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and they are shooting for 100 plus in attendance. I’m told they are opening their doors to other chapters, both Brother and Sister Chapters. For full details – http://forums.orderofthecrow.org/showthread.php?t=75654
WHO?
09 SIGMA ALUMNI REUNION;
WHERE?
Plymouth, NH 03264
WHEN?
SUNDAY JULY 26 – noon until
WHAT?
$10 Fee
Some Brothers will be there Sat and Sat night for golf and Dinner etc.
WHY?
Do you need to ask?
Brother Charles Mischel, Kappa Delta Phi, Sigma chapter at Plymouth State, has signed up for 1/2 of the Clipper Round the World amatuer sailing race - www.clipperroundtheworld.com .
He will be in England in April for 2 wks of training. Sailing the English channel and Atlantic Ocean for the two weeks. Back to England again during the summer for some practice racing in the Atlantic and will then join the race in Durban South Africa in November. His portion of the race will be from South Africa to Australia to Indonesia to Singapore to China to Hawaii to San Francisco.
All told: approximately 5-6 months of sailing time. He is hoping to hook up with brother Mark Bergeron who lives in Singapore.
http://forums.kappatalk.com/showthread.php?t=72508
Brother Dana Nelson, Sigma Chapter at Plymoth State College gave an inspirational talk to the brothers at the Sigma Alumni reunion.
for discussion – http://forums.orderofthecrow.org/showthread.php?t=64293
Kappa Delta Phi Brother Bill Tirone, Principal of the Year.
Kappa Delta Phi Brother Bill Tirone of Sigma Chapter at Plymouth State University has been honored as the Principal of the Year by N.H. Association of School Principals.
Education Commissioner Lionel Tracy and Deputy Commissioner Mary Heath are visiting Ashland Elementary School today. Tracy and Heath will tour the school, which was named the N.H. School of Excellence for 2007 and is led by Principal Bill Tirone, who has just been named elementary school principal of the year.
The N.H. Association of School Principals officially named Tirone as elementary school principal of the year on Thursday.
Tirone has been nominated several times, with the last nomination coming five years ago for the award but was a runner up. But this time around, things were different. He received the award at the Grappone Center in Concord on Thursday, with an esteemed audience that included Governor John Lynch as well as friends, family and colleagues.
“It is a great honor,” said Tirone. “Not only for myself, but for the whole school. It’s been a great year for the Ashland community. It’s a nice feeling for the children and the school to be recognized through these awards.”
Tirone, however, is not only a principal. At Ashland he has served as a physical education teacher, athletic director, coach and principal for more than 20 years. But, he was not always interested in education. He said that it was more of a convenient accident than anything.
Tirone, the first generation of his family born in America, is part of an Italian family with five brothers and five sisters. He grew up in Seabrook and went to Catholic school in Amesbury, Mass. through grade 8.
Following Catholic school he went to Winnacunnet High School in Hampton and then went on to study forestry at the University of New Hampshire, where he received his associate degree. He later received his bachelor’s degree in physical education at Plymouth State College, as well as a master’s degree in education supervision.
full story at http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/GJNEWS02/211630157
Brother Paul Flaherty of Kappa Delta Phi, Sigma Chapter at Plymouth State U, N.H. was interviewed on German TV’s “ARD Tigerenten (Tigerduck) Club”. It`s one of the most famous tv-shows for children and families in Germany.
Brother Flaherty is a Meteorologist “Hurrican Hunter” for The National Oceanica & Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ).
The video of the inveriew is below (in german). Brother Flaherty is the gentlemen in the blue jumpsuit in the middle. while he was in Germeny, he also had the chance to hang out with Natasha Thomas, the german pop singer and Lacoste Pink girl.
Dana Nelson ’69 with (L-R) daughters Heather and Stephanie, and wife, Lee, on a family vacation to Alaska.
Kappa Delta Phi’s Sigma Chapter at Plymouth State College Brother Dana Nelson will be honored with the “Ut Prosim” Award during Alumni Weekend, June 22, 23 & 24, 2007.
http://plymouthmagazine.plymouth.edu/issue/story.html?id=278
Dana Nelson Takes Care of It
Multiple sclerosis doesn’t stop this Plymouth State alumnus from making life better for those around him.
by Michele Barney Hutchins
The principal of the local high school called Dana Nelson to tell him about a very bright student whose father was terminally ill, but more than anything, wanted to see his son go to college, despite the fact the family didn’t have the financial means. Was there anything Nelson could do to help?
Dana Nelson ’69 with (L-R) daughters Heather and Stephanie, and wife, Lee, on a family vacation to Alaska.
Dana Nelson took care of it by providing the young man a scholarship.
When the pastor from an area church told him about a parishioner whose roof was badly in need of repair, Nelson delivered a new roof. For children in foster care, whose foster families can’t always afford extras such as class rings or class trips, Dana Nelson takes care of it by sponsoring three foster children through Hanover Care for Kids. And when someone new recently attended a meeting of the Hanover County Multiple Sclerosis (MS) support group, he left with a brand new exercise machine free of charge. Dana Nelson took care of that too.
These are just a few of the ways Dana Nelson ’69 takes care of his friends and neighbors in Hanover Country, Va. If there is a need, Dana Nelson fills it, and in the process he’s changing lives, including his own, and living the PSU motto, Ut Prosim “that I may serve,” to the fullest.
Nelson’s list of service initiatives continues. In 1993 he created an art program (which still continues) at Atlee High School in Mechanicsville; the winner of the student art show receives a scholarship. One Saturday morning Nelson stopped in a convenience store where the clerk behind the counter made an impression on him. He wondered what kind of a future she would have making minimum wage. It is the only time he approached a total stranger, but today she is pursuing a nursing degree thanks to the scholarship Nelson is funding.
In 2004 he helped establish Operation Hope to raise funds to build two playgrounds in Hanover County that will be accessible to children and their families of all abilities. Each costs approximately $100,000. He got the idea after he was approached by a woman whose daughter has autism. He decided to support her efforts to build an ADA accessible playground in a neighboring county.
“Swings, slides, spring-loaded animals children sit in, instead of on, and a raised sandbox are planned for the first phase,” said Nelson. “The park will be covered with a rubberized surface that is solid enough for a wheelchair, but soft enough to cushion a fall so a child won’t get hurt.
“There are more children with disabilities than I was aware of,” Nelson continued. “As my own abilities have diminished, my awareness of the challenges facing people with disabilities has been heightened.”
Nelson was diagnosed with progressive multiple sclerosis in 1998. He explains that getting up and ready for work in the morning is a process, but “I am so fortunate to have the love and support of family and friends, the equipment I need and a work environment I enjoy. As I go further into life I reflect on things differently. Life is about people caring about people and people working together.”
Nelson said that when his daughters, Heather and Stephanie, now in their 20s, were in elementary school they “were involved in a whole lot of different activities, and I took the time to get involved in their school programs. As a result, I have made many wonderful friends and developed numerous relationships over the years. I was at a meeting recently where someone asked if there was anyone I didn’t know in the county.” Those relationships go both ways, and if Nelson can’t provide what’s needed in a particular situation, he knows someone who can.
Growing up in Rumney, N.H., Nelson says he would never have imagined having the ability to do what he does. After four years at Plymouth State, Nelson volunteered to serve in Vietnam. Later he returned to Plymouth State and completed his degree while working for Prescott Lumber Company. In 1973 he married his wife, Lee Richman ’72, and a few years later they moved to North Carolina to be closer to Lee’s parents.
In 1982, Nelson opened Commonwealth Wholesale Inc., distributing roofing and insulation products in Ashland, Va. After almost 25 years in business, Nelson feels he must be doing something right, and frequent offers from major national and international firms to buy his business confirm his success.
But right now he isn’t interested in selling. His business allows him the time and means for the numerous projects he pursues. “I want to go to work so I can continue to do these things,” Nelson says, with emotion in his voice. “I am having a wonderful life that has gone far beyond what I expected. There is no way I could possibly give back more than I have received.”
