July 2000 Cheviot, Ohio (Issued Monthly) Issue 513
From the President Jerry Biederman
Our July meeting at the Harvest Home Park was well attended. The families there had a lot of fun! Thanks to Bill Rehn, Ron Marcum, Whitey Hooven, Bob Mohr and Jerry Niebling for their helping hands. Thanks also to anyone else I may have missed and thank you to all who attended. A special thanks to Marcia for helping me get things together.
It's time to start looking forward to some important dates. Kiwnanis Harvest Home Fair starts a very busy time for our club. If you can help, it's the Friday, Saturday and Sunday September 7-10th. Call Ron Marcum or see him at our next monthly meeting.
Our C.P.A. 5K Run/walk is scheduled for Sunday September 24th at the Harvest Home Park. Additional details will be available our August meeting.
Finally, plans are being made for our Annual Turkey Raffle. It is scheduled for Saturday, November 4th. Details will be made available as the date approaches.
Our Board of Governors voted to suspend door admission charges for our August and September meetings. Hey, how about that!! If you haven't been to a meeting for a while or if you have never been to a meeting, this is your chance to check us out FREE! Special note: Sports Members enjoy the same benefits as regular members. Meetings are at 8:00 P.M. on Monday August 21st and Monday September 18th. Come and enjoy yourselves. We hope to see all the old faces and many new ones. See you at the meeting!
Hospital Equipment Ed Freytag, Jr Chairman
For our new sports members and others who are not aware of our hospital equipment program, our club offers wheelchairs, crutches and walkers to our community free of charge. In most instances, pickup and delivery are available. Keep us in mind should the need arise. Call Ed Freytag for futher information; his phone number is 481-6266.
In Touch Ken Casey, Chairman
The Following C.P.A. athletes achevied excellence at Walnut Hills School for the fourth quarter of the year 2000: Michelle Cooleyw, Naomi Larsson, and David Bruestle. Congratulations to these students and to all C.P.A. students who excelled this passed year. Keep up the good work!
Athletics Gordon Smyth, Chairman
It seems like yesterday that we were braving the cold spring weather and dodging puddles on soggy infields. It's hard to believe that our baseball season has come to an end.
This year we had a C-middle, a D-middle, D-1 and a large "T-BALL" program. Judging from the smiles on our players, I'd say we had a GREAT season! All of our boys and girls on all of our teams played with a lot of heart!
We would particularly like to congratulate the players of our D-Middle team who finished the regular season with a 12-0 record and a 15-1 overall record. They finished in third place at the Our Lady of Victory Tournament losing to a "stacked" Delhi White Eagles team by a score of 8-7. As part of this tournament, Curtis Siler won the Home Run Derby!
Congratulations also to our baseball Espelage Trophy winners Brandon Carson, Alex Schmieg, Jeffry Muse and Jonathan Schrand. For those who are not aware, the Espelage Award is given to the player who tries the hardest, does what is requested and has an exemplary attitue. It is a once in a lifetime award and is most coveted.
Soccer season officially gets underway on Saturday/Sunday August 26-27th. This year we are fielding nine teams from ages 6-13 as well as serveral "lollipop" (ages 4-5) teams. We still need 6-7 year old girls to complete our rosters
Speaking of teams and rosters, every year we get requests from parents to have their children play on a certain team so they can be with their friend/cousin/baby sitter's child. In general we have to say 'no' to these requests. This is due to a fundamental S.A.Y principal that players must be assigned to teams on a random basis. All new players and players moving from one level to the next are required to be placed in a blind draw. This assignment method is fundamental to S.A.Y. and is an attempt to prevent teams from stacking their rosters.
The only exceptions to the blind draw procedure is accorded to the siblings, children of the head coach and to one assistant coach.
We hope the above clarifies the situation. If you have any questions or comments, please call either Lou Winston at 347-0589 or Gordon Smyth at 481-2031. They will be happy to discuss this or other concerns with you.
