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_NOVEMBER 27,1997 __AUGUSTA FOCUS
Festival of Trees event .
was a festival of much more
®“African Paradise”
creation wins top
Christmas tree
‘decoration award in
revived festival.
By Lillian Wan
'AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
| - AUGUSTA
i The Junior Leagre of Augusta
isponsored the “Festival of Trees:
‘Hometown Holiday Tradition”
‘event held this past weekend at
'the Augusta-Richmond County
‘Museum. Much more than just 33
idecorated trees were involved.
{ There were also about 13 ginger
: bread houses, 25 door wreathsand
14 tabletop trees exhibited
!througho'ut the museum around
'and among regular museum ex
thibits. It was quite interesting to
see the gingerbread houses and
tabletop trees posed around and
Ibelow various large stuffed ani
imals in the Wild Animal Exhibit
room.
Several of the trees had been
decorated by local elementary
schools. “An Uncanny Christmas”
was designed and decorated by the
second graders at Riverside El
ementary School who had painted
and decorated used soda cans in
cute reindeer and Santa designs.
Other trees were decorated by vari
ous local designers and galleries.
“Historic Augusta Architecture”
was designed by AIA Augusta. It
was creatively decorated with
small pictures of local historical
buildings matted with house- or
star-shaped frames. The angular
and colorful mats enhanced the
black and white photos. “Christ
mas Shopping™ was designed by
Mrs. James Wright for Home De
pot. It was decorated with a mul
titude of colorful and slick minia
ture shopping bags stuffed with
toys, pseudobills, candy canes and
miniature gift packages. Many of
theother trees were decorated with
traditional items such as false poin
settias, colorful silk and/or lace
Help your museum
as a volunteer
Meet interesting people! Visit
historicsites! Provide leadership.
Sound like an ad for a cruise? Or
perhaps a conference on educa
tion? It’s an invita*ion to join the
volunteer program at the Au
gusta-Richmond County Museum.
What do volunteers do? Volun
teers serve as docents, help with
museum programs, work in the
gift shop, assistin collections, take
part in special group excursions
and more.
Call today to find out more on
the museum volunteer program.
You are wanted! Call (706) 722-
8454 for more information.
Family Y food drive
to benefit needy
Donations of nonperishable food
items will be collected at all three
Family Y Centers up to Novem
ber 30. Additional collection sites
have been designated at several
area schools where “The Family
Y Prime Time Discovery”
afterschool program is in opera
tion. The food will be boxed and
distributed to needy families at
tending “The Family Y’s Holiday
Dinner for the Homeless” on Fri
day, December 12, noon to 6 p.m.,
at Southside Center, 2340
Milledgeville Road.
Food items may be dropped off
duringbusiness hours at Wheeler
Center, 3532 Wheeler Road; Wil
son Center, 3570 Wheeler Road;
or Southside Center. For further
details, call the Family Y
Southside Center, (706) 738-6680.
Look for members of the USS Star League, the local chapter
=1 of STARFLEET, The International Star Trek Fan Association, at
N g Barnes & Noble on Friday, Nov. 28, from 12 to 4 p.m. Trekkers
G | will be gift wrapping purchases.
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The top tree decorating honor went to “African Paradise,”
the creation of Minerva Williams (L) who represented Care
Management Consultants. Juanita Benjamin (R) executive
director of CMC poses with the decorator and the “Best of
Show” award. Ms. Williams has a design firm called Defined
Designs Inc. Photo by Jimmy Carter
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ribbons, decorated ball ornaments,
glass icicles, spray-painted pine
cones, crystal beads, ete. Unusual
items used for tree decorations
included dried flowers, teapots,
books, miniature magazine cov
ers, eyeglass frames, partially
blown balloons, and even flower
pots of bird seeds at the base of one
tree. Many of the trees were for
sale by bidding with figures run
ning up to $450 before the end of
the event. Opening bids on vari
ous trees began with SIOO.
The various gingerbread houses
appeared edible and delicious with
the icing, colorful candy and
gingersnap pieces as their materi
als. Rope and wooden barriers
present were obviously necessary
to keep the crowds just outside of
arms reach of the goodies.
Portable doors were set up on
the first floor as backdrops for the
wreaths on display. Bid sheets
listed beginning bids of $26 for
wreaths available for purchase.
Besides the various trees and
other decorated holiday items, the
four-day event also featured non
stop musical, dance and other en
tertainment scheduled for every
hour on the center stage of the
museum’s ground floor as well as
the outdoor stage. A huge tent
was set up directly outside the
front entrance and housed vari
ous workshops and activities at
tables for children as well as the
sale of foods such as the ever
popular funnel cakes.
Indoors, extra activitiesincluded
games for children, postal bags set
up for receiving letters to Santa
Claus, and the sale of local paint
ings and other framed art works.
There was alsoa talkingtree which
offered rulers and crayons to chil
dren.
The museum staff and the Jun
ior League volunteers are to be
commended for the results of their
collaborative efforts. The various
activities, musical and dance acts,
art works, Christmas trees,
wreaths, gingerbread houses, and
etc. provided a festival of pleasur
able sights and sounds for thou
sands of museum visitors.
Senator visits local school
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Senator Charles Walker, pictured here with school board
member Mary Oglesby, attended the Principal’s Luncheon
with Ms. Cisick at Southside Elementary last Friday.
Bell South Mobility opens store
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Bell South Mobility celebrated its grand opening of the new
Bell South Mobility DCS store last Friday. The new store is
located at 3435 Wrightsboro Road, across from Augusta Mall.
Picture L-R are Lovis Walls, general manager of WJBF Chan
nel 6; Pat Blanchard of the Metro Augusta Chamber of Com
merce; and Doug O’Neil, senior marketing manager for
Bell South Mobility DCS.
FOCUS your lunches and dinners in a fine
restaurant. Visit BL’s Restaurant at 1117
Laney-Walker Blvd. Try their new cafeteria-style
meals and new low prices!
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