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Landscaping Will FIJI Welcomes New House Mom

Make a Difference by Nicholas Williams ’21

(continued from page one) Our new house mom this fall is Heather
so far, and actually less than the amount Williams, a native of Indiana. She, along
contributed by the class of 1966. We CAN with her dog Brylie, stay at our house here
do this, and it will transform the outward at Lambda chapter of FIJI. It’s been great
appearance of the entire FIJI property. But getting to know her this year since it is her
we do need your help. first year here at the house.
To make a pledge, just mail in the I’m sure all of us brothers here would
enclosed pledge form. And include a check agree that she is a great woman and fun to
if you like! be around, but I’ve had a great opportunity
over the course of this first semester of get-
ting to know her on a more personal level.
Recent and She has truly acted as a source of help and
guidance not only to me but to all brothers
Planned who come to her seeking some sort of
advice. Although she is aware of our short-
FIJI House comings, she looks past them and offers a
helping hand whenever one of us needs it.
Improvements For me personally, she has always been
and Repairs there whenever I have questions about aca-
demics, relationships, or family problems.
She’s also always receptive to any sort of
by Kit Lortz | starwood@one.net | conversation. We’ve had great conversations
Lambda FIJI House Corporation about religion, philosophy, music, and just
life in general. Honestly, I do not think there Heather loves us, and we all love her, and I
The FIJI House Corporation has could have been any better matchup for a am looking forward to seeing how this rela-
been working on several smaller house mom to a chapter on this campus. tionship develops over the next few years.
improvements and fixes to the house
while we continue to work on the
larger capital campaign items.
Items that have just been completed GRADUATE BROTHER NEWS
are:
• Replaced all FIJI-owned clothes Robert E. “Bob” Cox ’49 writes, “I remarkable story that had to be written. It is
washers and dryers with rental have been saddened the past 12 months available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble
units. by ad astra of several brothers who I was online.” (394 W 7000 S Rd., Chebanse, IL
• Replaced garbage disposal. privileged to be with at Lambda in 1948 and 60922 or llamalaw@aol.com)
• Repaired bathroom drain problem. 1949. In addition to being great brothers, I
• Installed new door security badge considered them to be my friends. Rest in (continued on page six)
readers. peace Brent Wadsworth
In addition, we are working on ’51, Al Stocking ’51, Joe
plans to: Carney ’50, Tom Carter
• Repair roof gutter problems over ’50, and George Spradling
the front porch. ’51. (18538 Spring Mist
• Replace missing roof soffit panel. Ct., South Bend, IN 46637)
• Close Pine Street to all traffic.
• Add small landscaping features J. Dennis “Denny” Marek
around the new FIJI patio. ’64 wrote in June, “Just to
• Relocate FIJI parking spaces cur- let you know that I finished
rently along Pine Street. my first and perhaps last
book this year. It is entitled
In the 2018-2019 school year, we The Ultimate Survivor and
will have a limited budget for any major is about a man whom I have
improvements and repairs that are not met. He is 95, Polish-born,
already included in the capital campaign forced in 1940 to work
budget. as a painter at Auschwitz.
We are hoping that having just Drafted into the German
completed the renovation of floors one army and sent to Italian
through three will reduce the usual num- guard for the winter of
ber of repair items we have experienced in 1942, he survived there and Jim Force ’61 and Jim Knapp ’63 meet annually for baseball
past years. for the next 15 years. It is a spring training in Florida. Both played baseball for DePauw.

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