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Sisters try a new restaurant for their September gathering.
Sisters enjoy a meeting at Zea Woodfire Grill in Plano.
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Sup Deprez and Jenn Flemming Dannehl (both Delta
Xi-Nebraska/Kearney). -Julie O’Meara Jernstrom (Nu-Nebraska)
OMAHA CONTACT: Jenn Flemming Dannehl
jdannehl@paypal.com 402.880.4797 GREATER TULSA, OKLA. Sisters enjoyed shopping for charity and lunch in December. They look forward to a January white elephant gift exchange at Cheri Hinton Quillen’s (Delta Rho-Ball State) home and a February teddy bear collection for a local ambulance service at Monica Townsend Taylor’s (Phi-Oklahoma) home. -SarahJane Hopkins Mouttet (Zeta Nu-Texas Christian)
GREATER TULSA CONTACT: SarahJane Mouttet
sarah@alumnae.alphaphi.org 918.282.1994 www.alphaphitulsa.com OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. The group met at Belle Isle Brewery in September for a girls’ night out. They celebrated Alpha Phi’s 135th birthday in October with the fifth annual Alpha Phi Night at the Racetrack. OKC sponsored a race in honor of Founders’ Day and had dinner at Silks restaurant at the track. Other events included learning how to make a T-shirt quilt, salsa dancing and the annual holiday party and ornament exchange. -Bethany Anderson Brown (Phi-Oklahoma)
OKLAHOMA CITY CONTACT: Beth Brown
banders@flash.net 405.364.0263 AUSTIN AREA, TEXAS, IVY CONNECTION The AAIC made cookies for Texas (Omega) collegians during recruitment and enjoyed happy hour at Kona Grill. A joint event with the traditional Austin alumnae
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chapter celebrated Founders’ Day Texas-style with a fajita dinner. -Ellen McGuire (Beta Alpha-Illinois)
AUSTIN AREA IVY CONNECTION CONTACT: Jennifer Monk (Omega-Texas) jennifermonk@gmail.com 512.297.4916 www.austinareaalphaphi.org DALLAS AND SUBURBAN, TEXAS In August, sisters enjoyed cocktails at Central 214 at Hotel Palomar. Alumnae also celebrated the new school year at Michelle Quiroga Hurley’s (PhiOklahoma) home in September. -Jennifer MacDonald Cole (Gamma Eta-North Texas)
DALLAS AND SUBURBAN CONTACT: Heather Bastin Guild (Delta Delta-Oklahoma City) heather@heatherguild.com 214.599.0392 www.alphaphidallas.org FAR NORTH DALLAS AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES, TEXAS Alumnae kicked off the fall season with a pirate party at Kim Neal Harlow’s (Omega-Texas) home. A Red Dress Founders’ Day luncheon was held at Patrizio’s. Diedre Robert Moser (Gamma Omega-Midwestern State) hosted the holiday party in December.
FORT WORTH CONTACT: Tammy Farris Gordon (Zeta Nu-Texas Christian) farrisandgordon@msn.com 817.735.1784 www.angelfire.com/tx4/aphi HOUSTON, TEXAS Founders’ Day was celebrated with a Phi-esta at Molina’s Restaurant. Sisters’ member anniversaries were recognized, including past chapter presidents Virginia Segrato Wood (Omega-Texas) and Jane Larke Lower (Iota-Wisconsin). A new satellite group was formed: the Bordeaux Babes. Its first meeting was hosted by Lyn Horne Flynt (Omega-Texas) at The Buckingham. They meet the first Friday of every other month. The ivy circle, organized by Maggie Wessel (Theta Xi-Shippensburg), continues to meet at Houston hot spots for monthly dinners and happy hours. -Amy Ciaccio (Gamma Iota-Texas Tech)
GREATER TULSA MOMS ENJOY PLAY TIME
-Kim Neal Harlow (Omega-Texas)
FAR NORTH DALLAS CONTACT: Ilana Rossel Steele (Gamma Omega-Midwestern State) ilana@alumnae.alphaphi.org 214.636.3685 www.fndaphis.org FORT WORTH, TEXAS Members and their families attended a Fort Worth Cats minor-league baseball game. The ladies enjoyed manicures and pedicures at the Celeste Nail & Day Spa in Fort Worth for the September meeting. -Nadine Troll Parsons (Zeta Nu-Texas Christian)
Moms and sons enjoy playing in the fountains at Jenks RiverWalk Crossing following the Greater Tulsa, Okla., alumnae chapter’s July dinner event. Pictured are Ginnie Netherton Graham (Phi-Oklahoma) and her son, Louis, with Maryann Darby Allred (Phi-Oklahoma) and her son, Vincent.
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