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Homecoming 2002 - If you build it……...
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Old friends and old memories.
...and with these Brothers we really mean OLD!.
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 Ok, I promised this would be out
early after Homecoming. So I’m a little late, kill me!
2002 Homecoming again saw many new faces
that we have not seen before and many that we had. This year was more special as it was our grand opening of the
remodeled house and I think everyone enjoyed what they saw. Everyone was glad to see the Cox brothers back with us
as well as Kevin Craft ‘84, Mark Eye 94, Kris Kostenko ‘92, Brian Vest ‘97,Bill Rendfrey
‘77, Ronald Parker ‘78, David Carrico ‘81, Michael Phillips ‘94, Gary Moody ‘82,
Craig J. Miller ‘76, Tom Woodbury ‘71, Steve Knowles ‘84, Ken Ragle ‘85, Melvin Jenkins
‘95 and a slew of other brothers I know I forgot to mention. We had about 65 brothers attend this
year.
One change was the after game Smoker on Saturday night. Everyone who came back after the game enjoyed
being able to socialize a little longer. We didn’t have the usual Bonfire on Friday night since it was
unseasonably warm for that time of the year, but trust me, it was smokin' on the deck. For those of you who were
there Saturday morning you were treated to a show on the deck. You would have had to be there to know what I mean.
2003 is right around the corner, make plans. |
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In the last newsletter
many things were unsure about the house. Like this alumni association I cannot believe how fast things have
happened. Thanks to the help of Compton Construction in Princeton the whole interior of the house has been gutted
and renovated to make one large meeting room and an Alumni Guest room. We were able to keep all the utilities and
finally have two working bathrooms. The cost of the renovation was a little over $18,000 which we raised a little
over $3,000 from supporting alumni. Hopefully I can raise a campaign to help support the rest of the bill. One
thing left needed at the house is heat. It was one cost I was unable to incur this year. Looked like it would run
about $3,000 to install a good working unit, so until we do, in the Winter months we have closed the house down. We
do have space heaters and the Alumni Room has baseboard heat in an emergency. Thanks to Brother White (advisor) for
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| House wish list - We want names and address’s first |
| Yard supplies: Heavy Duty Lawn Mower, Inside Heater |
| Household items: bed linens, towels, cooking utensils, cleaning supplies, Heater |
| Furniture: We need new furniture in the house. Oh did I mention a Heater! |
| Thank You !!!!!!!!! My email address is: erichillman@att.net |
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I would love to be the sole supporter of the Alumni Association but to be honest, it’s not my
responsibility. We all took an oath to financially support this Fraternity well past the undergrad years. So what
does all this mean? Dues help send two representatives and the advisor to the National Chapter meeting every year.
Allows us to do two mailings a year, pays for all the food and drink we consume at homecoming. Dues help offset the
cost of maintenance at the house and finally helps support the chapter and brothers in need. We sent out many
Funeral arrangements and not speaking for myself but the brothers who received them, it did make a lasting
impression on them. So do we blow the money? Yeah, on Homecoming I guess you could say. But hopefully you enjoy
reading and seeing pictures of brothers you’ve maybe not seen in a while. Dues, Pay’m
