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4 200 4- 4 9 1 r a e Y portsline h 0t S o f t h e N o r f o l k S p o r t s C l u b Our 6 Vol. #19, No.2 February 2004 GET YOUR TICKETS NOW for the Norfolk Sports Club’s 59th Jamboree on February 19th at the Sheraton Waterside in Nor- Schedule of folk. Guest speaker Tony LaRussa, Manager, St. Louis Cardinals. Master of Ceremonies Bob Valvano, host of “The V Show” on ESPN Meetings radio. Tickets are $65.00 per person or a table of 10 for $600.00 Tony LaRussa, the man who ranks seventh All meetings are held at the among the winningest managers of all time, will Holiday Inn-Executive Center be the guest speaker at the 59th annual Nor- 5655 Greenwich Road Virginia Beach, Virginia folk Sports Club Jamboree on February 19th at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Norfolk. Lunch served from LaRussa, the current manager of the St. Louis 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cardinals, has 2009 victories in a 27-year ca- Meeting begins at 12:15 p.m. reer as the manager of the Chicago White Sox, Meeting adjourns at 1:15 p.m. Oakland A’s and St Louis Cardinals. He guided Oakland to American League pennants in 1988, February 2 – NO MEETING 1989 and 1990 and won a World Series title with the A’s in 1989. February 9 – LUNCHEON MEETING In 1991, LaRussa became the 40th manager in major league history to win 1000 career games. LaRussa is regarded by his peers as one of the game’s Blaine Taylor top managers. His honors include Manager of the Year recognition in 1983, Basketball Coach 1988, 1992 and 2002. In 1979, LaRussa passed his bar exam making him Old Dominion University one of only five lawyer/managers in baseball history. February 16 – NO MEETING BOB VALVANO February 19-JAMBOREE MASTER OF CEREMONIES Norfolk Sports Club’s -59th Jamboree ESPN Nationwide Radio Show Host, color Tony LaRussa commentator for ESPN TV and works with St. Louis Cardinals Manager the Golf Channel. Bob Valvano joined ESPN in December 1998 February 23- LUNCHEON MEETING as an ESPN Radio Host. Valvano coached bas- Joe “D” Delamielleure - Buffalo Bills ketball for 19 seasons before entering broad- Offensive Lineman – Achieved All-Pro casting full time. He successfully rebuilt four different college programs, Status 1975-1980. setting all-time records for wins in a season at three different colleges. Valvano’s last season on the sidelines saw him guide Bellarmine College March 1 – NO MEETING to a No. 25 power rating in Division II. Valvano lettered in soccer, basketball and golf at Virginia Wesleyan For further information, College and was 1st team All-Conference and soccer MVP in 1978. He you may contact the majored in Communications and graduated cum laude. The younger Sports Club at 497-9583 or brother of the late Jim Valvano, Bob serves on the Board of Directors of Amy Turk, First Vice President both the V Foundation for Cancer Research and Kosair Children’s Hospi- at 623-3000 ext. 333. tal Foundation. Tickets are selling fast, reserve yours ASAP!!!! This event is always a sellout!!!! Proceeds fund NSC’s support of charitable activities for our area’s young athletes. For tickets call Roland Lewis – 853-3404 or the club office – 497-9583 President’s Letter On January 16th, your new board met to conduct sistance the new directory will be incomplete. Please the 61st year of Norfolk Sports Club business. The take the time to provide the necessary information. meeting started with the treasurer’s report for calen- All new board members were introduced to the re- dar year 2003. He reported that the club has approxi- turning board members. The club organization chart mately $43,000 in the bank. This is an excellent start- for the new officers was distributed along with other ing point for the New Year. In addition, dues payments key historical projects completed by prior boards. for 2004 have been outstanding and those payments Many thanks go out to Dick Knight for his historical are not included in the beginning balance. The sec- records and for allowing my reproduction for the cur- ond dues billing should go out per the current by- rent board. Anybody looking to find a copy of the laws around the first day of February. current organizational chart and responsibilities The most important item on our agenda was a re- should join me at the new member orientation at our cap of planning for our Club Jamboree featuring Tony luncheon meeting on March 8th starting at approxi- La Russa and scheduled for February 19th. Even with mately 11:30. all the planning, your help with the sale of Dinner tick- As you have seen with the time differences for lun- ets is needed if this Jamboree is to be successful. The cheon meetings we again have to mold our club op- ticket price for 2004 is only $65 per person. It is im- erations into the changes of our society. Many of our perative that we sell at least 200 tickets at the full speakers fly into our community and wish to fly out ticket price. I’m asking each of you to approach two the same day and that requires our lunch meetings individuals about Jamboree tickets. Any individual to begin at noon and in some cases allowing the selling five tickets or more at $65 will receive an invi- speaker to be the first item of business. We appreci- tation to the VIP reception. ate your staying after the Speaker, when this is nec- Our next major project is a new membership di- essary, for the completion of the club business and rectory. In that regard, you will find a name, address, awards. phone number, work phone number, fax #, cell phone number and e-mail address worksheet included in this Best to each of you in sports, newsletter. Please complete that worksheet and for- Frank D. Tehel, President ward it to Betty at our Club office. Without your as- MARK YOUR CALENDARS JAMBOREE AWARD WINNERS Bob Bates Award............................................ Steve Martin THE NORFOLK SPORTS CLUB’S 2004 PROAM Outstanding Metropolitan Scholastic Coach WILL BE HELD AT THE GREENBRIER COUNTRY CLUB, CHESAPEAKE, VA. Ellis Loveless Memorial Award......................... Ryan Pond Outstanding Metropolitan Scholastic Athlete MONDAY NIGHT, MAY 17TH COCKTAILS AT 6:00 PM Leigh Williams Memorial Award ...................... Kevin Jones Virginia’s Outstanding College Athlete SILENT AUCTION 6:00 – 8:00 PM DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT 7:00 PM Gen. Douglas MacArthur Memorial Award ...... Kevin Talley Most Outstanding American Collegiate Athlete TUESDAY MAY 18TH who attended a Virginia high school PROAM GOLF TOURNAMENT 1:00 PM DINNER, AWARDS AND PRIZES 6:00 PM J. Roy Rodman Memorial Award.................... Dom Starsia Virginia’s Outstanding Collegiate Coach ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE PROAM BENEFIT THE NSC CHARITIES AND THE IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE NORFOLK SPORTS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION. UP-TO-THE-MINUTE CLUB NEWS Send your email address to: [email protected] TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE Tell Betty if you want the Sportsline emailed to you FOR THOSE WHO ONLY WANT TO ATTEND in lieu of or in addition to U. S. Postal mail. THE MONDAY NIGHT AUCTION AND DINNER. D I R E C T O R Y February 9, 2004 Luncheon Speaker Blaine Taylor, Head Basketball Coach, ODU Frank Tehel, President ........................................ 490-3883 Ext. 152 PLEASE NOTE: Due to practice scheduling for Mr. Taylor, THE LUNCHEON MEETING WILL START EARLY. Dave McCormick, President-Elect ...................... 461-9455 Taylor will be available for any pictures, autograph or Office Operations, 2005 Jamboree & Sportsline handshakes from 11:20 AM to 12:00 noon. Taylor will speak immediately after the opening prayer and pledge. He will Amy Morrissey Turk, First Vice President ........... 623-3000 not be available after the question and answer session to Weekly Luncheon Speakers Ext 333 meet any guests. All other Norfolk Sports Club business matters will be completed after the speaker finishes. Jack Ankerson, Second Vice President ................ 664-2576 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER!! Monthly Golf Outings Blaine Taylor is in his third season Buddy Early, Secretary ....................................... 857-0947 as the Monarchs head basketball coach. Previously, he was an assistant Jim Burke, Treasurer .......................................... 467-2760 coach for three seasons at Stanford University and a successful head coach Kevin Vavrek, Sergeant-at-Arms ........................ 686-4836 at the University of Montana for 7 years. Betty Dail, Executive Secretary........................... 497-9583 As head coach, Taylor posted a 142-65 record, taking his teams to the NCAA OFFICE HOURS tournament twice and the NIT once. His teams had five Monday (with meeting): 9:15-11:00 A.M. 20-win seasons. Taylor earned national Rookie Coach of Monday (with no meeting): 9:15-3:00 P.M. the Year honors and was also Big Sky Coach of the Year. Tuesday - Friday: 9:15 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. E-Mail Address: [email protected] As a player at Montana, Taylor was on the Big Sky All-Conference squad and was an All-Tournament selec- tion. He earned the school’s Naseby Rhinehart Award 2004 DIRECTORS as the Most Inspirational Player and was the John Ex Officio .............................................. William “Dick” Price Campbell Award winner as best Montana Athlete at the One Year Term Two Year Term University of Montana. Dr. Robert Crawford Randy Lassiter Taylor has a Bachelor of Arts in secondary educa- tion and a Masters of Science in athletic administration. Charles V. Taylor Jim Cox He and his wife Annie are the parents of four daughters.