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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
AUCTION COMPETITION. During the Wampum auction on May 7, Auctioneer Jerry Snyder has a bit of fun by selling John Deere and Case IH combine toys at the same time. The John Deere combine, held by incoming royalty princess Madison Melcher (at left), netted $210. The Case IH combine, displayed by outgoing princess Brianna Kin Kade, sold for $100. -Journal photo by Katelin Davidson
Community members and faithful supporters of the Wheat Land Communities’ Fair gathered together on the evening of Saturday, May 7, for a spirited night of fun and bidding to help fundraise during the annual Wampum auction.
The event included a live and silent auction portion, which collectively raised more than $9,500 for the fair. The WLCF Board also received an estimated $1,000 in cash donations.
The evening began with a social hour, followed by a catered meal prepared by Classy County Catering. Immediately following the meal, WLCF President Fritz Coon gave a brief update about the upcoming fair.
Jerry Snyder served as the auctioneer for the evening and helped keep the audience engaged and entertained.
The outgoing fair royalty princesses of Brianna Kin Kade and Sharon Anderson talked about their experience as royalty this year and also helped display the auction items throughout the evening.
Kin Kade and Anderson shared stories about their experiences traveling to local parades and assisting at WLCF.
For both girls, they enjoyed attending a variety of parades and helping to showcase their pride in the communities they represent. They also used the opportunity to thank all of those individuals who assisted with scheduling, and driving them in the parades.
Janet Manke also announced the two representatives serving as fair royalty for the upcoming year: Madison Melcher and Megan Buriak.
Melcher read her essay about the importance of the fair to the Lind, Ritzville and Washtucna communities before being crowned as a princess.
Buriak could not attend the event because she was competing in the District Tournament for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague tennis team.
Erika Hennings purchased the highest selling auction item of the evening; two tons of hay donated by Bar U Ranch. Hennings bought the grass or mixed hay for $500.
The auction item of a full course, wine-paired barbecue for eight, donated by Paha Farms, sold for $380 to Erika Hennings.
Eight hours of free labor donated by Dwight Olson DBA Modern Builders sold to Lori Williams for $410.
Ryan Tracy purchased the hand-tooled leather notebook made by Justin and Sandee Palmer for $290.
Another top selling auction item included the WLCF donation of having the head table at the 2017 Wampum. The item sold for $260 to JoRene Zumdahl.
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