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WRIGHTSVILLE CLERK HONORED BY STATE AND TOWN
RIGHTSVILLE BEACH town clerk Sylvia Holleman received the highest pos-sible
honor from her peers in August, when the North Carolina Association of
Municipal Clerks awarded her as Clerk of the Year for 2017.
The town followed suit on Nov. 3, recognizing Holleman for her award and
her 26 years of service with a live oak tree dedication ceremony at Wrightsville Beach Park.
In granting the award, the state association noted some of Holleman’s accomplishments that go
beyond her official duties:
“Sylvia coordinated a local Town Hall Day in Wrightsville Beach and invited citizens to not only
meet their local officials, but town employees and local businesses. She also created a community
cookbook with recipes from town employees. Sylvia has been a steady force for local baseball teams
keeping baseball scorebooks since 1999 for both school and travel teams.”
Holleman has served the past 16 years as town clerk. She has worked with eight mayors, six town
managers, two interim town managers and numerous board members.
“I enjoy just about everything about being a clerk,” she says. “I don’t care about being in front of
anybody, I just want to make sure everyone else is ready.” —Simon Gonzalez
Sylvia Holleman in front of the
live oak dedicated in her honor.
TPAINTING THE TOWN WENTY-ONE ARTISTS participated in the Plein Air at Wrightsville Beach event Oct. 26-28, scattering throughout the com-munity
with their easels, canvases, paints and brushes to capture scenes around town. They painted still lifes, seascapes,
landscapes and beach buildings, working in watercolors, oils, acrylics and pastels.
This was the fourth year for the event, sponsored by the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History. It has become a popular
gathering for local artists.
“We usually have a few new ones, but it’s primarily artists who have painted with us in the past,” says Madeline Flagler, Wrightsville
Beach Museum executive director. “It’s always such a positive event. They are excited to get out.”
The highlight of the final day is the “wet paint sale,” where the just-created works are available to the public. The artists set the price
for each piece, and donate 30 percent of the proceeds to the museum.
Paintings that weren’t sold are available at the museum, at prices ranging from about $75-$300.
“Most of the paintings we’ll have up through the end of December,” Flagler says. “You can find paintings of seaside scenes lots of
places, but these, you know are Wrightsville Beach.” —Simon Gonzalez
PHOTO BY ALLISON POTTER
Artists from throughout the area came to Wrightsville Beach for a plein air event the last weekend in October. The completed works
were sold at the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History.
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINE MOUGHAMIAN
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