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IN THIS ISSUE Base Security US Navy Needs Civilian Aircraft Mechanics Getting High Patriotic Images Salute To Veterans An Ear to the Past Chancellor's Column Development News Factoids Newsmakers Accomplishments by faculty and staff… |
Deck the Halls Who can’t resist buying another one-of-a-kind holiday ornament, especially when the money goes for a good cause? In December the Mesa College Learning Resource Center’s art committee auctioned ornaments designed and donated by the college’s art faculty and staff, with the proceeds going toward installation of a hanging system in the LRC for future art exhibits. Additional monies go for art scholarships. The idea of art gallery director Alessandra Moctezuma, the auction was popular among art faculty and staff, who enthusiastically contributed more than two dozen of their own creations in a variety of media — glass, paper, ceramic, wood, wire, fabric and more. The ornaments were displayed in the LRC Dec. 5-13 and silent auction bids taken. Bouyed by the holiday spirit, people enjoyed upping the ante for their favorite ornaments. “It was fun to watch the bids grow and to feel the support, first from the contributing instructors and then from those participating in the bidding,” says Pat Vine, gallery assistant. The auction finale was a reception hosted by the art department. In the end, the project netted $575 — and many requests to make this an annual event. Listener’s Legacy KSDS has received its first bequest, $40,000 from long-time listener Kenneth Aaroe, who died in June 2000 at age 84. Mary Woodworth, former station manager, said that Aaroe, a retired painter/plasterer, had four radios in his small retirement apartment — all tuned to KSDS. Aaroe’s children predeceased him, so he left all his money to the station that had apparently given him so much listening pleasure. For information on including KSDS in your estate plans, call or e-mail Mark DeBoskey, 619-388-3759. Dining for Dollars Maintaining the long-standing tradition of “feeding athletes good-n-plenty food,” Cassie Macias, City College athletic director, scored big using the year-end fund-raiser by Pat & Oscar’s Eatery in Mission Valley. For every City College flyer brought to the cash register, Pat & Oscar’s returned 10 percent of the proceeds to City College’s athletic department. City athletes helped promote the event at the college, the district and the community, bringing in supporters, students, faculty and staff. The monies raised help assist all teams and a variety of needs, such as video recording equipment, TV monitors, website development, the Harry West Memorial Scholarship Fund, certificates and awards for student athletes and the banquet for student athletes. More pizza, please. On the Big Screen City College has many dedicated adjunct professors, but machine technology instructor Ray Young stands out among the crowd. Recognizing the serious need for a high-tech projection system, Ray (far right) and his wife donated the costly projector to the machine technology department. Professor Jack Bolinger (left) demonstrates the projector to Armando Abiña, dean of the School of Math, Engineering and Technologies, at the ceremony officially recognizing the Youngs’ extraordinary generosity to the college.
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from top right: “Star,” a hand-painted paper ornament by Genie
Shenk; ceramic “Shell,” by Cara Moczygemba; “Yule Turns
3,” a painted wood decoration by David Fobes; “Grapes,”
a mixed-media piece by Terry Ashby.
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