“Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.” — Bruce Springsteen
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VIRGINIA WEBB’S “The Passion Flower Project” at In-Town Gallery opened with a large reception.
“Her photography exhibit involved a silent auction. Bids were posted on the front wall for four images of Ann Law’s courageous solution for healing from breast cancer, and a large color photo of passion flower blooms printed on wrapped canvas,” said In-Town spokeswoman Helen Burton.
“Members of the Chattanooga Affiliate of the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization were on hand with informative literature and in support of this project,” she said.
The exhibit continues through March 31 at 26A Frazier Ave.
“Art patrons and members of Ann Law’s Barking Legs Theater mingled in the gallery to view the artwork and discuss the project,” Ms. Burton said
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the photos and the theater tickets was donated to Y-ME.
“This was a very special evening, a landmark event in the 34-year history of In-Town Gallery,” she said.
CONGRATULATIONS to Jerry Briggs of Calhoun, Tenn., and Serena Smith of Rock Spring, Ga., who recently won NASCAR tickets from Blood Assurance. The winners received a pair of tickets to the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway.
“Currently visitors to any Blood Assurance location or bloodmobile can register for their chance to win a John Deere riding lawn mower. The promotion ends on April 12 and the drawing will take place on April 15,” said Bonnie Phillips, Blood Assurance spokeswoman. “All blood donors will receive a T-shirt.”
Blood Assurance is headquartered in Chattanooga and has been supplying blood components to area hospitals for 35 years, according to a news release. More than 400 volunteer donors are needed daily.
For more information about Blood Assurance, call 756-0966 or visit www.bloodassurance. org.
Feature writer Karen Nazor Hill covers fashion, design, home and gardening, pets, entertainment, human interest features and more. She also is an occasional news reporter and the Town Talk columnist. She previously worked for the Catholic newspaper Tennessee Register and was a reporter at the Chattanooga Free Press from 1985 to 1999, when the newspaper merged with the Chattanooga Times. She won a Society of Professional Journalists Golden Press third-place award in feature writing for ...
