Monroe Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Janelle Drews, right, applies color to decorate an ants’ leg as part of an
ant-themed event Saturday, June 21 at Galaxy Theaters. It included the community painting a giant ant. Frank Rimkus, CEO of Galaxy Theatres, brought many giant ants to Monroe on the first day of summer. The big ants had decorated one of his multi-plexes in Tulare, California, in greater Los Angeles, for 10 years. They languished in a warehouse until now. Rimkus said: “We worked with the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs and others to each paint one of the ants. The only condition we set was to ask them to paint the ants with colors and designs” which reflected each of their organizations and showed happiness.
Photo by Jim Scolman
Monroe Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Janelle Drews, right, applies color to decorate an ants’ leg as part of an ant-themed event Saturday, June 21 at Galaxy Theaters. It included the community painting a giant ant. Frank Rimkus, CEO of Galaxy Theatres, brought many giant ants to Monroe on the first day of summer. The big ants had decorated one of his multi-plexes in Tulare, California, in greater Los Angeles, for 10 years. They languished in a warehouse until now. Rimkus said: “We worked with the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs and others to each paint one of the ants. The only condition we set was to ask them to paint the ants with colors and designs” which reflected each of their organizations and showed happiness.
