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It's over!!!   But just wait until next year!!!!

First, let me thank each of you for your unselfish help in making the two
days/evenings at LOL another fun and worthwhile fund raiser.   The two young
men that we coordinate with, Eddie Pohrer and David Hanon, continue to
praise and thank us for the great job we do.   Granted, they may tell all their
vendors the same thing but I'm taking it on face value that they are sincere
when they tell me that the Metro booth is by far the best to work with and do
an outstanding job of setting up, selling and managing the operation over the
two days of LOL.   They value our enthusiasm, organization and cooperation.
It simply makes their job that much easier.

Now for the results.   Bottom line, we did $17,738 total sales for the two days.
Our projected cut will be something just less than $3,500 with the deduction
for open cases at the end and inventory adjustments.

Friday was a slow night and a sparse crowd.   It rained twice, the band was
marginal and there was a Cardinal ball game.   We only sold $7,582 in
product.   The Arch steps were never close to half full.

Saturday was better but not by much.   It was an urban band playing and there
was a large crowd but sales were only moderate.   We had total sales of
$10,156.   The LOL crew raised prices this year from $5 to $6 per beer.   Not
sure how much that affected things.

On the tip front we did OK relative to the sales.   The tip containers seemed to
help with laminated pictures of skaters but those who were persistant in asking
for tips really made a difference. On Friday, we did very decent with tips
totaling $370.70.   Monica Schuyler gets credit for the single largest "tip."
Saturday's tips only amounted to $106.40.   That audience, even though
much larger in numbers, simply wasn't as responsive or as generous.

I want to thank the people who came down on Friday and Saturday to help
set-up and a special thanks to everyone for sticking around to help with night
closeouts and the tear-down on Saturday.   With everyone's help, we were
able to close things up quickly and get out of there at a reasonable time.

I want to give special thanks to Jay Reutter and his lovely wife, Beth, and of
course to Katherine. In the spirit of the St. Louis skating community and not to
slight anyone for the great job you did because you know how hard you
worked and how much I appreciate your unselfish help but I just want to
highlight Jay's contribution.   Katherine was flying into Lambert from
Vancouver (training camp) for a week of rest and relaxation with friends and
family back home in Champaign before her season kicks off (like it really ever
stops).   Now, Jay and Beth could have just as easily driven all the way from
Champaign, pick up Katherine and headed back home.   But no, Jay had Beth
drop him off at LOL and he helped the entire night at the booth.   He was a big
help stocking and tracking inventory along with Tony and Dave.   He stayed to
the end helping clean up and return inventory.   It was a treat for us to have
Katherine stick around to just chat and get caught up.   I'm glad that Erin could
spend a little time with Katherine at the close.   Katherine, we look forward to
cheering you on in the coming years but especially at Vancouver in 2010.

I have an umbrella that was left Friday night.   It has Barnes-Jewish Hospital on
it.

So, once again, my sincerest thanks to a great crew.   If you have suggestions
for next year, please let me know.

Thank you,

Russ

Great News!!! Live on the Levee organize have contacted us about
participating in the 2007 events. We filed our application in February and now
we know our dates: July 27 & July 28.

Like last year, we have requested not to participate in the Fair St. Louis (July
3 & 4). Live on the Levee takes place every Friday and Saturday, beginning
that weekend, July 6 & &7,   and ending on August 3 & 4.

The bands during our fund raiser are: Steel Pulse (July 27) and Musiq
Soulchild (July 28). The Arch grounds open at 6 p.m. & close at 10:00 p.m.
Volunteers are needed from a couple hours before the grounds open (to open
the booth) to a few hours after the grounds close (to do final inventory
accounting). If you can help, please contact Russ Owen or reply to the club's
email address: metrosspeedskating@sbcglobal.net. For an email link go to the
CONTACT page

As soon as the organizers have contacted us with more information, look for it
to be posted here. For more information on the Fair and Live on the Levee,
go to www.celebratestlouis.org.

This is Metros' only fund raiser and everyone's participation is sincerely
appreciated. Remember, this is the fund raising event for abatement of your
annual activity fee. Those who don't help are subject to the $150 activity fee
upon registration for the upcoming season.

		Webster - Sundays, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., except Dec. 9 (11:
		45-12:45 p.m.) & Jan. 13 (4:00-5:00 p.m).
		Summit - No ice currently scheduled; look for a return in
		2008-09 season.
		Queeny - Tuesdays, 7:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
		Ice Zone at the Mills - Thursdays, 815 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.