Sunfield Area SPY's Report---4/29/10

Bike-A-Thon This Saturday !

The Sunfield Elementary Parents Group will be holding their annual Bike-A-Thon this Saturday, May 1st. The format for this year's event will be the same as in the past. The riders will ride a 1/3 mile, all pavement, no hills lap on the streets in front of the Sunfield Elementary School. The area will be closed off to vehicular traffic during the running of the Bike-A-Thon. Participants will be seeking pledges for how many miles they can ride in the three hours the event runs.

The Sunfield Area SPY's Bike-A-Thon is open to everyone. Registration will start at 8:30 AM at the Sunfield Elementary School. The event will start at 9 AM and will end at Noon. In case of bad weather the Bike-A-Thon will be held on the following Saturday, May 8th. Rest rooms and refreshments will be provided for the riders. Gift certificates, prizes, and other recognition will be awarded for seven different age groups. There will also be a separate fastest lap competition.
For further information about the Bike-A-Thon please contact Yvette Davis at 566-7201.
News Briefs

+ The Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth wish to acknowledge some recent donations to the Scholarship Fund and Youth Activities Trust Fund that came in from the following fine folks. Thank you-----

* Lucille Bos gave in memory of Kylie Erdman.

* Debra Andrews contributed in memory of Kylie Erdman.

* Jennie Stambaugh made donations in memory of George Lake and Jackie Butler.

* Roxie Hazel gave in memory of Jackie Butler.

* Flo Sayer made contributions in memory of Jackie Butler and Caroline Pettit.

* Don & Carol Ray and Steve & Patti Ray donated in memory of Jackie Butler.

Thank you all for choosing this means to help us help kids!

+ HELP WANTED! The SPY’s next Texas Hold ‘Em working event is happening Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, May 3rd thru 5th. at Tripper’s in Frandor in Lansing. This is the last Hold ‘Em event of the season and we need some help! Care to lend a hand? The work is easy and these events are critical to the many programs we provide. Give event chairman Sam Coan a call at 517-566-7182 and sign up for a shift, waddya say?

+ Thought #1: You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him.

+ Trivia Corner: What did Thomas Adams discover back in 1870? (Answer later in this column)

+ Honest Roy’s Quote-Of-The-Week: “My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping.”
+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week: In the Masters PGA Golf Tournament, who holds the record for the most consecutive starts---Is it Jack Nicklaus; Jimmy Z; Raymond Floyd; Arnold Palmer; or Sam Snead? (Answer later in this column)

+ Thought #2: The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

+ The “Sports Trivia Question Just For ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week: What Major League Baseball team was the first to hit five home runs in a single inning---Was it the New York Yankees; the Detroit Tigers; the New York Giants; the Boston Braves; or the Brooklyn Dodgers? (Answer later in this column)

+ Why do the crackers down in Georgia refer to Craig Cappon as “T-Bone”?

+ The twenty-second annual "Centennial Acres / SPY Shootout" golf tournament will be held on Sunday, June 13th. The informational flyers are out. Applications are available at Centennial Acres Golf Course or by contacting event chairman Bill Weller (566-8895), or John Fisher (566-8278). Stay tuned for further information.

+ “Understanding New-Age Definitions by Dr. Jill VanAntwerp, (Professor of English at Grand Valley State College). Today’s word is “Counterfeiters” (kown-ter-fit-ers). It’s New-Age Definition---Workers who put together kitchen cabinets.

+ Swede’s Groaner Corner: What did the green grape say to the purple grape? “Breathe! Breathe!”

+ Trivia Corner Answer: Back in 1870, Thomas Adams was experimenting with chicle---the sap from a South American tree---as a possible substitute for rubber. After mounting failures, the dejected inventor popped a piece into his mouth. He liked it! The result---“Adams New York #1” became the first mass-produced chewing gum in the world. That’s how “Chiclets” gum got started.

+ Andy Woodman’s Sports Trivia Question-Of-The-Week Answer: The answer is Arnold Palmer with fifty consecutive starts in the Masters from 1955 through 2004. Next on the list with 46 starts is Doug Ford, followed by Raymond Floyd with 45; Sam Snead had 44; and Jack Nicklaus had 40. Jimmy Z has watched the Masters for 35 consecutive years.

+ The “Sports Trivia Question Just For ‘Smarty-Pants’ Mac Cready Question-Of-The-Week Answer: The New York Giants hit five home runs in the fourth inning of a 17-3 win over Cincinnati on June 6, 1939. They hit seven total homers in the game.

+ To find out more about the SPY’s organization, download forms or applications, or catch-up on past issues of the “Dirt Sheet”, go to the SPY’s website at www.sunfieldspys.org.

Highlights From Our Last Meeting

+ The meeting was brought under control by our Fearless Leader Darin Weller. Regular business reports were given and approved. (8)

+ Correspondence reviewed consisted of a card from the family of Joyce McWhorter.

+ Sam Coan gave a Texas Hold ‘Em report. He has been investigating the Ledge Meadows and Ionia Corners. Our next event is coming up on May 3rd. thru 5th. volunteers are needed.

+ An update was given on the Disney “Give A Day / Get A Day” program.

+ The membership approved the expenditure of $560 to cover the Sunfield area kids involved in the youth wrestling program.

+ A report was given on the “Heart of a Spartan” run that Chris Wegener is participating in.

+ The membership voted to approve a grant of $13,000 to the SPY’s Sunfield Community Foundation scholarship fund.

+ The membership voted to approve a $25 expenditure for the lone Sunfield area youth participating in the Lakewood Middle School tennis program.

+ The membership voted to take no action on a request to provide a “basket” for use at the Sunfield Elementary School’s annual recognition day. Instead the SPY’s will purchase 30 tickets in conjunction the Parents Group upcoming Lansing Lugnuts Baseball excursion. The total cost will be $270. These tickets will be given to students and their parents who are deserving of special recognition, or have a special need.

+ An Adopt-A-Highway report was given.

+ The membership voted to donate $500 to the Farmer’s Picnic Committee for use for this year’s event.

+ Bill Weller gave a Centennial Acres / SPY Shootout golf tournament update. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, June 13th. Detail forthcoming.

+ Discussion took pace on the Parents Group Bike-A-Thon and how we could help. Wendel Peabody volunteered to follow-up on this.

+ Discussion took place concerning a request that came from Ron Wells representing the Farmers Picnic Committee to partner with the SPY’s on a fund-raising event in order to help them out financially.

+ A Scholarship Committee report was given. We have 10 applicants this year, and we have had 8 volunteers step forward to serve on the Scholarship Review Committee. The Committee is in the process of individually going over the applicant packets.

+ The membership voted to approve some needed language adjustments in the Scholarship Award Criteria document.

+ Discussion took place on establishing a points structure for the “Youth Community Service Points Program”. It was decided that 10 points would be awarded for each hours worked.

+ A “Myrtle Report” was given. She has struck again! Stay tuned for the formal announcement.

+ MDLXXX