MARBLE CLIFF

THE VILLAGE OF More than 300 Volunteers Supported the Annual OLV Festival

The annual festival at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church on Roxbury Road in Marble Cliff was held on Aug. 19 and 20 from 5:30 to 11 p.m.

The festival was initiated 10 years ago, when Monsignor Romano Ciotola became pastor of the parish, as a way to provide a summer event where families of parishioners and neighbors throughout the community could come together for a festive summer social.

Father Ciotola charged the volunteers with providing highquality food at an affordable price. The traditional, much-anticipated OLV fish fry was held Friday night and the Italian spaghetti dinner on Saturday evening.

Other “festival” food and drinks were served throughout the two-day event. That included sandwiches of Italian sausages, homemade by Father Ciotola and his friends from Italy.

In addition to food, highlights of the festival included a silent auction, games for kids of all ages and rides for children. Live bands played music each evening, but in the spirit of being good neighbors, outdoor activities went silent at 10:30 each night.

Mark your calendars for the 2012 festival, to be held on Friday and Saturday nights, Aug. 17 and 18.

Paul J. Falco Scholarship Awarded to Emma McGregor

The second 2011 Paul J. Falco Scholarship was awarded to Marble Cliff resident Emma McGregor, daughter of Drs. John and Mary Lou McGregor. McGregor will attend the University of Michigan Engineering School this fall.

She is a 2011 graduate of the Columbus School for Girls, where she achieved a GPA of 3.89. She was the captain of the lacrosse team in 2011, served on student council and as class secretary, and received awards for soccer and for her contributions to the school and the community (the Connecticut College Book Award).

She says that her involvement with the organizations One Laptop Per Child and Waveplace have taught her the technical skills of using the XO computer and the importance of sharing technology with those who cannot get it themselves.

“I hope that I will continue to have the opportunity to bring technology to underprivileged children around the world,” McGregor says.

Memorial Garden Dedicated at First Community Church

The Memorial Garden, dedicated June 12 at First Community Church in Marble Cliff, is an exclusive space for the interment of loved ones’ cremated remains and the remembrance of their lives on a memorial wall at the entrance.

It was designed and built through the generosity of Sallie Davis Bethge and the creativity of Bob Wandel, longtime church members.

The Memorial Garden is located in a Cotswald-style courtyard that was originally intended for spiritual use. The materials are those found in the courtyards of English country churches.

The Memorial Garden is an outdoor room delicately enclosed by a boxwood hedge. It is entered through a limestone arch, where the names of those memorialized will be etched. The path from the archway to a granite bench is random, and made of irregularly shaped bluestone. The primary surface of the Garden is lawn sloped and mounded to refer to the hills of the countryside.

If you have interest in the interment of cremated remains in the Garden and memorials, contact the Pastoral Care Office at 614-488-0681.