in Central Illinois. F F F F F F F F F Las Vegas Raffle winner drawn Congratulations to Larry Davis (ticket #1435), Bartonville, for taking the time to purchase a $5 Las Vegas Raffle ticket that allowed him to be the lucky winner of this year s raffle. Larry decided to take the $800 cash and keep the money in Central Illinois. Thanks Larry and the others who bought 400+ tickets that allowed ISC to clear over $1,000 on this long time fund raising raffle. Support youth sports and participate in the ISC raffles. You might WIN!!! F F F F F F F F F NEW ISC MEMBERS: We welcome the following as new members signed up since the July 2014 newsletter. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming ISC events. Your continual involvement is instrumental to the success of our endeavor to provide financial support to youth sports in the tri-county area. Lucas Joseph and Lauren Stockton of East Peoria and Brad Kempthorne of Bartonville Welcome to all of you we really appreciate your support! Special thanks to the ISC newsletter advertisers and corporate sponsors ISC would like to thank our newsletter advertisers and corporate sponsors for their continual unselfish financial support in our quest to help provide Central Illinois youth the best sports programs in the country. In that endeavor, recent years have seen us disperse $25,000 - $40,000 per year in the form of grants and scholarships to individuals and organizations involved in Central Illinois youth sports. It is your financial support in buying newsletter advertising or participating in various requests for corporate sponsorship at some of our fund raisers that allows us to offset the expense of printing the newsletter or putting on the fund raisers. ISC would not have year-after-year success without your assistance. Again, thank you for your support!!! Call out to unpaid former ISC members For the last 3 years we have had approximately 250 people listed on our membership list who have not paid their $20.00 annual membership. The unpaid 250 are on the list because they had previously been a paid member. They have not been removed because the ISC does not want to give up on the chance that they might remit the $20.00 annual membership cost when they receive the new dues letter in January. Each one of these unpaid former members is on our mailing list and continues to receive our newsletters. We are reaching out to you in hopes you will consider renewing your $20.00 membership and help us provide Central Illinois youth the best sports facilities in the country. When you are finished reading this, fill out the membership form included in this newsletter and mail it, along with your $20.00 check, to ISC. 1700 W. Luthy Drive Peoria, IL 61615 Phone 309.682.2001 Fax 309.682.2045 E-mail: admin@romolocpa.com Website: www.romolocpa.com
Page 4 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois September 2014 YOUTH SPORTS FINANCIAL AID REPORT: The ISC is organized to help provide Central Illinois youth the best sports programs in the country. To fulfill this pledge, we provide annual financial aid grants to various youth sports organizations throughout Central Illinois. These grants are used to offset expenses incurred to run the programs. Each organization fills out our application form and the ISC Board of Directors decides if the request is granted. At our recent Annual Meeting, the membership approved a financial aid grant budget of $16,000 for fiscal year April 1, 2014 March 31, 2015. Since 1996, ISC has provided $245,000 in financial aid grants to youth sports groups. We are able to do this with the support of our membership. As of this newsletter, the ISC board has approved financial aid grants totaling $6,500.00 for this fiscal year. The following grant was approved since the last newsletter. Dunlap JV Girls Basketball League...$500 Providing these annual financial aid grants to Central Illinois youth sports organizations is the backbone of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois. This is only made possible by the participation of our membership and friends in the various fund raisers held throughout the year. Independent Sports Club P.O. Box 5776 Peoria, IL 61601-9998 OFFICERS RICH MOORE President 240-8162 H 868-8167 C JEFF DOEDEN Vice-President 694-3288 O 453-3633 C RANDY PERAU Secretary/ Newsletter Editor 696-9819 C Peoria Chiefs at O Brien Field Catch a rising star! 730 SW Jefferson Ave. Peoria, IL 317 Walnut Street Peoria, IL 61605 (309) 673-3718 Fax (309) 673-2244 1-800-249-3600 GOOD LUCK from a friend of the ISC Licensed & Insured MASSEY ROOFING INC. New Roofs & Repair Work 637-6237 Member of Better Business Bureau Good Luck Commercial & Residential from your friends at Lynch Aluminum JIM STONER Treasurer 682-8822 O 369-6201 C BOARD OF DIRECTORS RON KING Chairman of the Board 678-5004 C DAVID HUNT 673-5144 O 648-4385 C BOB JOSEPH 688-4918 H BILLY KING 495-9000 O 369-5128 C MATT MEYER 678-0173 C BILL MOLLECK 360-2311 H 360-2311 C JASON MORRELL 397-5099 C GEOFF SMITH 691-1657 H 222-4031 C GREG STEWART 251-1050 C
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