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OUTRIDERS
The Outriders mission is to serve as the McNeese State University retirement association, which is dedicated to continued support of the University and to the development of programs and services that contribute to the well-being and creativity of retired faculty, staff, and their families.
The purpose of the Outriders retiree association is to connect McNeese retirees to each other and to the University; to promote fellowship; to further the general welfare of the membership; and to advance matters of mutual interest to programs of MSU.
Fall 2011 Events
Sept. 21 - Annual Meeting, 2 p.m., Alumni Center
Sept. 29 - Outriders Night at the McNeese Theatre, 6:30 p.m., Shearman Fine Arts Annex
Oct. 20 - Homecoming Parade, 6:30 p.m., across from the President's House on Ryan Street
Oct. 22 - Homecoming Game, 7 p.m., Cowboy Stadium
Dec. 13 - Christmas Social, 6 p.m., Parra Ballroom
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Recreation Complex membership at employee cost.
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Frazar Memorial Library privileges.
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Campus parking hangtag renewal through University Police.
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Notary services available at no cost.
- Free membership to the retiree association for the first year of retirement.
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Invitations to participate in planned trips to museums or other events.
- Invitation to the annual spring picnic and Christmas party.
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McNeese Bookstore 20% discount (excluding textbooks/computer products/sale items).
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Retired employees, their spouses, widows/widowers, or former employees, their spouses, widows, or widowers, or as approved by the Board of Directors, other persons who support the goals of the Association.
Dues are determined by the Board of Directors and are assessed on a fiscal year basis (July 1—June 30). Dues are payable on or before September 15th of each fiscal year. Current dues are $15/person or $25/couple.
Please make checks payable to:
McNeese Foundation
Box 91989
Lake Charles, LA 70609
P 337.562.4191
Memo: Outriders
Members (2011-12 Fiscal Year)
Charles Ardoin
Ilene Ardoin
Kenneth Awagain*
Cynthia Bailey
John E. Bailey
Eldon Bailey
Marylyn Bailey
Barbara Belew*
Brenda Birkett
Hubert Boales
Natalie Boales
Judy Bogle
Tommy Bogle
Bruce Bordelon
Kathie Bordelon
Darilyn Bouquet
Eugene Bouquet
Avie Bourque
Jeanne Brown
Jim Brown
Virginia Brown
Donna Calvert
Joe Cash
Lydia Cash
B.J. Cayton*
Keith Cayton
Billie Chavanne
Ray Chavanne
Barbara Coatney
Rick Condit*
Phyllis Cuevas
Spence Cuevas
Peter Dart
Ruby Davis
Deanna Debetaz
Bill Denny
Jerry Denny
Larry DeRouen
Marlene DeRouen
June DeVall
Tari Dilks
Lawrence Dilks
Helen Doucet
Wilridge Doucet
Delores Duplechin
Ernie Duplechin
Brenda Dugas
Irene Dugas
Jo Anne Durand
Anne Dye
Joe Dye
Don Elfert
James Farris*
Linda Finley
Lavergene Fogleman
Fern Foster
Henry Foster
David Frantz
Joanne Frantz
Judy Gardiner
William Gardiner
Anita Fields-Gold
Maurice Gold
Marguerite Hall
Adrienne Ham
Russ Ham
B.E. Hankins
Bob Hayes
Nell Hayes
Lilly Ann Hebert
Robert D. Hebert
Fred Himel
Nancy Himel
Ruth Hinchee
James Hooper
Mary Ann Hooper
Daniel Ieyoub
Kalil P. Ieyoub*
Ursula Ieyoub
Latif Javed*
Tasca Johansson
Susan Kelso
Ed Khoury
Nancy Khoury
George Kuffel
Nancy Kuffel
Anthony LeBato
Loretta LeBato
Doris Lewis
J. Bennett Lewis
Barbara Lowin
John Lowin
Robert Mahfoud*
Lyles Martin
Michele Martin*
Maria McCall
Michael McCall
Joe McNeill*
Linda McNeill
Doug McNiel*
Marcy Misik*
Nolan Moore
Sandra Moore
Wilma Moore
Ivy Mouton
Betty Nelson
Curtis Nelson
Carl O'Bryan
Ruby O'Bryan
Mary Ann Ogea
Pat Pickett*
Kermit Pilgreen
Sue Pilgreen
Jimmy Pitre*
Jean Pitre
Shane Premeaux*
Nancy Pullig
Gerald Ramelow*
Ulku Ramelow*
Jim Reed
JoAnn Reed
Robert Rettke*
Joan Vallee Rettke*
Joseph Richardson*
Mary Richardson
Billie Rogers
Stearns Rogers
Adreinna Sparks
Charley Sparks
Billie Faye Spencer
Maxine Steckelbert
Elizabeth Stevenson
Harold Stevenson*
Johnny Suydam
Lalitha Swetharanyam
Sundaram Swetharanyam
John Theall
Sena Theall
Robert Earl Turner
John Vaughan
Joyce Vaughan
Cheryl Ware*
Sonny Watkins
Tom Watson
Carol Watson
Leonard Wilfert
Theresa Wilfert
Charles Zebley
Mary Zebley
*MSU First-year Retiree
LIAISONS: Jennifer Pitre and Marianne White
To view the Fall 2011 Outriders newsletter, click here.
Ivy Mouton Receives Top Lady of the Year Award
Outriders member Ivy Mouton received the "Top Lady of the Year" award at the 40th Area I Conference in Houston, March 3-6. Area I encompasses the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Ivy placed second in the nation at the National meeting June 17-23 in San Diego, California. The award is granted to an individual who provides effective leadership and fellowship as an officer, committee member and member on each level (local, area, and national) to the organization and to civic and religious organizations.
Ivy has been a member of the Lake Charles Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction for more than 25 years. She has served in many capacities, including chapter president. She presently serves as chapter treasurer.
Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. is a National Humanitarian and Service Organization that was founded in 1964 in Tyler Texas. Its purpose is to provide service to Top Teens (organization's youth group) , senior citizens, beautifying the community, empowering women, and creating community partnerships.
Outriders Night at McNeese Theatre
 Retired McNeese faculty, staff and friends came together to enjoy "Outriders Night" at the McNeese Theatre on September 29 and saw Pygmalion. A wine and cheese social was held prior to the play on the second floor of the Shearman Fine Arts Annex. Approximately 30 retirees joined us for fellowship and theatre.
McNeese retirees are eligible for two complimentary season subscriptions to McNeese theatre. For more information contact the department of performing arts at 337-475-5028 or http://mcneese.edu/performingarts/.
Seventh Annual Outriders Picnic
 The seventh annual Outriders picnic was held April 19, 2011, at the McNeese president's home. Dr. and Mrs. Philip C. Williams were gracious hosts, and the crowd was entertained by the McNeese Steel Drum Band. A fun time was had by all, and we are looking forward to next year's picnic.
Click here to see pictures from this year's picnic.
Outriders Christmas Party
 The second annual Outriders Christmas party was held December 14, 2010, in Parra Ballroom. The Christmas spirit filled the air as friends visited and enjoyed a delicious meal together.
Adrienne Ham meets internationally known oceanographer
 Dr. Adrienne Ham recently met Robert Ballard, internationally known oceanographer and discoverer of the Titanic wreckage, at the National Geographic Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Bill Iles art exhibited in DeRidder
 The RealArt DeRidder (RAD) gallery held a ‘Coming Home’ reception for four distinguished artist who have pursued art as a passion in their lives. The show featured artists: Bill Iles (far right in picture), Joelle Ford, David Clanton and Donna Pickens.
Artists and art enthusiast mingled and reacquainted themselves with each other as The Beauregard’s Courtesy played in the background.
"It’s great to be able to have art displayed in my hometown,” Iles said. "Truly walking the streets of DeRidder and living here has influenced by art and I’m happy to experience this.”
Illes’s art that is on display consisted of large oil paints that reflect the landscapes of the Dry Creek area, where his family maintains a five-generation homestead.
He retired from McNeese State University, where he served as Visual Arts Department Head, and maintains an active studio in Lake Charles.
"In high school we had no art department,” said Ford. "It’s great to see that a group of us decided to pursue art and cultivate it for the next generation.”
Ford takes sculpture to the next level using items that are mundane or discarded and presents them as a group to create interesting and complex pieces.
"Even though my work is very different in manner of application and the corresponding finished results, one thread of continuity exists—the utilization of material found, usually items that were no longer thought to have value.”
Clanton displayed abstract works that catch the eye with bright, vivid colors.
"Photography has long vied for full acceptance in galleries and the visual academy, but now more than ever, the works of fine-art photographers using digital media are appearing in art galleries and being published in books.”
Clanton said, "It’s great to have an dedicated space in DeRidder for displaying art. Mayor Ron Roberts is to be commended for having the vision of such a place.”
Although originally a painter, Donna Pickens has been creating sculptures, installations and large-scale public and private art commissions since 1986.
A lot of her work in the "Coming Home” exhibit used light as a subject. Not just light, but light fixtures.
"Light Window” is a sculpture Pickens created using light tubes and wires.
"I’m grateful for the opportunity to have my art here in DeRidder,” Pickens said. "This experience has brought back to life the desire to create more and dedicate more time to my art.
She has also designed meditative spaces as private commissions for gardens, medical centers, churches, and outdoor environments in Atlanta, Georgia and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The exhibit conclucded January 9, 2010, with a special author’s reading to end the show.
Article from the Dec. 30, 2009, edition of the Beauregard Daily News.
Outriders at the McNeese Homecoming Parade
The Outriders enjoyed special seating at the 2010 McNeese Homecoming Parade. Bleachers were reserved on Ryan Street across from the President's house.
Those who watched the parade were treated to candy, beads, music and floats decorated to the homecoming theme "Riding Into a New Era."
Seventeen Outriders and friends traveled to the Houston Museum of Natural Science on October 6, 2009 to see the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit.
The exhibit featured approximately 20 complete life-size terra cotta figures representing all aspects of the emperor's army and 100 sets of objects.
Outriders Satisfaction Survey
The McNeese Foundation received the results from an Outriders satisfaction survey that was mailed in July along with the annual membership letter.
The foundation emphasizes that a successful relationship with its donors requries two-way communication of ideas, critiques and constructive feedback. Click here to see the survey results.
Looking for a former co-worker but don't know where to start? Please call the Office of Planned Giving at 337.562.4191 or e-mail Jennifer Pitre to see if we may be of assistance.
Mary and Charles Zebley
After a teaching career that began in 1960, Charles Zebley is enjoying his well-deserved retirement. His tenure at McNeese State University began in 1967 as an instructor of physical science and physics lab courses. As if teaching college science wasn’t enough, Charles also taught at St. Louis Catholic High School during his lunch hour, oftentimes eating his sandwich in the car on the way. His passion for education led him to teach advanced math, calculus and physics full-time at St. Louis in 1996, although he continued teaching a technology physics night course at McNeese for nine years.
During his McNeese career, Charles was promoted to associate professor and taught beginning astronomy and a variety of physics classes. Over time Charles slowly reduced his teaching load, and officially retired from St. Louis Catholic High School in May 2011. He still teaches ACT preparatory classes at St. Louis in the fall and spring and was inducted into the St. Louis Hall of Fame in 2009. Even though he and his wife of two years, Mary, are relatively new to the retirement scene, they are enjoying it. As a retirement gift to himself, Charles and Mary recently traveled to Israel and Italy. Mary, a McComb, MS native, worked for 30 years as a medical insurance billing specialist.
The couple has five children and five grandchildren between them. The Zebleys stay healthy walking around the McNeese campus and take pleasure in gardening and working in their yard. Charles also plays golf with fellow Outriders member, David Frantz. Mary and Charles are active parishioners of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church and enjoy participating in Outriders activities such as the spring picnic and Christmas party.
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