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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. The Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Volume 71, Issue 4 November 2016 “In the News” ISC Steak Fry: Thursday, Nov. 17 – Hall of Fame football coach Rod Butler is our guest speaker this year. See details at right. NFL Wild Card Party: Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 – Peacock’s Pub will once again host this great value for football fans. See details below. Turkey Raffle – Ten winners will be drawn at the Steak Fry on Nov. 17. Illinois Basketball vs. Maryland: Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 – The ISC has secured a hospitality room at the newly renovated State Farm Center for this year’s bus trip to see the Illini. Details on page 3. Steak Fry set to sizzle The next ISC event, our annual Steak Fry to honor past presidents of the ISC, is right around the corner. This year’s event is Thursday, Nov. 17 at our traditional host, The Lariat Steakhouse. This year’s guest speaker is former Richwoods High football coach Rod Butler, whose 35-year Hall-of-Fame coaching career was highlighted by guiding unbeaten Richwoods to the Class 5A state championship in 1988, one year after a one-point title game loss in ’87. Richwoods had a 90-15 record and made the playoffs all nine seasons under Butler. Including stints at Princeton (18-7 in three seasons) and East Peoria (10-26 in four), Butler had a 118-48-2 record in 16 seasons. He also spent eight seasons at Illinois State and one at Morehead State as a college assistant. Butler was inducted into the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. A product of Lovington, where he won 15 varsity letters, Butler was a standout player at Eastern Illinois University, where he played quarterback and defensive back. He was an honorable mention All-American in 1963. Butler was drafted by the Chicago Bears but signed with the Denver Broncos of the AFL. For ticket information, contact ISC past president Ron King at 309-678-5004. Date: Thursday, Nov. 17 Place: Lariat Steakhouse on Glen Ave. Time: Doors open at 5 p.m., seating at 6. Price: $40 per person includes cooked-to-order ribeye steak, baked potato, salad, soft drinks and draft beer. NFL Wild Card Playoff Party Two exciting games of NFL action on Saturday, Jan. 7 at Peacock’s Pub in Bartonville Disposable cash can be a little tight right after the holidays. But for those of you who don’t believe in silly New Year’s resolutions like cutting pizza and beer from your diet, the ISC has you covered with the best value in town. Join us for a very affordable afternoon of watching the opening round of the NFL playoffs at Peacock’s Pub in Bartonville. Date: Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 Time: 2 p.m. Place: Peacock’s Pub, 5603 S. Adams St., Bartonville A mere $30 includes domestic draft beer and soft drinks from the start of the first game until the end of the third quarter of the second game. Peacock’s will provide its delicious homemade pizza, appetizers and various snacks from the start of the second quarter of the first game until the end of the third quarter of the second game. All you care to enjoy! We will also have 50/50 drawings, various raffles and tip boards, so you might just get lucky and put some money back in your pocket. And for those of you who do make New Year’s resolutions, Peacock’s serves salads and water, too! For advance tickets – last year’s event played to a full house – contact Ron King (678-5004) or Bobby Joseph (688-4918). Happy Thanksgiving
Transcript of The Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Volume 71, Issue 4 … · 2016. 11. 17. · The ISC...
The ISC BULLETINOrganized to help provide Central Illinois youth the best sports programs in the country!
Proudly serving our community for over sixty years.
The Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Volume 71, Issue 4November 2016
“In the News”ISC Steak Fry: Thursday, Nov. 17 –Hall of Fame football coach Rod Butler isour guest speaker this year. See details atright.
NFL Wild Card Party: Saturday, Jan. 7,2017 – Peacock’s Pub will once again hostthis great value for football fans. Seedetails below.
Turkey Raffle – Ten winners will bedrawn at the Steak Fry on Nov. 17.
Illinois Basketball vs. Maryland:Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 – The ISC hassecured a hospitality room at the newlyrenovated State Farm Center for this year’sbus trip to see the Illini. Details on page 3.
Steak Fry set to sizzleThe next ISC event, our annual Steak Fry to honor past presidents of the ISC, is rightaround the corner. This year’s event is Thursday, Nov. 17 at our traditional host, TheLariat Steakhouse.
This year’s guest speaker is former Richwoods High football coach Rod Butler,whose 35-year Hall-of-Fame coaching career was highlighted by guiding unbeatenRichwoods to the Class 5A state championship in 1988, one year after a one-pointtitle game loss in ’87. Richwoods had a 90-15 record and made the playoffs all nineseasons under Butler.
Including stints at Princeton (18-7 in three seasons) and East Peoria (10-26 in four),Butler had a 118-48-2 record in 16 seasons. He also spent eight seasons at IllinoisState and one at Morehead State as a college assistant.
Butler was inducted into the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Hallof Fame in 2000 and the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. A product ofLovington, where he won 15 varsity letters, Butler was a standout player at EasternIllinois University, where he played quarterback and defensive back. He was anhonorable mention All-American in 1963. Butler was drafted by the Chicago Bearsbut signed with the Denver Broncos of the AFL.
For ticket information, contact ISC past president Ron King at 309-678-5004.
Date: Thursday, Nov. 17Place: Lariat Steakhouse on Glen Ave.Time: Doors open at 5 p.m., seating at 6.Price: $40 per person includes cooked-to-order ribeye steak, baked potato,
salad, soft drinks and draft beer.
NFL Wild Card Playoff PartyTwo exciting games of NFL action on Saturday, Jan. 7 at Peacock’s Pub in BartonvilleDisposable cash can be a little tight right after theholidays. But for those of you who don’t believe insilly New Year’s resolutions like cutting pizza andbeer from your diet, the ISC has you covered withthe best value in town. Join us for a very affordableafternoon of watching the opening round of the NFLplayoffs at Peacock’s Pub in Bartonville.
Date: Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017Time: 2 p.m.Place: Peacock’s Pub, 5603 S. Adams St.,
Bartonville
A mere $30 includes domestic draft beer and softdrinks from the start of the first game until the end
of the third quarter of the second game. Peacock’swill provide its delicious homemade pizza,appetizers and various snacks from the start of thesecond quarter of the first game until the end ofthe third quarter of the second game. All you careto enjoy!
We will also have 50/50 drawings, various rafflesand tip boards, so you might just get lucky andput some money back in your pocket. And forthose of you who do make New Year’sresolutions, Peacock’s serves salads and water,too! For advance tickets – last year’s event playedto a full house – contact Ron King (678-5004) orBobby Joseph (688-4918).
HappyThanksgiving
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Smoker ReviewMessing with success is sometimes risky, but moving to a largervenue to better accommodate the continuous growth of thesignature fundraising event of the Independent Sports Clubturned out to the be a huge hit.One of our regular attendees referred to this event as “thetoughest ticket in town” and it certainly was. A record crowd ofmore than 300 people filled The Warehouse on State on Sept.28th for the ISC Smoker. The 21st annual event featured specialguests John Groce, head coach of the University of Illinoismen’s basketball team and Bradley University men’s basketballcoach Brian Wardle.The feedback on the new venue – a trendy banquet facility thatwas designed by current ISC president Geoff Smith, an architectwho also designed the adjacent Thyme Kitchen and Craft Beer– was overwhelmingly positive. More space for better crowdflow, improved acoustics, delicious food provided by CrackedPepper Catering and easier access to plentiful tasty beverageswere among the many factors guests mentioned that contributedto a great evening of camaraderie and fundraising in the nameof youth sports.
The event was a hit, of course, thanks to the presence of ourfeatured guests, coaches Groce and Wardle. Both menentertained the crowd with their insights, anecdotes,observations and predictions on the upcoming season. Witheach team returning a strong nucleus of experienced playersfrom last season, both coaches expect improvement from the2015-16 campaign.Journal Star sportswriters Kirk Wessler and Dave Reynoldsonce again emceed the event, asking questions of the coachesand working the room with microphones to allow ISC membersto do the same. The opportunity for a fan to ask questions of aDivision-I head coach in a public-but-off-the-record setting isjust one of the reasons that make this special event unique incentral Illinois.And just as the coaches and media were generous with theirtime, ISC members and their guests were generous with theirwallet. ISC board member Bob Joseph did a great job of selling
bundles of 50/50 and raffle tickets at the door. This resulted ina 50/50 prize so big, the committee decided to award threewinners in the amount of $800, $400 and $200.The ISC Smoker committee of Jeff Doeden, Rich Moore, BillyKing and David Hunt once again put in many hours ofteamwork to ensure the success of our marquee event. Whilerevenue and expenses were still being tabulated, Doeden isconfident this year was the most successful in the event’s 21-year history.“The committee was pleased with all changes,” said Doeden,who led the move from our former location to The Warehouseon State.Special thanks to the corporate sponsors and private donors whohelp support and underwrite this first-class event. They includeBradley University, the University of Illinois, Royal Publishing,Baumgarten Distributing, OSF Orthopedics, Fortner InsuranceAgency, Scott Communications Services, Burdess &Associates, Pepperidge Farms, Prairie Home Alliance, LawOffice of David Hunt and KB Elliott Financial Advisors. Also a big thank you to Bradley alumnus Derek Oddo ofGainlight Studios ([email protected]), who provided groupphotos with the coaches for our VIP tables and provided thepictures in this newsletter.
Bradley University men’s basketball coach Brian Wardle, left, and Uni-versity of Illinois men’s basketball head coach John Groce, right, an-swer questions from the audience.
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Jeff Goranson — 1991Barry Burns — 1992Tony Ward — 1993Bill Houlihan — 1994Bill King — 1995Dave Roszak — 1996Bill Voorhees — 1997Tom Christiansen — 1998Pat Smarjesse — 1999John Floyd — 2000Rick Duda — 2001Steve Malpede — 2002Roark Williams — 2003Jeff Shaw — 2004
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Event schedules, membership applications, scholarship andfinancial aid applications, newsletter info, minutes frommonthly board meetings. ... we have created an online
meeting place that we think will better engage our membership and make it easier to stayinformed on the various ways the ISC raises money to benefit youth sports programs.
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Just FYIThe drawing was held at the Coaches Smoker on Sept. 28 atThe Warehouse on State. The following individuals were drawnfrom the 120 tickets sold for the last $50 cash raffle of 2016.
Congratulations to these winners and thank you for your supportof the ISC by participating in this raffle.
First: $1,500 Rich MooreSecond: $500 Ken LynchThird through 12th: $200 each – Bill Joseph, Matt Bartolo, BobJoseph, Ben Cook, Tom Knaub, Greg Stewart, Nick Venturi,Jim Stoner, Kathy Stout, Bud Gorman
$50 Cash Raffle Winners
YOuTh SPORTS FINANCIAL AIdThe ISC recently award financialgrants in the amount of $600 to thefollowing clubs and organizations:Pekin Youth Football League, whichserves approximately 300 kids ages 5to 14.Peoria Youth Hockey Association,which serves more than 500 kids, ages3 to 18.
Sunday Night Dream League, a bas-ketball league which serves 50 kidsages 10 to 12.Chillicothe JFL, which serves 135boys and 20 girls ages 5 to 14.Peoria Area Rugby Renegades, whichserves 20 boys ages 14 to 19.Metamora All Reds Rugby, whichserves 20 boys ages 14 to 19.
Peoria Notre Dame Youth Baseball,which serves 300 boys ages 4 to 14.Christian Center Baseball and Soft-ball, which serves 479 boys and 172girls ages 5 to 18.Elmwood Summer Youth League,which serves 10 boys and 60 girls.
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Turkey Raffle Tickets, Get ‘em in!!Delicious “gobblers” just before Thanksgiving!Three $5.00 tickets for the Annual Fall Turkey Raffle were includedwith the last newsletter. Ten winners will be drawn at the Steak Fryon Thursday, November 7. This traditional long term raffle has beenvery successful in generating funds that allow ISC to support youthsports 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 yourpart by sending your ticket stubs and $15.00 back. Make sure you putyour phone number on the ticket so we can notify you if you’re notplanning on attending the Steak Fry. Tickets can also be purchasedat the Steak Fry.
Newsletter AdvertisingWe rely on selling advertising space to offset the cost of printing. We are now mailing the 6 newsletters a year to 650-700 people.If you or the business you work for would like to place an ad in our newsletter, contact Greg Stewart at [email protected] or309-251-1050. Business card size is $150/year and ½ business card size is $75/year. Selling these ads frees up funds that allowus to provide more financial aid support to Central Illinois youth sports organizations.
ISC Welcomes New MembersWelcome to the following new members who have joinedthe ISC since the September newsletter. We look forwardto seeing you at upcoming events. Your continual in-volvement is instrumental to our efforts to provide finan-cial support to youth sports programs in the tri-county area.Adam Duvall (Chillicothe)Greg Koehnke (Peoria)Todd Anderson (Germantown Hills)And to Mike Kluever (Pekin), whose name was misspelledin the last newsletter, we regret the error.Welcome to all of you. We truly appreciate your support.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORMUse 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 61601-9998, along with your dues of $20 for one year. Welcome!
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