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rilenerocks · 4 years

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You never know what small thing will set off a cascade of memories. I was driving along, running an errand, when I went right by this construction site. The first thing I noticed was that the external rigid insulation wrap on the framing was green instead of pink. It’s the type of thing it would be normal for me to notice, as I spent over thirty years as an assessment official, specializing in commercial properties. I measured and examined them, ultimately determining their market value for the purpose of property taxes. Where I live, those values are critical for generating revenue for local taxing districts like schools, parks and municipalities. This particular location touched a nerve with me. The building that used to be there was once the home of the Prairie Dispatch, an alternative community newspaper I worked on with Michael and some other friends in the early 1970’s. We were legit. We had real press passes. This is how it’s listed in the University of Illinois Library System.

Title: Prairie Dispatch (Urbana, Ill. : 1973)

Alternate Title: City: Champaign-Urbana, Illinois Country: United States ThFrequency: Bi-Weekly Language: English Subject/Audience: Alternative

Here are some photos of Michael and me in the office with another friend. We did everything, wrote columns, took and developed photos, designed and ran ads, and did layout. We even covered Richard Nixon in Pekin, Illinois. I wrote articles and shot and developed photos. Only one year into our relationship in 1973, Michael and I had many a frolic in the darkroom on the second floor. We all ate so many doughnuts from the Mr. Donut across the street. We kept long work hours, this volunteer newspaper being a sideline activity, not our day jobs. Sugar rushes and coffee kept everyone going. This was almost 50 years ago. Soon no one will associate these memories with that street corner.

Here’s another new building going up in another part of town. Like muscle memory, my brain still notices them, along with other building changes that are going on in our community. The countless hours I spent driving through every nook and cranny of my hometown streets was referred to by assessment officials as viewing. I spent most of my time viewing either by myself or more frequently with Joanne.

Joanne and I have quite a story. My apartment in 1970 when I was a junior in college was in the house on the right side of this photo. Joanne rented a house located directly behind me. We were living in the midst of the alternative community, active in the anti-war movement, and trying to live outside “the establishment.” When we met, we became instant friends. She was a year ahead of me in school. She was also a much better student than me. I was always flying by the seat of my pants – Joanne, the fastest typist I knew besides my friend Fern, would invite me to her kitchen where I’d dictate papers straight out of my head and she’d tap away until they were finished. A lifesaver. She told me she just liked hanging out with me. How lovely. In those days, Joanne was, and actually still is, a wonderful cook and baker. In her spare time back then, she prepared food for a hundred or so at Metamorphosis, the community restaurant where we ate soup, rice and vegetables, lentils and the like. I can still see Joanne coming out of the kitchen, with a steaming bowl of something that was tasty and cheap.

In the summer of 1971, I met Michael. What I didn’t know at the time was that Joanne and Michael had attended the same high school in a suburb of Chicago. Although just friendly acquaintances, they got along well. She told me that he was so skinny back then that if he was standing sideways the only way you knew a person there was because he had a nose that marked his spot. She remembered that he played tennis, swam and was generally a really nice person. This little bit of history added a new layer to my friendship with Joanne. Nice. The following April, when Michael and I transitioned from friends to partners, she was one of the people who really believed we were going to be successful together, unlike some others who thought we were a mismatch, a disaster waiting to happen. Around then, Joanne introduced me to her friend Janet, a journalism student who was taking a photography class at the time. It was Janet who took these wonderful black and white photos which thankfully, still hang in my home 47 years later.

In the fall of 1972, Michael and I moved but we always stayed in touch with Joanne. In a matter of a few years, she had a job working for our local county government, while I went from working at a bank to managing several hundred campus apartments for a family firm. We were smart women who didn’t have a specific career path. We had jobs. Her work led her into understanding that our local assessor’s office was badly in need of reform. I was detesting my job, working for people who were sorely lacking a moral compass as they took advantage of their captive university student tenants, by building shoddy apartments with steep rents. In the spring of 1977, Joanne ran for township/city assessor and won. She called me and said she knew absolutely nothing about commercial property. I said I only knew about apartment buildings and she said that was good enough for her. On January 1st, 1978, she took office and immediately appointed me auditor/appraiser which eventually became chief deputy assessor. I hurriedly took 60 hours of classes, several exams and by mid-year, attained my professional designation as certified state assessment official. For all the decades we held office, we took classes every year to increase our knowledge and further the professionalism we felt the positions required. We had two other staff members, a deputy assessor and a secretary/receptionist. The four of us were to bring our township office into the modern world, eliminating backroom deals for taxes and establishing real fairness in the burden of taxation throughout our city. We administered a program for tax relief for senior citizens and made it our business to find them all and take care of them. Our aim was to become the model government unit in our field, in our state. And we did.

It was a heady business. We computerized all our records and updated every piece of property in town. We went “viewing” which meant driving around, measuring buildings old and new to make sure we had correct records. We learned our city street by street, alley by alley. We went from the office to the car to the office. We’d both gotten married. But basically, we spent more time with each other than anyone else in our lives, including our husbands and ultimately our kids.

This was our little office building. We used one half of it while the other was used by the township supervisor whose primary task was to minister to those people who came upon hard economic times, and who didn’t qualify for other social services. We started out in a small space and eventually built an addition. All four of us shared one room with a side office for Joanne. Later, she moved into the addition and I got her space with a door for privacy.

Joanne was a few years older than me as I’d skipped a year of school early in my life and she, like Michael, had graduated a year ahead of me. In a way, transitioning from a friendship to the additional roles of being coworkers, was similar to what Michael and I had done with our relationship. Again, I was so lucky because the change was basically effortless. We worked really hard in our first few years and we got along well. But we were also getting into our 30’s and tit felt like it was getting to be the time to think about babies, not just work.

We two revolutionary young women were moving along into the next stages of life. Joanne had the first kid. I was with her at the hospital and at her house the day after her son was born. She and I were so different. I knew I’d want a private space around me when my turn came but she had a different attitude and that was fine. Thinking back, it’s remarkable how we approached life in such different ways. She was very relaxed and not one who was constantly plunging around in emotional spaces while I was intense and fiercely probing all the time. Once when we’d taken a number of our continuing education classes together, she told me she couldn’t sit next to me on test day because my vibes were too palpable and distracting. Hah! Our work goals were similar as were our intellects, but we had crazy-different styles. I think it’s magical how we worked together. I handled a lot of the confrontations that work required and almost all the letter-writing. She was the statistician and planner for tackling the mathematical issues. Numbers were never my strong suit although I improved over the years. We complemented each other without knowing that was how things would work before we started.

When I got pregnant, Joanne threw us our baby shower. I think the only real conflict we ever had was that she was eager for me to return to work faster after my baby was born, while I wanted to hunker down and be absorbed by my new little universe. We got past that. Eventually I returned to the office and the viewing and the sharing of our life together.

The years passed quickly. We had more kids. We attended their birthday parties. When she had her kids, I came to the hospital or watched the older ones until she came home. As we drove along, doing our job, we talked about politics, our families and our personal issues. We went through our parents’ aging, failing and eventually dying. The year after my father died, I took my mom and my kids on a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia which had been a lifelong dream of my mother’s. We were also going to see some Civil War sites, which was my dream as I’d spent years reading and studying about what was to me, an unfathomable moment in history. We did the Williamsburg part and then it was on to Richmond. We’d no sooner arrived when my mom attempted the impossible, a walk up three flights of stairs on a bad knee. By the time she descended, she was so crippled she couldn’t walk. I was devastated. The next day, we piled into the car and headed home.

Joanne felt awful for me. The next year she offered to take a Civil War road trip with me. She said I could be in charge of all the planning and that she’d be happy to go along and listen to me talk. Oh, and that she’d pay for all the accommodations and food while I could pick up incidentals and gas. Who does that kind of thing? Joanne does. We took our trip and had a fantastic time. We threw in Monticello and she ate George Washington’s peanut soup recipe at a Williamsburg inn where we stopped for more history. I think that trip was the most selfless thing anyone outside my family has ever done for me. A mere thirty years ago.

We were getting older. Our different styles were beneficial in our personal lives. I was good at the emotional stuff. If her kid was driving her crazy and she was at the end of her rope, I could step in and help by taking on some of those conversations. When my sister had an accident out of state, and was coming home temporarily disabled, Joanne, a better money manager than me, had her house cleaned from top to bottom. When Joanne and her husband needed a getaway, her five year old daughter came to live with me. When my washing machine broke, she bought me a new one. Joanne hosted multiple fundraisers for political candidates. I always made my special and popular chicken liver pate as a contribution for the buffet. I remember bringing my daughter to one of those where we met Barack Obama when he was running for the Senate. I made him a plate of food after he spoke. Joanne always sent me home with a fair share of leftovers. We traded recipes. Her family liked my sausage-potato-broccoli bake with cheese. Mine was partial to her blueberry spice cake. I also remember a wild New Year’s Eve when Michael and I stopped by her house before heading to Chicago. I tasted her fabulous chicken drumettes in plum sauce which were unforgettably delicious. Decades later, I prepared them for my daughter’s law school graduation party. And by the way, you haven’t lived until you’ve tasted a slice of her cheesecake.

Joanne’s had more surgeries than me and I’ve been with her through all of them. After back surgery, she called me way too quickly from the recovery room. I dashed to her hospital room to join her and asked how she felt. She replied, “ I’m just sitting here being totally catatonic.” We both roared. After a particularly rough knee surgery she was hooked to a machine that promoted circulation in the wounded leg. It was driving her crazy and she was in significant discomfort. I sat there, pushing her pain button for the morphine drip every ten minutes because she just couldn’t do it.

Our kids were growing up. When my daughter got married, Joanne was there, as she’d always been from the beginning. When my kid was laid up by knee surgery and Michael’s cancer required me to be with him, Joanne helped out by driving my girl around town. Her generosity to my family was unending. Here’s a lovely photo of the two of them at my daughter’s wedding. And of course there’s one of us as well.

I attended her son’s wedding, too. We loved giving each other’s kids presents. Eventually they started having their own babies. Because her house was bigger, Joanne hosted my daughter’s baby shower. When her grandchildren were born, I sent them gifts as if they were mine. The truth is, all of our kids and their partners and their children belong to both of us. Sounds strange but it feels that way – an emotional investment that extends to all of them.

Somehow or other, over thirty years went by. Because I was a few years younger than everyone else in the office, I had a longer time to go before I could finish up. What a traumatic experience when everyone’s retirement time arrived. We’d spent a lifetime together. So much had happened between us, especially between Joanne and me. The final day came, we had the requisite party and cake and then I went back to work.

It was awful. I lasted 10 months. My daughter was pregnant and I offered to provide day care if they could pay my health insurance. They agreed and I took early retirement. That was a decade ago. In the ensuing years, Joanne and I have seen less of each other. How could it be otherwise as we’d gone from essentially being together for 40 hours a week to now being in our own spaces? Still, we were viewing in a different way. I’d do my driving and she’d do hers, but we’d call each other to compare notes on anything interesting that we’d noticed. We remain fast friends. Seeing each other or not doesn’t matter. She’s still thoughtful and generous, dropping off treats from her trips to Chicago that remind of the tastes and smells of my childhood. There’s some inexplicable, ropey, psychic connection between us that’s hard to describe. It’s unbreakable intimacy which is steady and reliable whether I see her or not. When I start feeling her or hearing her in my head I reach out and invariably she’s feeling me too. Neither one of us is religious but it is a powerful force. I think it’ll last forever. One of life’s gifts to me.

Viewing with Joanne You never know what small thing will set off a cascade of memories. I was driving along, running an errand, when I went right by this construction site.

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cutmytaxes1 · 2 years

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oconnor2023 · 1 year

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bourgognedecouverte · 5 years

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of March 31

EVENTS

Business owners need to keep an eye on the date as the deadline to file property tax renditions approaches on Monday.

Property tax renditions need to be filed with the business owner’s county appraisal district. A rendition is a listing of the taxable inventory, furniture and fixtures, machinery and equipment, vehicles and other property a business owned or managed as of Jan. 1. This listing is used by the appraisal district to value the business property.

If more than one appraisal district appraises a property, the property owner should file the rendition in each appraisal district office. An extension may be granted by the chief appraiser on written request. Businesses who fail to render property can be penalized 10 percent of the total amount of taxes due.

For more information, call the Property Tax Assistance Division of the Comptroller of Public Accounts at 800-252-9121 or visit tinyurl.com/yyy63co2.

The Ector County Library, 321 W. Fifth St., has scheduled the following events in April.

Monday: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.Tuesday: 10 a.m., Storytime and craft (letter W).Wednesday: 2 p.m., Line dancing in the basement.Thursday: 10:30 a.m., Baby story time.Saturday: 3 p.m., Family movie time (call for title).April 8: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.April 10: 2:30 p.m., PowerPoint Basics.April 11: 10:30 a.m., Baby story time.April 11: 4:30 p.m., Easter crafts (age pre-kindergarten through sixth grade).April 13: 3 p.m., Family movie time (call for title).April 15: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.April 17: 2 p.m., Line dancing in the basement.April 18: 10:30 a.m., Baby story time.April 22: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.April 23: 6 p.m., Book Club (call for title).April 25: 10:30 a.m., Baby story time.April 27: 3 p.m., Family movie time (call for title).April 29: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.

For more information, call 332-0633 or visit ector.lib.tx.us.

The Odessa Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a luncheon in honor of the 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year and Business Hall of Fame inductees Thursday at the Odessa Country Club.

You do not have to be a Chamber member to attend the luncheon. Tables are limited.

For more information, to register or sponsor the event, call Lynn Van Amburgh at 333-7862, email [email protected] or visit www.odessachamber.com.

Adinvita: School of Design Thinking has scheduled a Permian Basin Storyland Book Character Parade from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday starting at Fourth Street and Lee Avenue and ending on Eight Street and Lee Avenue.

To participate in the parade, register at adinvita.org/school-store. Registration fee is $10.

Adinvita: School of Design Thinking, 619 N. Grant Ave., Suite 200, has scheduled Permian Basin Family Literacy Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Adinvita is looking for food trucks, local vendors, non-profits/for-profits, sponsors and volunteers to help create a fun filled day of literacy, games, train rides, STEM learning, local shopping, books to buy from Scholastic, food and more.

For more information, call Cindy Leal at 305-9566, email [email protected], or visit www.adinvita.org.

The Odessa Animal Control, 910 W. 42nd St., has scheduled a $30 Vaccination Clinic (cash only) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The event will include Bordetella, Rabies and DA2PPV shots and city/county license.

Micro chips will be available for $15.

Dogs and cats are welcomed. All dogs must be leased and cats must be in a carrier.

The third annual BBQ Cook-off and Fundraiser benefitting the Humane Society of Odessa has been scheduled Saturday at Woody’s Lounge, 2704 N. Dixie Blvd.

Judging starts at 1 p.m. Take out plates will be available starting at 5 p.m.

There will be drawings, a silent auction and fun for all.

Awards and prizes will be given for best chicken, pork ribs and brisket.

Registration fee is $45 for one meat and $100 for all three.

Take out plates are $10 each.

For more information, call DeAnn Wilson at 425-2416 or visit www.odessahumanesociety.org.

Ector County Senior Centers have scheduled a trip to Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M. on April 8.

The bus will leave at 9 a.m. from the Northside Senior Center, 1225 N. Adams Ave. Free breakfast will be served at 8 a.m.

Bring a sack lunch and eat on the bus or eat in a restaurant. Snacks and water will be provided for the bus ride.

Anyone 21 years of age and older is welcome.

Must sign up in advance. Cost is $25 to $40, depending on how many people sign up to go. Payment was due by March 29.

Raffle tickets are currently being sold for $1 for a chance to win a free seat on the bus.

For more information, call 337-5281 or 337-4531.

The Ector County Northside Senior Center, 1225 N. Adams Ave., has scheduled free AARP tax assistance for seniors from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, through April 11.

To schedule an appointment, call 337-5281.

Odessa Council for the Arts and Humanities has scheduled the second annual Black and White Ball: The Night Circus at 6:30 p.m. April 13 at the MCM Eleganté Hotel, 5200 E. University Blvd.

There will be cocktails, dinner, dancing and an awards ceremony to honor Ronald Bennett with the Friend of the Arts Award, as well as other volunteers.

Black Tie dress is optional but encouraged.

Tickets are $75 for members and $100 for non-members. Tables and sponsorships are also available.

Proceeds benefit the Odessa Spire Arts Project (old Cloth World sign).

For more information or tickets, call 337-1492, email [email protected] or visit odessaarts.org.

The sixth annual Bustin for Badges Clay Shoot has been scheduled April 25-26 at Windwalker Farms in Stanton.

The event benefits local law enforcement (OPD, MPD, ECSO & MCSO) and helps pay for much needed equipment and supplies.

Raffle tickets are available for a 2019 Polaris Ranger 500 UTV, a 24 Gun Safe and a 6.5 Creedmoor “American Flag Chassis” rifle.

Tickets are $20 each or six for $100, and can be purchased at the OPD front desk during regular business hours or by calling 335-3322.

The raffle drawing will take place on April 26.

For more information about the event, call 571-3462 or visit www.bustinforbadges.org.

A DEA National Prescription Take Back Day event has been scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 at the Odessa Police Department, 205 N. Grant Ave.

Turn in your unused or expired medication for safe disposal.

ALL prescription, over the counter and pet medication will be accepted. (Liquids must remain in their original bottles and needles/sharps must be safely stored.)

Each proper disposal will receive a ticket for a FREE item from Cliff’s Food Wagon.

The take-back program is anonymous and free.

The Education Foundation of Odessa has scheduled an Inspiration Showcase from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 29 at New Tech Odessa, 300 E. 29th St.

Come see the impact made in ECISD through donor dollars during the 2018-2019 school year.

For more information, call 456-7059 or visit tinyurl.com/y2bp24sp.

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs’ (GFWC) is now accepting applications for the annual Croly Award.

The Jane Cunningham Croly Award for Excellence in Journalism Covering Issues of Concern to Women, or simply, the Croly Award, recognizes journalists who best capture the courage, vision and spirit of Jane Cunningham Croly.

Deadline to apply is April 30, and the award will be presented later this year at the GFWC Annual Convention in Austin.

Electronic submissions will be accepted online at tinyurl.com/yc73fu7n.

For more information, visit tinyurl.com/yd6gfaqb.

Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans has scheduled Legal Clinics for veterans from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. May 28, Aug 27 and Nov. 12.

The clinics offer free legal advice to U.S. veterans and their spouses on civil matters including child support/custody, divorce, veterans’ benefits, landlord/tenant, wills/estate planning, federal tax issues, driver’s license restoration and expunctions.

Applicants must schedule an appointment and will be prescreened for financial eligibility.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 686-0647 or visit tinyurl.com/y3kchpx4.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

Saturday Morning Club for families with children age 5 years old and younger has been scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Boys & Girls Club of Odessa, 800 E. 13th St.

Family activities include crafts, games and food. Siblings of all ages are welcome.

Events may be held at other locations some Saturdays. Get weekly updates by texting BGC Odessa to number 313131, and receive a weekly update of time, location and activities.

Call 337-8389 or email [email protected].

The Permian Basin Genealogical Society meets at 10 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month, except for November and December, at Distinctive Funeral Choices, 1506 N. Grandview Ave.

Call Barbara Wilson at 332-8221 or visit www.permiangen.org or www.facebook.com/permianbasingenealogicalsociety.

The Permian Basin Community Service Organization meets at 11:45 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month at Mi Piaci Italian Restaurant, 2607 N. Grandview Ave. Call 210-7234.

The Monday Senior Bridge Club meets from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. each Monday at the Northside Senior Center, 13th Street and Adams Avenue.

Call 337-5281.

The Odessa Chapter No. 447 Order of the Eastern Star meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Monday of each month (first Monday only in November and December) at the Andy G. Vaughn Masonic Lodge No. 1421, 3017 Mercedes Ave. Call 557-2058 or visit www.agv1421.org.

Permian Basin Depression Glass Club meets at 7 p.m. every third Tuesday of each month at First Christian Church, activities building, 601 N. Lee Ave.

Call 580-5800.

The Odessa Optimist Club meets for lunch at noon Fridays in the community room on the second floor of Odessa College’s Student Union Building.

Visitors are welcome.

Call 362-1964.

Area Rotary Clubs meet at the following times:

The Odessa Rotary Club meets at noon each Wednesday at the Odessa College Joe Zant Community Room. Call 335-6684.The Odessa East Rotary Club meets at noon each Thursday at Ellen Noel Art Museum at 4909 E. University Blvd.

Call 559-0976.

The Greater Odessa Rotary Club meets for breakfast at 7 a.m. each Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel, 5321 JBS Parkway. Call 559-9489.

Toastmasters International Club of District 23, Area 63 meets at the following time and place.

Odessa Toastmasters Club No. 7072 meets from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at BB&T, 618 N. Texas Ave., in the conference room on the second floor.

Call 638-1299 or visit tinyurl.com/ycnsd72m or tinyurl.com/yd9fuyfo.

Area Lions Clubs meet at the following times and places:

The Odessa Westside Lions Club meets at 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Westwood Baptist Church, 2600 E. Eighth St.The Grandview Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 401 N. West County Road.The Odessa Barrios Lions Club meets at 9 a.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month at Mi Casa Restaurant, 1301 N. West County Road.The Odessa Downtown Lions Club meets from noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays at the club building, 1101 N. Whitaker Ave.The Odessa Ante Meridian Lions Club meets at 8 a.m. Saturdays at Mi Casa Restaurant, 1301 N. West County Road.

The Midland/Odessa Dance Club offers country two-step from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and line dance from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Moose Lodge, 2711 N. Dixie Blvd.

Cost is $1 per person.

Call 978-7722 or email [email protected].

West Texas Dance Club has scheduled dance nights with a live band from 7:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Mondays at 208 E. VFW Lane.

The following live bands have been scheduled to perform in April.

Monday: Johnny & Suzy.April 8: Lonesome Road.April 15: Black Gold.April 22: Lonesome Road.April 29: Showdown.

Bring sandwiches, chips, dips, soup or salad for the Birthday Night potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. on the last Monday of each month.

Admission is $5 for members and $6 for non-members.

The dances are alcohol and smoke free events.

Call Betty Berry at 528-6308.

Ector County Dance Club has scheduled dance nights with a live band from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays at the Northside Senior Center, 1225 N. Adams Ave.

Admission is $5. Visitors are welcome.

The dances are alcohol and smoke free events.

Call 337-5281.

CLASSES

Dogs n Action are currently conducting registrations for a Canine Good Citizen class set for 8 a.m. Saturday Optimist Park tennis court, corner of 37th Street and Grandview Ave.

Deadline to register is Monday.

Classes offered are in basic obedience/CGC and beginner tricks class (must have completed an obedience class or have a CGC title to attend this class).

The West Texas Food Bank, 411 S. Pagewood Ave., has scheduled Kids in the Kitchen classes from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and April 16.

The free cooking class is open to all elementary aged children. An accompanying adult is required to stay with the child or children for the duration of the class.

Kids will learn about healthy eating habits and fun dishes that they can make.

Giveaways will be offered for each child participant.

A meal will be served at the end of the class for the participants and their supervising adult.

Tuesday: Topic will be healthy snacks. The children will be making trail mix and apple pizzas. Chili and cornbread will be served as the meal after class.April 16: The topic will be ”Fast can be healthy too.” The children will make homemade guacamole to accompany the meal of tacos served at the end of class.

To register, visit tinyurl.com/y3xv8lhy.

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The Ellen Noël Art Museum, 4909 E. University Blvd., has scheduled Adventures in Art classes for children, ages 6 to 12 years, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days.

April 7: Oil Pastel: Kids will explore the vibrant work of Charles Edward Williams and learn how to work with oil pastels, $20 per child.May 5: Sculpture: Kids will tour the ECISD student show and make a sculpture from unusual materials, $20 per child.

The deadline to register is the Thursday before each class.

Scholarships are available through the Neely Hunter Palmer Memorial Fund.

For more information, call Annie Stanley at 550-9696, ext. 213, email [email protected] or visit www.noelartmuseum.org.

Interfaith Service (Sewing) Council, 910 S. Grant Ave., is inviting sewers and quilters to participate in open sewing and get assistance with sewing projects from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Sewing machines (Berninas), quilting rulers and cutters and scissors will be provided.

Thursday is primarily for quilters.

Call 332-4800 or email Mary Jane Malone at [email protected].

Yang Style Tai Chi classes have been scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Asbury United Methodist Church, 4001 E. University Blvd.

M.A.D. Children has scheduled classes from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at 810 N. Dixie Blvd.

Call 272-5834 or 272-5812 or 325-455-4990.

Love To Dance Studio, 2817 JBS Parkway, Suite E-1, has scheduled Ballroom/Latin, Salsa, Bachata, Country Two Step, Belly Dance group and Zumba classes.

Private lessons are also available.

Call 349-1472 or visit www.lovetodancestudio.com.

Ballet Folklorico Viva Mexico Dance Studio, 333 S, Texas Ave., has scheduled Folklorico dance classes for all ages.

For the current class schedule, call 438-2590.

EVENTS

Silver Spur Gun & Knife Show has been scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 7 at the Midland County Horseshoe Arena, Pavilion & Amphitheater, 2514 Arena Trail, Midland.

Midland Senior Center, 3303 W. Illinois Ave., No. 18, Midland, has scheduled an Easter dance with DJ Frank Sandoval from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. April 12.

Admission is $5.

For more information, call 681-7636.

Kelly D. Kennedy Fine Art, 100 N. Main St., Suite 102, Midland, has scheduled a First Thursday Art & Wine Soirée from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. the first Thursday of each month.

There will be works from more than 30 artists, complimentary wine and lite bites.

The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available at the parking garage off Texas Avenue, behind Wall Street Lofts.

The Midland Humane Coalition will be administering microchips at Yappy Hour from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at The Beer Garden, 7112 W. Highway 80, Midland.

The cost is $20 per chip.

Profits go towards helping homeless pets find their forever homes.

The chip website to register pets is www.idtag.com.

For more information, visit tinyurl.com/y8k8w98z.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

The Midland Palette Club, 907 W. Wadley Ave., Midland, has scheduled free watch and learn demonstrations from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. April 9, May 14 and June 11.

Call 699-3209 or 687-6854 or visit www.paletteclubmidland.com.

The Midland Quilters Guild has scheduled a meeting at 6:30 p.m. April 9 at Alamo Heights Baptist Church, 1305 N. Midland Drive, Midland, in the fellowship hall.

The topic will be Art Quilts and there will be a lecture and trunk show by Lola Jenkins, Master Quilt Artist from Omaha, Neb.

Call 425-3476 or visit www.midlandquiltersguild.com.

Midland-Odessa Dance Club has scheduled its annual dance workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 4 at St. Stephens Catholic Church, 4601 Neely Ave., Midland.

Love to Dance Studio will present Country Two Step and Waltz lessons.

Cost is $20. Lunch and door prizes are included.

The evening dance will feature Lonesome Road from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Ballroom.

Admission is $10 per person. Bring snacks for your table.

Alcohol and smoking are not allowed.

For more information, call Max King at 631-6125.

The Midland Gem and Mineral Society, 602 S. Main St., Midland, has scheduled “Open Shop Night” for members and the public from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays.

Guests can watch members cut rocks and work on lapidary projects.

The Midland Desk and Derrick Club, a member of the international Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs, meets the second Thursday of each month at Ranchland Country Club, 1600 E. Wadley Ave., Midland.

Social hour starts at 5:45 p.m. and dinner starts at 6 p.m., followed by the program.

Dinner is $20 and is optional. Reservations are required.

Programs are educational in nature and focus on the oil and gas industry. Annual dues are $60.

Call Joyce Nolly at 889-4426 or email Brenda Norman at [email protected].

Permian Basin Poetry Society meets for open mic night at 8 p.m. on the second Thursday Saturday of each month at Brew Street, 4610 North Garfield, Midland.

The society and others will be sharing poetry, spoken word, music and comedy. Admission is free.

Permian Basin Poetry Society meets for a writer’s round table at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month at the Brew Street, 4610 North Garfield, Midland.

Writers of all genres are welcome. Admission is free.

The Midland Palette Club, 907 W. Wadley Ave., Midland, meets at 9:30 a.m. to noon in the second Tuesday of each month. Local and area artists are welcomed to bring supplies and paint.

Overeaters Anonymous Meetings for all eating disorders (bulimia, bingeing, obsessive/compulsive eating or anorexia) have been scheduled in the portable building at Christ Church Anglican, 5501 N. Midkiff Road, Midland, at the following times:

Mondays: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., 12 Step Study.Saturdays: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., Topic Meeting.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Toastmasters International Clubs of District 44, Areas 11 and 12 have meetings at the following times and places.

Odessa Toastmasters Club meets at noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at BB&T Bank, second floor conference room, 618 N. Texas Ave.Permian Toastmasters Club meets at noon Thursdays at Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 208 S. Marienfeld St. Midland.Pop-Ups meets at 6:30 a.m. Tuesdays at First Presbyterian Church Family Life Center, room 228, 800 W. Texas Ave., Midland.Tall City meets at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. every two weeks alternating on Mondays and Thursdays at Chevron Corp Building, 6301 Deauville Blvd., Midland.West Texas Talkers meets at 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Thursdays at Pioneer Midland Claydesta, conference room, 3617 N. Big Spring St., Midland.

The Permian Basin Dance Club has scheduled dance nights with a live band from 7:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Tuesdays at the Downtown Lions Club, 200 Plaza St., Midland.

The following live bands have been scheduled to perform in April.

Tuesday: Lonesome Road.April 9: Tommy & The Boys.April 16: Johnny & Suzy.April 23: Black Gold.April 30: Showdown.

Admission is $8 for members and $10 for guests.

Call 631-6125 or email [email protected].

CLASSES

The Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, 1500 I-20 West, Midland, has scheduled Building Bots – Robotics and Engineering Fun Lab for students in kindergarten through sixth grade from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the following dates.

Tuesday and May 7: Kindergarten through second grade.April 16 and May 21: Third grade through sixth grade.

Equipment used includes Lego Robotics, Ozobots, Osmos, Spheros and NEW Tetrix Prime and Kubo.

The cost per student for each class is $25 for Petroleum Museum members and $30 for non-members.

Call 683-4403 or visit www.pbpetro.org.

The Midland Quilters Guild has scheduled a “Fantasy Collage” Quilt workshop taught by Lola Jenkins, Master Quilt Artist from Omaha, Neb., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9 at Alamo Heights Baptist Church, 1305 N. Midland Drive.

Jenkins will discuss how to create a landscape or abstract art quilt and teach participants how to tap into their childhood imagination using the spontaneous side of their brain to make a spectacular fantasy landscape collage. There is no pattern for the class and no sewing machine is required.

Registration is limited to 20 students. A fee will be charged for the workshop.

For more information or to register, call Peggy Byrom at 528-9458, email [email protected] or visit tinyurl.com/y3zvk8zf.

West Texas Food Bank, 1601 Westcliff Drive, Midland, has scheduled a free Brown Bag Gardening Series from noon to 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month.

Drop by at noon, and enjoy an hour filled with a variety of information on gardening topics for vegetable gardens, lawns and trees, recycling and more.

For more information, call 697-4003 or visit www.wtxfoodbank.org.

The Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, 1500 I-20 West, Midland, has scheduled STEAM Sprouts, a new STEAM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Art-Math) educational program for children ages 4-5, on Mondays, through April 22.

There are two time options to choose from, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children may attend only during the time they are registered for.

The program will engage pre-school children in STEAM-based curriculum and challenges. The theme for this spring is Lego Steam Park. Kids will learn about artistic design, performing arts and probability in a carnival-themed experience building boats, ferris wheels, gears and guessing wheels.

Pre-registration is required. The cost per student for the six-week session is $80 for Petroleum Museum members and $100 for non-members.

Call 683-4403 or visit www.pbpetro.org.

Lacy J Pilates & Fitness Studio, 3211 W. Wadley Ave., Suite 13, Midland, has scheduled a variety of group classes including the original Chair30, Barre30, Core30, a variety of yoga and Zumba.

Classes are available for all levels and ages throughout the day.

For the current schedule or information, visit www.lacyjpilates.com.

The University of Texas Permian Basin Small Business Development Center has scheduled QuickBooks classes from 9 a.m. to noon every first and third Wednesday of each month at the SBDC office at the CEED Building, 1310 N. FM 1788, Midland.

Art Quest, 700 Andrews Highway, Ste. D, Midland, is offering classes for children and adults on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week.

Cost is $75 per month for each child (includes supplies) and $70 per month for adults.

Class schedules and descriptions are available online.

Call 682-2469 or visit www.artquesttx.com.

EVENTS

Andrews Senior Center, 310 W. Broadway St., Andrews, has scheduled a dance from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. April 15.

For more information, call 432-523-5911.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

Helping Hands Support Group for the West Texas Desert Council of the American Council of the Blind meets at 1:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Senior Citizen Center, 1010 W. 14th St., Fort Stockton. Call 432-336-3648 or 432-290-2966.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

The Rotary Club meets at noon Wednesdays at First United Methodist Church.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

The Rotary Club meets at noon on Thursdays at the Pecos Valley Country Club.

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Zillow’s Zestimates are really just estimates, federal appeals court rules

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that Zillow Group’s “Zestimates” aren’t meant to be precise appraisals of a home’s value. Last year, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that the online brokerage did not violate consumer fraud laws through its use of the much-maligned online valuations, and earlier this month, a federal appeals court upheld that ruling, according to the Cook County Record. The suit by a group of Chicago-area homeowners had […]

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Governor announces appointments to boards and commissions

Governor Hutchinson yesterday announced a new slate of appointments:

Jeremy Sparks, Fayetteville, to the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission. Appointment expires January 14, 2024. Replaces Sarah Martin. Christina Shutt, Conway, to the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemoration Committee. Appointment expires December 31, 2020. James Mardis, Rogers, to the Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Compact Commission. Appointment expires February 1, 2022. Reappointment. Donna Nelson-Lowe, Paragould, to the Health Services Permit Commission. Appointment expires April 9, 2020. Replaces Paula Hartz. Dr. Norette Underwood, Harrisburg, to the Veterinary Medical Examining Board. Appointment expires March 1, 2023. Replaces Dr. Duane Thomas. Jeff Teague, El Dorado, to the Arkansas State Police Commission. Appointment expires January 14, 2025. Replaces Dr. Lewis Shepherd. John Baxter, Fort Smith, to the Contractors Licensing Board. Appointment expires December 31, 2022. Replaces Steve Russell. Ron Mobley, Morrilton, to the State Banking Board. Appointment expires December 31, 2018. Replaces Gary Smith. Richard Bearden, Little Rock, to the Old State House Commission. Appointment expires March 19, 2027. Reappointment. Rusty Guinn, Jonesboro, to the State Board of Collection Agencies. Appointment expires January 1, 2021. Reappointment. Craig Mobley, El Dorado, to the Arkansas Waterways Commission. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Replaces Judge Michael Loftin. Marty Shell, Fort Smith, to the Arkansas Waterways Commission. Appointment expires January 14, 2025. Replaces Paul Latture. Al Eckert, Little Rock, to the Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks. Appointment expires December 31, 2021. Replaces Charles Clark. Murray Benton, Sr., Jonesboro, to the Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks. Appointment expires December 31, 2021. Replaces Daniel Murdaugh. Lance Spicer, Hot Springs, to the Arkansas Fire and Police Pension Review Board. Appointment expires January 1, 2022. Reappointment. Farris Hensley, Alexander, to the Arkansas Fire and Police Pension Review Board. Appointment expires January 1, 2022. Reappointment. Bill Lundy, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Fire and Police Pension Review Board. Appointment expires January 1, 2022. Reappointment. Marliese Kerr, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board. Appointment expires January 26, 2020. Reappointment. Wayne Pace, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board. Appointment expires January 26, 2020. Reappointment. Allen Trammell, Alexander, to the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board. Appointment expires January 26, 2020. Reappointment. W.C. McBride, Benton, to the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board. Appointment expires January 26, 2020. Replaces Joseph Kanopsic. Joshua Barkhimer, Camden, to the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Appointment expires January 15, 2021. Replaces Peter Prutzman. Scott McKennon, Morrilton, to the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Appointment expires January 15, 2021. Reappointment. Brian Hester, Farmington, to the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Appointment expires January 15, 2021. Reappointment. Tom Ferstl, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Appointment expires January 15, 2021. Reappointment. Cary Matthews, Jonesboro, to the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Appointment expires January 15, 2021. Reappointment. Lt. J. Scott Baxter, Jonesboro, to the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System. Appointment expires January 1, 2022. Reappointment. Gary Carnahan, Hot Springs, to the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System. Appointment expires January 1, 2022. Replaces Catherine Cook. Russell Meeks, Little Rock, as a Special Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CR-17-889 Brad Hunter Smith v. State of Arkansas. Replaces Justice Robin F. Wynne, who has disqualified himself from the case. Lee Watson, Fort Smith, as a Special Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CR-17-684 Elizabeth Robert Force v. State of Arkansas. Replaces Chief Justice John Dan Kemp, who has disqualified himself from the case. Josh Newton, Bryant, as a Special Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CV-17-723 The Park Apartments at Fayetteville, LP, et al. v. Shilah Plants. Replaces Justice Josephine Linker Hart, who has disqualified herself from the case. Grant Fortson, Little Rock, as a Special Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CV-17-500 Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Tegan Dowdy. Replaces Justice Robin F. Wynne, who has disqualified himself from the case. Louis Bastin, Fort Smith, as a Justice of the Peace for the Sebastian County Quorum Court, District 8. Appointment expires December 31, 2018. Replaces Donald Carter, Sr. Rose Mary Fite, Sparkman, as a Justice of the Peace for the Dallas County Quorum Court, District 7. Appointment expires December 31, 2018. Replaces Alfred Fite. Jackie Sikes, Clinton, as a Justice of the Peace for the Van Buren County Quorum Court, District 9. Appointment expires December 31, 2018. Replaces Richard Sundelin. Wesley Howard, Dierks, as a Justice of the Peace for the Howard County Quorum Court, District 2. Appointment expires December 31, 2018. Replaces Gary Welch. Baxter County Judge Mickey Pendergrass, Mountain Home, as a Special County Judge in the County Court of Marion County, Arkansas. Marion County Court Case Numbers 2016-001 and 2017-001. Replaces Marion County Judge Terry Ott, who has disqualified himself from both cases.

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Hyperallergic: Art Movements

The Paris catacombs (photo by Joe deSousa, via Wikimedia Commons)

Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world. Subscribe to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter.

Two teenage boys were rescued after getting lost in the Paris catacombs for three days. The remains of some 6 million people are housed in the catacombs’ 150 miles of tunnels.

A painting found in the attic of a home in Arizona’s Sun City retirement community is believed to be a previously unknown work by Jackson Pollock. According to auction house J. Levine Auction and Appraisal, which commissioned forensic reports to verify its authenticity, it could be worth up to $15 million.

The artist Khadija Saye is missing following the fatal blaze that consumed west London’s Grenfell Tower on Wednesday. She lived with her mother on the building’s 20th floor.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker called for the relocation of the state’s only Confederate monument, currently located on Georges Island in Boston Harbor. Meanwhile, in St. Louis, a dispute over the Confederate Memorial in Forest Park escalated after the Missouri Civil War Museum claimed to own a deed to the monument and the municipal government asserted the city owns the monument because the deed is no longer valid.

Two Australian museums, including the National Museum, agreed to return the remains of several Ainu people to Japan.

Forty-six years after the song “Imagine” was first released, John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono has finally been given a co-writer credit on the song.

A 118-year-old watercolor painting of a dead tree creeper by Dr. Edward Wilson was found in a hut in Antarctica.

Nearly a decade after its Rafael Viñoly-designed renovation opened, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum will finally open its rooftop terrace to the public.

Statue of Zeus Enthroned, artist unknown, Greek (circa 100 BCE), marble, 29 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 17 15/16 in (photo courtesy the J. Paul Getty Museum)

The J. Paul Getty Museum returned a 29-inch marble statue of Zeus from the first century BCE to Italy. The Getty acquired the object in 1992 but no export documents were ever found for it; a fragment from the same sculpture was discovered in recent years near Naples.

A mural by the street artist David Choe on Manhattan’s Lower East Side was repeatedly tagged. Choe’s commission for the high-profile mural site caused controversy due to the artist’s claim that he had sexually assaulted a woman.

The East Village’s Vladimir Lenin statue, which was removed from the rooftop of East Houston Street’s Red Square apartment building in September 2016, was reinstalled nearby on the roof of 178 Norfolk Street.

A commission for a 41-foot-tall public sculpture by Tim Hawkinson that was to stand outside downtown San Francisco’s new, $6-billion Transbay Transit Center, was canceled after its costs ballooned from $1.67 million to $3.7 million.

The architect Jeehoon Park has filed a lawsuit against Skidmore, Owings & Merrill alleging that the firm’s design for One World Trade Center was stolen from a graduate student project he created in 1999.

Members of Newfoundland indigenous groups demanded the return of the skulls of their ancestors, Nonosabasut and Demasduit, from the National Museums of Scotland.

Google launched a new initiative, “We Wear Culture,” a digitized collection of over 30,000 fashion garments and objects.

The California Academy of Sciences became the first museum to commit to the Paris Accords to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The main building of Houston’s Menil Collection will be closed for eight months, beginning February 26, 2018, while its floors are sanded and finished. The museum’s other buildings, including the Rothko Chapel and Cy Twombly Gallery, will remain open.

Kurt Schwitters’s unfinished Dada installation in England’s Lake District, the “Merz Barn,” is at risk of being sold to developers who may bulldoze it unless an arts organization or institution steps in to preserve it.

Kurt Schwitters’s “Merz Barn” in the Lake District (photo by Luke McKernan/Flickr)

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Agnes Gund confirmed that she sold a 1962 painting by Roy Lichtenstein for a reported $165 million (including fees). The sale has been used to establish the Art for Justice Fund, an “initiative designed to make meaningful progress on key reforms in the U.S. criminal justice system.”

The J. Paul Getty Museum secured its acquisition of Parmigianino’s “The Virgin and Child with Saint Mary Magdalen and the Infant St John the Baptist” (ca 1535–40).

Monty Python member Michael Palin donated more than 50 of his personal notebooks, spanning 22 years, to the British Library.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts received a $9 million bequest from the estate of California businesswoman Madeleine Rast — the largest single gift in the museum’s history.

The Fitzwilliam Museum acquired Jean-Léon Gérôme’s “Portrait of Claude-Armand Gérôme” (ca 1848).

Jordan Schnitzer donated $5 million to the construction of an arts museum on the campus of Portland State University.

Zach Rawling pledged to donate Frank Lloyd Wright’s David and Gladys Wright House to the School of Architecture at Taliesin.

The province of Quebec gave grants totaling Canadian $4.5 million (~US $3.4 million) to 18 museums.

The Art Gallery of New South Wales received a $184-million grant to help build an expansion.

The Carnegie Museum of Art acquired five photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot.

In its final round of grants for 2017, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded 1,196 grants for a total of $82 million.

The Joslyn Art Museum received a gift of 124 photographs from the collection of Bruce Berman. The gift includes works by Walker Evans, Russell Lee, John Vachon, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, and Graciela Iturbide.

The J. Paul Getty Museum also received a gift from Bruce Berman, totaling 186 works. The gifted works include pieces by Harry Callahan, Dorothea Lange, and Camilo José Vergara.

Camilo José Vergara, “Saint Peter’s Pentecostal Deliverance Center, 937 Home Street, South Bronx” (2002), chromogenic print (© Camilo José Vergara; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, gift of Bruce Berman and Lea Russo)

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Daniel H. Weiss was appointed president and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum also named Allison Rutledge-Parisi as its Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art appointed three new members to its board of trustees: Allison Berg, Troy Carter, and Carter Reum.

Hemma Schmutz was appointed director of Linz’s Lentos Kunstmuseum.

Rebecca Salter will succeed Eileen Cooper as Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools.

David Lan will stand down as artistic director of the Young Vic.

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, completed construction of its permanent home in the Miami Design District.

The inaugural Kuala Lumpur Biennale will open in November.

A major renovation of the Cattle Raisers Museum was completed.

On Stellar Rays will close its gallery at 213 Bowery later this Summer. Stellar Projects will be open by appointment at 1 Rivington Street.

Toby Kamps was named the new director of the Blaffer Museum.

Phillips auction house appointed Meiling Lee as an international specialist in 20th Century & Contemporary Art.

The Institute of Contemporary Art in London added artist Wolfgang Tillmans, collector Delya Allakhverdova, and arts patron Maria Sukkar to its council.

Tracy K. Smith was named the next US Poet Laureate, a role she’ll begin in the fall.

Kevin Jennings was appointed as the next director of the Tenement Museum.

Jenny Dixon, the longtime director of the Noguchi Museum, announced that she will retire at the end of 2017.

Leora Maltz-Leca was appointed curator of contemporary projects at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum in Newport, Rhode Island.

Tarah Hogue was appointed as the Vancouver Art Gallery’s first Senior Curatorial Fellow, with a focus on Indigenous Art.

Paul O’Neill was appointed as the new artistic director of Checkpoint Helsinki.

Accolades

Switzerland’s federal office of culture announced the winners of the Swiss Art Awards and the Swiss Design Awards.

The Museum of Modern Art’s film curator, Dave Kehr, received the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Obituaries

Adam West as Batman (film still by Shed On The Moon/Flickr)

Chana Bloch (1940–2017), poet and Hebrew translator.

David Boxer (1946–2017), artist, collector, and scholar. Former chief curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica.

Andy Cunningham (1950–2017), entertainer and ventriloquist.

Samuel D. Cook (1928–2017), educator.

Edit DeAk (1950–2017), artist and writer. Co-editor of Art-Rite.

Vin Garbutt (aka the Teesside troubadour) (1947–2017), folksinger and songwriter.

Juliana Young Koo (1905–2017), diplomat, supercentenarian, and author of 109 Springtimes: My Story in 2015 (2015).

Ndary Lo (1961–2017), sculptor.

Edith Shiffert (1916–2017), poet.

Diane Marian Tor (1948–2017), artist, writer, and educator. Renowned for her “Man for a Day” and gender-as-performance workshops.

Ed Victor (1939–2017), literary agent.

Adam West (1928–2017), actor. Best known for portraying Batman.

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Municipalities Fight Wal-Mart’s Tax Reduction Claim

Watkins Glen, NY—A preliminary conference has been scheduled for June 23 in the case of Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust (“Wal-Mart”) against the Town of Dix Board of Assessment Review and other affected Schuyler County municipalities.

In the meantime, attorneys for the affected municipalities, Schuyler County Attorney Steven Getman and Town of Dix Attorney Robert Halpin have served a demand to audit Wal-Mart’s books and records to substantiate the retail giant’s statement of income and expenses.

In July 2016, Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, filed suit alleging that their store in the Village of Watkins Glen was over-assessed. The current assessment values the property at $11,700,000.00 (Eleven Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars). Wal-Mart has claimed their property is only worth $7,500,000.00 (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars). In 2012, Wal-Mart agreed that their property was valued at $11,400,000.00 (Eleven Million, Four Hundred Thousand, Dollars)

Because any such assessment reduction would adversely affect all real property tax jurisdictions in the county deriving taxes from the Wal-Mart property, the affected municipalities—the Town of Dix, the Village of Watkins Glen, the Watkins Glen School District and Schuyler County--joined forces to fight Wal-Mart’s claims.

According to Schuyler County Administrator Tim O’Hearn, “this continued collaboration among municipal partners is a testament to our resolve to ensure that all property taxpayers pay their fair share. If granted a reduction, Walmart would in effect be shifting their portion of the tax burden to the rest of our taxpayers.”

According to Getman, the June 23 preliminary conference will likely result in the court fixing a date for trial, as well as directing the parties to obtain appraisals and sales reports, and to exchange and file appraisal reports and sales reports.

In anticipation of that trial, the defendants have already served a demand upon Wal-Mart to make their relevant books and records available for audit. That audit should be completed in approximately 120 days, Getman noted.

“The affected municipalities have called into question Wal-Mart’s claims as to the Watkins Glen Supercenter dropping in value given the overall trend experienced countywide that has shown property to be continually appreciating in value,” Getman said. “Once the tax roll is completed, it is presumed to be accurate and free of error. If a taxpayer such as Wal-Mart contends otherwise the burden is on the taxpayer to demonstrate that by clear and convincing evidence.”

Nationally, some reports have previously criticized Wal-Mart for what has been called a “systemic” attempt by the company to lower its taxes while benefitting from billions of dollars in public subsidies to build its stores and site infrastructure. In 2007, the Huffington Post called the company “America’s tax deadbeat” for such attempts. That article cited efforts by the company in other parts of upstate New York, including Geneva and Wilton, to lower its taxes.

The Schuyler County case is being heard in Schuyler County Supreme Court with Hon. Dennis J. Morris presiding. Wal-Mart is being represented by Buffalo law firm Kavinoky Cook LLP. Town of Dix Attorney Robert Halpin (Montour Falls) and Schuyler County Attorney Steven Getman (Watkins Glen) are jointly representing the affected municipalities, the Town of Dix, the Village of Watkins Glen, the Watkins Glen School District and Schuyler County.

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Houses For Sale in Kenansville, NC

1004 E S, Kenansville, NC

Price: $79900

This Lot/Land located at 1004 East S, Kenansville, NC is currently for sale and has been listed on theochomesearch for 228 days. This property is listed by Coldwell Banker Fountain Realty for $79,900. The property has a lot size of 18.74 acres. 1004 E S is in the 28349 ZIP code in Kenansville, NC.

111 Deer Hound Dr, Kenansville, NC

Price: $16900

Lot with county water, septic system and electric utilities in place ready for your double wide mobile home. Lot has a brick/concrete front porch in place if buyer desires to use them. Lot is only 400′ from Hwy 11 & 903 N.

323 Canal St, Kenansville, NC

Price: $199900

Beautiful brick home featuring 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, spacious kitchen with wonderful bar enough for seating 5, dining area, breakfast area, den with fireplace. A sunroom was an addition to the home, which offers lots of windows and light with entrance to a great patio area! Ready to move in. Concrete driveway and a 2 car garage and front porch area. 2 outside buildings, manicured lot of .64 acres. The seller will be interested in selling a tract of land adjacent to this home, ask for details! Mak e an appointment to see this home today!

838 N Nc 11 903 Hwy, Kenansville, NC

Price: $147000

5 bedroom home on 1.56 acres of land with a huge shop! brick construction. nice patio in rear. attached double carport. upstairs bedrooms could be used for bedrooms or used for other purposes.

125 Quinn Dr, Kenansville, NC

Price: $215000

Located at Duplin Country Club with golf course and other amenities available. Quality built home with many updates . Home has open floor plan, vaulted ceiling in large living room which has fireplace with gas logs. Formal dining room for family gatherings and kitchen with lots of cabinets and built-ins. Kitchen opens into living room and has lots of room for entertaining. . Two car attached garage with bonus room that has been finished. Perfect for game room. Screened porch for relaxing or entertaining and whole house generator for those stormy times.

406 S Main St, Kenansville, NC

Price: $399000

The Graham House Inn is a landmark, mid-1800’s Greek revival bed breakfast home located in the Historic District of the town in Kenansville, North Carolina. Ante-bellum Greek revival home built nearly 150 years ago amongst the deepest of local, state and national historic roots dating back to colonial times. Enjoy the acre of grounds covered with huge cedar, magnolia, sycamore, live oak dripping Spanish moss, azalea, camellia, Osage orange and wisteria right in the heart of a small, proud and prosperous rural agricultural town, quiet yet teaming with activity! The home is conveniently l ocated near the Duplin County Courthouse, the Duplin County Regional Hospital, James Sprunt Community College and numerous businesses all in the heart of the largest agribusiness region in the east.The Inn is less than two hours from Raleigh and less than an hour from I-95 to the north and Wilmington and the beaches to the south both via I-40 just 4 miles away. With Liberty Hall, the Cowan Museum, picnicking in the park and tennis courts all literally across the street and several churches within easy walking distance, you are sure to enjoy this lifestyle.

124 Doe Cir, Kenansville, NC

Price: $35000

Land has septic and electricity on property. Use to have a mobile home on it but has been removed. Great lot for another mobile home or a stick built home. It is very private and secluded.

410 Doctor Williams Rd, Kenansville, NC

Price: $59000

Over 9 acres well suited for crops or horses. Buildable lot with well and foundation already in place. Existing double wide home site with well, septic, and electric.

204 Country Club Dr, Kenansville, NC

Price: $199900

Golfer’s Delight! Spacious Home on the 18th Hole at Duplin Country Club. 4 Bedrooms and 3 Baths. Formal Living and Dining with hardwood flooring. Family Room with fireplace. Kitchen has hardwood flooring and Breakfast Nook. Large Master Suite features his & her walk-in closets, double vanities, jetted tub and separate shower. Sunroom offers great space for gathering and entertaining. More Laundry Room, 20×23 Deck, and wired Outbuilding.

164 S Country Club Dr, Kenansville, NC

Price: $225000

If you are looking for a quiet location with all amenities, this is your dream come true. Duplin Country Club has recently redone the club house, golf course, and swimming pool. Large lot on .91 acres gives you the view of a fairway. Brick five bedroom, four bath updated home. Large screened porch and deck. 20 x 20 storage building. Paved driveway, street safe for children to ride bikes. All this approximately five miles to I-40, one hour to area beaches, Raleigh, Wilmington, Fayetteville and Ja cksonville. Call today for an appointment.

140 Bowden Dr, Kenansville, NC

Price: $199000

2 Story home located in downtown area of Kenansville if perfect for growing families! This 4 BR home features hardwood flooring, a large den, open to the kitchen, formal living, and dining rooms. The kitchen showcases a large kitchen island, lots of cabinetry, cooktop and built in wall oven. The downstairs also has a two car garage, laundry room and half bath. Four bedrooms make this home great for those needing extra space. The den has a fireplace, and lots of shelving.The back of the home ha s a deck off of the kitchen/den area. The master suite features, walk-in shower, jetted tub an d spacious closet area. Walking distance to the courthouse, county library, and shopping. Call for your showing today!

204 N Country Club Dr, Kenansville, NC

Price: $199900

112 Lee St, Kenansville, NC

Price: $130000

For sale by owner! Call me. This is a must see home! Homes are no longer built like this. Solid, solid, solid! Brand new roof with architectural shingles! (Completed February 17, 2017). This home is in a quiet neighborhood and is perfect for an individual, a family, or a retired couple. The house has been well maintained and is move-in ready. The beautiful new kitchen was completed in April 2015 and was only used for 2 months. Solid wood cabinets and countertops and a redesigned layout of the kitchen provided for additional cabinetry and more open feeling. Large area s for entertaining or just being with family. Large deck was added in 2014. Attic insulation blown in throughout house in 2015. Trane heat pump, hotwater heater, refrigerator, dishwasher, range, disposal all purchased since 2009. Remote controlled sealed gas logs in den purchased in 2007. Property owner has no affiliation with and is not endorsing any realtor. You may contact me directly via email by clicking “Property Owner” at the bottom of this posting or by telephone. Owner is usually readily available for showing. Feel free to call or email to view this home.

162 N Country Club Dr, Kenansville, NC

Price: $222400

This spacious ranch has so much to offer inside and out and is set up perfectly for entertaining, cook station outside and large pantry room and bar inside. Recent improvements include a new roof, vapor barrier and termite bond with Terminix. The home has 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths and a jetted tub – and is located on the 18th fairway of the Duplin Country Club, the pool and clubhouse are just a short walk.

105 106 S Country Club Dr, Kenansville, NC

Price: $40000

Beautiful wooded lot located in Duplin Country Club Estates. Located on hole #10 of the newly renovated golf course. Amenities include pool, clubhouse and golf course.

203 S Dobson Chapel Rd, Kenansville, NC

Price: $195000

This well maintained brick ranch has been beautifully renovated with incredible kitchen (stainless appliances, granite countertops, large island, 5-burner gas cooktop, huge kitchen), light-colored pine hardwood flooring, large open gathering areas, special reading room, formal dining room, large living room with beautiful gas fireplace. Three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, separate laundry room, home office, back deck, and wow! over two acres of land! This home is in move-in condition!

230 231 Quinn Dr, Kenansville, NC

Price: $40000

Ready to build on lot on hole number 13. Located at newly renovated Duplin Country Club Estates. Amenities include pool, clubhouse and 18 hole golf course. No HOA dues.

315 W Best Rd, Kenansville, NC

Price: $31200

3 beds/1 bath with a living room and an additional room for office or playroom. This home is on one acre of land and has a storage shed. New paint and vinyl flooring.

1098 E Wards Bridge Rd, Kenansville, NC

Price: $80500

3 bedroom, 2 bath home with covered front porch, large rear deck and workshop located on almost 2 acres. Home features open living room, dining room, large open kitchen, master bedroom with attached master bath and spacious bedrooms. Property is owned by the US Dept. of HUD, Case# 381-850157 Home is listed as UI, Subject to an Appraisal. Seller makes no representations or warranties as to the property condition.HUD Homes are sold AS-IS, Equal Housing Opportunity, Seller may contribute up to 3% f or buyer’s closing costs upon buyer request, For pre-1978 properties include the LBP (Lead-B ased Paint) Notices. HUD properties are offered for sale to qualified purchasers without regard to the prospective purchaser’s race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin

383 N Nc 11 903 Hwy, Kenansville, NC

Price: $150000

Great property with lots of extra’s including apartment out back and horse stables. Location is close to Kenansville Bypass. Could be use as commercial or residential. Has fireplace and thermal windows

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