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chapelhillnews.com Page I of <br /> print window r close window FX1 <br /> Bringing something new to historic town <br /> BY DEBORAH R. MEYER <br /> Memorial Day was hot. <br /> 7- <br /> But this didn't keep Hillsborough 71 <br /> resident Ella Morris from jumping <br /> up and down in excitement. <br /> "Yeah, the magic gates, the <br /> magic gates!" she shouted. "They <br /> are awesome!" <br /> Perhaps I should menion that Ella <br /> is five years old. <br /> We were strolling up Churton <br /> Street to the Old Orange County <br /> Courthouse to see Jim Gallucci's <br /> sculpture, "Oakleaf Horizon." Ella <br /> had already visited it a few times <br /> and had given it a name <br /> appropriate to the joy she got <br /> from interacting with it. <br /> This is one of the reasons Gail <br /> Cooley loves the medium. <br /> "It is something you can actually <br /> touch," said Cooley, coo*rdinator 1`4 <br /> of the first Hillsborough Sculpture <br /> Tour. "The paintings we look at <br /> and enjoy, but you can have <br /> personal contact with <br /> sculptures." <br /> Gail Cooley with "Jack," by Jonathan Bowling, one of <br /> the works on the Hillsbrough Sculpture Tour. <br /> PHIL COOLEY <br /> opened April 16 and runs through Sept. 30. <br /> Gallucci's piece is one of six that are sited within walking distance of each other in <br /> downtown Hillsborough. The other five pieces are "Jack," by Jonathan Bowling at the <br /> Eagle Lodge Masonic Hall at 142 West King Street; "Joiners," by Karen Ives at Turnip <br /> Patch Park at 333 West King Street; "Out of Nature," by Hanna Jubran at the <br /> Hillsborough Police Station at 127 North Churton Street; "Anhinga," by Harry McDaniel <br /> at the Burwell School Historic Site at 319 North Churton Street; and "Stranger in a <br /> http://vAvw.chapelhillnews.com/2011/06/08/v-print/64898/bringing-something-new-to-historic.html 6/8/201- <br />