Wiza proclaims July 10 as Tim ‘Shoe’ Sullivan Day

By Patrick Lymn

Mayor Mike Wiza has declared July 10 at Tim “Shoe” Sullivan Day.

The proclamation was posted to Facebook on July 12.

Sullivan, 73, has a long history in the Stevens Point area, one largely entangled with local sports teams, but he’s also managed to find his way into locker rooms of some Major League Baseball teams, interviewing many of the players he encountered.

Sullivan has kept score for numerous sporting events and has called color for several, including previous Guns’n Hoses softballs games at Bukolt Park.

Wiza’s proclamation, which was printed on city letterhead becomes part of the city’s official record, follows: