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The ILLINOIS CLUB At WBV
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Purpose
The Illinois Club at WBV is a non-membership group and does not require past/present and/or future residence in the State of Illinois. We were formed to provide a "Social Outlet" for the residents of WBV.
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Social Activities
The core of our Program are six Dinner/Dances held each Calendar Year.
Fiesta Italiano - January
Valentines - February
St. Patrick's - March
Pig Roast - April
Octoberfest - October
Holiday/Xmas - December
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Objectives
We schedule our events on Saturday nights at the Lakes Rec. Center. Our goal is threefold, a great meal, contemporary music to dance and listen to and a tremendously favorable price. Meals are catered to by leading food providers in the area and music is handled by popular D. J.'s. Attendance ranges from a low of 150 and reaches a sold out of 280+ for our spectacular "Pig Roast". On occasion we provide entertainment as well as dancing. In past we have offered an Elvis look a like, Hawaiin Dancers, exotic Belly Dancer etc.
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History
The Clubs 1st. President was John Ciaccio and dates back to the 1980's. Each of the Sub Divisions at WBV had an area captain responsible for getting the word out to those living in the various communities. The 1991 records I have show the following pioneers:
Brookside Gardens - Mary Squires/Helen & Harvey Smith/Phyllis Schackenbauer
Cambridge Crossing - Barb & Bruce Rock
Edgewater Park - Geri Miller
Fairway Ridge - Carol & John Ciaccio
Fairway Springs - Dolores & Bob Shuksta
Heather Brook - Marilyn & Armour Johnson
Hidden Palms - Vivian & Carl LaMantia
Highland Hills - Angie & Frank Martino
Ironwood Estates - Isabel & Bud Zaret
Lakesside Terrace - Flo & George Hart
Lakeview Estates - Nancy & John LaSalandra
Meadow Ridge - Josephine & John Panicola
Monterey Greens - Pat & Bill Kusch
Mountain Park Estates - Dorothy & Bob Heggie
Mountainview Estates - Emily& Gerhard Grefe
Oakbrook - Nell Larson
Pinehurst (phase 2) - Dorothy & Jim Hines
Quailridge - Dolly & James Ulrich
Shadow Ridge - Marge & Jim Wilde
Village Square - Phyllis & Ray Rueffer
Willowbrook - Alice & Murray Nadler
Windsor Parl - Anita & Milford Sitze
Carl LaMantia served as President the longest having passed the baton to me in January 2001.My successor is out there and I hope he/she volunteers soon. I am sure the above names bring back memories to a lot of you and most important of all a lot of the people mentioned still attend and are active in the Club. I have shown the ones I know in bold typeface.
It is my personal hope that our Association will eventually take over several of the parties that we have been hosting and in that way the duties of the Club volunteers can be dimished. We have done this with the 2001/2002 New Years Eve Party and that has proven to be a good move.
It is also my desire that email will allow us to perform the function that the Captains did in the early days. For this to happen we need your email addresses, so please use the link on this web page to send me your email address. Thank you all for your continued participation.
P.S. Phyllis and I were at the Phoenix Open and had our UPS picture taken. Thought it would convey our "young at heart" motif.
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Hi! I am Hammond Hog and I appear at the Illinois Club Pig Roast in April. I am smoked and not BBQ'd and the best tasting pig you have ever encountered. Smokeyo's is responsible for my appearance and you should definitely come to see and taste me.
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