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PAGE 6A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JULY 12. 2007
Pickens Past and Present
Exhibit to open at Arts Center this Saturday
Photos and paintings of the
old Pickens County Jail, down
town Jasper and Talking Rock in
days past, Sharptop Mountain
and other Pickens County land
marks past and present will fill
the walls of the Tom Quinton
Memorial Arts Center starting
this Saturday, July 14. The pub
lic is invited to view this exhibit
and participate in the opening
reception beginning at noon.
Light refreshments will be pro
vided.
The Tom Quinton Memorial
Arts Center is located at 68 D.B.
Carroll Street one block behind
the old Pickens County Jail on
Main Street at the north end of
downtown Jasper. The Arts
Center is operated by the
Sharptop Arts Association. For
more information about this and
other activities at the Center,
including art classes in a number
of media as well as classes in
dance and yoga, please check
Sharptop’s weekly article on
classes in the Pickens Progress
or Sharptop’s Web page at
www.sharptopartsassociation.or
g or call the Arts Center at 706-
692-0101.
Some like WHAT hot?
Sharptop contest theme lets artists get creative
Some like WHAT hot - the
weather? Salsa? Their favorite
music? You're guess is as good
as ours.
“Some Like It Hot” is the
theme for the latest art competi
tion being presented by
Sharptop Arts Association.
Delivery days will be August
4th and 5th, and the show will
run from Sunday, August 12th
through Sunday, August 26th.
This will be the sixth such art
show at the Tom Quinton Arts
Center. It is open to all artists
between the ages of 12 and 112,
all media will be accepted, and
the public who come to see the
show will vote for the winners.
One of Sharptop’s goals in
presenting these competitions is
to encourage new artists to show
their work. In the past five
shows, there have been a num
ber of students who have
entered, and some of these have
been winners. But it has been
considered by many to be less
than fair to pit inexperienced
teens against mature artists.
Others deem the challenge as
a good learning experience.
Because of the debate, a couple
of changes have been made in
this competition. We will see if
this new procedure or the origi
nal one works best and go from
there.
First change - instead of 9
cash prizes, there will be 12.
Entrants aged 12 through 17 will
be judged in a separate category
and will vie for $50 first place,
$30 second place, and $20 third.
All other entrants 18 and
over will compete in 3 cate
gories with $50 first place, $30
second place, and $20 in each of
these.
Second change - the entry fee
will be $20 instead of $15.
Because there will be an added
number of cash prizes awarded,
it is necessary to increase the
entry fee. A $5 increase is not
overwhelming, and you can
enter up to three pieces for this
one fee.
“Some Like It Hot!” Get cre
ative, Start now and you will
have a really HOT entry for this
exhibit. Entry forms will appear
in The Progress later. You will
also find them at the Tom
Quinton Arts Center, the
Chamber of Commerce and at
Artistic Frames.
For more information call
706-692-0101 or check out our
website: www.sharptopartsasso-
ciation.org.
Taper Patch Placers -preterit:
Li’l Abner
The Broadway Musical
by Norman Panama & Melvin Frank
based on the comic strip by A\ Capp
Music by Gene de Paul • Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
At the Art Center
Landscape painting, oil painting classes start this week
All classes are held at the
Tom Quinton Arts Center locat
ed at 68 D.B. Carroll Street in
Jasper. Carroll Street turns off
of North Main Street next to the
Old Jail. If you need more
information or if you are an
artist and wish to explore offer
ing a class, please call 706-692-
0101.
• Landscape Painting in
Oil, Beginner to Intermediate"
Starting Thursday, July 12th for
4 weeks - ends August 2nd 1
p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Minimum 4
people $75 Check with Steve on
supplies or any questions - 404-
281-3947.
• Painting and Drawing for
School stopped;
LEOs didn’t
By Lawton Baggs
Meetings of the Pickens
County Middle School LEO
Club were temporarily discon
tinued when school ended in
late May and will resume when
school begins again. Stopping
meetings did not stop the activ
ities of club members who
remain committed to the con
cept of community service and
group participation. So far this
summer, LEOs have been
involved in a social outing at
Amicalola Falls State Park, the
Lions Club State Convention, a
work day at the Pickens County
Public Library and the Jasper
July 4th celebration.
Amicalola Falls State Park
On Memorial Day, several
LEOs and LEO parents traveled
to Amicalola Falls State Park
for a time of recreation and
shared fun. Those attending
enjoyed hiking to the falls, the
playground, the educational
programs at the Visitors’
Center, the creek and just relax
ing with friends. A hamburger
and hot dog cookout provided
the needed energy for the active
youngsters.
The LEO program empha
sizes family unity and the atten
dance and participation of sev
eral parents added a special
quality to the holiday’s outing.
Jasper Lions Darlene Lathem
and Lawton Baggs also attend
ed the festivities.
Lions State Convention
On the first weekend in
June, Lions in Multiple District
18-A (Ga. ) met in their annual
state convention. The meeting
was held at Callaway Gardens.
While PCMS LEOs did not
attend, they were well repre
sented by materials entered in
state competitions. Sawyer
Henderson (7th grade), vice
president of the club, and Kevin
Eaton (6th grade) had previous
ly been named Pickens County
winners in an essay contest
dealing with teen volunteers
improving communities. Their
essays were submitted for state
competitions for the Robert
Edge Award presented by the
Jasper Lions Club. The State
Awards Committee judged
those essays as first and second
place winners in Georgia, even
competing against high school
entries. Sawyer was first and
Kevin second.
Another winning entry was
the club’s scrapbook. The
scrapbook documents the club’s
activities for the preceding
year. LEO Treasurer Brittney
Kids with Sulaine Sims. Ages 6
to 15. Two four week sessions
this summer on Friday after
noons from 1 to 2:30 beginning
June 1st. $65.00 per four week
session. Students may bring
their own supplies or pay $10.00
for the supplies to be furnished.
Please call Sulaine for details at
770-605-1467.
• Yoga with Camille
Hammond. Classes are held
every Tuesday from 5 to 6 p.m.
$7.00 per class. Please call
Camille for details at 706-692-
6666.
• Social Dance (Ballroom,
Western, Line, and more) with
Rebecca Hampton. 4 week ses
sions. $40 person, $80.00 cou
ple. For details call Rebecca at
706-337-4774.
• Intermediate Drawing
with Wildlife artist Alan Young.
No classes this summer but call
Alan for details about future ses
sions at 706-692-4002.
• Watercolor Painting with
Joy Lyons. $70 class fee, $15
for materials. Call Joy for
details about future sessions at
706-636-1560
• Oil Painting with Steve
Moore. Steve will be teaching
oil painting at the Arts Center
this summer. It will be four con
secutive Thursdays starting July
12th, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The cost will be $75 for a mini
mum of four students.
Interested students can call
Steve at 404-281-3947 for
details. .
The Tom Quinton Arts
Center is open noon to 4 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday.
Stop by and visit the gift shop
and see what you can do to help
promote the arts in Pickens
County. Further information
about activities at the Arts
Center is available at
www.sharptopartsassociation.org
July 13-14,19-21 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 15 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $8 adults, $6 students in advance:
purchase at Jasper Drugs, Starlight Video,
Hollywood FX Hair Studio, or Look No Further Antiques
$10 adults, $8 students at the door
Pickens High Auditorium, Jasper
Win a $50 gift certificate for dinner
at Uncle Jack’s
Fireside Cafe
or Appalachia Grill
restaurants in our raffle
A Leo mother, Lisa Ray (center) helps Leos Elizabeth
Ray, Kevin Eaton, Maddy Fox and Elizabeth’s sister Alyssa
prepare for the July 4th float.
Hill and her mother Christy
coordinated the scrapbook
effort. The book, as presented,
won second place in the state
allowing the local LEOs to bring
home the Jasper plaque.
Leos (l-r) Alexa Baggs,
Brittney Hill and Macayla
Massey pose amidst the pine
straw they spread at the
county library.
Pickens County Library
Working cooperatively with
a committee from Jasper Lions
Club, LEOs assisted this year in
putting out pine straw ground
covering at the Pickens County
Public Library. Approximately
23 hours of labor went into the
library effort this year. As in
other LEO activities, parents
were also involved. In a letter to
Jasper Lions, Library Manager
Donna Harrington expressed her
appreciation for the financial
and labor help for grounds
improvement.
July 4
LEOs, with assistance from
family members, prepared a
float for the July 4 parade.
Following the Stars and Stripes
Forever theme, the float was
decorated in patriotic colors.
Betsy Ross (Desiree Patterson),
Uncle Sam (Kristin Sundvall)
and Mrs. Sam (Brittney Hill)
accompanied many other club
members on the float. All
enjoyed waving to friends and
tossing candy along the parade
route. After the parade, LEOs
joined many other county resi
dents and out-of-towners in cel
ebrating our nation’s heritage at
Jasper’s annual July 4 obser
vance.
Those lazy, leisure days of
summer are here, but PCMS
LEOs are packing a lot of activ
ity into them. It causes one to
wonder what they have planned
for the new school year.
Get a Coo
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Come See
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Judy Brendle
(formally of Merle Norman / Main Event)
at
Refuge ‘ldaxY &? rfan Studio
3310(8 Refuge (Road ❖ Jasper, CfA 30143
Judy (Brend[e is now working with
(Mitzi (Pack
770.880.1010