Brother Scott Moody (Xi chapter) and Sister Nicola Reis-Sedgwick (Kappa Chi Chapter)

Sisters clean up crew

Scott Moody (xi), Dave Jones (chi), Jill Bivona (Kappa Chi)

Kappa Alumni @ evening social

On March 28th 2008 Kappa Delta Phi Brothers and Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority Sisters met in Portland Maine to perform community service and for a social meeting.

Chapters represented

• Gamma Alumni
• Eta Alumni
• Iota Alumni
• Nu Alumni
• Xi Alumni
• Omicron Alumni
• Chi Alumni
• Alpha Alpha Actives
• Alpha Gamma Alumni
• Kappa Eta Alumni
• Kappa Iota Alumni
• Kappa Upsilon Alumni
• Kappa Chi Alumni

We met at couple of locations and then trekked to Chi chapter alumnus, David Jones. Dave Jones was seriously injured a year ago during a skiing accident, but due to his perseverance he has made incredible strides in recovery. This is not surprising as that he has been described as Captain America by his Chi Chapter alumni.

Kappa Chi Alumnus Sister Jill Bivona arranged the community service for Brother Dave Jones. They knew each other during their active days when Dave was an active Brother of Chi chapter and Jill was an active Sister of Kappa Chi, located at Southern New Hampshire University.

The crew of Kappa Delta Phi Alumni Brothers, Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority Alumnae Sisters and Active Brothers from our UMaine Colony helped Dave clean sweep his basement, handle some over growth in his yard, and clean swept the upstairs of his house.

While Brother Scott Moody (Xi chapter) and Sister Nicola Reis-Sedgwick (Kappa Chi Chapter) whipped up some serious grub for the hard working teams.

Brother Vinnie DeMambro (Eta Chapter) was the brother of the day, installing two sets of banisters and re-doing an exterior wall and other construction around the house, Brother DeMambro operates a construction company located in Bar Harbor, Maine.

The active brothers of Alpha Alpha colony (with a little help and supervision from alumni brothers from a couple of different chapters) were set to some serious lifting, carrying a lot of heavy weight from the basement to the pickup trucks making runs to the local dump.

Brother Scott Cranston (Nu Chapter) was the master of yard shrubbery and tackled some serious overgrowth. We are happy to report Scott still has all of his digits and did one heck of a job.

The alumna Sisters from Kappa Chi, Kappa Iota and Kappa Eta turned their critical eye to the overflowing wardrobe of Dave Jones and performed a “what not to wear” episode before our very eyes. Once the “what not to wear” episode was over they changed channels to “Flip this house” and they transformed the upstairs into an area any top notch bed and breakfast would be proud to own.

Yard work, Basement and Upstairs transformations and construction being completed we turned our attentions to the food and to wishing Alumni Sister Victoria DeMambro (Kappa Eta) a very happy birthday.

We then broke camp for the day and returned to our assorted hotel rooms to rest and get ready for the evening social.

Kappa Eta Sister Jennifer D’Appollonio secured our evening social at Foreplay Sports Bar in Portland Maine. The Owner of Foreplay Sports Bar is married to Kappa Iota Alumni Sister Chandra Palian. They were extremely gracious hosts to us closing off the upper level for our social.

Award Winning Wine Maker and Brother, Bob Dabrowski.

Chi Chapter Brother Bob Dabrowski wins a gold medal for his Wine.

Brother Dabrowski gladly opens his doors to alumni for wine tasting, but you'll have to set up an appointment to sample his highly sought after grapes. 

From The New Hampshire Union Leader;

A local made red wine went “gold" this past month when it garnered high marks at an international wine show.

“There’s a certain amount of satisfaction when someone like me goes into a competition like thing one and takes a gold medal because there are a lot of very big wineries taking part,” said wine maker Bob Dabrowski.

Dabrowski, who owns the 3-acre Candia Vineyards on High Street, said he was recently one of scores of commercial wine makers who sent a sample for judging at the 2008 Florida State Fair International Wine and Grape Exposition. Dabrowski’s entry was his Noiret, a relatively recent vintage that was awarded a gold medal for its class, the hybrid red varietal.

According to the event sponsor, the Florida Grape Growers Association, the event attracted more 1,578 wines from more than 100 wine makers, but Dabrowski’s Noiret was one of only 154 gold medalists. Dabrowski’s high grade at the event gave Candia Vineyards a ranking that placed in the league with wineries from across the world, including competitors from the well-known wine countries of Italy, France and California’s renowned Napa Valley.

Dabrowski, who began as a “home brewer” about 10 years ago, said the award was not a strict “first-place” finish, as in an Olympic event. The gold medal designation instead indicates the wine achieved the highest level of standards such as flavor, aroma and aftertaste that a Noiret can attain.

“It has what I call a ‘mythical’ aroma to it, like pepper,” he said.

The Noiret is a relatively recent addition to the Candia Vineyards wines, and Dabrowski said it is among his most sought-after of his brews. Although the 2006 Noiret is sold out, Dabrowski said, he is now at work in a new 2007 vintage that could hit the store shelves within days.

News of the vineyards’ success came as no big shock to resident Bill Proulox, an amateur wine connoisseur who has tasted the Noiret on several occasions.

“It’s a fantastic wine,” he said. “I’m really just a novice myself, but I was really blown away at how my taste buds reacted. I recommend it for any red-wine drinker out there, and even if you are stuck on a particular flavor, you should really venture out and try it.”

Monday, September 10, 2007

Westbrook - Brother of Kappa Delta Phi, Chi Chapter at Southern New Hampshire University, Agustin "Tino" Figueroa, 29, a resident of Allen Aveue in Portland, died early Saturday morning as a result of a motorcycle accident on Warren Avenue.

He was born Oct. 15, 1977, in Hartford, Conn., the son of Tomas and Amneris (Hernandez) Figueroa. Tino was a graduate of Monmouth Academy and continued his education in earning his bachelor's in business administration at New Hampshire College. He was a member of Kappa Delta Phi Fraternity while he was in college, he also held several offices. He was employed by Portland Marketing Group in Portland. He enjoyed playing baseball, he played in Little League, at Monmouth Academy and at New Hampshire College. He also enjoyed playing pool, animals, fishing, skiing and the outdoors.

He is survived by his parents, Tomas and Amneris Figueroa of Monmouth; two brothers, Jose Vega of Monmouth (Brother of Kappa Delta Phi, Lambda Chapter at Husson College), and Tommy Figueroa of Puerto Rico; nieces and nephews, Xavier J. Vega, Rhetta M. Vega and Isaac R. Vega.

He will be sadly missed by his friends and family.

Funeral Arrangements here:
http://www.finleyfuneralhome.com/runtime.php?SiteId=2502&NavigatorId=486...

Early news in on two of chapters. Lambda Colony and Chi Chapter have won their
campus Greek Ggames.

Congratulations to Chi Chapter of Kappa Delta Phi at Southern New Hampshire
College and Lambda Colony of Kappa Delta Phi at Husson College.

Lambda Colony is one of specail note, after being inactive for nearly five
years, and being reactivated by alumni, the newly active Brothers of Lambda
Colony won Greek Games at Husson College and was named Fraternity Champion of
2007.