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A Happy Veterans Day to all of the great men and women who have served our Country!

Jerry Stark Tribute • Meadowoods in St. Helena, Ca.

On October 27, 2010 there was a ceremony at Meadowoods Resort in St. Helena, Ca. where they paid tribute to Jerry Stark, the croquet pro at Meadowoods for twenty years and member of the National Croquet Hall of Fame. Here is a photograph of the commissioned piece mounted to a bolder next to the croquet lawns.

Bill Harlan founding partner of Meadowoods along with Zack and Donna Stark.

Zack and Donna were also presented with a framed bronze cast of the relief from Meadowoods

The Jack Sieg celebration

Last week I was hosted by the University of Iowa's swim team boosters as the celebrated the unveiling of the Jack Sieg relief and their first meet. As always the folks at the University of Iowa, especially Rod lehnertz and Marc Long were incredibly generous hosts. It was also homecoming weekend so we were able to partake in an array of events including the I-Clubs Kick-off Breakfast, The Hall of Fame Luncheon, The Homecoming Parade, The swim meet and finally the game between Iowa and Penn State. look forward to my next visit to the Hawkeye State!

The swimming area in the new Wellness and Fitness Center at the University of Iowa.

Director of Planning Rod Lehnertz and Head Swimming coach Marc Long

Jack Sieg

The University of Iowa Football team making their way through the crowd to touch the "Kinnick helmet", a tradition started with the piece after the unveiling

The Kinnick Relief

Jack Sieg Sculpture at the University of Iowa

Here is a news release about the opening of the new Wellness and Fitness Center at the University of Iowa and the large bronze which is now a tenant.

Harry Kalas/Sublime eye photography

Here are some new random shots taken by Sublime Eye Design of the HKMS. Chris and Nate of Sublime eye have donated their time and considerable talents to documenting the project from this end so check out their site they do amazing work.

Cornish Colony Artist's Guild

At a small ceremony at The Cornish Colony Museum on Saturday July 3rd Lawrence was nominated as a founding member of the Cornish Colony Artist's Guild. "The Artists' Guild continues the artistic tradition of the Cornish Colony by promoting artists, authors, performers, musicians and other creative individuals who are continuing the artistic spirit of the Colony."

Gary Milek receiving his certificate from Museum director Robert Dean.

Gary Milek, Jane R. Ashley, Lawrence J. Nowlan and Robert H. Way. (William B. Hoyt not pictured)

Harry Kalas/Wipe-out Productions

On Wednesday June 23rd Curtis and Drew from Scott Graham's production company "Wipeout productions" of Philadelphia arrived in Windsor to shoot some documentary footage of our Harry Kalas Memorial Statue project. It was a long couple of days and I cant wait to see what they came up with. Not only filming work at the studio they were all over the area filming the beautiful Vermont scenery.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
Solomon Ibn Gabriol

Another huge step.......

In November we started this project......today with the blessing and absolute approval of the Kalas family we will be shipping the finished 7.5' clay figure to Laran Bronze in Chester, Pa. for molding and casting. We have passed the halfway mark in fundraising goal and will continue to raise funds through creative efforts including limited edition "Harry" bronzes.

We will be presenting images of the final piece to the Phillies front office as soon as possible and will be sure to let you all know when that will be.

Its a great day to be a Philadelphia sports fan!

The FANATIC 95.5 - The Harry Kalas project

Was on WFAN 95.7 espn talking with mid-day hosts Harry Mayes and Tony Bruno about the Harry Kalas project , check it out here.

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