SPY's Newsletter 5/15/25
- Christina Grosshans
- Jun 20
- 5 min read
SPY’s Community Newsletter
(5/15/25)
Centennial Acres / SPY Shootout Is Coming!
Sunday, June 8th. will be the BIG day! It will be the thirty-fifth annual "Centennial Acres / SPY Shootout" Golf Tournament. Over the years, this has become a major fundraiser for the Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth. We are counting on a great turnout to help us generate the necessary funding to maintain the wide variety of youth programs, both athletic and scholastic, that the SPY’s provide. ALL proceeds from this event go to the many kids and community programs the SPY’s support.
The “Shootout” is a four-person scramble format event, with separate divisions for men (with different flights), women, senior men, and coed teams. (With the Senior Division teams, the youngest team member must be at least 60 years old). Each division will be flighted, which means you will be competing with teams pretty much the same caliber as yours. There will be a number of specialty holes, as well as raffles. Registration forms are now available in the Centennial Acres Pro Shop, or by contacting Tournament Directors Derek Desgranges, (269) 838-7686, or Steve Grosshans, (269) 838-6459.
Again, this year we are featuring an all you can eat outdoor grill with all of the trimmings for the golfers. In addition, all Corporate and Platinum Sponsor teams will be competing for the coveted "Challenge Cup".
For more information, or if you want to get a team into the tournament, contact either Derek or Steve. Come on golfers! This is a great, fun way to help us help kids!
Wanna Sponsor A Hole?
Did you know that the Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth’s funding for the various youth athletic and scholastic programs they provide, as well as assistance for a number of worthy community programs and projects, amounts to well over $25,000 a year, (and that doesn’t include the scholarships),---and costs keep going up. There are many needs in our community, as well as many opportunities that are provided in a variety of ways---but, we need YOUR help to continue the efforts!
Sure, we can go knocking on local merchant’s doors, (the so very few that are left in our community), and we have in the past. But they have people coming through their doors every day with their hands out looking for donations. We need to give them a break once and a while---especially in this economy. So, the SPY’s are making an appeal to everyone else out there to help us help kids.
Here’s the pitch---The Centennial Acres / SPY Shootout golf tournament is coming up on Sunday, June 8th. This has become a major event for generating funds that the SPY's currently have. This is where individuals like yourself can help. We are looking for hole sponsors. And, have we got a deal for you!
For your fully tax-deductible contribution of $100 you get your very own hole at Centennial Acres for the day, complete with a professional quality sign acknowledging your support of the kids. For further information, or to sign up to sponsor a hole, please contact Derek Desgranges (269-838-7686) or Steve Grosshas (269-838-6459). Thank you!
Sunfield Farmer’s Picnic Begins Search for 2025 Prince & Princess
The Sunfield Farmers Picnic Board is searching for 2025 Prince & Princess candidates. It is open to all boys and girls who will be either 4 to 7 years of age by the Wednesday before the Picnic – on August 13, 2025. Contestants must also live in the Village or Township of Sunfield. If you know of someone with children of this age, please share this information. All contestants will take part in a ceremony where prizes will be awarded to each participant on Friday, August 15 at 6 p.m. They will also be asked to participate in the parade on Saturday, August 16 at 12 p.m. This is a great opportunity for your child to be a part of the Picnic.
Applications are due by Friday, August 1, 2025 and may be requested by e-mailing sunfieldfarmespicnic@gmail.com or call Lesia Brummette at 517-526-4365.
Contributions
· John & Sandra Fisher made a contribution in memory of Paul Fisher, Jr.
· Robert & Diana Overholt donated in memory of their former classmate Paul Fisher, Jr.
· The following made donations in memory of Becky Calabro:
Sharon Davis
Julia Thomsen
Sue Elliott
Lyle & Karen VanHouten
Sandra Brown
Scott & Sharon Dow
Robin Kauffman
· The following made contributions in memory of Dale Rogers:
Lewis & Emma Trowbridge
Scott & Sharon Dow
Myra Wilson
Darcy Weaver
Megan Coates
· Wayne Simmons made a large contribution of golf balls to the Dime Pitch Booth activity.
Centennial Acres 2025 Junior Golf League Is Starting Up
(Informational Flyer Is Attached)
Parting Comments
· Deep Thought of the Week: There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
· Notable Quote: “Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product.”-----Eleanor Roosevelt
· That’s Puny Department: I’m in search for someone to assist with milking cows on my dairy farm. Must work well with udders.
· Did You Know Section: In 1950, a Minnesota art teacher granted permission for his co-worker, budding cartoonist Charles Schulz, to use his name for a character in a new comic strip. Taken aback by a sample drawing of the character, Charlie Brown asked, “Can’t you make him look a little more like Steve Canyon or Superman?” Indeed, the soon-to-be-famous child protagonist of Peanuts looked nothing like the godlike Superman, and he also bore little resemblance to the young man who lent his name to the endeavor. Brown, a teacher at Art Instruction Schools in Minneapolis, did not sport a prominently bald head, nor did he own a wardrobe of zigzag-patterned shirts. Furthermore, unlike the sometimes sullen character who drew the ire of peers, the real Charlie Brown was outgoing and well liked.
Yet the flesh-and-blood version insisted there were more similarities to the pencil-and-ink creation than initially seemed, as his cheerful exterior masked a deep-seated insecurity. “Like Charlie Brown, when I get distressed or depressed I go into bed and pull the covers over my head,” he told the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1979. “I’ve been known to stay there three or four days.” Brown wasn’t the only Art Instruction Schools employee to see their name surface in Peanuts, as fellow teachers Linus Maurer and Frieda Rich had their monikers incorporated into the strip, too. There was also a petite redheaded woman in the accounting department named Donna Mae Johnson, who dated Schulz long enough to consider a marriage proposal from the cartoonist, before running off with another suitor. While a “Donna” never appeared in Peanuts, the specter of the heartbreak frequently returned in the form of shy Charlie Brown’s unrequited love interest, the mysterious Little Red-Haired Girl
Final Notices
1. If there is any organization or business out there that has something they would like to advertise or promote, please feel free to submit it to this Newsletter and we will help publicize it. There is no charge.
2. We are glad to provide this means as a public service to help keep the community informed.
3. If you are looking for further information about the SPY’s events---Corporate or Platinum Sponsorship information---scholarship forms---youth sports reimbursement forms---past SPY newsletters---etc.---just go to the SPY website at www.sunfieldareaspys.com.
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