Illini might on Marco Island

“As you can see from the picture,” said Joe Antonello Jr. ’43 BUS, “the Illini are alive and well on Marco Island.”

Illini fans in icy region

Members of the King family, at left in their Illinois attire, brought in the Chinese New Year by attending the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in northeast China. Formerly of South Carolina and now living in Shanghai, the Kings “bravely shed or opened our coats for the picture,” according to Orlah, who stands next to her two 16-year-old twin sons, Tim (left) and Chris (right), and her husband, Ronald ’70 LAS, MBA ’87. Though frosty 10- to 25-degree temperatures pervaded throughout the festival, Orlah called the ice and snow experience in Harbin “spectacular.”

A not so trivial pursuit

Ten years after meeting each other over a game of Trivial Pursuit at Allen Hall in 1997, Sean Willis ’99 ENG and Sarah Ibis ’99 LAS, at right, became engaged at Carle Park in Urbana. Though Sean disputes who won the contest of wits, Sarah – who remembers the evening perfectly, of course – claims she was the Trivial Pursuit victor.

The couple’s wedding ceremony and reception will be held at the Swedish American Museum Center in Chicago, where many old chums from the U of I will be present.

Wild ride for Illini faithful 

Frederic Levy ’83 LAS swears it was pure coincidence that both his kids, Owen (12) and Meredith (8), were sporting Illinois sweatshirts at Carowinds in Charlotte, N.C., on Easter Sunday. Not wearing Illini paraphernalia on the downward slide of the Ricochet roller coaster were Frederic and his wife, Laura, who instead wore dark jackets and broad smiles.

Jolly good Illinois fans!

Judging by their inscription in the sand on La Jolla Shores in La Jolla, Calif., Alan Granite ’93 BUS and his three sons, Kirby (10), Nolan (8) and Cal (6), from left to right in photo, were psyched for an Illini win in the 2008 Rose Bowl. Later in the day Alan and his boys attended the New Year’s Day matchup in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Stadium, with wife and mother Lori, who, like the rest of the family, was appropriately decked out in orange and blue.

Business partners present UI flag

 2008 marks the 25th year that Dwain Lutzow ’74 AA and Bruce Dahlquist ’72 FAA, MARCH ’79 FAA, from left to right in photo, have been in business together as architects at DLA Architects Ltd . The longtime partners look like proud UI alums as they hold the orange University of Illinois flag next to the invitingly blue water of Gustavia Harbor in St. Barths, one of the locations they vacationed at with their wives during the winter.