High Tide March 2019

Inside this Issue:

• Commodore’s Comments

• Easter Party

• Event Calendar

• Celebrators

• Blessing of the Fleet

• Save The Date

101 Marshall Avenue

South Milwaukee, WI 53172

South Milwaukee Yacht Club

Photo of the Month

Bryan and Paul At Installation

2019 OFFICERS

COMMODORE Bryan Gahan VICE COMMODORE Fred Barclay REAR COMMODORE Ron Ilk CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Tina Jepson TREASURER Mary Karwacki

FINANCIAL SECRETARY Paige Hans

FLEET CAPTAIN John Groth

BOARD MEMBERS

Tom Billingsley Michael Cieczka Rick Klamrowski John Erickson Randy Kempowski Tom Ciurlik

2019 COMMITTEE CHAIRS

BAR, HOUSE AND ENTERTAINMENT Paul Mozejewski (Bar Manager) Cheryl Rybka (House/Hall Managers) Tara Billingsly CRUISE Michelle Barclay FINANCE TBD FLEET CAPTAIN John Groth GAS Paul Rozinski GROUNDS Steve Anderson HARBOR & DOCKS Randy Kempowski HEALTH & WELFARE Kurt Bruck HOUSE MAINTENANCE

John Erickson JUNIOR ADVISOR Ryan Rybka L.M.Y.A. Linda Daly & Jim Rothschadl MANPOWER Mike Cieczka MARKETING TBD MEMBERSHIP Kristen Nicholes PLANNING Tom Schulz AUDIT TBD LAUNCH AND HAUL OUT Bob Smith RULES AND BYLAWS Bryan Gahan

Hello everyone, spring appears to be here…. and I for one and ready for it.

Again, we are off to a great start of the year. We have had a lot of great

events and have many more to come.

I would like to thank Cheryl Rybka and her team for the wonderful instal-

lation dinner. This year the Installation was held off sight and was very

nice, the food and entertainment were excellent. I would like to thank all

of our members as well as the representatives from the South Shore, Ra-

cine, Harbor Lite and 5th Street for attending. I would also like to congrat-

ulate our two members of the year, Paul Mozejewski and John Nowick.

Next on the list is pier bidding. This was another successful event. I would

like to thank our new Fleet captain John Groth, along with his committee,

for making this another successful year by satisfying all of our member’s

needs. Everyone found a spot, eventually. This was quite the pier bidding

and from what I understand, may have set the record for the greatest num-

ber of moves.

Last but not least was the St. Patties day dinner. Rich Ilk and his crew put

on quite the feast. I would also like to thank Jerry K for the music that

evening. I for one had to take a nap after that meal, it was excellent.

Now for the upcoming events, we have a lot going on. Some “fun stuff”,

some “cool upgrades”, and some “necessary stuff”.

Soo… I’ll start with the fun stuff and go downhill from there.

“Fun Stuff”

We have a bunch of great events already on the books, Easter is just

around the corner with the start of spring and our Junior’s sponsored chil-

dren’s Easter party. Speaking of the Juniors, Ryan has done a great job and

we will be sponsoring a sailing program as an official afterschool activity

for the cities of South Milwaukee, Cudahy and Oak Creek.

We have a bowling function at the end of the month with Harbor Light,

We are having SMYC De Mayo early May we have blessing of the fleet

early June with a rendezvous scheduled a bit prior to that. Kyle Nichols

has offered to sponsor a large pig roast like full weekend event in late Au-

gust. We also have many more events coming on the horizon so keep you

schedule open.

Commodore’s Comments

Continued Next Page

Bryan Gahan SMYC Commodore (c) 906-369-4098 (e) smyccommodore@gmail.com

“Cool Upgrades”

Ok, may be not so cool to some people but we are really trying to upgrade some of our infrastructure. So,

to Start, we have upgraded the web site. This has been a year in the coming, so I am happy to see it

launched. It is in its infancy and is highly upgradable so keep an eye on it and it will be changing over the

year. That being said, if you are willing to help with content, we could use it. Please contact myself and I

will point you in the right direction. Next, we have upgraded the WIFI though out the grounds and will also

expand the capabilities in the harbor once the boats are out of the way. Lastly, we have a new membership

card format. Right now, they just look cool, down the road they will be able to do cool things.

“Necessary Stuff”

It is time to get the boats ready the weather isn’t great yet, but it is truly good enough to start working on

your boat. I have seen a bunch of people working hard already. The water will be on this weekend. Unfortu-

nately, the last few years have been a bit rough in the spring, but you shouldn’t really use it as an excuse if

they guy next to you is working on his boat.

As you are working on your boats please keep the grounds clean. It seems to be a tradition at the club to

make a mess of the grounds this time of the year. Please do the best you can to keep the area around your

boat clean at the end of each evening as you are working on it. Letting your junk blow into the fence line

overnight isn’t a legitimate way to clean.

Lastly, the planning committee is diligently working on our long-term infrastructure needs and we will see

many of these projects come to fruition during the year. We will need a lot of volunteer help to make this

happen. The project of most concern to me right now is the harbor entrance. In the spring of 1989 we relo-

cated our previous outlet channel because of low water and movement of sand. This was accomplished by

cutting through our outer wall north of the previous channel and placing a 195-foot barge off of our east

wall to form the new channel wall.

Today that barge is showing its age and is going to need some repair.

We will be looking at it over the next few weeks as dredging begins

with the hopes of developing a long-time solution. Just remember

that “The South Milwaukee Yacht Club” is a Yacht Club. To me this

means several things:

A) Each Member is expected to contribute time to work on projects at the Club so that limited outside

help needs to be hired. B) Each of the people volunteering at the club is just that, volunteers. It seems that sometimes we take

advantage of the people that do a whole lot of work for this organization. Most people have day jobs, and this really needs to be a place for them to relax as well.

C) Don’t be afraid to step up to get something done. As with every organization, some people have been around longer than others. There is no reason to be nervous about being on a committee or sponsoring an event, work party, etc. We are all on the same team and share the same goals.

Mark Your Calendar!!

The Easter Bunny Is Coming To SMYC!!

Join us on April 14th from Noon-3:00pm

For An Easter Lunch and Egg Hunt!!

The Children’s activity fee is $7.00 which

includes lunch, games, prizes, an egg hunt, a

personal appearance by the Easter Bunny

himself, and much more!!! Adults who are

eating are $5.00.

Stop down to the Club and check out the flyers for even

more information and make your reservation!!!

Help is needed before and during the event, with the

games, egg hunt, cleaning up the grounds, set-up

and clean-up. If you need hours and would like to

help, send Ryan Rybka a text.

Sponsored by the SMYC Juniors

Celebrators

Happy Birthday! Happy Anniversary!

If you don’t see your birthday here, please email

smycmembership @gmail.com

Tim Vanselow 4/1 Mike Oshea 4/1 Laury Saxler 4/2 Amanda Kachar 4/3 Scott Wallis 4/3 Todd Sivak 4/4 Al Peterson 4/7 Pete Dufek 4/7 Robert Gerstner 4/7 Bob Antczak 4/8 Warren Kruse 04/8 Matt Kachar 4/9 Dave Lucht 4/9 Jill Gestwicki 4/10 Darlene Pasniak 4/10 Judy Trock 4/10 Robin Gerstner 4/10 Jim Zorn 4/11

Lanny Goodman 4/13 Michael Klein 04/14 Dean Schoenike 4/15 Paul Mozejewski 4/16 Rachel Sorce 4/16 Mary Klamrowski 4/17 Peter Russo 4/19 Bruce Wendling 4/19 Todd Treder 4/20 Aaron Raap 4/21 Tina Jepsen 4/22 Ray Hollnagel 4/24 Wendy Sleight 4/25 Tom Ziesemer 4/25 Patricia Lelinski 4/26 Denise Schell 4/27 Greg Molthen 4/28

Dan & Heidi Moshinski 4/5 Doug & Stephanie Wandler 4/8 Nick & Ela Cardarella 4/10 Kyle & Kristen Nichols 4/11 Matt & Amanda Kachar 4/14 Sal & Maria Purpora 4/15 Ben & Amy Gil 4/21 Josh & Lisa Haase 4/24 Kristie & Mark Sobolewski 4/24 Steve & Julie Kunda 4/24 Jon & Stacey Wegner 4/25 Ellen & Wally Wojtyra 4/26 Charles & Patricia Lelinski 4/28

SMYC Events Upcoming

(Cut and save for reference…don’t forget to update from High Tide as events and times may change)

March 1 Hors d’oeuvre Night 6:00pm Club 2 Pier Bidding Noon TBD 4 Board Meeting 6:30pm Club 16 St. Pat’s Day Dinner 4-6:30pm Ilks 18 General Membership Meeting 7:00pm Club April 1 Board Meeting 6:30pm Club 5 Hors d’oeuvre Night 6:00pm Club 14 Children’s Easter Party Noon-3:00pm Juniors 15 General Membership Meeting 7:00pm Club Just A Few Reminders: *Calling all our Sheepshead players, join us on Wednesday Nights at 6:30pm for a fun game of skill. Last 2 Trivia Nights- Wednesday April 3rd and April 10th at 7:00pm. *We are always looking for new ideas for events and activities. If you need hours and have an idea, why not sponsor an event? It’s easy just give me a call!

If you’d like to sponsor an event or have an idea,

Please contact Cheryl at (C) 414-530-8770 or email: rybkaC@yahoo.com

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101 Marshall Avenue

South Milwaukee, WI 53172

South Milwaukee Yacht Club

Save The Date

Saturday May 4th

SMYC de Mayo Party

Food and Fun

More information to follow Returning to the club

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