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Published September 19, 2012, 12:00 AM

PHOTOS: Quilting to ease hunger


Quilters, clockwise from bottom left, Reva Stedman, Jean Heida, Janice Airhart, Nelle Funk, Lou Ora Houk, Verna Hofer and Elsie Carlson work on a quilt Tuesday afternoon in the basement of the First United Methodist Church in Mitchell. Other quilters not pictured are Bonnie Hatzenbuhler, Vi Davis, Nellie Houska and Darlene Christensen. (Photos by Chris Huber/Republic)

  • Quilters, clockwise from bottom left, Reva Stedman, Jean Heida, Janice Airhart, Nelle Funk, Lou Ora Houk, Verna Hofer and Elsie Carlson work on a quilt Tuesday afternoon in the basement of the First United Methodist Church in Mitchell. Other quilters not pictured are Bonnie Hatzenbuhler, Vi Davis, Nellie Houska and Darlene Christensen. (Photos by Chris Huber/Republic)
  • At right, this quilt made by the ladies of the First United Methodist Church will be auctioned off at an event called Dakota Marketplace on Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Sioux Falls. The event benefits world and regional hunger projects and was formally known as the Ingathering, which took place in Mitchell.