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Leadership UA awards two annual community service awards: our "Margine Moul Award" & our "Service to Youth Award" to individuals who have demonstrated an exceptional devotion to our community. Your input is very important! If you are interested in nominating an exceptional individual or couple for either award, nomination forms are available at our website. In order to be considered, nominations should be sent to us by January 27th. (Our annual Award Ceremony and Class Graduation will be held on May 3rd at the Scioto Country Club.) For more information, visit ualeadership.org.

UA Rotary Announces Nominations for Woman's Service Award

The Rotary Club of Upper Arlington is pleased to announce that nominations are being accepted for the 39th annual Northwest Women of the Year award. The public is invited to nominate a local woman who gives her time in volunteer service in the community. Nominations must be received by February 3, 2012. Nomination forms can be downloaded here or picked up at the Upper Arlington Public Library located at 2800 Tremont Road or emailed to you by contacting Ruth McNeil at rmcneil@ualibrary.org

UPPER ARLINGTON LABOR DAY ARTS FESTIVAL

Emerging Artist to Festival
Award Winner

The arts were celebrated and awards were presented at the Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival, Central Ohio’s premier one-day blind-juried arts festival showcasing nearly 200 fine art and fine craft artists from all over the country in a free alfresco interactive art space held on Monday September 5, 2011.Hosted by the City of Upper Arlington’s Cultural Arts Division, the festival was held in Northam Park, 2070 Northam Road, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Approximately 25,000 people attended this year’s event, perused and purchased art from Festival and Emerging Artists, engaged in the arts creating make ‘n take art in the Art Activities Area and enjoyed performances at the Art Activities and Main Stages. The “Come for the CART! Stay for the ART!” proved successful with crowds of patrons enjoying over 30 different Food Carts and Trucks, enjoying everything from Tacos to Crepes. The rain held off and the cool weather was a much enjoyed break from the heat, helping set the cheerful and enjoyable tone for the entire event.

Each year at the Arts Festival, two judges review the artwork of the festival to honor participating artists with awards. Best of Show takes home $600, first place receives $300, second place wins $250, and third place gets $200. Along with the monetary award, the four winners are automatically invited back for the 2012 Labor Day Arts Festival without being juried.  Each year award-winning festival artists will receive original artwork created by Don Dodrill, the artist who started the festival in 1966. 

Congratulations to the following 2011 Festival Artist Award Winners:

Best of Show went to Kristin Gereau - Fiber, Booth # 99:

"Hand crafted knitwear using knit and felting techniques with wool, tencel,bamboo,& rayon fibers. All my wearables are knit using hand manipulated techniques on a knitting loom. Many accessories are embelished or felted afterwards."

The First Place winner was Courtney Yoakum - Open Door Studio - Other, Booth #38:

"Artists with developmental disabilities collaborate with professional art instructors in a variety of mediums and techniques. The art instructors provide assistance with basic cognitive and physical limitations but never compromise the integrity of an individual's original creation. 100% of the proceeds go back to the individual who created the work.."

Second Place went to Kate Morgan- Mixed-Media 2D, Booth# 57:

"Drawing/printing on translucent materials, then layering with inks, fabric & paints. Based on and expanding layering processes with traditional & alternative materials."

 
Third Place was awarded to Michelle Harris - Jewelry, Booth #54:

“As a third generation jeweler, I take pride in transforming antique finds into fabulous adornments. Many unique trinkets have been gathered over the years and are the key to making each piece one of a kind. Watch movement components are an element in a number of the final designs.”

This marks the first year the Festival had an Emerging Artist from the previous year take home an Artist Award the next year. Second Place winner Kate Morgan was part of the 2010 Festival’s Emerging Artist Program, established to provide an opportunity for artists beginning their career as festival artists. The program invites emerging artists interested in pursuing a career as a festival artist to apply, jury and exhibit their art for the first time as a festival artist exhibitor. Through this supportive environment, the participating emerging artist can try exhibiting their artwork in a new venue and learn from established Festival artists, specifically through a mentoring program. Previous Emerging Artists have applied in the established festival application process in recent years and have been accepted and are now participating in shows all over the country.

To learn more about the Festival, visit the Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival web page, at www.uaoh.net/artsfestival, or call 614-583-5310.

UAHS 2011 FOOTBALL Scoreboard

All games begin at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated.
Home games are played at Marv Moorehead Stadium on Zollinger Rd.
For directions to away games, visit: www.uaschools.org

The City of Upper Arlington's Cultural Arts Division is pleased to announce recipients of the Doris Nelson Arts Scholarship. The Jurors were overwhelmed by the quality of the applicants. Through a jury process, the four jurors reviewed work from seven young artists. The Cultural Arts Division and UA Arts will award a total of four scholarships this year.

The Doris Nelson Arts Scholarship is named for the City of Upper Arlington's first Arts Manager, valued at a total of two-thousand dollars are awarded to Upper Arlington high school seniors who plan to continue further study in the arts. The Judith Chalker Literary Arts Scholarship is a one-thousand dollar scholarship granted to an Upper Arlington high school senior who plans to continue further study in the literary arts. Since there were no applicants to the Judith Chalker Literary Arts Scholarship this year, the jury decided to award four seven-hundred and fifty dollar Doris Nelson Arts Scholarships this year. These scholarships are awarded to students who create and/or perform in the following arts categories: vocal music, instrumental music, dance, theatre, film, video and visual arts.

Congratulations to the following Scholarship
recipients for 2011:
Emily Gloria Miller, Visual Arts, Fine Arts
Courtney Burgtorf, Performing Arts, Vocal Performance
Ellen Rose Sanderson, Performing Arts, Lighting Design/Stage Management
Elissa Anne Slabach Snouffer, Performing Arts, Dance

The Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division is pleased to present Out of the Booth and into the Gallery, featuring works by artists from the Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival, on display October 27-November 26 in the Concourse Gallery, Municipal Services Center 3600 Tremont Road. The Concourse Gallery is free and open to the public Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please join us for a celebratory reception on Monday, November 8 from 5-7 p.m., accompanied by local musicians and Festival Emerging Artists the Guitar House Workshop and festival themed food.


Artist: Meg Gates
Title: Untitled
Medium: Fiber
3rd place Award winner at the 2010 Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival

Artist: Carol Snyder
Title: Hills
Medium: Ceramics
1st place Award winner at the 2010 Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival

Evolving Sphere:
Artist: Thomas Yano
Title: Evolving Sphere
Medium: Metal

The historic barn dates from the early-to-middle 1800’s, and is believed to be the community’s oldest remaining farm structure. Preserving UA’s Legacy is the campaign to raise money to restore and enlarge the barn for a variety of 21 century community uses, including summer concerts in an outdoor amphitheatre.

Make a donation by contacting Linda Readey, Exec. Director of the UA Community Foundation at
614-451-0700 or visit: uacommunityfoundation.com.

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STEFANIE'S TREE OF HOPE

Stefanie's Tree of Hope was dedicated and illuminated on Sunday, December 13th
in the Upper Arlington High school Courtyard. Upper Arlington residents, students and leaders gathered to illuminate the Tree of Hope in remembrance of Stefanie’s message: Hope, Inspiration & Faith. The Upper Arlington Vocal Ensemble performed under the direction of Eric Kaufmann and a moment of silence was observed. Donations to benefit Breast Cancer Research are welcome at www.spielmanfund.com. Contributions can also be made to the Tree of Hope Fund which will go towards care and maintenance of the tree for the first 2 years, after which, excess funds will be donated back to the Spielman fund. (Checks made payable to UAEF with Tree of Hope in Memo - 1950 N Mallway 43221). Stefanie was a true champion and ambassador in the fight against Breast Cancer. She will continue to instill hope in all of us and live in our Hearts forever.

Blake Haxton began rowing in the fall of 2005 as a freshman with Upper Arlington Crew. Throughout his career, Haxton and his teammates have had the pleasure of rowing in many wonderful regattas held at many beautiful venues. Haxton was weighing his options regarding potential collegiate rowing based on this spring's performances. After a valiant fight against the deadly disease, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Haxton is thankful to be alive. Haxton's right leg was amputated above the knee and his left leg was amputated at the hip. He will be attending The Ohio State University in the fall, majoring in Economics.

For information about the Haxton Regatta, visit haxtonregatta.info/

The Golden Bear Touchdown Club, a 501C (3) [pending] support group consisting of UAHS alumni, past, present and future parents of players, as well as fans of the Golden Bear Nation, is being formed in Upper Arlington.

Led by President Kirk Herbstreit and Vice-President John Epitropoulos, the Golden Bear Touchdown Club will work to increase enthusiasm for and support of the UAHS football team, maximize attendance at the games, and provide funding to continually improve and enhance the Golden Bear football program.

The founders of the Touchdown Club believe in the concept of paying forward, and recognize that Upper Arlington High School’s football program is a vehicle for the development of strong character, the encouragement of achievement, and the enhancement of the future success of our players. The Touchdown Club’s dedication and contributions will make it possible to continually improve and enhance the football program experience at Upper Arlington High School.

For more information, visit
goldenbeartouchdownclub.com

TriVillage Mentor League and Kroger Rewards

Supporting TVML's programming is as easy as swiping your
Kroger Plus Card when you shop. Really! TVML is now a part of the Kroger Community Rewards Program. It's easy to sign up online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com. In just a few steps you can link your Plus card to the TriVillage Mentor
League. You can also contact us and we will mail you a paper form that you can return to any Kroger customer service desk. A percentage of all TVML-linked Plus card shopping will then be donated back to TVML.

Introducing a new web site that offers an
alternate solution to joint custody

KIDS STAY, a child-centered site for parents who are ending their marriage developed by UA Alum, Dr. Rob Crane. The concept is simple. When parents divorce, their kids continue to reside in the family home while parents alternately move back and forth to parent their children in the home.

LifeLong Learning & Leisure has a new program that makes it easy for businesses to provide high-quality training for their employees-no matter how many employees they have or where they're located. LifeLong Learning & Leisure has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online, instructor-facilitated training courses.

Through well-crafted lessons, expert online instruction, and interaction with fellow students, students gain valuable knowledge they can immediately apply on the job. They'll have the flexibility to study at their own pace combined with enough structure and support to complete the course. And they'll be able to access the classroom 24/7 from anywhere with an Internet connection.

New sessions of each course run every month. They last six weeks, with two new lessons being released weekly (for a total of 12). The courses are entirely Web-based with comprehensive lessons, quizzes, and assignments. A dedicated professional instructor facilitates every course; pacing learners, answering questions, giving feedback, and facilitating discussions.

LifeLong Learning & Leisure and ed2go host the entire operation. That means participating businesses don't have to hassle with purchasing, integrating, administering, or supporting the technology. They can reap the rewards of this unique online training tool without any behind-the-scenes headaches.

Interested students can begin registering online for these exceptional courses right away. To learn more, call LifeLong Learning & Leisure at 614-583-5330 or visit them online at www.ed2go.com/uaohio.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Upper Arlington Lacrosse Association's Girls Team won the 12th Annual Ohio Cup, Girls Division this year hosted by the Hilliard Youth Lacrosse Association with a 5-0 record.
Team members are, from left; row 1, Margaux Aschinger, Macauley Mikes, Catherine Plasket, row 2, Samantha Farwick ( tournament MVP), Abby Wilmer, Abby Godard, Nicole Stines, Chloe Kennedy, Lexy Elliott, Olivia Reyer. row 3, Molly Bean, Katie Frizzell, Ali Nini, Amelia Bruss, Armond Moore, Nicole Carothers, Emily Engert, Olivia Achatz, Sarah Both (obscured), Sidney Farwick, Audrey Hall (obscured), Carson Fisher. row 4, coaches, Bob Kennedy, Tim Achatz, Dave Carothers, Jim Bean, (Zane Petosa), and Head Coach, Nikki Walker.

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This winter "Be A Smart Cookie" with our Youth Winter Reading Program. From January 9-February 17, readers ages 0-18 can register by visiting any UA library and picking out a "cookie sheet'.
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Looking for a great program or activity for your child?
See what's available on the Children's Activities Page!

The UA Library, voted one of the best libraries in the nation has many activities planned for children and adults on an on-going basis.Please check the Calendar for details!