Couple kick-starting sculpture purchase

Tom Giffey |

An Eau Claire couple has kicked off a fundraising effort to keep one component of the Sculpture Tour Eau Claire in town. Tom and Suzanne Dow – who led the creation of the Eau Claire Soccer Park – want to raise money to buy “Bringing on the Heat,” a soccer-themed sculpture which currently sits near the Barstow Street bridge, and relocate it to the soccer park. So far, about $11,000 of the necessary $17,000 has been raised, says Sue Bornick, executive director of the Eau Claire Community Foundation, which is coordinating fundraising. For more information or to donate, contact the foundation at 552-3801.