{"id":7048,"date":"2011-10-26T01:06:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T06:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=7048"},"modified":"2012-06-09T17:41:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T22:41:18","slug":"over-200-attend-ducks-unlimited-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2011\/10\/26\/over-200-attend-ducks-unlimited-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 200 Attend Ducks Unlimited Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Submitted by:
\nPatty Gattinger |<\/p>\n

Our annual fundraising banquet was held on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. This was a special year for the local Ducks Unlimited committee as it marked the 30th Anniversary of the banquet.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

Things got underway at 5:30 p.m. with h\u2019orderves being served as people viewed the different raffle tables that were on display in the War Veterans Community Hall. Ticket sales were brisk as everyone was hoping they would be one of the eventual, lucky winners. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> The Sportsman Raffle is always a popular raffle as it contains numerous items to get anyone\u2019s camping experience going. <\/p>\n

Other raffles included the Wingspan, Bucket, Tier Table, Deal or No Deal and Heads or Tail. A new raffle held this year was our 30th Anniversary
\n\"\"<\/a> Raffle. Along with buying a ticket with a chance to win a wine rack with wine, everyone received two special 30th Anniversary stemless wine glasses. <\/p>\n

The Ladies Raffle was once again a popular raffle where the ticket purchasers received two stemless wine glasses (one containing a floral arrangement). <\/p>\n

This year, like other years, we had the wonderful volunteer help, in ticket selling for the numerous raffles, from the Sorority Ladies as well as the Envirothon Students.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/br><\/p>\n

Just over 200 people attended the event this year. It was wonderful to see many young, new faces at the banquet. We had many positive comments about the event which was wonderful to hear as we had undertaken a few changes to the event \u2013 new raffles, layout of the hall, as well as menu.
\nThroughout the evening draws were being made on the various raffles. A Silent Auction also took place throughout the evening. <\/p>\n

After supper Long Standing Service Certificates were handed out to committee members.
\n10 Years \u2013 Wayne Antichow, Duane Whyte
\n15 years \u2013 Ward Perchuk
\n25 Years \u2013 Erv Parahoniak
\n30 Years \u2013 Dick Walker, Dave Theunissen. <\/p>\n

The evening was capped off by our Live Auction. Again, we thank Randy Hart for the great auctioneering he does for this event.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/br>The Live Auction is always a part of the Annual Event that is looked forward to as it provides much entertainment, many laughs, brisk bidding and sometimes very competitive bidding between friends.
\n<\/br>
\nWe would like to thank everyone who attended this year\u2019s event to help make it the success it was. Also, thank you to our many donors, sponsors, volunteers, as well as committee members. This event would not continue without your wonderful support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by: Patty Gattinger | Our annual fundraising banquet was held on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. This was a special year for the local Ducks Unlimited committee as it marked the 30th Anniversary of the banquet. Things got underway at 5:30 p.m. with h\u2019orderves being served as people viewed the different raffle tables that were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,16],"class_list":["post-7048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}