DTD at MC #74

Good afternoon everyone,
Did you all ever wonder if I was going to write again? I did, several times. And I have to admit, when you let it go this long, there is a lot involved in getting started again.

I had several email addresses to update, a few new brothers to add to the list, and a whole lot of stuff to go through and clean up in my inbox! But enough of that, if I had stayed on top of things in the first place I wouldn't have had all that to do!

So here we go, as you all know, we just finished celebrating our first 40 years at MC. And a grand celebration it was! But now we have something to get us started on the next 40... EY WON IT'S 4TH HUGH SHIELDS AWARD!!!!!! How is that for some wonderful news? They got the award at the Northern Division Conference in January. Congratulations to the Undergrads for a tremendous year!

Last week at the chapter meeting we installed the new officers for the next year. They seem to be a really strong group with some good ideas on how to keep the chapter going in the right direction. The best of luck to them. You can see the names and the picture of the guys with the Hugh Shields flag at the chapter website. http://www.marietta.edu/~delts/ Check it out, there are also pictures from the 40th. I have some other pictures that I will be sending to Hops to be included at the site. So check back often.

There is also a rumor that the Undergrads will soon be putting up another issue of the Protimoi, you'll sure want to check it out.

Let's get started on the notes I have received from the guys. Unfortunately some of them are dated. But better late than never. Please drop me a line about what is happening in your life so we can keep this email interesting to everyone.

Steve Hills sent this note:

Dudes, A password protected alumni list is not very
useful!!! Please send me the passowrd or put a link to an unblocked file on
the web page.
Thanks, Steve Hills '82

Well Steve, I hope that the chapter got back to you, but here is the password for the directory. It is: **removed** We put the password on it to try to help protect the privacy of the Delts. Unfortunately, it can cause a problem sometimes. Sorry about that.

Bob Kavula sent me the following note and link to some pictures he took at the 40th.

Good to see all at the reunion. It was definitely an enjoyable
time.

I have posted all the photos Vicki and I took at homecoming here:http://picasaweb.google.com/rakstr/Reunion

Could others please post as well? It would be great to see what else
was going on!!!!!! Also, feel free to forward if someone is not on this
list.

Rick, thank you very much for all you time and dedication for making this
weekend a huge success.

Be sure to check out his pictures and post your own, Dave Broome sent me the following letter. He is the brother who put together the booklet we had at the banquet. A great job, everyone who saw it told me. Thanks again, Dave!

Rick-
Regarding the booklet that was handed out at Homecoming... I know
that Ted Smith and Joe Kirby were unable to
get to Marietta due to family matters. I've never met either of them,
but they both contributed a lot to the booklet text, and I was hoping they were
able to get copies.

Everyone who has enjoyed the booklet can also thank the rest of the
brothers who contributed: Jon Hartshorn, Matt Dole, Shawn Selby,
Ron Rees, Lance Koved, Bruce Miller, Mike Malone, Adam Hopkins, Rick Dunsker,
Joe Mester, Gregory Hanson, Ken Kavula, Rick Neel, Michael C Stein
(from a 30-year-old letter), and Bill Havens (posthumously, and
in a splendidly written, still-relevant paragraph that belongs on the first
page).

As for additional copies.. if the chapter runs out, I sent them (Adam
Hopkins) a PDF file of the entire text and the cover, which can be downloaded
onto a flash drive (I didn't know what either of those things were before
working on the booklet). The average cost of a booklet if professionally
assembled was about $2.00 each...should the need arise.

Finally- you mentioned preparations for the 50th anniversary.. Of course,
you were joking, but I mentioned to a few folks that I would be happy to compile
another booklet for the 50th. Some of the stories in the booklet for the
40th anniversary are "keepers" and deserve to be re-told again and again
(especially the ones about the chapter's founding). Hopefully, there will
be more to tell by then --and hopefully, more existing alums will recall a funny
or inspirational tale to include. Only one thing will prevent me from
being a Delt over the next ten years; otherwise, I'll be glad to keep collecting
tales of DTD at MC. For example- on the very day of our 40th banquet we
learned that a Delt who transferred to Marietta in 1861 (no- that year is not a
typo) attempted to start a DTD chapter at Marietta College, but his letter of
request to Bethany was not answered. I made a copy of the copy of his
letter, which was plopped on the coffee table at 219 4th Street, and soon I
will "transcribe" it as best as I can (if the undergrads have not already
done so from their copy). In the meantime, there are plenty of other
chapter-related concerns to keep us all occupied, not the least of which is
finding a new
shelter.

Until later,Dave Broome '88

As you noticed, he is more than willing to do it again for the 50th. So if reading the booklet caused you to think of something you would like to share, write it, send it to me and I'll forward it to Dave. Remember, everyone has a story to tell. DTD means something special to all of us. You also noticed, I hope that he sent a pdf file to Hops (the chapter webmaster) with the contents of the booklet. Hops, if you could, please post the link to that file on the website (or whatever you do to make things work) so that Lee Boveroux can get his copy of it.

Rick,
I attended the dinner, but somehow succeeded in not getting a book.
SO, kindly send one along, or email a soft copy, whichever is easiest.

Thanks,Lee
('83)

I had told Lee I would send him one, but it seems that they have been misplaced at the chapter, so this will be much quicker for Lee. (Much too slow for my taste, though.) My sincere apologies, Lee.

Bill Buzell sent me the following note, and has an interesting possible twist to our housing issue. Something to think about, don't you think, Hartsy?

Rick,
Thanks so much for the update-I am very sorry we could not attend the 40th.
I am saddened a little that I do not see in any of the pix any brothers from
'87. We used to get some of us together quite often. I would love to have
e-mails for any of those late 80s guys.

Well, maybe the 50th...I find it interesting that we are again considering
purchasing our own house-I had long advocated that back in the 80s, but we were
told the college would not allow us to do that.

I have always felt that living together in the same house made us closer as
a family. No dorm could ever do that.

I hope that we do have the opportunity someday to have a new shelter-I
might suggest that we could consider two very unusual options-

Contract with the Marietta High career center to build us a house. They
work much cheaper, and although it could take longer, they may relish the
challenge.

Contact "Extreme Home Makeover"- they probably wouldn't do it, but are you
sure if you don't ask???

How about it you guys from the late 80's, gonna get together again? You'll be glad you did.

Mark Nye sent me this note as to why he couldn't be with us for the 40th. Too bad he couldn't be here, but it sure is good news that his wife got her transplant and is well on the road to recovery. Keep us informed Mark.

Dear Rick,
Due to my wife's health, I was unable to attend. We were waiting for
a double lung transplant, and I didn't want to be five hours from Ann Arbor if
the call came. Well, the call didn't come over the reunion weekend, but it
came Wednesday the 29th of October. She had surgery on the 30th, double
lung transplant and she is working hard to get out of U-M hospital hopefully by
tomorrow.

So the 50th reunion will be on my list of things to do.

Sincerely, Mark Nye Class of 78

Lance Koved sent me this note. I have to agree with Lance about 10 years seeming like a long way off, yet I recall that it was 3 years that we spent planning the 40th and that time just flew. None the less, I hope to get to see you before then Lance.

Joyce and I really enjoyed seeing everyone at Marietta.
We had a lot of fun catching up although there never is enough time to spend
with everyone. We also thought the buildings and grounds at the college
were much improved since we had last visited 15 years ago. We hope to
travel the country more in the next few years after I retire so hopefully we
will have a chance to visit more of our friends. Ten years until the
next reunion seems like a long way off.

I spoke to my brother, Jim, the other day. He mentioned that the 2nd annual meeting of the Southwestern Chapter of EY alumni was held on Feb. 10, 2009. It was another golf outing, this time held in Vail, AZ. The attendees, Jim Neel and Bruce Masatsugu, being the golf nuts that they are, enjoyed thier game. The scores weren't what they had hoped for, but both of them complained that it was hard to find thier ball in the 2" of snow that covered the course.
They fininshed thier meeting at the course clubhouse, where it is reported that they actually consumed some food. However there were no witnesses to substansiate that claim. If your travel plans take you to the Tucson AZ area next February, please make plans to attend the annual meeting.

How was that for a report Bruce? Is it fit to show your wife???

Now for a couple of serious items. Number 1, Fergie is planning on retireing in the next couple of years. That is a real shock to a lot of the guys, who can't remember a time when he wasn't the chapter advisor. It is to me, I know. We also know that it takes a special kind of person to do it all, and we probably won't find that person to take his place. That being said, we are in the beginning phase of putting together an "Advisory Board" to help the chapter. More will be coming as time goes on. But there are needs for many areas, so if you live fairly close to Marietta, or can get here on a fairly regular schedule, and are willing to help, please let us know, and what areas you are interested in helping in.

Number 2, our ongoing need to replace the Chapter house. Here is a letter from Hartsy, followed by a reply from Matt Dole. We are still in the beginning phase of this, but it is something that will need to be addressed sooner rather than later. Face it folks, something needs to be done with the chapter house.

Brothers,
As promised here's more on the housing situation. Figuring that most of you are familiar with the housing situation for our chapter, I documented our overall options in a Pros vs Cons arrangement. Please look this over and see if there may be something missing. Right now, there is work being done to make the best of each option, should that be the direction we end up taking. The college is aware we hope to "go it alone", but has remained a decent partner and has so far been willing to consider our needs in their planning. Additionally, during a conference call last week, facilitated by Andy Longo at the Central Office, I was encouraged to learn that a chapter with a similar alumni base and chapter size as ours was able to build a shelter in less than 3 years from concept to occupancy. If you would like to know more about that just ask. I have some files I can send you.

My thought is that we need to make decisions at a House Corp. meeting the weekend of our annual Golf Outing weekend. That's far enough out for plenty of information to be gathered. More on that later. That's all for now.
Fraternal Regards. Jon Hartshorn

Delt Housing Options
Buying Pro: Reasonably Affordable
Foreseeable Risks Con: Limited Opportunities Renovating Ongoing Maintenance Costs Major Questions: Where could we go? Does City Ordinance allow it? Building Pro: Built Specific to Our Needs We Choose the Location Long Term Solution Con: Greatly Increased Responsibility High Initial Cost Difficult Project Major Questions: Can we get property? Will we be able to raise the money? Could we get a loan? What would we build? Staying College Owned/Operated Pro: No New Liability We've Done OK This Way Con: Remain at 219 4th Indefinitely No Control Over Rent Money Major Question: What happens when 219 4th is closed?

Here is Matt Dole's response:

Seems me me there are a few things we need to know before we ever get into engineering:
1. We need to deduce whether the college is going to let us build/own a house independent of college housing.
2. We need to get a handle on what the college charges for rooms, subtracting out meal plans since I assume we'll want the guys to stay on the college meal plan so we can see what sort of cash flow we'd have.
3. We need to know if the college will donate land or if land acquisition will be an additional cost (and hassle with the zoning regulations)
4. We need to see if the college will work with us on billing, they have more clout to collect than house corps. If they collect and give us the housing share it'd be ideal.
I think this is a critical part of the "partnership" aspect of this project.Once we know what the cash flow is, we'll have a better understanding of what kind of mortgage house corps can reasonably carry without being foreclosed upon, which will lead us into engineering & architectural planning.

My guess is that we'll have to end up building to a budget, rather than budgeting for the ideal building - but that's just me.

Could be 10 beds, could be 15, could be 20, just depends on what we deem a reasonable risk for house corps.

I'd also be interested in doing an early study on continuing care costs. Will the college provide maid services for a fee? Trash/water/sewer/heat/electric, etc? We don't want to plan for and build a great house that we can afford to maintain.

I'll be glad to help any way I can since I'm tossing ideas out there like it's my job... (It's a defense mechanism to help me forget about yesterday's election results.)

For the record, I'm in favor of building a DTD-only facility, but I understand - as the dude who nearly ran the house into the ground - that even 12 beds is a scary proposition as the numbers ebb and flow.
msd

One last thing, the annual golf outing is scheduled for the 4th Saturday in April, (the 25th). How many of you will be here to play? Let me know and I'll work on finding a course and figure out the cost. That's all I have for now. I plan on writing about twice a month, depending on what you all have to say, so keep the emails coming and I'll keep writing.

Rick Neel '73

DTD at MC #73

Oops, I either didn't write this one or have lost it....If I lost it and you have it, please send it to me so I can post it. Thanks!

DTD at MC #72

Good evening everybody,
15 days to go! October 24th,,,, homecoming,,,, EY's 40th anniversary. There is still time to get it together and show up in Marietta.

For those of you planning on being with us, send your checks to Fergie. The cost is $50 per person if you wish to attend the whole weekend, if you can only make part of it the breakdown is $35 for the Banquet on Saturday night and $15 for the Valley Gem cruise on Friday night. The address for your check is: **removed for privacy reasons**. Please make your check payable to "Crescent Colony ofMarietta, Inc"

As of this afternoon, we had checks from 65 people, about 40 of them were Delts and the rest are guests. Fergie expects that there will beabout 100 for the Valley Gem and 125 to 150 for the banquet. I think that is pretty good, considering we haven't yet reached 400 initated men yet at EY.

If you are interested in viewing the most recent undergraduate event, the serenading of a sorority after its rush, please go to the chapter website and click on the link at the top of the home page. I think they were even singing on key! http://www.marietta.edu/~delts/

Speaking of the undergrads, they just finished rush and pledged 14 men. Pretty special, and the guys seemed to me to be good men. I stopped by the house and had a nice conversation with several of them.

Let's see what emails I have received since the last email to you guys. Craig Sundstrom sent me this email about his attendence.

Hey Rick!
Sorry if I've already noted this to you, but I just wanted to clarify that I will be in attendance AND bringing a guest. I included that
with my RSVP and check, but wanted to be sure that information made your list
(the one I see in the e-mails) as well.

I hope you are well and are as excited about the 40th as I
am. Carri (my girlfriend) and I will be arriving
late Thursday night. See you then!

All the best,
Craig D. Sundstrom

Just want to let you know, I fixed it... from Bob Kubota, he will behere also. I love it, this should be a great weekend.

It looks like I should be home and plan on attending Will send Bob my check in
next day or so See you there

Bob Kubota

Both of those guys are past Presidents. It looks like we will have quite a few of them in attendence. Unfortunately, the President we had when I was VP doesn't look like he will be there, Mark Russell. Too bad.

Jordan Herrick sent me this note, another person that will be joining us.

Rick,
Just wanted to add another name to the 2000s list: Jason Strawsburg plus a date. I will keep you updated if any more names come in.
Thanks, Jordan

Another one from my era has stepped up... Glad to hear you will be with us Steve! Try to talk Andy James into coming will you?

Dear Brother Delts & Rick,
Just touching base to inform you I plan to attend as many of the Saturday
Oct. 25th scheduled events as possible. I mailed my check to Bob Ferguson for
the Dinner & Program on Sat. pm this past Monday. Will look forward
to meeting as many current undergrads and my EY Delt alum brothers as time
permits!
Fraternally Yours,
Steve Critchlow '72

Ken Weaver will be with us for the banquet, he's another President - a 2 term guy. I'm looking forward to seeing you again, Ken.

Rick,
Thank-you for working towards bringing all of the brothers together. I am planning on being there, but I will be coaching a high school football game on Friday night. So I will arrive Saturday morning. My wife will be with me.
See you then,
Ken Weaver Class of 1975

I have some new and updated email addresses for you: First I will list the new pledges. Congratulation guys! You are joining a great fraternity and we look forward to all the great things you will do to take EY to greater heights! Good luck.

Borwell, James, Chambers, Brandon, Earley, Alex, Halsey, Stephen, Heinzman, Matt, Inks, James, Jordan, Charles, Krutschnitt, Peter, Nolen, Ryan, Paszco, Zack, Sparta, Alex, Stay, Tyler, Kolligian, Derek, Wessler, Kevink.

Here are some updated (and new) alumni addresses:
Matt Fuller (updated), Alex Kalkofer (updated), Scott Gilmore (new), Bill "Buzzy" Buzzell (updated), Nick Aylward (updated), John Kitson (updated)

That's all I have this time, please plan on attending the House Corp. meeting, it should be interesting!

Rick Neel '73

1970's - Ted Smith +1, Lance Koved +1, Don Wolfe, Ron Rees, Bruce Miller +1, Bruce Masatsugu, Darrell Pritchard +1, Joe Matheny, Randy Williams, Rich Wolf +1, Bob Peterson +1, Al Head, Bob Kavula +1, Rick Dunsker, Chuck Robinson +1, Bob Burns, Rick Neel, Neal Mettler +?, JoeMester +1, Bob Bayer +1, Rob Weidenfeld, John DeVito, Bob Exten +1,Scott Gilmore, Bob Kubota, Ken Weaver +1
1980's - Drew Kern, Jon Hartshorn, Brian Rothenberg, Chris Goebel,Michael Tita +1, David Broome
1990's - Shawn Selby, J.P. Clowes, Matt Christman-Lees, Tim Cox, GregManko, Jeff DeWerth +1, Charley Maghes +2, Kevin Oliphant +1, TraceyHoward +1, Tim Parsons, Eric Gustafson, Chad Rhoads +1, Todd Myers +1,Chris Kurtz +1, Brian Stone, Mike Porath +1, Steve Blanzaco
2000's - Craig Sundstrom +1, Andy Byers +1, Justin Nethers, Matt Dole,Corey Medina, Casey Trail +1, Chris "Smitty" Smith, Seth Wolfson,Trent Elliott +1, Jordan Herrick, Jake Dornon +1, Ashley Woolam,Joshua Downey, Doug Orr +1, Jay Read, Matt Rouhier, Chris Lieb, BrianAshton, Trevor Brown, Nick Aylward, Josh Argento, Hunter Johnsson +1,Josh Harris, Chris Devine, Dan May, Sean Bailey, Jason Strawsberg +1

DTD at MC #71

Good evening guys,

Well there are only 28 days left before homecoming. The number of paid reservations is rising on almost a daily basis. I just got an updated list of attendees from Jordan Herrick, so the weekend is looking like there will be a bunch of us. And the decade of the 2000's looks like it has overtaken the 1970's.

There have been some questions concerning cost. While we hope that everyone will be able to attend the whole weekend, if you can't make it to some of the events, here are the prices broken down. The river cruise on Friday night is $15 and the banquet on Saturday night is $35. That is per person.

I got a question about a couple of children and the cost for them at the banquet. I really can't answer that question at this point, I will have to discuss it with the committee and I'll let you know individually, but I'm sure it will be a reduced cost, after all how much can a 2 year old eat? I'll send you an email in the next couple of days.

Along this same line, I have been asked how much of the weekend will be open to friends and spouses. Almost the whole weekend is family friendly, the only function that is only for brothers, is the ritual meeting. That will be Sunday morning in McDonough Hall on campus. Please, plan on including your special person in the whole weekend.

We are asking that your payment be sent to Bob Ferguson at **remmoved for privacy reasons** no later than October 10th so we can let the caterers know how many to plan on feeding. Make your check payable to "Crescent Colony of Marietta, Inc." Also, Bob Ferguson and Jon Hartshorn, have asked that there be no one staying at the house on this weekend other than those brothers actually living there. The feeling is that there will be too much going on at the house for the brothers to keep up with and have alums sleeping there as well. Thank you for your help in this matter.

At the end of this email, I will include the schedule of events for the weekend, and the names of those that are planning on attending. Unfortunately, I got an email today from one of the guys having to uncommit, due to the health of his wife. I'm sorry to hear about it Joe, hopefully she will be well soon. He has reservations for a room already, if you are interested in using his room, please contact him soon. He is planning on cancelling the reservation in the next couple of weeks. His email address is: Joe Kirby, **removed** I'm sure that Bob Exten and John DeVito will give you a good accounting of what went on.

Dave Broome sent me a rather long email about the booklet that he is working on. He promises that it will be ready on time and tells me that it is looking pretty good. I'll just copy his note so you can send him the help he needs. Please remember, though he says that he works well under pressure, time is getting VERY short for his work. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

The "booklet" which we have been discussing for nearly a year is almost
entirely a collection of first-person accounts of our chapter's history -from
the beginning to the present day, as told by various alums. It is
not a photo album (although a few images will be included), nor is it a dry
third-person text of "how it all started." It was (and is) my hope that
these stories will breathe life into the chapter's history, and provide present
and future undergraduates (as well as alumni) with a permanent reference to
prove that the Delt experience at Marietta is a special one. I have very
very few scanned photographic images to use in this booklet...All of those whch
you sent to me are currently included in some form. I was trying to attach
at least one image to each story, but there aren't enough images to go
around.

If any scanned images are out there that have a somewhat-interesting story
attached, there is still time to include it -just send it to me as soon as
possible! And- keep in mind, that it is essential that I
know the names people in photographs (and graduation year, if possible).

Should anyone else want to immortablize their thoughts for this project,
there is currently an opportunity to fill in the gaps on the following
subjects: Except for Shawn Selby's account of the first
Hugh Shields award (1991), there are no other stories from the 1990s.

Perhaps a couple of other stories from that decade would help stretch the
narrative into the present day.

For example: 1. After winning the first Hugh Shields award, the chapter's performance accelerated, and by the 25th anniversary in 1993, numbers and general undergraduate enthusiasm were at a high point. Anyone from that period care to share some of the afterglow?

2. Alternatively, by 1999, the chapter's numbers had fallen into single-digits. Something cathartic happened among those few remaining Delt undergraduates to turn things back around- and they succeeded. What was it? How did you do it? Keep in mind that the chapter's fortunes have always been very cyclical. In the future, perhaps another group of EY Delts could find inspiration in your story.

3. Photos from the move in 1984 from 507 Putnam St to 219 4th St I have. What I don't have is any accompanying commentary. Any alums from the 1983-84 school year care to get in on this.

4. Could someome who lived in that abomination known as Douglas Putnam Hall (the dormitory for freshmen men) provide an account of what it was like to live there? I only stepped in there a couple of times -and that was plenty creepy enough for me.

5. What happened on the Marietta Campus on the morning of Sept 11, 2001? Were classes cancelled? Was there a special message to the student body from the administration?

.........Thanks in advance for any input that other alums may have on these subjects; please remember to identify yourselves by full name and graduation year.

But- we're in the home-stretch now, so it would need to be done very soon. Scanned images are preferable, and those can be sent directly to me at **removed** ...again, sooner -rather than later- is preferable. In any case, written personal accounts of the highlights (and lowlights) of chapter history are preferable -and any late submissions are welcome.

Fraternally, Dave Broome, '88

Please guys, help him out. This booklet is something that all Delts will cherish, I think.

Debby Smith is our first Little Sister that is committed to coming to our 40th. There is still time for the rest of you ladies to make your plans. Hope that you all will be able to join us Here is her note.

Dear Rick,
I am one of the missing little sisters class of 1976, Deborah (Debby) Smith. My husband (David Seibert) and I are planning to come to homecoming. At this time we are not sure which functions we are attending as I am also an AST and we will be splitting our time between the two groups.

Will we be able to pay for only the functions we attend? At this time we are considering the social hour at the Shrine Club, tail gating prior to football game, homecoming parade, and possibly the banquet. Can you update me on those.

We will be staying at the Best Western on Muskingum Drive. Please include me on the e-mail updates.

Looking forward to seeing everyone. Debby Smith

That's all I have for this time, see you in October! Rick Neel '73

Thursday evening for early arrivalsMeet and greet-Town House around 8:00

Friday The day will be free to see Marietta
Noon - Midnight Registration at DTD
8-10 pm Valley Gem river cruise-Bottom deck enclosed

Saturday 9:00-9:25 Doughnuts and beverage at Delt House
9:30-10:15 Campus tours
10:30-11:00 507 Putnam visit
11:30-12:00 Parade
12:00-12:45 House Corp meeting
12:45-1:30 Tailgate at Stadium
1:30-4:30 Football game
6:00-7:00 Social Hour @ Shrine Club
7:00-12:00 Dinner, Program & Socialization (um, I think we mean Socializing. Socialization is the process of converting private property to state-owned property -- Shawn)

Sunday9:00-10:00 Breakfast at Delt house
10:00-11:00 Ritual not at house
11:00-1:00 Alumni-Undergrad Football game
1:00- Free time

Delt 40th Anniversary Attendence List
Advisor - Bob Ferguson +1

1960's - Greg Maloof + 1, Ken Kavula +1, Frank Hirsch (I think), Steve Newton

1970's - Ted Smith +1, Lance Koved +1, Don Wolfe, Ron Rees, Bruce Miller +1, Bruce Masatsugu, Darrell Pritchard +1, Joe Matheny, Randy Williams, Rich Wolf +1, Bob Peterson +1, Al Head, Bob Kavula +1, Rick Dunsker, Chuck Robinson +1, Bob Burns, Rick Neel, Neal Mettler +?, Joe Mester +1, Bob Bayer +1, Rob Weidenfeld, John DeVito, Bob Exten +1, Scott Gilmore

1980's - Drew Kern, Jon Hartshorn, Brian Rothenberg, Chris Goebel, Michael Tita +1, David Broome

1990's - Shawn Selby, J.P. Clowes, Matt Christman-Lees, Tim Cox, Greg Manko, Jeff DeWerth +1, Charley Maghes +1, Kevin Oliphant +1, Tracey Howard +1, Tim Parsons, Eric Gustafson, Chad Rhoads +1, Todd Myers +1, Chris Kurtz +1, Brian Stone, Mike Porath +1, Steve Blanzaco

2000's - Craig Sundstrom, Andy Byers +1, Justin Nethers, Matt Dole, Corey Medina, Casey Trail +1, Chris "Smitty" Smith, Seth Wolfson, Trent Elliott +1, Jordan Herrick, Jake Dornon +1, Ashley Woolam, Joshua Downey, Doug Orr +1, Jay Read, Matt Rouhier, Chris Lieb, Brian Ashton, Trevor Brown, Nick Aylward, Josh Argento, Hunter Johnsson (maybe), Josh Harris, Chris Devine, Dan May, Sean Bailey

DTD at MC #70

Hello everybody,
Well I was going to write this yesterday, but I decided to adopt a dog from the Humane Society and had to get the house (and backyard) ready for a dog. So I had to put it off until today, which turned out to be a good thing. I was getting ready to go pick "Buddy" (I think that's the name I'll give him, not sure yet) when my phone rang. It was a call from Dean "Dreamer" Costilow - '75. He stopped in for a minute while on his way to Kentuky to see his son play soccer.

He dropped off his pledge paddle and a copy of the Delt Shield. I'll be dropping them off at the house in the next day or so. Unfortunately, he doesn't think that he will be able to make the 40th. I'm hoping that he is able to adjust his schedule. He did request that I pass his best wishes to everyone, especially the guys he went to school with.

He told me that he has 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls. All of them are grown and out of the house now, so he has joined that club known as the "empty nesters." It was really nice to see Dean, we sure did some dumb things, back in the day. A lot of fun though.

We are getting all of the plans finalized for the 40th, Fergie seems to feel that it is all coming together nicely, me, I'm pretty nervous about it all. Some of the "improtant" people that we have scheduled to be there are Bruce Peterson, Northern Division President, someone from the Central Office, perhaps Garth Eberhart, Director of Chapter Services. (Jim Russell, who had promised to be with us, had to back out due to the fact that the Purdue Delts are dedicating thier new house that same weekend. And he couldn't talk them into delaying the dedication. So I guess I won't send him any "hate mail"), and someone from the Arch Chapter. Pretty impresive for us. Fergie casts a long shadow, I guess. Plus the undergrads are doing a really good job.

We are now just 45 days from Homecoming. Time is getting short (finally, it seems as if I have been plugging this forever). However we need to get it into gear as far as who is coming. I know that a lot of you have let me know of your intention to be here, and that is wonderful. We are going to have a great turnout. There are going to be a lot of memories shared and a bunch of lies told, I'm sure.

However, now is the time to step up and get your money in. Without payments, it is pretty hard to go to the Shriners and tell them how many to expect for the banquet on Saturday. Also, it is hard to tell the caterers how much food and drink to bring for the Valley Gem river ride. While the drink part will be a cash bar, the food will be part of the price you are paying, and as you can understand, we don't want to buy what we don't need.

Fergie has asked that the deadline for payment be set at October 10th. That's 2 weeks before Homecoming, and we really need to know by then.

I have been asked by a few alums what the cost will be if they can only make the banquet (or the Valley Gem). As much as we hope that you will be able to make it for the entire weekend, we have established a price for each event. The Valley Gem will be $15 and the Banquet is $35. That gets you to the price of $50 for the weekend that is per person. I hope that you all will be able to attend everything and enjoy yourselves.

Please make your check payable to: Crescent Colony of Marietta, Inc. and send it to Bob Ferguson, **removed for privacy reasons**. (If you wish to enclose anything extra, there will be no complaints from House Corp, I'm sure!) If you are bringing someone with you please let us know thier name so we can make a nametag for them. Also if there is any other information (like class year, Greek organization, etc) include that, in case we don't already know it.

So far, we have received payment from 19 Delts and a total of 32 people. That's pretty good for this early, but please get your checks written. That is out of 99 people that have said they are coming. When all is said and done, I expect that we will have 150+ there. Be one of the attendees.

Also, I got the following news from the President of House Corp and our Chapter Advisor. For this homecoming, please there is no "camping out" or sleeping at the house allowed. The feeling is that there will just be too many people in Marietta this weekend and the undergrads will have thier hands full keeping up with the house as it is. Your understanding and cooperation is appreciated.

Let's see what I have heard from Delts since the last time. Nick Alyward sent me the following note, he's our first chapter consultant. Any of you out there on the upper east coast get ahold of Nick and visit for a bit.

Rick,
I plan on being at the 40th. I'll get the check to Ferg. Also, since I will be traveling for the fraternity this year, if any alums are in the areas I am traveling, I'd love to meet up with them and hear about their times at Marietta. I will be traveling the east coast from Maine to D.C. and then all of Pennsylvania. Let me know.
Thanks! Nick Aylward '08

Kevin Oliphant sent me this message. He forgot to include his phone number so I had to go back and ask for it. I'm off that whole week Ollie, you gonna help me not remember it? Here's his phone number, give him a call - **removed**

Hey Rick!
Pass along for any Delts who are in early for the weekend if they'd like to meet for lunch on Friday. Im just 15 minutes away in Vienna WV and would like a chance to catch up at the Townhouse or the Galley or one of the old hangouts from college days. May even have a beer or two.

Wiona Porath (Mike's wife and social secretary) sent along this note. And by the way, they are included on the list now. I'm looking forward to meeting her, she is a well of information. The note about the sorority houses is concerning the ongoing debate about relocating the Delts.

Apparently our email got lost. We responded that we will be attending the40th, but sadly we aren't on the list :( Mike Porath, '90 and Wiona Altic Porath.

Note on Sorority Houses...all but one were owned by the chapters and the one the college owned is now no longer...sad for me and my sisters

Don't forget that the college did own the Tri-Sigma House and look what happend to us...they stole our house and made it into the Admissions office. Now we aren't even on campus. The college never sent any word to the alums that I am aware of when the chapter was having this happen.Anyway, can you add Michael and I to the list of '90's
Thanks,Wiona

Pete Weiner sent me the following note. Unfortunately, in a following email he determined that he wasn't going to be able to make the timing work. So he won't be joining us. Sorry to hear that Peter, maybe next year.

Hey Big Bro,
My wife, Karen, and I are trying to finalize our plans for our yearly obligations to family in Charleston and Cincinnati . I'm pushing for the time around Homecoming so we can make the side trip to Marietta to coinside. But incase our timing is off know that I am thinking of you guys.

Also I'm going to try to make the side trip just to sya hey and if we can hook up it
would be great.

Remember I can always be reached through my Web Site**removed** or through
my Dell cell phone **removed**( no I do not advocate Dell, I just fix them).
Peter

Shawn Selby sends his greetings from the old country. I used to be able to make the claim of coming the greatest distance to these things, but you have beaten my record, Shawn. I'm looking forward to seeing you.

Hi Rick
I bid you Purple, White and Gold greetings from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland!

Just last week I finally booked my flight back to North America! I'm flying directly from Manchester to Toronto on Friday, Oct. 17. I'll spend that weekend in Toronto seeing my much-missed friends there. Then on the Monday I'll head to Detroit where I will spend a few days before coming down to Marietta on the 23rd or 24th. After Homecoming, it is back to Toronto via Detroit for a nonstop flight back to Manchester on Oct. 27. By my calculations, the distance between Manchester, England, and Marietta is 3,695 miles.

If I can be bothered to make the cross-ocean, continent-hopping trip, well then, none of our Brothers have much of an excuse for not making the trip, from where I sit. :-)

(And I will happily buy a drink for any Brother who has travelled a farther distance to get to Marietta!)

As for everyone else, I suggest they start memorising the words to "God Save the Queen" and "Rule Britannia".
Shawn Selby '92

Tim Parsons sent me some pictures of the newest Delt Legacy - Jacob Timothy Parsons. I won't attempt to post them here, because I send this to some people at work and you know how that goes. But I will attempt to get them to the chapter so they can be posted on the website. He's a good looking guy Tim. Congratulations.

Debby (Smith) Seibert, one of our missing Little Sisters sent me the following note. Debby, I apologize for not responding to you directly (which I will correct when I finish this) but yes, you can only attend the things you wish to. See above.

Dear Rick,
I am one of the missing little sisters class of 1976, Deborah (Debby) Smith. My husband (David Seibert) and I are planning to come to homecoming. At this time we are not sure which functions we are attending as I am also an AST and we will be splitting our time between the two groups.

Will we be able to pay for only the functions we attend? At this time we are considering the social hour at the Shrine Club, tail gating prior to the football game, homecoming parade, and possibly the banquet. Can you update me on those.

We will be staying at the Bestwestern on Muskingum Drive.Please include me
on the e-mail updates.
Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Debby

Brian Stone sent me the following note, as you can all see the number of Alums planning on coming back is increasing. Don't be left out!

Hey Rick.
You are doing a great job with keeping us all informed. I've been trying to work things out to get back for homecoming and I have finally got everything in order.

I just made my plane and hotel reservations so I will be coming back. So put me down for 1. I will be getting my check on to Fergie as soon as possible.

I should be into Marietta some time around noon on Friday, or maybe earlier
depending how fast my rental car is.
Fraternally Brian Stone 1997

I spoke to Cowboy Santini and he said that he would attend as many of the functions as possible depending on the schedule of his daughter and the state soccer tournement. Good luck to her Cowboy, I hope she makes the state finals and wins, but I'd like to see you at homecoming also...(Of curse so would Bob Kavula!)

That's all I have for this week. Remember October is right around the corner! See you all at homecoming. Have a great week, Rick Neel '73

DTD at MC #69

Hello everybody!

Well it's interesting, here we are with email #69, and that is the year I graduated from High School. I still remember our "unofficial" class motto. I have no idea what the official one was however. "Sin, Sex, Booze and Wine, we're the class of '69." Do you remember your motto?

Karnea is over, and school is about to begin. Classes begin on August 25, and the undergrads are beginning to move back into the house. I stopped by this morning and ran into a few of the guys. They told me that we are expecting to begin the fall semester with 33 brothers returning. Several of last years freshman decided not to return to school for various reasons, something that happens at colleges and universities every year. We wish them the best in thier futures, and hope they stay in touch with us. Because now, guys, you are alumni!

The goal for recruitment for this year is 22 men. I was told that breaks down into 18 in the fall and 4 for the spring rush. So the undergrads have thier work cut out for them.

The last couple of days have been move in days for the freshmen, and the Delts were there to help out. They provided strong backs to help move the new students into the dorms. And while they were doing that, they got to meet a lot of the new freshmen men. That should help them with rush. Getting a headstart on the process. (oh, by the way, they got to meet the new freshmen women also!)

The Delts had some good news, from spring semester. I think I reported it earlier, but in case I didn't, or you missed it, the guys finished last semester with a 3.05 GPA. Bravo!

Oh! I almost forgot, Homecoming is in only 2 months. Two months and two days to be exact, and with homecoming, is our 40th anniversary. I hope that you have made your plans and are just waiting to send in your check. If that is the case, the cost is $50 per person, please send your check, made out to, Crescent Colony of Marietta, Inc. and send it to Bob Ferguson at **removed for privacy reasons**. I will be posting the schedule of events and the names of those people who have let us know they are coming at the end of this email.

I got the chance to see Rich Wolf last week, he was in the area to see his in-laws. We had dinner and swapped memories. It's funny how different things stick with you that others have forgotten. But when we told a story, the other one of us remembered the incident, even if we didn't recall it originally. That was fun.

There is still some commentary concerning the proposed new living quarters for the Delts. I got several notes from Rick Kramer and Todd Myers. Both of them had interesting suggestions as far as alternative housing for the chapter. I referred them to Ferg and Hartsy, but haven't heard anything back from either one of them since Karnea. Ferg said that they were planning on having some discussions with people from the central office, so we might have some better insight into the situation. When I hear something, I"ll let you all know.

Since the last email, I have gotten the addresses from some of the lost brothers. I wrote to them, but haven't heard anything back yet. None the less, welcome home guys! I hope you find time to share with us. The names and addresses are: Bruce Goldfarb, Gordon Turner, and Dean Kilton. If these guys are from your era and you know them, send them a note and get back in touch with an old friend.

I got Dean's information from Nick Aylward, EU's first chapter consultant. Evidently Dean wandered into the Central Office and was looking for information about EU and wanting to get back in touch with the fraternity. Here we are Dean, welcome!

Let's see who wrote since the last time. I received the following note from Bob Kavula. It was copied to me when he sent it to Cowboy Santini and Matt Sutko. I hope that he talked you two guys into coming. (I guess I'll have to call them and bug them).

OK,If I can drag my fat ass up from Dallas, certainly you guys can make it :) Especially you Cowboy.......We're arriving Thursday night and will be at the Townhouse for drinks. Staying at the Lafayette and will be there for the 30th thing on Friday night.

I went to my wife's 30th high school reunion last weekend and it was kind of fun and I didn't know anyone. It's a once in a lifetime chance guys to have the 40th Fraternity party and our 30th Class reunion.

Hope to see you both.

Todd Myers sent the following note in:

Rick,I plan to attend homecoming and will get my check into Fergie,
Thanks,Todd Myers '91

Chris Kurtz sent me the following note. In answer to your question about the sororities, they all own thier own houses I believe, so no they won't be moving into the type of arrangements we are talking about. And no, it will not be a problem if you bring your children. The whole weekend is open to everybody, with the exception of the initiation on Sunday.

Hello everyone, I am sorry I have not been reading all of the recent emails but I do appreciate receiving them. As I have been out of the loop, what is going on with the sororities? Are they being moved there as well?

I look forward to seeing everyone at homecoming. Rick please put me down for at least 1+ my wife Jessica. ( I might be bringing our 2 kids in tow, is that a problem? I've never come to a homecoming with kids so...)

My best to everyone, especially my brothers who I look forward to celebrating our 15th reunion together, Andy, Brian, J.P., Xan, Seth (hope you can make it, sorry to hear about your accident), Graham, Greg, Jimmy and Tony (does Tony come back to homecoming?)

All the best,Chris Kurtz
PS Join facebook, I have been able to reconnect with a bunch of folks from my MC days.

That's a long list of brothers he wants to see, are you all signed up? If not, what are you waiting for? Now I do have to admit feeling shock, hurt and betrayal that someone (other than my brother, Jim) actually says he doesn't read all of these things! How about you Shawn Selby? I haven't had any criticism of my writing skills for quite a while now. Am I getting better???

I got the following from Bruce Masatsugu, unfortunatly he won't be on the river cruise. All I can say is "Drive Faster, Bruce!" Just kidding, drive safely, and I'll catch up with you at the Town House! Of course you could take an earlier flight.

Rick, Thanks for all the updates.

It's been fun reading about all the experiences at DTD through the years. Couple of things. First, it'll be just me for the dinner on Saturday night so remove the "+1". Also, I haven't seen anything about a count for the river cruise, but I don't think I'll be able to make it. Baring any delays, I'm arriving in Columbus at 5:40 so I'll probably arrive in Marietta sometime after 8. I'll catch up with you after the cruise (Town House?)

Either call me at **removed** or give me your number and I'll call you sometime after 10. Looking forward to seeing everyone in a couple of months.

Bruce Masatsugu '75

Here are the names of the guys who will be making presentations at the banquet: Remember guys, keep it between 10 and 15 minutes, the subject matter should be about DTD and MC, and there will be ladies and perhaps children in the audience. If you are interested in speaking, let me know. There will be a computer there if you wish to do a power point... Speaking will be, Ken Kavula, Greg Maloof, Rich Wolf, Shawn Selby, Brian Rothenberg, Don Wolfe, Jordon Herrick, and Chris Goebel.

If anyone is in conact with Chris Goebel, please send me his phone number. He has evidently changed his email address, and I need to speak to him. Thanks.

That's all I have for this week. Time is getting short, and I'm getting pretty excited. I hope you are too.

Have a good weekend, Rick Neel '73

Thursday evening for early arrivals Meet and greet-Town House around 8:00

Friday The day will be free to see Marietta
Noon - Midnight Registration at DTD
8-10 pm Valley Gem river cruise-Bottom deck enclosed

Saturday9:00-9:25 Doughnuts and beverage at Delt House
9:30-10:15 Campus tours
10:30-11:00 507 Putnam visit
11:30-12:00 Parade
12:00-12:45 House Corp meeting
12:45-1:30 Tailgate at Stadium
1:30-4:30 Football game
6:00-7:00 Social Hour @ Shrine Club
7:00-12:00 Dinner, Program & Socialization (um, I think we mean Socializing. Socialization is the process of converting private property to state-owned property -- Shawn)

Sunday 9:00-10:00 Breakfast at Delt house
10:00-11:00 Ritual not at house
11:00-1:00 Alumni-Undergrad Football game
1:00- Free time

Delt 40th Anniversary Attendence List
Advisor - Bob Ferguson +1
1960's - Greg Maloof + 1, Ken Kavula +1, Frank Hirsch (I think), Steve Newton
1970's - Ted Smith +1, Lance Koved +1, Don Wolfe, Ron Rees, Bruce Miller +1, Bruce Masatsugu, Darrell Pritchard +1, Joe Matheny, Randy Williams, Rich Wolf +1, Bob Peterson, Al Head, Bob Kavula +1, Rick Dunsker, Peter Weiner +1, Chuck Robinson +1, Bob Burns, Rick Neel, Neal Mettler +?, Joe Mester +1, Bob Bayer +1, Rob Weidenfeld, John DeVito, Joe Kirby +1, Bob Exten +1, Scott Gilmore
1980's - Drew Kern, Jon Hartshorn, Brian Rothenberg, Chris Goebel, Michael Tita +1
1990's - Shawn Selby, J.P. Clowes, Matt Christman-Lees, Tim Cox, Greg Manko, Jeff DeWerth +1, Charley Maghes +1, Kevin Oliphant +1, Tracey Howard +1, Tim Parsons, Eric Gustafson, Chad Rhoads +1, Todd Myers, Chris Kurtz +1
2000's - Craig Sundstrom, Andy Byers +1, Justin Nethers, Matt Dole, Corey Medina, Casey Trail +1, Chris "Smitty" Smith, Seth Wolfson, Trent Elliott +1, Jordon Herrick, Jake Dornon +1, Ashley Woolam, Joshua Downey, Doug Orr +1, Jay Read, Matt Rouhier, Chris Lieb, Brian Ashton (I think), Trevor Brown

DTD at MC #68

Hello everyone,

I got the following note from Jeremy Dornon, giving me heck for my inability to spell! Sorry Jeremy, it's fixed and I'll try not to do it again! I'm going to enjoy meeting the Delt Legacy you will be bringing.

Rick...As always, love receiving the updates in the inbox. Just a quick note, I am still attending the 40th, but I will be bringing someone, so please note me as +1 on the attendees list. Also, when you update the attendees list, my last name is spelled 'Dornon' not 'Dornan'. Nothing major, just fyi! Can't wait to kicking back at the TH with the brothers, and letting the majority of the guys meet my 2 yr old son, Braxton. Also a future Delt. :)

Tim Cox sent me the following note. I had him listed as an "I think" on the attendees list. Here he makes it official.

Hey Rick, Just wanted to let you know that I will definitely be attending the 40th festivities. What are the exact dates again?

Thanks,Tim CoxClass of '99

I answered Tim directly with the dates, but here they are along with the cost involved. Homecoming is October 24-26. And the cost is $50 per person attending. Please make your check payable to Crescent Colony of Marietta, Inc Send it to Bob Ferguson, **removed for privacy reasons** I hope to see many of you there.

Chad Rhodes sent me this note, he'll be there, how about you?

Rick, I'll be at the 40th, along with my wife, Krista. We've got the hotel reservations and the check will be in the mail shortly. I'm looking forward to meeting you and others and to catching up with old friends. Thanks for all of your work on the newsletter.

Chad Rhoads Class of 1995

Murray Talasnik sent me the following note. I suggested that he contact the alumni office, if any of you have a better suggestion for him, please drop him a line.

Hi all.
I was recently unpacking some long lost boxes and found some of my old Marietta College yearbooks. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost the 1971 yearbook, the year of my graduation. If anyone has any idaes about how I might find a replacement, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks.
Murray Talasnik, class of 1971

I got this email from Hartsy, President of House Corp., concerning our meeting last week with the college about housing options. First of all, let me say that I received many very good replies last time I wrote. To all of you "Thank you." Your feelings were presented to the college by me when we met.

After some thought and further conversation with Ferg and Andy Longo, here's how I see our realistic options:

#1) We stay where we are as long as we can, and when we get word we have to leave, we look again at options.
#2) Let MC know that we are OK with the moving to the new residence hall, and wait to see what we get.
#3) Find a way to get some money into the new residence hall project, and continue to partner with the college.

There are other possibilities, but I see them all as variations of the above.

Right now I slightly favor #2 over #3, with #1 a distant 3rd. My stance on #3 could improve if I knew more about how we could get some form of equity stake in the residence hall. I lean toward #2 thinking that there may be more options in a few years, more time for fundraising, and in the mean time we have decent housing.

I'd be higher on #1 if we owned 219 4th right now. As Andy mentioned to me, we have no property to sell or rent if we just let the college move us.

The down side of #2 is that if we don't like what we get, we may be back to moving again in a few years.

That's all for now. See you guys soon.
Jon Hartshorn, ASQ CMQ/OE

Today, I sat down with Fergie and using Hartsy's email as a basis for discussion, put together the following thoughts.

From our talk with the college, they are planning on spending $200 a square foot to build the new residence hall. That means for us to have a 5000 sq ft house of our own, it would cost us $1,000,000. I don't see that happening, do you?

Secondly, the college is about $30,000,000 in debt, so this building is probably our only opportunity for new quarters in the forseeable future. Several thoughts came to mind as we were barnstorming, here are some of them in no particular order.

Fraternity size comes and goes. In 2000 we had 4 or 5 members, in 2006 we had 50, in 2008 we will start with 30+. We have been up and down for our entire history (as have all the other fraternities). So where will we be in 5 years? How about 10? It is impossible to know, but if we have our own house, we will have to pay for it. That means members, it would be a terrible thing (to my mind) to have to recruit men just to fill a house, not because they are quality people.

Right now, DTD is held in pretty high regard by the administration of the college. Who is to say what the case will be in 5 or 10 years. The people in charge with MC are in thier late 50's and early 60's. Perhaps thier replacements will be progreek, but maybe not. What do we do then?

Next, Lynne Miller, in her email said that the college was planning on providing the chapter with "adequate space" for meeting rooms and storage for our ritual equipment. The meeting mentioned that the college figured on 15 sq. ft. per student. If we figure the Delts get a membership of 60, that would give us 900 sq. ft. in public area. Of course we don't have 60 members. The college did seem receptive to our needs for more room however. It may become necessary for us to contribute if we wish for more space than they plan on for us. Right now, in the 4th St. Shelter, the back room (as best we could tell from outside) appears to be 32x23 (736 sq ft) for the chapter room and 32x42 (1344 sq ft) for the total addition. As I write that, it doesn't seem right. The total is close to accurate, not sure on the chapter room.

Unfortunately, we were ncluded in this discussion just recently, and as the discussion unfolded, it became pretty obvious that we should have been included 6 months ago, so we could have been better prepared. As of the time of our meeting, the college hadn't been able to arrange anything with the LCA so we don't know what thier thinking on this subject is.

When House Corp first began the discussion on this subject, our best thought was having our fraternity house on the front of a building and a dorm behind it. Actually that is what the college is proposing. We will have our own entrance at one end of the new hall, with our letters above the entrance. Beds for approximately 15 members (that is negotiable - but keep in mind, we weren't able to fill the house we have this year), dedicated outdoor space like we have now, for volleyball, etc., semi-private bathrooms (a definate improvement from what we have now), etc.

To reiterate what Hartsy said, here are the options I see for us.

#1 - Building of our own. The cost would be about $1 million. We don't have that much, and the cash flow options don't appear to make it workable. Even if we could get $300,000 from members (that's $750 each from 400 members - which we don't have yet) it still wouldn't work. And that is assuming we could get the land from Marietta College.

#2 - Stay where we are. Assuming that the college finds that our house is usable for the next 10 years at a reasonable cost, what happens in 10 years? That house won't last forever, as much as we would like it to. Remember, the college owns the house, they can decide it isn't cost effective at any time.

#3 - Move to a house on 4th St. (like the ATO's are in). They sleep 60. Do we want to have people sharing the house that aren't Delts? Remember, we have never had 60 in our history. It's an option, the college likes us right now.

#4 - Work with the college, move into the new residence hall and make it our own. This may cost us some money (probalbly will) to get enough common space to serve our needs.

#5 - Something else. There is always another option that hasn't been thought of.

My biggest concern is that we keep a level playing field. The ATO's will stay where they are, on 4th St. The assumption is that the DU's will be back in 2011, and they will be back in thier house. Will that put us at a competitive disadvantage?

Sorry this is so long. But I felt it needed to be. See you in October!

Have a great week. Rick Neel '73

DTD at MC #67

Hello everyone,
I hope that you all had a great weekend, and are enjoying your summer.
For me, moving home to Marietta has been just great. 2 weeks ago, I got to attend the Riverfront Roar, the powerboat races that Marietta has every summer. This year it was the world championship for Div. 2 and 3. Pretty exciting.

During the weekend, I got together with Matt Dole, Matt Joy (and his 4 year old son - a future Delt for sure!), Brian Wolf, and Trevor Brown. Trevor gave me a well deserved hard time for not having him included in the list of attendees for the 40th. It's been taken care of Trevor. See you in October.

Matt Joy said that he would be around for part of the festivities at least, he wasn't sure how much time he could spend with us though. Matt Dole told me that Brian would be there also. Brian, please let me know if you will be participating in the whole weekend and if you will be bringing anyone with you. That way I can add you to the list of attendees.

For those who need the address and info on where to send your money, the cost is $50.00 per person. Send your check, payable to "Crescent Colony of Marietta, Inc." to Bob Ferguson, **removed for privacy reasons** I'll post our schedule of events at the end of this email, as well as the attendees. Please get in touch if you are coming and don't see your name.

Eric Gustafson '97 sent me a note letting me know he is planning on coming. And Casey Trail says he is bringing his girlfriend.

A few emails ago, I sent a picture from the Initiation Banquet out because Dave Broome needed to know the names of the people in it. Ken Kavula said that he would try to identify everyone for us. So far he has sent this message:

Got it this time - and am amused to see the back of my head and my hand as
I direct the new Delts in their first official rendition of Delta Shelter! I'll work on the other names in the next few days and get back to you.

Hope you haven't forgotten me Ken. Time is beginning to be a factor for Dave to get the booklet put together. Hard as it is to believe, we are only 4 months away!

Scott Frasca sent me the following note, I'm sorry to hear that you won't be able to make it to the 40th. I hope that you enjoy your move to Maine. Will you be anywhere near Bangor? That's where Mark Russell lives. Make note of his new address.

HI Rick! You are doing a great job keeping us all in touch!
Unfortunately a move to ME and the construction of our new house is going to
keep me from joining all our Brothers in Marietta for the celebration. Please note my new email address: **removed**. Will be issued a new one late this year when we get moved into the new house ... living in temporary quarters for now!

Thanks! Scott

Class of '89

VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ!!!
I recently received the following email from the college. As you all are aware, our Shelter is in need of being replaced. The college is planning on building a new residence hall (which is sorely needed) and is thinking of putting the Delts and LCA's in part of the new building. There will be a conference call next week that will include Hartsy, Fergie, Andy Longo (from the Central Office), me and the college to discuss this. Please read the following email, and if you have any comments that you would like to be included in our discussion, let one of us know. If you don't let us know what your feelings are, we will not be able to let the college know what you think. Thank you. Here are the other 2 email addresses: Hartsy **removed** and Fergie **removed**

Hey guys!
I have some (potential) exciting news to share with you!

Recently theCollege has decided to move forward with plans for building a new residence hall which will be located on the corner of Putnam and 7th street (beside McCoy in the current parking area). Eventually, this hall will replace Parsons, which we all know is in poor condition. That said, we also know that the current housing situations for our three fraternities are not the best for any chapter due to issues with facility size and condition. What we have now is the perfect opportunity for all three chapters to have brand new housing in the new residence hall.

Before you get too excited, let me explain a few things. First of all, this is not set in stone. However, if it happens, it would work something like this...each fraternity would have their own floor in the hall. As with your current housing situation, you would be allowed to decorate/paint, etc. with approval from Residence Life. The structural design has not been completed, but we would make sure you have adequate space for chapter meetings and secured storage space for ritual equipment, etc.

You would also have enough bed spaces that would be neither to large or too small (probably closest to the Delt's housingcapacity). We would want to make sure that you feel that this is your space and home.What I need from you now is suggestions for what kinds of elements you would like to see (i.e. as I mentioned before, secured storage for ritual equipment) in your potential living environment. I wouldappreciate any feedback ASAP as we are moving forward with this quickly. If you need to, please solicit ideas from other members. I hope you will see this as an exciting time for Fraternity Life at Marietta.

YOU have the opportunity to create a new living space for your fraternity that will meet the needs of the organization. I will keep you updated as I learn more. Thanks so much guys!
Take care!~Lynne =)

--Lynne MillerAssistant Director of Student Activities & Greek
Life

That's all I have for this time, there wasn't much news from brothers. But I thought that it was pretty important that you be informed about what the college is thinking, concerning housing for the undergrads. Please get back with me as soon as you can, so we can share your input with the college. Rick Neel '73

Thursday evening for early arrivals
Meet and greet-Town House around 8:00

Friday The day will be free to see Marietta
Noon - Midnight Registration at DTD
8-10 pm Valley Gem river cruise-Bottom deck enclosed

Saturday
9:00-9:25 Doughnuts and beverage at Delt House
9:30-10:15 Campus tours
10:30-11:00 507 Putnam visit
11:30-12:00 Parade
12:00-12:45 House Corp meeting
12:45-1:30 Tailgate at Stadium
1:30-4:30 Football game
6:00-7:00 Social Hour @ Shrine Club
7:00-12:00 Dinner, Program & Socialization (um, I think we mean Socializing. Socialization is the process of converting private property to state-owned property -- Shawn)

Sunday
9:00-10:00 Breakfast at Delt house
10:00-11:00 Ritual not at house
11:00-1:00 Alumni-Undergrad Football game
1:00- Free time

Delt 40th Anniversary Attendence List
Advisor - Bob Ferguson +1
1960's - Greg Maloof + 1, Ken Kavula +1, Frank Hirsch (I think)
1970's - Ted Smith +1, Lance Koved +1, Don Wolfe, Ron Rees, Bruce Miller +1, Bruce Masatsugu +1, Darrell Pritchard +1, Joe Matheny, Randy Williams, Rich Wolf +1, Bob Peterson, Al Head, Bob Kavula +1, Rick Dunsker, Peter Weiner +1, Chuck Robinson +1, Bob Burns, Rick Neel, Neal Mettler +?, Joe Mester +1, Bob Bayer +1, Rob Weidenfeld, John DeVito, Joe Kirby +1, Bob Exten +1, Scott Gilmore
1980's - Drew Kern, Jon Hartshorn, Brian Rothenberg, Chris Goebel, Michael Tita +1
1990's - Shawn Selby, J.P. Clowes, Matt Christman-Lees, Tim Cox (I think), Greg Manko, Jeff DeWerth +1, Charley Maghes +1, Kevin Oliphant +1, Tracey Howard +1, Tim Parsons, Eric Gustafson
2000's - Craig Sundstrom, Andy Byers, Justin Nethers, Matt Dole, Corey Medina, Casey Trail +1, Chris "Smitty" Smith, Seth Wolfson, Trent Elliott, Jordon Herrick, Jake Dornan, Ashley Woolam, Joshua Downey, Doug Orr +1, Jay Read, Matt Rouhier, Chris Lieb, Brian Ashton (I think), Trevor Brown

DTD at MC #66

Good morning to everyone,

There's not a lot going on in the Marietta Delt world this week, but I have received some notes from people after my last email. Plus, I wanted to let everyone know that on the Blog site; http://mcdeltalumni.blogspot.com I have posted some of the early emails in this series. Joe Mester sent me most of them. So we are now complete with the exception of #6 and 7. If by some miracle, you still have them saved, please send them to me so we can be complete.

As I was reviewing the blog, I found where we had had a comment from one of us. Scott Gilmore sent in a comment to one of them. I'm sorry it took me so long to notice your comment Scott, I vow to do better in the future. If you are still reading these through the blog, please send a note to the chapter at www.marietta.edu/~delts and give them your email address so we can get you added to our lists. Here is the note that Scott left:

Here I am,long lost and retired Scott Gilmore, '79. Anyone remember
LB?

Wow what memories came rushing back to me after visiting this site. Great job you guys!!! Totally awesome.

Just a brief history update on me...retired 26 yrs USAF and also did 5 yrs as a civil servant. Yes, I was only at MC for year 75/76 but did return for 79/80 (VP).

I'm married with two sons, one itn the Navy and the other attending Texas Tech in the fall, maybe another Delt in the family.

Hope to make it to the 40th and see everyone well!! Even BAM!!
Scott

It's great to be found by one of the missing. Good to hear from you Scott.

Goose Kitson sent me the following note, it is meant for all of the Columbus Delts. Perhaps there can be a Columbus EY alumni chapter meeting like we had in Tucson last winter. Let me know how it works out Goose. If I can be of service, let me know.

Hey Rick,
It's GooSe class of 06-08. I just wanted to update you and others as to the whereabouts of a few recent alums. Myself, Ashley Wollam, Jeffrey Wojton, and Sergio Periera Fajardo Jr. are currently residing in Columbus while Wojton becomes a Neurosurgeon, Ashley works as a Business analyst, Sergio watches the EuroCup and I work at an IT firm, Teamwork Solutions.

I know that Christopher Devine has also moved to Columbus doing really well within the realm of Graphic Design and computer stuff.

I was hoping that maybe some of the Marietta- turned Columbus Delts could possibly work something out where we could every now and then and grab a dinner together, do a cocktail night, play some poker and whatnot. I know we'd definitely like to meet some of guys who helped make our collegiate experiences as good as they were.

Peace UP, A-Town Down.
John M. Kitson, III

I know that there are a lot of Marietta Delts in Columbus, maybe you guys can make something work. Lets see, there is JP Clowes, Ted Smith, and Hartsy that I know of. Good luck.

Tim Parsons sent me the following. He is starting out in his own business, if you are interested, give him a call. Good luck Tim, Glad you are coming back for the 40th. See you then.

Hello Rick,
I wanted everyone to know that I have joined the ranks of Arbonne International as Independent Consultant. Arbonne International is a 28 year old network marketing company that got its start in skin care and has since expanded to represent a well-rounded health and wellness line.

I am looking for clients, consultants and business builders to join me. I believe this works for four main reasons:

the products really work, each monthly check gets bigger and bigger,
clients keep coming back for more and Arbonne has a tremendous catalog of professional development curriculum (i.e. Arbonne University).

Could you please pass this along to the rest of the alumni? I would love to get some samples out to the guys and their wives. Believe me, the wives will love it as well. My wife has almost the entire catalog. In the meantime, if people are interested in learning more about the company please go to www.arbonne.com.

Thank you very much Rick.

Hope to see you all at the 40th. In health and wellness,

Tim Parsons Your Arbonne Independent Consultant

I got the following correction from Patty (Ritchie) Hoppa, it seems that I gave the wrong address for her in the last email. Please make the correction.

Rick,
Thanks for the update - I know what you mean about time getting away from you! Wanted to let you know that in the message my address was wrong - it's **removed for privacy reasons**. I'll try to get more on top of things now that school is finally out.
Take care,
Patty

By the way, Hops has set up a special section in the email list for our Little Sisters. Check it out and help us fill in the blanks!

Chris Lieb sent the following email address correction. Thanks Chris and I'll see you in October.

I'm Chris Lieb - just graduated. My new email is **removed**. Thanks, I look
forward to the 40th

Along the same line, the chapter website got the following note and new address. If you know Mike, drop him a line and say "hello"

I hope that you can make it to the 40th Mike, we seem to be a bit light in the decade of the 80's. Here is his address: **removed**
I saw on your blog that one James Mason was looking to get in touch with certain 80s Delts. I would like to know the whereabouts of Adam Pyles, Osler, Mason, Cruse, MB and Marlene, Marphy, Chuck, etc. as well.

This is Mike Malone 85, and wondering if anyone is going to make it to homecoming. If anyone knows how to get in touch with these folks, i would appreciate it.

Nice website by the way, you guys must be much more motivated than we
were.

Anyway, good to see some info on old Marietta and of course the Delt house.

Those were the best days of my life.
Mike Malone, class of 1985.

Tracey Howard sent in the following RSVP for the 40th. If you know them and haven't seen them in a while, make plans to reconnect. Time is getting short.

At this time I am planning to attend the Homecoming program in October.

I am bringing one guest, Heather Zoller-Gritz, who is a Marietta Alum of '91, and who was good friends with many of the late 80's and early 90's Delts.

So please accept this RSVP for 2.Tracey Howard, '91 Heather Zoller-Gritz, '91
-Tracey

There have been a few questions about the cost for the weekend, and it is $50 per person. So if you are bringing someone with you, the cost will be $100 for the both of you. Please let us know that you are coming, so we can make the reservations for the banquet and know how many will be here for the riverboat ride. This is important for our planning purposes.

Ken Kavula, I sent you a copy of the picture from the last email, did you manage to help Dave Broome out with nameing people for him? If you didn't get it, let me know and I'll try again.

The speakers that we have lined up for the banquet so far are: Ken Kavula, Greg Maloof, Rich Wolf, Shawn Selby, Brian Rothenberg, Don Wolfe, Jordan Herrick, and Chris Goebel. If you don't see your era listed from those speakers, we are interested in what you have to say. Let me know if you want to speak, and I'll send you the ground rules.

Below is the Itenerary for the weekend and the list of those who have let us know they are coming. That's all I have for now, have a great week.
Rick Neel '73

Thursday evening for early arrivals Meet and greet-Town House around 8:00
Friday The day will be free to see Marietta Noon - Midnight Registration at DTD 8-10 pm Valley Gem river cruise-Bottom deck enclosed
Saturday 9:00-9:25 Doughnuts and beverage at Delt House 9:30-10:15 Campus tours 10:30-11:00 507 Putnam visit 11:30-12:00 Parade 12:00-12:45 House Corp meeting 12:45-1:30 Tailgate at Stadium 1:30-4:30 Football game 6:00-7:00 Social Hour @ Shrine Club 7:00-12:00 Dinner, Program & Socialization (um, I think we mean Socializing. Socialization is the process of converting private property to state-owned property -- Shawn)
Sunday 9:00-10:00 Breakfast at Delt house 10:00-11:00 Ritual not at house 11:00-1:00 Alumni-Undergrad Football game 1:00- Free time

Delt 40th Anniversary Attendence List
Advisor - Bob Ferguson +1
1960's - Greg Maloof + 1, Ken Kavula +1, Frank Hirsch (I think)
1970's - Ted Smith +1, Lance Koved +1, Don Wolfe, Ron Rees, Bruce Miller +1, Bruce Masatsugu +1, Darrell Pritchard +1, Joe Matheny, Randy Williams, Rich Wolf +1, Bob Peterson, Al Head, Bob Kavula +1, Rick Dunsker, Peter Weiner +1, Chuck Robinson +1, Bob Burns, Rick Neel, Neal Mettler +?, Joe Mester +1, Bob Bayer +1, Rob Weidenfeld, John DeVito, Joe Kirby +1, Bob Exten +1, Scott Gilmore
1980's - Drew Kern, Jon Hartshorn, Brian Rothenberg, Chris Goebel, Michael Tita +1
1990's - Shawn Selby, J.P. Clowes, Matt Christman-Lees, Tim Cox (I think), Greg Manko, Jeff DeWerth +1, Charley Maghes +1, Kevin Oliphant +1, Tracey Howard +1, Tim Parsons
2000's - Craig Sundstrom, Andy Byers, Justin Nethers, Matt Dole, Corey Medina, Casey Trail, Chris "Smitty" Smith, Seth Wolfson, Trent Elliott, Jordon Herrick, Jake Dornan, Ashley Woolam, Joshua Downey, Doug Orr +1, Jay Read, Matt Rouhier, Chris Lieb, Brian Ashton (I think)

DTD at MC #65

Hello everyone,

For only the 2nd time I'm including some of our Little Sisters in this email, welcome ladies. I hope that you can find some of your lost friends as a result of these emails. We are still missing most of them, so if you are in contact with anyone, either brother or sister, pelase ask them to get in touch with me so I can add them to the mailing list.

Well, summer is here, and the college has emptied of students again. Good news on the grades front for our Delts, they finished the spring semester with a 3.05 GPA. That's a great accomplishment for them.

Because Ferg was on vacation, I got to do the final walkthrough of the house with the college so the chapter wouldn't be hit with any fines for not taking care of the place. Aside from a couple of holes in the walls that needed patched, they came through with flying colors. It shows that guys can indeed clean up after themselves (except for Hops, who had to have his parents come to town to help him - wonder why that was?) I'm just joking there, I had the chance to meet his parents and enjoyed my conversation with them.

On the college front, they are making pretty good progress on the library and have broken ground for the planetarium. That is the project that really excites me, I just love the sky shows that those things put on. It is supposed to be avialiable to the public as well as being used for the college community.

I don't have a lot of news for you this time, because nobody sent me any. That's probably my fault since it has been so long since I wrote anything. Please guys, send me some news to share.

Some good news, at least I think so, Joe Mester sent me several of the old emails that are missing from our Blog, and I found a couple more while I was cleaning out an old email box of mine. So I"ll be getting them added when I get a couple of minutes and have some motivation. It's hard to get both things at the same time. It's funny, I moved back to "slow, sleepy Marietta" and have less time to do things than I did in the big city of Tucson. Wonder why that is?

Karnea is coming soon, it's only a couple months away. If you have had a change of mind at the last minute, and would like to go to part of it, get in touch with Fergie. Remember it is in Pittsburgh this year, so it won't get much closer to Marietta, it is fraternity's 150 anniversary. There will be a side trip to Bethany, for those interested.

The big news, of course, is that our own celebration, #40 is only 4 months away. That's right, after all these emails we now are just 4 months from the 40th anniversary of DTD on the Marietta campus.

We have heard from several people about thier plans to come to town, I hope that the rest of you are making your arrangements also. I read at the college alumni site at www.marietta.edu that Beth (Thompson) Miller, one of our little sisters and the wife of BAM is in the process of putting together a reunion of the AST's at homecoming this year. If you know an AST let them know please so they can get in touch with Beth. You can reach her through BAM at **Removed for privacy reasons** Good luck Beth, hope you have a great turnout.

This is the note that Patty (Ritchie) Hoppa sent me when I got in touch with her.

Hi Rick!
Yes, this is the former Patty Ritchie. How are you? What are you doing? I am a first grade teacher here in Baltimore. I am married and have two kids - the oldest is completing his doctorate at Oxford University (England) doing research on diabetes as a neuroscientist, and the younger will start her masters/doctorate at Univ of CA, Santa Barbara as an anthropologist. Do you still play bridge??
Take care, Patty

From Sharon (Czajkowski) Dinunzi I got this note:

Hey Rick,
Wow, what a surprize to hear from you!! Yes, I was a little sister of DTD. I am glad that you reached out ... I always scan the MC newsletter for updates on the Delts I went to school with. I defintely remember you (I graduated in 1976) and a lot of the guys from the Delt house. I'll defintely check out the DTD website and blog. Your email brought a smile to my face and good memories. Thanks.
Best regards,Sharon (Czajkowski) Dinunzi

And Barbara Chandler sent this note to me:

Hi Rick,
I would love to be a part of the festivities. Please keep me informed.
Barbara

It was a real treat for me to hear from them, hopefully as we go forward, I'll get the rest of them added to the list.

Justin Rosenberg sent me the following address change, please make note of it. **removed** And here are the little sisters addresses. Patty (Ritchie) Hoppa, Sharon (Czajkowski) Dinunzi, and Barbara Chandler **removed**

We have several Delt speakers lined up for our Banquet, but still have room for a few more, should you wish to share your experiences as a Delt. The requirements are pretty simple; your talk can be whatever you choose so long as it pertains to DTD at MC (bear in mind, this will be a mixed group of people) and it needs to be kept to 10 minutes or so. We will have a computer with power point availiable if you wish. We also need more pictures or other memorabelia to share during the weekend. The speakers we have so far are: Ken Kavula, Greg Maloof, Rich Wolf, Shawn Selby, Brian Rothenberg, Don Wolfe, Jordon Herrick, and Chris Goebel. Let me know if you would like to join them.

David Broome asked me to include the following link because it has a picture that he needs help with. It is of our initiation banquet, and he needs names to go with the faces. I hope I did that right... Below are the names of the people that will be attending the 40th, please let me know of your plans, so we can make our arrangements to take care of everyone. You can find our iterary at the Delt website www.marietta.edu/~delts The cost is $50.00 per person, please make your checks payable to "Crescent Colony of Marietta, Inc." and send it to Bob Ferguson, **removed**. Please do not send the 40th payment to the college when you are making your reservations with them for homecoming, send it to Bob. Thank you. The college will be sending information about the college activities and costs to you shortly.

That's all I have for you this time, hopefully I won't be so long next time. Have a great week! Rick Neel '73

Delt 40th Anniversary Attendence List
Advisor - Bob Ferguson +1

1960's - Greg Maloof + 1, Ken Kavula +1, Frank Hirsch (I think)

1970's - Ted Smith +1, Lance Koved +1, Don Wolfe, Ron Rees, Bruce Miller +1, Bruce Masatsugu +1, Darrell Pritchard +1, Joe Matheny, Randy Williams, Rich Wolf +1, Bob Peterson, Al Head, Bob Kavula +1, Rick Dunsker, Peter Weiner +1, Chuck Robinson +1, Bob Burns, Rick Neel +1, Neal Mettler +?, Joe Mester +1, Bob Bayer +1, Rob Weidenfeld, John DeVito, Joe Kirby +1, Bob Exten +1

1980's - Drew Kern, Jon Hartshorn, Brian Rothenberg, Chris Goebel, Michael Tita +1

1990's - Shawn Selby, J.P. Clowes, Matt Christman-Lees, Tim Cox (I think), Greg Manko, Jeff DeWerth +1, Charley Maghes +1, Kevin Oliphant +1

2000's - Craig Sundstrom, Andy Byers, Justin Nethers, Matt Dole, Corey Medina, Casey Trail, Chris "Smitty" Smith, Seth Wolfson, Trent Elliott, Jordon Herrick, Jake Dornan, Ashley Woolam, Joshua Downey, Doug Orr +1

DTD at MC #64

Good morning Delts,

I hope that all of you remembered that today is Mother's Day, but if you forgot, there is still time.

Let's see what's been happening in the world of EY. We had our golf outing on April 26th and the attendence wasn't all that great, which is kind of what we expected with the 40th coming up this fall. We had 2 alums (Hartsy and myself), 2 undergrads (Hops and Nick Aylward), and 2 guests. So we split up into 2 groups for our round. Hartsy and Nick in one group and Hops and me in the other. Hops tried valiently to keep our group in the hunt, but unfortunately his handicap (me) was too much for him to overcome so we lost. But it was a great day, the sun was shining and it was warm so we all enjoyed ourselves. Next year the golf weekend will be the same time as this year, the last weekend in April. Hope to see you all out playing then.

Next weekend marks the end of another school year. The college commencement (the 171st) will be on May 17th. That is when the newest members of EY's alumni association will officially be welcomed. So for now, let me just offer my congratulations to the new graduates to be. Good luck in your future, may it be all you hope and dream it will be.

Sunday May 4th marked the newest renewal of a time honored EY tradition; Ferg Fest '08. About 34 brothers and friends attended the annual wrap up of the college year and final break before finals week. As usual everyone had a great afternoon. I was invited, but unfortunately I had to miss due to having to work. I think it might be fun to see if there are any good stories to be shared about Ferg Fests of the past. If you have anything to share, send me a note and I'll share it with everyone. To all of the undergrads, have a great summer. We'll see you in the fall.

The undergraduates have published a new issue of the Protimoi. Check it out at the chapter web site - http://www.marietta.edu/~delts/ Nice job, as usual.

Let's see the notes and news that I have gotten since the last email. Two teaser bits (to make you go read the Protimoi) Hunter Jonsson announced his engagement and the undergraduates won the newly reintroduced BattleAx.

James Mason sent the following challenge;

I've got a challenge for Todd Spence. Get more of your pledge trainees to attend than your pledge class. I know he trained the fine pledge class of 1980. I'd be interested in where Tom McVey is also and Bruce "West, by God, smile when you say it, Virginia" Goldfarb and Bill Cruse. James

How about it Todd? Care to try? I asked James if he was going to be able to be here, and here is his response:

Rick: I am considering it and have been in contact with a few of the 1980s brothers (Dean Didato, Steve Bennett and Adam Pyles), but cannot commit at this point. Todd is one of the guys that came to mind early on after receiving your first emails. I think everyone's pledge trainer makes a significant impact on their fraternity and college lives. I'm glad to hear he's out there and will keep up with the 1980's guys to try and drum up some attendees. James

I agree with you James, the pledge trainer is probably the one person who either starts a new member out on the right path, or who doesn't. I think that we have been pretty fortunate over the years in having pretty strong pledge trainers.

Joe Kirby sent me the following note. I heard from Bob Exten a day or so ago, Joe. He's coming. How about the rest of you, have you contacted any of your long missing friends and brothers and made plans to get back together? Our 40th anniversary would be a perfect time.

Rick, I will be traveling back in space time to attend the 40th reunion. Please reserve 2 spots at the reception dinner. I told DeVito and Exten I wouldn't make the trip back unless they showed - John committed, X10 said he was coming, We'll see. Good work on getting Roger Coffman's email - I sent him an email -
haven't heard anything. I guess we'll see on that one too.

Here is the note I got from Bob Exten, so there will be at least one group of "3 Amigos" in attendance.

Rick-Please add me and my wife to the list of attendees. Could you also please send me Bob Ferguson's address,or do i send the check to the House?
Thanks-Bob Exten.

For any others who needs Fergies address, it is: Bob Ferguson, **removed for privacy reasons** The cost for the weekend is $50 per person. Please make the check payable to: Crescent Colony of Marietta, Inc.

Matt Dole sent me the following note, unfortunately we missed making connections while he was in town, sorry Matt. But he did point out something that I need to correct, and perhaps some others do also. When you change your email address, please send me a short note so I can correct it in my files and the chapter can make the correction also. Thanks in advance for that!

Hey Rick - I'm going to be in Marietta tonight and tomorrow. I'm not going to play golf because, well I suck. But I also have a lot of folks to visit since I'm just a visitor now. Anyway, I'd love to get dinner Saturday night if there's a group that's going to go after the outing.Who's coming in that you've heard from? My cell is**removed**. Let me know what's going on post golf outing and I'll try to catch up with you guys. By the way, the Delt email list on the website still has your comcast address... I sent this email there first and had to track down your email from one of the updates rather than the email list. Thanks,Matt Dole

Speaking of address corrections, I got this one from Ashley Woolam; **removed** That's about all I have for this time.

Here are some brothers that still remain amoug the missing. Any help you can give me is very much appreciated. Steve Newton '66, Joe Baker '67, Joseph Farrell '68, Joseph Cohn '69, Tom Lindvall '71, Doug Shaffer '71, Gordon Turner '71, Mark Ewald '72, Peter Grob '72, John Alligood '73, Paul Craft '73, Lawrence Brown '74, Scott Elger '74, Eric Gough '74, Mark Russell ' 74, William Snyder '74, Rodney Stoltz '76, Richard Hruska '77, Gregory McComas '77, David Mogill '77, Gregory Carriera '78, Peter Denio '78, Steven Dennis '78, and Scott Gilmore '79. I also need the addresses of our Little Sisters, the only one that I have so far is Marianne Paul.

The following is the list of people that have committed to coming for the 40th. When your plans firm up, please let us know so we can be sure to have enough dinners for the banquet and the river cruise.

Delt 40th Anniversary Attendence List Advisor - Bob Ferguson +1 1960's - Greg Maloof + 1, Ken Kavula +1, Frank Hirsch (I think) 1970's - Ted Smith +1, Lance Koved +1, Don Wolfe, Ron Rees, Bruce Miller +1, Bruce Masatsugu +1, Darrell Pritchard +1, Joe Matheny, Randy Williams, Rich Wolf +1, Bob Peterson, Al Head, Bob Kavula +1, Rick Dunsker, Peter Weiner +1, Chuck Robinson +1, Bob Burns, Rick Neel +1, Neal Mettler +?, Joe Mester +1, Bob Bayer +1, Rob Weidenfeld, John DeVito, Joe Kirby +1, Bob Exten +1 1980's - Drew Kern, Jon Hartshorn, Brian Rothenberg, Chris Goebel, Michael Tita +1 1990's - Shawn Selby, J.P. Clowes, Matt Christman-Lees, Tim Cox (I think), Greg Manko, Jeff DeWerth +1, Charley Maghes +1, Kevin Oliphant +1 2000's - Craig Sundstrom, Andy Byers, Justin Nethers, Matt Dole, Corey Medina, Casey Trail, Chris "Smitty" Smith, Seth Wolfson, Trent Elliott, Jordon Herrick, Jake Dornan, Ashley Woolam, Joshua Downey, Doug Orr +1

Have a great week. Rick Neel '73