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Show THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 6 Volume III, Issue VII February 1, 2001 An Extraordinary Woman and Her Pottery By Erika Dreager Student Reporter Tucked away behind countless pine trees just above Wolf Creek Condominiums lies a quaint house in which lives an extraordinary woman. Her hands are worn soft and white from the clay with which she works and shapes on a regular basis. A petite and Artist Eunice Schlenker of Eden displays pieces of her original pottery. vibrant woman, her name is Eunice Shlenker. Eunice lives with her husband, retired Colonel Joe Shlenker, and their three dogs in a house designed by Joe. A small room attached to the garage serves as her studio. The studio is meticulously organized, even though at our interview Eunice claimed otherwise. Hand written glaze formulas cover a portion of the whitish colored walls, a potter’s wheel is placed facing another portion. Fulllength windows allow a view of the driveway and yard, and multiple shelves are lined with finished pieces of art. Eunice earned Majors in both Foreign Languages and Journalism from Weber State University. While in college, Eunice was a reporter, and the art and news editor for the school paper. She was even offered a position as editor of the paper, but turned it down. She never intended for pottery to become a career; however, she has always enjoyed it. Over the past fifteen years Eunice has been making pottery. Some of the earlier years were spent in pottery classes, which she also took at Weber State. Eunice hosts one major sale during the year, which is at Christmas time. However, her pieces are for sale year round at the Eccles Center Carriage House. During the year she also donates pieces for auction to the Eccles Center, the Salvation Army, the Nature Center, Ladies Golf, and any other worthy cause. Eunice makes three kinds of pottery structures: hand built, extruded, and on the wheel pieces. The hand built and wheel pieces are fairly self-explanatory and are easier to make. The extruded pieces must go through a machine, and take the most amount of time and labor. Thus, Eunice creates less of these amazing pieces. She makes no real profit from selling her pottery, just enough money to pay for supplies. She personally makes all of her glazes, none of which contain lead. This absence of lead makes her pottery safe for cooking in, and eating Working in her studio in Eden, Eunice concentrates on a new piece of art. and drinking from. For more information about her pottery, feel free to give Eunice Schlenker a call at 745-3804, or stop by her house at 4091 Juniper Lane, located above Wolf Creek in Eden. Family Space—Make it a Matter of Change By Janet Hoffmann I can’t believe it, I’m still cleaning out all of the hidden places in our home. I usually don’t stick to a project this long—especially cleaning! As you can guess, I’m not moving very quickly and that’s why I’m still cleaning, but I’ve decided to do it my husband’s way— slow but sure. My nature is to tear the whole house apart from top to bottom and go to town. I want to make sure I stick to the task so I tear it all apart, knowing that I’ll have to put it together again. This works for many projects but for cleaning, it’s a problem. I get tired by the second day and the cleaning goes down hill. I don’t even want to think about what needs to be thrown away so I just start stuffing it all back in. It might be a little more organized, but it’s not the way I had originally planned. So going slower may be better after all. But tricking others into cleaning is even better. Remember the couch that we moved out of the living room so we could fit our Christmas tree into it? Well, the tree is gone but our couch still hasn’t found its way back. It’s now in our office/exercise /study/hobby room, which now has another purpose—a room for our girls and their friends. I tricked them. I agreed they could have the room for a place to be with their friends. BUT, in order for them to do this, they needed to do some cleaning and rearranging. I told them they had to help me clean the shelves in the basement to make room for some of the things in that room. Then they had to move stuff around—cleaning as they went. It worked great! I got my shelves cleaned, got rid of the TV that was in our bedroom (which I was glad to get rid of), and we rid ourselves of a lot of “junk” during the process. This was a wonderful plan. I couldn’t be happier about the girls’ idea. As mothers, we have to take advantage of any help we can get. Also, the activity was so successful at getting the girls into the cleaning mood, that it carried over to the “dejunking” of their own bedrooms. This couldn’t have worked better—and it was even their own idea! Now we are looking at our empty living room and the girls are dreaming about making it into a game room for them and their friends. I think it’s a great idea. It’s a living room, so why not live in it? We have plenty of children and grandchildren to enjoy it too. Our dining room table is used for ping-pong when we are in the mood. I’ve always heard that nothing stays the same but change. So enjoy the changes in your life. Adapting to change isn’t always easy. It’s harder for some than others. The big changes in my life have always taught me good things, so now I change easily, knowing that I will learn and grow through the process. Changing the space in our home for different activities can be a good change. If you don’t like something in your home, change it. If you still don’t like it, change it again. So this month have some fun and see if areas in your home might benefit from a change to better fit your family’s current needs. Be creative and have fun. Let me know if you come up with any interesting ideas. We could write a book called, “Creative Living in your Home” by Ogden Valley Residents! Please send your announcements & photos to: OGDEN VALLEY NEWS P O BOX 130 EDEN UT 84310 MANSELL AND ASSOCIATES THE TRUSTED NAME IN REAL ESTATE Pete Bealba, GRI 25 year Valley Resident 10 year Valley Realtor 2580 North Highway 162 Eden, Utah 84310 Phone: 801-745-8800 Ext. 328 Fax: 745-1400 Cell-Voice Mail: 391-4100 E-mail: peteb@konnections.com Tu/! Gmpsfodf! Dbuipmjd! Dpnnvojuz MASSES: Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. WEEKDAY MASS: Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. followed by The Rosary Phone: 745-LORD Huntsville, Utah PASTORAL ADMINISTRATOR: Fr. Charles Cummins 399-9531 RECONCILIATION: 30 minutes before Mass Come celebrate with us God’s good news. Intersection of Highway 39 & Snowbasin Road |