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August 18, 2007

THE OUTING ‘07
18th Annual Epsilon Gamma Golf Outing

By Jon Eadie `93 and Mike Wharton `93

Thank you to all who attended the 2007 Golf Outing and Poker Tournament. I think it is safe to say it was a complete success. The weather was beautiful for most of the day and the rain held off until the last group made it into the clubhouse.

The A Flight Champions with a one over 71 was Terry Turkelson and Aaron McConnell, who won free entry into next year's event. Terry and Aaron were two shots clear of three groups at 73. The B Flight Champions with an 86 was Ken Breen and Scott Nadeau. The Long Drive prize was shared by Ken "The Hammer" Breen and Michael "Big Gun" Wharton. Chad Saha won the closest to the pin.

The drama for the night was provided by the Inaugural Texas Hold'em Tournament. Undergrad Robby Hunter took out Chris Hayes to win the first prize. Michael Wharton won third place.

Thank you to Tom Olver, Dan Bigelow, John Coe, Jim Harkness, Chris Martin, Chad Saha for your help and support. A special thanks to Trevor Wisniewski for all his help on the day of the event and to Trevor and Steve Desmet for running the poker tournament; Tim McGovern for running the Skins Game, and especially to Scott Nadeau for all the support. Without you guys the Golf Outing wouldn’t have been as successful as it was.

We had a great time organizing the event and look forward to an even bigger and better outing next year.

Yours in _kai_

Michael Wharton '93
Jonathan Eadie '93

Pictures

Chairmen Mike Wharton and Jon Eadie	Chris Hayes	Norm and Mark Andersen	Aaron McConnell, Jeff Noordof and Terry Turkelson
Dan Bigelow	Mike Wharton and Trevor Wisniewski	Scott Sawyer & Tom Olver	Brandyn Lawson & Phil Klassen
Sean Looney, Chris Martin and Chris Hayes	Ken Breen	Scott Nadeau & Ken Breen	Tom Olver & Jon Eadie
Paul DeRoche	Jeff & Tom Wandzel	Chris Martin, Scott Nadeau & Chris Hayes	Jon Eadie, Paul DeRoche, Chris Martin, Chris Hayes & Scott Nadeau
Phil Klassen, Brandyn Lawson & Chris Saylor	Terry Turkelson & Jeff Wandzel
			Scott Sawyer hands out EGHC Scholarships
Scholarship Winner Phil Klassen	Scholarship Winner John Reineke II	Scholarship winner Brandyn Lawson, Saywer & Scholarship Sponsor Trevor Wiskieski	Chad Saha wins closest to the pin
"B" Flight winners Scott Nadeau & Ken Breen	"A" Flight winners Aaron McConnell & Terry Turkelson	The final scores	Brandyn Lawson addresses the crowd
Andrew Shubnell, winner of the 50/50 buys a round	Jeff Noordhof deals the Texas Hold `em Tourney	Mike Wharton, Chris Hayes, Dave Steiner	Robby Hunter & Mark Andersen
Ken Breen heckles from the balcony		The last two: Chris Hayes	vs. Robby Hunter
Robby wins!	3rd Place - Mike Wharton	2nd Place - Chris Hayes	1st Place: Robby Hunter

April 21, 2007

Pig Roast and Family Day 2007

By Scott Nadeau `89, EGHC Communications Chair

Pig Roast and Family day was a lot of fun this year. We doubled our attendance from last year, the pig tasted great, we had plenty of food, and a lot more alums showed up than I expected! It was also great for me to get to meet a lot of the parents.

Doug Varner, the son of "International Pig Roaster" Lenny Varner was on hand this year. He wanted me to let everyone know that Lenny is doing fine. Also making a special appearance just in time to carve the pig was perennial amateur pig carver Bob Seeber Jr. All of the parents who made the trek to Mt. Pleasant for the day brought a lot of great food, and Barbara Koehn's  famous caramel bars put smiles on the faces of many people.

One of the highlights of the day came right after dinner when President Brandyn Lawson `09 asked every Beta who was in attendance, starting with low roll, to introduce themselves to the group and say a few words. It took a while to finish, but it was one of those Beta experiences that pumps you up and gets you excited about the direction Epsilon Gamma is headed.

The founders awards were then handed out by Founder and Colony Counselor Greg "six of six" Compton `86.  We ended the day with a rousing rendition of I Took My Girl Out Walking sang by all of the brothers in attendance.

A special "Thank You" goes out to brothers Jim Harkness `90 and Paul "Bubba" Koehn for chipping in for the cost of the Pig. Another big "Thanks" to brother Jeff Wandzel `89 for donating the cost of renting the shelter from the city.

Most of the credit belongs to brother Shane Farrell `10 and all of the guys at CMU who put on a top notch event.

...and now for the big announcement! Brothers Robert A. Seeber and Robert F. Seeber have kindly stepped forward to sponsor the event beginning next year. By sponsoring the event, the Seeber's also have earned the right to name the event. Beginning now and going forward, the event will be known as:

The Robert A. Seeber / Lenny Varner
International Pig Roast

Thank you Bob & Bob!!  See you next year!

December 27, 2006

Motor City Bowl 2006
Central Michigan 31, Middle Tennessee State 14
Congratulations Chips!

CMU won their first NCAA division I bowl game and we were there to witness it. It's an odd experience to walk into the Hockeytown Cafe in downtown Detroit and see a lot of maroon and gold. It's just not something that I ever expected to see. Nor did I ever expect to see our Chippewas on national TV twice in one season. It was a very special and exciting evening.

Once again, thanks to Brother Mike McDermott (Kemo) for getting such prime tickets to the game. We were able to sell 30 out of the 32 tickets and raise $600 for Epsilon Gamma. Thanks to all of the brothers and their families who attended.

The ESPN recap is here: http://broadband.espn.go.com/ivp/splash?id=2709039
Official game pictures here courtesy of www.mlive.com:  Photo slide show
More pictures from the game here: Photo Album

Pictures

Phil makes the ESPN highlight reel!

Kris Wellman	Brian (Brad's Friend) and Brad Ervans	Ross McCallum, Barbara and Paul "Bubba" Koehn	Mary Alice and Mark Ruhling
	Mark DuRocher and his father	Shannon and Will Hilliker	Barbara and Paul Koehn
Phil Klassen and Friend Cassie	Greg and Aileen Gauss	Andrew McDonald, Jay Catania and Tom Olver	The Marching Chips take the field
ditto			The gang
The view from our seats
Scott Nadeau	Post Game Celebrations

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