Portage - Schoolcraft Eagles Aerie 3531 eagles3531.com 11611 Shaver rd. Schoolcraft, Mi 49087 269.679.4088 Your Aerie Officers: President Bill De Young Vice President Bruce Stockwell Past Worthy President Terry Hutchins Secretary Mark Israels Treasurer Clyde Springer Chaplin Jeff Watkoske Conductor Rich Thompson Inside Guard Randy Dailey Outside Guard Steve Wightman John Holt Butch Weatherwax Steve Westra A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT: Thank You to all of the 2015-2016 Aerie and Auxiliary officers. We had a very successful year. It takes everyone s help to keep this club running. Most have noticed the new siding on the building. We are looking at other improvements in the coming year. New siding up front, painting of the vestibules, and possibly a new privacy fence out back. This could not happen without our fundraisers, dinners, and special events. We are in the process of upgrading our cable and Wi-Fi. We have a blue-tooth stereo that can play music from any blue-tooth device. The Frank Sinatra dinner and a show was a great success and we hope to have some more events like this. If anyone wants to help plan a special event just see one of the officers. In these times we live in it takes a lot of new ideas to retain members and get them active in the club. I think we have a great start on this and would like to see the trend continue. Thank you all for a job well done last year, let s continue on this path. Fraternally yours, Bill De Young (Worthy President) Your Auxiliary Officers: President Karen Krajewski Vice President Lynn McCarty Past Madam President Goldie Israels Secretary Carol Davison Treasurer Judi Corwin Chaplin Pat Wooden Conductress Joyce Carnes Inside Guard Elaine Horton Outside Guard Mary Ellen De Young Joyce Hansen Carol Newbre Deb Bellingar ~ 1 ~
R.E.A.C. NEWS: The R.E.A.C. luncheon will be held on Tuesday 14 th. We will meet at Michelle's", located on Romance Road in the D&W plaza. We will meet at noon. BARTENDER'S CORNER R.E.A.C. stands for Retired Eagles Activity Club. Any Aerie or Auxiliary member over 55 and retired can join REAC. The annual membership fee is $5. 00. Come visit any 2 nd Tuesday of the month & become a member! FATHER/SON BANQUET Lunches served Tuesday - Saturday noon until 2:30 pm Fred enjoys your company for daily lunches. Please come join him and look for his delicious weekly specials and just plain fun!! Please support his efforts!! Please remember to carry your valid Eagles membership card at all times Our annual Father's Day Banquet will be held on Thursday, 16 th. Cocktails will be served at 6:00 pm Dinner will be at 7:00 pm. The cost will be $5. 00 per person. Deadline for sign up will be Friday 10 th NO EXCEPTIONS!! Every Thursday at 6:30 pm Please mark your calendars and plan to join us as we celebrate our fathers for their day!! ~ 2 ~
ADDRESS CHANGES Please submit: Eagle Riders Officers: President : Bruce Stockwell Vice President: Harry Thomas Secretary/Treasurer: Mary Ellen De Young Aerie Member home address changes to the club secretary, attention: Mark Israels. Auxiliary member home address changes to the club secretary, attention: Carol Davison. FUNERAL LUNCHEONS For any information with regard to funeral luncheons, please contact Joyce Hansen (269) 327-3752. ROOM RENTAL INFORMATION For any information about rental of the activity room for any party i.e.: Wedding, Birthday, Anniversary, please contact Butch Weatherwax (269) 271-1483 or leave a message for Butch at the club. For newsletter purposes, contact Uta Wooden at the club. EAGLE RIDERS CLUB: The meetings for this group are the 3 rd Monday of each month at 6:30 pm at the club. The meeting will be held on Monday 20 th. JUNE RIDE This Months ride will be 18 th. This ride will be a benefit ride for Talons Out Honor Flight. We will meet at VFW Post 1527, 1920 E. Kilgore Service Rd. Kalamazoo, Mi. Price is $15. 00 for single $25.00 for double. Registration starts at 10:30 am. Kickstands up @ 1:00 pm CHALLENGER LITTLE LEAGUE GAME DAY The Riders will be riding to the last Challenger Little League game for the season on 25 th. They will assist the players on the field and following the games they will present our Charity check to them. The Riders will ride in on bikes but any Eagles member is welcome to attend. We will meet for breakfast at "Cafe Meli" (on Portage Road by the airport) at 7:30 am. If you would like to just attend the games they start at 9:00 am and 10:30 am at Milwood Little League fields on Lovers Lane. UPCOMING RIDE Sunday July 10 th will be the Talons Out Honor Ride out of American Legion post 475 in Schoolcraft. Details will be in the July newsletter.. Thanks Again To All Who Support Our Eagle Riders!!!! ~ 3 ~
BUD ISRAELS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: BUD ISRAELS SCHOLARSHIP TO OUR MEMBERS: Anyone can make a donation or memorial contribution on behalf of loved ones at anytime, to be used as part of this ongoing scholarship fund. Any & all donations are greatly appreciated as we plan to continue with our scholarship effort for years to come! Applications are being accepted for the 2016 Bud Israels Memorial Scholarship. The deadline for applications is 30 th. The Scholarship Committee will award a scholarship to an area high school graduate (graduates). Any interested high school senior can apply, if they meet the following criteria: Checks should be made payable to: F.O.E. 3531 Scholarship fund. Donations or memorial contributions should be directed to: "Bud Israels Scholarship fund" Committee Portage Schoolcraft Eagles 11611 Shaver Rd Schoolcraft, Mi 49087 PLEASE HELP SUPPORT THIS SCHOLARSHIP FUND!! 1) Must have a GPA of 2.5 or better and provide a high school transcript. 2) Must have a letter of acceptance to a college, university, or technical school. 3) Must be a child or grandchild of an F.O.E. #3531 member, who has been a member in good standing for a minimum of two years. Completed applications should be sent to: Portage-Schoolcraft Eagles #3531 Attention: Scholarship Committee 11611 Shaver Road Schoolcraft, Mi 49087 Applications may be obtained at the club or on the website: www.eagles3531.com ~ 4 ~
FRIDAY DINNERS ANNUAL BUD ISRAELS SCHOLARSHIP FUND GOLF OUTING Baked Potato & 3 rd Salad Bar $7. 00 (Deb) Pork Chops 10 th & Dressing (Judi & Goldie) 17 th Beef & Noodles (Joyce) 24 th Chicken Casserole & Salad (Karen) July 1 st No Dinner (Cook's Holiday) The annual Bud Israels scholarship fund golf outing will be held on Saturday, August 6 th. At this writing, the committee for this event is working on the full details for the outing. A signup sheet will be available at the club as soon as we have everything in order. The prices will be available soon as well. Following the outing, we will serve lunch at the club and scholarship awards will be presented to this year's scholarship recipients. Check at the club for further details and all final details will be announced in the July newsletter. 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION Thanks To All Who Attend & Support Our Friday Dinners "We Really Appreciate Your business!!" We will take recommendations for meals you would like us to cook. We are here to please our customers!! The Club will be open Monday July 4th. Hot Dogs and Brats will be served from Noon - 4:00 pm. Come down and Celebrate Independence Day with fellow memebers!!! ~ 5 ~
COMING EVENTS *Band * 4 th Jimmy Martin *Band * 11 th Jimmy Martin Father/Son 16 th Banquet Eagle 18 th Riders Ride Challenger 25 th L.L. Game Scholarship 30 th Application Deadline July Holiday 4 th Celebration Aug. Bud Israels 6 th Golf outing MOTHER/DAUGHTER BANQUET Our annual Mother/Daughter Banquet was held on Thursday May 5 th. A BIG thanks to Butch Weatherwax & Bill De Young and all the Aerie members who made this such a fun evening for our ladies!!! YOU ARE APPRECIATED!!! MOTHERS DAY BREAKFAST BUFFET The Mother's Day Breakfast on Mother's Day, May 8 th was a huge success!!!! We wish to send a Big "Thank you" to... Chris, Donna, David, & Karen for a great job!! We have had many wonderful comments on the job so well done!! Thanks again so much!! BAND INFORMATION "Jimmy Martin & The River Ridge Band" will be playing on Saturday 4 th and Saturday 11 th. Fun Fact: Standing anywhere in the state of Michigan, a person is within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes. **Watch your newsletter each month to see what band will be playing. It is the plan at this writing to have a band at least one Saturday each month. Even if we have no band on a certain Saturday, the club will be open as usual so come enjoy fun with fellow members! ~ 6 ~
Eagles 3531-2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Aerie Meeting Line Dancing Baked Potato & 7:00 pm 6:30 pm Salad Bar Band : Jimmy Martin 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Burger Night! Joint Meeting 5:00-7:00 pm 6:00 pm Auxiliary meeting 6:30 pm Line Dancing Pork Chops & 6:30 pm Dressing Band : Jimmy Martin 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 REAC Luncheon Aerie Meeting Father/Son 7:00 pm Banquet Beef & Noodles Eagle Riders Ride 6 pm Burger Night 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 All Day Eagle Riders Meeting 6:30 pm Burger Night! Auxiliary Meeting Line Dancing Chicken 5:00-7:00 pm 6:30 pm 6:30 pm Casserole & Salad 26 27 28 29 30 Challenger LL Game Burger Night! Line Dancing July 1 st 5:00-7:00 pm 6:30 pm Cooks Holiday No Dinner ~ 7 ~