Thanks given for Salamonia festival (07/06/07)

To the editor:

On June 22-24, the Friends of the Salamonia School held its annual family festival. As with previous years, it was a success. We would like to thank all the sponsors and community members who work so tirelessly to make Salmonia Days such a positive experience.

For gifts and sponsorships, we would like to thank:

K&L Tractor, Thien Snipps, Miller's Dairy Drive-In, Kaiser Audio and Video, Theinman's Sports Bar, Roy Emery, Nature's Corner, Meinerding's, Big Al's, Fort Recovery Equity, Kaup Pharmacy and Cooper Farms, all of Fort Recovery.

From Portland, we would like to thank The Portland Foundation, Bandido's, Patriot Sportswear, LoBill Foods, Oasis, Ridgway's Concrete and Gifts, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, The Flower Nook, Evans' Fine Jewelry, Country Creek Primitives, The Annex, Wal-Mart, Beyond The Gilded Willow, Locker's Gifts, Ingle Realty and Embarq.

We would also like to thank the Salamonia Fire Department, Silver Towne, Precision Paint and Powerwashing, Huntsman Powerwashing, the Ralph May family, the Mike Collins family and Manor Momument.

We would also like to thank all the people who came out and enjoyed the food and games we had to offer.

Thanks to all of the softball teams, basketball teams, dodge ball teams, car show participants, and parade participants who took the time and entertained us all.

Community involvement is the reason so many not-for-profit organizations are able to provide services and better communities. Thank you to everyone involved.

Come and join us next year for all the fun.

Dawn Kunkler,

for Friends of the

Salamonia School

Tourney a success

To the editor:

On Saturday, June 23 the Sons of the American Legion held the second annual Veterans' Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament.

Two very deserving seniors at Jay County High School were awarded these scholarships funded mainly through this tourney. One more may be awarded this year pending verification of entrance credentials.

I would like to take this space to thank the following people for making the tourney the success it was: Rodney at Tom&Rod's; Steve at Portland Insurance; Shawna at Ja-Mar; Forest at Pit's Cocktail Lounge; Steve at Porter-Takats; Rick at Fullenkamp Machine; Dave at Portland Eye Center; Pat at Portland Forge; Bill at LPI; Faron at Progressive Office Supply; Janet at Crossroads Financial Credit Union; Janet at Fisher Packing; Shawn at Pizza Hut; Glen of Newland's Home Improvement; Mr. Bob at City Cigar; Randy at Fisher Realty; Bill of B & S Construction; Dave at Baird-Freeman Funeral Home; Doug at MainSource Bank; Brett at Greazy Pickle; Bob at First Merchants Bank; Dick at Pizza King; Rob of Moser Engineering; Keith at Bank of Geneva; Bob at W&M Manufacturing; Tom at Goodyear Tire; and Kirk at Liggett's TV.

Also, thanks to everyone who participated in the tourney: Rose, Cathy, Louie, Joe, Don, Vicky and Bobby. A special thanks to Ken for all the terrific hole prizes, and Rob Weaver and Ray Cooney for their coverage.

Thanks again to everyone.

Larry Chittum,

commander, Post 211

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