Commun ty Matters Salina Presbyterian Manor
June 2016
Mary’s Musings Seniors (and I don’t mean school classes) and technology. What comes to your mind when you hear these two words? The first word that comes to my mind is challenges! Let me count the ways technology has challenged my life. In 1990, the church where I worked purchased its first computer. As I saw it, I had two choices. I could throw up my hands and say, “I quit, I’ll never learn how to operate this.” Or I could say, “Once I learn how to use it, this computer is going to make my work easier.” And it did. Typing the church directory used to take several weeks. Once I had put names and addresses in the computer, I was able to print out a correct list in minutes anytime I needed it. In 1999, when I began the Parish Ministry Associate program, I had literally hundreds of reference books and publications. I would MUSINGS, continued on page 2
Clockwise from above left: Resident artist Sue Vince shared the People’s Choice award with her art teacher, Barb Culley. Sue Vince’s painting, Kick Back and Relax, took home People’s Choice award from the Art is Ageless event. Sunflowers Galore, a mixed-media piece from artist Barb Culley, won over the hearts of exhibit attendees.
Teacher, student share Art is Ageless® award First-ever tie for People’s Choice ribbon We had a first in this year’s Art is Ageless® juried competition: two artists shared the People’s Choice award. And they happen to be teacher and student. Sue Vince has been taking Barb Culley’s painting class at the Salina Senior Center for many years. Sue said she fell into painting almost by accident after she retired from the Central Kansas Cooperative in Education program in 2004. “I happened to mention to another of Barb’s students, ‘You just do the neatest things.’ I had never painted in my life,” said Sue, a resident of Salina Presbyterian Manor. “The next day Barb called and said, ‘I hear you’re interested in painting.” Sue said she likes oil paints because they’re so forgiving. She mostly paints landscapes, and next she’d like to try her hand at painting animals. Barb, the teacher, said Sue works hard to make her pictures as realistic as possible. “She likes detailed work, and she strives to make it look exactly ART, continued on page 5