Buckeye Legend Maurice Hall (Football 01-05) recently held his All Star Football Camp at the Jesse Owens Stadium. Many children of various ages were in attendance and were able to learn the fundamentals of football from some of Buckeye’s greatest players. Thanks for putting on a great event for the kids in Columbus!

After School All Stars recently held their summer games, also at the Jesse Owens Stadium. This is great program where kids from various ages can come and learn the fundamentals of various sports including football, basketball, fencing, boxing and more. This organization was founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and the Columbus chapter is run by our Buckeye Legend Darryl Lee (Football 82-86). Great event as always guys!

Congratulations go out to Dennis Hopson, former Buckeye basketball Legend, as he was hired as the assistant coach for the Northwood University basketball team in West Palm Beach, Florida. Good Luck Dennis!

The Jimmy Crum Labour of Love Golf Outing will be held on September 10, 2007 this year. This year’s honoree is Jim Karsatos. Thank you to all Legends who contributed kind words and funny stories for his video, to be played at the event.

Hartsone Pottery, one of the first vendors to feature products in the BuckeyeLegends.com Online Store, is having an event on Sunday August 19, 2007 at their Zanesville location. BuckeyeLegends.com will have a presence at this event with a small tent and some gift packages to give away. All are welcome to attend as Hartstone releases the new Brutus design on their homemade pottery. Come join us 1-3 pm.

If interested in receiving more information about any of these events or about Buckeye Legends, please register your email address at BuckeyeLegends.com so that we can keep you informed of important events throughout the community.

Thanks for supporting your community!

Go Bucks!

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Check out the New Legends that have recently joined us. We are proud to welcome new members:
• Richard Winegarner (Lacrosse 60-62)
• Steve Seiple (Lacrosse 82-83)
• Chris Anderson (Lacrosse 74-77)
• Donald Swartz (Football 51-55)
• Kent Palcanis (Lacrosse 61-64)
• Robert Buongiorno (Lacrosse 84-85)
• Thomas Blackstone (Gymnastics & Cheerleading 61-65)
• Tom Frigge (Pistol 72-74)
• Dave McKee (Football 76-77)
• Greg Drown (Rifle 81-84)
• Mark Wherry ( Lacrosse 77-80)
• Michael Mefferd (Rifle 69-74)
• Rex Rolf (Football 76-82)
• Alan Brugler (Pistol 72-76)
• Bill Urbanik (Football 67-69)
• Steven Arndt (Pistol 77-81)

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Check out the New Legends that have recently joined us. We are proud to welcome new members:
• Barry Walker (Football 82-86)
• Larry Harper (Swimming 51-55)
• Tim O’Cain (Football & Track & Field 78-82)
• Clark Backus (Football 80-84)
• Richard Stillwagon (Golf 61-65)
• Doug Whitmer (Football 82-84)
• Mike Palahnuk (Football 78-82)
• Scott Terna (Football 91-94)
• BJ Norell (Gymnastics 85-90)
• Chad Ehrnsbereger (Baseball 98-00)
• Reed Klein ( Gymnastics 68-72)
• Robert Stock (Football 63-65)
• Jim Knopp (Gymnastics 90-93)
• Paul Caponigri (Hockey 00-04)
• Phil Cadman (Hockey 89-93)
• Joe Gans (Lacrosse 93-98)
• John Garbo (Lacrosse 89-92)
• Timothy Cave (Lacrosse 79-82)
• Richard Dodez (Lacrosse 62-64)
• Paul Tilley (Hockey 76-80)
• Les Swearingen (Hockey 70-74)
• Jeffery Guest (Hockey 65-67)
• Joseph Oelgoetz (Lacrosse 75-78)
• Michael Pagniano (Lacrosse 92-95)

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Check out the New Legends that have recently joined us. We are proud to welcome new members:
• Brad Dwelle (Football 79-82)
• Dick Young (Football (51-55)
• Richard Thomas (Football 49-52)
• Richard McNutt (Football 99-04)
• Karl Schmitt (Football & Swimming 63-66)
• Ivan Gilbert (Fencing 39-43)
• Brent Long (Football 87-88)
• Scott Andrews (Football 74-76)
• Bruce Elia (Football 72-75)
• Howard Lambert (Football 58-63)
• Mark Hocevar ( Football & Track 80-85)
• Tony Drobnik (Baseball 56-60)
• Jim Palmer (Football 85-90)
• Ben Jones (Football 60-61)
• Chris Wherry (Football 77-80)
• Stanley Jackson (Football 93-97)
• Thor Ronemus (Football 48-52)
• Troy Zaerr (Football 86-91)
• Daryl Sanders (Football 59-63)
• Robert Willard (Football 70-73)
• Blair Conway (Football 71-74)
• David Bieterman (Golf 00-05)
• John Muhlbach (Football 65-68)
• Michael Gaffney (Football 70-72)

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Buckeye Legend Leonard Hartman will be adapting a screenplay from a New York Times Best Seller. See Press Release below direct from Beverly Hills, CA.

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2007

Contact Flashpoint Entertainment: 310.205.6300

FLASHPOINT ENTERTAINMENT BUYS FILM RIGHTS TO
#1 BEST SELLING NOVEL, “WATER FOR ELEPHANTS”

Beverly Hills, CA (July 9, 2007)– Flashpoint Entertainment has acquired the screen rights to the #1 New York Times best selling novel, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen. Flashpoint’s Andrew R. Tennenbaum, a producer of the BOURNE IDENTITY film franchise, is set to produce the feature film. Leonard Hartman will adapt the screenplay. Read Article in Variety!

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, was named the Book of the Year for 2007 by BookSense.com of the American Booksellers Association. The love story/thriller, about a young veterinarian who joins a depression era traveling circus, currently resides at #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List.

“I immediately fell in love with the story and characters, even the animals. There is no question that Sara Gruen is one of the most graceful story tellers of our age,” said Tennenbaum. “My parents actually gave it to me as a holiday gift, and their track record is impeccable- they gave me my first copy of the BOURNE IDENTITY and that has turned out better than I ever could have imagined.”

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is the third novel from writer Sara Gruen, whose previous novels RIDING LESSONS and FLYING CHANGES also feature animals in prominent roles. She is currently writing THE APE HOUSE under a multi-million dollar deal at Spiegel & Grau, a division of Random House Publishing.

Leonard Hartman is currently adapting the book DRAGONOLOGY for Universal Pictures. He has written the screenplays for GOOSEBUMPS, based-on the internationally best selling collection of books by R.L. Stine, and an original Untitled Civil War epic also set-up at Universal.

Sara Gruen is represented by Emma Sweeney of the Emma Sweeney Agency; Don Laventhall of Books 2 Film handled the film deal. Flashpoint Entertainment and Andrew R. Tennenbaum are represented by attorney R. David Smith. Leonard Hartman is represented by Flashpoint Entertainment and International Creative Management.

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About Flashpoint Entertainment:
Flashpoint Entertainment, is a privately held Literary Management and Film Production company. Mr. Tennenbaum, President of Flashpoint Entertainment, is a producer of Universal Pictures’ THE BOURNE ULIMATUM, starring Oscar© winner Matt Damon & directed by Paul Greengrass, which opens nationwide on August 3, 2007. Previously, Mr. Tennenbaum was a producer of both THE BOURNE IDENTITY and THE BOURNE SUPREMACY. Flashpoint Entertainment most recently produced FANDEMANIUM, a documentary film about soccer fans at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and just last month acquired the remake rights to ENTER THE PHOENIX, the Hong Kong movie hit produced by Jackie Chan.

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This is the time of year where Buckeye Legends are besieged with requests to help raise money for charities by attending golf tournaments and social events. This year has been no different, although there are far more requests then there were ten…twenty years ago. There are more than 80 golf tournaments alone in Central Ohio and probably about the same amount of other events. They’re looking for the celebs to attract the general public to their event to not only raise money but also increase public awareness for their cause or disease.

Back in the 70’s and 80’s Coach Hayes and Coach Bruce urged their players to get involved in the community by participating in these events. Both these coaches would pick players every week to join them in visiting Children’s Hospital and signing autographs for the patients. Many of these players continued their visits, and some still do to this day. There are many stories of these visits but the bottom line was that it was just as important for the athletes as it was for the patients.

In the last few years, I have witnessed a resurgence in athletes and former athletes not only getting involved in their favorite charities but also quite a few have either started their own organizations to help a cause or taking leadership roles with some of the bigger events in town. Just to name a few:

• Mike Vrabel, Ryan Miller and teammates started the “2nd and 7 Foundation” for literacy;
• William White runs a golf tourney for Columbus Recreation and Parks called P.L.A.Y;
• Mike Furrey just had a tourney for Lutheran Family Services;
• a big group of athletes started the Champion’s for Children at Children’s Hospital (this will become part of BuckeyeLegends.com)

and there are many more.

If you go to any fundraising event in town, you will find many athletes in attendance. Also Coach Tressel has reinstituted priority for the current Buckeyes to get out into the community and he has done it by example with his multiple charitable endeavors.

I want to applaud all of those that have given back to their community and encourage anyone who wants to get involved to just do it. If you need a place to start, contact BuckeyeLegends.com and they can help you get started. There are plenty of worthy causes out there and to find the one that fits you is easy. You may have an experience with a disease or cause, or you may just have a passion for one or the other.

It’s not only the people you help that get the greatest rewards from your efforts. You will find that the person that gets the greatest from your effort…..is YOU!

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