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arts Woodlands behold mural theme A new look is in store forthe small banquet room in the Community Center. A mural has been slated for the drab walls with a theme that almost all can identify with: the woods i M g i -I industry. Painting and drawing instructor Erik Sandgren has been chosen to paint the Preliminary sketches depict mural to be painted in small banquet room in Communi mural, which will be divided in ty Center. to three sections, each depic harvest of timber. ed hardboard. Sandgren feels mural. He will receive a pay ting a different stage of the Sandgren has already spent there are many advantages to ment of approximately $2,000 about 20 to 30 hours doing using this sort of material. His upon completion of the1 mural library research and plans to do primary reason is that it will which is expected to be finished more. It is important to San keep the original character of by the end of .July. Sandgren dgren to capture the reality of the wall. After much research the mills, terrain and fogs as and revision, a small version of stressed that the monies for this they appeared at the turn of the mural will be done in color, project are not coming from the the century. Preliminary sket then Sandgren will begin to newly passed College levy, but ches have already been ap prepare! the panels. Each panel from funds previously set aside proved in regard to content, will be given a “Gradel” (this but much revision is needed for keeps the panel rigid and for the Art Department. San the original sketches. Instead of prevents warping). dgren described the mural as, using traditional canvas, San Sandgren is very excited “A big return for a modest in dgren plans to use what is call- about the prospect of doing the vestment.” ‘Firestarter’ merely good By J. Dana Haynes Of The Print Any day now, Steven King’s latest fiction work should be out in paperback. “Firestarter” is something of a disappoint ment, being not nearly up to par for King.; It’s only “very good” insteadpf “sensational.” Stqff photo by Sue Hanneman Instructor Erik Sandgren demonstrates drawing techni que to student. King’s earlier works include “Carrie,” “Salem’s Lot,” “The Shining” and “The Stand,” among others. Each of these Class learns art of silent expression A white face, a black leotard. The movement is so fluid, so controlled. It is illusion. It is mime. The great mime Marcel Marceau defined mime as, “The art of expressing feelings by attitudes and not a means of expressing words through gestures.” Through spring term’s theater projects class, entitled “Mask, Make-up and Mime,” theater enthusiasts are learning the techniques of this mysterious art form. The class is taught in cooperation with Kermit Schafer and Joette Rose. Rose instructs the mime portion and Schafer teaches the arts of make-up and mask. Following what is called the DeCroux method (after Etienne DeCroux, mime master mentor to Marcel Marceau), Rose presents the basic principles of mime. Students will perform in dividual or group mimes that they have Composed under the guidance of Rose. On June 3 in the Fireside Lounge, mime students will perform several mimes and present their new make-up techniques. Rose feels this show will be entertain ing for children as well as adults. Stated Rose, “The class is going very well. They (the students) are enthusiastic and they’re having a good time.” Nassau West Hair Design wants Charlie, to test her and her pyrokenisis. Thus the gist of the story. “Easter Special’’ Have that special look for Easter. —$5.00 off on Perms (Hair-cut included) —$2.00 off on Hair Cut & Blow Dry (includes conditioner) Call now for appointment. Offer good through April 656-WEST Please mention this ad when calling for special Hairstyling 610 PROMENADE OREGON CITY, OR 97045 656-8000 (Participating Stylists only) Please bring coupon. $5. °° off on Perms $2.00 off on H/C-B/D COUPON Page 6 has been among the horor genre; it is his forte. And-yet, King’s plots stand well above the usual possessed child/knife-wielding masher/I-" vant-to-suck-your-blud type spooky story. King’s characters are three-dimensional, his story lines smooth and fast-paced, and his baddies scarier than most anything Hollywood has ever produced. Steven King, like comedian Bill Cosby, culls forth well-hidden memories and emotions, making the reader think, “Hey, I’ve done that before.” Consequently, the audience is forced to care. That’s the cornerstone of any successful novelist. And yet, something is miss ing from “Firestarter.” The story involves a middle-aged college professor, Andy McGee, who possesses a rudimentary ^psychic ability. “Psycho-hypnosis,” according to King. The other main character is -the professor’s 7-year-old daughter, Charlie. Charlie is the Firestarter. When she’s angry or confused, ob jects around Tier combust. It is this amazing ability that draws the attention of The Shop, a covert,zand rather unfriendly, government agency. The Shop Loca ted at Upper Entrance to Elevator, Andy McGee is too much like Johnny Smith in “The Dead Zone,” King’s penultimate novel. Both main characters are psychics, who can’t afford to overuse their respective powers for fear of massive headaches. Charlie McGee’s character and ability are unique, but the premise of the child-with-strange-psychic- powers-as-main-character is reminiscent of “Carrie,” King’s first book. / The slightly tainted L in- telligence agency in “Firestarter” is too much like the slightly tainted military agency in “The Stand.” The exciting burning-building scene in “The Shining” (a scene omit ted from Stanley Kubrick’s movie adaptation) is reenacted here. There are other errors, too On page one, paragraph one, tbe hero and his daughter are on the run. King hits the ground running, and keeps that pace throughout the first half of the book. Also, the religious and epic overtones that made the two previous works, /‘The Stand” and “The Dead Zone,” so exceptional are lacking. Charlie McGee has an unimaginable amount of power, apparently open^ ended, and yet King only fleetingly delves into thq “whys” and “wherefores” of such a cosmic force. And yet, despite these flaws, “Firestarter” is exciting, flows well, and keeps the readers’ in terest. If anyone else in the field of scary stories had written “Firestarter,” it would have been their magnum opus. But from King, we expect "something more than merely “Very Good.” We expect “Great.”J Dedication mixed with enthusiasm is 90 percent of the job... Susy Ryan for Vice President "^(Clackama^CommuiMt^CoiIeg«
