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The Alumni Newsletter of Alpha Gamma Rho at the University of California DavisDavis, California Fall 2009

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Alumni President’s ReportAnnual Meeting HeldattheAGRhousebegin-ning at 2:00 P.M. on PicnicDay,April 17th, 2010.The purpose isto updatemembers on the statusof theHouseand theAlumniAs-sociation.

Awards Banquet Held at the Joe A. HeidrickWestern Center for AgriculturalEquipment on the Friday eveningpriortoHomecoming.ThedatethisyearisFriday, October 16th.Thisis thetimewerecognizebrothersfortheiroutstandingachievementsandgetanupdateonwhatishap-peningatUCDavis.

To be announced... Finally we are developing aplantoholdarotatingeventtobeheld during summer.The idea istomove this event fromplace toplace, highlighting local alumniandtheirbusinesseswithanevent.We will keep you updated andhopetoholdourfirsteventduringthesummerof2010.

Again,ourhopeistoofferam-ple opportunity for our membersto attend at least one event andeitherstayconnectedorreconnectwith the fraternity. By bringingconsistencytotheeventswehopetomakeiteasiertoplan. Asalways,yourcommentsandinputarewelcome.

Sincerely,Brett Tank

DearBrothers,

Until recently we have held theannualmeetingforthealumnias-sociationontheFridaypriortoPic-nicDay.Thiswasfollowedbytheannual awards dinner.On PicnicDay a barbeque was held at thehouse.Over time,due tovariousreasons,attendancehasdeclined. Over the past two years wehave been working on holdingmoreeventsthroughouttheyeartoofferthoseunabletoattendPicnicDayanopportunitytogettogetherand reconnect.While these havebeenwellattended,wedonotbe-lieve theyhave reached their fullpotentialduetoalackofenoughadvance notice and consistencyon the part of your Board. Thatendswiththisletter. WhileIamsureweareallin-volved with small groups of fel-lowalumniinourarea,wewouldlike to hold four events per yearthateveryoneisawareof.So,wehavecomeupwith the followingeventsanddates.Ourhopeisthatbyholdingtheeventsatthesametimeeachyearwecanbeginplan-ningearlierandeveryonecanaddittotheircalendarlongbeforetheevent.Herearetheevents:

Alumni Dinner HeldintheAGRRoomoftheWalterBuehlerAlumni&VisitorsCenter.Thenextdate isSaturday February 13th, 2010.Thefocusisonreconnectingandenjoyingev-eryone’scompanyoverdinnerandmusic.

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University of California Davis1111 Drake DrDavis, CA 95616-0817530.756.9811Website: www.phiagr.com

Noble RulerJacob T. Batesjtbates@ucdavis.edu805.245.0639

VNR RecruitmentRobert Vyvleckarevyvlecka@ucdavis.edu530.908.5194

VNR Alumni RelationsZach Dueyzjduey@ucdavis.edu530.409.8454

AdvisersJeremy Turner jeremyrturner@gmail.com 530.334.6247

Rich Engelrrengel@ucdavis.edu530.219.2636

Alumni PresidentBrett Tankbrett.tank@ubs.com916-685-5422

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Page 2 •Lookin’ for Lunkers...

Page 3 •Bishop Mule Days •Chapter Scholarships

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Lookin’ for Lunkers...TheFLWCollegefishingcircuitisanewopportunityforcollegestu-dents to compete in the growingsport of bass fishing. The event,which is primarily sponsored bytheNationalGuard,consistsoffourqualifying tournaments in whichthewinningtwo-personteamcanwinacheckfor$10,000. IamcompetingintheWesternDivisionoftheCollegeSeriesandfishedthreeofthefourqualifyingtournaments.AfellowanglerfromUC-Davis,SteveReed,andIwonthefirst tournamentat thenotori-ousClearLakeinCalifornia.Wetook theprizewith the full6-fishlimitallowedbythecollegeseries(3bestfisheach)withabagweigh-ing23pounds9ounces,defeatingthesecondplaceSacramentoStatebymorethan4pounds.Ourbagconsistedofallgood-sizedfishbut

toppedoffwith a 6-pound large-mouththatwaslandedbybothofus. The second tournament washeld at Lake Oroville in Califor-nia; we finished 4th, which wasenoughtowinus$3,000. The UC-Davis bass fishingteam has now qualified to fishin the 3-day Western RegionalChampionship tournament in theCalifornia Delta. The tourna-ment is from September 19-21,with thefinaldayonlyconsistingof the top10boats from thefirst

twodays.Thefinaldayweigh-inwill take place on theUniversityofthePacificcampusinStockton,California.Thefirstplacewinnerwill receive a Ranger bass boat;thesecondplaceteamtakeshome$25,000. The college fishing circuit al-lows any 4-year school to com-pete;alltheyhavetodoiscreateabassfishingclubandregisterwithFLW.Boatsareprovidedandtheyevencovergasmoneytodrivetothe tournament, all in the inter-est of evening the playing fieldfor college studentswith shallowpockets.Formoreinformationonresults, dates and locations, pic-tures, or creating your ownclub,visit www.collegefishing.com.

Fraternally,Ken Gunderson

A few Phi Chapter alums were in attendance during the 2008-2009 Student Teacher

Banquet. Jacob Bates was honored with the Brad Norman Davis Award. From left to

right: Dr. Edward Depeters, Jeremy Turner, Charles Van Riper, Jacob Bates, Dana Van Liew, Alex Xanthus, Donnie Whitworth and

Jim Rumsey.

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MynameisAndersenKusumadan-iswaraandIamafirst-yearstudent

attending the Uni-versity of Califor-nia-Davis. I am afood sciencemajorwithaminorinani-mal science, withan emphasis onlivestockanddairy.

MyfamilyandIemigratedfromIndonesia toAmerica for abetterlife inAprilof1999. I havehadvery few experiences in terms ofagriculturebuthavecometolearnalotmoresinceIcametoDavis.Ihavebeen takingseveral intern-ships in the Dairy Barn workingwiththedairycattle. I joined Alpha Gamma Rhobecauseitisanagriculturalfrater-nityandoneofthemostreputablefraternitiesinthenation.

Our FeaturedUndergrad...

PicnicDay-atimeofcelebration,barbeques,andgoodtimesinthe

small townofDavis.EveryyearthealumniofAlphaGammaRhobring their friendsand family membersovertothehousefora big reunion and atime for reminiscing.

All the undergraduates attend aswell, tomeet someof thepromi-nentmemberswhoonce lived inthe very same rooms we live intoday. Aside from all the festivities,thealumniofAlphaGammaRhohandedoutsevengenerousschol-arships to seven qualified under-graduate members. Each awardhas itsownrequirements, includ-inglivinginthehouse,maintainingacertainGPA,orsimplyhavingamajorintheCollegeofAgricultureandEnvironmentalScience. After a very professional andeloquent interview process, andwhat I can only imagine was atough decision for the alumni tomake,thisyear’swinnerswere: Jef-frey Paul, Travis Goldman, Robert Vyvlecka, Marc Sallaberry, Jacob Bates, Anthony Gadd and Zach-ary Duey.AlltherecipientswerehonoredtowintheirawardsandabigthankyougoesouttoAlumnifor their contributions to the PhiEndowmentFund.

ChapterScholarships

Awardedandburgers.Forfurtherinforma-tiononhowyoucanbecomeapartof theAlphaGammaRhoBishopMule Days experience, pleasecontactChiChapter’sHouseAdvi-sorFrankLuenserfordetails.Nomatterifyou’reanactivememberoralumnus,youwon’tregretit.

The40thannualBishopMuleDayswasheldwithgreat success from

March 19th-24th. Thefestival cel-ebrated mulesas strong andversatile workanimals, with

awide variety of events for theirownerstoshowofftheirtalents. People from across the U.S.competedineventssuchasmulechariotracing,timedfarriershoe-ing,sledpulling,steerroping,cowcutting, team sorting, and the al-wayschaoticpackraces. Thero-deoaspectoftheweekwasfilledwithexcitementandcomedic re-liefastheannouncersmadeitfunfor all ages. Great fishing, hik-ing, and vistasmake the townofBishopagreatMemorialWeekenddestination for any outdoors per-son. Alpha Gamma Rho was rep-resented by Chi Chapter alumniMatt Kelly, James Bledsoe, Robert Anderson, Carlos Martinez, andScott Rogers.Frank Luenserwithwife Heidi and daughter Andreaoperated the Alpha Gamma RhoBBQ booth. Phi Chapter activeTravis Goldman, accompaniedby UC-Davis undergrads BeckyWheelerandNicoleLincé,helpedoutthroughtheweekend. This is the third year that Phichapterhasassistedwiththeevent.Theboothsoldribs,burgers,tritipand softdrinks to thepublicat ablisteringpaceduetothehighde-mand for high quality beef, ribs,

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Goldman,filledinatsecondbaseand was key in turning doubleplays with our shortstop, Justin Gotfried. We had some trouble at thebeginning of the season, losing7-9toateamthatwecouldhavebeat if we had been defensivelysound.We bounced back in thenexttwogameswithanoffensiveexplosion, as we scored 45 runsandonlygaveup7. After these two games weclinched a playoff spot andwerereadytofaceoneofourarchrivalsfrom last year,TheDingos.How-ever,injuriesandoffensiveoutputplaguedusthatgameandweend-ed up losing 14-3.The followingweek,we entered the first round

Whilemost studentsatUC-Davisthinkofthespringasthetimepe-

riodwheretheflowers startb lossoming,or opening ofthe rec pool,it is knownassoftballseason

forthemembersofAlphaGammaRho.ItistheseasonforkickingonthecleatsanddustingofftheglovetocompeteinMen’sBsoftball. Thisseasonwenearlyhadallthe starters return from the prioryear, including twoalumni, Jeran Leymaster and Ray Davis. Rayplayed pitcher for all five gamesand Jeran played in the last two.Oneofournewmembers,Travis

oftheplayoffswiththe14thseedand lost the team that beat us inthefirstroundlastyear. Whileourrecordwasadisap-pointing2-3,wefinishedthesea-soninthetoptenforrunsscored.Comenextspring,afocuswillbeplaced on defense. I anticipateonlylosingoneortwoplayersbe-causesomeofourgraduatingse-niorswillliveintheareanextyearandwillcompete inanother sea-sonwithus.With these returningplayersandworkingoutourkinksearly in the season,wewillbeahard-to-beatteamfornextyear.

James NicholsIM Sports Captain

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