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ALMA MATTERS<br />
REGIONAL CLUBS<br />
CENTRAL OHIO—Sep. 18: More<br />
than two dozen area Spartans<br />
watched the <strong>MSU</strong>-Notre Dame<br />
game at Gallo’s Taproom, Columbus.<br />
Oct 9: Some 90 area Spartans gathered<br />
at Gallo’s to watch the <strong>MSU</strong>-<br />
<strong>Michigan</strong> game. Oct. 30: About 50<br />
area Spartans gathered at Gallo’s to<br />
watch the <strong>MSU</strong>-Iowa game.<br />
COASTAL ALUMNI, SE—Sep. 18:<br />
A dozen area Spartans met at B&D<br />
Burgers, Savannah, GA, to watch<br />
the <strong>MSU</strong>-Notre Dame game. Oct.<br />
9: Nearly two dozen area Spartans<br />
gathered at B&D’s to watch the<br />
<strong>MSU</strong>-<strong>Michigan</strong> game. Dec. 12:<br />
About 32 area Spartans attended<br />
a pot luck Christmas party at the<br />
home of Vince and Denise Oye,<br />
Bluffton, SC.<br />
DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX—<br />
Fall: More than 600 area Spartans<br />
attended <strong>MSU</strong> football watch parties<br />
all season at Blackfinn Restaurant<br />
& Saloon, Addison. The club<br />
raised $1,800 for its scholarship<br />
fund. Nov. 14: About 145 area<br />
Spartans attended an <strong>MSU</strong> reception<br />
hosted by <strong>MSU</strong> President<br />
Lou Anna K. Simon at the Dallas<br />
House of Blues.<br />
Courtesy of Bill Buckey<br />
gathered at Overtime Sports Bar,<br />
Urbandale, to watch the <strong>MSU</strong>-<br />
<strong>Michigan</strong> game.<br />
Miki Mertz<br />
KANSAS CITY—Dec. 9: About<br />
16 area Spartans attended a presentation<br />
of “Live Tidings” in<br />
a private suite at the American<br />
Heartland Theatre.<br />
LIVINGSTON COUNTY—Oct. 1:<br />
More than 100 area Spartans<br />
attended the strolling dinner<br />
and wine tasting at Oak Pointe<br />
Country Club, Brighton. Special<br />
guests included Assistant Basketball<br />
Coach Dwayne Stephens<br />
and <strong>MSU</strong>AA representatives Tim<br />
Bograkos and John Hill.<br />
NORTH FLORIDA—Oct. 16:<br />
A dozen Spartans gathered to<br />
celebrate homecoming at the<br />
home of Matt and Beth Huthins,<br />
Ponte Vedra Beach. Nov.<br />
27: About 40 area Spartans and<br />
Nittany Lions participated in a<br />
blood drive prior to watching<br />
the <strong>MSU</strong>-Penn <strong>State</strong> game at<br />
Jerry’s Sports Bar, Jacksonville.<br />
Dec. 5: About 18 area Spartans<br />
gathered for a holiday party at<br />
the home of John and Melanie<br />
Dillingham.<br />
Rachel Eberhard<br />
Pub & Grill, Fair Oaks, to watch<br />
the <strong>MSU</strong>-<strong>Michigan</strong> game.<br />
SOUTH DAKOTA—Sep. 18: A<br />
dozen area Spartans gathered at<br />
the home of Notre Dame alumni<br />
to watch the <strong>MSU</strong>-Notre Dame<br />
game.<br />
DAYTON, OHIO—Oct. 9: About<br />
a dozen area Spartans gathered<br />
at the home of Caroline and<br />
Bill Buckey, Fairborn, for a chili<br />
cook-off and to watch the <strong>MSU</strong>-<br />
<strong>Michigan</strong> game. More than<br />
$200 was raised for the student<br />
scholarship fund.<br />
DES MOINES, IOWA—More<br />
than a dozen area Spartans<br />
METRO<br />
WASHINGTON, DC—Oct. 10:<br />
More than two dozen area Spartans<br />
attended a picnic at Rock<br />
Creek Park, where they celebrated<br />
the football win over the Wolverines<br />
by thumping a <strong>Michigan</strong>logo<br />
piñata. Nov. 17: About 20<br />
area Spartans gathered to watch<br />
the Washington Capitals take on<br />
Ryan Miller and the Buffalo Sabres<br />
at the Verizon Center. Special<br />
guests included <strong>MSU</strong> Alumnus<br />
Steve Kolbe, the play-by-play<br />
announcer of the Capitals.<br />
PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON—<br />
In November, Club President<br />
Chris Lathwell showed off his<br />
<strong>MSU</strong> sweatshirt on the Great<br />
Wall of China.<br />
SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CA—<br />
Oct. 9: More than 70 area Spartans<br />
gathered at Players Sports<br />
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA—Nov.<br />
20: Nearly two dozen area Spartans<br />
gathered at Mariners Land-<br />
Page 52<br />
Spring 2011 <strong>MSU</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong> Magazine