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Olander Winterfest Deanna Horton and her daughters Madelyn and MacKenzie Horton and Faith Bierley took time out from skating on Lake Olander.
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L-R: Southview students Alison Clausius, Jessica L’Heureu and Claire Coder were in the America’s Distinguished Young Women finals for the state of Ohio.
Toledo Ballet Celebrates Mari Davies, Marie Vogt and Ann Hartman attended the opening of Toledo Ballet’s new location.
SV Student Named Ohio’s Distinguished Young Woman
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School Art Show Fourth grade Central Trail student, Layla Johnson found her weaving on the wall of the Heritage Museum dining room.
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Lourdes President David Livingston, Ph.LD., Sophia Counseling Center Founder and Executive Director Sr. Rachel Nijakowski, OSF, Ph.D. and Art Department Chairman Todd Matteson, M.F.A. watch as Lourdes art student Laura Ott puts the finishing touches on her pottery piece in the new art room in the Canticle Center.
ourdes University and the Sophia Center, sponsored ministries of the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, held a dedication ceremony of the Canticle Center, 5335 Silica Dr., on Friday, Feb. 27. Designed to enhance the Sisters of St. Francis ministries, the Canticle Center offers state-ofthe-art classrooms and studios, graduate school offices and additional space for the Sophia Center currently located at 6832 Convent Blvd. The Canticle Center has four wings. In one wing, Canticle offers a dedicated, private Sophia Center entrance featuring counseling rooms and a group room. The Richard and Mary Ann LaValley art wing features five art studios for ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, oil painting and 2-D drawing; a kiln/prep room with four kilns; and a digital arts lab/printing room. There is also the Dorothy Price art studio and the William and Sara Jane DeHoff art studio. The music wing contains three practice studios, a choral room, and one shared classroom along with a computer lab and four shared-use classrooms available to all undergraduate and graduate programs.
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In addition there is an open-air community gallery, a student lounge complete with computers, large screen TV and kitchenette, along with a conference room and staff lounge. The Canticle Center is the home of the relocated Lourdes graduate school and a gymnasium for Lourdes Gray Wolves intramurals and practices. Lourdes president David Livingston, Ph.D., said, “Our faculty and students are excited to learn and hone their art and music skills in these new state-of-the-art facilities. The graduate school, in particular, appreciates having a dedicated home for our students pursuing master’s degrees in business administration, liberal studies, organizational leadership, nursing and theology.” “In support of our core ministries of education, healthcare and human services, we are pleased to see how the Canticle Center will be used,” said Sr. Mary Jon Wagner, OSF, congregational minister of the Sisters of St. Francis. “Sophia Center was founded by one of our sisters and provides counseling for children, adolescents and adults. Expanding CANTICLE CENTER TO 5B
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Southview student Claire Coder was named the 2015 Distinguished Young Woman at the Distinguished Young Women of Ohio Scholarship Program Feb. 21 in Mount Vernon, Ohio. She won over $6,000 in scholarships and will represent Ohio in America’s Distinguished Young Women finals in Mobile, Ala., in June. Coder was one of 25 young women and two other Southview students, Alison Clausius and Jessica L’Heureu, in the state contest. Coder was part of the 2014 World Mock Trial Team and demonstrated entrepreneurism by starting her own small business in 2012. “There’s a Badge For That” creates badges with humorous and inspirational sayings. SV STUDENTS TO 1B
Maple and Main Art Fair Call for Artists The fourth annual Maple and Main Art Fair will be held Saturday, May 30, from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, May 31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Sylvania Community Arts Commission is anticipating 100 artists and numerous musicians to be part of the fourth annual Maple & Main Street Art Fair lining Main Street from Monroe to Erie Streets. The deadline for artist applications is April 5. On May 29, the Sylvania Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a gala honoring the 2015 inductees into the Sylvania Distinguished Artist Hall of Fame in the Train Barn of the Sylvania Historical Village. Artist applications and registration details are available online at zapplication.org/eventinfo.php?ID=3832.