SPY’s Community Newsletter
(2/13 /24)
Wild Game Dinner / Sportsman’s Night Report #2
At this year’s event we continued our new tradition that was started three years ago where we took time out of the evening’s festivities to salute the oldest veteran in attendance for their service. This year that honor went to Wayne Simmons, (picture attached below), with Michigan State Representative Gina Johnsen who presented Wayne with an American flag that flew over the capitol.
The Night’s Winners List
Gift Certificate Winners
James Hyatt 1 Hour Simple Truth Massage
Jim Frizzell $500 Aggregate Gift Certificate
Hayden Klotz $100 Menards Gift Card
Jim Frizzell $100 Menards Gift Card
Grizzy Downing $100 Menards Gift Card
Daryl Cheeseman #100 Menards Gift Card
Jeff Kenyon Hanna Davis Griller Bundle
Joe Hyatt Hanna Davis Griller Bund
Dave Nurenburg $100 High Caliber Karting Gift Certificate
McKenzie Lawless $100 High Caliber Karting Gift Certificate
Shelia Fales $100 High Caliber Karting Gift Certificate
Kevin Brummette $100 High Caliber Karting Gift Certificate
James Hyatt $100 High Caliber Karting Gift Certificate
Wayne Simmons. $100 Zap Zone Gift Certificate
Bill Wilson $100 Zap Zone Gift Certificate
Abraham Johnson $100 Zap Zone Gift Certificate
Parker Lyke $100 Zap Zone Gift Certificate
Candice Spitzley $100 Zap Zone Gift Certificate
Tyler Root Sybaris Pool Suites $750.00
Get Away Package
Yvette Weller Sybaris Pool Suites $750.00
Get Away Package
Kevin Downing Rock Hill Farm Deer Processing Certificate
Sheri Klotz Rock Hill Farm Whole Beef Processing Certificate
Alex Werner Walleye Fishing Charter
Multiple Items Raffle
Mary Moyer Sports Afield Gun Safe
John Nagel Sports Afield Gun Safe
Greg Bishop Trail Cam
Marr Gorman Trail Cam
Rowan ??? Trail Cam
Ashley Shattuck Welder
Michael ??? Welder
Parker Thelen Welder
Mike Fox Custom Corn Hole Boards
James Hyatt Custom Corn Hole Boards
Katie Gorman Drone
Hayden Klotz Drone
Jeff Duits Drone
Craig Mulholland Drone
Mark Moyer Cutting Board
Kevin Brummette Cutting Board
Teresa Weller Cutting Board
Mark Owen Cutting Board
Jordan Hostetler Shooting Ear Protection
Hayden Klotz Shooting Ear Protection
Gizzy Downing Shooting Ear Protection
Mark Owen Shooting Ear Protection X 2
Mary Moyer Shooting Ear Protection
Jackson Satterly Dart Board
Mark Owen Dart Board
50 / 50 Drawings
Mark Owen $50 cash
Trent Brummette $50 cash
Rich Sunken Rough Rider Rifle
Red Chip Items
Brody Jackson 16-Gauge Shot gun
Mark Brown Revolver
Brittini Brummette Free Table for 2025 Event
Heads and Tails Game by Buddy Collins
John Fisher $75 Restaurant Gift Certificate
Ethan Weller $50 Cabelas Gift Certificate
Gun Raffle
Abraham Hanna Savage 350 Legend
Nelson Frizzell Savage 400
Logan Kenyon 12-gauge AR Platform
Caleb Klotz .22 Long Rifle
Hudson Fox 12 Gauge Bullpup Red, White, & Blue
Andy Claflin 20-Gauge Shot Gun
Buddy Collins Ruger 9mm Carbine Rifle
Tyler Root Lever Action .44 Mag Rifle
The Special Drawing Winner
Jan Thelen Remington 700 - 300 Win Mag
Single Raffle Items
Caleb Klotz 7 in 1 Heat Press
Jober Chapman Hot Dog and Bun Warmer
Grizzy Downing High Wind Steel Targets
Blake Frizzell Golf Bag
Grizzy Downing Stihl Cordless Pruner with
Extension Handle
Alison Frizzell USA Flag Neon Sign
Todd Phillips Mapes Furniture Chair
Adron Jameson Pizza Oven with Accessories
Don Kenyon LP Burner with Cajun Bayou Cast Skillet
Stephanie Porter Dental Care Package
Lou Ann Harag Ice Fishing Bucket with Accessories
Bryan Spitzley 4 Patriot Solar Thermos
Connie Wilson Ninja Pellet Smoker / Grill
Darrin Bosworth Sunfield Cycle Shop Knives & Tee Shirt
Caitlin Patrick IFLY Gift Certificates
Abraham Hanna Family Traditions Tree Stand
Matt Bellin MSU Basketball (to be personalized by Coach Tom Izzo)
John Fisher DeWalt Radiant Heater
Look for more event reports in coming issues of the SPY’s Community Newsletters.
Thank You Texas Hold 'Em Volunteers
The SPY’s Texas Hold “Em fundraiser chairman Jeff Gibbs would like to send out a BIG THANK YOU to the fine folks that stepped up and worked a shift at the recent Texas Hold ‘Em event. We salute:
Buddy & Jari Collins
John & Sandra Fisher
Brian & Luann Harag
Bruce Kauffman
Mingo Salas
Craig Cappon
Pete Weller
Sandra Schultz
Seth DeMott
Derek Desgranges
Will Simon
Thank you again for stepping up and helping out. You are special people!!!!
Parting Comments
· Deep Thought of the Week: Wrinkles should merely show where the smiles have been.
· Notable Quote: “It’s OK to lend a helping hand---the challenge is getting people to let go of it.”
· That’s Puny Department: Did you hear about the new body shop that opened? I’m told it comes highly wreck-a-mended.
· Did you Know Section: The first U.S. gold rush was started by a 12-year-old boy? Although the 1848 California Gold Rush was the largest in American history, it wasn’t the first. That distinction belongs in the state of North Carolina, where in 1799, Conrad Reed, the 12-year-old son of a Hessian Revolutionary War deserter named John Reed, found a 17-pound gold nugget in Little Meadow Creek outside Charlotte. At first — not knowing what his son had stumbled across — the elder Reed used the rock as a doorstop for his home’s front door. It wasn’t until 1802, when he took the rock to a local jeweler, that he began to grasp the enormity of his son’s discovery (although he sold the nugget for far less than it was actually worth).
By 1803, Reed had established the first gold mining operation in the U.S. As local papers reported on his business, nearby farmers began hunting for gold on their own properties by searching shallow riverbeds, a practice known as “placer mining.” When these shallow-lying deposits dried up in the 1820s, companies ditched the gold pans and began excavating lode mines, which required many more workers. Until 1828, North Carolina was the only gold-producing state in the Union, and its gold rush reached its peak in the 1830s and 1840s, when the industry employed nearly 30,000 people. The state’s gold-hued fortunes changed once the first reports of wealth out West arrived in the Carolinas, but Reed never saw the end of his state’s gold-rush boom time, dying a rich man in 1845 with his mine raking in millions.
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