Thanks so much to the great number of you who pay dues to the UAAA. These dues are critical to the support of our organization. Many alums think that funding for the Alumni Association comes from the school district. WRONG! We are completely self-sustaining and need these dues in order to maintain our database of nearly 30,000 graduates and to pay the costs of running our Web site, Bearalums.com. We are proud that we do not require a login and password for our Web site and we do not restrict it to dues-paying members. However, over the past few years, we have seen our number of dues-paying members decline. We need YOU! Our tax-deductible dues are modest, so it is our goal to increase membership, and we hope that we can count on you. Membership in UAAA is available at four levels:

Local resident Mike Holman recently launched an Internet radio station devoted to the City of Upper Arlington. WUAR Radio is a full service station featuring music, news, weather and sports. They also broadcast a high school game of the week, rotating between UAHS and Bishop Watterson. WUAR shows are also available for replay from the station Archives section.

WUAR presents a weekly show on Thursday at 10:00 am called "The Upper Arlington Chamber of Commerce Talk at Ten." Past broadcasts are available on the WUAR Archives. Another show that would be of interest to UA alums is the "City Insight Show" with the City of UA. This program airs at 10:00 am on the first Friday of each month and is replayed at 7:00 pm on the first Sunday of each month, and past broadcasts are available in the Archives. Visit WUAR Radio at UpperArlington Radio.com.
    

Did you graduate in a year ending with a "0" or a "5"? If so, you will be having a reunion this summer. 2010 is a year in which the 4th of July falls on Sunday, so the UA Civic Association, the great organization who puts on all the festivities, has decided to hold the parade and fireworks on SATURDAY, JULY 3. Red White & Boom will be held on Friday, July 2, so if you are making travel arrangements, please plan accordingly. Check our Reunions 2010 page for all details about the 2010 UAHS class reunions.

Whether you have a reunion or not this summer, please plan to join everyone UNDER THE TENT at the 2010 UAAA BLOCK PARTY. This year, as always the Block Party will take place right after the UA parade behind Barrington Elementary School. And again, John Kost, Class of 1974, of ReMax Premier Choice Real Estate, will be sponsoring this fun event for us. John has generously underwritten the entire Black Party for TEN YEARS, making him the single largest contributor to the UA Alumni Assocation. We thank John for his continuing dedication to UAAA! See our photo galleries from Block Parties since 2001.
   

Because we respect our alums' privacy, we list names and email addresses on Bearalums.com ONLY if they are personally submitted by the alum. When we started Bearalums.com in 2000, we had approximately 320 email addresses in our database; we currently have more than 12,000 alums' email addresses listed on Bearalums.com!

If you are not listed on your class page but wish to be, please send in your information. If you notice that one of your classmates isn't listed, please contact that person and ask them to visit Bearalums.com and personally submit his or her information. And if you see someone's name on the Lost list at the bottom of each class page, and you know his or her location, please let us know, or contact that classmate and ask him or her to contact UAAA.

Our goal is to maintain the most complete and accurate database that we possibly can. We are asking for your help! And thank you to those of you who have helped us through your membership dues; your financial help allows us to provide the ongoing hosting and maintenance fees of our Web site.