Game On!

Open gym (basketball) begins Thursday, March 19 in Lyons Hall at 7:30 p.m. The plan is to play every Thursday night unless otherwise notified. For more information, contact Brian Leedke.

April Meeting Has Been Moved

For the sake of all Spring Breakers, we are moving April's meeting to the third Sunday. The meeting will be held on April 19...usual place...usual time.

Schwering St. Patrick's Day Party at OLL

Bernard Schwering is holding his annual St. Patrick's Day party on March 14 at OLL gym...for adults only. All OLL Men's Club members, and spouses are invited.

Dogs, Bratwursts: Notes from March Meeting

A relevant guest speaker, progress toward future events, and all the hot dogs and bratwursts you could eat. What more could a man want? We had a great March meeting and here are the results from our voting:

Special Event/Activity
The group favored a Reds game, and a Casino trip. After discussing this with Jason Kimmell later that evening, we realized that it may be possible to do them both in one trip. We will form a Reds Game/Casino committee at the next meeting.

OLL Men's Club Shirts
The mass majority of voters preferred the $28.00 range, embroidered polo-style shirt. The goal will be to share more information on the exact cost before taking orders at our next meeting. It would be nice to have the shirts for the Mother's Day Breakfast.

Golf League/Outing
Approximately 6 men voted in favor of a golf league, and/or a golf outing. We'll open this up for discussion next month.

Reverse Raffle
The athletic budget is in good enough shape to carry us into the Fall season, and with a packed school/church schedule, the Reverse Raffle will wait until Fall.

OTHER:
• Mike Bozelli suggests that we create a "Breast Cancer Awareness" theme for the Mother's Day Breakfast.
• Brian Leedke announced that open gym basketball would be offered on Thursday evenings. 8+ men are interested. More to come on this.
• Ron Kautsky, on behalf of IFD, is offering a fundraising opportunity that will raise $500 to $600 for the Men's Club. This money could be used to offset bus trip expense, etc. Once a date and times are established, we will be looking for volunteers.

His Positive Lourdes Experience, and Ideas on Positive Coaching

In front of approximately 30 OLL men, Mike Kirk shared memories of growing up in Irvington, attending Lourdes, and of being influenced by great coaches along the way.

A former Lourdes wrestling coach, and currently a coach at the high school level, Mike introduced the "5-year commitment" approach to coaching youth. "At the CYO level, and even the Freshman level in high school, encouraging kids to 'stick with it,' is the main objective," Kirk expressed.