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	Tis the season to be jolly!  And that's exactly the emotion communicated by all 27 Dayton Chapter members who turned out for our annual holiday party.  The Fireside Room at the Officers Club was festively decorated, and Ron Siders again adorned his cranium with his "naughty" Santa hat.  The menu selections of tossed salad, chicken breast or pork loin, dressing, mixed vegetables, ice cream dessert, and white zin were at their tonsil-titillating best.  The gang included Mike and Mary Beth Anthony, Joe and Marvia Bradley, Debbie Downes, Vic Folwarczny, Randy and Ann Gallas, Bob and Janie Gehman, John Glaser, Ken Hershberger, Bob and Edie Kreider, Sonia Leach, Lou and Marguerite Sharp, Ron and Rae Siders, Carolyn Spiller, Sam and Kandi Tahmoush, Don and Anna Marie Tandy, Sandy Wallace, and Jim and Sally Valeri.
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	Here we see Janie Gehman, Sandy Wallace, Ken Hershberger, Anna Marie Tandy, and Don Tandy chatting before dinner.
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	Marvia and Joe Bradley, Ken Hershberger, and Carolyn Spiller pose for the camera.  Is that yet another bottle in Ken's left hand?
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	Yes, the traditional search for "dog images" ingrained in the Fireside Room's overhead timbers is still alive and well.  Diligent searchers Deb Downes, Edie Kreider, Rae Siders, Ron Siders, and Ann Galas claim to have found four of them.  But some folks are beginning to question just how authentic these "images" really are.  Only Edie Kreider really knows for sure.
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	Joe Bradley, Jim Valeri, and Sally Valeri seem to be quite at ease after dinner.  Maybe it's because the wine karafes have been well drained.
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	Looks like John Glaser is having a serious discussion with Debbie Downes.  Could they be conferring about the business meeting scheduled to follow dinner?  Nah!!
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	Never one to miss a photo op, John mugs for the camera between Lou and Marguerite Sharp.  Although Marguerite's jolliness is quite evident, Lou seems only mildly amused.
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	Don, Anna Marie, and Marvia exchange glad tidings and good cheer as they relax after dinner.
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	Kandi and Sam Tahmoush are resplendent in their holiday colors.
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	Here we get a better glimpse of Ron Siders and his provocative Santa hat.  Ron can control the peak of this extraordinary hat and make it stand erect and move from side to side (we are not making this up).  And we must ask:  Have you ever seen a more Cheshire cat type grin than that on Ron's face?  Rae Siders looks on approvingly.
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	What the name of Nittany is going on with this zany group?  We can see Bob Kreider's foot on the table (far right); Randy Gallas in his stocking feet with his pants leg pulled up (center); and Vic Folwarczny about to bare one of his own pedal extremeties.  The word on the street is that these guys (and a few others in the room) agreed to get pedicures and toe decorations spelling out P-E-N-N (and then a lion paw print) on the right foot and S-T-A-T-E on the left foot.  Wow!  Talk about Penn State spirit!!  Or was it an overabundance of wine?
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	Here's another photo of Lou and Marguerite, this time showing them with their dining companions Mary Beth and Mike Anthony.
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