HOURS: Tues - Thurs: 6pm to 11pm Fri - Sat: 6pm to 2am Closed Sunday and Monday (except special events) Membership Meetings: First Wednesday of the month @ 7:30 pm Address: 13880 Middle Gibraltar Rd Gibraltar, MI 48173 Phone: 734-672-6543 http://ssbc.us JULY HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 1 ~ Membership Meeting JULY 3-4 ~ AYC Swan Boat Club Poker Run July 17-18 SSBC Luau July 7, 14, 21, 28 Burger Nights at the Club $4
COMMODORE: SUE CICSO 734.341.4517 suzipom@gmail.com Hey Sunseekers! Congratulations to the newest member of our bridge, Lady Cindy Romak, as the new Recording Secretary! Glad to have you on board! Please support the club this summer! RC Jeannette could really use some help with bartenders on the weekends! Please try your best to volunteer! It is a great way to meet the members and a fun time! You don t need to be an experienced bartender shot and pop drinks or beer most of the time! The Burger Nights have been very successful! Thanks to everyone who has hosted and attended! Still some host spots open for August if you would like to host a burger night! Thanks again to Pam Navarre for hosting the bus to the $1.98 Contest. I was completely in shock they called my name as the winner! All due to the tremendous support of the membership & a little arm pit hair thanks to Carol Carter! Congratulations to FC Matt Jamison for a successful Poker Run to TSC! As usual the Sunseekers came in a droves! Also congrats to FC Matt and Lady Jayne for an awesome Margarita boat party! Everyone had a great time and it was fun to see everyone with their moustaches! Lady Bob and I attended the Opening of the Islands, The Grosse Ile Yacht Club Ball and the PPBC and CCYC Commodore Receptions in June. RC Jeannette Foley and Lady Mark attended the HVYC and WYC Commodore Receptions representing SSBC. Don t forget to submit your SAD (Sunseekers Acting Dysfunctional) award nominations atsad@ssbc.us. I am pretty sure we had a least one during the TSC Poker Run! The Commodore Cruise will be Saturday September 19 th from 7 pm to 10 pm. This is a fundraiser for Commodore Sue and Lady Bob s ball which will be held February 13, 2016. Tickets are on sale at the bar. They are $25/pp. Tickets include pizza/salad, DJ, and gorgeous views of Detroit at night! Thanks to everyone who helped and attended our Wedding celebration! I appreciate those who helped with the tent, decorating the club, and set up! We are thankful to share our special day with so many friends! Huge thanks to Jerry Hollis, Lori Whitaker, and Mike Skowronski for bartending, Teri Prodan for the delicious food, everyone who helped put up and take down the tent, PC Derrick Ball, PC George Hanrahan, and Jerry McGraw and anyone else who kept the tent from flying away, and Jan Marcum and anyone else who helped set up and ensure the caterer and band could set up. We had a fabulous time even with the bad weather conditions! Thanks so much again! Sincerely, Sue Cisco, Commodore
VICE COMMODORE: JEFF UPHOLZER 734.775.7598 jeff@upholzer.com Greetings SunSeekers, It s hard to believe that it is July already. June was a challenging boating month due to all of the rainy days that we had, but we sure cannot complain about the lake water levels this year. A big congratulations to our Commodore, Sue Cisco, for winning the $1.98 contest at Toledo Sailing Club. That makes it a hat trick for SSBC. I m not feeling any pressure at all for a four-peat next year ha! Also, congratulation to Commodore Sue and Lady Bob on their wedding on June 27 th. The wedding reception at the clubhouse was quite the event as well. Kudos to our Fleet Captain, Matt Jamison, on the first AYC Poker Run of the season at TSC. Despite the challenging water conditions in the Maumee River (the logs and debris in the river from all of the high water was unbelievable), there was a great turnout of boats from our club. F/C Matt did an awesome job of getting everyone prepared for the trip. And he and Lady Jayne did a fabulous job of keeping the party going while we were there. Also a big thanks to Pam Navarre for organizing the bus down to TSC. Had we had one more person sign the book or one more boat in the harbor we would have won 2 of the 3 awards. That s a great start to the poker run season! The SunSeeker s Luau is coming up this month (July 17 th and 18 th ) and it is going to be a really fun time. For the first time we are going to hold the event close to home at Humbug Marina. Be sure to buy your tickets at the SSBC bar soon! Friday night: live band featuring The Amelia Airharts at the SSBC Clubhouse. Event pricing at the bar, and pizza for sale by the slice no cover. Saturday at Humbug Marina: Tickets are $30 per person for AYC members and significant others. $35 per person for guests. $40 per person if purchased after July 14th. Ticket price includes an afternoon DJ and live band The Fling during the evening. Hamburgers and hotdogs for lunch and full dinner catered by Pitmaster Barbeque. Keg beer provided (while it lasts) and BYOB at Humbug. Saturday night after 10:30pm: live band featuring Acoustic Dust at the SSBC Clubhouse. Event pricing at the bar, and pizza for sale by the slice no cover. We have negotiated a flat rate of $20 per night per dock at Humbug Marina. Dock reservations can be coordinated through Fleet Captain Matt Jamison. Upcoming Events: Burger nights every Tuesday evening in July 7/4: 4 th of July parade in Gibraltar 7/17-7/18: SSBC Luau at Humbug Marina 8/8 SSBC Dingy Thingy 9/19 Commodore s Cruise on the Diamond Jack 10/17 SSBC Oktoberfest All events are posted on the SSBC website for your convenience and easy access. See you at the club or on the docks! Jeff Upholzer Vice Commodore
REAR COMMODORE: JEANNETTE FOLEY 734.626.9306 jeannettefoley@ymail.com Hello fellow Sunseekers~ I think that we all need to have a little conversation with Mother Nature C mon lady enough of the rain and storms. bring us some sunshine and warmer weather!! Maybe if we talk nicely about her she ll be nicer to us! The June activities have been a lot of fun. First of all, congratulations to Commodore Sue and Lady Bob on their wedding. What a nice reception! Also, TSC s poker run weekend was entertaining for everyone. The $1.98 Beauty Contest was awesome and our very own came home with the trophy!! Way to go Commodore Sue!! Furthermore, thanks to Fleet Captain Matt and Lady Jayne for their amazing margarita party it was a blast! During the month of June Lady Mark and I attended opening of the Islands, the cocktail reception at TSC and also plan to attend Harbor View Yacht Club and Wyandotte Yacht Club s cocktail receptions as well. June also has been an exciting month at our club. The burger nights are really a hit and are getting some awesome support. Keep it up it s nice to see everyone at the club enjoying those delicious burgers. Thanks to those members that have hosted a burger night and also thanks to those that have come up and enjoyed eating a very nice dinner! Upcoming the month of July will sure be a busy one. There are a couple poker runs, Gibraltar s 4th of July festivities, and our Luau. Also, remember that burger night switches to Tuesday nights which is also card night. They play at 8:30pm and would love to have you join them! Thanks to Bob Newman and his crew for keeping card night going everyone seems to really enjoy it! Calling all Bartenders Bartenders Bartenders!! (I say that word a lot!!) I d like to extend a huge thank you to our bartenders for the month of June! Thanks go out to Jerry Hollis, Mike Skowronski, Wendy Hursin, Craig Harter, Lori Whitaker, The McGraw s, Marlene Hungerford, Kathy Hogan, Lady Tara, and Kevin & Pam. Thanks also to Al & Carol Carter and Keith Waddle and Sandi LaFrance for helping cover the bar activities. And of course thanks to any additional people that may have stepped up after this article was written. Our club has received awesome support from these members. Here s a reminder that you don t have to be an officer to host a theme night. So step up, volunteer, bartend and host a fun night of entertainment!! Hopefully we ll be able to add some additional new names to the list of the magnificent bartenders for the month of July!! Thank you to everyone and anyone that has helped or offered advice in my continuing journey here as your Rear Commodore. Especially Lady Mark! Have a great summer and be safe on the water! Remember to stop at the club for dinner or drinks or just to share some smiles! See you at the club, Jeannette Foley Rear Commodore
FLEET CAPTAIN: MATT JAMISON 734.355.3088 mattjamison84@icloud.com Hello Sunseekers, It is July already and boating season is in full swing. The first poker run of the season was in June at Toledo Sailing Club. Sunseeker s came out in full force. We had 61 people total and tied with Elba Mar for first place total attendance. I would like to thank Pam Navarre for arranging the bus to TSC. We also had seven boats and a total of 311 miles. Great job everyone. The next poker run is scheduled for July 3 rd -5 th at Swan Boat Club. For those of you that are attending the poker run by boat please let me know what day and approximate time you are planning so I can keep SBC Dock Master informed. If you have any questions about how to get there, please let me know. I will do everything I can to get you there safely. SBC Dock Master and your Fleet Captain will be monitoring VHF channel 69 the entire weekend. Come find myself and Lady Jayne, have a drink on our boat and sign the attendance book. The Poker Run dates are posted below. July 3-5: Swan Boat Club www.swanboatclub.com July 31-Aug 2: Maumee River Yacht Club www.mryc.us Aug 21-23: Bayview Yacht Club www.bvyc.org Sep 11-13: Detroit Beach Boat Club www.detroitbeachboatclub.com Currently Lake Erie is 44 above Low Water Datum (LWD). This is 7 higher than the same time last year. We had a record rainfall of 6.75 inches in June. This is 195% above the average rainfall of 3.47 inches. Water temperature is currently 67.6 F/19.7 C Stay safe, Matt Jamison Fleet Captain
Welcome Aboard New Sunseeker Members! ****** Welcome to our AWESOME club!!!****** Recording Secretary JEANNETTE FOLEY 734.626.9306 Next Membership Meeting ~ Wednesday, July 1st @ 7:30PM. Hope you all will join us. Treasurer STEVE DETERS 734.671.6258 Sergeant At Arms AL CARTER A warm welcome to our newest members of SSBC. Amy Wroblewski Sheree Donaldson Paul Charnock Adam Munger Membership Secretary JAYNE JAMIESON Newsletter Editor MELINDA BEAKER Jr. Sunseeker s KATHY HOGAN We are in need of Bartenders at the Club. If you are able to help out, please contact Rear Commodore, Jeannette Foley. Building Committee PC DERRICK BALL Regalia DEBBIE MCGGRAW 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman & Facility Mgmt. KEITH WADDLE, Secretary PC DERRICK BALL Bar Operations PC MATT ROMAK Event Management PC JOHN ROBBINS By laws Chairperson LADY KAREN DUNSMORE Regalia Management PC SCOTT DUNSMORE Financial Secretary SANDY LAFRANCE 2015 AYC DELEGATES REMINDER: you would like to put articles/announcements/stories/ pictures in the newsletter, please send an email to the 20th, for the following month s newsletter!.. Thanks in advance!!! Mbeaker@sbcglobal.net Submit them by ~Melinda Beaker PC SCOTT DUNSMORE PC JOHN ROBBINS FC MATT JAMISON ALT VC JEFF UPHOLZER ALT PC MATT ROMAK 2015 I-LYA DELEGATE PC DENNIS NIEMIEC