The active chapter averaged a solid 3.41 GPA for Spring Quarter, with 14 men making the Dean’s List, Crushing the All Men’s average (3.18)

The 2010-2011 school year is the Centennial anniversary of the Washington Brotherhood. In recognition and celebration of our Centennial, PNWAADP and Alpha Delta Phi Foundation have scheduled several events:

Centennial Eells Cup
Date and Time: Friday October 8, 2010, noon
Location: Chambers Bay, home of the 2010 U.S. Amateur and the 2015 U.S. Open
Price: $130pp, includes golf, gift, and BBQ dinner
Registration information will be available at www.golf-events.com. For more information, please contact Kevin Kane (WASH ‘94) at kk@golf-events.com.

Centennial Homecoming
Date: October 16, 2010
Location: Chapter house
Time: Before the football game, the chapter house will be open beginning three (3) hours before kickoff until 45 minutes before kickoff. The chapter house will also be open for three (3) hours after the game. The Pac-10 has not yet set the kickoff time.
Class Reunions: This is a reunion year for classes ending in 1 and 6 – e.g., 1981, 1986, 1991, etc.
For more information, please contact Bob Gilbert (WASH ‘81) at robertgilbert4@juno.com .

Centennial Banquet

Date: Saturday November 20, 2010
Location: Conibear Shellhouse, U.W. Campus
Time: 5:30pm hosted reception, 6:30pm dinner, 8:00 hosted social hour
Price: TBD

Additional details will be posted later. In the meantime, for more information, please contact Bob Meyers (WASH ‘91) at Robert.Adam.Meyers@Gmail.com.

It could not have been a better day for the active chapter to get outside and volunteer for Seattle Works.  The sun was shining and we were ready to get to work helping to reestablish a small pond on Beacon Hill that will hopefully be able to accommodate a native frog species within a couple of years.  After a brief introduction by our leader Craig, we began walling off the pond with branches and planting salmon berry bushes.

We worked for about 3 hrs as a group to collect stones and sticks for the pond’s protection.  Once the salmon berry bushes are big enough, we will be able to remove the barrier.

We are thankful to Seattle Works for giving us the opportunity to volunteer within Seattle at one of its beautiful parks.  I hope to come back in two years to introduce the native frog species to the pond.

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Wondering how the house is doing?  Come visit on May 1st for an Alumni barbecue starting at noon.  Come and support Shilo Mazepa, and Alpha Delta Phi by donating to Service for Sight and Aid to the Blind, Delta Gamma’s philanthropic foundation.  We will be hanging out and watching the Mariner’s game which starts at noon.  This is going to be a great opportunity for alumni to meet the high quality men in the active chapter.  Drinks and food will be provided.  The house will be open to all visitors from noon on.  I hope to see you there!

The Spring 2010 Pledge class is here.  Andrew, Zack, Max, Sam, Nick, and Luke have all been great additions to the house.  As initiation looms closer, the pledges have shown their commitment to the pledge program.  I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and perk both ears up upon hearing the “Sweetheart Song”, and “Doxology” sung excellently by this spring’s pledge class.  Even if I am running the risk of sounding parental, I must say that it has been a delight to see these young Alpha Delts mature at the Washington Chapter house.

If you haven’t heard already…

Join Us!!  AD Phi Spring Event with Husky

Head Coach Steve Sarkisian

Please Register

Seattle Yacht Club –5:30 PM, Tues May 25^th
This year marks the 80^th year of our chapter house, and next academic year will be the 100 year centennial of the Kalavela Club at the University of Washington.  We’d like all of you to join the active chapter on May 25^th to kick off the celebration of these momentous events with special guest Husky Head Coach Steve Sarkisian.  In addition to the coach who is always an inspiration, you will get a chance to hear from the active members of the house who have done an incredible job returning our Fraternity to a prominent place on campus.  This event promises to be a great time to get an update on the “Revival” of two proud programs:  Husky Football and Alpha Delta Phi.

Sign-up early: Contact your classmates and invite them to join you to socialize with brothers from the past and hear about progress and plans for the future.

RSVP: Early registration is essential so that we can ensure that we have adequate food-drink and space available.  You can register online at our Sark Event Evite (click link) or send an email to Dillon Heist, Chapter President at dillonrheist@aim.com

Cost: There will be a $40 fee to defray the cost of the event collected at the door.  Light appetizers will be served.

January was a fun filled month for the Washington Chapter.  On the 4^th Kellen from CSC came to visit and gave us some tips that will hopefully help us to regain our former glory as one of the top chapters internationally.

On the 7^th we had a “Jersey Shore” themed party based on the popular reality television series.  In preparation, we slathered on the hair gel, undid three too many buttons on our shirts, and practiced our phony personality types in the mirror.  Overall, the event was a great experience for the rushes that made it and the sorority girls out representing the houses Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Alpha Phi.

On the 14^th we decided to try our hands at a game called “Broomball”.  I’m still not sure whose idea it was to make this game a brotherhood event, but saying that it was a blast would be an understatement.  Personally, I hadn’t the faintest idea what “Broomball” was, but once I heard that the game involved an ice hockey rink and homemade hockey sticks I began mentally preparing myself for a painful and competitive ordeal.  Working carefully, I constructed my broomball stick using a wooden wardrobe bar, a hanger, and plenty of duct tape.  I was ready.

Once we arrived at the ice rink on Aurora, we picked teams and took the ice.  Even though the end result of the game was quite lopsided (my team won), our spirits were soaring and our bodies were ready for a good old fashioned Delta Zeta pancake feed.  After almost falling asleep at the feed, it was time to call it a night for the Alpha Delts.

The Washington Chapter even managed to get up to Whistler, Canada for College Weekend on the MLK holiday and enjoy the nightlife of Whistler as well as the awesome slopes of the ski resort.

Visa’s slogan in the run-up to an Olympic Games has long been ‘Go World.’ That sentiment has never been more obvious to former Mercer Islander Steve Penny than during the times when he has carried the Olympic torch.

“It’s actually a really neat feeling,” said Penny, who is president of USA Gymnastics, based in Indianapolis, Ind. “You feel it most when you’re receiving [the torch] and passing it on — you just feel connected to what it’s all about, taking the flame from Greece toward the opening ceremonies, having it in your hand.”

Penny, a 1982 graduate of Mercer Island High School who has a bevy of family members still living on the Island, was offered the chance to carry the torch on Jan. 20 for half a kilometer in Canmore, Alberta, located about 20 miles outside Banff, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, by Visa, a corporate sponsor of both the Olympics and USA Gymnastics. Canmore is a city of approximately 12,000 people and celebrated the Olympic torch passing on day 83 of its journey.

Penny, who once worked as a tour guide in Banff, said that even though he had a few options of locales to carry the torch, this was his first choice.

“Being able to go back — it was really special to me,” said Penny.

The former Islander said he has long been involved in the Olympic movement in the United States, even carrying the torch prior to the Atlanta Summer Games in 1996. He said that while the experience was a little more meaningful this time around, he would never forget the feeling of being at the 1996 opening ceremonies and watching Muhammad Ali carry the torch into the stadium.

“I’ll never forget the feeling when he lit it. I’ll be at the opening ceremonies [in Vancouver], and I’m really excited to see who lights the torch,” said Penny.

Fourteen years later, Penny ran through downtown Canmore, following Main Street for a time before handing the flame off.

“When you have it in your hand, it feels like you’re in your own parade,” he explained. “You don’t even realize you’re running — everyone is cheering and smiling.”

Penny received the torch from Canadian Josh Epstein and passed it to a woman from Kazakhstan, who was also a guest of Visa’s.

“It was so symbolic of the Olympics,” said Penny. “To have it passed from someone from Canada to the U.S. to Kazakhstan.”

He said torch bearers attend a briefing at the beginning of the day, then join the caravan of people traveling across the country with the torch, sliding into the torch-bearing position when it is their turn. In an e-mail to friends and family prior to the event, Penny said the honor of carrying the Olympic flame was something that he considered to be of great significance.

“To me, the Olympic movement is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the world today,” he wrote. “The spirit of the Olympic Games is captured in its two primary symbols: the Olympic rings and the Olympic flame. The Olympic rings represent the interlocking of the world’s continents, and each color of the rings can be found in the flag of every nation. The Olympics are the one event where mankind comes together in peace, to compete in sport under a vow of fairness and sportsmanship. Olympic athletes are regular people who become heroes for their country and their sport through their commitment and dedication to their passions.”

The countdown to the opening ceremonies, when the Olympic cauldron will be lit in BC Place in downtown Vancouver on Feb. 12, began on Oct. 22, 2009, when the torch left Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics.

It arrived and began its journey across Canada on Oct. 30. Over the next 106 days, the torch traveled by land, by sea and by airplane to every province in Canada. The torch made it as far north as Alert, Nunavut, the northernmost permanently inhabited community in the world, via plane in November. During the 2,800-mile journey, the torch was held by 12,000 people.

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Crockett L. Stearns passed away in Eugene, Ore., on Jan. 22, 2010, at age 86. Crockett was born Dec. 25, 1923, the first of two sons born to A. Crockett Stearns and Mildred Stone Stearns and whose great-, great-, great-uncle was David “Davey” Crockett. Crockett grew up in Yakima, Wash., and graduated from Yakima High School in 1941. He attended Yakima Junior College for one year and then the University of Washington where he studied pre-med. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and the University of Washington ski team.

His education was interrupted by World War II, in which he served as a hospital corpsman in the naval hospital in Seattle. Following discharge he returned to the University of Washington, receiving a B.A. in finance in 1948, and established the Yakima Blood Center. He met Norma Tipple in 1946 and they were married on July 16, 1949, in Yakima.

Following a brief stay in San Jose, Calif., he and Norma returned to Washington where he received his B.A. in education at Central Washington University. He taught seventh- and eighth-grade science prior to a 15-year career as a pharmaceutical representative for Lederle Labs in Eugene, Ore. In 1951 Crockett and Norma welcomed the birth of their first son, Patrick, who was followed by twin daughters Jane and Jill in 1952 and son Peter in 1959. In December 1966 through March 1967, Crockett completed training in New York City that preceded a 20-year stockbrokerage career culminating in his retirement from Dean Witter in 1987.

Crockett was an active member in the Active 20-30 Club in Eugene. His volunteer responsibilities included the facilitation of University of Oregon track and field meets and producing fireworks displays for the Fourth of July. As an avid snow skier, Crockett helped time and gate-keep for high school ski races and was a member of the Eugene Town Club.

A devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, he was preceded in death by his mother, his father and his brother, Jack Stearns. He is survived by his beloved wife, Norma; son Patrick (Jill) of Hailey, Idaho; daughter Jane Hoselton (Kevin) of Creswell, Ore.; daughter Jill Stephens (Bill) of Hillsboro, Ore.; and son Peter (Heidi) of Hailey. Grandchildren include Callum and Tate Stearns, Jill and Drew Hoselton and Brooke Johnsen (Ryan), Billy Stephens (Nikki) and Ryan Stephens (Suzie) and Justin Stephens (Katie), and Mia and Crockett Stearns. Great-grandchildren include Will and Taylor Stephens and Hailey and Jake Stephens.

At Crockett’s request, no services will be held; however, the family will honor him at a private ceremony in Sun Valley, Idaho, his favorite destination where flags flew at half mast on Bald Mountain upon news of his death.

Remembrances may be made to Sacred Heart Hospice or the South Eugene High School Ski Team. Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary, Eugene, Ore., (541) 686-2818.

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