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ARTISTS CRAFT CERAMIC SOUP BOWLS FOR ANNUAL SHELTER BENEFIT
 BOWL CRAFTING: La Grande High School Senior Matt Nightingale forms a soup bowl for the Shelter From the Storm Soup Supper. Nightingale said that making the bowls can take him as long as 15 minutes to one hour, depending on how well he is able to center it. (The Observer/CHRIS POTTER). From the soup to be served to the bowls it will be served in, everything about Shelter From the Storm's Annual Soup Supper is created locally. On Feb. 22 Shelter From the Storm will host a night of soup, desserts, music and art. The Soup Supper, an annual event to help raise money for the shelter's programs that help victims of domestic abuse, will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Friendship Center at the corner of Sixth Street and Spring Avenue. After months of tasting different soups, Shelter From the Storm's board of directors decided on a Greek egg lemon soup, winter vegetable chili and chicken broccoli. All of the soups are made from scratch, and cooked just before the event. Northeast Oregon artists have crafted the ceramic bowls that will hold the soup. Each guest will choose a bowl from the collection. "They are all individual bowls," said shelter Director Sarah Schlichting of the varied types of bowls they receive. Bob Jensen's art classes at La Grande High School usually donate 50 to 60 bowls each year. Making the bowls is a great way for students to use their artistic skills to contribute to the community, Jensen said. Quartet Dolce formed by Aylee Welch, Julie Pettit, Denise Hatton and Keith Koster filling in for Jennifer Harris will open the evening's entertainment with classical music and some American folk songs. Al MacLeod, Jerry Smith and Tim Hines will follow as an acoustic trio, and will play several original songs. MacLeod describes their music as a combination of blues, folk, rock and country. Four art prints made by Eastern Oregon University students will be sold in a silent auction during the dinner. The prints, created to reflect different qualities of Shelter From the Storm, are entitled Mind, Body, Power and Shelter. Tickets cost $25, and are available at Sunflower Books on 1114 Washington Ave., La Grande. Chris Potter, Observer intern |
