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Breadon meet, auction Saturday
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Times photo: Brenda Steurer Gabrielle Breadon and Patrick Gellings show some of the art pieces that will be up for bid in the silent auction for the Gavin Breadon Memorial Swim Meet and Silent Auction from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, at Recreation Park, Monroe.
MONROE - The Gavin Breadon Memorial swim meet and silent auction is planned for 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 5, with a social/lunch following the swim meet at the Breadon home. The meet is for alumni lifeguards and MAST members as well as current MAST members and friends of Gavin.

Participants will have an opportunity to bid on art pieces donated by international glass artist, Eoin Breadon, along with a children's raffle drawing from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Raffle tickets are three for $1 or 20 for $5. Shirts are on sale for $10.

The following items, followed by the minimum bid price, will be up for bid in the silent auction: The Eyes Have It, $80; Sunset Trumpet Vase, $50; Buttoned Vase, Royal Blue, $50; Red Trumpet Vase, $50; Rain Drop Splash, $80; Purple Trumpet Vase, $50; Peacock Flat Vase, $70; Aqua Marine Non-Spill Bowl, $40; Meadow Green Trumpet Vase, $50; Glass Flying Fish, $80; Emerald 15-inch Vase, $65; Pair of Bottomless Guiness Glasses, $35; Buttoned Prussian-Blue Vase, $50; YMCA youth membership, $50; American Girl doll, $50; 125 minutes of tanning, $25; overnight for two with breakfast in the Chalet Landhaus Inn/Restaurant and dinner for two at the Chalet Landhaus Restaurant or New Glarus Hotel Restaurant, $50.

Pieces by Eoin Breadon and Jacob Stout, Columbus, Ohio, are on display at Boomerang Bakery for viewing and bidding sheets are also available there. Breadon is a Monroe native who has worked, lectured and has pieces on display all over the world. He now resides in San Clemente, Calif.

If interested in making a donation, mail your donation to Marge Klinzing at 1110 18th Ave., Monroe, WI 53566 with checks made payable to Gavin Breadon Memorial.