Happy New Years to everyone. We hope that your holidays are safe and fun. While we are looking at snow and cold temperatures now, before you know it the baseball season will be upon us. The sleds and snowboards will be replaced with gloves and bats. The focus of this newsletter is to provide you with information regarding registration for the 2009 season.

League sign-up – The sign up date for the 2009 season is scheduled for Saturday, January 17th from 8am until 12 noon. It will be held at the Hales Corners Village Hall, 5635 S. New Berlin Rd. Everyone that played in the 2008 season received a pre-registration form in the mail. Many have pre-registered and will only need to come to registration to arrange their volunteer time and pick up candy if they ordered it.

As in the past, families that live within the Whitnall School District or families with a child that goes to a School in the Whitnall School District boundaries will be given preference to people that live outside the District. We will accept registrations from outside the area to fill divisions that aren’t full on a first come basis. It is strongly recommended that you sign up as soon as possible to ensure placement on a team. Once the divisions are full, kids will be put on a waiting list.

At sign-up, you will be given a list of important dates, pay your fees, you’ll pick your volunteer time (minimum of 4 hours) and you’ll receive information on league rules, etc. If you cannot make this date, please contact Scott Stachowski - sstachowski@wi.rr.com for registration materials and further information.

Fee Schedule: - There are some changes from last year’s fees:

*Candy Sale - $100 (per family) or $75 buyout

*Players registration - $60.00 per player, except senior boys and girls is $20 extra to cover umpire fees

*Volunteer fee - $150 per family (check held and returned if work Completed). (Bring at least two checks to registration).

Volunteers Needed We continue to be in need of people willing to do more than the required four hours of volunteer work. It takes many hours and many people to make the league work as well as it does. If you are interested in going that extra mile please call Don Drew or any board member to discuss the openings or ask at sign-up.

Managers and Coaches Every year is a challenge to fill all of the positions of Managers and Coaches. If you would like to more information on either position please call Kris Bzdawka for boys or Gary Kohls for girls or see them at sign-up.

Board Meetings Meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month in the pavilion at Schoetz Park. Meetings begin at 7:00pm during the off-season, 8:00pm during the season and generally last 90 minutes. We are always looking for new ideas and better ways to do things, so please stop by, contact us and be a part of your league. The Board of Directors has 13 members to spread out the work load and also to have more discussion on important issues.

President Don Drew 427-9247
VP Boys Kris Bzdawka 604-0776
VP Girls Gary Kohls 427-0403
Secretary Robin Brunette 327-0120
Treasurer David Sutton 427-1185

Director of Concessions Heidi Wolff 427-1802
Director of Equipment Eric Sowinski 427-8189
Director of Field Maintenance Mike Roberts 327-0047
Director of Marketing Jim Gilboy 529-8440
Director of Registration. & Scheduling Scott Stachowski 427-7761
Director of Tournament Teams Mark Brault 525-9410
Director of Umpires Rick Larsen 425-7042
Director of Volunteers Holly Rabideaux 427-7897
League Address: WYB, P.O. Box 213, Hales Corners, WI 53130
League Hotline: 425-8472
Web Page: www.whitnallyouthbaseball.com