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“LEAPIN” GENE YOUNG: "Will try. I get back from a trip late Friday. If I can recover in time, I will. Regards, Gene"
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VANDERBILT FOOTBALL, HOPE ON THE HORIZON?
As we watched the Vanderbilt - Ole Miss Game, there were glimmers of hope. With Ole Miss holding only a single digit lead early in the 4th Quarter, a Commodore victory seemed . . . slightly possible. After all, the Dores were playing better, they looked better . . . and then Ole Miss surged ahead, capitalizing on our failure to score on a big interception. I tried to get Frank Biller to weigh in, but the Old Buck-a-roo must have been busy.
The headline in the Tennessean was a reminder of the mindset (or maybe nightmare) we used to have, after so many losing seasons, "Vanderbilt's Loss to Ole Miss Shows Its Getting Better." Yeah, right, let's hope. Here is the link:
http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/columnist/dave-ammenheuser/2015/09/27/vanderbilt-ole-miss-loss-ammenheuser/72801800/
We can hope our Commodores will be new and improved by the Homecoming Game. Hoping for a victory!
Archives of previous issues,
and
other time-wasters.
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2015 REUNION UPDATE
I reached out to many Beta Pi’s and Beta Pi Gal-pals, to get a feel for
who might be attending our upcoming 2015 Reunion, which is the 40th
Class Reunion of my Class of 1975.
The
response was outstanding, we have a strong core group. Many Greats, and some beautiful Pi Phi’s led
by Becky Bruning Manyak, are confirmed for attendance! Here is the lineup of ATO’s and ATO Gal-pals:
FRANK J. “BUCK” BILLER: “abso-frickin-lutely!”
FRANK & MARY COLLINS: “yes! Mary for sure. Maybe Frankie but that is
TBD. Clare will be away. Hannah is working in DC now.
Looking forward to it as always.”
BECKY DENHAM: “Yes.”
JEFF OVERBY: From the All-Time
Great ATO who brought
Heaven Lee to Dinner at the ATO House, an Event which
will live in Infamy . . .
“It would be great to get caught up you
and Buck. I miss all of our pledge class. Lots of great news to share! Jeff”
TISON
“TOO TALL” KEEL: “In but in but in! One person.”
BECKY
BRUNING MANYAK: "Hi
Larry-- Will be traveling with other gal pals but absolutely will come by to say
Hello to the Tics!! So far Karen Degerberg, Becky Denham, Betty Ingle,
Ellen Tozer and Linda Watts have committed...working on Katie Herrington!! Becky”
LARRY “BOZO” SIMONS: Ann and I will be there.
J.D. STRICKLAND: Alas, J.D. is perhaps the only Vanderbilt grad who
does not own a computer, and who swears off the internet, and for those reasons
believes e-mail is “evil” – J.D. told me he is philosophically opposed to the
internet. Yet, J.D. is very resourceful,
and somehow, with his land-line and newspaper, J.D. keeps up – and he always
shows up.
“LEAPIN” GENE YOUNG: "Will try. I get back from a trip late Friday. If I can recover in time, I will. Regards, Gene"
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VANDERBILT FOOTBALL, HOPE ON THE HORIZON?
As we watched the Vanderbilt - Ole Miss Game, there were glimmers of hope. With Ole Miss holding only a single digit lead early in the 4th Quarter, a Commodore victory seemed . . . slightly possible. After all, the Dores were playing better, they looked better . . . and then Ole Miss surged ahead, capitalizing on our failure to score on a big interception. I tried to get Frank Biller to weigh in, but the Old Buck-a-roo must have been busy.
The headline in the Tennessean was a reminder of the mindset (or maybe nightmare) we used to have, after so many losing seasons, "Vanderbilt's Loss to Ole Miss Shows Its Getting Better." Yeah, right, let's hope. Here is the link:
http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/columnist/dave-ammenheuser/2015/09/27/vanderbilt-ole-miss-loss-ammenheuser/72801800/
We can hope our Commodores will be new and improved by the Homecoming Game. Hoping for a victory!
ANNUAL ATO DINNER
Our Annual ATO Dinner has gotten better each year
since we first did it in 2006. Pictured above - from last year - are (l-r) Mary & Frank "Marty" Collins, Chris "The Greek" Regas, John "Boss" Stein and Marc "Rizzillious" Darling. So good to be with these Greats.
We have a
great venue, close to campus – Cabana.
Hope to see you there.
What: Annual ATO Dinner
Where: at
Cabana, 1910 Belcourt Ave., Nashville, TN 327212
When: October
24th, 8:00 pm / or immediately after the Vandy Homecoming Game.
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JOHN “BOSS” STEIN IN THE NEWS!
John Stein
was recognized recently in a Vanderbilt publication, “Vanderbilt Reporter” for his civic involvement with
Vanderbilt.
Very nice article. Congratulations John!
Here is
the link:
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POETRY CORNER
“Water, Wind, Spirit, Stone” – Parnassus Book Event
– May 12, 2015
Here is the Video from my Parnassus Book Event May 12, 2015,
which was a huge success, and also very special because Vinny showed up. Friends don't get any better than Vinny. Here it is . . .
“Water,
Wind, Spirit, Stone” – Parnassus Book Event – May 12, 2015 - VIDEO
My book is Available at Amazon.com. Here is the link
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KEEPING TABS:
Here is
a reminder of the Brothers we have lost.
In case you did not get the news.
DAVID HOWE, died 11/30/2006.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2006, No.68, Archive: December, 2006.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2007, No.30, Archive: May, 2007
MILES WALSH, died 07/2013.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2013, No.05, Comments Section (over 50 comments),
Archive: Aug.2013
J. NEAL CRENSHAW, died 11/12/2014.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2014, No.08, Archive: Nov. 2014
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2014, No.10, Archive: Dec. 2014
If you
have never explored the “Archives” in this Blog – it is toward the top of the
latest “blog issue”, on the right. You
access it by clicking on the Month and Year, and it will drop down with
choices. For example, if you click on
December, 2006, it will drop down and list all issues that were published that
month. If you want Issue No. 68, you
click on that, and it takes you to that issue.
You can then post a comment to that issue. It’s never too late to post a comment,
right?
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