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Beta Theta Alumni Notes

The usual suspects converged on Stag Lake on July 3^rd for the annual Independence Day & Boat Race Extravaganza.

Arndorfs, Fitenis, Marcuses, Oliviers, Sporneys & Surine were guests of Butz & Suzi vonLengerke. Joe Fiteni's boat won the 5^th Lager Cup on a still lake that took almost an hour to complete.

Matt Elias '97  got married to his beautiful wife, Lauren Koeneke, on June 26, 2010, at Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster NJ. Pikes in attendance were Kevin LaPierre, Eric Lazar and John Christodoro.

"Moving to SF with my wife in July. Looking forward to mixing it up on the West Coast for at least a few years."

Chip Baines '78  is happy to report that he is a grandpa!

"Our daughter Katie gave birth in Ithaca the day before graduating from Cornell's Johnson School of Management in May. Linda and I are the proud grandparents of Madeline Ashcroft Drossos, and, given her fine Cornell pedigree, hope and expect that she will continue the Baines tradition of Cornell in her future - class of 2032? I've already whispered in her ear to stay away from 17 South Avenue!"

While in  D.C. for a conference in January, Paul Barresi '84  ran into Dik ("The Baked Grapefruit") Saalfeld '80 and his wife Kelley at the 3rd Annual 75^th Annual Ambrose Peaney Memorial Nostalgiafest at their home in Georgetown.

Dik gave the keynote speech again this year, but only because he's been pining for a chance to relive his glory days as a backup singer for Wham!  The speech turned out to be a dramatic reading of the lyrics to "Wake Me Up Before Your Go-Go," which seems to have become something of a personal anthem for him.  Todd ("This Tape Will Self-Destruct in 5 Seconds") Hines '86 and Tom ("Ambassador Blutarski") Yadzgerdi '85 also were in attendance.  Todd came in from the cold some years ago, and now spends most of his time being carded in liquor stores and R-rated movie theaters.  Yaz just wrapped up a 3-year posting in the Balkans, and was in town for a few months to learn a new language before taking up a new job as head of the Lower Slobovian desk at our embassy in Upper Slobovia (a big step up from his previous post as head of the Upper Slobovian desk at our embassy in Lower Slobovia).

Dik pointed out that as the 3^rd Annual 75^th Annual Nostalgiafest, it was the 225^th time I'd seen him in the past three years, and that he was sick of me dropping by just to stick up for Earl Butz and admire the rusty bolt in the potpourri dish in his bathroom.  Todd and Yaz quickly corrected Dik's math, but before they could question his fitness to manage $130 billion of taxpayer funds in his job at the Department of Agriculture, Kelley distracted him by jingling her car keys, thus deftly preventing another embarrassing outburst.