Kiwanis Club brightens up library with mural

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Click here to enlarge this photo Submitted photos Barbara Sellner, left, Jim Gorney, John Reith, Jonnie Mann, Bert Ferren and Emily Ferren paint a mural at the Charles County public library in La Plata. E-Mail This Article | Print This Story Click here to enlarge this photo In the back row standing are John Reith, left, Jim Gorney and Emily Ferren. Frant left, Linda Parong, Judi Gorney, Barbara Sellner, Jonnie Mann and Donna Avery relax after their painting duties are finished.

Emily Ferren, director of the libraries in Charles County and a member of the La Plata Kiwanis Club, asked the club to help her brighten up one of the meeting rooms by painting a mural on the wall.

The meeting room is used by the public, including young children, so Ferren asked for a garden mural.

She then left the rest up to the designers in the group.

Betty Lindsay, her daughter, Virginia Lindsay, and Linda Parong started out with a blank wall, painting it blue on the top and green on the bottom with a nice horizon line just above table level, as Ferren requested.

Judi Gorney then designed the mural, creating several flowers, butterflies, a tree with lots of leaves, birds and a rainbow with clouds and stars for the rest of the members to come and paint.

According to a press release, headed by Gorney, who coordinated the colors with the volunteer efforts of its president-elect, Jonnie ‘‘Matisse” Mann, members Jim Gorney, Parong, John Reith, Emily and Bert Ferren, Donna Avery and Barbara Sellner, all added color stroke by stroke and expertise to the mural.

This is the third mural painted by the Kiwanis Club of La Plata.

The murals completed in 2007 are on display on the walls of the Health Partners clinic, a nonprofit medical facility in Waldorf and Angel’s Watch, a women’s shelter in Hughesville.