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MAC Features Art Activities for Celebrate Monroeville Visitors Monroeville Arts Council featured free face painting, balloon creatures and raffle basket tickets for Celebrate Monroeville visitors. A display illustrating MAC’s free and outreach events – Art in the Park for Children, two Art Workshops, three Summer Concerts, Gateway High School Senior Awards and Sunrise School Outreach – were illustrated in photos. For more information about upcoming MAC events, visit monroevilleartscouncil.org. Photos by Marilyn Wempa. only was a member of Gateway’s marching band, jazz band, indoor percussion, musical pit and wind ensemble group, as well as the PMEA District 1 Honors Band where he was the only baritone saxophone player, but he also earned excellent grades in a multitude of AP and Honors classes. He also really enjoyed his community service work that involved entertaining senior citizens in a nursing home and participating in several drives. “During his time at Gateway, Ellis demonstrated top-notch musical skills. As a member of many performance groups both in and out of school, Ellis’s dedication to his craft