 Instead they might have topped $12,000.In a hectic evening,
organizers were still adding up funds from the day when a welcome
surprise ended the night.
The bake sale run by the ladies auxiliary at the Knights of
Columbus brought in $540. The food donations came in at $1,500.
The 50/50 drawing had a pot of $2,700, with $1,350 going to the
winner.
On a night when many who bought tickets wrote in Dick's name, the
odds helped his daughter Sarah pull one of Dick's tickets, giving
the entire $2,700 to Logan and his family.
The silent auction items garnered $4,000, and donations in cards
and people just dropping off checks brought the total to $11,300.
Everyone was delighted with the number, but it wasn't quite
finished.
No one had counted a group of checks and cards in one of the
baskets, and those helped bring the dollar amount to the $12,000
range.
The numbers were all staggering for a four-hour event: 153 silent
auction items with bids on every one of the items. The bake sale
sold out. The kitchen closed after 20 pounds of barbecue, 40 pounds
of hamburger, three cases of fries and a case of brats were all
cooked and consumed.
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Numbers of well-wishers were difficult to determine. At the time
the Knights show went on, there were at least 275 people in the
house.
But throughout the afternoon, many people stopped by to give
their best to Dick and his family and then left. Thus the exact
number of visitors is a guesstimate at between 500 and 600 friends.
Dick's daughter Sarah mentioned that initially they had planned
to have a "little" get-together at the KC's for Dick to see some of
his old friends.
That didn't happen.
The numbers prove that.
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Editor's note: In Tuesday's edition, Mike Fak will have a follow-up article on
the benefit.
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