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Travers (Continued from Page 1) Chapter (Continued from Page 1) the beginning of September and we had a able to advance and qualify for the Eagle record number of brothers in attendance. Scout award. I also really enjoyed planning We ventured to the clean and quaint Panama and attending the troop campouts and hikes. City Beach, Florida where we stayed in the luxurious Days Inn. We have had two Why did you decide to take the AT hike sorority mixers this semester, one with Alpha and to include your daughter? Gamma Delta, and another with Alpha Chi Omega. I am proud to say one of our I decided to thru hike the Appalachian brothers, Matt Key, was voted Alpha Gam’s Trail due to my love for backpacking and sweetheart this year so it made the Alpha having wanted to do it for many years. I also Gamma Delta Mixer even more special. knew that I could take a six month leave of In unrelated news, our scholarship chairs absence from the Bank, so that I could hike it Frankie Gibase and Westly Shealy have before retiring. The timing was perfect since been doing a phenomenal job. The Steak n’ my daughter Bennett had just graduated Beans scholarship dinner was put together early in December from UGA and she had very well and we had a great alumnus also wanted to thru hike the AT. guest speaker, Will King ’90, talk about his personal experiences with the start-up world What were the most diffcult and out in Silicon Valley. Frankie also started a enjoyable parts of your journey? “fantasy scholarship league” which has done The most enjoyable part of thru hiking a great job of motivating the chapter to push for better grades. I look forward to seeing our the Appalachian Trail was meeting so many grade report in a couple weeks! friendly and interesting people along the Jerry and his daughter Bennett at the end of their I will leave you all with that. If you have 2,185 mile journey standing atop Mt. Katahdin in ME. way. I also enjoyed spending time with my any more questions please don’t hesitate to daughter. The only diffculty that I had on contact me! I have been working on a new the hike involved early issues with my feet website since our server died at the house a Outside of work, what do you do and boots. few years back. It’s still a work in progress, for fun? but you can check it out at www.gtthetchi. I enjoy spending time in the outdoors hiking What advice can you share with the org. If you have ideas or content for the site, and Geocaching. I just thru hiked the entire alumni and actives about perseverance? let me know! I will defnitely work on it Appalachian Trail this year. Geocaching is a My perseverance in completing the 2,185 more when I get more free time. I would like game involving locating containers, which mile AT hike is a good example for others. to wish everyone a wonderful fall season. contain logbooks and swag, using a GPS or Brothers that are active with the fraternity will I look forward to seeing you all around the smart phone. persevere at graduating from GT. house. Go Jackets! Fraternally, What was your favorite part about being a Scoutmaster? To fnd out more about Jerry & Bennett’s AT Adventure, visit their blog at: My favorite part about being a Scoutmaster http://2014thru.wordpress.com John Verrone President, Alpha Nu Chapter was working with the Boy Scouts that were The 35th Alumni Camping Trip (Continued from Page 3) chili – hopefully next year); Saturday morning starts with Johnson prepping eggs, sausage, bacon, grits and biscuits, to be followed not long after by brats (Mara, Hodges, Couillard) and ribs (Kastanakis), then the afternoon is spent assembling the dinner stew (Smith, Tahler, Winter, and assorted sous chefs). Yes, much of the weekend is about food and drink! A few guys took off after breakfast for a hike, led by Weaver and Everly. They didn’t get far, as the smell of lunch lured them back. Southeastern football spewed all afternoon from the radio, starting with a satisfying thumping of the Wolfpack by the Jackets. The weather this year was a ten, as just enough of a chill justifed the half cord of wood we burned but afternoon temps shed the need for coats. The only disappointment was realizing Sunday morning that it was time to break camp. This is a great event which can last all weekend (even start Thu in Helen, as with Lendon and Kass), or just be a day visit on Sat (ask Vern and Turchi). When the date is set in 2015, put it on your calendar and ask your wife for a ‘kitchen pass’ out of the house. Nothing compares. Alumni communication services provided by Te Laurus Group | www.thelaurusgroup.net | 770-903-3987 | @thelaurusgroup