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MARVELOUS
MOSAICS - A sampling of
the cut-and-paste mosaics
produced by fifth graders at
St. Egbert’s School. Works of
art from the creative minds of
students in the kindergarten
through fifth grade at St.
Egbert’s were recently on
display at Bogue Banks
Library.
Young Impressionists
St. Egbert’s Style
By Dick
Any one fortunate enough to have viewed
the St. Egbert’s K-through-5 art exhibit at the
Bogue Banks Library in February knows that
they were treated to a truly extraordinary
display of five-to-eleven year old talent. For
those who missed it, mark your calendars for
February 2006.
The library staff says it is by far the most
popular exhibit of the many they host each
year. Lesley Ferguson, principal, and
Kathleen Ford-Green, art teacher at St.
Egbert’s, are justly proud of the creativity
displayed in the accompanying photos. Bogue
Banks is represented at St. Egbert’s by three
children from PKS and eight from Atlantic
Beach and Emerald Isle.
If Mrs. Ferguson and Ms. Ford-Green are
typical of the faculty, then St. Egbert’s has to
be one of the best schools in the area. As Ms.
Ford-Green puts it, “It is a joy to work with
these eager young children. Their enthusiasm
and talent is demonstrably apparent in their
work. I used to take some of their crude
drawings home to try to finish them and I
soon learned that all I did was spoil the
spontaneous love of expression abundantly
apparent in their God-given talent. It ,was I
who learned the joie d’ vivre of uninhibited
“I Know Why”
Reeves
creativity expressed in the hands and hearts
of these very young children.”
The art itself is based on a number of
classic children’s books by Dr. Seuss, Eric
Carl, Catherine Cowan, Mark Beashner, Lois
Ehlert, Ezra Jack Keats, Debi Chaghri and
Paul Gable.
One panel. One Fish, Two Fish, with love
to the late Dr. Seuss, was created by the
kindergarten class. Snowmen and Snowflakes
is the work of the first-grade class, while
Imaginary Creatures is the product of the
second-grade class.
The third grade class produced the designs
for fabric and Continual Line Drawings at
Play With Modem Art is the work of the
fourth grade class.
Last, and perhaps best, are The Tiles
produced by the fifth grade, easily recognized
as imitations of the most-famous works of
Monet, Renoir and other impressionists.
I, for one, would be proud and happy to
frame and display any and all of these works
and I am told that Dr. Cader has many of them
framed in his 36th Street, Morehead City,
office. I hope that St. Egbert’s saves and
preserves all of these treasures. They are well
worth it.
Being a veterinarian, I had been called to
examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named
Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and
their little boy Shane, were all very attached to
Belker and they were hoping for a miracle.
I examined Belker and found he was dying of
cancer. I told the family there were no miracles
left for Belker and offered to perform the
euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their
home. As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa
told me they thought it would be good for four-
year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They
felt Shane could learn something from the
experience.
The next day I felt the familiar catch in my
throat as Belker’s family surrounded him. Shane
seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last
time, I wondered if he understood what was going
on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped
peacefully away.
The little boy seemed to accept Belker’s
transition without any difficulty or confusion.
We sat together for a while after Belker’s death,
wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal
lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, who
had been listening quietly, piped up, “I know
why.” Startled, we all turned to him. What came
out of his mouth next stunned me - I’d never
heard a more comforting explanation.
He said, “Everybody is bom so that they can
leam how to live agood life, like loving everybody
and being nice, right?” The four-year-old
continued. “Well, dogs already know how to do
that so they don’t have to stay as long.”
The April Flower Show
The Annual Flower Show presented by The New Bern Garden Club, The River Bend
Garden Club and The Trent Woods Garden Club, “Let’s Celebrate the Arts” will be held at
The Bank of the Arts on Friday, April 29 from 2:00 p.m..-5:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 30
from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 317 Middle Street, New Bern. The show is opened free to the
public and is the first time it will be held at the Bank of the Arts and in the Spring! There will
be over 36 floral designs, many by award winning designers, and 36 different classes of
horticulture entries. Anyone can enter! Come see our beautiful Spring flowers and plants!
Any questions or for entry forms, call Paula Hartman, Flower Show Chairman at 636-0101.
AND THE WINNERS ARE - The BBnL team of Bob Slater, Lib Fleming and Bill White
(the three on the left) took the championship as the Ancient Mariners brought their
2004-2005 season to a close with a roll-off March 21. The BBnLers, who won the first
half of the season, bested the Terrible Three team of Sheila Doyle, Jay Nagle and Ruth
Whitney (on the right) by 30 pins in the three game roll-off. The Terrible Three led the
league in the second half of the season. Awards were presented the following night at the
Mariners’ annual banquet.