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Answer: You can arrive for
breakfast at the Knights of Columbus at 7 a.m. this Saturday for
breakfast and stay all day. Breakfast will be served till noon and
then lunch starts.
And what's better than an IGA pork
chop?
Answer: Maybe a chop and a good game
of euchre? A euchre tournament starts at 1 p.m.
You can submit silent auction bids
on many valuable treasures and packages up to 4 p.m., when winners
will be announced.
At 6 p.m. there will be a rally of
local union groups.
Then what?
Answer: You may as well stick around
or run out and bring back some friends, because at 8 p.m. music and
dancing starts up. Music will be by Country Thunder.
Come one, come all. The event is
open to the public anytime, all day Saturday.
What is behind all this hoopla?
Friends are helping out friends.
Carpenters union Local 644 plant employees of Myers Industries have
been out of work for 4½ months following failed contract
negotiations. The striking employees are not eligible for
unemployment compensation, and many with families are feeling the
pinch.
Local 644 spokesman Mike Fak said
that as of Tuesday the pool is at $26,000. The 50-50 drawing is at
$6,000.
Although hesitant to give an
estimate on the final fund-drive balance, Fak said he thought that
there could be another $10,000 or more come in. There are more
unions still to respond and some unions yet to turn in tickets.
There are other organizations that have up to Saturday to turn in
funds.
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The multitiered fund-raiser,
beginning this week, will end with the all-day affair Saturday at
the Knights of Columbus Hall. Organizers have planned the pancake,
sausage and biscuit breakfast in the morning, as well as the evening
of music with the band Country Thunder supplying the entertainment.
Donations will be accepted at the door for the music portion of the
day's events.
Tickets for the 50-50 drawing and
tickets for the breakfast are available in advance at $5 each.
Special benefactor tickets are available at $50 each.
Dick Logan's Kerr McGee, the Knights
of Columbus Hall, Mitchell-Newhouse Lumber Co. and Logan County
Rental Center are selling tickets. You can also call Glenn Shanle at
732-3207 for ticket information.
[Letters to the editor:
"Fund-raisers for MII employees planned"]
[Lincoln Daily News]
Copy and print the following
schedule for yourself:
Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Knights of
Columbus
7 a.m. -- Breakfast served till noon
Noon -- IGA pork-chop lunch starts
1 p.m. -- Euchre tournament starts
4 p.m. -- Silent auction bid winners
announced
6 p.m. -- Rally of local union
groups
8 p.m. -- Music by Country Thunder |
