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The next Board of

Director’s Meeting and

General Membership

meeting will be held on

Monday, September 21. The Board meeting will

begin at 6:00 p.m.,

followed by the General

Membership meeting at 7:00 p.m. Both

meetings will be held at the American Legion

in West Salem. Association members are

welcome and encouraged to attend the General

membership meeting. A meeting agenda will be

emailed to members prior to the meeting date.

The WSHA youth members will participate in

one more parade this season. The Mindoro

Spanferkel parade will take place on Sunday,

September 13. We will line up at the Mindoro

County Park. More details regarding this

parade will be emailed to members soon.

Please plan to join us in Mindoro!

Board of Directors and General

Membership Meeting Notice ....................... 1

Mindoro Spanferkel Parade .............................. 1

Dryland Clinic .................................................. 1

2015 Face Off Fundraiser ............................... 2

Registration for 2015/16 Season ....................... 3

Tentative Hockey Try-Out Dates ...................... 3

Referees Needed ............................................... 4

Play It Again Sports Annual Hockey Sale ....... 4

20th Annual Slap Shot Golf Outing A Success 4-6

July 2015 Calendar Winners ............................ 7

August 2015 Calendar Winners ...................... 7

New this year! We are excited to offer our

youth members an opportunity for some pre-

season dryland training this year! Coach Ashley

Johnson will be offering WSHA players Squirt

through Bantam level players this opportunity.

Training will focus on strength, agility, and

hand-eye coordination. The cost is just $10 and

will begin on Wednesday, September 2nd

. This

clinic will be held every Monday and

Wednesday at the Lion’s Shelter in West Salem

from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. This is a great

opportunity for our youth players!

August 2015

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Pat Watters Band

Have you picked

up/sold your Face Off

ticket(s) yet? If not,

please keep in mind it

is mandatory that each

family that have youth

members in our

Association, except

termite and starter

families, must sell at

least one ticket to this

event.

The 5th Annual Face Off Party will be held on

Friday, October 16, 2015! The fun begins at

5 p.m. at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds. The

“Pat Watters” band and “The Dweebs” will

take the stage to entertain the crowd to add to the

fun. Plan to come, invite your friends, and have

a time as we celebrate the kick off of

another great hockey season in West Salem and

raise money for our Association.

The purchase of a Face Off ticket not only gives

attendees an opportunity to have a great prime

rib dinner, but also a chance to win the following

great prizes:

Grand Prize - $10,000

One of five $1,000 cash prizes

One of ten $200 cash prizes

Please remember that this is our biggest

fundraiser of the year; therefore, we need all of

you to help make this event a success! Please do

your part and sell your ticket!

If you have not already picked up your tickets or

dropped off those you have sold, stop by CR Glass

in West Salem and see Mark or Bonnie Weilandt.

Remember….members will receive one free ticket

for every ten sold! If you sell the winning $10,000

ticket, you will win $1,000! It is that easy! A

special thank you goes out to the Face Off

Committee for helping make this year’s event a

memorable one.

Stop and see Mark or Bonnie Weilandt at CR

Glass in West Salem to pickup your Face Off

tickets! Remember….members will receive one

free ticket for every ten sold! If you sell the

winning $10,000 ticket, you will win $1,000! It is

that easy! A special thank you goes out to the

Face Off Committee for helping make this year’s

event a memorable one.

WSHA members and fans….get ready to

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It’s registration time! With

school starting and summer

activities coming to a close,

it’s time to think about Hockey!

Hockey registration will take place on the

following dates:

Saturday, September 12 from 9 a.m. –

12 noon at the West Salem Elementary

School

OR Wednesday, September 16 from

5 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Lion’s Shelter

Please visit our website

(www.westsalemhockey.com) and download

your registration forms, fill out, and bring them

with you to registration. This will increase the

efficiency of the registration process.

Remember…every player must

register with USA hockey prior

to registration. You will need

each player’s USA Hockey registration number

prior to registering as a WSHA player. Please

visit their website (www.usahockey.com) and

click on the player registration link. Follow the

steps to register your skater. Write down your

registration number and bring it with you to one

of our registration times (September 12 or 16).

Hockey try-outs will take

place again this year.

After our registration

dates, we will have a

better idea of what levels

will need to participate in

try-outs. Try outs will be

held on October 31, 2015.

Tentative practice dates

prior to tryouts are:

October 22, 24, and 29

More information about try-outs will be

communicated after our registration dates are

complete.

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WSHA is in need of referees for home games

this season. Youth ages 12 and older are eligible

to referee. If you know someone who would like

to referee, please contact a member of the

WSHA Board.

Play It Again Sports

(next to Chuck E.

Cheese in Onalaska)

will hold its 2nd

Annual Hockey

Appreciation Day on Saturday,

September 19 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The sale

includes:

20% off all hockey equipment

Additional 10% off skates leased that day

(9/19 = 25% off)

20% off skate sharpening cards (reg $40,

9/19 = $32)

20% off all special orders placed on 9/19

C.R. Chill and LAX Freeze tickets and

other giveways

A total of 88 golfers hit

the course to participate

in the 2015 Golf Outing

Fundraiser. A huge

thank you to the Golf

Committee consisting of

Megan Weibel, Sara

Langrehr, Denise Meyer, Kris Nickles, Julie &

Scott Schumacher, and Lia Tauscher for all your

work to make this event a success! You are

awesome!!

We also thank the many golfers and

volunteers who participated in this event.

Together, the participants and volunteers raised

over $7,000 for our Association! We truly

appreciate all your hard work and dedication you

show for our Association!

Lastly, thank you to Matt Cullmann and Fox

Hollow Golf Course staff for all of your help!

Once again, your hospitality was superior and it

made our event very enjoyable.

The overall winners for the day

included:

1st Place - Gary Roesler,

Greg Hutson, Adam

Hutson and Aaron

Kleinerte

2nd Place - Tom Bierne, Tony Bishop,

Brett Klomsted and Prentice Reedy

3rd Place - Michael Berghefer Team

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Hole event winners included:

#4 - Longest Putt - Jason Buros

#6 - Longest Drive In the Fairway

(men's) - Ethan Phelps

#7 - Longest Drive In the Fairway

(women's) - Nancy Fee

#10 - Closest to Pin - Ray Marciulionis

#11 - Longest Drive In the Fairway

(women's) - Heather Ladwig

#14 - Closest to Pin (2nd shot) - Matt

Neubauer

#16 - Longest Drive In the Fairway

men's) - Alex Maas

#18 - Longest Putt with a HOCKEY

stick - Aimee Zucco

A HUGE thank you to the following

businesses for sponsoring a hole at the event:

1st National Bank of Bangor

Altra Federal Credit Union

BradCad

Brenengen’s West Salem

Brickl Brothers

Creative Screen Print

Fowler & Hammer

Friends of West Salem Baseball

Getter Masonry

Kish & Sons Electric, Inc.

L & C Insulation

Master Metals, Inc.

Meridian Marketing, Inc.

Nick's Bar

Union State Bank of West Salem

We would also like to thank the following

businesses and individuals that donated towards

the raffles:

Altra Federal Credit Union

Famous Dave's

Hansen's IGA

Le Coulee Cheese Castle

Neshonoc Sports

Fantastic Sam's Onalaska

Ace Hardware

Coulee Golf Bowl

Ground Round

Harley Davidson Onalaska

Kwik Trip West Salem

Mathews, Inc.

The Studio

USA Hockey

Walmart Onalaska

Expressions Salon

Starbucks Onalaska

LiveWell Chiropractic

West Salem Park & Rec

Pogreba Restaurant

Pettibone Boat Club

Ye Old Style Inn

West Salem Auto Repair

Brian Boettcher

Brueggeman Family

Meyer Family

Paul Koster

Randall & Kimberly Eigenberger

Megan Weibel

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Last, but not least, a HUGE thank you

to the volunteers of our Association for

helping make this fundraiser a success. They

put many hours in to make sure the golf event

ran smoothly, and they succeeded! If you see

any of these members, please take the time to

personally thank them!

Joe Nickles

Kelly Green

Bonnie Trapp

Kyle, Tracey & Jacob Helgeson

Lori & Sierra Szymanski

Donna & Jamie Olson

Jim Olson

Megan Weibel

Sara Langrehr

Denise Meyer

Kris Nickles

Julie Schumacher

Lia Tauscher

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$100 – Margaret Hansche

$50 – Mark & Bonnie Weilandt, Wesley

Tabbert, Lori Hammes, Jaden Hammes, Jerry

Beyer, Sharon Coles, Jamie Lopez, Kathy

Gray, Evie Deery, and Kerry Koepp

$20 – Kyle & Erica Boland, Harry Caulum,

Joe Gerke, Annette Niedfeldt, Marjorie

Endres, Chuck Schleifer, Joe Deal, Kenneth

Lewter, John Pietry, Dana Engh, Sherri Dick,

and Barb Gilster

$100 – Monika Loging

$50 – Roger Mieden, Reggie Seidel, Chris &

Stacy Hutchinson, Denny Kyser, Lori

Hammes, Tim Miller, Connie Dutton-Snell,

Chris & Stacy Hutchinson, and Phyllis Rask

$20 – Ryan Deery, Tom Strangstallien, Dean

Buchanan, Luke Baginski, Chris Skrede,

Shawn Riley, Mike Hauser, Bev Lisney, Tom

Strangstalien, Syl Clements, Mary Meier-

Bujak, Josef Gasper, and W. Sackill