Q UILTERS
OFFER WAVE OF CREATIONS AT
FLORENCE — The Rhododendron
Quilt Guild’s own Donna Schoeningh
will be the featured quilter for the 2015
Wave of Quilts quilt show at the Florence
Events Center, July 24 and 25.
There will be door prizes, a quilt raf-
fle, demonstrations, a boutique, silent
auction, quilt vendors, a boutique and
quilt contest.
There will be free admission to anyone
age 12 and younger, or 80 and older.
Admission for everyone else is $5.
Raffle tickets are $1 each, or six for
$5. Proceeds go to RQG education and
programs.
The raffle drawing for the featured
quilt will be Saturday, July 25.
The show will be open from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Friday, July 24, and from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 25.
Since the group’s creation in 1992, it
has grown from 15 members to 65 —
and growing.
During the year, members make quilts
for the Pregnancy Center, along with
clothing protectors and wheelchair bags
for assisted living programs in the
Florence area.
The group also makes quilts for the
Veterans Hospital in Roseburg and
Eugene's Riverbend Hospital.
The Rhododendron Quilt Guild wel-
comes new members to experience the
tradition of quilting through education,
service and friendship by joining the
guild.
Annual membership dues are $25.
The guild meets at the Florence
Christian Church at the corner of Second
and Ivy streets, at 10 a.m., on the second
and fourth Wednesday of each month.
FEC
COURTESY PHOTO
Hundreds of handmade quilts will be on display during this year’s Wave of Quilts at the FEC July 24 and 25.
Lyons, Feeney team up for folk music fans at Florence library
FLORENCE — Folk music fans will be
in heaven July 8, at 7 p.m., when iconic
environmental singer Dana Lyons teams
up with labor activist Anne Feeney to
launch Teamsters and Turtles – Together
at Last! in the Bromley Room at the
Siuslaw Public Library, 1460 Ninth St.
Starting in Lyons’ home town of
Bellingham, Wash., July 1, and sweeping
south to Ashland, Ore., the duo will dispel
the myth that unions are at odds with envi-
ronmentalists.
They will accomplish this with song
and story. How likely is this tour to bring
labor activists and environmentalists into
a huge movement for justice, peace,
equality, and sustainability?
Come to their show and find out.
Pittsburgh-based agitator and Florence
favorite Feeney performs music that she
says is designed to “comfort the afflicted
and afflict the comfortable.”
Not many women have chosen to walk
the path of Woody Guthrie, but Feeney
has made a career of it for the past 35
years.
Utah Phillips said, “Anne Feeney is the
best labor singer in North America.”
Eco Troubadour Dana Lyons is the
singer/songwriter best known for his out-
rageous hit comedy songs “Cows With
Guns,” “RV” and “Ride The Lawn.”
“Every movement has its minstrel. The
unions had Woody Guthrie. The peace
movement had Phil Ochs and the environ-
mental movement has Dana Lyons,” said
Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society.
This special presentation continues the
summer folk singer/songwriter series
sponsored by KXCR-FM, Florence’s
year-old non-profit community station.
“The ‘Oregon Country Fair’ brings a
wealth of musical talent to our area every
year,” said KXCR volunteer and event
organizer Stuart Henderson. “Anne and
Dana are looking forward to contributing
to KXCR efforts to share this experience
with the entire community.”
Refreshments will be served and there
is no cover charge.
For more information, call Henderson
at 541 997-2997 or visit www.kxcr.net.
This program is neither sponsored or
endorsed by the Siuslaw Public Library
District.
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