Thanks to all who made the Casino Night a great success.

Officers for next year will be determined at the May Booster Club meeting.

Commissioners of Athletics in ASB are working on the Athlete of the Year Banquet and have set Friday June 11th in the Goodyear Gym for this event.  Save the date.

CCHS Booster Club will sponsor the 2nd annual Bowling Tournament, Saturday June 12th at 6:30 PM again at Gardena Bowling Alley.  We are looking for a total of 16 teams and already have 10.  Anyone interested should contact Jerry Chabola at 310-842-4200 x 6130 or jerrychabola@ccusd.org. Cost is $50/ bowler.  All proceeds to to help defray costs for next years athletic programs.

With a $70,000 cut from a $100,000 budget for transportation, we will be looking at a transportation fee from each athlete next year.  Any support we receive through fundraising will help defray these costs.   At the last booster club meeting those in attendance decided to contribute $20,000 to help the cause. The coaches are in the process of developing a plan that will help to provide transportation for our athletes.  We had a very lengthy and productive discussion at our meeting last Monday night.  One idea was to purchase 2 or more vans to transport teams that do not need a bus.  This was proposed to CCUSD some 10 years ago and was rejected. We will look at this option again so if anyone has access to a “good deal” or knows of anyone in the van sales business have them contact Jerry Chabola at 310-842-4200 x6130

Congratulations to our neighbors at Venice HS! Through their alumni association and with the guidance of Culver City resident Laura Ferre they raised over $140,000 to replace the Myrna Loy statue. Many of us remember the old statue that stood in the front of their campus.  With dedication and hard work they were able to replace that statue with a new one.  Many of our current CCUSD parents were in the audience that had well over 1,000 people attending the dedication last Saturday. 

Everyone should take the opportunity to walk the athletic complex during this time of year to observe so many young and not so young people benefiting from our facilities. On any one late afternoon you will see the CCHS baseball teams (3), softball teams (3), track teams (100+ athletes), boys lacrosse teams (2), girls lacrosse team, spring football pracitce, soccer practice, middle school softball, little league practices (3 or more teams), middle school age youth lacrosse, in the gym, boys volleyball (2), boys and girls basketball, not to mention community members walking and jogging the track.  Thanks to all who make this possible.

 For those who have ever asked, why is there a fruitless mulberry tree adjacent to the flag pole at Helms Field? The answer is simply that it is a tribute to Mike Balkman.  On the anniversary of his death,  April 16, 2001,  we should all remember that Mike Balkman along with his wife Flor were responsible for the synthetic surface track at CCHS.   The tree was planted in his honor. It has been replaced once after vandels broke off the sapling.  So as you walk by that tree, remember Mike and Flor for what they gave to CCHS and all who use the facility.