Owl Additions Amber Casper Baumer 99

Amber, Lucy, Cici, Emma, Beck and Kaiya.
Forgive me for my EXTREME tardiness in this announcement but let welcome all the same a sweet set of Who's Whos... Amber and Josh Baumer welcomed twin girls Emma & Lucy on August 10th (see what I mean about tardiness, whew sorry). These two LONG awaited for beauties are just wonderful in every way and Amber and Josh are WONDERFUL parents.


They are fraternal and look completely different but are both just gorgeous little girls! They have their personalities all set too Emma~ she is the high maintenance girl (which I love!) and Lucy who is just lllllllllllaaaid back. They are too cute. Since its been WAY too long since my update, here are few pics of Amber and her sweet family. Congrats sweetie!

PICTURES

Twins like twins!

Calling ALL OWLS!! We are celebrating 100 years of Sigma Alpha Tau!!

We are so excited to be celebrating 100 years of our amazing sorority! I am so excited because I have heard of many of our sisters that are coming from ALL OVER:) It should be an incredible reunion and I know it will be a blast! Just some Info off the top of my head! For the out of towners, the official "Owl hotel" aka, we have reserved a block of rooms there is the Franklin Park Suits off of Polaris Pwwy and Gwen has assured all Owls the rate of $79 a night:) Here are some events that will be happeneing at the 100th party! The party begins on October 22nd in the evening so mark those calendar!!!

Friday, OCt. 22nd: Pizza/PJ Party at the hotel, this should be a blast, all sisters are invited, there will surely be singing, chanting, great stoies, jokes, pictures and anything else that happens when you get a big group of girls together in their PJS!!! I believe it will be in oneof the meeting rooms at the hotel:)

Saturday, Oct. 23rd: Begins with the Homecoming Parade at 10am, we may have an alumni float if anyone is interested to partake! We will then have a luncheon, likley on campus for all Owl Alumni and family as well as the entire active chapter.We will then follow that with an evening reception at Medaliion Country Club where there will be dace displays for everyone to look at and lots of meeting and greating! We will then have a formal sit down dinner with a cash bar and DJ. Should be great, significant others are invited!

Each of the 10 decades have a decade leader assigned to them to if you have any great pictures, stories, anything that could help, contact Gwen Swigart Nichols to find out who your daced leader is! I am the 1970s decade leader, so I get all the fabulous 70s sisters! I had a few people ask, the 1990s will be run by Ash Babbitt Reynolds, if you need an updated address for her, just email the blog and we will get it to you!

Hope to see all of you! Sorry for the more than likley numerous typos, I am typing quick at work!
Becky Devaney Stapleton!

It's another baby boy for the nest!

Marc and Darsi Miller Edwards '99 welcomed a little boy on November 30th at 11:56pm. Baby Marc weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and joins very proud big sisters Taya, Ella and Livi!! What a great addition to the Edwards household! Here she is with her three sweet girls at one of her launches for her products. The Edwards live in Jacksonville, Florida.


And here is a picture of her latest and most fabulous project~ Baby Marc!! Oh what a cutie!

Congrats to you Edwards family, send more pics when you can! We love you!

Congrats to the Newest addition to the Nest~!

Sherri Slagle Ebert '99 and hubbie Jason welcomed thier second little boy on November 23, 2009 at 11:53am. He weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces and 19 inches long. He joins very proud big brother Brody who is two.
Here is the little cutie pie.

Brennan Slagle Ebert

Nice work Sherri and Jason, cannot wait to meet the little man!

Do you have updates, tell us what going on in your life! Send me an email at emilyreplogle2004@yahoo.com and I would be MORE than happy to post for you!

Send pics, stories, anything really... would love to hear from you!

Go see "Paranormal Activity" starring our very own Ashley Palmer!

If you haven't already heard, Owl Alumna Ashley Palmer '00 has a role in the breakout horror flick, "Paranormal Activity."

Read up here (on CNN and everywhere else!). And then go see the movie!

WAY TO GO, ASHLEY!

A new Owl baby joins the nest!

Lizz ('98) and Josh Caton welcomed Baby #4 on July 8th! A sweet little boy 8 pounds 11 ounces and 22 inches long. Craig Robert Caton is lovingly welcome by big sisters Violet 4, Drew 3, and Lainey, 1. Mom and baby Craig are doing great, if anyone would like to volunteer to bring a meal or just stop by and help out a bit (4th baby, Lizzie, I am so impressed!) just drop me an email and I would be more than happy to coordinate it. emilyreplogle2004@yahoo.com
CONGRATS to the Caton Family! We love you guys!

PLEASE READ~Kerry Jean Friend

Ladies, one of our sisters is currently going through very difficult times. Please read, this was forwarded to me on Facebook and I want to get the word out as much as possible. Please read, forward on, do anything you can. If you cannot attend, please spread the word.
Love to you all sweet sisters.
Love N Hoots,
Emily

Here is the message from Facebook:
Kerry Jean has Aplastic Anemia and will need a bone marrow transplant. Her immediate family has been tested, but are not matches.

The Leesburg community/churches are holding a bone marrow drive in the hopes of finding a match for Kerry Jean. Please spread the word to other churches, groups, family and friends! And, of course, continue to PRAY!

If you are matched to someone in need, the process of donating is not nearly as painful or difficult as has been portrayed by Hollywood so don't let that scare you off! You can find more information on the process on the website link below.

Lunch and homemade ice cream will be served- freewill donation. Cheek swabs for ages 18-60. Each donor pays $25 tax deductible donation, a national bone marrow organization will pay the rest. Don't let money stop you from donating- the local community/churches are raising money to help cover the costs.

Can't participate in the cheek swab or donate marrow? You could sponsor someone who can!!
Kerry Jean Friend fund set up at
Leesburg Federal Savings Bank.
45 E Main St. Leesburg, OH 45135
(937) 780-2431

You can register/donate ahead of time online. If you can come the day of the event, please do so and allow out-of-towners to register via the web, but sign up here on this event page so we know how many swab kits we'll need to have.

General sign-ups on the web are for at home swab kits. Once the kit arrives, please return promptly in the postage paid package.
Directions:

1. www.bethematch.org

2. “Join the Registry”

3. “Join Now”

Follow subsequent directions until “promo code” is asked. The “promo code” is DUEFTMOH. (You may or may not need to input this as they site is running another promotion for free sign up right now)

Finish answering the next steps and click for the swab kit to be sent.

Questions? Email bonemarrow@psbc.org. or call 1-800-366-2831 (1-800-Donate) Ext. 1897

A useful fact is that the most desirable donors are young, healthy MALES. This is because they don't have the antibodies that women develop during pregnancy. However, many women have been bone marrow donors. Women shouldn't be discouraged from donating but they should definitely encourage the men in their lives to donate.

Another thing you can do in support of Kerry Jean is donate blood or platelets. There are multiple donation locations in the Cincinnati area. To make an appointment to donate platelets, please call the appointment center at (513) 451-0910. Kerry Jean has been getting blood and platelet transfusions up to twice a week so resupplying the bank is a great way to honor your friendship with her.

Please come out and donate!! Pass this along to everyone you can think of!! Kerry Jean needs us!!!!

Also, donors who are not Caucasian have less of a chance of matching Kerry Jean BUT the donor bank is currently 75% Caucasian so there is a great need for people of other ethnicities to enrich the bank and improve the chances that someone with a similar background will find a match. I have been told the government pays the full processing cost for non-Caucasians.

From Nellda Friend (Kerry Jean's mom)
Brief background of Kerry Jean:
Kerry Jean has been working as a youth and children’s director of a church in High Point, NC where she also became certified in different areas of aerobics. She moved to a house the church renovated for her the week before Easter. She also doubled up on exercise classes that week in order to take a few days off and come to Leesburg the next week. I was in North Carolina that week (holy week) to help her move.

The mirrors in the gyms revealed bruises on arms and legs. A clinic visit, following advice from a retired doctor, sent her for blood work. I came home on Good Friday. The day after Easter, she called saying the blood work showed a likelihood of leukemia. I flew back to NC Tues. morning.

A bone marrow biopsy Tuesday was gratefully received because it showed no leukemic (cancer) cells, but indicated nearly NO cells – APLASTIC ANEMIA.

The preferred treatment is a bone marrow transplant from a sibling; however, neither brother matched, so she was hospitalized at Winston-Salem Wake Forest Univ. Baptist Hospital for ATG treatment.

For each of 4 days she received 8 hours of a substance made from horses’ blood along with other drugs to “tie up” her bad blood cells that were destroying each other. She continues at home with the drugs which continue to suppress her cells (her immune system). The hope is that her body will eventually make new (stem) cells without being killed by the “bad” cells.

We need to have ready another action if this treatment does not work, and that is the purpose of this drive – to find a non-related bone marrow donor. This drive may produce a match to save Kerry Jean.

However, there are many people throughout the nation/world who need a bone marrow transplant and are looking for a match. By signing up to help Kerry Jean, you might be providing life giving marrow to a special someone you don’t even know!

Thanks a whole bunch and thanks for all the love and support from Leesburg!

Love, Kerry Jean and me – her mom!