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james holmes

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Aug 11, 2013, 1:56:21 PM8/11/13
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W e are pleased to announce that there is now an official web site for the 2013 Beta Chi Reunion.

Please visit http://focalpnt.com/BX/ and browse the postings.

Loran Kary took a number of pictures of the house and its residents during his stay during 1969 and 1970.  He wanted to share those pictures with the group and that is how the web site got started. 

We want to encourage everyone to contribute text, photos old and new, movies, articles, links and anything else of interest to the group that can appear on a web site.

Instructions for submitting your contributions can be found at http://focalpnt.com/BX/?page_id=306.

Please visit the site frequently to see what new postings have been added.  Newer posts appear at the top of the home page and older posts will get pushed off the bottom.  So be sure to follow the links to "Older posts" at the bottom of the page.  Click on a category to see just the posts for that category.  Click on images to see higher resolutions.

We also want to encourage everyone to comment on the postings. Click on the link “Leave a reply” for the post or comment on which you want to comment.  When commenting on photographs, please supply the names of people you recognize if they have not already been noted.  What do you remember about that person or persons?

It is our hope that the web site will become an active forum for discussions in addition to the google group and we welcome suggestions for how to make the site more useful.

Enjoy!

Loran Kary and Jim Holmes

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Cotty Chubb

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Aug 11, 2013, 6:02:20 PM8/11/13
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OMG. No, no, I mean...  Far out!

There are a ton of pictures in the Loran Kary archive. Worth digging through.

It comes as a surprise to realize I was ever quite that young. 

  Cotty

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DMirch

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Aug 11, 2013, 8:01:52 PM8/11/13
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WOW! Quite a trip back in time, through this treasure of images from our collective history. So much forgotten, if not lost. Thanks Jim and Loran. So happy to see Bruce once again.

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Rick King

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Aug 12, 2013, 5:13:32 AM8/12/13
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And I had hair! Great that you are doing this, Jimmy.

Peace, love, and revolution,
Rick

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Loran Kary

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Aug 18, 2013, 7:51:01 PM8/18/13
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Many thanks to all those who have helped match up names with faces.  Thanks especially to Hilmar Blumberg, Cotty Chubb and Rebecca Daniels.

We still have many faces without names so please, everyone, help us identify anyone you recognize.  It would be nice to get everyone in the Beclch cast.

Mary Townsend has contributed a wonderful article about how her life would have been different without Beta Chi. We would love to see more people contribute some memories and anecdotes.  

Don't forget to keep checking back at the site to see what's new.

Cheers,
Loran Kary


Cotty Chubb

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Aug 18, 2013, 7:59:16 PM8/18/13
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Hi Loran, we all owe you a big debt for putting those pictures up there. And since no good deed goes unpunished, would you happen to have handy the picture you took of Hugh McCarten, John Carney, Jocelyn Gunnar and me at Altamont? Hugh recalled it to me.
 
   Cheers,

      Cotty

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Loran Kary

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Aug 18, 2013, 8:06:51 PM8/18/13
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Hi Cotty,

I think it must have been someone else who took that picture.  I did go to Altamont but not as part of your group as I recall.  I have no pictures and I don't remember bringing a camera.

Sorry,
Loran

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Aug 19, 2013, 9:24:10 AM8/19/13
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Cottty, If you find that one, I want a copy.
HB

John Carney

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Aug 19, 2013, 10:10:28 AM8/19/13
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Loran,

I have been enjoying those photos you posted, but when I saw that latest one of Hugh playing the guitar I realized that I may be missing some of your posted photos as I had not come across that one when I scrolled through the BX website.  Is there a way I can access all your BX photos?

I might actually have a copy of the one taken at Altamont, so I will go through my boxes of memorabilia to see if I can find it...

John

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Loran Kary

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Aug 19, 2013, 10:47:59 AM8/19/13
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Hi John,

I'm glad to hear that you enjoy the pictures.  To see everything on the website, you have to keep clicking "Older posts" at the bottom of each page until you get to the end.

-- Loran

John Carney

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Aug 19, 2013, 10:59:08 AM8/19/13
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Thanks!  I hope you are doing well.  Where are you living, what are you up to?  So glad you have these great records of our time at BX!

John

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Loran Kary

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Aug 19, 2013, 11:45:04 AM8/19/13
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In case anyone didn't know, images from the website can be downloaded to your local computer.  Click on the image to enlarge it then click again to get the full resolution.  Then right-click to get a menu to save the image where you want to have it.

-- Loran

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Randy Hopwood

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Aug 19, 2013, 12:55:50 PM8/19/13
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Hey Loran,

So, here is a pic of you, roommate winter and spring quarters 1970, for posting.

Randy
 
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Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 8:45 AM

Subject: Re: Beta Chi website
Loran Kary, Spring 1970.pdf

Loran Kary

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Aug 19, 2013, 1:52:20 PM8/19/13
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Thanks Randy, I will post it.

To avoid redundancy, contributions for posting to the website should be sent not to this group but rather to bxre...@focalpnt.com.

On Aug 19, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Randy Hopwood <rhop...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hey Loran,

So, here is a pic of you, roommate winter and spring quarters 1970, for posting.

Randy
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Loran Kary

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Aug 19, 2013, 2:16:05 PM8/19/13
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I am a retired software developer living in Woodside, CA.  What about you?  Should we have a category on the site, "where are they now"?

-- Loran

Peter Samelson

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Aug 19, 2013, 2:17:33 PM8/19/13
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I like the suggestion for the category!

Peter

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Aug 19, 2013, 2:27:24 PM8/19/13
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I think that is a great idea!
 
Take care,
Lisa Gottlieb (formerly Hallas)
 
 
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Cotty Chubb

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Aug 19, 2013, 2:48:43 PM8/19/13
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+1

And it will save a lot of time in October!

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Loran Kary

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Aug 19, 2013, 2:56:57 PM8/19/13
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OK, start sending in your contributions to bxre...@focalpnt.com.  Maybe include a current picture.

John Carney

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Aug 19, 2013, 5:56:25 PM8/19/13
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Sounds good.  I need to mine my archives...  

John

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John Carney

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Aug 19, 2013, 6:01:31 PM8/19/13
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Loran,

Living in Jackson Hole where I am an architect.  No retirement in sight yet, but I am enjoying what I do, so that is fine with me...  I manage to keep up with a number of the old BX gang including Cotty, JB, Will Rogers, Hilmar, Lloyd Fonvielle, Hugh McCarten, to name a few.  I got a lot of that group together four years ago for my 60th birthday here in Wyoming.  JB & Lloyd even wrote a song about Wyoming for it...

John

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Loran Kary

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Aug 25, 2013, 8:45:17 PM8/25/13
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I'm pleased to announce some updates to the Beta Chi Reunion web site.

Thank you Cotty Chubb for contributing a recent picture and a nice write-up to "Where are they now?".

Thank you Jim Holmes for putting together a photo gallery of your images for us to enjoy.  These pictures were taken circa 1974 around the same time that Rick King was shooting his film "Off the Wall".  A number of former Beta Chi people worked with Rick on that film.

Please everyone check out Jim's photo gallery at http://focalpnt.com/BX/?page_id=602

Cheers,
Loran Kary

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Loran Kary

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Sep 8, 2013, 4:52:10 PM9/8/13
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Announcing some updates to the Beta Chi Reunion web site:

Thanks to Brad Zebal for contributing the 67-68 Photo Gallery.  http://focalpnt.com/BX/?page_id=624

He hopes that others will send in some pictures.

Thanks to Marco Perella for his must-read article "Big Bust at Beta Chi".  http://focalpnt.com/BX/?page_id=626


On Aug 11, 2013, at 10:56 AM, james holmes <jamescraw...@gmail.com> wrote:

Beta Chi Reunion

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Oct 14, 2013, 4:40:28 PM10/14/13
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Just a reminder to everyone to check the 2013 Beta Chi Reunion web site periodically for updates.


Only a few days left now before the big event so if anyone has anything that you would like to submit to the website but have been procrastinating, now would be a good time.

Thanks,
BX Reunion webmaster



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