Brothers, it is with a heavy heart we learned of Brother Paul English ‘89 lost his wife Mariann this July. Mariann was a beautiful person, inside and out. We will always remember the good ‘ole days we shared at J’s, the Bank bar on Main and how much she was loved by all. You will be sorely missed.
Please keep Brother Paul English in your thoughts.
Fall 2009 Winged Sig Advisory Circular now available.
Alumni Leadership Encouraged by Undergraduate Accomplishments
The latest house upgrade has been completed as of the time I push the send button for this Newsletter. The north wing central air conditioning installation has been completed and nary an electrical fire was to be seen at 520 S. Ridgewood Ave.
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House Update
39th Birthday
Website
Birthdays
House Update
There comes a time in everyone’s life to throw in the towel, just give up on failed policy, to move on. Well my Brothers that time has come. Not for me, for the window air conditioning units around the house. The cost of repairs from replacement of these units and damage to the walls has gone on long enough. Your House Corporation Officers and Trustees have determined the time has come for Central Air conditioning throughout the wings of our House. By the time you read this update, the North wing will be installed. Continue reading
For those interested, the Lease Documents are included in this password protected zip file. The password is the same “dog’s last name” as is found on the Member Directory pages.
HC Lease
House Update
Leases
Announcements & Birthdays
House Update
Not much new at the House this past month. I’d like to thank all the alumni who participated in the Alumni Work Weekend efforts. Thanks to your help, the undergraduates have a much improved (both in looks & organization); library, brothers office, chapter room, and kitchen. Our major overhauls can be found in the pictures below.
The undergraduates have completed their clean up of the planting beds out front as well as their continued quest of maintaining a clean/”mother approved” house.
Chapter Room
House Front
House Front
Currently our undergraduate numbers dwindle in the low twenties. A majority of this issue is due to graduating students, not disciplinary actions. Over the past 5 years, all Greek letter organizations have had significant problems recruiting/retaining individuals, especially during the spring semester. The undergraduates have done all they can, stretching every penny during these difficult times. With Recruitment week (Rush Week) beginning today, the boys have “gone all in” on recruitment. I am pleased to report nearly a dozen young men have been offered bids at the onset of this week. The boys have approximately sixty other names and contact information of potential pledges they have been in communication with. The undergraduate chapter is not scarifying quality for quantity, they are looking for the right guys, performing dinner interviews with potentials, answering questions and doing all they can to assure our future Brothers are the leaders needed for the next generation of Winged Sig’s. For this the undergraduate chapter especially Brother Hugo and Brother Radford deserve our upmost praise.
Leases:
It’s been the ultimate question for some time now; what is House Corp. responsible for, what is the undergraduate chapter responsible for, how; and to what lengths does accountability stop and Brotherhood take over? Well thanks to Brother Lojko and Brother Tetrault’s hard work / sleepless nights we finally have our answer. The lease agreement between the House Corporation and undergraduate chapter has been overhauled to answer these questions. The needs andexpectations of the current students has changed and we have been lacking an understanding of how to explain our expectations to them. In the new lease agreement; language has been altered to provide a better understanding of our expectations of them, while at the same time improve our operation. Like any other major change, there will be growing pains on both sides. However, I’m confident this will improve House Corp. / Undergraduate Chapter relationships for years to come. If anyone would like a copy of the new lease agreement package, please contact myself via email and I will be happy to email it to you
Announcements:
Eta Iota has some new looks. We’ve stepped up our stakes with some professional embroider polo’s. Make sure you check these and some classic Eta Iota merchandise out on our website. Make sure you include your size and quantity in your email. There is a zero percent mark up on these items. The intention is to dress our finest while still sporting the emblems of the order we love so much.
Birthdays
Guard Well,
Brett Miller
We would like to thank all of Drew’s Sigma Chi Brothers for the incredible support you have given us and his family and friends. From the moment Drew lost his life in the kayaking accident, we were enveloped by the love, support and compassion of his fellow Sigma Chi’s.
Several of you came to Vail and gave us immediate support. And when we returned home to Marshfield many of you flew in to help out and attend his Celebration of Life Service. Beautiful flowers were sent from the his Eta Iota chapter and its’ sister sorority, Alpha Xi Delta, to our home and to the church. The White Rose ceremony led by his little brother, Brad Vomacka, was incredibly meaningful and touching to everyone. To have so many Brothers participate, even some who had never even met Drew, speaks for the strong bonds that Sigma Chi develops.
When Drew first pledged, we immediately saw how seriously he took his commitment to Sigma Chi. We will always treasure the letters he wrote to us and the life reflections he made during that time. We have no doubt that the values he was raised with were strengthened due to his membership in Sigma Chi. He even told his fiancee that joining Sigma Chi had changed his life and help make him the man he was.
We thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts who knew and loved Drew, not only for your compassion to us, but also for giving him so many fond memories and strong friendships over the years. We will always consider you his brothers, and offer our home to you as he would have.
With affection and gratitude,
Gail and Jeremy Hunter
In this Issue:
House Update
Treasurer’s Update
1855 News
Announcements & Birthdays
All in all a pretty slow month at the house. The undergraduates have done some major landscaping this month. The grass is green and alive (which doesn’t sound like much, but it is light-years forward from where we have been in the past). They have also overhauled the planting beds; digging them out completely, laying down new weed-block fabric, removing the old wood that lined the beds and installed new, repainting the house walls that were stained from the old bushes and finally they will beginning to plant scrubs/bushes in these beds in the next few days. Some limited funds from the alumni have been allocated with some stipulation ensuring the survival of these plants over time. Continue reading
By Dana Forsythe
MARSHFIELD MARINER
Wed Jun 17, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT
Brothers and Friends,
I’m sorry to have to be the one who give everyone the bad news, but our Brother and friend Drew Hunter has passed away in a kayaking accident. He was with friends yesterday afternoon when he became stuck in the river. They tried to help him but it didn’t work. The search party found our brother Drew this morning.
This is the link to the news story from Vail, CO.
As of now there are no plans for a funeral. As soon as I find out the information I will pass it on. I am out in Denver with Drew’s fiance and family and will keep everyone up to date. Please use me as a contact, 603-630-4181.
Guard Well and Strong Arms Brothers,
Brad Vomacka
Brother Mills will be inducted as a Significant Sig on Friday, July 3rd, at the 77th Grand Chapter. During the 39 years of Eta Iota’s existence, we have only been recognized for one Significant Sig, Brother John Bailey’ 75.
I am humbled to have nominated Hugh for this great honor and am thrilled that he will finally be recognized for the tremendous sacrifices he has made for his community and our nation.
Brother Mills attended Officer Candidate School in the height of the Vietnam war. He was selected for Flight School and received his Army Aviator Wings as a helicopter pilot. At age twenty, he commanded a squadron of ten aircraft, and twenty young men in combat.