The ISC BULLETIN. Call out to unpaid former ISC members. The Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois

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1 The Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Volume 70, Issue 4 November 2015 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 ISC Steak Fry, Tuesday, November 17th features past-presidents and guest speaker Dr. Chris Reynolds, Bradley Athletics Director. Once again at The Lariat. See details to right. Turkey Raffle (10 winners) 3 - $5.00 tickets included in the September newsletter - to be drawn at the Nov. 17th Steak Fry. Illinois vs. Nebraska basketball game bus trip to Champaign on Saturday, January 16, 2016 see details on page 3. NFL Wild Card Saturday Playoff Party (2 games) to be held Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Peacock s Pub, Bartonville see details on this page. Steak Fry - date change - Tuesday, Nov. 17 Dr. Chris Reynolds, Bradley Athletics Director Another Steak Fry is just around the corner as Tuesday, November 17th is the date set for this event to be held at The Lariat. We have secured Bradley Director of Athletics Dr. Chris Reynolds as our guest speaker for this year s event. Those in attendance also have 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. Contact Ron King ( ) for ticket information. Date: Tuesday, November 17 Place: Lariat Club on Glen Ave. Time: Doors open 5:00 pm, seating at about 6:00 pm. Price: $40.00 per person Includes: Great rib-eye steak dinner, cooked to order, with potato, roll, salad, coffee, soft drinks and draft beer. NFL Wild Card Saturday Playoff Party 2 exciting games of NFL football Saturday, Jan. 9 at Peacock s Pub Sports Bar & Grill Join us for a very affordable Saturday afternoon of watching the two NFL Conference Championship games while drinking beer and soda and all-youcan eat buffet of pizza, chips and munchies. Date: Saturday January 9, 2016 Place: Peacock s Pub Sports Bar & Grill 5603 S. Adams St. Bartonville (next to Hardee s) Time: 2:00 pm. Price: $30.00 per person (wristband) Includes: Free domestic draft beer and soda at the start of the 1st game until the end of the 3rd quarter of the 2nd game. Free pizza and munchies from the start of the 2nd quarter of the 1st game until the end of the 3rd quarter of the 2nd game. All you can consume. We will be selling 50/50 tickets and also several raffles. What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon that will be light on your pocket and watch two NFL football games with your buddies. Contact Ron King ( ) if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you at this great event. Call out to unpaid former ISC members For the last three years we have had approximately 250 people listed on our membership roster who have not paid their $20.00 annual dues.the unpaid 250 are on the list because they had previously been paid members. 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 on page 7 of this newsletter and mail it, along with your $20.00 check, to the ISC at P.O. Box 5776, Peoria, IL Thank you.

2 Page 2 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois November 2015 ISC Again Selling Koeze Nuts in Time for Holidays Having the best price in Central Illinois for top quality, delicious Koeze Nuts, we are again selling Cashews, Mixed Nuts, Mixed Nuts with Macadamias, and Milk Chocolate Pecan Puddles. Contact Randy Perau ( ), Tom Christiansen ( ), Barry Burns ( ) and Russ Platt ( ) to place an order. For you corporate guys or business owners looking for a nice reasonably priced gift to give to clients for the holidays, look no further than a jar or canister of delicious Koeze Nuts. For a small fee, we can have your company logo placed on the jar. Prices and list of offerings are: Whole Mixed Nuts w/ Classic Milk Chocolate Cashews Macadamia Mixed Nuts Pecan Puddles 30 oz. Decanter $38.00 $36.00 $36.00 N/A (decorative gift) 20 oz. Decanter $27.00 $26.00 $25.00 $33.00 (decorative gift) 14 oz. Gift Tin $19.00 $19.00 $18.00 N/A Turkey Raffle Tickets - Get em in! Delicious gobblers just before Thanksgiving! Enclosed with the September newsletter were 2- $5.00 tickets for the Annual Fall Turkey Raffle. Ten winners will be drawn at the Steak Fry on November 17th. This traditional long term raffle has been very successful in generating funds that allow ISC to support youth sports in the tricounty 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 Steak Fry. ISC Smoker held on October 8. More photos and complete story on page. 6. DANIEL P. CUSACK & SHAUN D. CUSACK Attorneys for the injured Always available to protect your rights. Office: (309) Cell: (309) PeoriaLawFirm.com Cusack, Gilfillan & O Day 415 Hamilton Boulevard Peoria

3 November 2015 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Page 3 The Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois ISC Bus Trip Saturday, January 16, :30 pm - State Farm Center Bus leaves from the parking lot of Kohl s in East Peoria at 11:00 am VS. Come see the Illini Men s basketball team beat Nebraska and help ISC support Youth Sports programs in Central Illinois $85 Price includes: game ticket, bus transportation, beer, soda, water and 1/2 Avanti s Gondola sandwich & chips Tickets are going fast!! Contact Rich Moore at or at - Rd.Moore65@yahoo.com Good Luck to the ISC Steve Malpede Michael G. Strode William C. Voorhees Fred C. Wernsman KELLY GLASS, INC. 110 APPLE ST. PEORIA, ILLINOIS (309) FAX (309) GLAZING CONTRACTORS BOB KELLY

4 Page 4 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois November ISC Capital Projects funds approved This is the 12th year for our Capital Projects funding program. The Board decided to allocate $10,000 for this year s program with an application deadline of July 31. We received four requests which were reviewed by a committee of five ISC Board members. All of the requests were found to be in compliance with our requirements. At the September Board meeting, approval was given to award the following Capital Project grants Troutman Park Princeville for fencing, The Christian Center for sidewalks at the baseball/softball fields, Peoria Heights JFL to build storage sheds, and Dunlap Recreation Association for backstops and fencing. Including this year s grants, we have distributed $105,400 during this 12 year program. With your continuing financial support, we hope to continue this program for a long time. If approved by the membership at our annual meeting in March, the May 2016 newsletter will include the necessary information for groups to apply for funds from this program for the fiscal year. This allocation is intended to assist with medium and large sized community or neighborhood projects that need more significant support. These projects will have longer term impact than where our annual financial aid funding is directed, meaning these grants are for physical projects that last for a longer time and would contribute to the longer term benefit of area youth sports. Troutman Park receives a check for $1,000 toward fencing. Peoria Heights JFL receives a check for $2,000 toward building storage sheds. The Christian Center receives a check for $1,000 toward sidewalks at the baseball/softball fields. The Dunlap Rec Center receives a check for $3,000 for the purchase of backstops and fencing. $50 Cash Raffle #3 The drawing was held at the Smoker on October 8 and the following are the 12 winners out of 120 tickets sold for the last $50 Cash Raffle of Congratulations to these individuals for their support of ISC by buying these tickets. 1st : $1,500 Dudley Nash 073 2nd: $ 500 Andy Weeks 035 3rd through 12th: $ 200 each Don Brennan 101 Dale Meredith 069 Aaron Smith 010 Pat Brooks 057 Bob & Barry 090 Ken Kouri 025 John Waugh 120 Rich Moore 013 Steve Malpede 095 LeRoy Compton W. Luthy Drive Peoria, IL Phone Fax admin@romolocpa.com Website:

5 November 2015 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Page 5 youth SPORTS FINANCIAL AId RePORT 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 member - ship approved a financial aid grant budget of $16,000 for fiscal year April 1, 2015 March 31, Since 1996, ISC has provided $267,400 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 $9,950 for this fiscal year. The following grants were approved since the last newsletter. Metamora Kids Wrestling...$600 Peoria Youth Hockey...$600 Peoria Legion Baseball Post #2...$600 Metamora/Germantown /Hills JFL...$600 Richwoods JFL...$600 Future Stars Biddy Basketball...$600 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 OFFICERS JEFF DOEDEN President O C GEOFF SMITH Vice-President H C RANDY PERAU Secretary/ Newsletter Editor C Peoria Chiefs at O Brien Field Catch a rising star! 730 SW Jefferson Ave. Peoria, IL 317 Walnut Street Peoria, IL (309) Fax (309) Licensed & Insured MASSey ROOFING INC. New Roofs & Repair Work Member of Better Business Bureau Good Luck Commercial & Residential from your friends at Lynch Aluminum JIM STONER Treasurer O C BOARD OF DIRECTORS RICH MOORE Chairman of the Board H C DAVID HUNT O C BOB JOSEPH H BILLY KING O C RON KING C MATT MEYER C BILL MOLLECK H C KELLY RICKEY C GREG STEWART C

6 Page 6 Official Newsletter of the Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois November th annual ISC Smoker just completed The four member ISC Board member committee of Jeff Doeden, Rich Moore, Billy King, and David Hunt decided not to mess with success and again chose the Gateway Building as the venue and Barrack s Catering to provide food and refreshments. The food was great and the beer was cold. What more could one ask for than to spend an evening with friends and associates drinking beer, eating great food and listening to two great major college basketball coaches speak of their upcoming seasons. The evening was once again worthy of the title as the best offcourt sports event of the season. Bradley s new Men s Basketball Coach Brian Wardle made his inaugural visit to the stage along with 4th year Illinois Head Coach John Groce. This show continues as one of the premier sporting events of the Peoria sports scene the ISC Night with the Coaches Smoker. Now in its 20th iteration, the Annual ISC Smoker was held on Thursday, October 8th, at the Gateway Building. A special thanks to Derek Oddo of Gainlight Studios for taking pictures and providing those that adorn this newsletter. If you would like to purchase pictures, contact Derek at derek@gainlight.com or (630) A special thanks to our two featured guests: Bradley s Men s Head Basket - ball Coach Brian Wardle and u of I s Head Basketball Coach John Groce. Both gentlemen delighted the crowd with their insights, anecdotes, observations, predictions, future goals and opinions again showing off the polish that these two premier basketball programs and leaders possess. Best of luck to both, as they begin their respective seasons! As usual, Kirk Wessler and Dave Reynolds, Peoria Journal Star, peppered the coaches with questions about their teams and respective schedules. Roaming mikes allowed the audience to participate with questions of their own. The crowd in excess of 300 avid sports fans also enjoyed the selection of bottled beer, sandwiches, hot hors d oeuvres and received a complimentary artistic poster showing the basketball schedules for the University of Illinois and Bradley University. Once again, a host of corporate and private sponsors helped support and underwrite the top-class program: Bradley University University of Illinois Royal Publishing, Inc. The Journal Star Sports Writers Coach John Groce Coach Brian Wardle Baumgarten Distributing Co., Inc. Great Plains Orthopedics/Maximum Performance Fortner Insurance Agency Scott Communications Services, Inc. Burdess & Associates, Inc. Pepperidge Farms Goldfine & Bowles KB Elliot Financial Advisors During this year s program, the ISC raffled off a variety of sports tickets and numerous items donated by the Bradley Athletics Department and the University of Illinois Athletics Department. Results are as follows: 2 Bradley Men s Basketball lower bowl season tickets behind the Bradley bench were auctioned with the winning bid coming in at $2,200. In addition, ISC Board member Rich Moore donated 2 lower bowl season tickets in the same vicinity that fetched the same $2,200 price. ISC Board member Billy King donated lunch for 2 with former MLB All- Star Bill Madlock that turned into lunch for 4 as Doc Halliday and Matt Meyer each bid $400 for this prize netting ISC $800. ISC Member Steve Hinrichs donated 2 lower bowl tickets to Ohio State at Illinois basketball that netted an auction bid of $275 by Tom Grant. Kirk Lichtenstein - 2 upper bowl Bradley Men s Basketball Season Tickets ticket # 2523 Benny Hayes 50/50 winner of $ LeRoy Compton 50/50 winner of $310.00

7 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM Use this handy form to join or renew your membership in the Independent Sports Club of Peoria. Complete and mail to Independent Sports Club at P.O. Box 5776, Peoria, IL , along with your dues of $20 for one year. Welcome! NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP: PHONE: GOOD LUCK from a friend of the ISC CAR WASH FOOD SHOP DETAIL CENTER LUBE CENTER SELF SERVE CAR WASH 8201 N. Knoxville Peoria, IL Phone: (309) Fax: (309) Barry Burns Barbershop 617 W. Glen Ave. Phone SANDWICHES - COCKTAILS KOURI S 4307 N. STERLING AVE. PEORIA, IL CULVER S OF PEORIA Locally Owned and Operated 4612 N. University Ave. Peoria, IL Radnor Road Peoria, IL (309) Thank you to all of our sponsors for you continuing support! Casual Dining with a friendly flair 7221 N. Allen Road Peoria, IL Open 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. Seven days a week Income Tax Accounting Payroll W. Forrest Hill (Next to Nena Hardware) Tired of dealing with the IRS? I can help. BAUMGARTEN DIST. - PEORIA

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