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Ovation
Award Winners Named
The inaugural Ovation Awards presentation was recently held
at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta. Ovation is an
annual awards event to recognize individuals who make a significant
contribution to the arts in Cobb County. The winners of this
inaugural event are:
Outstanding
Instrumentalist - Mandy Kirkpatrick
Outstanding Technical Director - Tami Gallagher
Outstanding Techie - Chris Barber
Outstanding Dance Performance - Janusz Mason
Outstanding Actor - Tom Milley
Outstanding Volunteer - Barbara Hollis
Outstanding Instructor - Robert Adams
Distinguished Business Leader - Randall Heard
Outstanding Visual Artists - Teresa Barnes
Outstanding Vocal Performer - Jevares Myrick
Outstanding Ensemble/Arts Organization - South Cobb
Arts Alliance
Cobb's
Fishing Rodeo a Fun Time for All!
Cobb
recently held their annual Fishing Rodeo at Lost Mountian
Park. The Natural Resource Management Unit of Cobb County,
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department hosts the
fishing rodeo for children ages 3-16 years old. The rodeo
is free and prizes and trophies are given out to the first,
second and third place winners for the most fish caught. There
are 4 age divisions: 3-6, 7-9, 10-12 and 13-16. Everyone who
enters the fishing rodeo also receives a prize bag full of
goodies that have been donated by several businesses. Over
175 people attended the event and close to 100 children participated.
There were 64 fish caught with the largest fish measuring
12.5 inches. Lee Rose Koza won the Best Overall Fish trophy
and she also won the 2nd Place trophy in the 7-9 age division.
The winners are listed below. The pictures of the winners
can be found here.
For pictures from the event, follow this
link to the photo gallery.
Best Overall Fish – Lee Rose Koza (Picture
#207)
Age Division 3 – 6
1st Place – Alyson Miller (#181)
2nd Place – Ashley Miller (#182)
3rd Place – Carter Koza (#196)
Age Division 7 – 9
1st Place – Kiera York (#190)
2nd Place – Lee Rose Koza (#192)
3rd Place – Kaleb Pollard (#200)
Age Division 10 – 12
1st Place – Nathan Summer (#184)
2nd Place – Anthony Pisano (#186)
3rd Place – Stephen Summer (#188)
Age Division 13 – 16
1st Place – Erik Severin (#198)
2nd Place – Karl Friedrich (#204)
3rd Place – Kyla Pollard (#202)
Al
Bishop Complex Manager Recognized by USSSA
Brooks
Tinsley , the facility manager of Cobb's Al Bishop Complex,
was recently voted into the United States Specialty Sports
Association (USSSA) Hall of Fame in the Director category
for his long time support of slow pitch softball. He joins
previous complex managers Rusty Simpson and Frank Breeden
who have also been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Also, the
Al Bishop Softball Complex was voted into the Hall of Fame
for serving as a host facility for USSSA tournaments for the
past 30 years, making the Al Bishop Softball Complex the first
complex to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Congratulations
to Brooks for this well deserved recognition for all his hard
work and dedication to softball programs in Cobb County.
Harrison
Tennis Center Wins Award
Harrison
Tennis Center has been named the recipient of the '2008 QuickStart
Award'. The United States Tennis Association - Southern
Section continues its tradition of annually honoring an outstanding
participant in a USTA sponsored program. This award recognizes
facilities or organizations as the USTA - Southern Section's
most outstanding QuickStart programs. The award is given
to an individual or organization for outstanding participation,
performance, and promotion of QuickStart programs. This award
will be presented at the opening session of the USTA - Southern
Section Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, January 16, 2009.
USTA's QuickStart
program is a program that teaches tennis to youth players
and special needs players on 36' mini courts. Harrison
Tennis Center was selected in 2007 as a pilot program site
and within a few weeks the program was filled with participants.
In 2008, Cobb County, along with supporting grants and sponsorships
from USTA, ALTA, and other organizations and businesses built
the first USTA approved 36' QuickStart tennis courts in the
country. The Harrison Area Community Tennis Association,
headed by president Jenny Christoffersen , and facility manager
Steve Lottinger , were instrumental in organizing this fund-raising
effort.
The courts
have become an instant hit with youth players and special
needs players. The courts are filled daily with instructional
programs, and a regular special pops tennis program has also
been successful. Congratulations to the Harrison tennis
staff, instructors, and the Harrison Community Tennis Association
for making this program and facility a successful model for
this USTA program.
Parks
Bond Info
Information
and a list of preferred properties with a location map is
now online
