April 2010

The Pivot

Amanda Clemons 2010

Letters from the President

Happily the April General Membership meeting is drawingever nearer, and Brandon had best quickly decide whatembarrassing activity I need to partake in to get back mygavel--otherwise the theft is for naught!Also, please don't forget to sign up to be part of theManistee Jaycees Relay for Life Team. Relay provides us away to raise money to help fund cancer research. Cancerresearch is something dear to my heart. I have been acancer survivor for 4 years now and it really means a lot tome to know that we are helping to raise money in thehopes that other people will not have to go through thefear and the sadness that cancer brings. My challenge stillstands. If our team makes $500 per month, the top moneymaker of that monthly period can require me to perform anembarrassing task. Hopefully he or she has a better planin place than Brandon did when he nicked my gavel.The Jaycee Board is hard at work in the continuingorganization of our "stuff." Currently we're working on aDocument Library to help out members. If you have needs,ideas, or documents that you've created in the past,please email them to info so that the board can includethem on our library.Thank you very much to Kristen and Jana. You both didsuch a wonderful job organizing the hunt, scheduling egg

stuffing’s, and making sure that all volunteers had a place

and felt needed. I really appreciate all that you did. Nextyear though, please make it be sunny, thanks.The Fire truck is in for repairs so hopefully it will be backon the road this summer for the parade season.

UPCOMING EVENTS!

4/3 Easter Egg Hunt4/13 Board Meeting4/15 Aqua meeting 6:30pm4/17 Adopt A Highway/TGIS4/22 Relay for Life Kick-offParty @ Manistee High4/27 GMM 6:30pm

Adopt A Highway

Clean Up 4/17Meet at 3pm

at Rico’s

TGIS afterwards

Family Bowling

Sunday March 28

was full of strikes and

spares, well for some….. Everyone under the

age of 26 got a perfect score of 300, followedby everyone over 27 got 88s. I guess it pays tobe young! The food was awesome and itseemed as if everyone had a great time. Keepscrolling down for some pictures.

Aquapalooza Meeting!!!

There will be an Aquapaloozameeting Thursday April 15

atRiver Street Station @6:30pmContact Shaun with

?’s

anchaksm@michigan.gov

Adopt-A-Highway

Help us clean up hwy 55! Join us in picking up trash on Saturday April 17th for our adopt ahighway! Bring your friends! Many treasures have been found abandoned along side of 55 inyears past, and you get to wear a cool orange vest! TGIS will begin at Rico

’

s for dinner anddrinks immediately following trash pickup and could end anywhere :)Meet at 3 pm Rico

’

s parking lot and we will ride together to our stretch of hwy 55. Rain date isset for the following Saturday April 24th and an email will be sent out in the event of rain.Please email me this week if you can attend stegejes@gmail.com Thanks Jessica.

Getting to know new members:

1. Name:Brandon Jensen2. Hometown:

Manistee, MI… Yeah I came back… who wudda thought?

3. Job/profession:Deputy Director

–

Manistee Housing Commission, Went to school forArchitecture/Design4. Spouse/significant other/children/pets:No Spouse, significant other, children, o

r pets… a gold fishmay be nice though…

5. What was a reason for joining the Manistee Jaycees:I feel the only way a difference can be made

is if the younger generations start taking interest in and around the place they live and work… so I

hope to accomplish some of that here.6. Favorite late night snack:Kettle Cooked BBQ potato chips7. Where is some place you have always wanted to visit:Pretty much all of Europe

… Going there for

a month this summer!8. In what circumstance would you wear a chicken suit:

The real question here is… in what

circumstance would you NOT wear a chicken suit (this is not an open invitation to have me wear oneon a regular basis by the way)

Getting to know new members:

1. Name:

Brian Spencer Decker

2. Hometown:

Moved to Manistee when I was six. So Manistee I guess.

3. Job/profession:

AFLAC, Bartender

4. Spouse/significant other/children:

Erica Decker (wife) Grady Decker (14mth old son)

5. What was a reason for joining the Jaycees:

To give back to community IDK

6. Favorite late night snack:

Leftover dinner

7. Where is some place you have always wanted to visit:

Italy

8. In what circumstance would ou wear a chicken suit:

umm never

Yearly Calendar

April-

4/1 April Fools4/3 Easter Egg Hunt4/4 Happy Easter4/13 Board Meeting 6:30

Jessica Stege’s

4/15 Aquapalooza meeting 6:304/17 Adopt a Highway/TGIS4/17 Andrea Kerkstra Birthday4/22 Relay Kickoff Party4/27 GMM Boathouse Grill 6:30

May-

5/11 Board Meeting 6:305/15 Progressive Dinner 6:305/18 Healthy Manistee Pet Walk 5/21 Therran Ferguson Birthday5/22 Jordan Solowiej Birthday5/25 GMM Boathouse Grill 6:305/25 Heidi Ware Birthday5/26 Jason Verheek, Sarah Solowiej, NoahJoseph Birthdays5/28 Melissa Pomranky Birthday5/31 Memorial Day

June-

6/6 Kate Glancy Birthday6/8 Board Meeting 6:306/14 Flag Day6/20 Father's Day6/22 Beach BBQ Fifth Ave Beach House6/26 Jessica Stege Birthday

July-

7/3 Aquapalooza7/4 Happy Independence Day7/13 Golf Outing7/23-25 Salmon Splash7/23-24 Relay for Life7/27 GMM Boathouse Grill 6:30

August-

8/5 Rory Asplet Birthday8/10 Board MeetingAdopt a highway/TGIS (date and time)8/16 Erin Garcia BirthdayRafting Trip (date and time to come)8/21 Ryan Garrity Birthday8/22 Hosting Region Meeting at Fifth AveBeach House 1-3pm8/24 GMM Boathouse Grill8/25 Kristin Garrity Birthday

September-

9/2 Denise Folkersma Birthday9/6 Labor Day9/6 Eli Folkersma 1

Birthday9/11 Patriot Day9/14 Board Meeting 6:309/18 Wine Tasting (time and place to come)9/21 Travis Alden Birthday9/22 Brady Boyce Birthday9/28 GMM Boathouse Grill 6:30

October-

10/1 Layne Godzina Birthday10/11 Columbus Day10/12 Board Meeting 6:30Hayride of some sort10/16 Brian Decker Birthday10/23 Nathaniel Neider Birthday10/26 GMM Boathouse Grill 6:3010/30 Halloween Party10/31 Halloween BOOOOOO!

November-

11/7 Daylight Savings Time11/9 Board Meeting 6:3011/11 Veterans Day11/22 Jana Godzina Birthday11/23 GMM Boathouse Grill with newboard elections 6:3011/25 Thanksgiving11/26 Black Friday11/30 Shaun Anchak Birthday

December-

12/3-5 Sleigh bell Weekend12/9 Brandon Ball Birthday12/14 New and Old Board Meeting12/15 Christmas Party12/21 Amanda Clemons Birthday