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IEMC Annual Picnic - Good Food and a Great Time!

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This year's picnic delivered on its tradition of a fun time,

unpredictable auction items and delicious food. The meeting

at Edge Cliff Park on Saturday September 14th saw a few

light sprinkles of rain, but the precipitation didn’t dampen the

spirits of the 40+ club members in attendance. The fried and

baked chicken, provided by the club, was accompanied by

secret-recipe side dishes, creative salads, and awesome

desserts provided potluck-style by the club members. This

year, a reluctant but very capable Tom Morris assumed the

duties of auctioneer from long-time emcee Tom Eickmeyer.

 

The details on the bidding and accounting procedures were worked out over the first several items, and then quickly abandoned as bidding fell into chaos when a certain member started bidding on behalf of another member who was already doing a fine job of outbidding himself. Tom loosely described the items hidden within the brown bags and the bidders used those vague descriptions to calculate the limit of their bids. Some bidders thought they had the items figured out but were hilariously wrong when the items were revealed.

The auction items were expected to be sold for a fist full of quarters but many items exceeded $10 in bidding, and one even went for about $30! The monies from the auction, like the club’s other activities, go toward the charitable giving at year’s end...