Booster Club plans support for activities
Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2008
DECATUR ó Fans will be singing ì Sweet home Decaturî at Bulldog games this year.
At Monday nightís meeting, the Booster Club began planning its activities for the year. Club president Lenny Meeks told parents that local musician Mike Duncan will be revising ì Sweet Home Alabamaî for the town and singing it for the first time at Thursday nightís athletic night cookout.
Plans were made to put the words up on the screen so the crowd can join in the chorus at home games. Meeks also demonstrated the ìboneî wave for fans.
Plans for Thursday nightís cookout were set. Students, parents and community members are invited, and coaches and players will be introduced. Hamburgers and chips will be served for $ 5 and season passes for adults and students will be sold for $ 25 and $ 10, respectively.
ì Every dime thatís made goes back to your kids, î parent Becky Arnold said.
Raffle tickets for the whole hog, tool box, power washer and two quilts will continue to be sold at the event to support the school Coach Stanley Ellis suggested community members bring towels, bar soap, VHS and VHS-C tapes to the cookout for the team to use throughout the year.
Meeks said he already has the paint to paint the end zones blue and yellow and to paint a bulldog in the middle.
Rick Hickson volunteered to donate cardboard for stencils for the bulldog and for letters to spell out Decatur on the end zones.
A workday was planned on Sept. 6 to repaint the bleachers at the football field. Volunteers are needed to help out and are encouraged to bring their favorite paintbrush or paint sprayer.
The Booster Club plans to pay for the diesel fuel for the teams to travel to away games. Transportation secretary Patsy Wilkins estimated the buses will travel about 1, 700 miles this season at 10 miles per gallon. The total cost for fuel will be around $ 700.
Meeks said that the club brings in about $ 800 from the concession stands at each home game, so there should be enough money to pay for the fuel.
Coach Bill Brockert also volunteered to pay for the fuel. Brockert said his wife will be providing lunches for the players at one game, and club members wondered if local churches would be willing to pitch in and provide food for other games.
ì As a club, weíre going to have to commit to volunteering more, î Arnold said.
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