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The Completed Grundy Community Mural.

Community Mural Unveiled
Personalities, Buildings, Street Scenes Make Up Unique Portrait of Grundy

by Cathy St. Clair
News Editor

   Months of planning and the hard work that followed in blistering heat paid off Friday as the scaffolding was lowered and the completion of the Grundy Community Mural project was celebrated
   The efforts of 37 art students and members of the community who worked on the project were recognized by Art Instructor Ellen Elmes and mural project sponsors who gathered in the Vansant Food City parking lot to view the mural in its entirety and to hear some of the stories associated with the painting of the mural and its many memories of Grundy.
   As the heart of downtown Grundy is being demolished and many of its buildings are now fading into rubble, the mural serves as a reminder of how things used to be.
   “I thank you from my heart for the hard work, dedication and creative craftsmanship that you have given to making our community mural a grand success,” Elmes told students involved in the project. “I am so proud of each and every one of you.”
   She told the 100 or so members of the community gathered to celebrate the completion of the mural with the students and their families that she had watched each of those involved in the mural develop from their own level of experience -- or inexperience -- in terms of painting skills  through their on-the-job training at the 25-foot above ground workplace.
   “Over the course of the last six weeks, I have seen each of you grow into a responsible and confident young artist, realizing the power of your paintbrush and the potential you hold in your own hands for future success as an artist,” Elmes said. “You have proven yourselves on a grand scale, and your community can forever after enjoy this result of your commitment to doing a job well.”

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County Teachers Report Back to the Classroom
Students Begin 2006-2007 Academic Year Monday

by Cathy St. Clair
News Editor 
    Buchanan County students will head back to the classroom Monday as the 2006-07 school year officially gets underway.
    School will be on a full day schedule and buses will run their normal runs.
    County teachers returned to their respective schools Tuesday to begin preparing for the arrival of students and to attend in-service training sessions on a variety of topics.
    Superintendent Tommy P. Justus opened the 2006-2007 term with a meeting with all employees Tuesday at Riverview.
    Later in the day, in-service workshops were held on classroom management for PreK-third grade teachers; fourth through eighth grade teachers; and teachers of students in grades nine through 12.
    A special education personnel and Title I personnel workshop was also held the first day as was a workshop defining sexual harassment,  held for all professional personnel. All activity teachers, including band, library, music, art and health and physical education teachers had in-service workshop on the first day as well.
    The workshop will also be held on August 16 for activity teachers.

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