Super Saturday--lots of fun, lots of learning
 | | Frank Bradley/Sentinel Photo Karen Crubaugh teaches children the art of making edible houses. |
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More than 200 middle school and elementary children from Clay and Cherokee counties attended three week-ends of Super Saturday at Tri- County Community College during March. Each child had an opportunity to try their hands at a couple of different subjects ranging from Super Science with amazing science experiments, to dram for aspiring actors, adventures in Chess for beginners and for those more skilled. Some learned to cook things such as Appalachian Spring Wraps created by Carla Owen, to play the guitar, design a web page or care for horses. Some learned to delve into art, story telling, what it's like to be a firefighter or CSI with techniques of handling a crime scene. (Left) Sundancer, an 18 year old Palimino mare is getting groomed by these youngsters prior to getting a new coat of Easter paint. Nancy Clark the instructor of this event show kids how to take care of horses.."It's hard to keep a light (colored) horse clean," she said. While Clark's two classes drew both boys and girls, there were more girls attending. She says generally girls are more attracted to owning and caring for horses. Frank Bradley/Sentinel Photo
 | | Frank Bradley/Sentinel Photo Carla Owen leads the kids through a program of kitchen magic as they learn to create new and wonderful dishes. About half these classes were filled with boys who like to eat. |
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 | | Super Saturday has been ongoing for several years to get kids interested in doing something they might not be able to take in regular school. Drs. Brian Mitchell and Jeff Larson have spearheaded the organizing of the event for several years. |
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 | | Jeff Larson Photo Pumping Iron at the PARC. One of the classes on Fitness and Strength Training. |
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 | | Frank Bradley/Sentinel Photo Betsy Henn Bailey brought the wonder of art teaching the kids the technique of quick sketching, water color (It's all in the water) and tips on portrait painting. They also made three dimensional Butterflies and Geckos. |
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 | | Jeff Larson Photo How to make these suckers fly. Jason Sickle, a teacher at Murphy High School taught these youngsters the wonder of science. Check the air pressure. Record distance, time. |
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 | | Frank Bradley/Sentinel Photo It's all in the hands, as this young student learns to lay on the hands at the spin of the potters wheel. Rebekah Scott, a skilled potter taught the kids how. |
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 | | Frank Bradley/Sentinel Photo Hip-Hop Dance was a new course this year and very popular. Taught by Shelley Gordon, most of the kids picked up the moves very quickly. Here they are doing a performance for parents and friends. |
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