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.

Kappa Delta Phi Brother and Police Office, Keven St. Peter.

This Month’s Spotlight on a Kappa is on Kevin St. Peter, alumni of the Eta Chapter. He is 40 years old and he calls home Limestone, Maine. He has been married to his wife, Claudia, for 14 years and has 2 beautiful daughters, Alyssa age 12 and Kelsey age 9. Kevin went to school at the University of Maine, Machias and later joined Kappa Delta Phi in the spring of 1987. He was only there for one semester, but soon traveled up to the University of Maine, Presque Isle. He was a commuter student there and was also involved with the Mu Chapter for a little bit, but did not hold any positions at either chapter. The ideals and the men of Kappa Delta Phi really appealed to Kevin. He had many friends in the other fraternities on campus, but he never really felt chemistry with the others ones due to their different styles of being a fraternity.

Soon after college was over for him, he went to the academy to become a police officer. He spent 12 weeks in the academy and he reflected on Kappa while he was there and used it to get through the academy. Being up at 5am and having every second of the day planned for him until 10pm was a change for him. It was military based and where as other men were in some type of military beforehand, Kevin was coming right out of college. Kappa was a big help as a core foundation for him through the academy because it reminded him of the pledging process that he did with Kappa. Some things that were different for Kevin was the attention to detail, marching, PT in the early morning, breakfast at 7am, room inspections. A lot of physical training was not something Kevin was used to like running three days a week, doing a circuit, and sometimes having classes after supper. The only time he would have free time was when him and some of the guys would play volleyball and that was it.

Kevin has recently had an interest in the outdoors and has started camping with his family. He is a very outgoing person and enjoys concerts every now and then. A game of paintball is another thing that is one of his hobbies. Some of his favorite Kappa past times as an active was going to Kappa Kamp. As an alumni, his new past times are the Greek Games at Eta that he’s attended and Mu Reunion the past few years. Whenever he’s gone on a trip, he’s gotten in touch with brothers in the area and got a bite to eat to catch up.

Being a full time patrolman is a tough and strenuous job. He works all the small departments but is never involved with murders. Most of Kevin’s job enquires him to work on computer crimes, white collar crimes, and financial crimes. Two of Kevin’s most memorable incidents are very touching. On October 8th, 2004 in Caribou, ME, a 13-year-old girl was getting off a school bus right in front of her house. A truck lost control on the road and as soon as the girl got off the bus, she was hit and killed instantly by the truck. At the very same time, Kevin was having a fight with his oldest daughter Alyssa, age 9 at the time, because she had a splinter. The call finally got to Kevin and he was the first on the scene. The second most memorable incident happened with winning a court case. In 2005, a 46-year-old man tried to solicit a 13-year-old girl over the internet and told her parents and they contacted the police about it. At the time, they had a small female police officer and they used her to resemble the girl and caught him when he pulled up at the meeting spot. The case went to a 2-day trial and the jury was out in 7 minutes and found him guilty. He went to jail and was later released and tried to grab a young girl in Fort Fairfield, ME the next day and is in jail now.

Kevin lost touch with a lot of people when he moved back home to Limestone/Caribou, but the Kappa Talk has gotten him connected with people he lost contact with. He plans on going to convention this year for the first time in a long time.

Congratulations Kevin on being this month’s Spotlight on a Kappa!

Kappa Delta Phi Alumni Brother Steve Vose of Eta Chapter proudly displays a fresh ice fishing caught 38 Inches long and weighed 15 lbs Pike. He looks excited. http://forums.kappatalk.com/showthread.php?t=54791

Congratulations to Brother Chip Smith, Kappa Delta Phi National Fraternity, Eta chapter at UMaine Machias on the birth of his daughter.

Pictured below, Brother Chip Smith and his little girl Karleigh Lin Smith. 

As per the last Eta Chapter alumni letter the Annual Alumni meeting will be held on September 29th at 4pm in the Holiday INN Waterville, Maine. The Eta Chapter Alumni Association have the conference room from 3pm till the meeting ends.

Topics will be:

From the Daily Bangor News.

Brown memorial scholarship golf tourney on tap

Fraternity brothers and friends of the late Thomas Hayes Brown, who was 39 when he died in March 2005 in Bar Harbor invite you to join them and take part in a golf tournament in Brown’s honor and memory, the Thomas H. Brown Memorial Scholarship Tourney.

Eta Chapter of Kappa Delta Phi National Fraternity at University of Maine at Machias is holding their annual Thomas H Brown Memorial Scholarship Tourney.

Details

• Location: Bar Harbor Golf Course
  51 Jordan River Rd
  Trenton, ME 04605
• Date: August 25, 2007
• Time: 7:00-finish
• Entry: $100 per person, $350 per foursome in advance
  (before August 15, 2007)
• Hole Sponsorship: $100 in addition to foursome, $250 without

From Brother Robert Tracy, Eta Chapter Alumni Association President

The Eta 75th Anniversary Party is coming right up on March 17th, 2007. The plans include Champions in Waterville, Maine with a band and a DJ. The DJ will perform when the band isn't. Alumni brother Dennis Crispo is responsible for finding the band, and we should know by Feb. 1. Professional invitations have been sent out, and Bob Tracy and many other alumni have been busy finding new addresses for invitations, attempting to bring many older alumni into the fold, both on KT and in relation to Eta Chapter and functionality.