Yager selected Cheyenne County Art Guild's 'Artist of the Month'

Patsy Yager, a Head Start teacher with a Master of Arts in Elementary Education, was selected the Cheyenne County Art Guild's "Artist of the Month" for December.

While Yager has had very little formal training in art, she has always had a love of art and a desire to create art. In 1998, Yager took a few oil painting lessons from Trish Corder at the Hardy, Ark., Spring River Art Gallery. From these, she learned a few of the basics of painting with oils.

After moving to Sidney, she enrolled at Western Nebraska Community College for some early childhood classes. As an elective, she took beginning...