Austin County Aggie Mom August 2009 Newsletter
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A G G IE M O M S
M e eti n g : A u g u st 3 1 , 2 0 0 9 7:00 p. m . S e n s C e n t er , B e l l v i l l e , T X W e lc o m e to all n e w Aggie M o m s ! ! !
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Letter from our President
Howdy! I just spent about an hour trying to find the perfect inspirational quote to start off the year. I failed. Nothing seemed to fit the incredible variety of emotions that come with another beginning of school. For educators, it’s the excitement and reluctance of returning to work. For parents with young children, it is both relief and exhaustion in getting children ready for that first day of school. For many whose children are grown the only noticeable difference might be increased traffic. But for those with students entering college for the first time (or even a second or third time), it is a time of major adjustment. I am asking each of you to welcome new Aggie Moms and encourage them to join our group and experience the common bond that Aggie Moms share. We are active supporters and proud of our Aggies as students and alumni of the best university in Texas! Whoop! We will kick off our year with our annual Howdy potluck dinner on August 31. Please remind all members and invite new Aggie moms to this fun meeting. The food is always incredible and the fellowship is the best. On the agenda we will outline the upcoming year and hear some Aggie brags.
Thanks for your continued support and let’s make it a great year! Gig’em Marie Landry
Important Dates
August 31 – First Day of Fall Semester September 4 - First Yell November 13 – 15 - Aggie Mom Fish Camp November 18 – Bonfire 1999 Remembrance Day December 9 & 10 – Dead Days January 19 – First Day of Spring Semester March 15 – 19 – Spring Break April 21 - Muster May 5 & 6 – Dead Days
2009-2010 Officers
President – Marie Landry 1 Vice President – Barbie Jaloway 2nd Vice President – Brenda Faris 3rd Vice President – Donna Brandt Treasurer – Charlene Wehring Secretary – Margie Ashorn Parliamentarian – Cindy Marek
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All New Aggie Moms & Grandmoms are Invited to the First Meeting of the New Year
We hope that you will join Aggie Moms this year. Dues, which are $10.00, include a monthly newsletter during the school year and a discounted price on a dead week kit for your Aggie before finals each semester. Our first meeting will be a welcoming dinner on Monday, August 31st, at the Sens Center, 200 Briar Ridge Drive, in Bellville. The social and dinner will begin at 6:30p.m., with the meeting to follow at 7:00 p.m. This first meeting will be a get-acquainted session for both new and returning Aggie Moms. Please bring your favorite dish and recipe. Also, wear Aggie apparel and your Aggie necklace if possible! We are looking forward to meeting all of you!!!!
Ian W. College Tammy S. Sarah S. Patricia J. Amy N. Michael G. Amanda C.
Congratulations!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! AGGIES
6/7 Orlando Alaniz, 6/9 Cody C., 6/22 David G. 6/27 Katie E. 7/10 Myles M., 7/27 Britni N., 7/27 Amy N., 7/29 Kristina P. 8/18 Matthew P., 8/19 Jacoby L., 8/29 Mark G., 9/7 Casey C., 9/30 Ryan D.
Membership Forms
Enclosed with this newsletter is a membership form for the 2009-2010 club year. Please complete the form and bring with you with your dues ($10) to the August meeting, or mail to Donna Brandt, 905 Hwy 90 W., Sealy, TX 77474. All of the information on the form is important, as we send birthday cards to our students, and email as many newsletters as we can. Membership forms should be returned by the October meeting in order to receive future newsletters.
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MOMS
6/4 Vanessa Peck, 6/6 Brenda Faris, 6/7 Cindy Corder, 6/11 Julie Herzog, 6/12 Peggy Koehn, 6/18 Laura Schumann, 6/21 Verbean Potter, 6/27 Kathy Barnhill, 6/28 Carole Fry, 6/30 Susie Shupak 7/5 Tracey Dorenkamp, 7/5 Sharon Glentzer, 7/8 Jeanette Jackson 8/2 Judy Luedke, 8/26 Pauline Lapham, 8/26 Marilyn Nelson, 8/30 Helen Jurecek, 9/2 LaVerne Lamp, 9/3 Marie Landry, 9/6 Angie Coggins, 9/10 Cynthia Grigar, 9/15 Denise Kreitz, 9/15 Carolyn Bilski, 9/23 Ruby Koehn, 9/23 Marianne Paulsen, 9/24 Jay Lischka
Invite New Aggie Moms to Join Us
We all should be aware of prospective members to Aggie Moms. As the high school seniors graduate and decide to go to A&M, we need to be heads-up to these new Aggies. We moms all have one thing in common, our Aggies. Visit with the new Aggie Mom about college experiences as an Aggie Mom and get her excited about joining us. A personal invitation from you would be an added touch and show the friendly atmosphere of our club.
Aggie Brags
Zachary K., class of 2004, returned safely from his tour in Iraq flying a Chinook helicopter. He has orders to report to Arizona to be trained to fly Apache helicopters and will be married to Michelle M. on October 4th. 2
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
The recipients of the 2009/2010 Austin County Aggie Moms Scholarships were as follows: High School Will C. William S.
Chase Ashorn was accepted into the Honor Society of Landscape Architects. Please send any Aggie brags to: Marianne Paulsen, [email protected],.
Margie Ashorn reported 30 student study kits were sold and we have a remaining balance of $37.55. In new business we discussed ideas to raise money for next year’s boutique. Some of the suggestions were cookbook stands, storage and display for the necklace pieces, ornament and t-shirts. A motion was made by Charlene Koehler and seconded by Brenda Farris to have Peggy Koehn to bring a sample of a wagon that her husband made for the club to see and possibly mass produce. The date for the first meeting for the next school year was incorrect in the newsletter – it is Monday, August 31, 2009. Cindy Marek and Natalie Oaks are still looking for more recipes for the cookbook. They would like to send it to the publisher by June 1 so we will have it to begin the 2009-2010 school years. The student door prize was won by Myles M. and the member door prize was won by Pauline Lapham. We had two Aggie Brags – Peggy Koehn announced her daughter, J. is getting married, and Marie announced K. is graduation on May 15, Cum Laude. Peggy Koehn made the motion to adjourn the meeting and Cindy Marek seconded it. Submitted August 5, 2009 Margie Ashorn Secretary
Minutes of May 4, 2009 Meeting Austin County A&M University Mothers’ Club
The Austin County A&M University Mothers’ Club held its monthly meeting on Monday, May 4, 2009. President Marie Landry welcomed the members with a “HOWDY”. Marie asked Jeanette Jackson to give the prayer as the members enjoyed a wide array of salads that they prepared. The president asked members to give the salad recipes to the Cookbook Committee. Normally there would have been installation of officers at this meeting, but the presiding officers have all agreed to continue for a second term and Marie thanked each of them with a small gift. She also thanked heads of committee who have been a key part of the club. The minutes were distributed to the club in the newsletter. Charlene Wehring gave the treasurer’s report. ….. The members approved both with no corrections. Donna Brandt reported we have a membership of 66 ladies and 42 students. Sharon Glentzer, chairperson of the scholarship committee announced there were three high school and six college recipients of this year’s scholarships. They are as follows: Will K., William S., Ian W., Tammy S., Sarah S., Patricia J., Amy N., Michael G., and Amanda C. Susie Shupak reported we had an income from sales at Boutique of …. and we have ten silver and four gold pennants left to sell. 3
Trivia & History
♦ Texas A&M University is the state's oldest public institution of higher education. The Eleventh Texas Legislature approved a joint resolution on November 1, 1866, accepting the terms of the federal government's Morrill Land-Grant College Act of July 2, 1862, which provided for the donation of public lands in a quantity equal to
30,000 acres for each senator and representative in Congress to a state for the establishment of at least one college "where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts." Although the Morrill LandGrant College Act provided the immediate impetus for the establishment of Texas A&M University, there were earlier and subsequent land grants from the Republic of Texas and the state of Texas that directly affected the development of the school. ♦ Originally the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas, A&M was founded in 1876 as a land grant college under the Morrill Act, and was the first state college to operate in Texas. A&M was an all-male military school until after WWII, when veteran students were allowed to return as "nonregs." Women were admitted in the 1960s. ♦ Temple Lea Houston, son of Texas general, president, and state senator Sam Houston, attended A&M College in 1876. ♦ A&M's first known official football game took place in 1894. Campus circa 1900
12th Man
The tradition of the Twelfth Man was born on the second of January 1922, when an underdog Aggie team was playing Centre College, the nation's top ranked team at the time. As the hard fought game wore on, the Aggies were forced to dig deep into their limited reserves because of injuries. Coach Dana X. Bible remembered that a former squad member, who was playing basketball at the time, was in the press box helping reporters identify players. His name was E. King Gill. Gill was called from the stands, suited up, and stood ready throughout the rest of the game which A&M finally won 22-14. When the game ended, E. King Gill was the only man left standing on the sidelines for the Aggies. Gill later said, "I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but I didn't. I simply got ready and waited--just in case I was needed." This gesture was more than enough for the Aggie Team. Although Gill did not play in the game, he had accepted the call to help his team. He came to be known as the “Twelfth Man” because he stood ready for in case the eleven men on the gridiron needed him. That spirit of readiness for service, desire to support, and enthusiasm helped kindle a flame of devotion among the entire student body; a spirit that has grown vigorously throughout the years. The entire student body at A&M is the Twelfth Man, and they stand during the entire game to show their support. The 12th Man is always in the stands waiting to be called upon if needed.
Austin Hall
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This tradition took on a new look in the 1980s when Coach Jackie Sherrill started the 12th Man Kick-Off Team, composed of regular students through open tryouts. This 12th Man team performed very well and held opponents to one of the lowest yards per return averages in the league. Later, Head Coach R.C. Slocum changed the team to allow only one representative of the 12th Man on the kick-off team. The 12th Man tradition exists also in musical form; the student body sings “The Twelfth Man” after each game in which the Aggies are outscored.
***Remember to bring your potluck dish to this first meeting!!!!!!*** ***Social and mealtime starts at 6:30 with meeting at 7:00***
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A G G IE M O M S
M e eti n g : A u g u st 3 1 , 2 0 0 9 7:00 p. m . S e n s C e n t er , B e l l v i l l e , T X W e lc o m e to all n e w Aggie M o m s ! ! !
``` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ``` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
Letter from our President
Howdy! I just spent about an hour trying to find the perfect inspirational quote to start off the year. I failed. Nothing seemed to fit the incredible variety of emotions that come with another beginning of school. For educators, it’s the excitement and reluctance of returning to work. For parents with young children, it is both relief and exhaustion in getting children ready for that first day of school. For many whose children are grown the only noticeable difference might be increased traffic. But for those with students entering college for the first time (or even a second or third time), it is a time of major adjustment. I am asking each of you to welcome new Aggie Moms and encourage them to join our group and experience the common bond that Aggie Moms share. We are active supporters and proud of our Aggies as students and alumni of the best university in Texas! Whoop! We will kick off our year with our annual Howdy potluck dinner on August 31. Please remind all members and invite new Aggie moms to this fun meeting. The food is always incredible and the fellowship is the best. On the agenda we will outline the upcoming year and hear some Aggie brags.
Thanks for your continued support and let’s make it a great year! Gig’em Marie Landry
Important Dates
August 31 – First Day of Fall Semester September 4 - First Yell November 13 – 15 - Aggie Mom Fish Camp November 18 – Bonfire 1999 Remembrance Day December 9 & 10 – Dead Days January 19 – First Day of Spring Semester March 15 – 19 – Spring Break April 21 - Muster May 5 & 6 – Dead Days
2009-2010 Officers
President – Marie Landry 1 Vice President – Barbie Jaloway 2nd Vice President – Brenda Faris 3rd Vice President – Donna Brandt Treasurer – Charlene Wehring Secretary – Margie Ashorn Parliamentarian – Cindy Marek
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All New Aggie Moms & Grandmoms are Invited to the First Meeting of the New Year
We hope that you will join Aggie Moms this year. Dues, which are $10.00, include a monthly newsletter during the school year and a discounted price on a dead week kit for your Aggie before finals each semester. Our first meeting will be a welcoming dinner on Monday, August 31st, at the Sens Center, 200 Briar Ridge Drive, in Bellville. The social and dinner will begin at 6:30p.m., with the meeting to follow at 7:00 p.m. This first meeting will be a get-acquainted session for both new and returning Aggie Moms. Please bring your favorite dish and recipe. Also, wear Aggie apparel and your Aggie necklace if possible! We are looking forward to meeting all of you!!!!
Ian W. College Tammy S. Sarah S. Patricia J. Amy N. Michael G. Amanda C.
Congratulations!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! AGGIES
6/7 Orlando Alaniz, 6/9 Cody C., 6/22 David G. 6/27 Katie E. 7/10 Myles M., 7/27 Britni N., 7/27 Amy N., 7/29 Kristina P. 8/18 Matthew P., 8/19 Jacoby L., 8/29 Mark G., 9/7 Casey C., 9/30 Ryan D.
Membership Forms
Enclosed with this newsletter is a membership form for the 2009-2010 club year. Please complete the form and bring with you with your dues ($10) to the August meeting, or mail to Donna Brandt, 905 Hwy 90 W., Sealy, TX 77474. All of the information on the form is important, as we send birthday cards to our students, and email as many newsletters as we can. Membership forms should be returned by the October meeting in order to receive future newsletters.
♦
MOMS
6/4 Vanessa Peck, 6/6 Brenda Faris, 6/7 Cindy Corder, 6/11 Julie Herzog, 6/12 Peggy Koehn, 6/18 Laura Schumann, 6/21 Verbean Potter, 6/27 Kathy Barnhill, 6/28 Carole Fry, 6/30 Susie Shupak 7/5 Tracey Dorenkamp, 7/5 Sharon Glentzer, 7/8 Jeanette Jackson 8/2 Judy Luedke, 8/26 Pauline Lapham, 8/26 Marilyn Nelson, 8/30 Helen Jurecek, 9/2 LaVerne Lamp, 9/3 Marie Landry, 9/6 Angie Coggins, 9/10 Cynthia Grigar, 9/15 Denise Kreitz, 9/15 Carolyn Bilski, 9/23 Ruby Koehn, 9/23 Marianne Paulsen, 9/24 Jay Lischka
Invite New Aggie Moms to Join Us
We all should be aware of prospective members to Aggie Moms. As the high school seniors graduate and decide to go to A&M, we need to be heads-up to these new Aggies. We moms all have one thing in common, our Aggies. Visit with the new Aggie Mom about college experiences as an Aggie Mom and get her excited about joining us. A personal invitation from you would be an added touch and show the friendly atmosphere of our club.
Aggie Brags
Zachary K., class of 2004, returned safely from his tour in Iraq flying a Chinook helicopter. He has orders to report to Arizona to be trained to fly Apache helicopters and will be married to Michelle M. on October 4th. 2
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
The recipients of the 2009/2010 Austin County Aggie Moms Scholarships were as follows: High School Will C. William S.
Chase Ashorn was accepted into the Honor Society of Landscape Architects. Please send any Aggie brags to: Marianne Paulsen, [email protected],.
Margie Ashorn reported 30 student study kits were sold and we have a remaining balance of $37.55. In new business we discussed ideas to raise money for next year’s boutique. Some of the suggestions were cookbook stands, storage and display for the necklace pieces, ornament and t-shirts. A motion was made by Charlene Koehler and seconded by Brenda Farris to have Peggy Koehn to bring a sample of a wagon that her husband made for the club to see and possibly mass produce. The date for the first meeting for the next school year was incorrect in the newsletter – it is Monday, August 31, 2009. Cindy Marek and Natalie Oaks are still looking for more recipes for the cookbook. They would like to send it to the publisher by June 1 so we will have it to begin the 2009-2010 school years. The student door prize was won by Myles M. and the member door prize was won by Pauline Lapham. We had two Aggie Brags – Peggy Koehn announced her daughter, J. is getting married, and Marie announced K. is graduation on May 15, Cum Laude. Peggy Koehn made the motion to adjourn the meeting and Cindy Marek seconded it. Submitted August 5, 2009 Margie Ashorn Secretary
Minutes of May 4, 2009 Meeting Austin County A&M University Mothers’ Club
The Austin County A&M University Mothers’ Club held its monthly meeting on Monday, May 4, 2009. President Marie Landry welcomed the members with a “HOWDY”. Marie asked Jeanette Jackson to give the prayer as the members enjoyed a wide array of salads that they prepared. The president asked members to give the salad recipes to the Cookbook Committee. Normally there would have been installation of officers at this meeting, but the presiding officers have all agreed to continue for a second term and Marie thanked each of them with a small gift. She also thanked heads of committee who have been a key part of the club. The minutes were distributed to the club in the newsletter. Charlene Wehring gave the treasurer’s report. ….. The members approved both with no corrections. Donna Brandt reported we have a membership of 66 ladies and 42 students. Sharon Glentzer, chairperson of the scholarship committee announced there were three high school and six college recipients of this year’s scholarships. They are as follows: Will K., William S., Ian W., Tammy S., Sarah S., Patricia J., Amy N., Michael G., and Amanda C. Susie Shupak reported we had an income from sales at Boutique of …. and we have ten silver and four gold pennants left to sell. 3
Trivia & History
♦ Texas A&M University is the state's oldest public institution of higher education. The Eleventh Texas Legislature approved a joint resolution on November 1, 1866, accepting the terms of the federal government's Morrill Land-Grant College Act of July 2, 1862, which provided for the donation of public lands in a quantity equal to
30,000 acres for each senator and representative in Congress to a state for the establishment of at least one college "where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts." Although the Morrill LandGrant College Act provided the immediate impetus for the establishment of Texas A&M University, there were earlier and subsequent land grants from the Republic of Texas and the state of Texas that directly affected the development of the school. ♦ Originally the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas, A&M was founded in 1876 as a land grant college under the Morrill Act, and was the first state college to operate in Texas. A&M was an all-male military school until after WWII, when veteran students were allowed to return as "nonregs." Women were admitted in the 1960s. ♦ Temple Lea Houston, son of Texas general, president, and state senator Sam Houston, attended A&M College in 1876. ♦ A&M's first known official football game took place in 1894. Campus circa 1900
12th Man
The tradition of the Twelfth Man was born on the second of January 1922, when an underdog Aggie team was playing Centre College, the nation's top ranked team at the time. As the hard fought game wore on, the Aggies were forced to dig deep into their limited reserves because of injuries. Coach Dana X. Bible remembered that a former squad member, who was playing basketball at the time, was in the press box helping reporters identify players. His name was E. King Gill. Gill was called from the stands, suited up, and stood ready throughout the rest of the game which A&M finally won 22-14. When the game ended, E. King Gill was the only man left standing on the sidelines for the Aggies. Gill later said, "I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but I didn't. I simply got ready and waited--just in case I was needed." This gesture was more than enough for the Aggie Team. Although Gill did not play in the game, he had accepted the call to help his team. He came to be known as the “Twelfth Man” because he stood ready for in case the eleven men on the gridiron needed him. That spirit of readiness for service, desire to support, and enthusiasm helped kindle a flame of devotion among the entire student body; a spirit that has grown vigorously throughout the years. The entire student body at A&M is the Twelfth Man, and they stand during the entire game to show their support. The 12th Man is always in the stands waiting to be called upon if needed.
Austin Hall
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This tradition took on a new look in the 1980s when Coach Jackie Sherrill started the 12th Man Kick-Off Team, composed of regular students through open tryouts. This 12th Man team performed very well and held opponents to one of the lowest yards per return averages in the league. Later, Head Coach R.C. Slocum changed the team to allow only one representative of the 12th Man on the kick-off team. The 12th Man tradition exists also in musical form; the student body sings “The Twelfth Man” after each game in which the Aggies are outscored.
***Remember to bring your potluck dish to this first meeting!!!!!!*** ***Social and mealtime starts at 6:30 with meeting at 7:00***
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