Stating the obvious...

Denison has soooo much to offer!  Because Joe and I are Denison alums we know not to miss a Vail concert, or to visit the Denison website (www.denison.edu) to see what lectures are coming and figure out what sporting events we can make work with our schedule.  I'd like to encourage you to do the same thing and if you need some help with identifying buildings, parking, or anything else- like how early to go so you get a good seat- let me know!

We're very excited about our interaction with Denison tomorrow- Clare's 3rd-4th grade basketball team will get to play another 3rd-4th grade girls team during the Denison Women's 2 pm game! What a fun opportunity for the girls, Joe and the coaches and the spectators.... and it gets to Livingston Gym to see great athletic scholars playing basketball!  A few weeks ago some of the women on the DU team came to Clare's practice.  Good things happen when our inner communities connect- town and gown - go both ways and the playing field is a fun place to see this working well.

Another great opportunity reflecting what our community values- education, life long learning- is being offered by Welsh Hills Montessori School (welsh-hills.org)  A lecture series on Feb 11, March 25, April 22, May 13th all at 7 pm- wonderful topics with fabulous speakers- check out the website or look for the posters around town with more details!

Thank you to both of these academic institutions that make our community all the stronger by offering fabulous opportunities for learning and fun.


**Perfect timing- I just received an email encouraging me to bring friends to wonderful MLKing events on campus- check it out:http://www.denison.edu/offices/multicultural/events.html  An event to note is:


Martin Luther King, Jr. worship service on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in Swasey Chapel on the Denison University campus.  Our guest preacher for the occasion is the Rev. Dr. Gary Simpson, Denison class of 1984, a native of Columbus, Ohio and, since 1990, the Senior Pastor of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, N.Y.  His sermon title will be "Martin King and Our Lasting Imperative.

The New Year is off and running.....

Yes 2010 is here and I've had a great time in these first 10 days! Sally is officially 5 years old and celebrating that was wonderful.    My favorite comment was- oh yes today is my day (Jan 6-ephiphany) and the kings are coming to celebrate with me.  We celebrated at the Works - check out all the great things happening there in the near future! I hope you'll join me at some of these- let me know if you have questions, need more information.  You can visit the website at http://www.attheworks.org/ for more information too!

It has been a busy holiday season for an additional reason. I serve on the Granville Public Library Board and we're addressing the challenge of the state funding reductions. I've shared that I'm careful to focus my volunteer work on organizations that benefit my kids, the community kids but I've realized it goes a step further- I value and work for places that bring multiple ages together to strengthen a community- the library is indeed one of those places.  So it won't surprise you to learn I'm chairing the levy committee - (or maybe it will- a levy??) On May 4, 2010-please go vote!!  and learn more to help you vote at  http://www.granvillelevy.com/ 

I'm learning so much about so many things-levy, government, libraries, Granville history, board dynamics and so much more!  It will be fun to post about this journey.  Some other commitments are being rearranged so I have the time for this extra work.  But I'll keep posting the basics- I'm sorry I'm a bit late in getting some of these fun January events!  Newark-Granville Road is in a great community and I look forward to seeing you soon.