UPBEAT TIMES • July 2014 • 3


About Recent Upbeat Times Artist of the Month Winner


FORESTVILLE, CA. ~ I would like to thank Upbeat for selecting me as the artist of the month. I feel very honored to be


chosen this award.


My talents as an artist began at a very early age.


When I


was only three years old, I was caught drawing on mwy parents’ new bedroom wall paper with my Mother’s lip- stick. Dad was not very happy.


By nine, I had mastered drawing most of the Walt Disney charac- ters from memory by hand. Since I lived near the Disney studios in Burbank, CA, It was my desire to one day becomes one of the famous Dis- ney animators. During my high school years, I took drawing classes at the Art Center College of Design in Los An- geles, CA. I continued my love of art through- out my years of pursuing a fi ne arts / theater degree while attend- ing U.C.L.A. Life, marriage, and kids got in the way of my continu- ing doing art as I stopped painting


for by John Follansbee


in 1980. The last oil painting I did was an abstract remembrance of the


death John


Lennon titled, “Tragic Mo- ment.”


A year and a


half ago, I met a wonderful artist from Glen El- len who got me interested again in drawing and introduced me to the world of painting with acrylics. I really am enjoying the fast drying, wa- ter soluble char-


acteristics of acrylic paints with- out the odor of oils and turpentine. My fi rst endeavor with acrylics resulted in my award winning


painting “Poncho.” painting of


rently completing my second


I am cur- and


plan to continue in the future.


I will always be in- debted to my friend Barbara for reigniting my artistic


passions. She has been a great


inspiration and motivator for me. New painting above titled, ‘Max- ine’. This is my dog. Acrylic on canvas. Contact John Follansbee: follbee@hotmail.com


Where’s Doyle??


This little guy is the mascot for the Upbeat Times. Each month we have hidden ‘Doyle’ in the paper, kind of like a ‘Where’s Waldo’. Can you fi nd ‘Doyle’?


Volunteers are needed to help operate the ConAgra Foods Foundation Hunger-Free Summer pro- gram!


Must be at least 18 years old.


Volunteers are needed to deliver and serve nutritious meals to children, as well as to supervise exercise and educational activities at the lunch site.


More Information? Redwood Empire Food Bank, 3990 Brickway


Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA 95403. 523-7900


Upbeat Times? Pretty easy. Start with sending your ideas to upbeat@upbeat- times.com and we’ll take a look and get back to you one


How Do I Get Involved with


way or another. E-mail is best, but we do take letters all the time. Upbeat Times - P.O. Box 7312, Santa Rosa, CA 95407. One great way to be seen in our paper is when you send us a photo of you holding our paper somewhere in the world.


My idea of exercise is a good brisk sit. ~Phyllis Diller UPBEAT TIMES • July 2014 • 3


Don & Marion Hamlow in San Diego having a Upbeat Time at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California housing over 3,700 animals of more than 650 species and subspecies. Its parent organiza- tion, San Diego Zoo Global, is the largest zoological member- ship association in the world, with more than 250,000 member households and 130,000 child memberships, representing more than a half million people. Don Hamlow is also one of our team members who delivers the paper out to Northern Sonoma County and is a great guy and avid motorcyclist!


Upbeat Times at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, California!


First Humor


Millions of years ago, there was no such thing as the wheel. The only way to move things was by carrying or dragging. One day, some primitive guys were watch- ing their wives drag a dead mastodon to the food prepa- ration area. It was exhaust- ing work. The guys were getting tired just WATCHING. Then they noticed some large, smooth, rounded boulders and they had an idea. They could sit on the boulders and watch! This was the fi rst in a series of breakthroughs that ultimately led to television.


Lack of activity destroys the good condition of


every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and


preserve it. Plato


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