The Valley Buckeye www.sacvalleybuckeyes.com Spring 2014 The Board is excited to announce that a new game watch location has been selected - check out the details later in this newsletter. Our Club is very fortunate for the generosity of its members and the commitment of the Board to the Scholarship program for local area students attending The Ohio State University. The competition is always keen and the Board only considers students with outstanding credentials. This year the Club presented two scholarships to top students, Taylorr Navarro and Hannah Bensman. Taylorr received $1,600 and Hannah received $600. Congratulation to both ladies. Please join the Board in wishing them good luck. May 30 - River Cats June 1 - Big Ten Picnic June 7 - Doggy Dash June 29 - A Chorus Line July 11 - River Cats August 16 - Kickoff Party August 30 - Navy game watch
Join the BRUTUS BUCKEYE CLUB for a night out with the River Cats. Fellow Buckeyes Jay and Lloyd have reserved two nights: FRIDAY, MAY 30 and FRIDAY, JULY 11 in the Presidential Box Suite for a pair of Friday Night River Cats games complete with FIREWORKS. The cost is just $78 per person per game. You get: VIP $20 parking; food buffet; 30 friends in a suite built for 40; padded leather outdoor balcony seats for the game; air-conditioned indoor seating for game watch; private waitress and restroom; leather living room setting: couches, bar, buffet, dining table, 4 large flat screen TVs, inside and on the balcony; use of the Suite ALL DAY for early partying; private access to the first baseline Jack Daniels Saloon; great game view on 3rd baseline; 7th inning brownies and cookies to add to your buffet of pizza, deli tray, hot dogs and hamburgers; FIREWORKS to end your great night of living large partying with friends & Buckeyes! Contact Jay (VP of our Club) at 916-955-4191 and then mail a check made to River Cats Baseball to Jay Beedy at P. O. Box 2434, Fair Oaks, CA, 95628 for $78 and put one of these dates on your check - 5/30 or 7/11.
New Constitution and Bylaws In 2013, The OSU Alumni Association was formally merged into The Ohio State University. Archie Griffin, President of the Association, became a Vice President of the University for Alumni Affairs. As a result of the merger and a review of the sample constitution used by all Alumni Clubs by the Association, a revised sample constitution was forwarded to all local Alumni Clubs. Recently the Board revised our Club Constitution to bring it into compliance with the newest guidelines. The Board also began updating our Club Bylaws and we will also be changing our Club Ticket policy. If you renew your membership, you will also notice changes to the application forms. The Board has approved the revised Club Constitution and will be voting on the updated Club Bylaws in the near future. We will then ask for all Club members to approve both of the revised documents soon by email. Look for this email in the near future with additional information about the reasons for the changes. Once the membership approves the Constitution, we will be sending it to the Association for approval. Thank you for your continued support of our Club! GO BUCKS! TIME TO SEND IN MEMBER DUES. BUT, THIS YEAR: GET EXTRAS BACK! MEMBERS who pay their CY 2014 dues before August 1, 2014, get extra game watch raffle tickets when purchasing tickets and are entered in a drawing for 4 days/3 nights at a 5 bedroom/3 bath west shore Lake Tahoe home in a fall give-away! MEMBERS who get a NEW member to join, right up to day of the raffle at a fall game watch for the Lake Tahoe trip mentioned above, are BOTH entered to win, even if it s a 2nd entry on top of paying their dues early. See the back page for membership information.
Join Us for A Chorus Line Sue Ryan-Beedy (VP Jay Beedy s better half) is organizing a group to go to the June 29th, Sunday matinee of A Chorus Line at the Sacramento Music Circus. Group tickets are $47 per person, a $5 dollar savings off the single ticket rate. More Buckeye fans are welcome to join the group. Call Sue at 916-201-9899 to join. Mail your check to Sue at P. O. Box 2434, Fair Oaks, 95628. See details on the live play, setting, and directions at: www.sacramentomusiccircus.com or visit Wells Fargo Pavilion Box Office, 1419 H St, 95815 Do you realize our club website at: www.sacvalleybuckeyes.com has nearly 1,500 jokes - pro OSU and not-so-pro TSUN (That State Up North) or Meechigan? There are picture jokes, question and answer jokes, and stories. What s the phrase most commonly heard by a Michigan football player? You have the right to remain silent. Check em out!
The Big Ten Picnic is Coming Soon Sunday June 1, 2014, 11AM William B. Pond Recreation Area Carmichael, CA Event cost is $5 per person with youth 18 years or under free. The Club will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, soda pop, water, condiments, plates and utensils. If your last name begins with: A-N bring a side dish or M-Z bring a dessert Don t forget your favorite beverage. (Alcohol is allowed, but no glass containers) Fun for the entire family! Participate in the Corn Hole tournament or just mingle with other Big Ten alums! Directions: ($5 Parking Fee required for admission) From U.S. Highway 50, take the Watt Avenue northbound off-ramp. Turn right at Fair Oaks Blvd., then make another right on Arden Way. Arden Way will come to an end at the park s entrance. To access the western entrance of the park, from the Watt Avenue off-ramp, take American River Drive east and turn right on Harrington Way. RSVP: Ramona Moenter at rrmoenter@hotmail.com or call (916) 600-8916 by Wednesday May 28th The Club would like you to take a few minutes of your time and give us some feedback by answering a short survey. Please go to this URL: Thanks. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/tnc7pxh
The Club is sponsoring a civic project to help with the June 3rd Election in Sacramento County. Our VP, Jay Beedy, is already a long-time volunteer and spearheading the effort. A side benefit is that even though you are volunteering your time, you get a STIPEND! There are a few requirements: - Live in Sacramento County and be over 18 - Take a 2 hour training class - Man a voting poll near you on June 3rd, (6AM to 8PM, with breaks) - Help other folks do their Civic Duty, one of 4 workers, or as Boss For more details, contact Jay Beedy at 916-955-4191 or call Courtney Bailey, at the Sacramento County Board of Elections at 916-875-5525 AND mention Jay! Once again, local Buckeye dog lovers are joining together to participate in Doggy Dash the largest annual fund-raising event for the Sacramento SPCA! Join us and thousands of other dedicated animal lovers on Saturday, June 7, as we start the day with a leisurely 2k or 5k walk around William Land Park. Other festivities will then take place in the park following the walk a great day for you and your pet!! More importantly, though, it s about people coming together to help raising the much-needed funds that allow the Sacramento SPCA to care for more than 11,000 animals in need each year. For more details: http://sspca.convio.net/site/tr?fr_id=1100&pg=entry To register as a team, we need a minimum of 10 people to participate. Please call Ramona at (916) 600-8916 by Wednesday, May 28th. It should be a very fun event our dog Woody is really looking forward to it!! Rather appropriate for a Buckeye team, don t you think?
And the game watch winner is: Cordova Lodge, Restaurant and Casino 2801 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 293-7470 Your Board, led by VP Jay Beedy, scoured the Sacramento area visiting over 4 dozen locations over the last year. The Cordova Lodge has a sincerely committed management, a full restaurant (seats 70) and bar (seats 48) with great food at our full disposal, plenty of flat screen TVs (28 facility wide), a projection TV, easy quick freeway access, and plenty of FREE parking on the street and in the parking lot. They are adding two 100 inch flat screens for us, helping host a GREAT Kick-off party with buffet this August, and are offering to help promote our OSU club. The restaurant is open 7AM to 11PM daily and the casino 24/7. We are so excited that we are going to start our 2014-15 football season by holding our annual Kick-off party on August 16th at the Lodge. More details to follow. Directions: Take HWY 50 toward Rancho Cordova Take the Zinfandel Dr. exit to the south Turn left on White Rock Road Turn left on Prospect Park Drive Go through the stop sign and the Cordova Casino/Restaurant/Lodge will be the second building on the left.
Club dues are for a calendar year. If you have not joined or renewed for CY 2014, please do so with the following form or online on the website using PayPal and your credit card or bank account. Thank you and GO BUCKS! The OSU Alumni Club of the Sacramento Valley Membership Form Name: Spouse: Street Address: City: State: Home Phone: ZIP: Cell Phone: Email: Membership CY (Jan 1 to Dec 31): Please check only one of the following boxes YES. The other two boxes must be NO. YES NO OSU Graduate (includes associate, bachelor, graduate, professional, honorary, or medical resident graduates). OSU Alumni Association member number: YES NO OSU Non-Graduate (persons who did not graduate from OSU, but were in good standing as duespaying members as of July 1, 2012, as either Life Members or Annual Members of the OSU Alumni Association). OSU Alumni Association member number: YES NO OSU Non-Alumni (includes all other non-alumni who choose to belong to our club) Amount enclosed: Dues are $25 per CY (Jan 1 to Dec 31`): for a single or family membership: Donation to Scholarship Fund: Total Amount Enclosed (All payments beyond $25 are considered donations): Other Information: Occupation: OSU Degree(s): Year(s) Graduated OSU: Membership Type: New Renewal If you are new member, I was referred by Interested in serving on the Board: YES NO Committee: YES NO Comments: Make checks payable to: The OSU Alumni Club of the Sacramento Valley, Mail to: Gary Penwell, 8025 Larwin Drive, Citrus Heights, CA 95610, (916) 722-3368 Email: gpenwell@comcast.net (questions)