#Nikolette Anderson

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NEW HORSE AND SNOOOOOW!

Soffía's POV

So before the snow came this morning, yesterday actually, I was able to take pictures of our new horse! His name is EMS Mono, and he is a Peruvian Paso stallion! In dire need of more Peruvian Paso blood for our breeding program, I decided to take this boy home with me after visiting him at Evergreen Meadows Stables.

Niko was of course very excited to see him tölt for the first time (she clapped loudly at him, soooo excited!) in the arena, which just shows that he has strooong tölt qualities and genes, so we are looking forward to breed him to one of our mares, so we can have more Aegidienbergers!

Anyways, this morning we woke up to snow though! It had been a long time coming, since it had been cold for awhile, but with no precipitation (is that even the right word? I don't know, I am norweigan xD) snow wouldn't and couldn't come.

So seeing it this morning was a blessing. The Icelandic's were clearly enjoying it, while the Peruvian Pasos' and some of the others (Dynamix for example) might need blankets very soon if not now.

Oh, and it was nice to make up with Niko, and be sure of what we are, so we sealed that with a kiss before our lovely winter wonderland ride!

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Lunging and Groundwork

Today began with some lunging instructed by me, performed by Kismet and Nikolette. Kismet came to us after the old owner couldn't keep him anymore, and as we have bred him we were only happy to take him back. Right now we are schooling him, so he can get a small rider at some point. He is a good boy, but has a lot of energy.

And as you can see on this picture, he might have too much energy - today at least xD He just ran and ran around and around for a while, before Nikolette got him cooled down enough to let him loose.

Which she did. He started bucking and kicking for a while, and then he was able to trot nicely again. He ran and bucked for quite a while though, as he can't run much in the pasture at the moment, as it's quite slippery from the ice and snow, so he really seemed to need a good galop!

When he has used the excess energy Nikolette was able to bring him back into the lunge, and give him some more schooling. After that I left Niko to her own devices, and left the indoor arena to go get another horse who needed training.

This is baby Cisco. He has just been taken from his mother at 7 months old, and brought into one of the too male pastures along with young Captain and the experienced and much older Rico. He seems to really have taken to Captain - who is roughly 1.5 years older than he is. And while Cisco has taken to Captain, Captain has really taken to Rico, whom he leans against if he gets unsure of anything.

When I called all three came running towards me, and I was able to snap this pretty, snowy picture! I am really adoring Cisco's colour against both his new blanket and the snow. He is a lovely boy!

And so I brought him directly to the arena. Nikolette was walking around with Kismet in short leadrope for a few minutes before she left the arena to Cisco and I.

Pulling off his blanket I did some light groundwork with him. Mostly moving forward and backwards by light pressure. He did a very good job he did!

Then I let him loose in the arena for a while. He enjoyed stretching his legs a lot, and switched between canter and galop time and time again. He is a lovely little lad, and I snapped a few pretty pictures!

He seemed slightly spooked though when Calypso entered the arena, and I had to speak softly to him to get him back on the lead, so I could put the blanket on him again and then lead him to the pasture.

He was able to shake of the anxiety fairly quickly though, so I am sure that with training he will end up not reacting to that at all!

FEATURING: BOE Cisco, BOE Kismet's Keener, Hera Cole, Nikolette Anderson, BOE Enrico & BOE Captain

TAGS: Luna BlueLake

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Various Artists - Into the Unknown (In 29 Languages) (From "Frozen 2")

Watch the full “Into the Unknown” sequence in 29 languages from Disney’s Frozen 2 featuring the original song written by Academy Award winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez.

"Into the Unknown" performed in: English, Castilian Spanish, PRC Mandarin, Swedish, Hungarian, Danish, Sámi, German, Icelandic, Bulgarian, Mandarin Taiwan, Estonian, Norwegian, Serbian, French, Russian, Italian, Greek, Polish, Korean, Flemish, Vietnamese, Thai, Latin Spanish, Kazakh, Hindi, Japanese, Finnish, Brazilian Portuguese 

Featuring: Idina Menzel, AURORA, Gisela, Weina Hu, Annika Herlitz, Füredi-Nagy Nikolett, Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg, Marianne Pentha, Willemijn Verkaik, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Nadezhda Panayotova, Cai Yong Chun, Hanna-Liina Võsa, Lisa Stokke, Jelena Gavrilovic, Charlotte Hervieux, Anna Buturlina, Serena Autieri, Sia Koskina, Katarzyna Łaska, Hye-Na Park, Elke Buyle, Tiêu Châu Như Quỳnh, Wichayanee Pearklin, Carmen Sarahí, Gulsim Myrzabekova, Sunidhi Chauhan, Takako Matsu, Katja Sirkiä, Taryn

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DUBLIN, CA–Dublin High School’s annual Senior Awards Night filled the Dublin High School Athletic Complex with students, parents, educators and members of the community. Over $4.0 million in scholarships and awards were presented to Dublin High School Class of 2017 students for their academic achievements, including over 55 merit scholarships for colleges nationwide and a U.S. Air Force ROTC Scholarship awarded to Joseph Liu and a U.S. Army ROTC Scholarship awarded to Alexi Spooner.

Dublin High School Class of 2017 Senior Heading to Columbia University

Included in the event was the traditional passing of the gavel ceremony where outgoing senior and student body president Jennifer Dyer introduced incoming student body president Liliana Ogden.

Students were recognized for academic achievements across a wide variety of subjects and interests (full list below) and one student, senior Cedric Le, received the Best Attendance Award for not missing a single day of school throughout all four years of high school. The Dublin High School Class of 2017 also featured eight National Merit Scholarship finalists and one National Merit Scholarship winner.

OneDublin.org prepared the eigth annual edition of the popular “I am Dublin High” video (see below) featuring 144 Dublin High School Class of 2017 seniors sharing their post-high school plans.

Photos and video: James Morehead and Michael Utsumi for OneDublin.org.

  Dublin High Senior Awards Night 2017 Full Results

Passing of the Gavel

Outgoing Student Body President 2016-2017:Jennifer Dyer

Incoming Student Body President 2017-2018:Liliana Ogden

Senior Class Officer Recognition

President: Kearin Van Lare

Vice President: Leah Starr

Secretary: Anissa Rashid

Treasurer: Jianna So

Senior ASB Officer Recognition

President: Jennifer Dyer

Vice President: Isabel Enriquez

Secretary: Delaney Phipps

Treasurer Madeline Nobida

Josten’s Senior of the Year

Jennifer Dyer

U.S. Air Force ROTC Scholarship

Joseph Liu

U.S. Army ROTC Scholarship

Alexi Spooner

U.S. Army Scholarship

Trevor Helmuth

U.S. Marines

Noah Baldosano

Dominik Cochrane

United States Marine Corps

Distinguished Athlete: Miori Freeman, Evret Korb

Scholastic Excellence Award: David Yan

Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence: Akshit Annadi

Dave Burton Memorial Scholarship

Loic Alini

Kevin Hom

Ted Hoffman Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Joseph Liu

Rotary Foundation Scholarship

Henna Ebrahimi

Giovanna Seabra

Dublin Rotary Student of the Month

September: Yashila Bordag

October: Thomas Yulo

November: Jason Zhong

December: Justin Zhong

January: Loic Alini

February: Trisha Shah

March: Jackson Calhoun

Dublin Rotary Interact Student of the Month

September: Joseph Liu

Dublin Rotary Student of the Year

Leesa Ko

Dublin Rotary Interact Student of the Year

Justine Koa

African American Achievement and Excellence Award

Loic Alini

Njeri Gatheru

Steven Houston

Anthony Banks

Dylan Grant

Samara Jackson-Tobey

Jordan Cotton

Remington Greathouse

Ian King

Miori Freema

Kisanet Hailab

Elijah McIntosh

Taliyah Simmons

Brian Beasley Athletic Scholarship Award

Ashley Barr

Miori Freeman

Callan Jackman

Amanda Chau

Sarah Grier

Carol Redden Shimizu Scholarship

Ashley Hedt

Danny Kleier Memorial Scholarship

Evret Korb

Diablo Black Men’s Scholarship

Loic Alini

Elijah McIntosh

Don Nelson Scholarship

Callan Jackman

Jared Smart

Dublin Integrity in Action Scholarship

Callan Jackman

Dublin San Ramon Women’s Club (GFWC) Scholarship

Loic Alini

Amanda Chau

Jessica Shipps

Dublin San Ramon Women’s Club (GFWC) Arts Scholarship

Madeline Nobida

Dublin Teacher’s Association Academic Student Scholarship

Nicolas Costa

Sean Last

Dublin United Soccer League Scholarship

Alexander Morrison

Brooke Legins

EDCC Performing Arts Scholarship

Madeline Nobida

Italian Catholic Federation First Year Scholarship

Rebecca Silva

Korean-American Young Musician Scholarship

Tony Kim

Sally Muhly Award

Victoria Lau

Lawrence Lee

Senior Board Representative

Leesa Ko

Southbay Engineers Club Academic Scholarship

Jennifer Dyer

Stanford Health Care – Valley Care Auxiliary Scholarship

Jackson Calhoun

Koji Chan

Navya Peddireddy

Team Dublin of the City of Dublin Scholarship Essay

Jackson Calhoun

Teresa Herrington Memorial Scholarship

Delaney Phipps

Dominick Piegaro

Jessica Shipps

Scholarship Awards

Loic Alini: Celebration of Excellence Scholarship, Italian American Federation of the East Bay Scholarship, PG&E’s Black Employee Resource Group Scholarship

Anthony Banks: Susko Golf Foundation Scholarship

Miori Freeman:Region VI Every Student Succeeding Award

Sarah Grier: Region VI Association of California School Administrators Scholarship

Kevin Hom: City of Dublin, 2016 Young Citizen of the Year

Hee Shen: Benevolent Association Award

Hip Sen: Association Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Award

Yee Ying: Scholarship Foundation Award

Callan Jackman: Blackhawk Republican Women’s Club Scholarship

Ayeong Kim: California Scholarship Federation Seymour Award Finalist

Kyle Koch: Sandy Montana Memorial Scholarship

Ann Liu: Chevron Reach Scholarship

Alexander Morrison: Alameda County Management Employees Association, Peninsula Italian American Social Club Scholarship

Jessica Shipps: Cabrillo Civics Clubs of California Scholarship, California Color Guard Circuit Harry Ariza Memorial Scholarship

Trent Wakaluk: United States Bowling Congress Scholarship

Madeline Williamson: Brian M Perpetuo Memorial Scholarship, Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group Award

Dublin High PFSO Scholarship

Brianna Barnes

Jeffrey Fisher

Srinidhi Srinivasan

Jackson Calhoun

Sarah Grier

Madeline Williamson

Koji Chan

Callan Jackman

Amanda Chau

Jessica Shipps

Dublin High Irish Guard Band Boosters Scholarship

Myra Awan

Sarah Grier

Analiese Lutz

Ryan Brassea

Kera Hunsaker

Elijah McIntosh

Dublin High Band Director’s Award

Jessica Shipps

Dublin High Choir Director’s Award

Shannon Greenhouse

Dublin High Athletic Boosters Scholarship

Koji Chan

Steven Houston

Keili Prenton

Nicolas Costa

Vanessa Krumbach

Anirudh Surapaneni

Athletic Scholars

Christian Amador: Ventura College, Baseball

Michelle Anderson: Concordia University, Volleyball

Ashley Barr: Roanoke College, Lacrosse

Amanda Chau: University of California Davis, Diving

Nathaniel Colunga: Holy Names University, Cross Country

Nikolas Cory: Las Positas College, Swimming

Matthew Durst: Middlebury College, Track

Timothy Falls: University of Montana, Basketball

Miori Freeman: California State Dominguez Hills, Soccer

Dylan Grant: San Jose State University, Football

Sarah Grier: Carleton College, Volleyball

Kelley Hebert: University of California Davis, Gymnastics

Steven Houston: San Jose State University, Football

Callan Jackman: Oregon State University, Swimming

Sydney Skelding: Ohio Northern University, Lacrosse

Jared Smart: Laney College, Football

Edward Smith: Columbia University, Swimming

Anirudh Surapaneni: University of California Berkeley, Cross Country

Thomas Yulo: Chabot College, Football

College Scholarships

Loic Alini: University of Southern California

Michelle Anderson: Concordia University

Akshit Annadi: University of California Berkeley

Pradeep Arumugam: Arizona State University

Kathleen Atendido: University of San Francisco

Rachel Bagwell: DePaul University

Ashley Barr: Roanake College

Yoanna Belitkova: San Francisco State University

Mikayla Borromeo: Seattle Pacific University

Hailey Bruce: University of Arizona

Jackson Calhoun: Syracuse University

Olivia Cano: University of the Redlands

Luke Clingerman: Berklee College of Music

Nathaniel Colunga: Holy Names University

Madison Diamond: San Jose State University

Henna Ebrahimi: California State University East Bay

Clarissa Elkana: Azusa Pacific University

Isabel Enriquez: University of San Francisco

Miori Freeman: California State University, Dominguez Hills

Carlos Galindo: Boise State University

Maya Georgallis: Ohio State University

Shannon Greenhouse: Biola University

Rebecca Hoffman: University of Portland

Katherine Holtzapple: University of Portland

Sabrina Ingram-Rajan: University of Oregon

Callan Jackman: Oregon State University

Emma Jannino: Lesley University

Justin Johal: Saint Mary’s College

Ryan Josey: Arizona State University

Katherine Kamangar: William Jessup University

Ayeong Kim: Boston University

Matthew Kim: University of Oregon

Ann Liu: University of California Santa Barbara

Jerri Lopez: Biola University

Pratyush Mathur: University of Minnesota

Ethan Miller: Arizona State University

Alexander Morrison: Southern Oregon University

Ian Neves: Boise State University

Grace O’Connor: Loyola University Chicago

Isabella Oliver-Nguyen: San Francisco State University

Grace Park: Pratt Institute

Hannah Park: Laguna College of Art and Design

Melanie Rojas: Dominican University of California

Matthew Rosefield: Washington State University

Ishan Saha: University of California Los Angeles

Bryce Shinohara: San Diego State University

Rebecca Silva: Seattle University

Shiroman Singh: Purdue University

Sydney Skelding: Ohio Northern University

Jasmine Torres: Dominican University of California

Thien-Kim Tran: Santa Clara University

Adrian Vargas-Loaiza: University of Illinois at Chicago

Corinne Victor: Azusa Pacific University

Ana Vukojevic: University of Colorado Boulder

Madeline Williamson: Gonzaga University

Rachelle Yu: Biola University

Sage Zonner: Xavier University

AVID Scholarship

Madison Diamond

Nikolette Metcalf

Giovanna Seabra

Taliyah Simmons

Jasmine Torres

AVID Peer Award

Madison Diamond

Carlos Galindo

Nikolette Metcalf

Isabella Oliver-Nguyen

Best Attendance Award

Cedric Le

Freshman Mentor Program Award

Jackson Calhoun

Culinary Academy Scholarship

Justin Corpus

Joshua David

Julianna Koch

Yousof Sayed

Abbigail Waite

Culinary Academy Student of the Year

Lauren Satariano

Counseling Department Scholarship

Ashley Hedt

Katherine Kamangar

Delaney Phipps

Leah Starr

Engineering & Design Academy

Aviram Bhalla-Levine*

Pratyush Mathur*

Yashila Bordag*

McKay McFadden*

Caleb Brown*

Elijah McIntosh*

Simon Carballo*

Alex Omo

Cindy Chang*

Lemar Popal*

Timothy Degerness*

Armaan Sengupta*

Jennifer Dyer*

Trisha Shah

Jeffrey Fisher*

Shiroman Singh*

Christopher Garduno*

Ian SooHoo*

Angelica Hom

Alexandra Stassinopoulos*

Kai Ikegami

Justin Symmank*

Sean Last*

Nicholas Talin

Joseph Liu*

Jered Valle*

Brandon Loeb*

Divyaa Venkatachalam*

Derick Louie*

Andrew Voit*

Cassandra Maier

Garret Yee*

*Project Lead the Way Scholars

Schoenthal Family Foundation DEDA Scholarship

Aviram Bhalla-Levine

Timothy Degerness

Jeffrey Fisher

Shiroman Singh

Jered Valle

DECA Academic Competition Award

Alexa Andreu

Joseph Liu

Alyssa Bauzon

Vani Ly

Kishu Bhatnagar

Bala Sahota

Rashmi Bhoj

Richard Tai

Christopher Chang

Justin Virk

Kevin Hom

DECA Leadership Award

Kishu Bhatnagar

Kevin Hom

ASB Leadership Award

Ashley Barr

French Department Scholarship

Leah Starr

Thien-Kim Tran

Christopher Yuan

President’s Silver Award for Outstanding Achievement

Athletic Department: Christian Amador, Kain Henry, Dominick Piegaro, Sydney Skelding

AVID: Miori Freeman ,Giovanna Seabra

Consumer & Family Studies: Caitlin Alhino, Nathaniel Colunga, Katherine Kamangar, Juliana Koch, Gloria Pena

Dramatic Arts: Quintin Curtice, Remington Greathouse, Claire Kantz, Dylan Seeley, Brittany Wallage

ELL: Monserrat Cisneros

Engineering: Simon Carballo, Jeffrey Fisher, McKay McFadden, Elijah McIntosh, Nicholas Talin

English: Simon Carballo, Jeffrey Fisher, McKay McFadden, Elijah McIntosh, Nicholas Talin

Fine Arts: Grace Burzynski, Fay Chan, Andrea Gonzales, Vani Ly

Instrumental Music: Luke Clingerman

Mathematics: Jayden Diaz, Yousef Sayed, Moraya Sousou

Regional Occupational Program: Luis Buenrostro, Emilyann Gervolino, Julia Gomez, Dylan Grant, Carly Koch, Raegan Mansfield, Kaytlyn Murphy, Daniel Norans, Hannah Park, Trisha Shah

Science: Jessica Bradbury, Olivia Cano, Drew Erickson, Marco Hoeltke, Afrin Pattani

Social Science: Maya Georgallis, Ashkan Jalilian, Matthew Rosefield

Special Education: Kenneth Andrews, Adam Boekweg, Victoria Lau, Lawrence Lee

Video Production: Ralph Antonio, Joshua David, Nicholas Heinz, Madeline Nobida, Michael Paterson

Vocal Music: Mya Fukazawa, Mathew Glynn, Savannah O’Callaghan-Jones, Corinne Victor, Michael Zapawa

World Language: Kendrick Lee, Vinootna Kakarla

Gael Scholars (G), Presidential Gold (P), Californian Scholarship Federation (C), National Honor Society (N)

Shakeel Aiyub (P)

Loic Alini (G) (P) (C) (N)

Alyssa Amante (C)

Michelle Anderson (C)

Alexa Andreu (P)

Akshit Annadi (G) (P) (C) (N)

Kathleen Atendido (G) (P) (C)

Rachel Bagwell (P) (C) (N)

Brianna Barnes (G) (P) (C)

Aviram Bhalla-Levine (G) (P) (C)

Rashmi Bhoj (G)

Yashila Bordag (G) (P) (C) (N)

Samantha Borlongan (G) (P) (C)

Ryan Brassea (P) (C)

Jacob Bratsman (G) (P)

Hailey Bruce (P) (C)

Brandon Brunckhorst (G) (P) (C)

Jackson Calhoun (G) (P) (C)

Olivia Cano (G) (C) (N)

Anthony Casasos (G) (P) (C) (N)

Avery Case (G) (P)

Sri Vishnu Chadalavada (G)

Jaxon Chadsey (P)

Koji Chan (G) (P) (C) (N)

Matthew Chan (G) (P)

Cindy Chang (P)

Amanda Chau (G) (P) (C)

Calvin Chen (G) (P) (N)

Vivian Chen (G)

Evan Chin (G) (P) (C) (N)

Alexander Chung (G) (P) (C)

Nicolas Costa (G) (P) (C)

Tamica D Souza (P) (C) (N)

Rafael Emil De Los Santos (P)

Timothy Degerness (P)

Mehak Dureja (G) (P) (C)

Matthew Durst (G) (P) (C)

Jennifer Dyer (G) (P) (C)

Clarissa Elkana (G) (P) (C)

Isabel Enriquez (G) (P) (C)

Brandon Erspamer (P)

Maria Escobar (G)

Jeremiah Seth Evasco (G) (P) (C) (N)

Jeffrey Fisher (C) (N)

Noah Frazier (P)

Rafael Gamboa (G) (P) (N)

Rohith Gangapuram (P)

Julia Gomez (C)

Moushmi Gazula (P)

Maya Georgallis (G)

Shannon Greenhouse (P) (C) (N)

Sarah Grier (G) (P) (C) (N)

Rabha Al-Adaouia Guiagoussou (G)(P)

Ashley Hedt (P)

Matthew Heng (P)

Natalya Hill (N)

Angelina Ho (G) (P)

Rebecca Hoffman (P) (C)

Katherine Holtzapple (P) (C)

Angelica Hom (P)

Kevin Hom (G) (P)

Xuenan Hu (G) (P) (C) (N)

Tiger Huang (P)

Kera Hunsaker (G) (P) (C) (N)

Kayla Ishisaki (G) (P) (C) (N)

Callan Jackman (G) (P) (C)

Maya Jain (P) (N)

Justin Johal (G) (P) (N)

Vinootna Kakarla (G) (C)

Katherine Kamangar (C)

Saikrishna Kapuluru (G) (P) (N)

Ariell Katsarelis (P)

Simran Kaur (C)

Alyssa Kearns (G) (C) (N)

Tahir Khaderi (G) (P)

Priyanka Khaware (N)

Ayeong Kim (G) (P) (C) (N)

Tony Kim (G) (P) (C) (N)

Matthew Kim (G) (P) (C)

Liubou Klindziuk (G) (P)

Leesa Ko (G) (P) (N)

Justine Koa (G) (P) (C)

Matthew Koay (G) (P) (C) (N)

Kyle Koch (G) (P) (C)

Evret Korb (G) (P)

Vanessa Krumbach (C) (N)

Hailey Lampi (P) (C)

Sean Last (G) (P)

Angel Lau (G) (P)

Rachel Lau (P) (C) (G)

Henry Lee (G) (P) (C) (N)

Maxwell Lee (P)

Minsoo Lee (P)

Brooke Legins (C)

Aaron Lin (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ann Liu (G) (P) (C) (N)

Hannah Liu (G) (P) (C) (N)

Joseph Liu (G) (P) (C)

Ni Liu (P)

Adrianna Lotti (P)

Derick Louie (G) (P)

Cellini Luong (G) (P) (C)

Analiese Lutz (P) (C) (N)

Anastasia Mabini (G) (P) (C)

Kimiko Masaki (G) (P) (C)

Pratyush Mathur (G) (P) (C) (N)

Elijah McIntosh (C) (N)

Ethan Miller (C) (N)

Jared Minton (P)

Alexander Morrison (P) (C)

Ryan Murray (P) (C)

Matthew Ng (P) (C) (N)

Bianca Jessica Ng (C)

Kevin Nguyen (G) (P)

Whitney Nguyen (P)

Nicole Ninomoto (C)

Madeline Nobida (C)

Nilson Palma (P)

David Paner (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ashref Afrin Pattini (C)

Navya Peddireddy (G) (P) (C)

Amy Peng (G) (P) (C) (N)

Catherine Pippin (G) (P) (C) (N)

Lemar Popal (G) (P) (C)

Keili Prenton (G) (P) (N)

Erin Quintero (G) (C)

Anissa Rashid (G) (C) (N)

Melanie Rojas (C) (N)

Zachary Rowell (P)

Suhail Sadiq (C) (N)

Ishan Saha (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ryan Samaro (G) (P) (C)

Anthony San Mateo (C)

Lauren Satariano (P)

Morgan Seely (P)

Armaan Sengupta (G) (P) (C)

Kaavya Shah (G) (P) (C) (N)

Bryce Shinohara (P) (C)

Jessica Shipps (G) (P) (C) (N)

Marko Siljeg (G) (P)

Rebecca Silva (P) (C)

Pranav Singh (G) (P) (C) (N)

Shiroman Singh (P) (N) (G)

Ally Slayday (N)

Edward Smith (P) (G)

Jianna So (G) (P) (C) (N)

Mateen Sofla (P)

Christopher Song (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ian SooHoo (G) (P) (C) (N)

Alexi Spooner (P)

Srinidhi Srinivasan (G) (P) (C) (N)

Adam Stahley (G) (P)

Leah Starr (G) (C) (N)

Alexandra Stassinopoulos (G) (P) (C) (N)

Anirudh Surapaneni (P)

Mitchell Svantner (G) (P) (C)

Justin Symmank (G) (P)

Michelle Tae (P) (C)

Richard Tai (P)

Carla Than (P)

Elisa Tien (N)

Thien-Kim Tran (G) (P)

Maximo Ureta (P)

Karyn Utsumi (G) (P) (C) (N)

Jered Valle (G) (P) (C) (N)

Kearin Van Lare (P) (C)

Preethi Veeragandham (P) (G) (C)

Divyaa Venkatachalam (P) (G)

Justin Virk (G) (P) (C) (N)

Andrew Voit (G) (P) (C) (N)

Ana Vukojevic (P) (C)

Kevina Vuong (G) (P) (C)

Trent Wakaluk (G) (P)

Madeline Williamson (G) (N) (C)

Russell Wong (P) Tori Wong (P)

Vera Wong-Mageo (N)

Hao Yin Xu (G) (P) (C)

David Yan (G) (P) (C) (N)

Christopher Yuan (G) (P) (C)

Ryne Zapotoczny (P) (C)

Zhenxin Zhao (G) (P) (C) (N)

Zhi Yin Zhu (G) (P) (C)

Sage Zonner (P) (C) (N)

California Scholarship Federation Leadership Scholarship

Vinootna Kakarla

Ayeong Kim

Preethi Veeragandham

National Merit Letter of Commendation

Brianna Barnes

Hannah Liu

Aviram Bhalla-Levine

Pratyush Mathur

Sri Vishnu Chadalavada

Lemar Popal

Jeremiah Seth Evasco

Ishan Saha

Jerry Gan

Alexandra Stassinopoulos

Rohith Gangapuram

Justin Symmank

Matthew Heng

Thien-Kim Tran

Tiger Huang

Preethu Veeragandham

Ayeong Kim

Divyaa Venkatachalam

Leesa Ko

Andrew Voit

Matthew Koay

Zhenxin Zhao

Henry Lee

National Merit Finalists

Akshit Annadi

Tony Kim

Yashila Bordag

Ann Lui

Xuenan Hu

Pranav Singh

Saikrishna Kapuluru

Jianna So

    Dublin High School Senior Awards Night Class of 2017: “I am Dublin High” DUBLIN, CA--Dublin High School's annual Senior Awards Night filled the Dublin High School Athletic Complex with students, parents, educators and members of the community.

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OFFSPRING - SIGYN FRÁ UPKEEP PART 1

SOFFÍA'S POV

This morning Upkeep's first Icelandic Horse baby has been born. She was bought by @rosakajo, even before she was born, Rosa was even the one choosing who to be the sire of BOE Solvei's baby. We were just happy that she gave birth to a baby girl in a lovely colour. We did not know that Raudur (frá Upkeep) carried Silver, but now we don't have to get him tested I guess xD

Anyways, she was born very early this morning, though not so early that I wasn't in the barn. I have been watching her closely over the last few days, even had a video camera put up in her foaling stall, so I wouldn't miss the birth of Solvei's first baby.

The only one watching the mare more closely than me was Nikolette Anderson, Solvei's owner, who allowed us to breed her mare with our stallion by Rosa's request.

So when I was walking around in the barn, I heard noise from Solvei's stall in the other end of this big barn. I checked the video camera that I had connected to both mine and Nikolette's phones, and saw that Solvei had laid down, and was panting heavily.

While running towards the stall (and this barn was the biggest of all of our barns of course) I speed dialed Niko, and yelled to her:

"SHE IS FOALING!"

"SHE IS?!" was Niko's reply, as a lot of noise from the background, probably Niko putting on her boots and stuff, was heard.

"YEAH! Come on, you don't wanna miss this!" I told her, as I reached the stall, then I hung up.

I opened the stall door as slowly and quietly as I could. Solvei was laying on her side panting, but nothing seemed out of the normal. She was clearly pushing, and wasn't that out of breath, so I wasn't worried.

"Hey Sol," I murmured to the mare, as I slowly moved closer as to not spook her.

She lifted her head and looked at me, then let it fall to the ground again, clearly pushing hard! Then Niko showed up. She too was panting, almost more than Solvei, and clearly struggled with not exclaiming anything too loudly to spook the foaling mare.

"Am I too late?" she panted in a whisper to me, and looked towards the mare as she entered the stall too.

"No, no, I think it will be soon though." She nodded to me, and sat down on the stall's shavings. I sat down beside her, letting her stroke the mare's head, as she told her how good she was.

"You are so good, Sol. You got this!" she told the mare, and scratched her forehead.

The mare just panted and pushed real' big this time. A wet, loud noise was heard, and she pushed more. A muzzle peaked out of the bottom of the mare.

"That's it, my girl. A few more pushes!"

"You can do this, Sol!" I cheered her on, but let Niko be the one touching her, even if I really wanted to. This was big for Niko. This was Solvei's very first baby while she had been Niko's.

A few more pushes, and I moved to the back of the mare, touching the fine layer of film over the foal.

"One more push, and she will be out!" I told Niko, still in a whisper though slightly louder.

"Push, girl, push! One more time!" Niko encouraged the mare, and with another wet sound and a plop, the little baby came out.

I let Solvei open the film, and with bathered breaths (both Niko and I), we listened and then heard the baby take it's first breath. It was amazing, and then we could finally breathe again, as the baby whined, as the mother was cleaning her thoroughly.

It was a little girl.

Soon after the baby girl got onto her legs to stand, mama Sol still cleaning her coat from any residue. Seeing the baby stand was possibly one of the most wonderful experiences in my life. Probably of Niko's life too. It will definitely be hard to see her go, but she has been promised to Rosa, and we can't keep every horse we have bred after all ^^'

A few days later the baby had been named, and had gotten her first halter. Niko had bought it herself with her own money, I couldn't have hindered her, even if I wanted to.

Already here on day three she escaped the stall while I was mucking out the stall (which it really needed by the way). Solvei looked worried after her, as she couldn't follow her the wheel barrel was in the way. And because the baby hadn't been lead by her halter yet, or even by a rope in the halter, I decided that letting Solvei out too would be better.

As soon as I did so the mama lead her baby back to the stall, by grabbing the halter with her teeth. It was fun to watch.

Oh, and she has been named Sigyn. Sigyn frá Upkeep.

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S-SHOW FEBRUARY 2024

Hofna frá Upkeep ridden by Nikolette Anderson at Gæðingakeppni doing Pace

BOE Solvei ridden by Nikolette Anderson at Gæðingakeppni doing Tölt

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OVAL TRACK AND NEW HORSE!

Soffía's POV

Gyllír and Froya has been trying out the newly build oval track! A new arena track for the Icelandics to train tölt and pace (and other gaits as well!), so the horses are ready for the big oval tracks at the big and/or small shows!

It's located quite near the stable buildings, and we are very much looking forward to utilize it as much as possible to be ready for the shows in December.

Nikolette has also gotten a new horse under her wings. Please welcome Haléggur! A beautiful vindótt stallion (also called Silver Dapple in English), who has a very strong pace, but need to work in his tölt a little, which is what Niko has been doing today.

And then a wider shot of the new arena, and the adjoining dressage arena, so you can warm up there, if you want and then really work on the gaits in the oval track. It's also a good arena for young horses (the adjoining arena), when the older ones are training on the track, and the young one has the older one pretty near, so they don't get lonely.

We are also planning on constructing a pasture for the yearlings and youngstock just beside the arena and the track!

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TWO DOWN, THREE MORE TO GO! (OR)

Nikolette's POV

Well, technically only two foals was born today. The last baby was born yesterday when we were fortunate to not have snow, so this is not three snow pictures in a row sadly d:

Anyways, first baby up (showed by my love Soffía) is the only tobiano and the probably only dun of the total bunch. His name is Fákur frá Upkeep, and he is after Floki fra Ísdalur and Upkeep's own Kolubleik frá Upkeep! He is Grulla Tobiano (Ee aa Dd nT) and a colt.

He is a spunky little fellow, most energetic and not that gentle. He is not a big pack animal, and prefers to be alone, though he has bravery enough for three fluffy foals!

Next one is Reginn frá Upkeep. He is after Raudur frá Upkeep and Blágrána frá Upkeep. He is a guarantied grey as his dam is a Grey GG mare, and we will be very sad to see that lovely Liver Chestnut (ee AA Gg) coat grey, but well... what is Upkeep Tölter's next generation without a foal that is greying with time?

And then there is the only girl as of yet. Please welcome Sibba frá Upkeep (owned by me personally) with her mother BOE Solvei (also owned by me). Her sire is Apall frá Upkeep that I was lucky enough to be allowed to use as stud for Solvei's second and last foal.

She is such a little star, but knowing her father I know that she will grow into a grey coat by the time she is an adult, which kinda sucks as she is the spitting image of her mother right now. But we will see, we will surely love her anyway! Oh the joys of using a Grey GG stallion! xD

Being Solvei's baby she is of course mostly calm and collected and very friendly. She is also very outgoing and loves being amongst the other horses and foals.

And then a single picture - with a pretty rainbow! - of Reginn being annoying, Sibba being annoyed and Fákur being his usual curious self, late to the party as always xD

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WHAT ARE WE?

Nikolette's POV

It's slowly getting colder and colder, that much is clear. We haven't had snow yet, but it's only a matter of time. I love being beside my love, but had to talk to Rossi before going on a hack with her and my daughter.

"Rossi?" I asked, watching him train his horse in the arena. It was clear that it would soon be time for Dynamix to wear a blanket, as his coat wasn't exactly thick enough for the weather yet, and he has only just arrived from a much warmer country.

"Yeah, Niko, what's up?" He rode towards the gate, stopping his grey gelding just in front of me, so we could talk.

"Not to meddle or anything, but maybe you should think about clipping Dynamix and giving him a blanket? It's getting quite cold, and they are talking about snow very soon," I threaded carefully, knowing that I didn't exactly know Rossi that well yet, and had to approach a topic like this with a gentle, caring tone of voice.

"Ah, you are right. I hadn't exactly realized that it had gotten this cold yet," I sighed in relief that he didn't take my words the wrong way, then he added, "By the way... you and Soffía... are you? Together?"

"I guess, you could say that. We aren't official as such only exclusive, but I know that I love her," I confessed, a hand over my heart, feeling it beating hard at the thought of Soffía.

"Ah, gotcha! Just wanted to... understand you and the other staff better," he scratched his neck kinda awkwardly, and patted Dynamix' neck.

"Yeah..." I replied, smiling just as awkwardly before adding, "Well, I'll go on a hack soon. I'll see you later?"

"Sure!" He waved at me, before continuing his training.

Going on the hack with my love and my daughter was nice. Normally I am not the one to ride Kolubleik, it's mostly Peyton, my daughter, who rides her, but I wanted to do a ladies' ride, so onto Kolubleik's back I went.

Soffía and I paced silently in front for a while, not one word was spoken. It was nice to just enjoy the nature around us and the horses beneath us, but I wanted to ask Soffía something.

I didn't get time for that before Peyton passed us in a fast canter on her/our private horse Solvei.

"See you at the top!" Peyton laughed as she passed us.

I slowed Kolubleik down into a tölt, and Soffía did the same with Hofna. Tölting for a while, feeling completely safe with Peyton disappearing in the distance, as she knew the way home by heart, I then began speaking.

"Soffía?" I said, barely over a whisper, but realized she couldn't hear me, so I spoke a little louder: "Soffía?"

"What is it, Niko?" she replied, turning her head towards me with a smile, which made me blush deeply.

"It's just... what are we?" I spoke the words slowly and carefully, trying to rule out every misunderstanding.

"What we are?" She looked puzzled for a second, and then laughed nervously, "We are... what you want us to be?" It sounded more like a question than an answer.

"And if I want us to be partners? In a romantic manner I mean?" I asked, chewing at my bottom lip.

She reached over, touching my cheek.

"Then is that what we are?" I struggled a little, asking again.

"That's what I want, and if that's what you want too, then that's what we are," she smiled sweetly at me, stroking my cheek, as we both brought our horses into a halt.

"It's what I want," I replied with a big smile, and she leaned over to kiss my lips. This was definitely a good day, even if we got snow tomorrow.

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LOVE IN THE AIR?

Frederic's POV

Is love in the air at Upkeep Tölters? Or are Niko and Soffía just happy to get to sit down on something that's not a horse after a long day of riding? Follow me to learn more - Frederic over n' out!

someone yells in the background FREDERIC I'LL KILL YOU!

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SNAPSHOT SHOW JULY 2024

Apall frá Upkeep Ridden by Froya Einarsdottir Gæðingakeppni - Tölt Upkeep Tölters

ELFI Hrafn Ridden by Froya Einarsdottir Gæðingakeppni - Tölt Upkeep Tölters

Raudur frá Upkeep Ridden by Soffía Hagen Gæðingakeppni - Pace Upkeep Tölters

Gyllír frá Upkeep Ridden by Froya Einarsdottir Gæðingakeppni - Pace Upkeep Tölters

Flóki fra Ísdalur Ridden by Frederic Hanson Gæðingakeppni - Trot Upkeep Tölters

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2024 Stallion Showcase

Rauður frá Upkeep #4346

Chestnut Icelandic Horse Stallion Shown by Soffía Hagen Representing Upkeep Tölters Gaited Conformation ~ Gæðingakeppni

Flóki fra Ísdalur #4378

Grey Tobiano Icelandic Horse Stallion Shown by Frederic Hanson Representing Upkeep Tölters Gaited Conformation ~ Gæðingakeppni

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THE LADIES

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RAIN, RAIN AND MORE RAIN...

Been raining all day but with no indoor arena we had to make do with the outside! Our Icelandics has nothing against the rain, but the two Pasos doesn't like it apparently xD

Nikolette and I (Soffía Hagen in this small story) took turns switching horses and teaching each other today. These two are Gråravn's Turning Table (Peruvian Paso Chestnut Roan boy) and Gråravn's Epando (Grey Paso Fino boy) btw., by @Rune Aksnes.

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JUST A LIL GAIT TRAINING!

This beautiful baby arrived to Upkeep a just around a week ago. Her name is Kolubleik frá Upkeep, but we just call her Bleika. She is a dunskin Icelandic mare. When I saw her sales add, I actually thought she was a stallion, as she looks sooo tanky!

But mare she was, and me and Froya went directly to Finland to get her home.

Having been here for a few days now, I found that she would be ready for a little riding. We haven't been told much about how well ridden she was. For all we knew she could just the saddle broken and had had a rider on her back a few times.

She was standing so nicely beside the mounting block, as I got onto her back. Such a sweetheart!

When I got to the arena, I saw Nikolette who was riding Happa (Happadís frá Upkeep) in the arena in a VERY nice trot. She just brings the best out in that gentle mare, and she seems less with her feelings on the edge of her skin, when Niko is riding her - so she will probably keep doing that as long as Niko wants to.

Then I turned my attention back to Bleika.

Bleika showed me a very good, powerful and steady walk. I was really impressed in how stable she actually was with a new rider, as she was kind of a chance horse. We knew that when we bought her.

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2024 WINTER ENDURANCE CHALLENGE