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Chapter News Four chapter brothers participate in Lyrecrest Work Weekend
Despite being laid-back but labor-intensive, the experience was memorable for not only the four chapter members who went, but also for the other brothers who came from other chapters. The 2008 Work Weekend strengthened bonds among the brothers, showing how much fun being at Lyrecrest is, while at the same time reminding the chapter that it is united with hundreds of other chapters through its common experience. Brothers Gibbs, Helmstetter, Owen, and Raymond, essentially on behalf of Theta Upsilon, made a lasting mark on Lyrecrest, and it in turn left a lasting mark on the four.
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From May 15 until May 17, 2008, four brothers from the Theta Upsilon
Chapter visited Lyrecrest, the fraternity’s national headquarters,
for the annual work weekend. In an act of volunteerism to better
the fraternity and develop strong bonds with brothers from around
the nation, the chapter made a lasting mark on Lyrecrest. Brothers
Johnathan Gibbs, Mark Helmstetter, Andrew Owen, and Joe Raymond
did many tasks around Lyrecrest. Brother Owen painted the
two cottage doors white, while other brothers removed several of
the old bunk beds and assembled the new ones. Brothers Raymond
and Owen pressure washed the entire facility, including Lyrecrest
North, all in enough time to get the machine back to its owner.
Brothers Helmstetter and Gibbs worked to destroy the back porch
of Lyrecrest North in only an hour and a half, rather than the expected
several hours. Eventually, all four brothers wound up staining
the front ramp of Lyrecrest, which they did with a deep reddish-brown
shade of wood stain called Mahogany Flame.
Several
other brothers from other chapters worked to landscape the flowerbeds
around the main building and around the large sign pictured left.
They also repainted the railing of the façade of Lyrecrest
North, and hung beautifully-framed pictures of all the convention
photographs around the museum room of Lyrecrest North.