August 2015 ` The next Board of Director s Meeting and General Membership meeting will be held on Monday, September 21. The Board meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m., followed by the General Membership meeting at 7:00 p.m. Both meetings will be held at the American Legion in West Salem. Association members are welcome and encouraged to attend the General membership meeting. A meeting agenda will be emailed to members prior to the meeting date. The WSHA youth members will participate in one more parade this season. The Mindoro Spanferkel parade will take place on Sunday, September 13. We will line up at the Mindoro County Park. More details regarding this parade will be emailed to members soon. Please plan to join us in Mindoro! Board of Directors and General Membership Meeting Notice... 1 Mindoro Spanferkel Parade... 1 Dryland Clinic... 1 2015 Face Off Fundraiser... 2 Registration for 2015/16 Season... 3 Tentative Hockey Try-Out Dates... 3 Referees Needed... 4 Play It Again Sports Annual Hockey Sale... 4 20 th Annual Slap Shot Golf Outing A Success 4-6 July 2015 Calendar Winners... 7 August 2015 Calendar Winners... 7 New this year! We are excited to offer our youth members an opportunity for some preseason dryland training this year! Coach Ashley Johnson will be offering WSHA players Squirt through Bantam level players this opportunity. Training will focus on strength, agility, and hand-eye coordination. The cost is just $10 and will begin on Wednesday, September 2 nd. This clinic will be held every Monday and Wednesday at the Lion s Shelter in West Salem from 6:30 7:30 p.m. This is a great opportunity for our youth players!
Page 2 Have you picked up/sold your Face Off ticket(s) yet? If not, please keep in mind it is mandatory that each family that have youth members in our Association, except termite and starter families, must sell at least one ticket to this event. The 5 th Annual Face Off Party will be held on Friday, October 16, 2015! The fun begins at 5 p.m. at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds. The Pat Watters band and The Dweebs will take the stage to entertain the crowd to add to the fun. Plan to come, invite your friends, and have a time as we celebrate the kick off of another great hockey season in West Salem and raise money for our Association. The purchase of a Face Off ticket not only gives attendees an opportunity to have a great prime rib dinner, but also a chance to win the following great prizes: Grand Prize - $10,000 One of five $1,000 cash prizes One of ten $200 cash prizes Please remember that this is our biggest fundraiser of the year; therefore, we need all of you to help make this event a success! Please do your part and sell your ticket! If you have not already picked up your tickets or dropped off those you have sold, stop by CR Glass in West Salem and see Mark or Bonnie Weilandt. Remember.members will receive one free ticket for every ten sold! If you sell the winning $10,000 ticket, you will win $1,000! It is that easy! A special thank you goes out to the Face Off Committee for helping make this year s event a memorable one. Pat Watters Band
Page 3 It s registration time! With school starting and summer activities coming to a close, it s time to think about Hockey! Hockey registration will take place on the following dates: Saturday, September 12 from 9 a.m. 12 noon at the West Salem Elementary School OR Wednesday, September 16 from 5 p.m. 8 p.m. at the Lion s Shelter Please visit our website (www.westsalemhockey.com) and download your registration forms, fill out, and bring them with you to registration. This will increase the efficiency of the registration process. Remember every player must register with USA hockey prior to registration. You will need each player s USA Hockey registration number prior to registering as a WSHA player. Please visit their website (www.usahockey.com) and click on the player registration link. Follow the steps to register your skater. Write down your registration number and bring it with you to one of our registration times (September 12 or 16). prior to tryouts are: October 22, 24, and 29 Hockey try-outs will take place again this year. After our registration dates, we will have a better idea of what levels will need to participate in try-outs. Try outs will be held on October 31, 2015. Tentative practice dates More information about try-outs will be communicated after our registration dates are complete.
Page 4 WSHA is in need of referees for home games this season. Youth ages 12 and older are eligible to referee. If you know someone who would like to referee, please contact a member of the WSHA Board. Play It Again Sports (next to Chuck E. Cheese in Onalaska) will hold its 2 nd Annual Hockey Appreciation Day on Saturday, September 19 from 10 a.m. 6 p.m. The sale includes: 20% off all hockey equipment Additional 10% off skates leased that day (9/19 = 25% off) 20% off skate sharpening cards (reg $40, 9/19 = $32) 20% off all special orders placed on 9/19 C.R. Chill and LAX Freeze tickets and other giveways A total of 88 golfers hit the course to participate in the 2015 Golf Outing Fundraiser. A huge thank you to the Golf Committee consisting of Megan Weibel, Sara Langrehr, Denise Meyer, Kris Nickles, Julie & Scott Schumacher, and Lia Tauscher for all your work to make this event a success! You are awesome!! We also thank the many golfers and volunteers who participated in this event. Together, the participants and volunteers raised over $7,000 for our Association! We truly appreciate all your hard work and dedication you show for our Association! Lastly, thank you to Matt Cullmann and Fox Hollow Golf Course staff for all of your help! Once again, your hospitality was superior and it made our event very enjoyable. The overall winners for the day included: 1st Place - Gary Roesler, Greg Hutson, Adam Hutson and Aaron Kleinerte 2nd Place - Tom Bierne, Tony Bishop, Brett Klomsted and Prentice Reedy 3rd Place - Michael Berghefer Team
Page 5 Hole event winners included: #4 - Longest Putt - Jason Buros #6 - Longest Drive In the Fairway (men's) - Ethan Phelps #7 - Longest Drive In the Fairway (women's) - Nancy Fee #10 - Closest to Pin - Ray Marciulionis #11 - Longest Drive In the Fairway (women's) - Heather Ladwig #14 - Closest to Pin (2nd shot) - Matt Neubauer #16 - Longest Drive In the Fairway men's) - Alex Maas #18 - Longest Putt with a HOCKEY stick - Aimee Zucco A HUGE thank you to the following businesses for sponsoring a hole at the event: 1 st National Bank of Bangor Altra Federal Credit Union BradCad Brenengen s West Salem Brickl Brothers Creative Screen Print Fowler & Hammer Friends of West Salem Baseball Getter Masonry Kish & Sons Electric, Inc. L & C Insulation Master Metals, Inc. Meridian Marketing, Inc. Nick's Bar Union State Bank of West Salem We would also like to thank the following businesses and individuals that donated towards the raffles: Altra Federal Credit Union Famous Dave's Hansen's IGA Le Coulee Cheese Castle Neshonoc Sports Fantastic Sam's Onalaska Ace Hardware Coulee Golf Bowl Ground Round Harley Davidson Onalaska Kwik Trip West Salem Mathews, Inc. The Studio USA Hockey Walmart Onalaska Expressions Salon Starbucks Onalaska LiveWell Chiropractic West Salem Park & Rec Pogreba Restaurant Pettibone Boat Club Ye Old Style Inn West Salem Auto Repair Brian Boettcher Brueggeman Family Meyer Family Paul Koster Randall & Kimberly Eigenberger Megan Weibel
Page 6 Last, but not least, a HUGE thank you to the volunteers of our Association for helping make this fundraiser a success. They put many hours in to make sure the golf event ran smoothly, and they succeeded! If you see any of these members, please take the time to personally thank them! Joe Nickles Kelly Green Bonnie Trapp Kyle, Tracey & Jacob Helgeson Lori & Sierra Szymanski Donna & Jamie Olson Jim Olson Megan Weibel Sara Langrehr Denise Meyer Kris Nickles Julie Schumacher Lia Tauscher
Page 7 $100 Margaret Hansche $50 Mark & Bonnie Weilandt, Wesley Tabbert, Lori Hammes, Jaden Hammes, Jerry Beyer, Sharon Coles, Jamie Lopez, Kathy Gray, Evie Deery, and Kerry Koepp $20 Kyle & Erica Boland, Harry Caulum, Joe Gerke, Annette Niedfeldt, Marjorie Endres, Chuck Schleifer, Joe Deal, Kenneth Lewter, John Pietry, Dana Engh, Sherri Dick, and Barb Gilster $100 Monika Loging $50 Roger Mieden, Reggie Seidel, Chris & Stacy Hutchinson, Denny Kyser, Lori Hammes, Tim Miller, Connie Dutton-Snell, Chris & Stacy Hutchinson, and Phyllis Rask $20 Ryan Deery, Tom Strangstallien, Dean Buchanan, Luke Baginski, Chris Skrede, Shawn Riley, Mike Hauser, Bev Lisney, Tom Strangstalien, Syl Clements, Mary Meier- Bujak, Josef Gasper, and W. Sackill