• Local scholarships find growth, stability in community foundation partnership

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    Local scholarships find growth, stability in community foundation partnership

    The Litchfield Scholarship Committee announces that its two scholarship funds are now affiliates of Akron Community Foundation. The Litchfield Community Scholarship Fund and the Vincent Yambrovich Engineering Scholarship Fund are two in a family of nearly 400 community foundation funds, the assets of which are pooled and invested using the foundation’s long-term, growth-oriented strategy.

     

    While the Litchfield-based scholarship committee will continue to administer the program that selects scholarship recipients, the community foundation will handle all the tax reporting and audit work.

     

    “Partnering with Akron Community Foundation has helped us in a multitude of ways,” said Judy Scaife, chair of the Litchfield Scholarship Committee. “With the community foundation managing our investments and meeting all fiscal regulations, we can focus on our primary mission: helping local students achieve their academic dreams. This affiliation supports the longevity of this community gem.”

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Chamberosity, a dynamic chamber music ensemble, opens  the spring 2012 season of The University of Akron's Kulas Concert Series with a  3 p.m. concert Feb. 26 , in Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave. The program includes a commissioned work by Cleveland native Eric Ewazen, a faculty member at Juilliard.

 

Chamberosity features Linda Sinanian, violin; Jeffrey Forden, horn; and Christine Doré, piano. The Feb. 26 program also includes Debussy's "Sonate pour violon et piano," Brahms' "Trio for Piano, Horn and Violin," "Opus 40 in E-flat," and Tartini's "Dido Abbandonata Sonata in G minor, Opus I No.10."

 

Chamberosity has been the ensemble-in-residence at the Stony Brook Summer Music Festival, the Music At Greenlawn concert series and the Siena Spirituality Center in the Hamptons.

Event will be streamed live online

 

The Akron Racers have announced that Legends Sports Pub and Grille will be the official host of the 2012 National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) College Draft watch party March 7.

Fans are invited to join Akron Racers’ outfielder Sharonda McDonald and Racers staff beginning at 5 p.m. for the draft. Raffle prizes and an Akron Racers trivia contest will take place before the draft broadcast begins at 5:45 p.m.


The Akron Racers hold the third overall pick in the first round of this year’s draft. Last season, Racers’ GM Joey Arrietta selected Taylor Schlopy with their first round pick.

As the globe turned on County Executive Russ Pry's desk and he spoke of the changes that have been made in the county since taking office, it's clear that he has no lack of vision for this community.

 

His office, overlooking the city and all of its people, roads and tall buildings, mirrors his job in a way, which is overseeing the operation of the county government. Pry oversees 10 different departments within Summit County, which has approximately 3,400 employees and at one point was the 17th largest employer in Northeast Ohio.

 

Since being in office, Pry has made some major, positive changes in the county. "We have been able to successfully manage our budget in such a way that we've been able to maintain high levels of service to the public," Pry shared.

Jerry Seinfeld will make a stop in Akron for an upcoming tour that finds the TV star reaching back to his roots as a stand-up comedian. He'll appear at the Akron Civic Theatre April 20 at 7 p.m.

 

Hailed as “the master stand-up comic of his generation” and “the best comedian of our time” in a Washington Post article by Tom Shales, Seinfeld has an uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere.

 

Tickets go on sale Feb. 24 at 10 a.m., and prices are $77, $62, and $47. Tickets are available at the Akron Civic Theatre Box Office, by calling (330) 253-2488, online at www.akroncivic.com, or by calling TicketMaster at (800) 745-3000.

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