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RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF A SCULPTURE AND AUTHORIZE ITS PLACEMENT IN THE GARDEN AREA OF THE COUNTY COURT
AND WHEREAS,
Gary Colson has been teaching in Fauquier County for twelve years, with
six of those years having been at Liberty High School, where he teaches
Art 1, as well as advanced placement art classes; and WHEREAS,
in September 2001, Gary Colson was honored at
the 18th annual New Teacher Recognition Dinner sponsored by the Fauquier
County Committee for Excellence in Education; and WHEREAS,
Gary Colson was one of only ten teachers who received fellowship awards
from the Committee for Excellence; and WHEREAS,
in the summer of 2001, Gary Colson spent two weeks in the Tout Quarry on
the Dorset Coast of England studying stone carving; and WHEREAS,
Gary Colson prepared for his trip by forming a clay model of the work he
planned to create, which he entitled "First Steps", by using
principal Mike Wine and one of Grace Miller Elementary School’s
kindergarten students as models; and WHEREAS,
the finished stone sculpture was later returned to the WHEREAS,
members of the local community were instrumental in underwriting the cost
of shipping the sculpture back to the WHEREAS,
Gary Colson wishes to give his artwork back to the community that enabled
him to travel to WHEREAS,
it is Gary Colson’s desire to have the piece displayed permanently in
Warrenton for public
enjoyment; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED
by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 19th day of
May 2003, That the County accepts a donation of the sculpture entitled
“First Steps” from Gary Colson; and, be it RESOLVED
FURTHER, That the Board authorizes permanent placement of the sculpture in
the garden area of the County Court and |