The members of the Bay Men’s Club honored its past presidents at the group’s April 2011 meeting. Some 16 former presidents of the organization attended, including Jack Kilgore (1958/1959), who is the club’s oldest living president. All past presidents spoke of their tenures as president, stories that included ecdysiasts, police raids and “visits by the fire chief.”) All praised the group for its sense of community service and fraternalism.

Members of the Bay Men’s Club collected and sold lightly used athletic shoes (indoor and outdoor soccer cleats, football cleats and similar), soccer shin guards and baseball and softball gloves as a fundraiser for the group.

Collection boxes were set up at Bay Lanes, True Value Hardware, Java Bay and Arthur’s Shoes, and community members donated more than 120 items. Unsold items were donated to charity.

Organizer Kelly Brewer said, “We have some good ideas for next year and think we can inspire a bigger turnout with a few minor additions to what we are doing.  Most importantly, it felt good what we were doing, and I am sure all agree.”

The Bay Men’s Club has formed a Vintage Base Ball team named the Bay Villagers and we will be competing against the Cleveland Blues Base Ball Club in a historical celebration match following the 1860′s rules of base ball.

The event will take place at 12 Noon in the open field of Cahoon Park on Saturday, October 9th, 2010. The Honorable Deborah Sutherland, Mayor of Bay Village will be throwing out the first pitch for our historical match.

The Cleveland Blues are an elite Vintage Base Ball club and recently won the coveted 2010 National Silver Ball Championship.  The Bay Villagers have their work cut out for them!

1860′s “base ball” rules include several interesting differences from modern “baseball” rules.  Gloves and other protective gear are not used, foul ticks are not strikes, the striker can request high or low strikes from the hurler, a base-runner cannot safely overrun 1st base, bunting and sliding are not permitted, pitches are underhanded in a low arc as to allow proper striking and a striker is “dead” when a batted ball is caught on the fly or on one bound off the ground (fair or foul).  It is a gentleman’s game focused on sportsmanship and camaraderie.

Come and share in this experience.

Bay Days 2010 marked a new era for the Bay Men’s Club with new food concession franchises and exciting possibilities for the future.  Nearly half of the club’s members participated in staffing the booth over the four-day event.  ”Our members’ dedication resulted in one of our best years ever for fundraising to support the Bay Men’s Club and our Scholarship Fund,” President Wayne Douglas said.

The Bay Men’s Club, the city’s oldest civic organization dating to 1917, has awarded $1,000 scholarships to two worthy recipients: Abby Glass and Kati Corbitt.

Glass was active with the Girl Scouts, Key Club, SADD, served on the Drama Club/Stage Crew and was stage manager, was a two-year member of Thespians, active with the Culture Club, Relay for Life, was in the High School Youth Ministry at St. Raphael Catholic Church, played in the marching and symphonic bands, was a four-year member of the swim team, and worked as a lifeguard and water safety instructor at the Bay Aquatic Center. She hopes to attend either John Carroll University or The University of Dayton in the fall.

Corbitt earned The President’s “Call to Service” Award, Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Award, was a member of the All Ohio Academic Team, received a Kiwanis Academic Award of Excellence, was awarded the Judy Coolidge Journalism Award, served as Relay for Life student chair, was team captain of HUGS for Maria, served with Youth Challenge, is in the youth group St. Raphael Parish and went on several mission trips, was editor in chief of the yearbook, is a member of the National Honor Society, was a member of the swimming and diving teams, was a four-year golf team member, and was on the All Ohio Academic Team in 2009. Kati hopes to attend John Carroll University or Baldwin Wallace College in the fall.

“We are happy to be able to provide scholarship assistance to these fine young leaders,” Bay Men’s Club Scholarship Chairperson John Stanton said. “They certainly have earned our support with their academic achievement and exemplary citizenship.”

Members of the Bay Men’s Club recently participated in the city’s annual Homecoming Parade. It was the first time that members of the city’s oldest civic organization marched in the parade, which was formed about 2000 and has grown to be the largest parade in the city. Thanks to club treasurer Chris Edelman for bringing a 1939 Ford to proudly carry the BMC banner.

Hello to all current and former Bay Men’s Club members.

With summer fleeting, we are looking forward to another exciting year at Bay Men’s Club.

If you are not aware, BMC dues have changed. The board eliminated all payments at the door for meetings. Dues are now $50 for all members ages 18-60 and $40 for all members over the age of 60.

Incredibly, this includes all food and beverages for the entire year (10 meetings)!

We encourage you to tell your friends, neighbors and associates about our great club and reasonable dues.

If you wish to send a check, mail it to the BMC, 31103 Clairwood Dr., Bay Village, OH 44140, or you can bring your dues payment to the first meeting on September 3th.

We look forward to seeing you this year!

More than 400 people recently attended the first-ever “Kids and Cops Day” in Cahoon Memorial Park, and members of the Bay Men’s Club were on hand to help arrest hunger and thirst.

Bay Men’s Club members (left to right) Dave Adams, Wayne Douglas, Chris Edelman and Greg Sereta, cooked and served food donated by area retailers as a service to the community.

Law enforcement personnel from Bay Village, Avon Lake, Westlake and Rocky River, as well as the Cuyahoga County bomb squad and SWAT team, were on hand. Boats, helicopters, bomb-disarming robots and police dogs were among the highlights from the event, which was designed to help children understand, appreciate and feel comfortable with their local law enforcement authorities, according to event coordinator Shawn May of the Bay Village Police Department.

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Bay High seniors Carolyn Emmer and Michael Kuper have been named recipients of The Bay Village Men’s Club scholarships.

Emmer, 18, is the daughter of Elizabeth and Richard Emmer. She will be attending Kent State University where she plans to major in both architecture and business. She was the vice president of the National Honor Society, president of HERO (a community outreach program); has earned her Girl Scout Gold Award (the organization’s highest) and was on the honor roll all four years of high school.

Emmer also has been recognized for donating more than 200 hours of service to Fairview Hospital as a junior volunteer.

Kuper, 18, is the son of Marcia and Richard Kuper. He will attend The Ohio State University where he will pursue a degree in engineering before progressing to medical school. Kuper is an advanced-placement scholar with honors; is the recipient of the Michelson Morely Science Award; is a member of the National Honor Society; was on the honor roll 15 consecutive quarters; earned the rank of Eagle Scout with six palms; marches in the band, is a nationally ranked marksman and has earned four skiing recognitions for racing, moguls, freestyle and SnoPro.

He is the third son of Marcia and Richard to attend college in five years. Hel began working at age nine to save money for college.

“We are happy to be able to award these scholarships to deserving high school seniors,” Scholarship Committee Chairperson John D. Stanton said. “This is an investment in the future of our community, state and country, and we are gratified to know it will pay dividends in the future.”