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• A battle of the bands willbe held Friday, July 10 at 7p.m. at Clark Bandstand inTappan Square. The concert isfree to the public. Bring lawnchairs and blankets to thesquare.

• The Oberlin Branch of theNational Association for theAdvancement of ColoredPeople holds its regular gener-al meeting on the secondTuesday of each month. Thenext meeting will be onTuesday, July 14 in the craftsroom of the Oberlin PublicLibrary at 7 p.m. The is theNAACP’s centennial year;planning for the OberlinBranch Freedom FundBanquet in October is begin-ning. Ideas are welcome.

• Free productions of “TheGlass Menagerie” and “TheTempest” continue throughSunday, July 12. Tickets avail-able at Hall Auditorium boxoffice or can be reserved bycalling 775-8169. Performanceschedule and additional infor-mation is available online atwww.oberlin.edu/ostf.

• To commemorate Christiantheologist John Calvin’s500th birthday, all are invitedto learn more about his lifeand influence at a celebrationon Friday, July 10 at PittsfieldCommunity Church, 17026 Rt.58. Activities and dinner willbegin at 5:30 p.m., with a brieflecture and presentation at 7p.m. A cake reception will fol-low. The event is free, butdonations will be accepted todefray the cost. For moreinformation, or to RSVP, callJoseph Singley at 440-328-9508.

• Pittsfield TownshipHistorical Society will host apicnic at the Town Hall pavil-ion at the corner of Rts. 58and 303 on Thursday, July 9,at 6:30 p.m. Each family isasked to bring a dish to share,their own table service, andbeverage. All welcome.

• Free Hot Meals, now onvacation, will be served againbeginning July 13. Sponsoredby Oberlin Area Cooperatingministries, hosted at ChristChurch, 162 S. Main St.Monday through Friday, 5-5:30 p.m. All are welcome.Volunteer servers are alwaysappreciated; call Christ Churchat 775-2501.

College to break ground on new dormby PAUL MORTON

Associate editor

Work is expected to begin in thenext couple of weeks on a new collegedormitory on North Professor Street,designed and situated with sustain-ability in mind.

Facilities planning and construction

director Steve Varelmann said the150-bed dormitory, like all new con-struction for the college, is designedfor LEED silver or gold rating. LEED— an acronym for Leadership inEnergy and Environmental Design —is a rating system designed by theU.S. Green Building Council tolessen the environmental impact ofconstruction.

The student housing is planned foran area on North Professor Street,immediately north of Stevenson Hall.Varelmann said that location was cho-sen to help reduce the footprint of thebuilding.

“Being adjacent to Stevenson, itallows us not to have dining facilitiesin this building,” Varelmann said. “It’sclose enough that students can go to

Stevenson for meals. We’ll still havesmall kitchens in this building, butthey’re basically a sink and amicrowave.”

The lack of dining facilities allowsthe building to be smaller, as doesbuilding it in three stories, rather thantwo. The college received a variancefrom the board of zoning appeals on

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After getting a taste forcoaching high school volley-ball in Tennessee, KeithJenkins has returned to hisLorain County roots to lead theOberlin High School volleyballprogram.

As the girls varsity volley-ball coach at Fairley HighSchool in Memphis last year,Jenkins turned a winless pro-gram into a team that reachedthe third round of post-seasonplay.

Keith Jenkins

Coachreturnsto rootsCounty nativeleads volleyball

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Kendal collectors go on display

by PAUL MORTON

Associate editor

Every summer the residentsof Kendal at Oberlin fill thegallery spaces at the retire-ment community with piecesof artwork they have collectedover the years in an exhibitcalled Kendal Collects. Thisyear the art committee openedthe exhibit to the rest of theKendal community, includingstaff, administrators, andboard members.

Art committee chair SheilaEckstein said the KendalCollects show alternates everyother summer with KendalCreates — an exhibition oforiginal artwork created byKendal residents. She said thisis the fourth Kendal Collectsshow she has helped to orga-nize, and it is clearly thebiggest and best yet.

“We have everything from aPiranesi to a 17th- or 18th-century English watercolor,which is really very beautiful,to a Rauschenberg photo-graph, to a contemporary fiberpiece,” Eckstein said.“Anything that exists in thefield of art is here in goodquality.”

Co-curator and art commit-tee member Robert Taylorsaid the exhibit includes awide variety of artists, includ-ing very important artists of

the 20th century.“What amazes me is that

three of the greatest artist ofthe 20th century —Rauschenberg, andMaplethorpe, and Ben Shahn— and we have works by allthree,” Taylor said.

Eckstein said many of thepieces have family connec-tions. One resident loaned thecollection a piece of fine laceknit by her great-grandmoth-er; another resident entered a

fiber and acrylic spirit maskmade by her daughter, who isan art teacher.

Director of marketing andadmissions Maggie Starkentered a painting from thePhilippines she received fromher father when the familylived there. Social servicesdirector Terry Fries-Maloyloaned the exhibit a paintingcalled “Worship in the House”by Ted Ellis.

“I used to do social work in

the inner city, and I used to goto a lot of the funerals of myclients,” Fries-Maloy said.“And as soon as I saw this Ifell in love, because it remind-ed me of those days and ofwalking into a totally differentculture.”

Indeed, Kendal Collects asa whole is an exploration ofcultures all over the globe. Itincludes an Inuit blanketwith polar bear and walrus

Residents lendtheir ownedartwork for show

Katie Brown and co-curators Robert Taylor and Sheila Eckstein pose among the art-work on display at Kendal Collects. Kendal resident Marily Myerson (not shown) alsohelped curate the collection. (Photo by Paul Morton)

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You take the high notes and I’ll take the low notesStudents and instructors for the Ohio Scottish Arts School prepare for a

bagpipe lesson on Tappan Square Friday. The school, in its 31st year, issponsored by the Scottish-American Cultural Society of Ohio. It ran fromJune 27 to July 3. (Photo by Paul Morton)

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Marlene Telegdychosen directorof Seniors Center

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Marlene Telegdy has alwaysenjoyed finding a way to solveproblems, and she’s always had asoft spot in her heart for seniors.So it was only logical she wouldbe selected to replace RuthKreiner as the new director of theOberlin Seniors Center.

“I’ve always been interested inseniors,” Telegdy said. “They’remy hot button.”

Although most recently sheworked as an activities directorfor a neighborhood associationfor a senior housing develop-ment in Avon, her background isoccupational therapy and geron-tology.

“I was a senior center directorin North Olmsted for 10 years,”Telegdy said. “I’ve worked innursing homes, done hospice,home health care, activities. I’vebeen a reporter. I’ve volunteeredwith the Boy Scouts, the CubScouts, and with the historicalsociety of North Olmsted; mymom actually started that organi-zation. I’ve cut houses in halfand moved them down the roadin Brecksville. I’m always doingsomething.”

She started as director of theOberlin Seniors Center onWednesday, learning the ropesfrom Kreiner. Telegdy said shehas been trying to learn every-thing she can while Kreiner’sguidance is available.

“I’ve been learning how to dogrant writing and making con-tacts, learning where I need to beand when I need to be there,” shesaid. “Having her around hasbeen very helpful. We’ve done alot of cramming in the last cou-ple of days.”

She said although she still hasa lot to learn she is anxious tomake her mark on the center. Shesaid she would like to beginsome new programs, especiallyin the areas of health and exer-cise.

“Maybe we’ll need to find

some bigger facilities for some-thing like that,” she said. “That’spart of what I’m learning now:What’s available here and whatpartnerships can we make?”

She said she sees her role asfinding ways to help seniors livelife to the fullest. She told thestory of Mary, a woman whocame to her previous senior cen-ter in a time of grief and gradual-ly opened up to explore artisticand musical talents.

Over time Mary came to directa senior choir Telegdy helped herstart. The choir recorded a CDand sang in a concert with theyoungest of the Singing Angelsof Cleveland.

“Many times when they cometo a senior center or whenthey’ve come to a particularfacility, you’re their last ditcheffort; they’ve already beenthrough what they know,”Telegdy said. “They’ve alreadygone to their doctor, they’vetalked to the neighbor, andnobody seems to know. We’rehere to let them know thosepieces are in place for them. I’vealways been a find-a-way, make-a-way kind of person.”

Kreiner said she is glad theboard of Neighborhood HouseAssociation selected Telegdy totake over for her.

“She’s very capable, she’svery caring, has a great personal-ity, and I feel wonderful,”Kreiner said. “I’m glad I’m leav-ing this place in wonderfulhands.”

by RUTH SEARLES

Kendal Publicity Plugs

In 2009, an after-school table tennis group at LangstonMiddle School started the semester with nearly 25 studentsplaying each afternoon at four tables on the stage in thegym.

On Thursday afternoons, their coach, Olvin Smith, andLangston students went to the Boys and Girls Club wherethey were joined by a few B&G Club members.

As basketball, football, baseball, and spring weatherbeckoned, however, their numbers dwindled to a handful.Such is the fate of a sport which, although second only tosoccer as most popular internationally and an Olympic sportsince 1988, in the U.S is sometimes dismissed as a “meregame,” ping-pong.

Smith, a literacy aide who aims to boost students’ scoresto acceptable levels on the Ohio Achievement Test, becameLangston’s after-school table tennis coach. His interest intable tennis was fostered at Neighborhood House in Lorain,where in 1967, a Mr. Wealer encouraged him when he wasthe age of Langston students.

Such was the intensity of his interest that he acquired firsttwo, and then another pair of old tables which he recon-structed. Since then, playing tennis and table tennis asopportunities provide, he’s become a trim mentor, display-ing energy, enthusiasm, and a counselor’s thoughtful inter-est in promoting the skills of his students.

His aspiration for the coming year is to develop a tabletennis team.

Coach refurbishestables; gets studentsinterested in sport

This July, Slowik MusicInstitute will present the 11thseason of the Credo ChamberMusic festival at the OberlinCollege Conservatory.

The annual festival kicks offwith a Credo faculty concert— “Duos” — at 8 p.m. onFriday, July 10 at First Churchin Oberlin. Featuring selectfaculty of the Credo festival,including Anne Williams ofthe Pittsburgh SymphonyOrchestra and Michael Davis,

concertmaster of theLouisville Orchestra, theevening concert will celebratethe masterpieces of chambermusic repertoire written fortwo instruments.

Cost is $10 for generaladmission and $5 for studentsand seniors. Tickets can bepurchased at the door.

The performance is sup-ported by the Performing ArtsFund, a program of ArtsMidwest funded by the

National Endowment for theArts, with additional contribu-tions from the Ohio ArtsCouncil, General MillsFoundation, and Land O'LakesFoundation.

Because of Performing ArtsFund award, MatthewMichelic of LawrenceUniversity Conservatory andKangwon Kim, concertmasterof Madison Bach Musicians,will perform together at the“Duos” concert. The two will

also present a special outreachconcert at the Murray RidgeCenter in Oberlin and providedaily coaching to students ofthe Credo festival.

More information aboutthis and other performancesduring the Credo festival canbe found at www.cre-dochambermusic.org/newsor by contacting office@cre-dochambermusic.org.

Credo festival kicks off with ‘Duos’ Friday

appliqués, and a Japanesecrane print entered by boardmember John Picken and hiswife Mary.

“The thing that’s excitingto me is that I’m being intro-duced to artists I knew noth-ing about, and yet they’revery well-known,” Ecksteinsaid. “For example here’sone by Norma Morgan,who’s an African-Americanprintmaker. I never heard ofher before, but the work isabsolutely gorgeous. Andthen I find out she’s quitewell known.”

The residents, staff,administrators, and boardmembers who have con-tributed artwork to the showhave provided informationabout the artwork, the artist,or the significance of the

piece to that individual. Thatinformation is included oncards next to the artwork.

“I think the KendalCollects has grown in qualityover the years,” Ecksteinsaid. “This is my fourth, but Ithink this is our fifth or sixth.And it seems to me it’s get-ting better. People are gettingmuch more serious aboutwhat they enter.”

The Kendal Collectsexhibit is on display in theFriends Gallery and theKendal Gallery in the hall-ways on either side of thereception desk in the admin-istration building, and in theopen shelves opposite theKendal Express cafeteriaentrance. It runs throughSept. 14.

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The marquee on the Apollo Theater announces the startof renovation work last week, when workers for Oberlin

College began removing items. The theater is expected toreopen in September or October. (Photo by Paul Morton)

Sign of the renovation times

Terry Fries-Maloy acquired this painting as a reminder ofher work with inner city clients. (Photo by Paul Morton)

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