Hood County News from Granbury, Texas • Page 28

12B Hood County NewsSiturday, March 9, 2002 Lifestyles At the Langdon Center 'Art of Small' ooens at A.P. Gordon House 7 1 is Great Race Texas rolls on Thursday teacher and holds art classes for adults and children. "I especially enjoy teaching children," states the artist. "I like to see them develop artistically." "The Art of Small" runs through Sunday, March 24 at the A.P. Gordon House, 308 E.

Pearl Exhibit hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the weekends.

For more information on this and other Langdon Center events, contact Horak at (817) 279-1164. She always tries to leave something to the viewer's imagination. Tomlinson wants the viewer to take time and study the works. "Even in the smallest of the small, a 2" 2" landscape, there is much detail," according to Janice Horak, Langdon Center director. "Where it is won't matter because all Texans or visitors to Texas will recognize the scene and remember a special moment of spring." Tomlinson has studied with various teachers through the years.

Her more influential instructors include William Henry Earle, Ramon Froman and Judy Betts. The artist herself is a by JANICE HORAK Langdon Center director The art is small, but there is nothing little about it. Grandeur doesn't need much space in this month's exhibition at Tarleton State University's Dora Lee Langdon Cultural Educational Center. Pat Tomlinson's "The Art of Small" is a collection of the artist's work in miniature. All the watercolors, oils and pastels are twelve inches by twelve inches or less, but the scenes are as expansive as Texas landscapes on a spring day.

In fact, Texas springs with bluebonnets are featured in the show. Tomlinson lives in Granbury with her husband on their farm. Her favorite moments are when she has a paintbrush in her hand applying the day's media to paper or canvas. Color is important to the artist whether it is vibrant and bright or soft and subtle. It has been said that Tomlinson's art can be very impressionistic or very detailed.

She is best known for her beautiful florals, humming birds, seashells and landscapes. All are part of the March Langdon Center exhibit. Spring into computer, caning classes second. Each second, early or 'late, at a checkpoint is a penalty (as in a stroke in golf). At the end of the day, the team with the least errors wins.

The event registration and vehicle tech inspection will be Thursday from noon to 7 p.m. at the Great Race Celebration Hall on Crockett Street on the square. Friday's route will take drivers to Weatherford, Saturday to Meridian and Hillsboro, and Sunday to Dinosaur Valley State Park. The awards luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. Sunday and event coordinators state that, "bragging rights or crying begins upon arrival!" Applications are available by calling (817) 573-7223 or online at www.greatrace.com.

The Great Race Texas will rev its engine again Thursday through Sunday with starting and finishing locations in Granbury each day. The Great Race Texas is a three-day rally-race that combines all of the exciting ingredients of the national Great Race, which is for pre-1960 vehicles. But during the Great Race Texas, any age street legal vehicle is eligible for competition. An age handicap puts vintage machines on the same footing as state-of-the-art production automobiles in the race. The route is jcjoverleaf rally-race where competitorWempt to follow a pre-planned courae over local back roads at exact noted speeds.

Secret checkpoints along the route assess competitors' progress to within of a five consecutive Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. Workshop cost is $20 per participant plus materials. Class sizes are limited sq register as soon as possible. For more information on these and other community education courses, contact Tarleton's Langdon Center director Janice Horak at (817) 279-1164. from 6 to 8 p.m.

Learn advanced file management on the hard drive and how to customize windows to fit your needs. Class cost is $65 per participant. Learn the seven steps to chair caning with the Chair Caning Workshop beginning March 21. Students under the direction of veteran teacher and caner, Phil Delucchi, utilize various methods and materials. Classes' meet on from 6 to 8 p.m.

This course is designed for beginning computer users and prospective personal computer buyers. Learn the basics from taking the computer out of the box to using the programs effectively. Class cost is $65 per participant. More advanced students will enjoy the Intermediate Personal Computers class. This session run's March 19, 21, 26 and 28 by BRYAN AN STIPPEN Tarleton State University March on in to Tarleton State University's Dora Lee Langdon Cultural Educational Center and brush up on computer skills.

Community education classes continue as we head into spring. Basic Personal Computer runs March 18, 20, 25 and 27 Tax Time STRESS Relief! C. FOOT HEALTH CARE EsP '4V. Laura Pence registered massage therapist, DR. DENNIS ARNOLD, PODIATRIST DR.

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Richard Neill, SBOE member, Fort Worth Geraldine Miller, SBOE member, Dallas mom Judy Strickland, SBOE member, Plainview Dr. Don McLeroy, SBOE member, Bryan-College Station operation and conducting trials. The Commissioners Court believes that this Court-at-Law will enhance the county budget with fines that will be generated. The Commissioners Court did not want a lack of prosecution to create a backlog of unprosecuted defendants' who were a threat to the safety of law-abiding citizens of Hood County. I stand corrected if it has happened, but I have as of now, never read, seen or heard anyone say anything about those that have been accused of a crime that may not be guilty.

Without a court some have been on the docket for years waiting for a trial. Check the court records for yourself and see how many of these people have been found not guilty and released. This county, having resisted this type of system for many years, has now come of age. The citizens of the county have an operating court at their disposal. The court is being handled by a long time trusted county official that has given this county his very best for sixteen years.

I remember reading an article in Hood County News that someone made the comment "How could Richard Hattox be a fair judge after so many years as a prosecutor?" I personally was tangled up in the old system and had it not been for Richard Hattox proving his honesty, integrity and fairness to all, things could have been much worse. I personally believe that Judge Hattox can do for, this County Court what Judge Walton has done for the District Court; I strongly urge the voters of Hood County to keep Richard Hattox on the payroll, he has earned it. i i. Harry Humble Pd. political ad by Harry Humble, 6003 Hunterwood Granbury, Texas 76048 7 I7 I 7 oo 1 I March 12 GOP Primary Pot.

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