NIKI’S NOTE We have had an extraordinary summer this year! With over 30 classes <strong>of</strong>fered for our Summer Art Camp, we kept things lively for almost 3 months. Due to the enthusiasm from our students, we will be <strong>of</strong>fering monthly workshops at LMFA. Please check our website www.LMFA.org for more details! The 2008-2009 Student Board has already met and we are underway for an incredible Spooky Art Show. Please mark your calendars for Saturday, October 25 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The entire museum will be covered in art from our local students as well as a few special guests. We will also have a Pumpkin Patch for our smaller guests and our Haunted Hall titled “Area 51 1/2” for the brave. Don't forget to visit the Gregg County Haunted Historical <strong>Museum</strong> the same afternoon. Be ready for an eerie afternoon! Until Next Time, Niki Blaske Guild President Art Ed. Director SPECIAL THANKS Special Thanks to all the teachers from this year’s Summer Art Series: Jeff Hull, Jan Statman, Adrienne Brabham, Erin Lambers, Debbie Cannatella, Gwen Springerly, CeCe Bode, Lorrie Thomas, Tammie Dubose, Howard “Bud” Dunn, Carolyn Jagers and John Wrather Thanks to the anonymous donor <strong>of</strong> commercial air time on cable channel 31. Please watch for upcoming 15 second ads to promote our exhibits and events! Thank you for keeping the museum in the forefront, and helping us out with advertising! We want to thank Betty Golding for ten years <strong>of</strong> service as a volunteer. Thanks to John Wrather for the shelves he added to our butler’s pantry closet. SAVE THE DATE! Join us for a ROCKIN' New Year's Eve party! Wednesday, December 31, 2008 8:00 P.M. – 1:00 A.M. Tickets: $100 Greenlees Note: Some <strong>of</strong> you may remember Kristina Greenlees. She volunteered and worked at the museum Greenlees Children’s Fund in 2000 with the children's clay classes, then later as Jena Crim's assistant. She was a delightfully sweet person and a wonderful wife and mother. Her husband, Tom, found her in their Austin home, where she apparently died <strong>of</strong> a brain aneurysm. Their new baby, Charlotte, was named by her brother, Austin, after our own Charlotte Wrather. Two days later, Tom took his own life. It is with great sadness that we let you know <strong>of</strong> the deaths <strong>of</strong> Kristina (Finley) Greenlees on September 10, 2008 and her husband Tom Greenlees on September 12, 2008. They leave three children, Austin, age 7, Ginny, age 3, and Charlotte, age 5 months. Kristina was the daughter <strong>of</strong> Rob and Sandy Finley <strong>of</strong> Urbana, IL, and Tom was the son <strong>of</strong> Hub Greenlees <strong>of</strong> New Braunfels, TX and Susan Carter, <strong>of</strong> Tyler, Texas. Kris and Tom were in the process <strong>of</strong> moving from Tyler to Austin, Texas when these tragic events took place. In addition to her parents, Kristina is survived by her sister, Jessica, and Jessica's husband Matthew Thompson and daughters Graciella and Marisol, and her grandmother, Irene Finley. Kristina was born on July 5, 1973, in Columbia, S.C. She graduated from Bowie H.S. in Austin and attended the University <strong>of</strong> Texas, changing her major from journalism to nursing, and finally to what she really loved-art. She married Tom on December 20, 1996, in a beautiful ceremony on a very windy, rainy day. She worked for a time at the <strong>Longview</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> <strong>of</strong> Art as an outreach educator, working with 5th grade students to create clay masks. After Austin was born, she became a stay-at-home mother. She will be remembered for the wonderful stories she told about the children in her almost daily phone calls to her parents. She truly brought joy to all <strong>of</strong> those who knew her and was caring beyond measure. We are taking care <strong>of</strong> the kids in their Austin home with the help and love <strong>of</strong> family and friends. A fund has been established for the support <strong>of</strong> the children. Donations may be mailed to Greenlees Children's Fund, Bank <strong>of</strong> America, 911 W. 38th St., Austin, TX 78705. Checks should be payable to Robert Finley with Greenlees Children's Fund 586011411144 in the memo line. 18 Rob and Sandy Finley finley@isgs.illinois.edu
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