Tonasket Kiwanis Groundhog Dinner this Saturday
Published 1:52 pm Thursday, January 31, 2013
TONASKET – The 29th Annual Tonasket Kiwanis Club Groundhog Dinner will be this Saturday, Feb. 2 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Tonasket High School Commons.
The event began in the church in Ellisforde but they didn’t have enough space or people to put it on so the Tonasket Kiwanis took it over in 1984 and it’s grown dramatically ever since, according to Herb Wandler, a Tonasket Kiwanian.
The dinner will consist of sausage, potatoes, vegetables, coleslaw, a beverage and dessert. All funds will go toward funding the Kiwanis Youth services. The organization sponsors the boy scouts and helps support things like grade school field trips. They also give out scholarships.
The Kiwanians prepare the sausage according to an old German recipe. Wandler said they serve between 300 and 400 people each year and any left over sausage is sold in bulk packages.
Tickets will cost $9.50 for adults and children 13-years-old and over, $4.50 for children 12-years-old and younger and pre-school children will be admitted free of charge.
About Gary DeVon
Gary DeVon is the managing editor of the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and celebrated his 25th year at the newspaper in August 2012. He graduated from Gonzaga University with a degree in Communications - Print Journalism, with an emphasis in photojournalism. He is a proud alumnus of Oroville High School. His family first settled in Okanogan County in the late 1800s. His parents are Judy DeVon and the late Larry DeVon and he has two younger brothers - Dante and Michael. Many family members still call Oroville home. He has a grown daughter, Segornae Douglas and a young granddaughter, Erin.
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