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The Independent Sports Club of Central Illinois Volume 71, Issue 3September 2016

“In the News”ISC Coaches Smoker Gets New Home:The continued growth of our signatureevent has led to a bigger and better venuethis year.

Mike Stout Memorial Golf Outing:Another successful day on the links helpedraise nearly $5,000 for the ISC.

Scholarship winners announced:Nearly80 applicants were narrowed down to eightwinners of the ISC college scholarships,the most recipients in the 20-year historyof the award.

Steak Fry speaker selected: FormerRichwoods football coach Rod Butler willbe the featured speaker at the ISC SteakFry on Nov. 17 at the Lariat Steakhouse.

ISC Website Launched: We’re finallygetting with the times. Look forwww.iscpeoria.com to be up and runningsoon.

$50 cash raffle No. 3: Drawn at theSmoker, be sure to get your ticket that hasa 1-in-7 chance of winning at least $200,with a top prize of $2500.

New Location for ISC Coaches SmokerNote: Event Date has moved up to Sept. 28Continued growth of the ISC’s premier fundraising event has led us to a new locationfor this year’s ISC Coaches Smoker. After four years at the Gateway Building onthe Peoria riverfront, this year’s event has been relocated to The Warehouse on State,a new banquet and event space in the Warehouse District of downtown Peoria.

Committee chairman Jeff Doeden led the move to the larger facility, which will allowour guests more room to socialize. State-of-the-art audio and video capabilitiesshould greatly improve the overall experience by making it easier to hear the insightoffered by two NCAA head coaches.

Following tradition, this year’s featured guests are Bradley men’s basketball coachBrian Wardle and Illinois men’s coach John Groce. Journal Star sportswriters KirkWessler and Dave Reynolds are again expected to handle the Q&A portion of theevening.

This year’s event has been moved up slightly from its traditional October date andwill be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The move was necessary to accommodate arequest from Coach Groce, who has decided neither he nor anyone on his staff willmake any public appearances once basketball practice officially begins.

The Warehouse on State is connected to Thyme Kitchen and Craft Bar at 736 SWWashington. They will handle the catering this year, with beverages provided byBaumgarten Distributing. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the program scheduled tostart at 7.

The annual fundraiser will feature various drawings and raffles, including our $50cash raffle (with a top prize of $1500) and pair of Bradley Men’s Basketball seasontickets. Some seats at the $70 and $60 level are still available, with VIP seatingalready sold out. For tickets, contact Doeden at 309-453-3633.

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Mike Stout MemorialGolf OutingGreat weather led to a great day on June 20 for the annual MikeStout Memorial Golf Outing at Pine Lakes Golf Club inWashington.Twenty foursomes participated this year, and while thosenumbers are down slightly from years past, the smaller fieldallowed us to play the course in under four hours and get to theclubhouse for a great steak dinner and liquid camaraderie.Cash prizes were awarded in two flights. A group led by ISCpast president Jeff Doeden won A Flight for the second time inthree years. Doeden was helped by Bradley men’s golf coachJeff Roche, Matt Geary and Brett Tilley to a winning total of14-under par 29-28 – 57. The team of Paul Maras, Jeff Ott, ToddDavis and Ryan Julius finished one shot off the winning pacewith a 27-31 – 58.Doeden’s group also scooped the only skin in A Flight with adeuce on the 187-yard par 3 No. 3. Long-time ISC supporters Leroy Compton, Kevin Elder andJohn Fleming were joined by past president Bill King to litigatethe winning score in B Flight, a 33-33 – 66. First-time evententrants Tony Olson, Jeff Burdett and Brad Belser – playing outof first-time event sponsor Knuckles Pizza – finished runner-upin B Flight with a 32-34 – 66.Matt Meyer (Closest to Pin on No. 5), Dan McGann (LongestPutt on No. 10) and Matt Geary (Longest Drive on No. 13) tookhome $50 each for their individual efforts.Generous contributions from dozens of ISC supporters allowedus to assemble what many said was the best collection of raffleprizes in memory. And with healthy participation in the raffleand the 50/50 drawing, this year’s event cleared nearly $5,000that will benefit ISC recipients.For next year, we are considering moving the event to a Fridayto boost participation.

Eight Awarded ISC ScholarshipsFor the 20th consecu-tive year, the ISCawarded college schol-arships that now totalmore than $75,000since the program’s in-ception in 1997.

Nearly 80 applicantsfrom graduating sen-iors at Tri-County areahigh schools were re-ceived this year, mak-ing for another diffi-cult job for theselection committee.Scholarship committee chairman Rich Moore has developed adetailed selection process that awards points based on threemain criteria. 1) Varsity sport participation and awards. 2) Aca-demic achievements including class rank, GPA and ACT score.3) Participation in clubs, activities, church, community service,etc. Extra points can be earned by submitting additional infor-mation such as a resume, letters of recommendation or a personalessay.

After all applications were scored, the best were reviewed by thescholarship committee. Four boys and four girls – the largestnumber of recipients in program history -- were selected to re-ceive $1,000 each.

This year’s winners were Nicholas Campbell (Pekin), MeghanGeorgieff (Dunlap), Randy Meneweather (Washington), EmmaRohn (Dunlap), Gabe Sowards (Dunlap), Breanna Springer(Farmington), Shelby Terell (Limestone) and Matthew Thole(Princeville).

The ISC salutes this year’s scholarship recipients and all the out-standing student-athletes who submitted applications. Best ofluck in your future endeavors.

2016 winners, front (l to r): Meghan Georgieff andEmma Rohn - Dunlap. Back (l to r): Matthew Thole -Princeville, Randy Meneweather - Washington,Nicholas Campbell - Pekin, Gabriel Sowards - Dunlap,Rich Moore - ISC Board. Not pictured: BreannaSpringer - Farmington, Shelby Terrell - Limestone.

ISC Steak Fry Nov. 17Help the ISC kick off the holidays by attending the annual SteakFry, which honors our past presidents.Hosted by ISC board member and past president Ron King, thisyear’s event is Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Lariat Steakhouse onGlen Avenue in Peoria. Former Richwoods High football coachRod Butler -- who led the Knights to the 1985 Class 5A statechampionship -- will entertain us with his quick wit and uniquesense of humor as our guest speaker this year.Activities include our annual Turkey Raffle, tip boards and a50/50 drawing. Dinner includes appetizers, a ribeye steak cookedto order, baked potato, salad, rolls, soft drinks and draft beer.Cost to attend is $40. Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner scheduledfor 6 and Coach Butler taking the microphone at 7. Please join usfor what has become a fun night and a great way to start theholiday season. Contact Ron King at 309-678-5004 to RSVP.

Newsletter Advertising ——We rely on selling advertising space to offset the cost ofprinting. We are now mailing the 6 newsletters a year to 650-700 people. If you or the business you work for would like toplace an ad in our newsletter, contact Greg Stewart at 309-251-1050 or g_stew@comcast.net. Business card size is$150/year and ½ business card size is $75/year. Selling theseads frees up funds that allow us to provide more financial aidsupport to Central Illinois youth sports organizations.

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www.iscpeoria.comAt our July meeting, the ISC board of directors approved arecommendation to join the 21st century.We have hired Derek Oddo, a Bradley graduate who is a self-employed graphics/web designer, to design and build a websitefor the club.Our domain is www.iscpeoria.com. The site is currently underconstruction, but you will soon be able to log on to access

information about ISCactivities and events, clubhistory, see photos, view alist of those we serve andrecognition for those whosupport us.But the site will also give usthe capability to receiveapplications from newmembers, grant recipients,scholarship candidates and

those seeking funds for capital improvement projects. It willalso allow us to accept online payment for membership dues,event fees, raffle tickets, Super Bowl and NCAA squares, etc.Basically, the website will allow us to digitize what has largelybeen a paper-and-pencil organization. Our hope is that astonger online presence will help us become better organizedand also be able to utilize various social media platforms toattract, engage and retain new members.

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We feel this will give more people an opportunity to return their entriesfor this great drawing. Already printed, the raffle tickets you received inthis newsletter say that prize will be drawn at the Smoker. Instead, wewill determine the winner at our November 7 board meeting.

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New ISC MembersWelcome to the following 16 new members who have signed up since the May newsletter. We look forward to seeing you at up-coming ISC events. Your continual involvement is instrumental to the success of our endeavor to provide financial support to youthsports in the tri-county area. Keith Book, Mike Bromley, Andrew Capati, Corey Kelly, Billy King III, Jessica Litterst, Jerry Mattson, Derek Pitzer, Jim Sanford,Peoria; Lance Escue, Mark Prina, Washington; Ian Foster, Germantown Hills; Mike Gardner, Pekin; Mike Klaever, Metamora;Steve Montgomery, Henry; and Darren Roelfs, Hudson.Welcome to all of you…we really appreciate your support!!!!

Thank you, Mr. PerauThis newsletter signals a changing of theguard, so to speak, for the IndependentSports Club.Since he joined the ISC board in 2007,Randy Perau had served as our secretaryand editor of our newsletter.In line with his full retirement from N.E.Finch this past spring, Perau decided tostep down from the ISC board as well.Greg Stewart -- ISC board member since2013 and former Journal Star sports reporter – has taken over asnewsletter editor.On behalf of the board of directors of the ISC and our entiremembership, we would like to thank Mr. Perau for his decade ofdedicated service to the club and the youth sports organizationsit serves.

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Special thanks to ISC newsletteradvertisers and corporate sponsors ISC would like to thank our newsletter advertisers and corporatesponsors for their continual unselfish financial support in ourquest to help provide Central Illinois youth the best sports pro-grams in the country. In that endeavor, recent years have seen usdisperse $25,000 - $40,000 per year in the form of grants andscholarships to individuals and organizations involved in Cen-tral Illinois youth sports. It is your financial support in buyingnewsletter advertising or participating in various requests forcorporate sponsorship at some of our fund raisers that allows usto offset the expense of printing the newsletter or putting on thefund raisers. ISC would not have year-after-year success with-out your assistance. Again, thank you for your support!

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Turkey Raffle Tickets…Get ‘em in!!Delicious “gobblers”just before Thanksgiving!

Enclosed with this newsletter arethree $5.00 tickets for the Annual

Fall Turkey Raffle. Ten winners willbe drawn at the November Steak Fry. Thistraditional long term raffle has been very

successful in generating funds that allow ISCto 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 abig success!!! So do your part by sending your ticket stubs and$15.00 back in the enclosed envelope. Make sure you put yourphone number on the ticket so we can notify you if you’re notplanning on attending the Steak Fry. Tickets can also bepurchased at the Smoker and the Steak Fry.

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Call out to unpaid members For the last three years we have had approximately 250people listed on our membership roster who have not paidtheir $20.00 annual dues.The unpaid remain on the listbecause they had previously been paid members. They havenot been removed because the ISC does not want to give upon the chance that they might remit the $20.00 annualmembership cost when they receive the new dues letter inJanuary. Each one of these unpaid former members is on ourmailing list and continues to receive our newsletters. We arereaching out to you in hopes you will consider renewing your$20.00 membership and help us provide Central Illinoisyouth the best sports facilities in the country. When you arefinished reading this, fill out the membership form on page6 of this newsletter and mail it, along with your $20.00check, to the ISC at P.O. Box 5776, Peoria, IL 61601-9998.Thank you.

Las Vegas Raffle winner drawnCongratulations to Joseph Bullard of Washington for taking thetime to purchase a $5 Las Vegas raffle ticket, which allowed himto be the lucky winner of this year’s raffle drawnat our July board meeting.The winner receives their choice of airfareand hotel accommodations in Las Vegasor $800 cash. At press time, we weren’tsure which choice Bullard had made, butwe do thank him for supporting our raffle. Each year we mail three $5 Las Vegas raffletickets to the membership in the SpringNewsletter, which totals about 2,400 mailedtickets. From this process, we receive approximately 250-300entries, and with supplemental sales at the golf outing, usuallygenerate between $1,500 to $1,700 in revenue. Deducting theexpense of the tickets and prize itself, the proceeds are just oneof the many ways we are able to provide financial aid grants toyouth sports organizations in central Illinois.But we would really like to improve on the 10% return rate wehave on these raffles. This newsletter contains two sets of raffletickets – Bradley men’s basketball tickets and free turkeys. Ifeveryone would mail back just one from each set, we would raisenearly $8,000.Support youth sports and participate in these raffles. Because justlike the Lottery, you can’t win if you don’t play.

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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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You can help the ISC! Renew your membership and encourage friends, neighbors, relatives or co-workers to become members; attend our fundraisers and support the raffles, and you can

help us continue to support youth sports in central Illinois.

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