SPY's Newsletter 5/20/2025

SPY’s Community Newsletter

#363

(5/20/25)

Memorial Day Service Planned

The Daughters of Union Veterans are hosting a Memorial Day Service on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 3:00pm at the Sunfield United Brethren Church.

New Flags

An anonymous donation has been made in time for Memorial Weekend.  Three new flags have been installed next to the GAR Hall downtown in front of the Sunfield Honor Roll sign.

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!

Parting Comments

·      Deep Thought of the Week: There is only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous.  Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior.

·      Notable Quote: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”-----Mahatma Gandhi

·      That’s Puny Department: My wife likes it when I blow air on her when she’s hot, but honestly---I’m not a fan.

·      Did You Know Section: Why do we “raise a toast’?  By the Middle Ages, the custom now known as a “toast” had evolved from its ancient Greek origins and was common in Europe, and the medieval era’s culinary habits contributed to its eventual name. Many meals at the time included a piece of soaked bread or toast (known as “sop”), and during the holiday season in England, communal bowls filled with a warm, spiced alcoholic drink such as mulled cider or ale were common. They were known as wassail bowls, a name derived from the Anglo-Saxon greeting of "waes hael,” meaning “be well” or “be in good health.” Wassail bowls were garnished with slices of toasted, spiced bread. Some theories suggest the toast was used to augment the drink’s flavor or to serve as an accompanying snack — not hard to believe given the prevalence of sops. But it possibly had another purpose: In some cider-producing regions, the wassail tradition also included a blessing for good crops from farmers’ apple trees, during which villagers hung pieces of wassail-soaked toast in the branches for the robins. Throughout the 17th century, the word “toast” became distanced from just the charred drink topper. By the 18th century, according to linguist Dan Jurafsky, English dinner parties often honored a guest as the “toast” of the night, a tradition that eventually evolved into the verb “to toast.”

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.