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Gentlemen of the BTC |
January 29, 2026 |
It's the end of the
month and our dues are due. Please get
them in so you don’t have to pay a late
fee. You can mail your dues to Dave
Jenner at the address listed on the
attached dues information sheet.
You can bring your dues to Dave at the
bowling alley on Tuesday, or you can pay
on our website builderstee.com
We are approaching
Brosius Doubles time. Our annual
Brosius Doubles will be held on Feb 24
and Mar 3. More info will be in
the Bowling News section of this
newsletter.
Spring is coming, I
promise I’ll try, not sure I can fix
Kaz though.
Tom O was
stumping everyone again Tuesday at the
bar.
On the lighter
side, Oscar Gamble once said, “They
don't think it be like it is, but it do.
Out on the farm the
horse gets stuck in quicksand, he tells
his chicken friend to get the farmer to
bring his car with a rope and pull
me out, the chicken can't find the
farmer but finds the keys to the BMW,
drives down with the rope and pulls out
the horse. A couple days later the
chicken gets stuck in the quicksand he
tells the horse to get the farmer, the
horse tells the chicken I'll straddle
and lower myself and you grab my
appendage and I'll raise up and get you
out. The moral of the story is you don't
need a fancy BMW to pick up chick's when
you're hung like a horse.
Countdown to Golf:
14 weeks
Tim Magee – BTC
Secretary
January
Birthdays:
Bob Welsch (6), Jim
McDermott (8), Bob Conners (9), Ron
Kogut (12), Nelson Radcliffe (14), Mike
Tomkins (14), Ron Miller (15), Andy
Zilis (18), Rick Carioti (25), Dick
Kamin (25), Dennis Samoska Jr. (30), Dan
Woodward Jr. (30)
February
Birthdays:
Frank Carioti (5),
Roger Byrnes (9), Rick Stradal (13), Ben
Tutka (13), Marv Huddleston (16), Jim
Moretti (17), Ed Kern (18), Terry Conway
(21), Gar Ward (23), Steve Andersen
(26), Don Franko (26)
From The BTC
Historian:
Fellow Members,
Today I
would like to tell you a little
bit about one of our Longtime Members
who took the steps to give back some of
his time to keep our Club moving
forward. Tim Magee is our new
Secretary for 2026 and if you are not a
bowler you probably only saw Tim at
one of our dinners.
But Tim
joined the BTC back in 1999. His
Sponsors were Mike Kent and Jim
Gallagher. They brought Tim into the
Club for his bowling prowess. Tim did
not let them down as his JC Pub Team won
the Championship with Tim, Jim and Mike
Gallagher, Tim Dempsey and Bob Pinc on
the winning Team.
Tim also
managed to help his Teams win a couple
more Bowling Championships when he
bowled for Febel Brothers and then
Bright Metals. He bowled with Chuck
Febel Sr. and Jr. as well as Hutch, Pete
Lambros, Gary Klonowski, Bill Foster,
Mike Loye and Tom Stahl to name a few.
Tim told me
some of his other Bowling Highlights
include a 300 game on Feb. 26, 2011 with
the Club. Nobody forgets the date unless
you have too many to remember. He also
won all four spots in the Brosius
Doubles back in 2012. He also felt that
coming in 6th Place in Bowling
Average one season right behind Hutch
was a great accomplishment and I
couldn’t agree with him more about that.
As for golf Tim told me that early on,
he played a few rounds with the Club
when he could get a whole day off of
work.
But back to
the beginning, Tim attended Eisenhower
High School, right across the street
from Burr Oak Bowl. In 1972 he became a
Bricklayer Apprentice and then a
Journeyman Bricklayer for a few
different Companies. In 1994 He started
William-Magee Masonry and two years
later Tim Magee Masonry. He worked on
many Southside Homes and Commercial
Buildings.
However, on
May 19, 2013 his life changed
dramatically when the motorcycle that he
was driving crashed leaving him in the
Hospital for 79 days. Tim broke his left
ankle, right clavicle, tore his eye and
injured his spinal cord. His injuries
left him with permanent damage to many
body parts, but Tim has overcome much to
still be an important part of our Club.
Tim came
back to bowling ten years ago. Although
he can only go to the line and throw the
ball out, he has managed to perfect this
to the point that he has been able to
maintain a 167 average. I do not know
how he is able to do that or better yet
pick up a ten pin, but he has mastered
both. Tim also runs many of the bowling
pots so everyone at Burr Oak hopes to
see Tim just before they are leaving.
Now that Tim
is the Secretary of the BTC you all will
be hearing from him and seeing him at
our dinners. But when Tim is not at
these Events, he will be spending time
with his wife of 34 years, Linda, and
their five Children and one Grandchild.
Thanks for
listening.
Your Historian,
Bob Vizdal