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Show 12 THE GREEN SHEET , Thursday, December 27, 1984 1111 - ,L " "" ; " " " v j Will Leave JSD Post Yearning To Paint Calling Graphics Arts Supervisor by Bob Michelson leaning back in his chair and resting his cowboy boots on his desk, "and I've lived in Salt Lake for 20 years." After he left Thiokol, Arch enrolled at Utah Tech, where a counselor suggested he look into the field of printing. He took to it readily, finding that it combined some of the creative elements of art. Gradually photography began to work its way SANDY. Though his official title is superivisor of graphic arts, the door leading into the office of Arch Shaw at Jordan District bears the sign: "Platypus Control Officer." "That sign was put up as a joke," he grinned when asked about it. "I only keep it up there so if anybody gets mad at me I can tell them that I'm primarily concerned with Platypus control. Now, you don't see many of them around, so I must be doing my job." Shaw seems to do have done a little bit of everything during his life. He started out working for Thiokol Corp., but found that it just didn't satisfy the creative energy bottled up inside him. So he took a correspondence course in commercial art and right away he knew he was on the right track. Since then, he has worked as an artist, printer and photograhper, sometimes wearing all three hats at the same time . Now, he's decided to leave his post at the district so that e to his he can dovote himself first love, painting. "I've been painting for 25 years, but only seriously for the last five or six," he explained. "Still it was only as a sideline. But, of late, it's become really important to me. I decided that to progress any further as a painter, I'm going to have to do it full time." Changing jobs is always unsettling process, but to launch one's self into risky world of art at 51 seems downright terrifying. Arch admits to beine a little scared, but he's also ex cited by the challenge and he's had enough success already to face the future with a measure of confidence. "I'm selling everything I paint, full-tim- in. Following his stint at Trade Tech, Arch took a printing position with the Utah Education Association, which he held for seven years. His association with education is what led him to Jordan District. "They tried for a month to coax me away from the UEA," Arch recalled, "but, I just kept telling them I wasn't interested. Then one day, I came out to the district offices to look over its facilities. That made up my mind for me." He hired on as its yearbook adviser, which, at the time, amounted n to a strictly show. He had no help and not enough equipment and many were the times he worked all night. He even had to build his own giant processor to handle the rolls of 75mm film most of the yearbook photography was done one-ma- PRACTICED EYE. . . Jordan School District graphics arts supervisor Arch Shaw holds a batch of negataives up to the light as he looks (or the right shot. Along with photography, Arch also hs expertise in art and printing. 100-fo- on. but I can't sell enough working part-tim- e to make a living at it," he noted. Originally, Shaw hails from Hutchinson, Kan. His family moved to Utah during WW II when his father took a job working on the new steel mill in Geneva. Eventually, they bought a "cow farm" in the Uintah Basin and settled in. Arch and his wife Ina plan to move back there permanently as soon as the studio he's building is finished. "I'll never be a city boy," he said, H iet-- H V f tJL m L "My advice is, don't mess around," he offered, "go after it. Art is like anything else. If you're determined enough and work hard enough, you'll make it. Talent is only a small percentage of it." Officials at Jordan District are now faced with the task of replacing Arch after he leaves at the first of year. According to Nelson, it isn't going to be an easy job. "Arch is the most creative person I've ever known," he stated, "and he has expertise in all areas of graphics arts. He's also one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet. We'll find someone to fill the position, but you can never replace someone like Arch. We'll miss him and we wish him luck." the money, they also go out and buy the toys. This is the second year they've taken part in the program." Mrs. Fouts noted that the children turned out to be surprisingly good shopers, getting the most for their money. One young boy picked up a Michael Jackson jig-sapuzzle, regulary priced at $2, for just 75 cents. "I guess he's not so hot any more," he said later. The toys were delivered to the Family Support Center Thursday by the children and their adult leaders. " Last year", Mrs. Fouts noted, "I brought the toys over and the children were really incensed." Fouts added that the program is in keeping with the Utah Campfire Council motto of "Give Service." -- The participating children have already indicated a strong desire to make it an annual event. Lai fed , within miAC- GIVING SERVICE. . . Campfire boys and girls show off toys they donated to the Family Support Center to director Mary Ann Glasgow. This is the second year the children have participated in the program. money they raised Arch looks back with fondness over those years. His only regret, if could be called a regret, is that he didn't go into painting sooner. However, since there's nothing he can do about what's happened in the past, he doesn't lie awake nights worrying about it. He does encourage the students he comes into contact with to not wait until they're 51 before they make their move. oi o m n oal w m rtf J Using Technical Center. "I can't believe how much help he's given to other people. He always said his motto was 'Tell 'Em No,' but I don't think he's told anyone 'no' in his entire life." His boss Alan Nelson agrees. "He's been with the district for 14 years and worked for me for four," Nelson added. "In that time, he's made a lasting impression on a lot of people. To this day, hardly a week him." eiDin rn themselves, the Chisk Chamay (All Friends) Adventurers and Wing Ding Dillies Blue Birds (boys' club) donated $100 worth of toys to the Family Support Center facility in Midvale. The toys were distributed over the holidays to needy children living in the area served by the center. A total of nine boys and girls participated, earning the money by selling candy and magazine subscriptions, according to group leader Fran Fouts. "The children just love doing it," she reported. "They not only raise Roberts, who now teaches at the Jordan photography goes by that one of those former students doesn't call or stop by to see o Groups Donating Toys MIDVALE. There are those that say it's more fun to buy a gift for someone else than it is to buy one for yourself. That certainly proved to be true for a group of Campfire Adventurers and Blue Birds over the past week. There was one aspect of the job, however, he didn't mind at all, that of assisting student photographers at athletic contests. But, as the graphic arts department grew, Shaw was forced to move on to other things. "I really miss going to those games," he said. "It was so much fun, I almost felt guilty about getting paid for it. That's the same way I feel about my painting." For a student photographer, handling a 35mm camera for the first time, Arch was a tower of strength, according to Fred Roberts, who's worked with Arch since 1973. No question was too elementary or too complicated. "I really hate to see Arch go," said - o 3 .: I III Teachers Of The Month f ft? 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