PHOTOGRAPHS of Glasgow children in tenement back courts and on city streets feature often in Times Past. The old black and white images conjure up many memories for readers, who recall by turns happy times and decaying buildings, post-war decay and hope for the future. It is rare to find the city’s streetscapes and tenement children captured in paintings, but for Joan Eardley, they were a rich source of inspiration. Joan Eardley The artist, who rented a studio on Cochrane Street in 1949, would have been 100 years old on Tuesday had she survived breast cancer.. Sadly, Joan died in 1963, aged just 42, and with her death Scotland lost one of its most popular and important artists.
Charlie Koenig on April 22, 2021
The Mathews County School Board honored some of its best classroom professionals this year, presenting Teacher of the Year gift baskets to Patrick Billups (Elementary School in Mathews), Jason Williams (Thomas Hunter Middle School) and Randy Applegate (Mathews High School). The three received gift baskets filled with gifts from a number of community businesses and individuals. The three are shown with their principals, from left, Billups with principal Alexis Foster; Williams with principal Laurel Byrd, and Applegate with principal Drew Greve.
The Mathews County School Board is expected to vote next month on a new name for the county’s elementary school.Board chairman John Priest indicated that the matter will be taken up at the May 18 meeting in response to a question posed by Mary Sampson of Foster during the public comment period at the start of Tuesday’s monthly meeting, which was held in the Harry M. Ward Auditorium at Mathews High School.
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PISMO BEACH, Calif. Twenty minutes into an uphill trek in the 880-acre Pismo Preserve, my small group of hikers rounded a turn as the noise from Highway 101 dissipated.
As if on cue, the preserve’s bonsai-like lone oak, which many consider its symbol, appeared through the fog and mist, growing out of a rock pedestal.
Other coastal live oaks stood nearby as if in deference. They were lovely in their own right, with weathered branches draped with long, pale-green lace lichen dotted with dew.
The preserve, which opened in January above Pismo Beach and is the latest addition to San Luis Obispo County’s recreational options, rises more than 900 feet above the Pacific with 360-degree views in some places.