Volume 1, Issue 6

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Inside this issue:

1.Homecoming update

2. This Ole House

3. Watchaupto

4. Pictures from Homecoming

5.Letter from Alumni
The Chris Conner Fund
On November 15, 2001 I was told that the chapter was behind on it's insurance payment to Nationals. I called Chris Conner '01 the current Treasure and ask him how things were going. He stated that all was fine and they had just sent in their Insurance premium and were on track to get the old debt cleared up soon. Knowing the chapter could not have raised $1,300 in a couple days, I asked Chris how many Fund Raisers were done to pay off the debt, he said none. Further probing I found out that Chris had taken money out of a CD that he was planning to use for Graduation this month, but instead decided the Fraternity needed it more.
If you are on my email list, you received a request for the brothers to help fund Chris's money back to him. I have received $600.00. I understand times are tough, but if we could all just send in $15.00 we can get Chris his money. Chris showed me what the meaning of Sig Tau really is by putting the Fraternity first. We all have it, we just need to find it. If you'd like to help, send $15.00 to the Alumni Assoc, marked Conner Fund. It will help a brother who made his Fraternity First. Please remember we all need to help.

Watchaupto:
What Are We Up To?
Amedeo A. (Tony) Basconi '81-Sewell , NJ Would like to hear from any old brothers
H. Lee (The Lush) Ross '90-New home in Princeton
Richard Dick .(Moose) Ward '60-South Miami, FL.
Thomas P. Woodbury '70-Shawnee, KS. You missed Homecoming
William G (Wong) Stanley '77-Berwyn, NJ. Very Busy
Robert M. Lilly '63-Narrows, VA
Dr. Christopher David Hopkins '86-Received his PhD residing at Clemson. Congratulations!!!!!


Chapter Eternal
Brothers entered into Chapter Eternal this year.
George E. Marron '52 passed away 05/29/01 heart failure. Founder
Dr. Thomas G. Hambrick '49- Professor at Concord. Founder
Leland S. Sutherland '59-Sept 23
Donald D. Craft '59-Feb 4, 2001
Charles F. Livingston-Nov 26


Alumni Members for 2002 (Not many)
"Danny Armentrout 81"
"Charles S. Baker 57"
"Ronald G. Ball 72"
"Edwin Michael Barbery 83"
"Amedeo A. Basconi 61"
"Richard S. Carey 75"
"Kevin Don Craft 84"
"Mark Allen Eye 94"
"Robert D. Holcomb 75"
"Michael P. Holland 95"
"Dr. Christopher David Hopkins 86"
"George Andrew James 91"
"Melvin Larry Jenkins 96"
"James Russell Lockhart 94"
"Bennie Wenton Milam 88"
"Gary Wayne Moody 82"
"Ricky Dale Nester 83"
"Rick Onasch 78"
"Ronald E. Parker 76"
"William Gustave Stanley 77"
"Ronald W. Wade 76"
"Anthony E. Williams 70"
"Mark Craig Willis 83"
"David Woodard 2000"
"Thomas P. Woodbury 71"
Thank you brothers, for your investment in our future!

Letter from Alumni:
A Letter From A Brother - Ken Ragle '78

Just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed getting back with the fraternity in the past three years. When you think about it I spent four years of my life with a lot of these guys and it had been close to 20 years since I had seen some of them. The times we spent then and now are still a very important time for me. Unfortunately, many times we ignore our past and get lost in the present day with our busy lives that I can attest to include our children. But for those of you that have made the journey back I think you'd admit it was good to relive some of the old memories.

I'd like to personally challenge all of you to mark your calendars and make a commitment to coming back next year for Homecoming. Get in a day early and all stay at the same place so we can spend more close time together. Sig Tau's have always been a proud group and represented the spirit of brotherhood in an exemplary fashion at Concord I'm asking you to come back next year and let's get caught up on old times. We're not guaranteed a thing beyond this moment and I don't want to have to hear about someone dying or being down and out without the chance to see you.
Guys, we can be a strong influence on the actives that are where we were 25 years or so ago, but we can also be of influence on each other. I may be able to help someone get a job, recommend a place to vacation, let someone use my condo at the beach, or get together to go see a ballgame. The point is we can still be friends and provide enrichment to one another's lives, while we're still living. I want to see you and hear you now not standing over you or you over me in a casket wishing we had done it.

One last thing, Alumni Dues. $50.00 a year, if you can't afford that all the more reason to come back. By networking with the other brothers you may be able to get a job so the $50.00 isn't a burden and if it is we'll make some sort of arrangements to take care of it. Just come back, you'll have a great time and feel good about it. I guarantee it ,just ask the other 150 brothers who have. KR
Become A Member
The Sigma Tau Gamma Alpha Lambda Alumni Association is a social and professional forum established by and for Sigma Tau Gamma graduates of Concord College. Its purpose is to create an exchange of information, experiences and perspectives so that Sig Tau alumni may more fully realize their individual, personal and professional goals. Guided by an executive committee of alumni members, the network provides opportunities for members to develop contacts, mentors and friends among the growing number of Sig Tau graduates.

To become a member, please fill out this form.
Annual dues are only $50.00. That's less that $4.15 a month. Please take a moment and think back over your years at Concord. We've been working hard to bring the group back to life and with your support, we can do it.

Please remember to add Fifteen Dollars for the Chris Conner Fund.