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JANUARY 14, 2003
Muse: Combat stressful living with art
By Emily Johnstone
Associate Editor
PERRY - Local artist Sara
Muse has enjoyed many years of
expressing her thoughts and
feelings through her paint
brush.
Now she is looking to share
her knowledge about art with
others through a program at
Rozar Park Recreational Center
in Perry.
If you belong to one of two
groups, there is a place for you
in an upcoming class, she said
in a recent interview at the
Park.
A class for youth in grades 5-
12 and another for beginning
adults will begin soon, Muse
said.
Each class will be a weekly
two-hour class held on
Wednesdays or Thursdays. The
classes are offered through the
Perry Recreation Department.
The youth class will cover the
basics of art and will gradually
progress to different techniques
used in painting, Muse said.
“Students will learn about
texture, five basic shapes, color,
value, perspective, composition,
line and balance,” she said.
The styles of different artists
will be explored, but students
will be encouraged to develop
their own distinct style, Muse
said.
After learning charcoal draw
ing and shading, the class will
begin using water-soluble oils.
The adult beginning class
will follow the same outline, but
on a more advanced level, Muse
said, with adults having the
option to use oils or watercol
ors.
Muse said her interest in art
began when she was a girl.
“My mother was a teacher,
American Red Cross is alive and well
By Luci Joullian
Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Darby
Morgan, executive director of
the Houston-Middle Georgia
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, spoke to the Warner
Robins Noon Optimist Club on
Thursday.
He assured everyone that,
even after the controversy that
surrounded the organization in
the wake of 9-11, the Red Cross
is “alive and well.” He also
stressed that although the
organization is known primari
ly for its blood drives, it active
ly promotes its other programs
as well.
Morgan, who has served as
executive director of the
Houston chapter for two years,
said the Red Cross has always
been concerned with disaster
relief programs, which have
taken on new importance since
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Architects Jim Mehserle and Dave Trescott oversee opening bids. Dave McMahon, BOE Facilities
Director, is at right.
Parrish was named construction manager (CM)
for the project last spring following hot debate
between board members about the advantages of
the CM approach vs. the program management
approach. CM, which puts the board-selected
construction firm in charge of seeking estimates
from subcontractors and coming up with a guar
anteed maximum price (GMP), was chosen.
Program management would have given an out
side firm oversight over the whole plan.
Despite the debate, however, this is the second
time that the school board has taken the old-fash
ioned approach and invited competitive bids.
Both decisions were made after receiving esti
mates from Parrish that were higher than the
facilities plan budget allows. Parrish lost the
Tabor Middle School project after coming up with
and when I was a little
girl I would help her with
bulletin boards,” Muse
said.
She also has an uncle
in Charleston, S.C., who
is a portrait-painter.
Even if a person feels
they have no talent in
art, they should not let
that deter them from
taking art classes, Muse
said. Art is mainly a
learned skill, she said,
and the person who can
paint well without
instruction is rare.
Muse said art can be
used as an outlet to
express emotions and
feelings about the world
around us.
“It’s a wonderful, sat
isfying, creative, expres
sive outlet for the some
times-stressful lives we
lead,” she said.
She still takes various
classes to enhance the
continuing evolution of
her art.
“If I ever stop taking
classes, I will have
stopped breathing!” she
laughed.
She is a member of The
Fine Art Society of Middle
Georgia, and a board member of
the Houston Arts Alliance.
She works each year, along
with Fine Arts Chairman Gloria
Ragland, in setting up fine art
displays for the Georgia
National Fair.
She has studied with many
artists, but two of the most
memorable for her are Tony
Van Hasselet of Maine and
Fernadina Beach, Fla., and
Janet Walsh from New York.
Muse said cost for the initial
9-11. The Houston branch has
aided with hurricane evacua
tion relief, and it responded to a
total of 46 single-family fires
last year.
Morgan, who spent three
weeks working with relief
efforts in New York City after
the terrorist attack, said his
goal is to not only train volun
teers in disaster relief proce
dure, but also to educate the
general public on how they can
help themselves in emergency
situations. Houston County
Red Cross instructors teach
classes on CPR, first aid, sports
safety and a variety of other
topics.
Although it provides a vari
ety of services, the Red Cross’
“mainstay” is still its frequent
blood drives, Morgan said.
Those interested in donating
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a GMP nearly $700,000 over the $10,862,540
budget for building that school. Hard bidding,
recommended by Facilities Director Dave
McMahan, brought the project in well below
budget and the project was awarded to McDonald
Construction at a low bid of $9,244,000.
In the case of the Perry High School multi-pur
pose building, Parrish estimated that it would
cost as much as $377,000 more than the budget
ed amount, because of an increase of about 1,000
square feet based on modifications recommended
by school staff.
The Facilities Oversight Committee, a citizens
group charged with overseeing the expenditure of
the SPLOST funds, recommended the rebidding
and also recommended that Parrish Construction
be encouraged to make a bid.
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Sara Muse is offering art classes at Rozar Park.
supplies for the class will be
about SSO. The supplies should
last about one year, she added.
Price for lessons will be sls
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Mayor thanks
Bynum-Grace
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall pres
ents council member Phyllis
Bynum-Grace with a plaque
of appreciation for her serv
ice this past year as mayor
pro tempore. Joe Kusar will
be serving as mayor pro tern
during 2003.
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For more information, con
tact the Perry Recreation
Department at 988-2860.
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To all current and former patients,
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leave of absence.
Effective immediately, I have resumed my reg
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