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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

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