The SPIRIT The voice of The Highland Lakes A&M Club/Foundation No. 85 - March 2018

The Highland Lakes A&M Club is chartered by the Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University

Howdy Ags! 2017 was another wonderful year for the Highland Lakes A&M Club! We once again made good on our promise to honor those Aggies who’ve gone before us and to spread the Aggie Spirit amongst our neighbors and the next generation. Take a look below at how your Club is Fostering Aggie Spirit in the Hill

Aggie Muster - April 21, 2017 Scholarship Presentation at Aggie Muster 2017 St. Paul the Apostle Church -Horseshoe Bay

(pictured from left to right) Col. Red Stewart ‘57, (left to right) VP High School Relations - Stennis Shotts ‘77, Kelsey Jerry Gray ‘62, Ross Johnson ‘48, Brenda Gray, Walker, Brittany Miller, Madelyn Maples, Mariela Torres, Kyle Alice Johnson, Shirley Ayers, Ed Ayers ‘59 Cavender, Club President - Amanda Fancher ‘00

Congratulations 2017 Scholarship Winners!

Kelsey Walker - Marble Falls High School Madelyn Maples - Marble Falls High School

Brittany Miller - Marble Falls High School Mariela Torres - Burnet High School

Kyle Cavender - Burnet High School

2018 Aggie Howdy Bash - January 22, 2018 with A&M Baseball Coach Rob Childress

(left to right) Club President - Mike Linam ‘95, Jack Allen (left to right) Kay Pittman ‘80, Dale Pittman ‘80, Tommy ‘97, A&M Coach Rob Childress, Sam Morrison ‘72 Wendel ‘72, Paula Wendel More Howdy Bash and Game Watching Party Photos

Kathleen Kokernot ‘08, Ryan Jones & Ross Bill White, Don Liedtke ‘74, Kelsey Bookmyer, Brad Bingham ‘13 at the 2018 Howdy Bash Bookmyer ‘92 & Kim Linam at 2018 Howdy Bash

Aggie Club Tailgate Party at Hole in 1 vs. UCLA September 3rd, 2017

We Need Highland Lakes A&M Club Business Directory YOU!!! We Need Doing Business with Aggies in the Highland Lakes YOU!!! We are working on the Aggie Business Directory for the Highland Lakes A&M Club. The goal is to foster the Aggie Spirit by letting all Club Members know who the Aggie Owned and Aggie Friendly Businesses are here in the area so we can all do business with them. We want to PUBLICIZE our LOCAL AGGIE BUSINESSES!!!

Who doesn’t want to do business with a fellow Aggie if they can??? So, if you’re an Aggie business owner or an Employee and want local Aggies to know where you work and to come see you, then let us know.

Send an email with your name, business you own or work for, services you offer, business address, phone, website and your email, then we’ll make sure you are included in the directory. The directory will be available online at our website and through print version as well.

Please email the info you want included in the directory to: [email protected] Page 2 President’s Box - 2017 in Review

Howdy! My name is Mike Linam, and it’s my honor to again serve as President of the Highland Lakes A&M Club for 2018.

Over the past year, our local Aggies have gathered together for Aggie Muster, the Tailgate Party against UCLA and the Howdy Aggie Bash!

Our Muster Speaker for 2017 was Jim Harris ‘83. Jim has been a High School Ag Science Teacher in Tilden for 33 years. Jim seemed to have an almost encyclopedic recall of all things Aggie and Texas. With his big gray mustache and larger than life personality, you’d have thought he walked right off the set of Lonesome Dove. That was a Muster we won’t soon forget, as we honored our Aggie brethren who’ve passed on before us and awarded scholarships to another impressive group of future Aggies.

We also had a heck of a great time for the first half of the UCLA game at the Tailgate party we held at the Hole in 1 in HSB in September. The second half was not so fun… Then in January of 2018, we had the great privilege of having A&M’s Head Baseball Coach, Rob Childress, speak to us at the Aggie Howdy Bash at Quail Point. Boy what a treat that was! Our baseball team is no doubt in great hands with Coach Childress at the helm!

We as a Board want to thank you for your generous support throughout the past year. It is your steadfast commitment to the Club/Foundation that allows us to have quality events and a strong scholarship offering. The scholarship program is a key driver in all we do and we need your help again this year to keep it going by giving to the scholarship program as Spirit Sponsors.

I want thank Amanda Fancher for her dedication to the Club as President last year. Amanda has moved back to Austin, so we are going to miss her spirit and fantastic organizational skills! I’m also excited to welcome our newest Board Member, Kathleen Kokernot ‘08. Kathleen is a Realtor with Kuper Sotheby’s Int’l Realty in HSB and her husband Ryan Jones, is the Director of Operations at the HSB Resort. Welcome Kathleen!

I’m looking forward to another great year! We have Muster and the Aggie Classic Golf Tournament just around the corner in April! Hope to see you there!

Gig’em,

-Mike Linam ‘95 Club President

Highland Lakes A&M Club Officers for 2018

● Mike Linam ‘95 - President ● Kathleen Kokernot ‘08 - VP Activities ● Susan Herr - VP Finance ● Ross Bingham ‘13 - VP Records ● Stennis Shotts ‘77 - VP High School Relations ● Sam Morrison ‘76 - Club Advisor ● Whitney Clement ‘96 - VP Membership

Page 3 SPIRIT SPONSOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Each year, the Highland Lakes A&M Foundation awards up to five scholarships to deserving young men and women who have been accepted to Texas A&M. With the ever increasing costs of higher education, scholarship programs such as this one truly make an impact on the lives of these young people.

To ensure this great tradition of awarding scholarships continues each year, we’ve established our Spirit Sponsor Program. Our Spirit Sponsors donate annually to the Foundation Scholarship Fund. Please consider making an annual contribution to this program.

12TH MAN LEVEL (FULL SPIRIT LEVEL TRADITIONS LEVEL GIG’EM LEVEL REVEILLE LEVEL SCHOLARSHIP)

$100 $500 $1000 $1500 $3000

Please help “Foster the Spirit” by enclosing your Tax Deductible 2018 Spirit Sponsorship using the form on the back of this newsletter or pay online at www.highlandlakesaggies.com. For questions about the scholarship program, please contact [email protected] or call 678-637-8367.

We want to extend a big THANK YOU to our 2017 SPIRIT SPONSORS listed below.

●Dr. James '59 and Jane Allison ●Mike ‘72 & Jane Hunter ●Kenneth ‘68 and Ann Anderson ●Ross ‘48 and Alice Johnson ●Ed '59 and Shirley Ayers ●Ken ‘53 and Dianne Jones ●Buddy ‘65 and Trudy Bullock ●Randall ‘59 and Ladema Jones ●Sam ‘65 and Trina Burnam ●Drs. Donnie ‘82, and Margaret ‘84 Jung ●August ‘58 and Patricia Campbell ●Mike ‘75 and Rhonda ‘76 Kolar ●James '68 and Doris Faubion ●Mike '95 and Kim Linam ●Ron '78 and Sherrye Faulkenberry ●Michael Moak ‘86 ●Robbie '64 and Suzanne Galaway ●Sam '76 and Lynette '77 Morrison ●Jerry '62 and Brenda Gray ●Rick and Kathy Smith ●Art '53 and Roma Heath ●Mark ‘75 and Terry ‘79 Stracke ●Jim ‘50 and Marilee Hiester ●Kyle ‘81 and Kay ‘82 Stripling ●Pat Hill ‘54 ●Charlie '60 and Carolyn Thornton ●Mike ‘87 and Dani ‘88 Hodge ●Tommy '72 and Paula Wendel ●Doyle Hoff ‘83 ●Gail ‘65 and Patricia Wood

Page 4 CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM

Part of our mission as an organization is to bring local Aggies together at annual events such as Aggie Muster, Coach’s night and various other events. Corporate Sponsorships allow us to put on quality events that are fun to attend. These sponsors ensure that we have the funds needed to cover the additional operating costs of the club beyond what membership dues and event entry fees cover.

In years where we have enough funds on hand to cover the events for the club for the next year, we will devote the funds from Corp Sponsors directly to the scholarship foundation to help replenish the scholarship fund. 2018 will be such a year and consequently, your Corporate Sponsor donations will be tax deductible.

Become a 2018 Corporate Sponsor Today! You don’t have to be a business owner to be a corporate sponsor. However, if you own a business, this is a great way to support the Club and promote your business to local Aggies.

What’s included in the Corporate Sponsorship package? · Your Logo on every page of the New & Improved Website (www.highlandlakesaggies.com) · Recognition in the Club Newsletter · Your Logo featured as a Table Centerpiece at all Club Events · Your Logo or Your Name prominently displayed on the Corp Sponsor Banner at all Club Events Your Logo displayed on a Hole Sign and the Corp Sponsor Banner at the 2018 Golf Tournament

To make your 2018 Corporate Sponsorship donation of $300, please use the form on the back of this newsletter or pay online at www.highlandlakesaggies.com. If you have additional questions about the program, please contact Mike Linam at [email protected] or 830-693-2504. 2017 CORPORATE SPONSOR RECOGNITION Thank you so much for making last year a huge success! Allen & Allen Gibralter KBEY & The Picayune Buzz Miller ‘76 Ron Faulkenberry ‘78 Amber Weems ‘97

First United Bank Grand Bank Daily Tribune J. Don McAlpin Susan Pierce ‘84 Amber Weems ‘97

Bay Pharmacy HL Vet Lake LBJ Yacht Club & Marina Jason ‘91 and Lori Pool Dr.’s Donnie ‘82 & Margaret ‘84 Jung Gib Shackleford Dr. Kris Kasper ‘02 Chicken Express Dr. Kelly Krobot ‘08 Paleface Vet Jack Allen ‘97 Dr. Matt ‘98 & Keren HRH Construction Schuessler Edward Jones Joey Herr ‘72 Mike Linam ‘95 Schlotzsky’s HSB Vet Lance Massey ‘95 Frank Humada, Jr. Dr. Garrett Craig ‘00 & Tatum Craig ‘00 State Farm Insurance Galloway Insurance Johnson Sewell Ford Lincoln Shane ‘97 & Kara ‘98 Stewart Kay '82 & Kyle '81 Stripling Ross '48 and Alice Johnson Sweetberry Farm Dan ‘86 & Gretchen Copeland Page 5 The Highland Lakes A&M Club is chartered by the Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University

Please Join Us For

Saturday, April 21, 2018 St. Paul the Apostle Church, HSB, Texas Featuring Guest Speaker - Ashton Rugh ‘09

We are excited to have Ashton Rugh as our Muster speaker this year. Ashton is a 2009 Cum Laude graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Communications and Journalism.

While at A&M, she was involved in a variety of organizations through the Student Government Association and was a founding member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Leadership Experience and Texas Aggie Cattle Women. Ashton also pursued a number of jobs and internships including being a radio personality on Candy 95.1 in College Station and Down on the Farm Radio, interned at Radio Disney in NY City and KSAT 12 in San Antonio, and represented the U.S. Army All-American Bowl at 40 events in 10 states, speaking to crowds as large as 3,000 people.

Today Ashton is the owner and CEO of Asista Marketing & Communications, a boutique consulting firm, with offices in San Antonio and Bryan-College Station, specializing in strategic marketing and communications and social media management for small & medium sized businesses. In 2016, Ashton founded the RecoverEd Foundation, a non-profit organization whose sole focus is to award educational scholarships to adult addicts and alcoholics in recovery. Program will include the awarding of the 2018 Highland Lakes A&M Foundation Scholarships to local Burnet County High School Students. We have a great program and meal planned for you this year. Attire is casual. Please let us know you’re coming! Return RSVP form on reverse side by April 7th or buy your tickets online at www.highlandlakesaggies.com.

WHEN: Friday, April 21, 2017 Directions from Marble Falls SOCIAL TIME: 6:00 PM ● From Hwy 281 DINNER & PROGRAM: 6:45 PM ● Take FM 2147 toward Horseshoe Bay (go 5 miles) WHERE: St. Paul the Apostle Church ● Turn Left onto Thanksgiving Mountain Road (go .4 201 Dalton Circle miles) Horseshoe Bay, Texas 78657 ● Turn Left on Hi Ridge Road

● Turn Left onto Dalton Circle

For more info, contact Mike Linam - Club President [email protected] (830) 693- 2504 2018 Aggie Golf Classic Benefiting Highland Lakes A&M Scholarship Foundation Monday, April 16, 2018 • Delaware Springs Golf Club - Burnet, Texas 9:30 A.M. SHOTGUN START • FOUR-MAN SCRAMBLE Registration Due by April 7th

● 9:30 AM Shotgun Start ● Silent Auction ● Four Man Scramble ● Trophies to all Flight Winners ● $125 per player/$500 per team ● All proceeds go to fund Aggie scholarships ● Lunch Buffet included ● Complete & Return this form to register ● $20 for non-players Lunch Buffet ● Questions: [email protected] or (214) 850-7271 ● Pay it Forward Hole

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Please mail this form & checks to: Highland Lakes A&M Club P.O. Box 1244, Marble Falls, Texas 78654 Page 7 Highland Lakes A&M Club/Foundation PRESORT STD. Post Office Box 1244 U.S. Postage Paid Marble Falls, Texas 78654 Marble Falls, TX 78654 PERMIT NO. 82 Return Service Requested

Please indicate selections and return by April 7th, 2018

[ ] 2018 Annual Membership Dues $30 per family

[ ] 2018 Spirit Sponsor __$100 Spirit __$500 Traditions __$1,000 Gig’em ___$1,500 Reveille __$3,000 12th Man

[ ] 2018 Corporate Sponsor _____$300 (please email Corp Logo to [email protected] if applicable)

[ ] 2018 Aggie Muster Tickets Adults $25.00, Children Age 12 & Under $12.00 #Adults___ #of Children___

[ ] 2018 Aggie Golf Classic $125.00 Per Player #Players _____ #of Non-Players Lunch only _____

Name(s) & Class Year(s) ______

Mailing Address ______

Email Address ______Phone ______

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: HIGHLAND LAKES A&M CLUB P.O. BOX 1244, MARBLE FALLS, TX 78654