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Photography — First place: ‘St. Francis’ by Tom Higley
ART: At Abraham Gallery
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Spence; “Key to the Kingdom”
by Robert Hudnall.
Other Art Forms/Miniatures
— First place: “Painted
Prairie” by Rick Wallace,
mixed media; Second place:
“Butterfl y Vase” by Cynthia
Pinnell, porcelain; Third
place: “Symplicity” by Mary
Tom Tooley, miniature/oil.
Purchase Awards were
provided by area donors and
presented to the following
artists and pieces: American
State Bank: “Pride of
the Plains” by Les Spence;
Craig and Jean Silverthorne:
“Hurd Country” by Dyan
Newton; David Wright
and Ruth Rector-Wright:
“House of Antiques” by
Dyan Newton; Dwain and
Shirley Dodson: “Backyard
Fence” by Marguerite
Butler; Phillip and Cynthia
Pinnell: “Mission Cactus” by
Harriet Feagin and “Waiting
at the Corner of Cuadrante”
by Catherine Cronholm;
Mary Montandon: “Church
with Bluebonnets” by Carol
Hopkins; Bettye Hammer
Givens: “Flower of the
Desert” by Joe Provence;
Michael and Candace Keller:
“Strawberries” by David
Mancilla; Gary Massingill
and Don Book/Edward
Jones: “6666 Sunset” by
Les Spence; V’s Jewelry:
“Divine Intervention” by Les
Spence; and Barbara Strain,
CPA: “Taraxcum” by Les
Spence.
The exhibition is also
supported in part by a grant
from the Plainview Cultural
Arts Council, Inc. and the
Plainview CVB.
Lubbock artist Betty
Blevins served as juror for
the show, providing critiques
for artists after the judging.
Blevins is a signature member
of the Texas Watercolor
Society and has had her
work published in a variety
of books and periodicals.
She was a selected artist for
the U.S. Coast Guard and
was one of 12 Outstanding
Artists of Texas, sanctioned
as one of six to produce
the 1986 sesquicentennial
calendar. She has held onewoman
art shows in various
galleries, including the
Abraham Gallery at Wayland,
and has been in many
juried exhibitions during her
career. She holds a degree
in art from Hardin-Simmons
University.
The Plains Art Association
exhibit is free and open
to the public during regular
hours of the Mabee LRC:
Monday through Thursday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Fridays,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturdays,
2-5 p.m.
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PROVENCE: Silver Star
Taylor, and worked as youth
director at First Baptist
Church in Clovis, N.M.
After 18 months away
from West Texas, Provence
returned to the university to
assume the newly-created
position of director of recruitment
and promotion.
He later served as director
of public relations, director
of student activities and
cheerleader sponsor before
taking over as director of
alumni services in 1985, a
position he held until June
2006 when he retired from
full-time service.
During those years,
Provence founded the Miss
Wayland Pageant in 1971
as a preliminary to the Miss
Texas and Miss America
pageants. During the next
18 years, the Miss Wayland
Pageant three times was
recognized as the best of 72
pageants in the state by the
Miss Texas Scholarship Pageant.
As a certifi ed pageant
judge, Provence has judged
in six states.
He was active in both the
Wayland Baptist Theatre
and Plainview Civic Theatre,
acting, directing and serving
as PCT president as well as
costume director.
As a member of the original
steering committee of the
Friends of Music at Wayland,
Provence has served
as president since 2008 and
has been instrumental in
raising more than $20,000 in
scholarships.
BRIDGE
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Duplicate bridge winners at the Hale
County Senior Citizens Center were:
Tuesday
Sharla Shurbet and Susan Yates, fi rst;
Beverly Clark and Bobbie Hill, second; Jane
Graham and Evelyn Kurklin, third; Bill Sylvester
and John Downey, fourth.
Thursday
North-South
Frances Staniforth and Sue Glenn, fi rst;
Joy Smitherman and Jo Goen, second;
Sharla Shurbet and Susan Yates, third.
East-West
Evelyn Kurklin and Elizabeth Hinds, fi rst;
Beverly Clark and Wanda Robinson, second;
Bobbie Hill and Bonnie George, third.
He also was president of
the Fair Theatre Restoration
Project, is secretary of
the Plains Art Association
and was vice president of
the Plainview Cultural Arts
Council.
A longtime civic volunteer,
Provence served on the
Plainview Chamber of Commerce
Convention and Visitors
Committee, the Houston
Street School advisory board
and president of the RSVP
Advisory Council.
In retirement, Provence
continues to volunteer for
the cultural arts at Wayland
and in the community while
spending time in his studio
painting.
“The fi rst thing I did when
I decided to retire was to
build a studio where I could
take up painting again,”
Provence said.
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Friends of Music contributing to Wayland
By JONATHAN PETTY
Wayland Baptist University
A little more than three
years ago, the Wayland
Baptist University School
of Music embarked on a
plan to build community
support for its students and
programs through an organization
called the Friends
of Music. What started with
fi ve interested and energetic
individuals has blossomed
into an organization that is
now making a signifi cant
impact on the Wayland
music program.
Dr. Ann Stutes, dean of
the School of Music, approached
longtime supporters
Freda and Joe Provence,
Jeannine Greene and Kip
and Barry Vitato about
leading the project. Those
fi ve members formed the
fi rst FOM board and have
sparked a growing interest in
support for the fi ne arts.
“We thought it was a
good idea,” said FOM Board
President Joe Provence. “It
was organized to be an arm
of outreach for the school of
music; to help promote attendance
at the music events
and to help raise scholarship
money.”
In its fi rst year, the group
gave three small scholarships.
“They were more of a
token than anything, to show
we were very intentional
about raising funds for student
tuition support,” Stutes
said.
As the group has grown,
so has the amount of support.
This spring, the FOM
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comment was greeted with
others who were appalled
that such a place existed.
One said she was “creeped
out” and another noted that
a casket store was “bizarre.”
You will know by their comments
that they are in their
30s and 40s.
None of us want to think
about our own death, but it
is inevitable — the one thing
we know will happen in this
life. A friend once told me
when we were looking at a
newborn baby in the hospital
nursery that she was on
her way to death. Shocked,
I asked if the baby had a
disease, to which my friend
replied, “No. It’s just that
when we’re born we start
walking toward our death.”
Another way to look at an
obit and funeral is that we
plan parties and celebrations
for every other occasion in
our lives — birth, marriages,
birthdays and, for some,
divorces — so why do we
leave our fi nal party, so to
speak, to others?
Even if we don’t take the
time to select our casket
and tombstone (I’ve always
admired those tall angels)
in advance, we defi nitely
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handed out $13,000 in
scholarships to deserving
students.
Students must apply for
the scholarships. Applicants
are ranked based on merit.
No names or personal information
are included with the
application. Board members
tally the scores based on
ranks, and scholarships are
awarded accordingly. Students
applying also participate
in a scholarship concert
held within the School of
Music.
“This year we had three
times as many apply for
the scholarships,” Provence
said. “It was diffi cult to rate
the kids.”
Stutes said the program
has been benefi cial not just
for the scholarship assistance,
but also for the
relationships the Friends of
Music promote within the
faculty, staff and students.
While scholarships have
been the primary focus
of the Friends of Music,
Provence and the other
board members are preparing
for a major fundraising
project.
Wayland currently has
two concert grand pianos
that the school uses for all
major Harral Auditorium
stage functions. One piano,
however, has fallen apart
and is beyond repair. The
other already has been rebuilt
once, but upon inspection
by Steinway and Sons
representatives, the makers
of the piano, the repairman
used parts that are not approved
by the manufacturers
for that piano.
NEITHER: Planning ahead
should make a list of Bible
passages and favorite poems
and music (I plan on having
the “Hallelujah Chorus” and
“Battle Hymn of the Republic,”
the latter played by a
trio of trumpeters), friends to
be pallbearers (I hope I’m so
old that my pallbearers will
be my friends’ great-greatgrandchildren)
and other
special touches.
A friend recently told me
she had been going through
boxes of family photos and
selecting ones that can be
used in a PowerPoint display
so popular at funerals these
days. I broke out in a cold
sweat remembering that
since I’m the family photographer,
the few snapshots
of me include one of my
two oldest children and me,
9-months pregnant and on
the way to the hospital to
deliver my youngest, standing
on the porch squinting
in the sunlight. Miz Astor,
our Saint Bernard, tried to
jump on me and the camera
clicked just as I stuck out my
leg and shoved her away.
It looks like I was kicking
the dog.
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Rebecca Burnett
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Marisa Gamboa
Mariela Garcia
Samera Godino
Lacey Hamlin
Sydney Hearn
Amanda Hinojosa
Katelyn Johnson
Dani Licerio
Kim Marin
Amanda Ramirez
School offi cials have seen
the need for a new concert
grand piano.
“Our nine-foot Steinway
concert grand has far
exceeded the life expectancy
for a concert instrument at
the collegiate level,” Stutes
said. “We are in a critical
situation. We cannot use
it anymore for collegiate
service.”
The School of Music
and Friends of Music are
working with Steinway and
Sons to raise funds for a
new $120,000 grand piano,
specifi cally manufactured
and tuned for performance in
Harral Auditorium.
Steinway technicians have
visited Wayland to determine
the best style piano for the
Harral stage. The next step
is for faculty members and
Provence to visit Steinway
Hall in Dallas, where technicians
will have as many as
nine pianos of the proper style
for faculty members to play
and determine if the instruments
meet their specifi cations.
Steinway then will
bring as many as three pianos
to Plainview where other
faculty members will have a
chance to try the instruments.
When the single instrument is
selected, technicians will tune
it specifi cally for optimum
performance on the Wayland
stage.
In order to complete
the project, the FOM has
set a fundraising goal of
$150,000. This will allow
for the purchase of the new
piano, the rebuilding of the
second piano and provide a
cushion that the School of
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June 5th Showers
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Wayland Assistant Professor of
Collaborative Piano Dr. Richard
Fountain plays a Model D
concert grand at the Steinway
showroom in Dallas.
Music can use as a maintenance
fund for the concert
instruments.
The FOM soon will send
information on Steinway’s
88 Keys program. Every piano
has 88 keys, and people
are encouraged to purchase
a key for $1,388. The FOM
also will host several other
events to raise funds for the
project.
“We have several fundraising
ideas,” Provence
said. “We are planning a
grand concert in September
to involve some of the best
pianists in the Plainview
area.”
The concert is set for 7
p.m. Sept. 17.
For more information on
the Friends of Music or the
88 Keys program, contact
Linda Grover in Wayland’s
School of Music at 806-291-
1076 or groverl@wbu.edu.
RSVP connects volunteers with groups needing help
The RSVP offi ce will be
closed Monday in observance
of Memorial Day.
This special day is a time to
remember soldiers who died
while in the military. The
holiday was started to honor
soldiers of the Civil War and
extended after World War
I to honor Americans who
have died in all wars.
Through the years, Memorial
Day has become a time
to remember and honor other
deceased loved ones, too.
With Memorial weekend
signaling the start of sum-
mer, it has also taken on
other meanings. All of the
fun activities involved with
summer, including vacations,
start this weekend.
Summer is also a great
time to volunteer. If you
have a morning free once a
week, consider volunteering
at the Museum of the
Llano Estacado. Openings
are available from 9 a.m.
to noon Monday through
Thursday.
Another museum that
could use your help this
summer is the Hale County
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Openings are available from
1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Substitutes for other
times are always welcome.
Seniors/Volunteers for
Childhood Immunizations
(SVCI) has an opening for
a volunteer on Fridays. The
time is fl exible for the volunteer
to visit with new mothers
at Covenant Hospital and
share valuable information
concerning childhood im-
munizations.
Meals on Wheels would
appreciate summer substitutes
for the regular volunteers
when they are on
vacations.
The Social Security offi
ce needs a volunteer to
help with photocopying
documents. They are open
Monday through Friday, and
the hours to volunteer are
fl exible.
Other volunteer opportunities
include Covenant Hospital
Auxiliary, Hale County
Literacy Council, Special
Olympics, Court Appointed
Special Advocates (CASA),
Big Brothers Big Sisters, My
Dad Reads to Me and much
more.
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Linda Milner Shipp is director
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