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ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MINUTES
November 17th, 2003
President Tom Gruver called the meeting to order with 2 board members and 14 members present.
Treasurer’s report- No Report.
Minutes Report- Motion to approve made by Mike Farrell and seconded by Billie Weiss. Motion carried.
Comments from the Floor:
- None.
Correspondence:
- Easton High Basketball Boosters wrote and asked for a donation. We voted for a $100 ad (a page) in their program.
Commissioners:
Baseball (Mike Farrell)
- Mike Farrell reported that a representative from the Cal Ripken League will hold a meeting about their program for the 5-12 ages.
There will be a meeting held on November 23rd about different leagues in the area. The price on an indoor batting cage is
$3225. Milke will present this to the rec board and the board of supervisors. This cage takes 5 minutes to set up and only
needs 2 feet of storage space. This will include softball, too.
Basketball (Don Miller)
- Don Miller reported that the league meeting was held on Sunday, November 16th. There are 29 organizations in the CBL.
The referee fees are $95,000. The season starts on December 10th and goes through March. Forks has 28 teams in the
league. The instructional league has 100 players signed up.
Soccer (Don Garvey & Bill Morgan)
- Don Garvey reported that the U11 girls team placed 1st in the Blue Mountain Tournament. The Forks soccer fields
were cleaned up adn broken down on Sat, November 15th. For their dance, they had 22 chaperones for Friday night, but
only 5 chaperones for Saturday. He apologized for that. He requested $10 per player for the U11 Girls soccer team (13 players).
Cheerleading (Billie Weiss)
- Billie Weiss reported that there are 2 more competitions. The squad placed 6th at EAHS competition and 3rd at the
LTC competition. Billie asked about the money in the budget. She has to contact Kemie Nehoda from the rec board about it.
She requested other coaches' shirts. Tom Gruver will check out the style and try to order it from our vendors.
Phyllis Naiden brought up the fact about not having cheerleaders at the last football games because of competitions.
Billie is working on this for next season.
Wrestling (Mark Hammerstone)
- Mark Hammerstone reported that they are now in the new building. Ther are 73 players in the program. The Fall Brawl
is coming up this weekend. Matches start in 2 weeks. He will have 2 home matches. He ordered new uniforms.
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Softball (Bob Schaming)
- No report.
Football (Fran Tone)
- Fran Tone reported that the midgets (7-3) came in 4th place, PeeWee (8-2) came in 2nd place and Jr PeeWee (10-0)
came in 1st place. He requested $10 per player for the Jr PeeWee championship team. He received an $80 check from
Bishop Photography.
Lacrosse (Tom Ellison)
- No report.
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Committees:
Snack Bars (Wayne Hultgren)
- The outside snack bars are cleaned and closed up. Wayne thanked Phyllis Naiden again for having enough volunteers
for the football games. Don Miller has told his coaches to have a team mom schedule volunteers at the snack bar
during basketball games. Billie Weiss was given the OK to sell old pom poms at the snack bar.
Background checks (Mike Farrell)
- Mark Hammerstone has some new coaches that need a background check.
Scholarship (Tom Gruver)
- No report.
Website (Mike Farrell and Jim Mazurowski)
- No report.
Awards Committee: (Tom Gruver)
- Coach of the Year - Krishna King.
- Volunteer of the Year - Phyllis Naiden
- Lifetime Achievement Award - Joe Mitzak
Registrations (Phyllis Naiden)
- Phyllis Naiden reported that the 2nd and 3rd sign ups for winter sports went well. Soccer will hold their own
signups for spring.
Recreation Board
- No report.
Dance (Wayne Hultgren)
- Wayne Hultgren reported that the soccer dance went well. He had to call the emergency squad to the dance on
Saturday for a child having an asthma attack. A vote was taken to raise the dance fee to $6 in January. Majority
ruled and motion was carried. He needs volunteers for the December FTYSO dance.
Old Business :
- The Hot Chocolate machine has been purchased and delivered. Members were unable to attend the last supervisors
meeting to discuss the Meco Rd baseball field, new wrestling building and indoor batting cage.
New Business :
- The January 19, 2004 meeting will be an open house to welcome new members. Mike Farrell will post this
information on the web site, put it in the newspaper and post flyers around. Mike Andreano attended the meeting
to show interest in coaching basketball and baseball. He moved to the township 3 weeks ago.
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ELECTIONS:
The following people were elected for 2004 board positions:
President - Tom Gruver
Vice President - Mike Farrell
Treasurer - Bob Schaming
Secretary - Colleen Ziegenhorn
The following people were elected commissioners for 2004:
Baseball - Mike Farrell, Ass't Mark Hammerstone
Football Fran Tone, Ass't Tom Gruver
Cheering - Billie Weiss
Soccer - Cary Salkin, Jon Seckinger
Softball - Bob Schaming, Ass't Colleen Ziegenhorn
Lacrosse - Tom Ellison
Motion to adjourn made by Mike Farrell and seconded by Bob Schaming.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Colleen Ziegenhorn.
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