2013 Okinawa City Japan-US Kids Holiday Art Fest kicks off
Tech. Sgt. Steven Whitley, 18th Maintenance Operations Squadron NCO in charge of maintenance management analysis, and Nobuo Higa, president of the non-profit organization Beautiful Community Project Network, secure children's artwork to display boards Dec. 14, 2013, at the Korinza Shopping Mall in Okinawa City, Japan. The art is for the 2013 Okinawa City Japan-US Kids Holiday Art Fest where 12 groups of children from Kadena, Bob Hope, and Stearley Heights Elementary Schools, Amelia Earhart Intermediate School, and Okinawa City schools painted holiday-themed murals. The murals are on display on Park Avenue outside Gate 2 until Dec. 28. The murals are scheduled to be voted on during a ceremony on Park Avenue from noon until 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 22, then the winners will be announced from 4 to 5 p.m.