Newsletter January 2016
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Newsletter January 2016
Volume 17 Number 6 The official newsletter of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Booster Club January, 2016 made us proud! Thanks to Tristan Jarry and Brian Foster for a great job holding down the fort! By now we have made our trip to By Kathy Thomas Hartford. I’m sure we had a great The holidays have come and time. Now we are preparing for gone. I hope everyone had a one of our favorite trips to wonderful and safe holiday! I Portland!!! I KNOW we will all hope you got everything you have a great time! Dinner at wished for and you didn’t eat too DiMilo’s for the lazy man’s many cookies!! I can’t believe it lobster! Yummo!!! Let’s hope the is 2016 already. Where did the weather cooperates and doesn’t year go? The team got off to a finally decide to become winter! fantastic start. They had a few Don’t forget our trip to Toronto bumps in the road here and there and Rochester in February which but hopefully they are again on is another favorite trip. This time the right track for the new year. I we have a full day to explore want to congratulate Matt Murray Toronto! I want to thank Anne on his first NHL win! He certainly Flasser and her committee for doing a great job on the Christmas Cookie Tins again this year. Don’t forget to get your Daily Number Lottery tickets if there are any left. Here is hoping for a great New Year for the team and for everyone else!!! Trip Report: certain trip, please be 95% sure you are going. Contracting hotel room is sometimes challenging. We hate to turn people away because we don’t have enough hotel rooms reserved. The other side of the coin is agreements with the hotels holding many more rooms than we need and possibly having to incur costs for cancelling unused rooms. This doesn’t even take into account reserving one or two buses. Currently there are 4 people who may not be able to go to Toronto as we will not run a second (Cont’d to pg 10) President’s Thoughts interest in this trip, you do need to sign up with Stew and pay a deposit. By Chip Hanuscik Simply telling him you were With the holiday season in the rear interested at the meeting does not mean you are signed up for this trip. view mirror, we can look forward to 2016 and our great slew of upcoming So, if this applies to you, please see Stew ASAP as the deadline for hotel trips. We still have availability on both our Portland/Providence trip in reservations is January 15th and there is no guarantee that there will January and our Toronto/Rochester be room availability after that date. tirp in February. When Stew asked Members should keep in mind that for interest the Totonto trip back in November we had over 80 members the club makes many contractual interested, as of to date only 57 have decisions based on your interest in signed up. We do need at least 70 to trips. Moving forward, if Stew asks for people definitely interested in a run a second bus. If you expressed Monday, January 11, 2016 Let’s Go Pens!!! Hallelujah!!! Kathy Scheduled guest: 7:30 p.m. Wilkes-Barre Township Fire Hall—152 Watson St 1 Dominik Simon Subject to Change Board of Directors 2015-2016 Penguin Humor: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Booster Club www.wbspenguinsboosterclub.com P.O. Box 419 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703-0419 President Kathy Thomas [email protected] Vice President RoseAnn Foy [email protected] Recording Secretary Peggy Johnson [email protected] Treasurer Wendy Koster [email protected] Corresponding Secretary Anne Flasser [email protected] Membership Director Dan Mensch [email protected] Past Presidents Vicki Silva Day Williams Ed Drozdowski Chip Hanuscik Newsletter Director Ray Yakobitis [email protected] Members at Large Stew Thomas ([email protected] ) BC Hotline# 570-602-6332 MichelleAlters ([email protected] ) Tom O’Malley Trips Chip Hanuscik Stew Thomas Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WBSPBC Volunteers Geri Melovitz The Tip of the Iceberg is the official newsletter of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Booster Club and is published for web and mail distribution 11 times a year. There is no July newsletter. Articles for each month are due before the 15th of the previous month. Members should email stories and news to [email protected] for inclusion. Upon submission you will receive a confirming email. If you do not receive this, assume your submission was not received. Note: Guests shown are tentative and subject to change. Always consult the Booster Club’s Phone Hotline (570-602-6332) for last minute changes or follow us on Twitter@wbspbc. The newsletter director thanks all involved with this newsletter for their time and effort. Media Relations and Danielle Baker Photos [email protected] Web Master Paul Truman webmaster@wbspenguinsbooster club.com 2 Meeting Minutes: By Peggy Johnson The WBSPBC General Meeting was held on Dec.14, 2015 at the WilkesBarre Twp. Fire Company. President, Kathy Thomas called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. There were 48 members in attendance. A motion was made by Sharon Sallitt and seconded by Michele Meredith to waive a reading of the Secretary’s report. All were in favor and the motion was passed. The Treasurer’s report was given by Wendy Koster . A motion was made by Debby Charnichko and seconded by RoseAnn Foy to accept the report. All were in favor and the motion was passed. RoseAnn reported that our speaker would be Scott Wilson and that they would be chancing off a Christmas Jersey instead of a stick after his talk tonight. It is not known who the speaker will be for the next meeting. the forms that are found in the Newsletter or at the BC table in the arena. Your order must be paid in full when being placed. There are sample items from last year for sale. DOOR PRIZES 2010 AAHLBC Convention Rolling Cooler: RoseAnn Foy Penguin Lawn Stake: Linda Hivish Volunteers are needed for the Tire Tosses. You must be at least 12 or 13 Coors Lite T-Shirt: Sharon Sallitt years of age to go down on the ice for Penguins Door Knob Hanger: the collection of the tires. For further Karen Gritzen information you can contact Geri at Pair Small Penguin Stockings: the East Gate. Mary Ann Wassell If you did not get any Daily Number tickets to sell for the February drawings, you may pick them up the BC table. Geisinger Water Bottle: ?? Penguins Novelty Decor: Danielle Baker FNCB Ice Scraper: Michele Meredith The new 2015-16 Booster Club Pins are in and are selling fast. The cost is Labatts Blue Coozie: Michelle Alters $6. PLAYER OF THE MONTH Pengu1n Snowglobe: Lisa Mensch Penguin Sitter: Ray Yakobitis The first name drawn to present the November Player of the Month Award Penguin Paddle Ball: Mary Kay will be Sherri Trutt. The second Yurkavage name that was drawn to present the December Player of the month award Note Pad Independent Graphics: Larry Chapman was Ed Koster. Both members will present their awards to the respective players at a January game. Connections Academy Backpack: Kathy wanted to know why we had to lose 3 in a row. Congratulations are in order for Coach Sullivan who was promoted to the NHL as the new RAFFLE WINNER coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Congratulations to Jay Leach for his The winner of the 50/50 jackpot of promotion as the new temporary $61 was Mary Kay Yurkavage. coach of the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. Kathy wants to wish everyChristmas Jersey Raffle one a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Her wish is for the The winner of the Christmas Jersey Calder Cup. that was raffled off at the meeting was Doreen Keeler. The winner of The trip schedule is out and filling up. Check the report in the Trip Sec- the last years autographed player’s ornament from the Christmas tree at tion of the Newsletter. Our favorite Grotto’s was Laurie Nealon. trips are already filling up fast. Dan Mensch WBS 13-14 Team Captains Coors Light Glass: Karen Harrison 2015 AAHLBC Convention Bag: Brad Trutt Autographed Tristan Jarry Poster: Alex Gorgol Autographed Dominik Simone Poster: Kathy Carrera Penguin Gift Bag: Sherri Trutt Penguin Stockings: Doreen Keeler Samuellson Ornament: Rose Hirel If anyone has pictures from any of the team functions they would like to use for the Newsletter, the website, scrapbooks, etc. please contact Danielle or Kathy. Kuhnhackl Ornament: Tom Thackara If you need a binder for your scrapbook email Cindy and she can meet you at the game or get in touch with you elsewhere. Dumoulin Ornament: Bernie Gurka Kostopoulos Ornament: Laurie Nealon Drzenovicz Ornament: Tara Pozza Payerl Ornament: Sue Mattuella Reese Ornament: Kristen Holland Merchandise may be ordered on (Cont’d to pg 4) 3 SPEAKER: Scott Wilson Door Prizes (Cont’d from pg. 3) Ebbett Ornament: Veilleux Ornament: Smith Ornament: Gibbons Ornament: Megna Ornament: Nancy Snee Dena Casterline Vicki Smith Donna Casterline Mike Hunsicker Holzapfel Ornament: Anne Flasser O’Brien Ornament: Wendy Koster Peters Ornament : Audrey Kurtz Our speaker for the evening was Scott Wilson. Scott was a guest speaker here last year, he started his session with a brief background about his hockey beginnings and how he came to be in Wilkes-Barre. We all know that he started skating at the age of 2, when his sister was born his parents got him ice skates as a present. He fell in love with skating and always played ahead of himself. He went to U-Mass/Lowell where he felt he worked at developing his dangerously hard shot. Bortuzzo Ornament: Patty Sinex Hynes Ornament: Susan Hunsicker Tangradi Ornament: Alex Silva Strait Ornament: Laurie Nealon Morrow Ornament: Karen Burke Happy New Year —-2016 Scott had surgery on his hand during his time off in the summer break so he couldn’t get in much golf, one of his favorite pastime activities. He also likes to relax at the lake. Some of the players are in a bowling league during their off time on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He also likes to work out on the trampoline. Scott took time to answer questions from the members. Many were interested with what was it like to work under Acting Coach Leach since Sully’s promotion to Pittsburgh. Scott said Leach is following through on the ground work laid down by Sully. He’s a great guy and the team respects him. Pictured below is Laurie Nealon being presented the autographed Penguin Ornament from Scott Wilson. Scott stated that he’s the cook now and learned a lot from Archie. He shares lodging with Dea and Sheary. He said that he is going right home after the game in Syracuse if he can get someone to drive his car to Syracuse. When asked what he was wishing for Christmas, he stated he wanted a new garment bag. We want to thank Scott for coming to our meeting and answering the member’s questions, signing autographs, and posing for pictures. We hope that he has safe travels home over the holidays and has a Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year with family members. 4 Enclosed in this months newsletter is a copy of the order form (Pg.6) for the WBS Penguins Booster Club merchandise that is available for purchase. When placing your order please fill out the form completely and ensure that you specify for the items being embroidered which image you would like (i.e. Road Warrior Or BC Logo). Please keep in mind that in order to purchase the Road Warrior image you are required to go on at least one Booster Club trip within the time frame of your membership. Also all money is due upon ordering. There are several items I am waiting on pricing for so they are not listed on the order form. Once I receive those prices I will update the order form to include all merchandise. My contact information is listed on the top of the form so if you have any questions regarding color or items not listed that you would like more information on, please do not hesitate to contact me. Email is the best method of reaching me as I can check them while I am at work. Pictured above is Ed Drozdowski the winner of the Philip Sammuelson jersey drawn for the month of November. Don’t forget to stop at the BC table in Section 101 of the arena to buy a chance on a jersey. You could be the next winner!!!! Pictured is a copy of the new Booster Club Pin for 2015-16. The new pin is currently on sale. You may purchase one at the BC table in Sect. 101 at the arena during all home games or at the general BC meetings. Cost is $6. Get one before they are all gone. Thanks!!! Michelle Alters 1 for $1.00 WBS Penguins Booster Club Jersey Raffle January, 2016 3 for $2.00 9 for $5.00 Do Not Have to Be Present to Win Winner will be Drawn at the January 30, 2016 Game Buy a Ticket or two!!! 5 6 Luncheon Committee photos from November 17, 2015 Luncheon Committee Members 7 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Booster Club 2015-2016 Membership Renewal Information Updated Renewal Information NAME: _________________________________ ADDRESS: _________________________________ _________________________________ PHONE #: _________________________________ BIRTHDAY: _______________________________ EMAIL: __________________________________ ****WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE THE NEWSLETTER ONLINE? YES ________ NO ________ Please mail completed application or drop off at the BC TABLE in Section 101 during any home game or at any Monthly Booster Club Meeting. W-B/S Penguins Booster Club PO Box 419 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703-0419 8 9 Mailbox INCOMING MAIL INCLUDED: Newsletters Renewals New Memberships Christmas Card from the Pittsburgh Penguins Booster Club. OUTGOING INCLUDED : (Trip report cont’d. from pg 1) bus if we don’t get at least 70. Moving forward, it may lead to only taking one bus on each trip meaning popular trips will sell out and we may have to turn away people who like to travel with us. So if you are reading this and are interested in either the Portland or Toronto trip get in touch with Stew ASAP so we can get an accurate room count. With that said we are putting a Sunday trip to Bridgeport on sale at this months meeting. Here are the details along with the information for the Toronto/ Rochester trip. Penguins vs Bridgeport Depart Sunday, March 13th at 10 AM from the Park and Ride in Pittston Twp. We will stop for lunch on the way to Bridgeport. Game time in Bridgeport is 3 PM. We will depart right after the game and should be home by 9PM. Cost: $62.00 pp adult ($5 discount if paid by cash or check). $20 deposit due at signup, balance due at the Feburary 28th game. Sympathy Card to the Novakoski Family on the death of Ann Novakoski, former officer of the Booster Club. Get Well Cards to Tammy Sequin and Tom O’Malley. Birthday Card to Kael Mouillierat. Christmas Card to the Pittsburgh Penguins Booster Club. As you know, due to the size of the Booster Club, greetings are not sent for members’ Birthdays, but are noted in the newsletter each month. Price includes bus, ticket and driver tip. All members are asked to contact me or any member of the board with any special or sad occasions within our membership, such as: Weddings Births Illness or injury Death of a member or their immediate family member (mother, father, grandparent, son, daughter, spouse or siblings, etc.). I can be reached by phone at 639-5193 or at Email: [email protected] Corresponding Secretary, Anne Flasser Attention all Booster Club members! In this months edition of the Newsletter you will find a Renewal Form for information. Since it has been many years since the member database has been updated. Please take some time to fill out one of the forms to update your information as to name, address, birthdate, etc. Once you have completed the form or forms you may return it to the Membership Director at any monthly meeting or at any home game at the BC table in Section 101. You can also mail the form too. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. 10 02 Kathy Kamor 03 Analyse Alters, Beverly Foley 04 Samantha Harrison 05 Dan Harper 06 Jeffery Fritzen, Rachel Yurkanin 07 Nolan Sciortino 08 Irene Harrison, Roberta Hebden, Wendy Koster, Al Walkowiak 09 Mary Pisack 10 Michele Keller 11 Dominic Ceppa 12 Ray Yakobitis 13 Brian Keller 14 Tom Thackara 15 Elmer Talmadge 17 Martha Ann Kokinda 19 Dena Casterline, Mary DelPlato, Katie Uhlendort 20 Diana Luedtke 21 Linda Hivish 22 Christopher Doherty, Michele Lynch 23 Basil Lynch 27 Rosalie Fritzen, Peter Riebe 28 Hunter Van Blargon 30 Henry Tempesta Sleeping Beauty on the bus!!!!! January Birthdays Penguins vs Portland and Providence (3 games) We will board the bus at 6:15 a m and depart Friday, Jan. 22nd at 6:30 a m from the Park and Ride in Pittston. We will arrive in Portland by 2:00 p m. We will check into the Holiday Inn by the Bay (almost directly across from the arena) with free time to allow everyone a chance to enjoy a good meal before the game. (Meal cost is not included in the trip price). Game time in Portland is 7:00 P M on both Friday and Saturday. Saturday morning will provide some free time for a trip to Freeport, ME, home of LL Bean. We will stay in Portland on Saturday night and check out Sunday morning and depart for Providence at 9AM and arrive in Providence by around 12:30 PM. This will allow time to eat before the game. Game time is 3 PM and we will depart for home right after the game and should arrive by 11:00 PM. (WEATHER PERMITTING REMEMBER IT IS JANUARY !!!!) * Cost per person: Sing.- $371, Dbl.- $270, Trp.- $245, Quad.- $235 Only acceptable payments will be Cash, Check, Mastercard or Visa. Remember there is a $5 discount for paying by cash or check. * Cost includes tickets to 3 games, 2 nights hotel , 2 Breakfast Buffets, Bus and Tips * $30 Deposit due at sign-up, balance due at the January 9th game. Penguins vs Toronto/Rochester (2Games) We will board the bus at 6:45 AM and depart Friday, Feb. 19th at 7:00 AM from the Park and Ride in Pittston. We will arrive in Toronto by 3:00 PM. We will check into the Sheraton Centre in downtown Toronto. We will bus to the Ricoh Coliseum game time is 7:00 PM on Friday. Saturday will be a free day to explore the town on your own, no bus transportation will be provided. There will be discount coupons for the hotel breakfast buffet available for $27 CDN as opposed to the standard $36. You will pay for breakfast on your own. BREAKFAST cost is not included with the price of the trip. We will check out Sunday morning 9 AM and depart for Rochester. With stops at duty free and the US Border, arriving in Rochester by 2PM. We will stop to eat before the game at Sticky Lips BBQ. Game time in Rochester is 5PM. Departing for home after the game and should be home by midnight (WEATHER Permitting Remember it is FEBRUARY) * Cost per person: Sing.-$413, Dbl-$280, Trp.-$233, Quad- $210 Only acceptable payments will be Cash, Check, Mastercard or Visa. Remember there is a $5 discount for paying by cash or check. * Cost includes tickets to 2 games, 2 nights hotel, Bus and Tips * $30 deposit due at sign-up, balance due by Feb. 6th game. 11 Next Meeting Wilkes-Barre Twp Fire Hall Monday Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Booster Club PO Box 419 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703-0419 Presorted First Class Mail US Postage PAID Scranton, PA Permit No. 168 January 11, 2016 7:30 p.m. Scheduled Guest (s): Dominik Simon Subject to change Members: Adults: 263 Youth: 62 Meeting date Dates of interest: : 01/11/2016 Jan 22-24, 2016 Feb. 19-21, 2016 March 13, 2016 April 15, 2016 12 Portland, Portland, and Providence Toronto and Rochester Bridgeport Lehigh Valley (Kids Trip)
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