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Greetings!
War Eagle everyone!!! Lots and lots of great Auburn news, photos and fun in this edition of the AAC newsletter. In fact, there was so much great material we wanted to include -- this is an XXXL version of what's going on---from metro Atlanta to Auburn and beyond.
Our BIG scholarship fundraising Kickoff event last week was simply AUsome! Thanks to everyone who came out for the Game Day celebration. More information is below, including a link to photos from the event and how you can order some.
Next up are two more great Summer events: one an exercise of our inner "Auburn Artist" and the other a great night of Baseball at Turner Field!! We will be painting Aubie's portrait at Just for Giggles on August 3 -- and we have a giant block of Auburn seats reserved for Braves -vs-Giants on August 15. Don't miss either of these great events... details on both are below.
The surest sign that football season is almost here? Auburn's annual Fan Day is scheduled for 4-6 p.m. August 2 at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum. The Auburn football team, coach Tommy Tuberville, the Auburn cheerleaders, Tiger Paws and Aubie will be available for autographs. And, best of all, there is no charge to attend!
We are now accepting reservations to order our new Toomer's Corner ornament (see below). Plus, we've got Atlanta Auburn Club T-Shirts, koozies and more -- get yours before the tailgating begins!
Have a great weekend...
War Eagle!
The Atlanta Auburn Club
Contact us at: communications@atlantaauburnclub.org
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AAC's Kickoff Event on July 15 with Coach Tuberville a BIG Success!
Attendance Doubles for Atlanta Auburn Club's Annual Scholarship Fundraising Event
Photo contributed by Village Photographers, Auburn, AL
An estimated 700-800 Auburn Tigers joined the Atlanta Auburn Club at the Cobb Galleria Convention Center on Tuesday, July 15, for a night of Auburn fun, Auburn fans and Auburn football! If you missed it - you missed one of our biggest nights ever!
Thanks to everyone who attended, including our special guests: AU Football Coach Tommy Tuberville, University President Dr. Jay Gogue, VP of Alumni Affairs Debbie Shaw, VP for Development Jeff McNeil and many other members of the Office of Development, ALUM Board VP-elect Mike Watson, and ALUM Board members Burt Cloud and Janet Mertz, Auburn Professor John Penick, Aubie, the AU cheerleaders, Rod Bramblett, Paul Ellen, Inside the Auburn Tigers' Mark Murphy, and 680 The Fan.
Special thanks, too, and a big "War Eagle!" to all the Auburn Football Lettermen who joined us that evening, including Loran Carter, Jack Langford, Bill Van Dyke, Mac Lorendo, Chuck Hurston, Erich Sauerbrey, Tom Bryan, Bucky Ayers, Wayne Bylsma, Joe Davis, Reid Trapani and Kelsey Crook.
Thanks also goes to Auburn University and the ALUM Association, Anders Bookstore, Tiger Rags, Village Photographers, and all our FANtastic vendors for coming out to support our efforts.
Rally Foundation told us yesterday that a total of $850 was raised in the "4 Quarters 4 Research" drive which helps fund children's cancer research. We will be doing this again in the Fall, so stay tuned! The friends of Lauren Burk also told us it was their biggest night ever for sales of Lauren Burk memorial wristbands -- proceeds raised at our event will benefit the Lauren Burk Memorial Scholarship Fund at Auburn University.
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was also great to see all three AAC scholarship recipients - Justin
Neisler, Taylor Benz and Anna Campbell - you can read more about each
of them on our website!!
And last but not least, heartfelt thanks to all our Atlanta Auburn Club volunteers --- this event had more heavylifting and more work than any event we have ever held. It can be said that the success of any group is largely a reflection of the volunteers who donate their time and energy to it. The Atlanta Auburn Club is blessed with an ever growing group of volunteers that are the absolute best! This event would not have been possible without the help of each and every one of them!! War Eagle!!
Village Photographers got a lot of great photos from the event! You can check them out now and order your copies on the web -- it's fast and it's easy! Just click here to go to www.villagephotographers.com -- then go to the "Special Events" area, and find "Atlanta Auburn Club Game Day" event -- the password is WAREAGLE.
Here's a peek:           
All photos contributed by Village Photographers, Auburn, AL
Were you at our Game Day event on July 15th? If so, we want to hear from you! This year's event was a big move for the club and A LOT more work for our volunteers. In general, we think it was a big success - it was certainly our biggest crowd ever! Despite out best efforts and months of planning, we know there were a couple hiccups. Your feedback will help us make this event even better next year! Thanks for your help and War Eagle!
You can email the club at: communications@atlantaauburnclub.org |
Metro Atlanta Tigers' Summer of Fun Heads to Turner Field on August 15
Batter up! The Atlanta Auburn Club is heading to Turner Field for our next BIG event of the Summer! We have an All Auburn - All Orange block of more than 100 seats reserved to see the Atlanta Braves versus the San Francisco Giants on Friday, August 15. So don't miss the fun -- make plans to join us!
Game time is 7:30p. Tickets are only $25 each. And there will be Fireworks after the game! The only thing that's missing is popcorn, peanuts, hotdogs....and YOU!
We had a group of 100 Tigers join us last year --- so start warming up your Tomahawk chop, find your best Auburn hat or T-Shirt and join us for some fun at the ballpark.
 
 
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Create an Auburn Tiger Masterpiece! Join the AAC August 3 to Paint... Aubie!
It's an Auburn event like no other!
Make plans to join the Atlanta Auburn Club on Sunday, August 3rd from 4p-6:30p as we get together for a unique, fun and totally Auburn get-together! We will be painting Aubie's portrait step-by-step on canvas...at Just for Giggles. 
Fun for young and old alike! The photo at right, taken at our Tuberville event last week, shows the painting that we will be working on that afternoon.
The class is already half-full. So reserve your spot now!
For reservations and more information, contact AU alum Megan Jamison at Just for Giggles: 770-664-0555 or visit the website at: www.just-for-giggles.com.
Just for Giggles is located at 12635 Crabapple Road, Suite 250, Milton, GA 30004 (at the corner of B'ham Hwy and Crabapple Rd. at Crabapple Station)
WAR EAGLE!!
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Help Us Paint Georgia Orange & Blue Every Friday of Football Season!!
Auburn University is starting a new tradition this year --- and the Atlanta Auburn Club has accepted the challenge to get all AU Tigers in the metro area to "Paint the Town" Orange & Blue! This means: at work, around the town, on your cars, at schools....and on the highways!
Of course, you can start by making sure that you have your Auburn Club Special Tag License Plate!! We have recently learned that the local Tennessee and Alabama clubs have challenged each other -- to see who can reach the necessary 1,000 tag applications first. While they are busy applying ---- we want to get even MORE "AU" tags on the road in Georgia! There are now more than 10,000 Auburn Club tags on the road in Georgia -- and our tag only launched in 2006! More information is on the club website --
Remember: We ARE Georgia's OTHER University!
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Vote For Coach Tuberville's Top Ten Games On AuburnTigers.com
The 2008 football season marks the 10th for head coach Tommy Tuberville at Auburn! To celebrate, AuburnTigers.com is asking fans to vote on the top 10 games of the Tuberville Era.
Auburn fans have the opportunity to choose from 25 games over the past nine years and rank them in order from No. 1 to No. 10. Visit AuburnTigers.com to view game capsules, photos and stats along with video and audio highlights to aid in your selection process.
Vote as often as you like. Voting concludes at the end of July.
In August, results will be tabulated and AuburnTigers.com will unveil the Top 10 twice a week leading up to the 2008 season opener. Each game selected by the fans will feature full game stories and retrospectives from Tommy Tuberville and the players that participated in the Top 10 games during the Tuberville Era.
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In the Headlines: Late Breaking Auburn News...and more
 From oanow.com: July 22, 2008
Foxhall, Heath Rejoin Pawlowski on Auburn Baseball Staff
When John Pawlowski was hired as Auburn's new baseball coach June 20, Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs said the reason was simple. Pawlowski's accomplishments at College of Charleston - including three NCAA Tournament appearances - earned him the job at Auburn. And who better to help Pawlowski continue his remarkable run than two of the men who made his success at Charleston possible?
On Tuesday, AU announced the hiring of Scott Foxhall and Matt Heath as Pawlowski's two assistant coaches. The duo coached with Pawlowski at Charleston for a combined 12 seasons. Foxhall worked with Pawlowski for each of his nine seasons at Charleston, serving as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. He's likely to fill both roles at AU. Heath coached the Cougars' hitters for the past three seasons. Both hires had been rumored for weeks before being announced in a Tuesday press release.
"I am really excited about bringing Scott and Matt on board here at Auburn," Pawlowski said in a statement released by the school. "I think they will be great additions to the Auburn baseball program. They both have a tremendous amount of energy and experience, which will have an immediate impact on our program."
The hiring is a kind of homecoming for Foxhall, a Greer, S.C., native who started his college career as an Auburn walk-on in 1991. He transferred to Charleston after the '91 season and played three years for the Cougars.
In Foxhall's nine seasons at Charleston, 19 Cougars pitchers were selected in the Major League Baseball draft. He coached four Southern League Pitchers of the Year.
Heath has Southeastern Conference experience as a player: He spent two seasons at Florida (1999-2000) and two at LSU (2001-02). As Charleston's hitting coach, he helped the Cougars set school records in runs scored, RBI, home runs and hits. In 2008, Charleston led the nation in home runs and runs scored per game and ranked 10th nationally in batting average.
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From Birmingham News posted on al.com July 22, 2008
Lightning Strike Destroys Home of Auburn Track Coach
Lightning and a subsequent fire destroyed the home of Auburn track coach Ralph Spry late Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured, according to Auburn athletics.
Spry's wife, Ann, and their daughter, Tiffany, were in the house when the lightning hit. Ralph Spry was out of town, but immediately returned to Auburn.
Spry has been at Auburn since late 1997 and has won a national championship and has numerous Top 5 finishes at the NCAA Championships.
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Posted by Charles Goldberg, Birmingham News on al.com
Auburn's Marks, Shoemaker First-team All-SEC
Auburn defensive lineman Sen'Derrick Marks and punter Ryan Shoemaker are the two Auburn players named to the coaches' All-SEC preseason football first team, which was announced on Monday.
Auburn had five players named second-team All-SEC. It had one named to the third team. That's a total eight Tigers named among the 81 players named to the All-SEC first, second and third teams. (LSU led with 14 players. Florida had 10.)
What does this mean in comparison to all the other All-SEC teams? Probably not too much, if you believe that few head coaches actually do the voting. We believe that. Of the 81 players named to the first, second and third teams, six are sophomores, 35 are juniors and 40 are seniors.
Click here to see full list
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Auburn Adds Ball State to '09 Schedule
On Monday, Ball State became the third acknowledged opponent on AU's
non-conference schedule for '09, joining West Virginia and Furman.
According to a press release issued by Ball State's athletic
department, the game is scheduled for Sept. 26, 2009 at Jordan-Hare
Stadium.
Auburn is 2-0 against Ball State, with a 30-0 win in 2001 and a 63-3 victory in 2005, both at home.
Only one open slot remains on AU's 12-game regular-season schedule for
2009. All three of the currently scheduled non-conference games will be
played at Jordan-Hare, along with SEC games against Alabama, Ole Miss,
Mississippi State and Kentucky.
AU will play SEC road games at Arkansas, LSU, Tennessee and Georgia in 2009.
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New England Patriots Sign CB Auburn's Jonathan Wilhite
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots have signed fourth-round draft pick Jonathan Wilhite. The Patriots did not release the terms of the deal reached on Thursday. Wilhite is one of two cornerbacks the Patriots landed in April's draft, along with second-round pick Terrence Wheatley.
The 5-foot-11-inch, 185-pound Wilhite was taken with the 129th pick. The 24-year-old played three seasons at Auburn after attending Butler County (Kan.) Community College. In 34 games (23 starts) at Auburn, he had 101 tackles, a sack, 3 interceptions, and 14 passes defended. New England drafted the 24-year-old player as a potential replacement for departing defensive back Asante Samuel or Randall Gay.
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From the Montgomery Advertiser
SEC Race Could Be Wide Open
Football season hit its unofficial opening day Wednesday, when Southeastern Conference coaches began making their pitches at Media Days. A sprawling Hoover ballroom, for three days only, becomes a wondrous place where every team has legitimate title hopes and fortunes always are on the rise.
Optimism may be justified this time around. Preseason magazines have exhibited unusual confusion about the Southeastern Conference's pecking order. All four major preseason magazines -- Lindy's, Athlon Sports, Sporting News and Phil Steele's College Football Preview -- consider Georgia or Florida the nation's best team. Everything else is a jumbled mess.
"This could be the most interesting season I've seen in the SEC," said Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, entering his 14th year in the league. "You've got half the teams that, honestly, could make a strong case to win it all. It'll be a great year to be a fan. I've never seen it this balanced."
When all four magazine polls were combined, six SEC teams made the cut. Georgia and Florida each snagged two No. 1 votes while LSU (No. 8), Auburn (No. 11), Tennessee (No. 21) and Alabama (No. 25) also earned substantial recognition.
The SEC's Western Division has taxed prognosticators to their limit. No two magazines printed the same order of finish in the West, though Auburn and LSU split votes at the top.
Auburn returns 15 of its 22 starters in addition to kicker Wes Byrum and punter Ryan Shoemaker. The entire offensive front and both tailbacks are back. Defensive tackle Sen'Derrick Marks, whom Sporting News considers the league's top NFL prospect, will lead a defense loaded with talent and depth up front. Understanding how the defense will operate is tricky.
Auburn's season-opening game against Louisiana-Monroe will be new defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads' first game with the Tigers. Hired away from Pittsburgh in February, Rhoads' spring work showed only minor deviations from what predecessor Will Muschamp had been using since 2006.
New offensive coordinator Tony Franklin radically overhauled the team's attack just days before a win against Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. That yielded a 423-yard performance that gave Franklin an instant dose of assurance. Analysts have taken notice.
Steele lists the Tigers as a "darkhorse national title contender" and considers Auburn his No. 4 surprise team. Lindy's also interpreted the Chick-fil-A Bowl as a sign of major progress, insisting that "a 9-win season (is) the lowest of expectations."
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AU offers Southeast's first automotive engineering/manufacturing curriculum
AUBURN - Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is now offering a curriculum in automotive engineering and manufacturing, the first of its kind in the Southeast.
To better prepare engineers for jobs in the region's growing automotive manufacturing industry, the 15 credit-hour minor will focus on vehicle quality, logistics, design and planning. This program will provide Alabama's automotive factories with much-needed employees for mid- and upper-management roles, developing the state's economy by allowing the plants to become more efficient.
Click Here to Read More!
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AU Photo of the Week
AU President Jay Gogue, U.S. Rep. Chris Carney, D-Pa., and U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., watch canine instructor Daniel McAfee work with detector dog Spike at AU's Canine Detection and Research Institute in Anniston. The congressmen hosted a Homeland Security subcommittee field hearing July 22 at the AU site about training first responders in rural communities.
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2008 Atlanta Auburn Club Membership
 Don't forget to renew/start your local Atlanta Auburn Club membership for 2008. Club membership is a terrific bargain and this year we are offering some special "members only" discounts.
Your support through local membership and event attendance also helps us to continue to be one of the top alumni clubs in the metro Atlanta area and one of the top local Auburn clubs in the country.
So get your 2008 membership card...and join today!
2008 AAC Membership Dues are still a bargain
First year Auburn Grads FREE (membership application still required)
Individual Membership $20
Family Membership $30
Click Here for PayPal for Individual Membership - $20
Click Here for PayPal for Family Membership - $30 |
Atlanta Auburn Club Offers Club Exclusive, Limited Edition Ornament
Sales of AAC Ornament to Benefit Club's Scholarship Fund
The Atlanta Auburn Club is accepting pre-sale reservations for our new, exclusive 2008 club ornament. This program is aimed at helping us raise more scholarship funds for
metro area students.
Last week's Game Day event at the Cobb Galleria Convention Center was the first opportunity for area Tigers to see an actual ornament -- and we have already gotten a great response!
Anyone can purchase an ornament, but only 2008 Atlanta Auburn Club members will be able to buy it at a "members only" discount, so if you haven't renewed your membership -- now is the time to do it!
Price per ornament:
$30 + postage/handling for 2008 Atlanta Auburn Club members
$35 + postage/hanlding for non-members
This exclusive collector's edition has been approved by collegiate licensing. It will be produced in a limited quantity, and it will NOT be available in any retail stores. You can purchase it ONLY through the Atlanta Auburn Club. And we expect it to sell very fast.
 
(Front) (Back)
Our AAC design team worked closely with the
Auburn-licensed artist on our chosen theme: Toomer's Corner, one of
Auburn's most beloved traditions and perhaps the most difficult to
tackle design-wise.
These
individually boxed ornaments are now being handcrafted by
artisans in Poland. They are made of mouth-blown glass and each is painted by hand.
Questions? Or to reserve yours, email the club at: communications@atlantaauburnclub.org
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How Do You Show Your Auburn Spirit? Send the AAC Your Photos!
A very special email is making the rounds and found its way to the inbox of the AAC. It's from U.S. Army Lt. Justin Cobb, who had the opportunity to meet Coach Tuberville during the recent Coaches Tour of US Troops. He wins our award for the best display of Auburn Spirit! (He even got Georgia Bulldog Coach Mark Richt to pose for a photo....with his AUBURN flag!!! LOL!)
 LT Cobb gladly reported in the email: "Even in the Persian Gulf, the Auburn Family is strong. I was able to visit with the Coach for about 45 minutes on the flight line before attending a formal meet and greet on base later that day. He signed my flight helmet, passed out Auburn 'Challenge Coins' (valuable military souvenirs) and even gladly posed with me holding the 'Hey Bama' sign... it was incredible to see Coach Tuberville out here, and Auburn was the best represented of all the schools in attendance. Auburn was the only school giving out Challenge coins, Under Armour t-shirts, footballs, and more, while schools like Notre Dame gave out last years left over t-shirts, and schools like Alabama didn't show up at all..."
The Atlanta Auburn Club has not been able to reach LT Cobb yet - but we hope a copy of our email reaches him!
WAR EAGLE! to ALL our U.S. Troops!
 
 
The
Atlanta Auburn Club is giving you a shot at some well-deserved Tiger
fame. Your photos in our Email blasts, on the web -- and in albums on
our Tiger2Tiger group page! Be sure to check them all out! We are
getting some great shots so keep sending them in. How do you celebrate
the Auburn Tigers? We want to see plenty of Orange & Blue and lots of Auburn Spirit! Are you the biggest Tiger fan this side of the Georgia-Alabama stateline?
Send us your .jpg photos (file sizes less than 1 MB please) and then check upcoming newsletters, the web & Tiger2Tiger! communications@atlantaauburnclub.org WAR EAGLE!! |
A Fairy Tale Ending: Coach Pat Dye Reunited with His...Pants?!
By Kenneth Boone and Carl Holcomb/ Lake Martin Magazine
 We're going to put this as delicately as possible: Pat Dye lost his pants.
And his wallet. And his car keys.
Twenty-three years later, Shannon McDuffie found them, setting off a remarkable, humorous and fortuitous chain of events with a fairy tale ending.
Last winter, when a record-breaking drought pushed lake levels down 15 feet below full pool, people begin hunting for all sorts of things on the lake's suddenly-wide shoreline.
Shannon McDuffie was one of those who went hunting one warm day in December.
She was in the Emerald Shores area near Still Waters looking for old bottles along the water's edge when she came upon an object sticking out of the mud. As she reached down to retrieve it, she realized it was a pair of golf pants. They weren't just any golf pants either. They were big-check green-and-blue Madras pants, like something you'd expect to find in Rodney Dangerfield's trailer on the set of Caddy Shack.
As McDuffie picked up the pants, she found a mud-caked, alligator leather wallet in one of the pockets. She rushed straight home with the leather-bound treasure to wash it off and see what she had unearthed. (Unlaked? Demudded?)
A little cleaning revealed a number of credit cards from the mid '80s: an Alabama driver's license, an honorary Alabama State Trooper card, a Delta Frequent Flyer card, a Chevron "government credit card" with that included these exact words: " University of Auburn Athletic ." The wallet also included American Express, Visa and Gulf credit cards.
All the cards bore the same name: Patrick Fain Dye.
"Patrick Fain Dye - who is that?" McDuffie said she asked herself. "Then I got to thinking, Pat Dye, Pat Dye, there was a Dye who was an Auburn coach ... and about that time my husband came home from work and we both suddenly realized, in fact, that this was a wallet that once belonged to the famous Auburn football coach Pat Dye.
"After we had shared all the excitement with my mom and dad, we got in our golf cart and rode back down to the lake to retrieve the pants that were left in the mud," McDuffie said. "In the golf pants, which were still folded and had retained their crease, we also found a set of Toyota car keys, an Auburn football helmet key chain and a plain white handkerchief."
In case you've been stuck in the mud for the past couple of decades, Pat Dye is a national football figure, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and something of a legend in Alabama .
Dye was head football coach at Auburn University for 12 seasons, from 1981 to 1992. As a head coach at three universities, his career football record was 153-62-5 in 19 years.
Dye started out on the gridiron as an All-State and All-American high school lineman on the Richmond Academy team that won the 1956 Georgia 3A state championship title. In college, he was twice selected for All-American honors while playing for the Georgia Bulldogs and was named the Most Valuable Lineman in the SEC in 1960. After college, Dye played three years as linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League. He worked for coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, serving as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama from 1965 to 1973, and went on to head coaching jobs at East Carolina and Wyoming before landing in Auburn as head coach from 1981-1992. Dye won 71 percent of the games he coached at Auburn, piling up a 99-39-4 record, making him the third winningest football coach at Auburn behind Mike Donahue and Ralph "Shug" Jordan. He won four Southeastern Conference championship titles and was the SEC Coach of the Year three times.
Dye retired as Auburn 's athletic director and head football coach after an intense NCAA investigation into Auburn boosters making payments to a player. He's now employed by Auburn University as a special assistant to the president and spends a considerable amount of time managing his property. The 786-acre track where he lives called Crooked Oaks, and a adjacent 740-acre commercial hunting plantation called Auburn Oaks, are located in the small community of Notasulga, about 10 miles southwest of Auburn and about 20 miles southeast of Lake Martin.
McDuffie said her first reaction was to contact Coach Dye and ask him if he would like his wallet returned. It turned out to be easier said than done. With the aid of her bosses' wife, Gail Butcher, McDuffie attempted to contact Pat Dye and relay information about the wallet being recovered. Unfortunately, while Dye did eventually hear about the wallet's recovery, McDuffie and Coach Dye never made contact until Lake magazine got involved with the story.
So now we're back to the delicate part of the story.
"Coach, how'd you lose your pants?" we asked.
"Was there any money in there?" he answered.
Not surprisingly, Coach Dye said he has no recollection of losing his wallet or his pants. This was the Reagan era, after all.
And it was more than 20 years ago.
And really, who would 'fess up to a question like that, especially after seeing those pants.
"Well, I had a place in Still Waters in the early 80s ... I don't remember losing it, but now listen, that was a long time ago," Dye said in a telephone interview.
Lake arranged for a photo shoot with McDuffie and the coach at Dye's home in Notasulga.
When the two met, Coach Dye was pleasant, courteous, interested and at times, amused.
"Is that the wallet?" he asked after they greeted each other.
McDuffie said yes and held it out to him. The two stood together, shuffling through the expired credit cards with laminated covers that had separated and come apart.
They looked over the loot for a while, then took a tour of Dye's home, which ended up on a rock bridge over a small waterfall that flowed into his pond.
McDuffie held up the raggedy, mud-stained pants.
"I do remember those pants," Dye said, smiling and holding them out to give them the once-over.
"I don't have any idea how I lost 'em ... but we can make up a good story," he said, breaking into a smile.
"Tell you what let's do, you can be my guest and come to the Blue Jean Ball and auction them off," Dye said. "Everything that was in my pants."
McDuffie's face lit up and she quickly agreed.
The Blue Jean Ball is an annual event held every year on the weekend of the Auburn-LSU football game. The exclusive and expensive charity event is held at Auburn Oaks, one of Dye's properties, to benefit the Auburn University School of Nursing. This year it will be held on Friday, Sept. 19.
And so, when you really think about it, what Shannon McDuffie pulled out of the muddy Lake Martin shoreline back in December was ... an invitation to a ball.
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Find Old Classmates, Make New Friends & Network on Tiger2Tiger
Atlanta Auburn Club group membership is nearing 200 Tigers -- Log in and Check it Out!!!
 The Auburn Alumni Association's Tiger2Tiger Network for Auburn graduates is still populating and growing by leaps and bounds as more alumni discover the great possibilities of this new social and career networking site. If you haven't checked it out -- you are definitely missing out!
The Atlanta Auburn Club group is one of the biggest groups on T2T -- our membership has now reached 185 (who is going to help us break 200?!!) and our members run the range of recent grads to not-so-recent grads. We also include a fascinating variety of professions -- great for networking!
There are a number of great special interest groups, like Auburn Rockcrawlers, War Eagle Travelers, WarEagleForever.com, BBQ and Tailgating, Auburn Football Tailgate, Wildlife Professionals, Marketing, Construction, Aviation Management, Art & Design Alums, International Transportation, Physician Alumni, Auburn Legal Eagles, Auburn Athletes Alumni, Customs Compliance, the London/UK Auburn Club... and much, much more.
Click on the Tiger2Tiger logo to check it out.
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AU Campaign Raises More Than $608 Million
AUBURN - Auburn University ended its "It Begins at Auburn" Campaign this spring by raising a record $608,862,727. By June of 2007, nine months ahead of schedule, the campaign had already passed its goal of raising half a billion dollars.
All colleges and schools and athletics exceeded their individual goals.
"This is the largest campaign in the university's history, and the largest in the state's history," said Jay Gogue, Auburn University president. "I am proud of the Auburn family for making it such a huge success. Every gift, whether one dollar or one million dollars, shows the strong connection that our alumni, friends, staff and faculty feel for their university."
Contributions were made by 75,664 donors, and the total represents pledges and deferred and outright gifts. Of the total donors, 50,114 were alumni, with the remainder consisting of corporations, foundations and friends of the university.
There were 117 gifts of $1 million or more totaling more than $286 million, or 47 percent of the campaign total. An additional 29 percent of the campaign's gifts were from donations of $100,000 to $999,999.
Of the nearly $609 million contributed to the university throughout the campaign, $191 million went to student support, $36 million to faculty support, $72 million to facilities and $310 million to programmatic support. Endowed dollars account for 32 percent of the campaign's total.
"The success of this campaign would not have been possible without the efforts of the faculty and staff, the development office, the deans of our colleges and schools, and the 653 volunteers who led the effort," said Samuel Ginn, campaign co-chair and a member of the AU Board of Trustees. "Private funding must continue at even greater levels and Auburn University needs to build its endowment at an even stronger rate."
Regional campaigns, the first of their kind for the university, were also a large part of the success of the larger campaign. A total of $64 million was raised among the 28 regional efforts across the country.
"The regional campaigns brought Auburn alumni and friends together from as far away as California and New York. The momentum they built for the university will continue for years to come," said Campaign Co-chair Sally Jones Hill. "I want to thank everyone involved in this campaign from donors to all who worked so hard for its huge success. The students of today and all of those to come in the future will benefit greatly from their generosity."
The public phase of the campaign began on Feb. 3, 2006. |
Information From the Auburn Alumni Association
Here's the latest ALUM information and some great links to helpful information!
Join/Renew Your ALUM Membership Today!
It's easy, it's fast, and you can do it online. Just click here.
ALUM Members get CSTV discount
Did
you know that members of the Auburn Alumni Association receive a 25%
discount on CSTV, the Auburn Tigers' official online network?
Game Day Parking
Annual
and life members of the ALUM Association can contribute to the
Association's Endowment by purchasing a game-day parking space ($500
for the season) in the gravel lot located behind the
Alumni Center
at the corner of Gay Street and Miller Street. Along with assisting
deserving students with this scholarship donation, alumni can make
their parking a bit less hectic on game day.
Something Fun -- ASK AUBIE
Have
you ever wanted to ask Aubie a question or two -- like, what does he do
in his spare time? Or, what's his favorite dessert? Or, maybe, what
does he listen to on his iPod? Well you can quit wondering and start
asking. Just ask Aubie by clicking this link.
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Alumni directory to be published in 2009
The Auburn Alumni Association is working with research firm Harris Connect to publish the 2009 AU Alumni Directory. From now through July, alumni will be contacted either by mail, email or telephone to verify basic information such as names, addresses, graduation years and majors. Alumni may also vote for the directory's cover, and submit photos and favorite Auburn memories for possible publication. For more, click here.
Did You Know?
There are nearly 100 local Auburn Clubs throughout the country, and through these groups alums have the opportunity to participate in various fund-raising activities either directly for their local club scholarship or towards the Association's Endowed Scholarship. In 2005-2006, more than $178,000 was raised by local clubs for students in their areas to attend Auburn.
Circle of Excellence
A new 'giving' society for life members, the Circle of Excellence opens the door to contribute directly to the Alumni Association Endowment fund, which provides several full-tuition scholarships to first-year Auburn students. With a $1,000 starting contribution level (pledged over 3 years), the 3-tier society allows these Alums to know that they've contributed to Auburn's efforts to bring deserving students to The Plains.
How can I give?
Just make your tax-deductible contribution to the 'Auburn University Foundation', designating your local club scholarship or the Alumni Association Endowment in the "Notes" line of your check. Or if you prefer give online and choose "Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship" as your gift designation or specify your local club scholarship in the 'note other gift area here' space..
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Atlanta Auburn Club Viewing Locations & AU Radio in the Metro Area
An AAC Tradition in Buckhead:
The Bucket Shop Café, at 3475 Lenox Road (across from Lenox Mall), Tel.: 404-261-9244.
Plus, Two New Metro Neighborhood locations:
-In Alpharetta
Hudson Grill, off Windward Pkwy at 865 North Main Street, Alpharetta, 30004
Tel. 770-777-4127
-In Norcross
Iron Horse Tavern, in the heart of historic Norcross at 29 Jones Street NW, Norcross 30071
Tel. 678-291-9220
On the Radio:
Atlanta's AM 680 The Fan is the official home of the Auburn Tiger Football Network. And new in 2008, the Tigers can also now be found on XM Satellite Radio, in addition to Sirius.
Game Watching Party for Auburn -vs- West Virginia Game on Thursday, October 23, 2008 -- be sure to check the club website and our Email newsletters for more information as date approaches!
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2008 Auburn Tigers Football Schedule
2008 AUBURN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (all time Atlanta time)
Date Opponent (TV) Time
Aug. 30 LOUISIANA-MONROE 7 pm
Sept. 6 SOUTHERN MISS (Raycom) 12:30 pm
Sept. 13 at Mississippi State (ESPN2) 7 pm
Sept. 20 LSU TBA
Sept. 27 TENNESSEE TBA
Oct. 4 at Vanderbilt TBA
Oct. 11 ARKANSAS TBA
Oct. 23 at West Virginia (ESPN) 7:30 pm
Nov. 1 at Ole Miss TBA
Nov. 8 TENNESSEE-MARTIN [HC] 2:30 pm
Nov. 15 GEORGIA TBA
Nov. 29 at Alabama TBA |
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Special Atlanta Auburn Club Offers
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ON SALE NOW! The New Atlanta Auburn Club T-Shirt!
The Atlanta Auburn Club is now selling it's new club T-shirt...and it's destined to be a classic!
Price:
Short sleeve T-shirts: $15.00/each
Long sleeve T-shirts: $20.00/each
Note: the AU logo and Atlanta Auburn Club wording are on the front of the shirt in the pocket area. The back of the shirt features the main design which begins with "Since 1892 at Piedmont Park..." (a better version of the design is posted on the club website)
Have you already purchased a T-shirt? If so, model it for us and send us a photo! We'll feature it in the next club email newsletter!
Sales of this T-Shirt support the club's scholarship fundraising efforts.
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Milo's Famous Tea Now Found in Metro Atlanta Area Stores
 You tasted it at the AAC golf tournament and our July 15 "Game Day" event at the Cobb Galleria with Coach Tuberville. Now you can find it in Atlanta area stores! Milo's Famous Tea - an Auburn favorite that has its roots in Birmingham - can be purchased at Geater Atlanta area Super Target and Super Wal-Mart stores. They are working on Kroger and Publix, too, so if you don't see it in the refrigerated section (by the juices and milk) - just ask for it the
next time you're shopping.
For more info, click here to check Milo's website! -- And click here to read more about Mio's history
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Chocolate Graphics Alabama Offers AAC Special 10% Discount!
For all your Auburn chocolate needs, check out the tempting treats made by the AAC's friends at Chocolate Graphics Alabama.
You have seen their beautiful creations in our Silent Auction and in the Chick-fil-A Bowl raffle --- now you can order some for your Auburn friends and family. They've got chocolate schnapps glasses, Auburn Tigers football fields, chocolate lollipops, special chocolate CDs with the AU fight song...and more!
Best of all -- there is a special discount for Atlanta metro area Tigers! Chocolate Graphics Alabama will offer a 10% discount to anyone who responds to this email blast and references: "ATL AU Club".
Click here to see these great chocolates online. Or click the logo to go to their website. You can also contact Chocolate Graphics Alabama toll-free at 1-866-HEY-CHOC; or fax 205-776-8831.
Note: The AAC still has some Chocolate CDs, lollipops, schnapps glasses and other items that Chocolate Graphics Alabama sent over for sale at the club's July 15th Game Day event - if anyone is interested in purchasing some for gifts, let us know!
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2008 All Auburn All Orange Shirts Now Available!
Get ready for Fall with the new 2008 All Auburn All Orange T-shirt! You can now buy them through the Auburn University Bookstore, Anders, Tiger Rags, and J&M.
A portion of all proceeds from the sale of this shirt support the BIG EVENT and student scholarships. The BIG EVENT is sponsored by the Student Government Association as part of a nationwide movement to give back to the communities that surround our colleges and universities. This past February, Auburn's BIG EVENT had more than 1300 college participants that completed over 125 community service projects in the Auburn/Opelika area. Last year, more than 10,000 shirts were sold. |
Decorate Your Game Room with Team Shootout
Be sure to check out the AAC's Silent Auction table on July 15th for the great billiard package donated by Team Shootout, a member of the Atlanta Auburn Club's team to support scholarship fundraising.
Through a special discount code program, Team Shootout will donate a full 20% of all gross sales of their Gameroom Gear (even on non-Auburn items) to the Atlanta Auburn Club's non-profit 501(c)(3) Roy B. Sewell Memorial Scholarship Fund.
How does it work?
Go to our home page and click on the Team Shootout logo (in the column on the far right under our "Scholarship Supporters" section). From the pop-up window, click on the logo again. Choose your gameroom gear from the great selection on Team Shootout's website. Then enter a special discount code at checkout. This code earns you a 5% discount off Team Shootout's retail prices and ensures that 20% of your gross sales order will be donated to the AAC's Scholarship Fund.
The Atlanta Auburn Club Code is: AUTIGERS
Remember: this code even works if you want to order something for one of those other schools! |
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Special thanks to the AAC's Corporate Sponsors. Please visit them on our website:
Hill Aircraft & Leasing Corp., The Bucket Shop, The Settings of West Point Lake, Slopes BBQ, Piedmont Better Vision and Stephen Hamilton MD, Keystone Press in Chamblee, IceCarvings.com,
Irons 2 Impact Foundation, OpenConsult, Buck Jones Nursery, Milo's Famus Tea, Larry and Janet Hill/Keller Williams Realty - Your Auburn and Lake Martin Real Estate Team, and Auburn University Club at Yarbrough Farms.
Special thanks, too, to the AAC's Scholarship Supporters. Find out how they help us raise scholarship funds on our website:
Team Shootout, DreamSeat, Total Quality Services, Inc.
If you would like to know more about how you or your company can help support the Atlanta Auburn Club's non-profit 501(c)(3) scholarship fund-raising efforts that give real HOPE to metro area students to attend Auburn University, contact us at: communications@atlantaauburnclub.org
Do you know any other Tiger fans who would like to receive information about club activities and Auburn events in the Atlanta area? Be sure to forward them a copy of this newsletter and remind them to sign up for future issues at our website. Click here: http://www.atlantaauburnclub.org.
The Atlanta Auburn Club is recognized as a not-for-profit corporation by the state of Georgia, and the club's Roy B. Sewell Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc. holds 501(c)(3) non-profit status from the IRS. The AAC raises thousands of dollars annually to fund scholarships for metro Atlanta area students to attend Auburn University. In 2007, we were able to raise about $30,000 to fund our regular and newly established endowed scholarships. The Greater Atlanta metro area is home to 20,000 Auburn alumni, fans & friends....and still growing. War Eagle!
Making Metro Atlanta an AUBURN Community in 2008!
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