Brothers,

Attached is notice 3 for the reunion on September 8th to the morning of September 11th. For those of you who haven't replied. Please tell us if you are coming to the reunion. The hotel has extended is special rate of $99 until at least September 4th.

Please let me know what you are having for dinner on the 9th. Please send me the money for the dinner ($42 per person including beverages tax and tip).

Please let me know if you are going to play golf at Northstar on the 10th. I need a count. The green fee is $80 including a cart.

Let me know if you are going to attend the bar-b-cue at the Northstar recreation center. The bar-b-cue cost is $25 per person including wine wine and beer.

The cost of the breakfast on the 11th is free if you are staying at the hotel. If you are not staying at the hotel, the breakfast price is $14.33 including tax and tip.

Included are directions to the venues for the reunion.

Gamma Green

9 September to 11 September 2009

Truckee, California

This is the third notice concerning the California Alpha reunion for the years from 1958 to 1971. If you have not received the previous notices, contact Mike Green at his email magreen@lbl.gov. Rooms at the Best Western Tahoe Truckee Hotel at 11331 Brockway Road are still available at a reduced reunion room rate of $99 plus tax including a full buffet breakfast. To make reservations call 530-587-4525 and ask for the Sigma Phi Epsilon rate.

The official reunion dinner will be at the Fifty-Fifty brewery at 11197 Brockway Road, Suite 1 in Truckee. Cocktails start with a no host bar at 5:00 PM. The beer at the brewery is superb. Dinner will start at 7:00 PM. The dinner will be a three-course meal (salad, a main course, and desert). The price for dinner includes wine or beer, and coffee or tea. We have three choices for a main course. They are as follows:

2) Caribbean Jerk Grilled Swordfish with Rice, Pineapple Salsa and House Vegetables

3) Boneless Braised Beef Short Ribs with Cabernet demi-gloss, Potatoes and Vegetables

If there are special meal needs, let us know. A vegetarian selection will be available. Please send your meal choice and number of meals to Mike Green at magreen@lbl.gov as soon as you can. The restaurant must have a count on September 4^th. The price of the dinner will be $42 (including wine and beer). Please send Mike Green a check at:

There will be a golf tournament at Northstar on September 10^th at the Northstar Golf Course. Tee time will be between 9 AM and 9:30 AM. The green fee is $80 (including the cart). Rental clubs are available. Please notify Mike Green at magreen@lbl.gov, if you are playing.

In parallel with the golf tournament is a planed hike along old railroad right away between Donner Summit and Donner Lake. We will meet for the hike at the parking lot for the park at the west end of Donner Lake at 9:30 AM on the 10th. Some cars will ferry people to the top of old Donner Pass. The hike will follow the original road of the transcontinental railroad bed. This upper route was abandoned and the tracks and ties removed in the early 90s. They graded the road and put down gravel at that time. Having said that, the road has a slight downhill grade that looks and feels like a country road. Because most of this road is underground or within snow sheds, there are puddles of water you may step into. It is also pitch black in many parts of the route, with occasional openings to step out and take in the gorgeous view. The trail down from the old railroad grade to Donner Lake drops about 800 feet in a mile and it is very dusty. It actually looks and feels like an old logging road. You and your shoes/boots will get dusty. The total length of the trip is about 6 miles. It is necessary to bring appropriate shoes and a good flashlight. Going on this trip without a light would be dangerous.

There will be a bar-b-cue at Northstar Recreation Center during the afternoon of September 10th. The bar-b-cue will start at about 3:30 PM; it will end at dark. The menu for the bar-b-cue will be as follows: The appetizer will be a shrimp cocktail. There will be a green salad with the main course. The main course is grilled vegetables, grilled boneless chicken breast, grilled salmon, and grilled beef tri-tip. Desert will be cream puffs and éclairs. The cost of the bar-b-cue including beer, wine, and soft drinks is $25. The Northstar recreation center is open to those attending the bar-b-cue starting at 1 PM. Bring your bathing suit and towel. There is a swimming pool and spa tubs. There is plenty of parking near the Northstar Recreation Center.

There will be a farewell breakfast at the Best Western on September 11^th. The cost of the breakfast for those staying at the hotel will be free. The cost for those not staying at the hotel is $14.33 including tax and tip.

Directions to Reunion Events

The cocktail party on September 8^th will start about 4 PM. The location of the cocktail party is at Frank Curcio’s house at 14104 Donner Pass Road in Donner Lake. The get to the cocktail party exit interstate 80 at exit 184. If you are going eastbound on I-80 turn right when you exit. If you are going westbound go over the freeway and follow the signs to Donner Pass Road. Go about 1.8 miles on Donner Pass road. Turn right off onto a road that goes by three houses. Frank’s house is the second house on this road that is parallel to Donner Pass Road.

To get to the Best Western Truckee Tahoe Inn, exit from Interstate 80 at exit 188B onto highway 267. Follow the signs toward Northstar and Kings Beach. Go about a mile and a half to the first signal and turn right onto Brockway Road. The Best Western is on the right side of the road just before you get to the round about.

To get to the Fifty-Fifty Brewery, walk about 120 yards from the Best Western to the Rock complex. The Fifty-Fifty is in the second building. If you are driving turn right at the round about next to the Best Western and find the parking lot for the Rock.

To get to the Northstar Golf Course for the golf tournament on September 10^th, follow highway 267 for five miles toward Kings Beach. The signal for Northstar Road is the second signal from Brockway Road. Go up Northstar Road through the round about toward the village. Turn right at Basque. There is a sign for the golf course and the Martis Grill.

To get to the meeting place for the hike on September 10th, exit interstate 80 at exit 184. If you are going eastbound on I-80 turn right when you exit. If you are going westbound go over the freeway and follow the signs to Donner Pass Road. Follow Donner Pass Road to the west end of Donner Lake. The park is on the left. We will meet in the parking lot.

To get to the bar-b-cue on September 10th, follow highway 267 for five miles (from the Best Western) toward Kings Beach. The signal for Northstar Road is the second signal from Brockway Road. Go up Northstar Road toward Northstar Village. There is a stop sign at Big Springs Road. Continue on Northstar road and make a left turn into a parking lot. The Northstar Recreation Center is at the end of the parking lot. When you get to the Recreation Center, go to the desk and say you are with the Sigma Phi Epsilon bar-b-cue. Bring your bathing suit and a towel. Club towel rental is $1. There is a locker room in the clubhouse next to the pool. The main pool and hot tubs will be open.

Reunion Web Site

Brothers

attached are the first and second circulars concerning the California Alpha reunion on September 9th to the 11th. I am sending them to you as a word and a pdf version. There have been some who have had trouble opening one version or another. Jim Peirce is collecting personal biographies of brothers. Send a short bio about yourself and Jim will post it on the web site. To those of you who have already responded concerning the reunion, please accept my apology. This is a mass email message to the whole group.

You should make your reservation at the Best Western in Truckee as soon as possible (before August 26th). There may be a limit on the number of room available at the Sig Ep rate of $99. If there are no room available at the Best Western when you make your reservation, contact the Hampton Inn and Suites on Highway 267 (about a half mile from the Best Western. I understand that they are offering a rate of $129. The Hampton Inn number is 530-587-1197. There are a couple of other options as well.

Please decide what you want for dinner on September 9th. There are three choices. The price for the dinner is $42. This is for a three course meal, with wine or beer and coffee or tea. A vegetarian option is available. The Fifty-Fifty brewery is within 120 yards of the Best Western. The beer made at the brewery is excellent. I need to have a count on the dinners by September 3rd.

There will be a golf tournament on the morning of the 10th. If you want to play golf, please let me know by September 3rd. The Northstar golf course wnats a count of golfers. For non golfers, there is a planned hike along the historic transcontinental railroad right away from old Donner Pass to Donnor lake. We will have more on this later.

There will be a bar-b-cue at the Northstar recreation center about 6 miles from the Best Western. We will send you more details on this next week.

The best way to contact me is by email.

Mike (Gamma) Green

9 September to 11 September 2009

Truckee, California

This is the second notice concerning the California Alpha reunion for the years from 1958 to 1971. If you have not received the previous notice contact Mike Green at his email magreen@lbl.gov. The hotel for the reunion is:

Truckee CA 96161

The official reunion dinner will be at the Fifty-Fifty brewery at 11197 Brockway Road, Suite 1 in Truckee. Cocktails start with a no host bar at 5:00 PM. The beer at the brewery is superb. Dinner will start at 7:00 PM. The Fifty-Fifty Brewery is about 120 yards from the Best Western in the new complex next door. The dinner will be a three-course meal (salad, a main course, and desert). The price for dinner includes wine or beer, and coffee or tea. We have three choices for a main course. They are as follows:

2) Caribbean Jerk Grilled Swordfish with Rice, Pineapple Salsa and House Vegetables

3) Boneless Braised Beef Short Ribs with Cabernet demi-gloss, Potatoes and Vegetables

If there are special meal needs, let us know. A vegetarian selection will be available. Please send your meal choice and number of meals to Mike Green at magreen@lbl.gov by September 3, 2009. The restaurant will need to have a count on September 4^th. The price of the dinner will be $42 (including wine and beer). Please send Mike Green a check at:

There will be a gold tournament at Northstar on September 10^th at the Northstar Golf Course. Tee time will be between 9 AM and 9:30 AM. The green fee is $80 (including the cart). Rental clubs are available. Please let Mike Green know by 3 September 2009 at magreen@lbl.gov, if you are playing. There is a planed hike along the old transcontinental railroad right away between old Donner Summit and Donner Lake. The hike is ~7 miles going down hill. The starting time and meeting place for this hike has not been set. The hike will be at the same time as the golf tournament. There will be a bar-b-cue at Northstar recreation center in late the afternoon of September 10th. The time and cost of this event have not yet determined. There will be a farewell breakfast at the Best Western on September 11^th. The cost of the breakfast for those staying at the hotel will be free. The cost for those not staying at the hotel is not yet determined. See the first reunion notice for the web site information.

9 September to 11 September 2009

Truckee, California

Truckee CA 96161

The official reunion dinner will be at the Fifty-Fifty brewery at 11197 Brockway Road, Suite 1 in Truckee. Cocktails start with a no host bar at 5:00 PM. The beer at the brewery is superb. Dinner will start at 7:00 PM. The Fifty-Fifty Brewery is about 120 yards from the Best Western in the new complex next door. The dinner will be a three-course meal (salad, a main course, and desert). The price for dinner includes wine or beer, and coffee or tea. We have three choices for a main course. They are as follows:

2) Caribbean Jerk Grilled Swordfish with Rice, Pineapple Salsa and House Vegetables

3) Boneless Braised Beef Short Ribs with Cabernet demi-gloss, Potatoes and Vegetables

Brothers,

Below is the information we have as of August 12th, 2009. The banquet event on 9 September 2009 is likely to be at the Fifty-Fifty brewery, which is located about 120 yards from the reunion hotel, the Best Western Truckee Tahoe. We have negotiated a special rate at the Best Western. If the Best Western is filled we can recommend the Hampton Inn in Truckee, but we have not special rate there. The Hampton Inn is less than a half mile from the Best Western on Highway 267. For those who want a more upscale hotel we recommend the Cedar House Sport Hotel on Brockway Road, which is about four blocks from the Best Western. We can also recommend some other places, but they are a longer driving distance from the Best Western and the banquet location.

Fraternally
Gamma Green

California Alpha Reunion

Sigma Phi Epsilon

9 September to 11 September 2009

Truckee, California

Brothers, there will be a reunion of chapter brothers from 1958 to 1971 of the California Alpha Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon in Truckee California. The official days of the reunion are the 9^th 10^th and 11^th of September 2009. The reunion hotel is:

Best Western Truckee Tahoe Inn

11331 Brockway Road

Truckee CA 96161

Rooms will be available at the Best Western from September 8^th through the 12^th at the rate of $99 per night plus tax (about 35 percent off of the normal rate for that week). To make reservations call 530-587-4525 and ask for the Sigma Phi Epsilon rate. If the reservations agent doesn’t give you this rate, tell the desk to contact Carina Taylor the sales agent for the hotel. The hotel can be reached by exiting Interstate 80 at exit 188B (going either direction on I-80). Follow the signs to highway 267 to Kings Beach (north Lake Tahoe). Go about two miles to Brockway Road and turn right. The hotel is just before you get to a round-about on the right hand side of Brockway road. If you are coming in from Kings Beach on 267 turn left on Brockway Road. The hotel is a bit over ten miles from the shores of Lake Tahoe.

For those flying in, there are two airports one can go into. One can go the Sacremento Airport about 100 miles from the hotel or one can go into Reno, which is about 25 miles from the hotel. There is shuttle service from Reno Airport. If there is more than one of you flying in you may be better off getting a rental car. You might want to use a rental car to go to the lake and other activities.

The planned activities include: a cocktail party at Frank Curcio’s house in Donner Lake for the early birds who come in on the 8^th. The cocktail party and banquet will be on September 9^that the Fifty-Fifty Brewery, which is in a complex right next to the hotel as you go around the round-about. There will be a golf tournament at the Northstar Golf Course (about six miles from the hotel) on the morning of the 10^th. For you serious golfers, we suggest that you make reservations at the Coyote Moon golf course on another day. Coyote Moon is a world-class course. The number for Coyote Moon is 530-550-2211. Goggle it to find more about the course on the web. There will be a cocktail party and bar-b-cue on the 10^th. The time and place are not yet been fixed. The final breakfast of the reunion is set for the 11^th. The time and place are not yet fixed.

Go to http://www.jimpeirce.com/sig%20ep/sig%20ep%20front%20page.htm for a web-site,

For more information, contact Frank Curcio at FACeast@erols.com or at 530-550-8103 (Donner Lake house) or 530-386-4767 (cell). You can also contact Mike Green at magreen@lbl.gov or at 510-339-0604 (home) or 510-333-1553 (cell). Mike travels a lot, so email is best.

Mike Green and Frank Curcio are hosting the second Cal Alpha reunion of the classes late-1950s to 1972. The reunion will be Wednesday thru Friday, September 9-11, 2009 at Truckee, California and at nearby Donner Lake. Both of us have vacation digs in the area, Mike at North Star and Frank at Donner Lake. We will get a hotel to hold a block of rooms for us, and we are planning SigEp events in Truckee and a picnic at Donner Lake. The weather should be clear sky and warm, not hot.

- For early-arrivers on Tuesday September 8:
   -- Conversation at Frank's house at Donner Lake into the evening. Snacks.
   -- Historian's display of Cal A photographs and memorabilia from 1901 - 1970s, photos from 1995 reunion.
   -- Swimming in Donner Lake if lake monster is quiescent that day.
   -- Helping Mike and Frank with last minute tasks and fixes.

- Wednesday September 9, first day of reunion:
   -- Afternoon reception, with hors d'oeuvres at a Truckee (to be determined) hotel at 4:00 PM.
   -- Historian's display of Cal A photographs and memorabilia.
   -- Buffet supper from 6:30 - 7:30.
   -- Reading the names of brothers sending greetings but cannot attend, Xxxx Xxxx, 7:30.
   -- Meeting room open for conversations until 11:00.

- Thursday 10 September, second day of reunion.
   -- Breakfast at hotel from 6:30 - 9:00.
   -- Second SigEp Reunion Golf Tournament from 7:00 - 11:00. Xxxx Xxxx tournement coordinator.
   -- Other activities from 9:00 - 12:00
   -- Picnic at west end of Donner Lake from 1:00 - 5:00
   -- Light buffet supper 7:00 - 11:00. Xxxx Xxxx is MC.
       --- Remembering and speaking the names of the brothers who have passed. Xxxx Xxxx.
       --- Grace before supper. Xxxx Xxxx
       --- 10 minute talk by a brother from the current Cal A chapter. Xxxx Xxxx. (Classes and study allowing.)
            ---- 6 slides of current chapter brothers, house, activities
       --- 20 slides of SPE in 50s, 60s and 70s. Mike Green
       --- 5 slides from our 1995 reunion. Tom Hobday.

- Friday 11 September, last day of reunion.
   -- Breakfast at hotel 9:00 - 10:30.
   -- Business meeting during breakfast. Mike Green is MC.
       --- Recognize brother/family who traveled the farthest.
       --- Recognize the oldest brother attending.
       --- Recognize the youngest Cal alumnus attending.
       --- Thanks and recognize co-hosts of Reunion 1995.
       --- Decide dates/place of next reunion, also the reunion chair(s).
       --- Poem on reunions.
       --- Pass the microphone.
       --- Other business.
       --- Farewells, SigEp Cal Alpha reunion adjourns.

- Saturday 12 September. For late-stayers:
   -- Reno Balloon Races. Arrive at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno between 4:00 - 6:00, that is AM!
       --- (Photos from 2008 "races" in another e-mail.)
       --- No-host breakfast at Xxxx Casino in Reno at 9:00
   -- Or coffee, donuts, or lox, bagels & cream cheeee at Frank's house or at Donner Lake beach. Swimming at Donner Lake if you-know-who is quiescent again.
   -- Or....

II. Which hotel? Mike and Frank will decide based on the number of brothers and wives to attend. So, soonest, tell us if you will attend or might attend. Likely we will negotiate a discounted room rate when we get a handle on the number of rooms needed. Hotel rates will be low as we will be there post-season (after /Labor Day). We anticipate reserving reserve a block of rooms, and you can register and pay for your stay at the hotel. Please send us e-mails with this information to Mike, Frank and Jim Peirce. Jim is developing the e-mail "send list" and will e-mail this and update reunion messages to you.

-- Names of people attending, and brother's class year
-- Whether attending, maybe attending, not attending but would like to be on e-mail list for next reunion
-- Your e-mail address and phone number
-- Whether you want to stay at the hotel we select for the group or will take other lodging.
-- Dates of stay at the hotel
-- Names and e-mail addresses of other brothers we should contact
-- Other things we should know and questions we should answer for you

- MAGreen@LBL.gov (that is Mike), to
- FACeast@erols.com (that is Frank) and to
- JPeirce@yahoo.com (that is Jim Peirce). Jim is will keep the e-mail addresses and send e-mail updates to you.

III. Cost of meals. We will know the per-person cost of food when we settle in on the number of people attending and the hotel. We will not be extravagent, and the Donner Lake picnic will be only a few dollars per person. When estimate the cost of the hotel meals we will e-mail you and ask you to send a check to Frank.

IV. SPE photographs. Jim Peirce will post SigEp photos on his web site -- xxxxxxxx Please e-mail/contribute photos to Jim at JPeirce@yahoo.com. If Frank migrates from Wash DC to Donner in time, you can Post Office-mail photos to him for scanning and posting on Jim's web site. Frank will return the original photos to you at the reunion. More on this in Reunion E-Mail 02.

V. Public transportation. To Reno by air; then Truckee is about 45 minutes by car west from the Reno airport. The limo of a Squaw Valley hotel will will drop off and pick up in Truckee for Reno airport travelers. AMTRAK has a train from the SF Bay Area to Sacramento then a transfer to a bus for the rest of the ride up to Truckee -- this AMTRAK service has a good reputation. You can make AMTRAK reservations over the internet. Truckee has Hertz and Enterprise car rentals.

Frank Curcio, Cal A 1963
FACeast@erols.com
cell (530) 386-4764 (P.S., I drafted this while Mike is in China, 'will "take credit" for Jmistakes. S/Frank)