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Brothers,

Our Saturday, May 5, 2012 Great Ken Reddick Golf Shootout & Picnic proved to be another BIG success. A great time was had by all. A huge thanks goes to the new brothers & their lady friends who did an outstanding job selling raffle tickets, cooking and helping out with the picnic. Another BIG thanks goes to Kevin Bussey for bringing the prizes & doing a lot of the running, Rich "DucK Mihalic for getting things set-up with the golf course & bringing the food & Roger Gareis, Bob Scott, Mike Hart & everyone else who assisted with the picnic and took pictures. It was great seeing everyone telling old frat stories and having Ron "Zembo" Zembruski be there for his 1st time.

Winner of the coveted "Manny Cup" this year by one shot was Rich "Duck" Mihalic. Lynn Casteel finished 2nd.

Winner of the room for ALF was Roger Gareis for the 2nd year in a row. Everyone there went home with at least one prize.

Pictures of the event will be posted soon. Stay tuned for more........

Y.I. T.B.

The Alumni Board

The 2011 ALF pics have finally been posted. Click the link below to view the set! Continue reading "FINALLY...........2011 ALF Pics!!!"

The 2011 Theta Xi Ken Reddick Great Shootout & Picnic was held on Saturday, May 7th at Clarion Oaks Golf Club. Once again, thanks to our many Alumni & new Brothers, it turned out to be a huge success.

This year's Champion and winner of the coveted "Manny Cup"was Brother John "Smitty" Schmidt coming in with a sizzling round of 74. Brother Powney shot his lowest round ever in the tournament with an 84.

Thanks go to Brothers Brady Keyes, Chuck Matteo, Jim Powney, Eric Hughes, Ernie Mensurati & Jan Datsko for their prize donations which made our raffle and door prize giveaway a special part of this great event.

We want to thank Brother George "The Chef" Lewandowski, Brother Gareis & Brother Seaman for a great job on the grill. A big thanks goes out to Brother Bus for organizing the pavilion in spite of agonizing over his recent rotator cuff surgery which kept him off the golf course. We think this was a blessing in disguise!
We also want to thank Brother Chester Kokoski for serving as the "Cab Driver" for Brother Bus to pick-up Outing items from Wally World.

Another big thanks goes out to those new Brothers of Theta Xi for all their help selling raffle tickets. It is great to see our Frat back on Campus & these guys are doing great!

Tournament & Picnic pics will be posted shortly.

Y.I.T.B.

Your Alumni Board

The first batch of 2011 Golf Outing & Picnic Pics are up.......more to follow. Click the link below to check them out!

(Update 6/4/2011 - 2nd "batch" of pics have been posted. Click the link below to check out the full set!) Continue reading "2011 Theta Xi Ken Reddick Great Shootout Another Huge Success!"

Finally, the pictures are up! Click the link below to view them. Continue reading "ALF 2010: "The Xi's Return!!!""

Clarion's Homecoming & ALF were another great time for the Brothers of Theta Xi. This year was especially great due to the re-establishment of our Beta Omicron Chapter at CUP. Our new Brothers honored the occasion by hosting a pig roast at their newly renovated house on Route 68 S just up from the Comet Market. A good turnout of Alumni, Brothers, students & friends made for an excellent party.

Congratulations to our new Brothers and to all of you who worked so hard to get the Chapter back on Campus!

ALF 2010 pics will be posted as soon as we receive them.

Do not forget that many of you need to pay your dues. Please send your check for $20 made payable to"Clarion Theta Xi Alumni Association" to:

Rich Mihalic
Alumni Treasurer
P.O. Box 2
Franklin, PA 16323

Y.I.T.B.

Alumni Board

Click the link below to read the news article.
Continue reading "Wild Bill Does It Again....Again!!!"

Just like the buzzards return to Hinkley, Ohio each year, this geriatric crowd of Theta Xis somehow miraculously find their way to the backwoods of Brookville known as George L's (cause no one can spell his last name) Camp for a weekend of merriment and sipping tea..........

Click the link below to view the pictures!
Continue reading "THEY'RE BACK!!!"

Local man breaks record
July 6, 2010

Bill Lobins, 60, Martinsburg, broke a record twice while competing at the International Powerlifting Associations World Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships in York on June 27.

The event was held at the York Barbell Weightlifting Hall of Fame and Auditorium. Lifters from several countries participated in the two-day event.

Lobins, lifting in the Masters 60-64 super heavyweight division, set the IPA world record and also earned the Masters Best Lifter Award for lifters more than 40 years of age.

With his opening attempt of 560 pounds, Lobins broke the existing IPA world record by 10 pounds. His second attempt with 600 pounds was turned down, not completely locking out the weight to the judges' satisfaction. He then lifted the 600 pounds again for his third attempt and set his second IPA world record of the day.

After researching all national and international records for the major powerlifting federations, Lobins' 600-pound bench press makes him only the second man ever to reach this poundage, at his age, in a sanctioned powerlifting contest. No one older than 60 has ever reached the level, according to powerlifting sources.

Lobins trains at the Summit Tennis & Athletic Club in Altoona with his lifting partner, Joshua Conley.

We just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who attended and played a part in this year's Theta Xi Golf Outing & Picnic. A great time was had by all! We even made a few bucks thanks to Brother Palsha and the new associate members for selling raffle tickets. That money will go right back to help the new chapter as it gets re-established on the Clarion Campus.

Congratulations to this year's Champion, Skip "Stumpman Laird" who beat last year's Champion, Gary Manion, by one shot. Thanks to Brother Powney for all the great door prizes and to all those who donated prizes for the outing. Also a big thanks to Brother Mike Hartless & his wife for doing all the grilling! Another big thanks to Brother Smitty for getting our golf t-shirts done in record time on "very" short notice.

We are already looking forward to making next year's outing even bigger & better. Hope to see all you Brothers at ALF the 1st Saturday in October!

Pictures will start being posted. Again, just a BIG thanks to all of you that helped make the 2010 event a classic!

Y.I.T.B.

The Alumni Board

Click the link below to see the pictures! Continue reading "The 2010 Theta Xi Great Ken Reddick Shootout & Picnic Another Huge Success!"

APRIL 17, 2010 Marks the New Beginning of Theta Xi at Clarion University. The new Associate Members, Alumni, Parents and Friends gathered at Gemmel Student Center to take part in this historic occasion. WE'RE BACK!

Finally, the ALF 2009 pictures (& their captions!) have been posted. Click the link below to check them out! Continue reading "2009 ALF PICS AT LAST!!!"

It is that time of year again when the XIs invade Clarion for the infamous ALF on October 3, 2009. Yes, it is time once again to listen to the old BS stories, drink a "few" sodas & laugh our butts off!

We have a limited number of Theta Xi Alf Reunion shirts available if you are interested: two smalls; six mediums; five larges & four xtra larges. The XLs & Ls are $10 each and the Ms & Ss are two for $15. Please see Rich "MD" Mihalic at the Alumni Brunch or at the Loomis if you want one. Also, Annual dues of $20 are now due. Please make out your checks payable to: "Clarion Theta Xi Alumni Association".

We all need to give our Alumni President, The Bus, a BIG thanks for all his time & work spearheading the effort of getting our Theta Xi Beta Omicron Chapter back on the Clarion Campus. Of course, we are sure he would also appreciate the offer of sharing a "cup-of-tea" with you also. Everyone involved in the Chapter re-establishment also needs to be congratulated.

Take care, have a safe journey to Clarion & we will see all of you there! Most of us will be at the Alumni Brunch starting at 10:00 AM and then at the Captain Loomis at our usual spot for "cookies & milk" following the parade. Also check out the Alumni Reception at the Clarion VFW starting at 5:00 PM.

Y.I.T.B.

Alumni Board

The 2009 Ken Reddick Theta Xi Great Shootout and Picnic was held Saturday May 2, 2009 at the Clarion Oaks Golf Club. This year's Shootout Champion is Gary Manion who hung in there to take the "Manny Cup" home by beating Duck by one shot and Brady by two shots. Most improved honors went to Ted Organ after he fired a sizzling 132!

Following golf, the annual picnic was its usual "rowdy" success. George "the Chef" Levandowski made a surprise appearance and did an outstanding job cooking dogs, burgers, ribs & shrimp for the motley crew. Two half kegs of Kool Aid were consumed by the Brothers & friends before the festivities finally came to a close.

A big thanks goes out to Steve Menzler, Weedie and Cathy & Danielle for getting things organized and selling raffle tickets. They were a huge part of this year's successful event. A special big thanks to Brother Jim Powney for all his work in getting the door prizes!

We are already looking forward to next year!

Pictures should be up shortly, so stay tuned.

Y.I.T.B.

The Alumni Board

Click the link below to see the pictures!! Continue reading "2009 Ken Reddick Great Theta Xi Shootout & Picnic Now History"

The Brothers of our B.O. chapter and the Theta XI Educational Foundation of Pittsburgh have teamed up to try and re-colonize Theta Xi at Clarion University.

We are trying to raise $10,000 for this effort. We will keep a running update on the web site of our progress.
To date, the following Alumni have donated $100:

Lynn Casteel
Ron Keyes
Dennis Gareis
William Redesill
Kevin Bussey
Jim Lapitsky
Bill Lobins
Mike Hart
Rich Mihalic
Vito Cedro
Mike Piole

ALF 2008 turned out to be a beautiful day and another great turnout by our Theta Xi Alumni. Thanks to Mike Davis & Truck for spearheading the meeting prior to the parade to inform us of what it is going to take to get the chapter back on campus. The meeting resulted in giving us one year to really get organized and try and get the funding in place to make it happen. Mike will be emailing us with a chronological order of events that have to take place.

Following ALF marathon parade, the brothers slowly made their way to the Loomis where mass quantities of "tea & crumpets" were enjoyed by all. Very special guest appearances were made by Brother Jack (BO 4) and Brother Dick (BO 19)!!! These guys were two of the original Founding Fathers of the Chapter! They may never be the same again---HA!HA!HA!

Stay tuned for our usual barrage of "classic" pictures.

We want to thank everyone who bought the new Xi ALF shirts and for all your support throughout the year.
Getting the chapter re-established on campus will be a monumental task, but we need to give it our best shot!

Do not forget that our $20 dues are due now for those of you that have not paid and we still have about a dozen shirts left to sell. There are a couple of XLs, several Ls, and a couple of Ms. Contact Rich "Mumble Duck" Mihalic if you would like to have one at rich_mihalic@yahoo.com.

GO STEELERS!!! Great win in Jacksonville!

Y.I.T.B.

The Alumni Board

Click the link below to view the pictures! Continue reading "Xis Invasion of ALF 2008 Once Again A Great Time!"