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Village Chat:
07/01/2010
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Village Chat
 Jenna Lowder and Jeffrey Transtrum (pictured) were married on June 5, in the LDS Temple in Oakland, with a reception afterwards at the Lowder's home in Kenwood. It was a picture-perfect warm, sunny day (following many days of cold, rainy weather), and Jenna's parents, Brad and Sally, were beaming, as was everyone else! Jeff's parents are John and Lorraine Transtrum of Phoenix. The couple honeymooned in Costa Rica, and are now living in Scottsdale, Arizona, where Jeff is an accountant. Jenna is currently looking for a job in marketing and advertising. She is a 2010 graduate of BYU with a degree in communications, and Jeff is a 2009 BYU graduate. Congratulations, Jenna and Jeff! Eric Vukicevich (pictured with his sister, Lauren) was graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on June 12 with a double major in Enology and Viticulture. He's been working on the family vineyard, Shake Ridge Ranch in the Sierra foothills, and will continue there through the summer. After that, he's going to Spain to work the harvest for a winemaker south of Barcelona on the coast. He's also thinking of doing some traveling and trying to get a summer job in the southern hemisphere…there are lots of possibilities. Eric's parents, Eileen and Matt, loved the graduation ceremonies, since they are both Cal Poly graduates themselves. Congratulations, Eric!Sophia Grubb, graduating senior and 2010 co-valedictorian at Rancho Cotate High School, received a $1,500 David Bouverie Scholarship award at a ceremony on June 8 at the Bouverie Preserve. The David Bouverie Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Phyllis Ellman, Glen Ellen resident, longtime Audubon Canyon Ranch board member, and “founding mother” of the Bouverie Preserve Environmental Education Program, for which she served as a docent from 1980 until her death in July 2009. The scholarship fund provides academic scholarships to participants of the Bouverie Junior Naturalist Program, called Junipers, who remain involved through high school and plan to pursue higher education in the sciences or environmental education. Sophia will attend UC Davis in the fall, majoring in civil and environmental engineering. Sophia became a Juniper in fifth grade. She said, “Being a Juniper at Bouverie Preserve has been an amazing experience and I'm glad to have had this opportunity to participate in all the activities provided and meet and work with all of the wonderful people at Bouverie. [It] helped me figure out what I wanted to pursue in college and in my future.” Ben McLain was in town last weekend and we got a chance to catch up with him and find out what SONOS and Baul Point Pen are up to. SONOS is the six-member a cappella group that's been getting lots of notice, nationwide. They performed at the ASCAP Awards dinner on June 24 in Los Angeles, and they recently accompanied the L.A. Contemporary Dance Company in its production of “Gods and Marionettes,” a retelling of Electra. SONOS was the Greek chorus. Tony Frankel on stageandcinema.com wrote “Sonos is an electrifying force unto its own: they sound like an orchestra, especially given the beat-boxing of multi-talented Ben McLain. You must watch out for Sonos.” Ben and fellow SONOS member Paul Peglar, make up the hilarious duo Baul Point Pen, and they are poised to break out as well. As usual, stay tuned for more news on these talented young people. It's that time of year when the Kenwood Press goes on vacation. This will be the only issue of the paper for the month of July, as we do not publish a July 15th issue. We will be “Gone fishing.” Literally. But we aren't going to say where, because no self-respecting angler would give away his or her favorite fishing hole. Suffice it to say that it takes some hiking to get to! So look for us again on Aug. 1, and in the meantime, have a wonderful 4th of July and enjoy the heart of summertime. And remember, if you have an item for Village Chat, you can email it to ann@kenwoodpress.com, or call 833-5155 and chat me up! - A.Q. |
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