Employees

Culver Boys and Girls Club Fundraiser

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Fabulous '50s
Fabulous '50s Fundraiser for the Culver Boys and Girls Club

The Culver Boys and Girls Club is having its annual fund raising event at the Culver Academies on Friday, June 19th in the Multi-Purpose Room.   The theme this year is “The Fabulous ’50s”.   Support the kids and have a great time at the Fabulous ’50s Silent Auction & Party.  Enjoy food, beer, wine, and cocktails from local restaurants all while having the opportunity to bid on exciting silent auction items from vaction stays and sports tickets and memorabilia, to orginial works of art.  See a special performance by acclaimed hula hoop artist Kara Vogt and cheer on 11 local celebrities as they compete in a spirited hula hoop contest.  Tickets are $40 each or 2 for $75 and may be purchased in advance or at the door.  

This group does a wonderful service helping Culver Youth with after-school activities, homework help and general good citizenship.   For more information regarding the event you can visit their site here.  There is also a silent auction and they have pictures of many of the auction items at the website as well.  There are also opportunities to sponsor events. 

If you go to the event you may be sitting your drink on one of the 9 cafe table tops donated by Easterday Construction Co., Inc. for the event.  We sent those out last week for assembly by the table base makers.  We appreciate all the efforts of the volunteers that run this organization and were pleased to be able to help with this event.

Former ECC employee Leroy Bean honored by Culver Chamber of Commerce

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From the Pilot News:

Awarded Volunteer of the Year was Leroy Bean, whom Stallings (Culver Chamber President) said “epitomizes what a volunteer is.”

Born in Chicago in 1941, Bean was in Culver by 1942 and has lived here 66 years since, marrying Margaret Poor in 1961 and having two daughters, Kimberly and Cheryl, besides three grandchildren, three step grandchildren, and five great grandsons. Bean retired from Easterday Construction after 42 years in Nov., 2004 joining the Lions Club along the way in July, 2001. Bean became “Station Master” in 2002 at the Club’s headquarters, the former Culver train station-depot in the town park. “If Leroy asks you to take that job over,” quipped Stallings with a smile, “you have to say ‘no.’ He basically runs that place. Everything that happens there, Leroy’s involved in it.”

Bean has been in charge of rental of the station since 2003, and over recent years has volunteered at the Kiwanis Club’s Twin Lakes camp, helped with Christmas in April several times, worked with Culver’s food pantry, removed snow from sidewalks of neighbors and residents; put up Christmas decorations on Main St. and Lakeshore Drive, and held seats on the park board and Lakefest Committee.

Bean, expressing his appreciation and surprise at the award, said simply he’d “rather be out volunteering somewhere!”

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As stated in the above article, Leroy was an employee of Easterday Construction Co., Inc. for over 40 years, much of that time serving as a Project Superintendent.  He started as a truck driver and worked his way up, developing his skills as a carpenter and supervisor along the way.  We still count him as a friend and are proud of his continuing accomplishments since leaving us.  We wish him the best and hope to nominate him for this award again in the future.  –  Kevin