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Gentlemen of the BTC |
March 21, 2024 |
Our 2024 wordsmith Lee
Kaz asked me to pinch hit for him this week by
writing the newsletter. Less
than three months in and the guy already needs a
day off. He said it’s because
he is out of town this week.
I think he just can’t handle the pressure.
Did you ever notice that after the first
four years in office, The President of The
United States usually looks like he has aged 20
years. I see a similar
deterioration in Lee after just 11 weeks.
Hang in there Lee, you’ll make it.
I wasn’t at bowling
this week, but it looks like there were some
impressive scratch scores out there.
Big day for the Samoska’s.
Randy Samoska (737) and Dennis Samoska
Jr. (664) had the league’s two top scratch
series this week. Willie
Janda wasn’t far behind with his 651.
The three top scratch games this week all
went to the boys of Smokys Bandits.
Randy Samoska 287, Dennis Samoska Jr.
257 and Terry Conway 256.
Tony Alexander also had a 256 game.
There are only a few
weeks of bowling left before the roll offs.
In the “A” division Smokys Bandits (won
the first half) is leading the way with Traitors
just 5 points behind. Oak
Forest Bowl and Creative Colors are also within
striking distance. Over in
the “B” division it’s Tri-Star at the head of
the class 6 points ahead of Beggars Pizza.
Everyone else is pretty far back, but it
ain’t over ‘til it’s over.
There is still time for one of the stragglers to
make a run.
In tennis this week it
looks like they had a nice turnout with 15 guys
playing. Todd Johnson
was this week’s King of the Court winning 19 of
24 matches. Steve “Butter
Boy” Andersen wasn’t far behind (16/24).
Rich Schroeder also had a fine
week with 14 wins.
Now let’s talk about
golf. With the 88th
playing of the Masters Tournament just three
weeks away (April 11 thru 14) you know that BTC
Golf can’t be far behind. We
have about 7 weeks until we kick things off on
May 7th at Silver Lake followed by a
dinner at the golf course at 3:00.
If you haven’t entered your 2-man team
yet, I suggest you get that information to Larry
Garetto soon. You can also
let Larry know if you would like to participate
in the 2-man but don’t have a partner.
The entry fee for the 2-man is $50 per
player ($100/team).
The golf schedule was
posted in the newsletter a couple weeks ago.
There have been a couple of changes made
since then. It looks like the
Lake Geneva trip was removed and many of you
will be happy to hear that later in the year a
date at Tuckaway was replaced with Cardinal
Creek. I spoke to Rob Elliott
a couple days ago and he told me that he played
Cardinal Creek recently with Bob Kennedy and
Cory Robb. They were
impressed with the course. I
look forward to seeing it for myself.
Make sure that if you are looking at the
golf schedule that you are looking at the most
recent one. As always, it
will soon be available on the website
(builderstee.com).
Now I will take off my newsletter hat and put on my Treasurer hat. We still have some members that have not yet paid their dues for 2024 (Due Feb. 1, 2024). If you are one of these guys, please contact me right away and let me know when I can expect your payment. You can mail checks to me at 8542 S. Kilpatrick, Chicago, IL 60652. You can also pay your dues on the website (builderstee.com). If you pay on the website, please add 3% (processing fees). It is important that you get this done soon. The long and painstaking process of putting together this year’s members book has begun. Only members in good standing will be included. Also, until your dues are paid you cannot participate in any BTC events (bowling, tennis, golf, etc.). Don’t make me send my guys out looking for you.
Happy March
Birthdays
Derrick Bay (1), Bruce
Zich (1), Tom Krygowski (3), Dave Downey (3),
Joe Mello (5), Bob Shinnick (6), Michael Seebock
(7), Jim Fowler (10), Tim Magee (12), Gino Maira
(17), Dennis Samoska Sr. (19), Mike Heslop (20),
Mike Dominy (21), Kevin Flanagan (21), Bob
Switak (22), Keith Lazarz (23), Dwight Hammond
(24), Bill Slusarczyk (24), Bob Vizdal (26),
Mike McNamara (30), Rob Rollins (30)
Anthony Serritella – BTC Treasurer
serritella.outlandmedia@gmail.com
(630) 430-5742