Dec. 31, 2016, the end of the year and for many a time to look forward to new beginnings, resolutions, and a time to get out and celebrate. Private parties to full-blown, formal affairs were taking place all over the area, and the skies were lit from early evening to a climax at midnight as 2017 rolled around. One private party, at the residence of David and Doris Messer, was not only a New Year’s party, but a showing of recent artwork by local artist Lou Quallenberg.