DesignFlowersat JCCC

February2007 Johnson County Community College

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love of flowers is where the comparison betweenAdams and Doolittle stops.

Adams has a bachelor’s degree in horticultureand master’s degree in education from the Uni-versity of Missouri-Columbia and the title ofadjunct professor in three JCCC program areas.She teaches Concepts of Floral Design, a horti-culture science class; Elements of Design andAdvanced Floral Design, one-hour interior designclasses; and Introduction to Catering in hospital-ity management.

While Adams’ floral designs have been featuredat weddings, Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan’s1997 Inauguration and the 2006 holiday editionof Kansas City Homes and Gardens, the publicand JCCC community will view her creationsfirsthand on campus during the dedication ofthe Regnier Center in September.

“I will do a walk-through of the Regnier Centerinterior before I create the designs, but I know Iwant to do something unique and bold withfresh flowers, something more artistic than thefull English garden stuffed into a vase.”

Adams is no stranger to planning major galas.As catering manager at Hyatt Regency CrownCenter for five years, Adams created menus,designed floor plans and participated in foodpreparation, culinary classes, wine tasting, andwine and food pairings. She was also the wed-ding specialist for the hotel for three years.

Previous to that, she was an event planner forEvent Central, coordinating the caterer, decor,rental equipment, entertainment, flowers andlinens for events, including major ones for Ros-alynn Carter, Maya Angelou, Don Hall ofHallmark, Henry Bloch of H&R Block andother Kansas City community leaders. In addi-tion, Adams has owned Floral Accents, acustom design floral accessory business, since1986, working with silk and dried designs in res-idential and commercial properties and creatingfresh flowers for weddings and special events.

Adams’ experience has lead to real-world oppor-tunities for students. JCCC floral designstudents have done special projects for large par-ties, weddings and the Greater Kansas CityParade of Homes. Albert Pujols, first baseman

Diana Adams has the same gamine smile as Audrey Hepburn’s

Eliza Doolittle selling flowers inMy Fair Lady. But looks and a

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AdamsTeachesby Design

Cover: Diana Adams willcreate the floral designsfor the dedication of theRegnier Center.

Brittney Myhre puts anoriental bent on herfloral design.

for the St. Louis Cardinals, liked one of the fur-nished models on the parade so much that hebought it all for his Kansas City home – furni-ture, draperies and JCCC students’ flowerarrangements.

Adams says students want real applications fortheir floral designs. Some students have takenthe floral design class two or three times, onestudent for five years, for extra experience.

“Like any trade, flower arranging takes practice.You practice enough that you become comfort-able and then add your own personal style,” shesaid.

Her horticulture studies enable Adams to teachstudents about floral and tropical plant materialsand their care requirements and availability.Students also learn principles of design andarrange a variety of marketable designs eachsemester.

“My students learn everything in class but lackthe practical application,” she said.

Adams, who taught flower store management atMU-Columbia, would like to do the same atJCCC. Her vision for students in Concepts ofFloral Design is a campus flower shop utilizing a

florist cooler located at a central retail site.

“Flowers are both a special occasion and animpulse purchase,” she said, explaining why theflower shop needs to be readily accessible.

Adams would also like her students to have theopportunity to create wedding floral arrange-ments at a reduced rate.

“I really enjoy teaching,” Adams said. “There isa creative energy in the classroom. Studentscome into the 6 p.m. class exhausted; they leavefeeling energized. There is something therapeu-tic about working with flowers.”

With a full schedule of teaching and owning herown business, Adams has a couple of more platesto juggle – full-time jobs marketing informationtechnology services to businesses for MidwestConsulting Group and mother of four daughters.

As far as the Regnier Center arrangements,Adams anticipates students volunteering tohelp.

“Students want the experience,” she said.

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Sandee Buller creates afloral design.

Lisa Shipman arranges fresh materials in the Concepts of Floral Design class.

McLaughlinWrites for aSong

assistant, Olathe Center,will be center stage.

McLaughlin, a profes-sional singer andOlathe native, wrotethe lyrics to theOlathe anthem com-missioned for Olathe’s150th anniversaryand will sing the song,Olathe City Beautiful,at the Feb. 17 event.

“Olathe’s 150th Cele-bration committeewanted someone tocapture the spirit ofOlathe from its begin-n ing to now,”McLaughlin said. “Itwasn’t easy to take 150years of history and putit into three refrainsand four verses.”

Howard Abernathy,Overland Park, a pro-fessional composer,wrote the music.

“I think Howard hasdone a great job with

the music and arrangements,” McLaughlin said.

The events and festivals subcommittee co-chairs, Connie and Jerry Snider, approachedMcLaughlin about writing the lyrics in August2006. She spent August and Septemberresearching Olathe’s history including the earlysettlers, the U.S. Navy base, Hyer Boot Com-pany, railroads and expansion with the buildingof I-35.

When her mother died in October 2006,McLaughlin dedicated the song to her parents,Bill and Jennie Stambaugh, who had ownedBill’s Meat Market on Hwy K-7 from 1955-1976.Her six siblings and friends had helped her

brainstorm ideas at the hospital duringMcLaughlin’s mother’s final days, and the lyricsfollowed that same month.

“Writing the words made me appreciate Olathemore,” said McLaughlin, who signed her maidenname to the song. “I realized how the little townthat had a population of 30,000 when I wasgrowing up is now a town of more than100,000.”

McLaughlin was adamant that the song wouldnot scream “O-l-a-t-h-e” like a television car ad.She wanted the song to relate to the traditionalinterpretation of the Shawnee word “Olathe” as“beautiful” and to be general enough that every-body who hears the words can relate to itsmeaning.

“I was really honored to do this because I knowhow many talented musicians there are inOlathe,” McLaughlin said.

McLaughlin has sung professionally 20 years,performing with the City Limit Band, the PlazaSummer Series, the Phoenix Bar & Grill, PlazaIII Steakhouse, 2001 Plaza lighting ceremonyand the 2006 Legends at Village West Christmastree lighting. She sings at weddings and funerals,and estimates she performs about three week-ends a month in addition to her full-time JCCCposition. Olathe City Beautiful will be her firstpublished work.

Jerry Snider said they asked McLaughlin towrite the lyrics because they wanted a localmusician.

“We have a national song and a state song, so wethought ‘why not a city song?’” he said.

The Governor’s Ball is at 6 p.m. Feb. 17 at theHoliday Inn of Olathe. Tickets are $75, avail-able by calling the city, 913-971-8700.

When Olathe kicks off its sesquicentennial celebration with a

Governor’s Ball on Feb. 17, Paula McLaughlin, administrative

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Paula McLaughlin

credit coordinator, moved back to her home-town of Tonganoxie last summer, she justwanted to blend into the neighborhood. Troubleis: There’s a 10-foot Elvis in her backyard. Nowthe locust tree-turned-Elvis has become a pieceof public art.

“It’s really fun to have people knock on the doorand ask permission to take a photograph in mybackyard,” Stevens said.

Initially Stevens planned to have the old locusttree removed before it fell on her 1903 house.But her father, 79-year-old Dr. Phil Stevens,who has practiced medicine in Tonganoxiesince 1955, suggested a tree sculpture. Stevens’father and sister had tree sculptures completedafter a 2000 microburst damaged trees at theirrespective homes, also in Tonganoxie. LoraleeStevens’ father commissioned Daniel Boone;her sister Chief Tonganoxie.

“Yard art isn’t really my style, but I couldn’t say‘no’ to my father. So I thought if I am going togo kitsch, I am going to go kitsch all the way.That’s when I decided on Elvis,” Stevens said.

Artist Russ Ehart spent about 25 hours carvingwith a chain saw, designing freestyle from pho-tographs. Standing on a scaffold, Ehart beganwith the Elvis’s head and distinctive pompadourand worked down to the blue suede shoes. Thehardest part? Cutting the 1950s-microphone inone long piece.

“It’s a God-given talent,” Ehart said. “I don’thave to do anything but run the chain saw.”

Ehart, who divides his time between McLouth,Kan., and Cold Brook, N.Y., also credits hisMS200 Stihl chain saw. The chain-saw artistdrew an audience while completing Elvis intime for Stevens’ housewarming party Sept. 30.

“My 6-year-old son Simon liked coming homefrom school and watching Elvis come to life,”Stevens said.

Elvis’s face, hands, shoes and microphone arepainted; the remaining sculpture is natural woodcolor. The whole tree stump is coated in apolyurethane, which should give Elvis a life spanof about 10 years.

Stevens says the neighbors like Elvis. The pastor

in the parsonage across the street commentedthat Elvis sold more gospel records than any ofhis rock-and-roll hits.

To see Stevens’ Elvis sculpture, take I-435 W toexit US-24W/US-40 W (by the Legends); go 12miles west to Tonganoxie; at the second stop-light, turn left onto 4th Street; turn right onShawnee St. Elvis croons on the corner of 5thand Shawnee St. (424 Shawnee St.).

When Dr. Loralee Stevens,

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Dr. Loralee Stevens,Community Outreachcredit coordinator, standsnext to the 10-foot Elvisin her backyard.

Hunka HunkaLocust Turns Elvis

Regnier Center and the Nerman Museum ofContemporary Art since she began work atJCCC in January 2006.

Albano has the responsibility of planning,ordering and managing the installation of furni-ture for three floors in the Regnier Center andtwo floors in the Nerman, a total of 167 roomsand 192,000 square feet.

“It’s a challenge, but rewarding to see this pro-ject come together from the ground up,” Albanosaid. “My job is to provide a continuity of thewhole experience and get users what they wantwithin the allowed budget.”

Albano, who has a bachelor’s degree in architec-tural studies from the University ofNebraska-Lincoln, brings with her a backgroundin corporate facilities design. Decisions aboutspace planning were made before Albano cameon board, and hard surfaces such as granite, lime-stone and flooring were specified by Gould EvansAssociates, the architects. Albano is working intandem with one of the architect’s designers.

“In the Regnier Center, we are trying to evoke a‘techie’ feeling, something upscale with higher-end finishes and woodland tones of gold andolive to soften hard surfaces,” Albano said.“Everyone who is fortunate enough to be mov-ing into the Regnier Center will be moving to awarm, inviting space. The architect has broughtin a lot of light.”

Albano’s office in Campus Services Building isfilled with samples of fabric, carpet and furniturefinishes and catalogs showing chairs, tables anddesks. She points to each office space, confer-ence room, seminar space, classroom, computerlab, testing site, biotechnology lab and hallwayin the Regnier Center and then details the cor-responding furnishings and floor and wallfinishes – from lab stools and student worktablesto the upholstered lounge chairs in open foyers.

Albano has made the same decisions for theNerman, only here the design is “minimalist.”

“We want the furniture to carry the same aes-thetic – no patterns or adornments that would

Robyn Albano, interior services coordinator, has been poring over

architectural floor plans and meeting with user groups for the

StaffInside her CampusServices Building office,Robyn Albano issurrounded by samplesof fabric, carpet andfurniture finishes andcatalogs showing chairs,tables and desks.

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Albano Fillsa Tall Order

distract from the art,” she said. “The Nerman isnot furniture intensive.”

Albano is in the process of selecting gallerybenches. The auditorium’s chairs are very sim-ple, not over-stuffed. Albano describes the chairfor the Nerman’s Café Tempo as an “iconic”chair designed by an architect in the 1950s,matched by clean-lined tables. Office furniturehas a natural beech finish and no exposed hard-ware – an austere European look.

“We want a Zen-like experience, light-filledwithout a lot of distractions. The design of thebuilding should stand on its own, and the artshould speak for itself,” Albano said.

Besides the broad philosophical and design con-siderations, Albano also writes meticulousspecifications on every piece of furniture thatgoes out to bid so the vendors deliver exactlywhat she wants, right down to the gauge of themetal used on a chair. Once every specificationis written and out to bid, Albano will meet withCampus Services to begin scheduling and coor-dinating moves. More than 200 staff and facultywill move to the two new buildings.

“The Regnier Center and Nerman Museum areboth really nice spaces,” she said. “People maynot pick up on all the details, but the detailscontribute to a unique atmosphere.”

Albano’s responsibilitiesfor the Nerman Museumand Regnier Center

Number of rooms forboth buildings: 167

Number of cubicles(Regnier): 111+

Private offices (bothbuildings): 66

Computer labs(Regnier): 27

Classrooms (lecture only)(both buildings): 5

Conference rooms (both):10, plus the large 1st-floor conference center inthe Regnier Center

Auditorium (Nerman): 1

Seminar Rooms: 9

Number of chairs toorder for both: 1600+(includes task chairs, labstools, classroom chairs)

Number of tables toorder for both: 750+(includes lab tables,classroom tables,conference room tables)

Number of staff movingto new buildings: 200+

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Robyn Albano, interiorservices coordinator, donsa hardhat to inspect plansinside the Regnier Center.

Health Association,Boston, to present herresearch on the “Iden-tification of the HealthNeeds of Somali BantuRefugees through Edu-cational Intervention.”

How an Irish nativecame to study SomaliBantu women inKansas City is one ofthose uniquely Ameri-can melting-pot stories,propelled by its protag-onist, Mulcahy, who issmart, energetic andmotivated to improvethe health of low-income women andtheir children.

Mulcahy received herbachelor of sciencedegree in microbiologywith honors from theUniversity CollegeCork, Ireland, and herdoctorate in microbiol-ogy from CreightonUniversity, Omaha. Herdissertation researchdetermined how a spe-cific infectious protein(PrPSc) causes normalprotein to change inPrion diseases, progres-sive neurodegenerativedisorders like mad cow

disease and its human version Creutzfeldt-Jakobdisease.

What brought Mulcahy to Kansas was a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of KansasMedical Center, where she also completed amaster of public health degree with honors. Herresearch on Somali Bantu refugees was the cap-stone to her master’s degree, and an article withresults is pending publication in a scientificjournal.

When choosing her master’s topic, Mulcahy wasinterested in women facing healthcare dispari-ties. That’s when she connected with JewishVocational Services, Kansas City, Mo., whichwas starting Practical Orientation for WomenRefugees (POWR) to serve Somali Bantus relo-cated by the United Nations to Kansas Cityfrom refugee camps in Kenya.

While POWR addressed many orientationneeds, Mulcahy was in charge of health educa-tion on topics of nutrition, prenatal care, childdevelopment, sexually transmitted disease andhygiene. The pilot program lasted from April2005-2006, and Mulcahy followed up with twomonths of individual interviews with partici-pants and data analysis. Her research looked atthe impact of health education on the women.

Keep in mind that Mulcahy was doing all thiswhile teaching at JCCC, where she started fulltime in 2005, part time in 2004. Mulcahy hasnow submitted a grant proposal to look at theeffect of maternal health education on SomaliBantu children in Kansas City, Mo., throughJVS, and in Wyandotte County throughCatholic Charities.

Meanwhile at JCCC, Mulcahy has taught in thebiotechnology program and developed onlinecourses in microbiology and cell and molecularbiology. She will assist Dr. Luanne Wolfgram inworkshops for secondary educators as part of aCarl D. Perkins Postsecondary State Leadershipgrant to expand biotechnology career awarenessin Kansas.

At 31, Mulcahy has surprised herself with hercareer track.

“I had really planned a strictly academic careerin basic research,” Mulcahy said. “I didn’t realizeteaching would be so attractive. Clinical andbasic research are important, but with publichealth and teaching you see the impact moredirectly, more immediately.”

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Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy,assistant professor ofscience, is researchingthe impact of healtheducation on SomaliBantu refugees.

Mulcahy Teaches,ResearchesThe week after this interview, Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy, assistant professor

of science, was on her way to a meeting of the American Public

Certificates MeetIndustry Demand

an opportunity Posa terms “real worldexperience.”

Posa plans to spend two semesters earning anelectrical technology certificate and then lookfor a job, hopefully in maintenance.

“Instead of going to school for two years for anassociate’s degree, I’ll go two semesters for a cer-tificate, then look for a job and go to school ontop of that,” Posa said.

Students like Posa are the reason industrialtechnology programs are repackaging course-work to offer incremental 8 to 23 credit-hourvocational certificates as well as a 64 credit-hourassociate’s degree.

“In today’s market, industrial technology stu-dents want to come to JCCC, get trained and gomake money,” said Bill Brown, interim dean,business and technology division. “The employ-ers, in turn, get employees with the skill setstheir companies are looking for.”

In the spring 2007 semester, Heating, Ventila-tion and Air Conditioning Technology is rollingout four new vocational certificates: GeneralBasic HVAC; General Basic HVAC Installationand Duct Fabrication; General Basic HVACMaintenance; and General Basic HVAC Sales,Design and Estimating.

As of fall semester 2005, metal fabrication/weld-ing offers five vocational certificates, and as ofspring 2006, electrical technology offers fourvocational certificates. Automotive Technologywill be the next program to seek Kansas Board ofRegents approval for new certificates.

“Most skilled trades students are aware that avocational certificate is as good as a bachelor’sdegree in another arena,” Brown said. “We havestudents who believe that never in their lifetimewill they have enough money or time to get anassociate’s degree. But they find they can get onecomprehensive certificate, then another, andthen with a couple of online general educationclasses, an associate’s degree is obtainable.”

Brown says certificates do three things for stu-dents: They are rewarded with a KBOR-approved certificate, gain employability rightaway and are encouraged by the certificate to

continue their educa-tion.

“The typical industrialtechnology student startsat JCCC as a full-timestudent, working parttime. But within threesemesters, the student isworking full time andgoing to school parttime,” Brown said. “Lifegets in the way. The stu-dents are employed, andthe associate’s degree isan all-or-nothing propo-sition. The certificatesare step-by-step.”

Part of the reason for thechange to short-termcertificates is industrydemand, and JCCC’sability to meet thedemand in a timely man-ner. In metal fabrication/welding, for example,the program can’t turnstudents out fast enough.Brown says people don’trealize the demand formetal fabrication foreverything from overhead door equipment tobuilding bridges for the Kansas Department ofTransportation.

Even though new construction may be down,there is a huge demand for retrofitting. InHVAC, workers are needed to do the duct workand installation for higher-efficiency furnaces,for which the federal government is giving taxcredits.

“Students can earn $16-$18 an hour as soon asthey complete a certificate in an industrialtrade,” said Brown, who also oversees automo-tive, civil engineering, drafting, electrical,electronics, HVAC, metal fabrication/welding,pre-engineering, railroad electronics, railroadindustrial welding and railroad operations tech-nology programs.

Rick Posa, a student in Mike Weible’s Residential Wiring class, is

working on electrical switches in the bathroom of a new house,

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Mike Weible, professor,career programfacilitator, electricaltechnology, instructsBen Toplikar on thewiring of a ceiling box.

Project FinishReceives NationalRecognition,More Sites

has earned it a role ina national projectfunded by the UPSFoundation and Pro-Literacy America,the U.S. program ofProLiteracy World-wide. Project Finish isthe Adult Basic Edu-cation programsponsored by JohnsonCounty CommunityCollege and theJohnson CountyLibrary.

During the next 18months, Project Fin-ish and nine other

adult education and literacy programs will sharetheir experiences to create a national best prac-tices guide to help publicly funded adulteducation programs recruit, manage and supportvolunteers.

Last year, Project Finish served more than 2,100students at its nine locations throughout Johnson

County. Project Finish has 140 active volunteers.Janet Daley, volunteer coordinator, attributes thesuccess of Project Finish, in large part, to its ded-icated volunteers. Adult students come to ProjectFinish to improve their reading, writing and mathskills; to study for the GED exam in order toreceive a Kansas High School Diploma from theKansas Board of Regents; and to learn to speakEnglish in one of the 35 English classes offeredthrough the program.

Susan McCabe, program director, reports thatthe number of students enrolling in ESL classeshas doubled in the last seven years. In the fall2006 semester, 920 students enrolled in ESLclasses. To meet the growing demand for ser-vices, three new ESL locations have recentlybeen added to the Project Finish program.

In October 2006, the Emmanuel Family Out-reach Center, 71st and Quivira, agreed toaccommodate evening classes for 150 people onan ESL waiting list. In January, Project Finish andEl Centro, at its new location at Metcalf Bank,75th and Metcalf, partnered in daytime ESLclasses. Also in January, a new venture betweenProject Finish and the Shawnee Mission SchoolDistrict began with 10-week evening ESL classesoffered to parents of Briarwood ElementarySchool students. SMSD provides childcare andProject Finish ESL classes.

“By opening these two new sites in January, weshould be able to serve at least 200 more peo-ple,” McCabe said.

Project Finish provides four levels of ESLclasses. Kansas requires students to pass a statetest to progress to the next level. When studentscomplete four levels of ESL classes, they canenroll in a transition class that equips them tostudy for the GED.

In addition to volunteers, Project Finish has 55part-time staff and four full-time staff includingMcCabe. For more information about ProjectFinish, contact McCabe at 913-829-8742.

Project Finish’s success in involving volunteers to supplement the

work of paid teachers in English-as-a-Second-Language classes

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Magda Lugo-Blas, casemanager/office coordinator,El Centro, and SusanMcCabe, program director,ABE/GED/ESL, prepare forProject Finish ESL classesat El Centro, 75th andMetcalf.

El Centro is one of three new sites for ProjectFinish ESL classes.

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Family Ties

mutual admiration. This grandfather and grand-daughter are both enrolled at JCCC during thespring semester.

Schlotzhauer, a junior at Blue Valley NorthHigh School, is attending night classes Jan. 8-March 14 to earn a certified nursing aidecertificate.

“I want to go into the medical field, and this willhelp me get my foot in the door,” Schlotzhauersaid.

Murphy, who earned a bachelor’s degree inGreek and Hebrew from Calvary Bible College,Kansas City, Mo., in 1963, and a master’s degreein linguistics and history from Indiana Univer-sity, Bloomington, in 1967, took ElementarySpanish II in the fall 2006 semester and isenrolled in Intermediate Spanish III this spring.

“I’m building on my high school Spanish from1943-44,” Murphy said with smile. “I am doingpretty well considering it’s been six decadessince my last Spanish class.”

Murphy, an ordained Baptist minister, served inevangelism at Centropolis Baptist Church,Kansas City, Mo., for 37 years and is now achurch conference speaker in the Kaw ValleyDistrict.

“There are 8,000 people in my district, and hun-dreds who I can’t speak to unless I learnSpanish. I want to take care of that, and I amgrateful that JCCC offers so many Spanishclasses,” Murphy said.

Murphy refers to himself as a “permanent stu-dent” having taken summer classes for 18summers in the department of theology at theUniversity of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. Healso self-published a novel in 2004, The Time ofJacob’s Trouble, a story of an American soldierand Israeli girl caught up in the Middle Eastconflict.

Schlotzhauer is also a scholar. She was inductedinto National Honor Society in the fall, takes afull load in high school with classes such as pre-calculus and chemistry in addition to CNAclasses, and is the photographer for the highschool yearbook. She lives about 12 miles fromher grandparents and visits with them fre-quently. Murphy and Schlotzhauer agree thatthey learn from each other.

“He teaches me that I should always be learningsomething new,” Schlotzhauer said. “I see howlearning has enriched his life and how he isalways teaching other people. He is a great rolemodel.”

Murphy is equally appreciative of his grand-daughter.

“I was a fairly bright student through highschool,” he said. “But I see in this girl the visionto reach a goal. I wish I had pressed on with aclear goal at her age.”

Murphy says it is great to have JCCC as a “front-line, front-rank” institution.

“I would be feeling guilty not taking a class,” hesaid.

There’s a 60-year age difference between Ashley Schlotzhauer, 17,

and Lyle Murphy, 77, but a similarity in their love of learning and

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Ashley Schlotzhauer, 17,and Lyle Murphy, 77,granddaughter andgrandfather, are bothJCCC students springsemester.

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In the midst of campus hustle and bustle, a place ofserenity was created in the form of a traditionalJapanese garden on the east side of the GYM in

November. The garden is the project of a Japanesegarden workshop taught by Dr. Takeo Uesugi, a landscapearchitect who has designed acclaimed Japanese gardeninstallations and professor emeritus at California StatePolytechnic University, Pomona, and TokushirouTamane, master gardener for the Kinkakuji Temple,Golden Pavilion, Kyoto. About 35 landscapedesigners and landscape architects attended thetwo-day workshop.

“The symbol of the crane is represented in thegarden,” Uesugi said. “The crane is a symbol ofpeace and the bright future of JCCC. We hopethat people will look at the garden and findpeace in its harmony and balance.”

The garden is composed of 18 rocks thatcreate the head, wings and tail of the

crane, a selection of pines, dwarfheavenly bamboo, Japanese

maples, periwinkle,monkey grass and

azaleas.

GreenandSerene

Dr. Takeo Uesugi (left) and Tokushirou Tamane direct the placement of the first rock in the traditional Japanese garden Nov. 8 in front of the GYM.