The Bow Tie Challenge continues.  Club Member Craig Knobloch has thrown down the gauntlet!  After realizing his initial idea for a beard growing contest was perhaps unfair to the women in the club, the ever dapper Craig is throwing down a bow tie challenge to the club.  If you own a bow tie, wear it to this next or an upcoming meeting.  He will contribute $1 for every member to the club.  The real challenge may be if you know how to tie it!  Only two members rose up to the challenge last week.  

Holiday Cheese Sale.  Tom Plechaty has several cheese packages available for sale, a great gift for the Holidays.  See Tom at a meeting, or contact him to make arrangement.  Last year, the club made almost $1500 on this fundraiser!

The Feature Attraction

     The program was given by Coach Pat Rangel of Alleman High School.  A very appropriate and inspiring introduction was given by Father Mirabelli.  Coach Rangel related that this is his third year as a coach and that he has had a personal aspiration to address the matter of youth development in each presentation he gives.  His observation is simply that there are far too many games and not enough time taken to seize the opportunity for development at practice by young basketball players.  His philosophy is that coaches must be teachers foremost.  As for Alleman, he indicated that the team is very enthusiastic but inexperienced and, as is often the case, is short in numbers until the football playoffs conclude.

November       Basketball Month - Rock Island, Alleman, and Augustana

PHRASE FOR THE DAY

            "A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world." - John LeCarre