It is not too late to be a part of the 25th anniversary celebration and awards presentation, A Night OUT at the Franklin Park Conservatory Garden Pavilion, this Saturday, October 21, 2006 from 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Stonewall Columbus is proud to have our Stoney Awards presented by NBC 4’s Colleen Marshall with jazz entertainment by the Richard Lopez Trio and DJ, Scott Vayo from BPM Productions. Stonewall Columbus is very fortunate to have the following sponsors for this event. These are the businesses that give back all year long to our LGBT community. When making your businesses decisions, please keep them in mind. These are the people and businesses that make Columbus one of our top ten cities to live, work and raise our GLBT families.

To purchase tickets call Karla Rothan at 614-930-2261 or online at www.stonewallcolumbus.org

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Housing Seminar Canceled

The Housing Seminar scheduled for Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. has been canceled for this month. Terry Penrod, the facilitator has a conflict that evening. If you have any questions about future seminars, please give Stonewall Columbus a call at 614-299-7764. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause participants.

Announcing Stoney Award Nominees

Join us on Saturday, October 21, 2006 as we honor those in our community who have contributed to making a difference in the lives of our LGBT citizens in Central Ohio. This year’s annual benefit will be held at the Franklin Park Conservatory Garden Pavilion. NBC 4’s Colleen Marshall will be our awards presenter with entertainment by the Richard Lopez Trio and Scott Vayo of BPM Productions. This event celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Stonewall Columbus and includes the Gay Taste of Columbus Restaurants, Cash Bar, Silent Auciton and a few surprises! Attire is Cocktail, Club, Festive. Tickets are $75 general admission and $125 reserved seating and can be obtained online at www.stonewallcolumbus.org or by calling Karla Rothan at 614-930-2261 or by visiting Torso at 772 N. High Street. For more information, please call the Stonewall Community Center on High at 614-299-7764. Stop by and visit us at 1160 N. High Street in the heart of the Short North.

And the Envelope Please! Your Nominees are:

Volunteer Service Award
Kevin Bailes
Kelly Bishop
Khrysso Heart LeFey
Cheri Meyers

Suzie Simpson Media Award
The Columbus Dispatch
Outlook News

Leadership Award
Rob Berger
Ric Castorano

Community Service Award
Columbus AIDS Task Force
Equality Ohio
Fred Astaire Dance Studio (Amy Jordan and Mary Jo Napoli)

Rhonda R. Rivera Human Rights Award
Chris Cozad
Bruce Dooley and Paul Cianelli
Phil Martin

President’s Award
To Be Announced

Design the Stonewall Columbus Pride Holiday Logo for 2007

In preparation for Stonewall Columbus’ Pride Holiday Celebration, Stonewall Columbus is choosing a logo design from our community for Pride Holiday 2007. Kelly Jaeger, Stonewall Vice President and local artist stated “With the many artists and extensive creative talent pool our community is fortunate enough to possess, it just makes sense to extend the invitation to our community for their design ideas to help communicate this year’s theme, Building Our Future with Pride.”

Every logo submitted should reflect the Stonewall Columbus Community Center and express the theme Building Our Future with Pride. The file format can include JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, Adobe PDF, Adobe Illustrator (AI), or Adobe Photoshop (PSD) and should be done in two versions, CMYK and Black and White. The selected design will receive recognition in the Stonewall Columbus Pride guide with a distribution of 20,000 copies, recognition on the Stonewall Columbus Pride Website and at the Annual Pride Brunch along with 2 complimentary Pride Brunch tickets. All logo ideas must be submitted no later than December 11, 2006 in order to be considered. If you have a Stonewall Columbus Pride Holiday logo design you would like to submit or questions regarding this contest, please contact Karla Rothan at krothan@stonewallcolumbus.org.

If you have any questions call Karla Rothan, Interim Center Director for Stonewall Columbus at
614-930-2261.