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One hundred people filled the Minaki Curling Rink viewing area on Saturday, November 21, 2009 to partake of the 11th annual Minaki Spaghetti Dinner. It was a huge success with everyone having a wonderful family evening and the Minaki Community Association receiving roughly $1800.
Traut Barber and Donna Cordeiro held the first Spaghetti dinner in 1999 expecting it to be a one time event. But it was so well attended that it has become an annual event and a great wind up to the fall season in Minaki.
The dining area is decorated in a Christmas motif and the evening includes a full dinner with spaghetti, salad, garlic toast, desserts plus a cash bar and a raffle. Traut and Donna purchase, cook and donate all the food, volunteer high school students Shelby Shewman (4th year volunteer) and Abby Bennett assisted with the serving and clean up, the bar is operated by a slow serving, once a year volunteer bartender, Peter Barber, and the raffle prizes are donated by local/area artists and businesses. The result is that all of the proceeds from dinner sales and the raffle (along with profits from the bar) go to assist with the operation of facilities in Minaki. It has always been a fabulous community event, a great social evening and a very successful fund raiser.
This year we had Dick and Sharon Guarino attend from Winnipeg, Hub and Joan Chaput from Ste. Anne, Russell and Heather Bencharski from Ste. Anne plus a great contingent from Kenora. Bruce Mahaffy (Winnipeg/Minaki) assisted with the raffle using his comedic touch of repeating Traut’s announcements using a German accent (you had to be there). Thanks to Bruce and to everyone who made a special effort to attend.
The following is a breakdown of the fund raising:
Dinner receipts $880
Bar receipts $724
Raffle receipts $546
TOTAL $2150 less bar costs equals roughly $1800.
Thanks to all Volunteers, Donators and Participants for helping to make the 11th Annual Spaghetti Dinner a great success.
The raffle items, donators and winners at the 2009 Spaghetti Dinner were as follows:
Raffle item Donated by Winner
Quilt Traut Barber Kane Turcan
Stained Glass Angel Donna Cordeiro Anita Eastwood
Knitted Socks Annie Ferguson Jane Campbell
Floor Cushion Pillows Kane Turcan Pat Rheault
Hoola Hoop Sally Kendall Bruce Mahaffy
Welded Goose Russell Bencharski Stach Zroback
Willow Christmas Tree Carol Rheault Shan Barr
Painting Joan Grandbois Chris Halley
Painting Joan Grandbois Grace Tindall
Painting Joan Grandbois Wanda Halley
Painting Joan Grandbois Chris Main
Painting Joan Grandbois Jennifer McPhearson
Golf Shirt River Air Barb Morgan
Violets in basket Margot Seefield Kristen Bowlin
Life Jacket Woodlake Marine V. Krahn
Life Jacket Woodlake Marine Jane Campbell
Hat Dingwall Ford Bruce Mahaffy
Hat Bayview Toyota Kay Rheault
Stuffed Moose Bayview Toyota Anita Eastwood
Belaclava Woodlake Marine V. Krahn
Dingwall Ford and Bayview Toyota also donated additional hats and water bottles and the winners were Sharon Guarino, Russell Bencharski, Marcie McNally and Joan Chaput.
Thank you to all the contributors and ticket purchasers for making the raffle a great success.
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