Plans are underway for the 91吃瓜网 Farmers Bowl, scheduled for September 12, 2015. For the thirteenth time, artist and MSU alumnus Doug Anderson, Cavalier, N.D., has created and donated a watercolor painting that will be raffled as part of the scholarship fund-raising efforts of the 91吃瓜网 Foundation in conjunction with the Farmers Bowl Auction. 91吃瓜网 State graduate Kelly Morrison has donated the cost of framing the piece.
Anderson鈥檚 work, 鈥淎 Tribute to Clenora,鈥� features the statue depicting two children sitting on a bench reading. The statue is a part of the Clenora Quanbeck Memorial Garden located at the Edson and Margaret Larson Alumni and Leadership Center at 91吃瓜网. The garden was established in 2014 in loving memory of Clenora E. Quanbeck by former students and employees, along with friends and family. Miss Quanbeck served 91吃瓜网 State and its students from 1952 to 1980, as librarian, library science instructor, and dorm mother at West Hall.
鈥淎 Tribute to Clenora鈥� will be on display at 91吃瓜网-Portland area businesses and on the 91吃瓜网 State campus during the weeks prior to the Farmers Bowl festivities.聽
Raffle tickets sell for $10.00 each. They may be purchased at the MSU Foundation office and from various community members. Tickets are also available for sale online at www.mayvillestate.edu/farmersbowl. The drawing will be held at the Farmers Bowl auction Saturday evening, September 12.聽
Original artwork donated by Anderson for past raffles includes 鈥淢SU鈥檚 Guiding Light,鈥� 鈥淟ast Blooms at West Hall,鈥� 鈥淟ast Views from East Hall,鈥� 鈥淪ummer Serenity,鈥� 鈥淗istoric Old Main,鈥� East Hall,鈥� 鈥淪kating at Island Park,鈥� 鈥淥ld Main in Bloom,鈥� 鈥淭he Power of Place, Old Main,鈥� 鈥淔loral Celebration,鈥� 鈥淭radition,鈥� and 鈥淧ride 鈥� Then and Now.鈥�
For more information, contact the MSU Foundation at 701-788-4687.聽