OFFICERS

President

Vice President

Financial Secretary

Recording Secretary

Club Manager

BOARD MEMBERS

Chairman

Trustees

Dear Members, Summer is finally in full swing and so don’t forget to stop by the Phoenix Club for a nice cold beverage! If you haven’t heard, our Phoenix Club Picnic has been postponed until Sunday, September 15th due to all of the inclem-ent weather…so please be sure to add the Phoenix Club Picnic to your “must do” in September. Congratulations to Andrew Lifka, the recipient for the John Popeye Mile’s Scholarship fund of $1000. Hard work does pay off! Here are some great summer time events that we hope you’ll enjoy in the month of July! On Saturday, July 13th please join us for Outdoor Bowling and Burgers and Chops. On Tuesday, July 16th, along with Burgers and Chops night, we will host another Business Expo (Membership Networking). Please sign up on the information board if you are interested in promoting your business. This is complimentary and we have limited space, so sign up soon. It truly is a great way to meet the members and share what you do and what your business can offer them whether it be home improvement, real estate, jewelry and so much more. July 21st it’s our Golf Outing and then on the 27th, it’s Family Outdoor Bowling and we will start at 6pm. As we look into the future and start to understand all of the tax increases going on in the state of Illinois, we will defi-nitely be watching how it will all affect

the Phoenix Club. The Board has had a brief discussion on this topic and so we want to give you an early heads up that there is a great possibility of a member-ship dues increase in 2020. Speaking of membership, we are also talking about an early Membership Drive and different incentives for our members who bring in new members…so please stay tuned on “what’s in it for you” if you bring in new members this fall. It’s all happening before our Homecoming event in October. As a reminder, I will be away for the next several weeks so Craig Bonifas is taking the lead for me. Thank you Craig! Before I sign off, just a couple friendly reminders…

• We are closed on Thursday, July 4th. Have a safe and happy holiday!

• On Wednesday, July 17th, we will be hosting our General Membership Meeting in the dining room at 7pm. So if you have friends or family with you who are not members, they will need to step into the bar room for about 20 minutes during this meet-ing. We hope you will join us!

Stay cool this July! Lisa Linden Lisa Linden Phoenix Club President

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE TO PHOENIX CLUB MEMBERS

The Phoenix Club

A U R O R A L A N D ’ S F I N E S T C L U B S I N C E 1 8 9 3

J u l y 2 0 1 9 SUPPORT FOR OUR

TROOPS AND VETERANS

a u r o r a p h o e n i x c l u b . c o m

1 2 6 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y

Lisa Linden

Craig Bonifas

Jon Wullbrandt

Betty Chandler

Jules Owen

Don Clemen

Wayne Biles

Howie Burns

Randy Korstick

James Miller

Robert Reichardt

Diane Rudow

John Stumpf

Margie Thorgesen

Manager ’s July Monthly Specials

Sunday $1.50 Domestic Bottles

Monday $1.50 Domestic Bottles

Tuesday $1.00 Drafts Domestic Only

Wednesday $3.00 Tito’s and mixers

Thursday Reduced Drink & Pizza Prices

Friday $2.75 All Wine

Saturday $3.00 Pints-Next Coast IPA Special Events Void Drink Specials

Wednesday Night Dinner Specials July 3 Chicken Salad, Ham Salad, or Tuna Salad on Pretzel Bun w/chips$7 July 10 Burgers and French Fries-$7

July 17 Beef Combo and French Fries$8

July 24 BBQ Chicken Sandwich, Baked Beans and Potato Salad $8

July 31 A-1 Steakburger and FF $7

Tuesday Night Dinner Specials

July 2 Taco Buffet $9

July 9 Chicken Buffet $8

July 16 Burgers & Chops

July 23 Salad Bar and

Baked Potato Bar $7

July 30 Lasagna and

Garlic Bread

Thursday Night Dinner Specials June 4 Club Closed July 11 Build A Burger with French Fries $7 July 18 Breaded Chicken BLT with French Fries $7

July 25 Cheeseburger Wrap with Onion Rings $7

Celebrate your special occasion with a party at the

PHOENIX CLUB

The lower level of the Phoenix Club is available for members to rent for

graduation parties along with birthday parties, showers, anniversary parties, stags, fundraisers,

whatever the occasion. Please contact our Club Manager Jules Owen for

available dates and rates.

Upcoming Events...

Coming in August…

Blood Drive

August 10

8:00AM-12:00PM

Sign up on board

Watch for posters around

the club and the big board

for additional

upcoming August

events

July 13 Saturday Night

Outdoor Bowling and Burgers and Chops

July 21

Phoenix Club Golf Outing See next page for additional info

Business Expo

July 16 Looking to expand your

customer base? Introduce your fellow Phoenix Club members to your product or service

at our Business Expo. See poster at club for more details

July 27

Family Outdoor Bowling Night 6:00PM

July 29 BINGO

Food 6:00PM, Eyes down at 7:00PM Special Summer Edition of

Monday Night BINGO $500 Jackpot game

Special games, BINGO food

The Phoenix Club is proud to announce Andrew Lifka as the winner of the

2019 John “Popeye” Miles Scholarship.

Andrew is the son of Dr. David and Sue Lifka and grandson of Bob and Ann Miller.

Andrew will be attending Notre Dame University

in the Fall.

Congratulations Andrew

and Good Luck!

Member Spotlight In an effort to give you more of an opportunity to get to know your fellow members and learn more of what they do outside of the club...we are introducing our Member Spotlight.

LL: Meet Your Fellow Member s: LeVada and Martha Smith

LL: How long have you been a member? LMS: Martha 9 years and LeVada 6 years LL: Family? LMS: Just married 2 years (April 2017) LL: Favorite part about being a member at The Phoenix Club? LMS: The Draft Root Beer and the people LL: Drink of choice? LMS: The Draft Root Beer LL: Where do you work and what do you do for them? LMS: Martha is a Project Manager for ICUL (Illinois Credit Union League) and LeVada works for True Green LL: Best part of your job? LMS: Martha said working with the people and LeVa-da said, the freedom he has and being self motivated LL: Favorite pastime? LM: Playing basketball and video games P.S. If they could win the gold in the Winter Olympics they both said it would be the gold medal in Curling. If they had to choose their last meal... Martha said, Grandma White’s dumplings and LeVada said his Mom’s pork chops and gravy. Martha said her first concert was Rascal Flats and LeVada said his favorite movie is “Coming to America”.

If you are interested in sharing your business and a little bit more about YOU...just let one of the board members know and we will add you to our Member Spotlight in the next Phoenix Club Newsletter,

THANK YOU

Have an idea for an event?

The Club is always looking for fun things to do for our members.

Use the suggestion box or talk to a board member or officer.

Have you been to the Phoenix Club lately on a

Friday Night?

Friday Nights feature our Steak and Fish Fry serving 6:00PM-8:00PM.

Enjoy a delicious steak grilled to perfection or maybe a fish entrée or even the “special” of the evening

Along with the salad bar.

Call some friends and family and meet at the club this Friday for a delicious meal and a fun evening.

Wednesday, July 17, 7:00PM

General Membership Meeting

in the dining room. Friends or family with

you who are not mem-bers are asked to please step into the bar room for about 20 minutes during this meeting.

We hope you will join us!

Thank you to Don Clemen and everyone who came

out to help with Fix It Saturday day in May! Thank you to Don Schleining for taking on the chal-

lenge of the cooler doors. If you missed it, we will host another one this fall to ensure we are keeping up with the maintenance and upkeep of the club.

Your help is always much appreciated on these days.

Thank you to Joan Dodson and Carol Benjamin for hosting another great LCR Tournament

Thank you to Don Clemen and the team for hosting

our Summer Meat Raffle

Thank you again to Diane Rudow and Joan Dodson for running the Outdoor Bowling on June 8th

The whole family had a great time with caller Lisa

Linden and assistant Betty Chandler at Family BINGO Night

Watch for another BINGO night in the fall.

Big thank you to Jules and the bar and kitchen crew…especially Cindy, LeAnn, Janine,

Heather and Kelly along with Craig, Don White, Jim and Denise Stumpenhorst for their help on

Father’s Day Breakfast. Happy

4th of July

to all our

members

and their families.

We also thank all of our veteran members

and currently serving members.

Thank you for your service to our country!

Popeye’s Annual

GOLF OUTING Sunday July 21

Noon Shot gun start at Bliss Creek

$75 includes *GOLF *CART

*STEAK DINNER *PRIZES

Sign up on board at club