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Greetings Taus,

I hope everyone is doing well and ready for summer to get here, I know we can't wait. This past week your undergrad ATO's were awarded with a very prestigious campus award. We were awarded Outstanding Social Fraternity on campus at this years Sammy's awards. The award was given out based on criteria such as philanthropic events, social service, academics, chapter and improvement,and lastly how your chapter exemplified the motto "The measure of a Life is its service." This is the first time our chapter has won this honor in the fifteen years it has been given out. It just goes to show that when you work hard and put your mind to something you can achieve your goals.

Hey guys, Tammy and I are still around, living in Friendswood.

We have two kids, Cameron 20, sophomore at Baylor, Kellsey Jr. at Friendswood. Kellsey qualified for Regional finials in track and will be throwing the shot put at SHSU next Monday. It will be the first time that Tammy and I will have come back to Huntsville in a long time.

Brother Webb K. Melder, who is mayor of Conroe, Texas, has been named chairman of the Municipal Revenue & Finance Committee for the Texas Municipal League.

The Municipal Revenue & Finance Committee formulates positions of legislation scheduled for presentation in the 2011 Texas legislature.

"The Texas Municipal League does a great job representing the cities throughout Texas and I consider it an honor to chair this prestigious committee," said brother Melder upon learning of his appointment by Frank Sturzl, Executive Director of the Texas Municipal League.

The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity's Zeta Mu chapter was named Outstanding Social Fraternity at Sam Houston State University during the annual Sammy Awards ceremony held this past Wednesday night at the Lowman Student Center. 

The Department of Student Activities presents the Sammy Awards based upon votes from the student body at Sam Houston State.

Congratulations to the undergraduate members of the Zeta Mu chapter of Alpha Tau Omega at Sam Houston State for this much-deserved recognition!

For a list of the 2010 Sammy Award recipients, go to this link: 

Glad we had the reunion last weekend - I'm hearing they are receiving between 8" - 10" of rain last night….wishing the very best to George, the beautiful Trails End Ranch and the critters *Except for RJ…
Stay Dry Brother!

There are currently over 400 300 250 200 150 brothers for whom we need help getting current contact information.

The following brothers have 'stepped-up-to-the-plate' to help us locate those on our Lost Brothers list:

• 1955-1960: Joe Curtis / John Gresham /AW Radle
• 1961-1964:  
• 1965-1967: Pete "Kuch" Kucera
• 1968-1971: Pete "Kuch" Kucera
• 1972-1974: Dennis Congdon
• 1975-1977: Bill Fry
• 1978-1981: Robert "Spock" Hurst
• 1982-1985:  
• 1986-1989: David Counts
• 1990-1993:  
• 1994-1997:  
• 1998-2000:  
• 2001-2004: Joel Brush
• 2005-2010: Matt Riedel
• Unknown Year A-G:
• Unknown Year H-O:
• Unknown Year P-W:

Who will contact lost brothers from your era?  If not you, then who?

The weather in Medina is looking good for the reunion.  Historically, the daily temperature in Medina for April 10th is a high of 78° and a low of 48° and it looks like this year's weather will be in that range.

Here are a few more weather reports for those interested in more detail:

Brothers traveling to the reunion for the first time may need a little help in finding the Trails End Ranch. The address is 622 American Way, Medina, TX 78055, but, not all maps will have a listing for this private road. If you have a GPS and it doesn't recognize the street name, you can use these lattitude & longitude coordinates: 29.784209, -99.343943.

If you don't have a GPS, you can use the Google Map service to get driving directions:

We may be in luck for some good star gazing this year in Medina.

Space Shuttle mission STS-131 launched April 5th with a planned duration of 13 days.  If all goes as planned, the Space Shuttle will be docked to the International Space Station for the entire weekend and, if the orbits cooperate, will be a very bright object as it passes overhead.  As the date draws closer, you will be able to find out details on the flyovers at the SpaceWeather Satellite Tracking page.

The Planets in April 2010

Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn are the showpieces of the nighttime sky in April. Venus takes center stage as it is the brightest point of light in the sky after sunset. At about magnitude -4, it is low in the west and sets about an hour and a half after the sun.

We have incomplete reunion registration info for the following brothers.  If your name is on this list, please complete the online registration form today!  If you are in regular contact with any of these guys, please let them know that they need to take action.

• Adams, Charles