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Silent auction tables are devot- ed to hundreds of gift opportunities involving
• Private Clubs (That’s golf, ski- ing, fishing...you know);
• Events (Tickets to everything imaginable, as well as occasional meet-the-stars and backstage passes); • Gifts(Apotpourriofjewelry, flowers, gift certificates, cruises, par- ties, home accessories, equipment, rentals and more);
• Services/Retail(Thinkspas,vine- yards, hotels, limousines, restau- rants, landscaping, remodeling...);
• Access to Celebrities (Be on film with one, just meet and drool over one. Or give one to your best friend!);
• Vacations/Homes/Condos/Apartments (Lots and lots of getaway packages with tons of yummy little extras to make the trip special.)
“I want especially to invite everyone to join Father William at what we hope will be his best auction party ever. We want an extra-gala evening because it
will be his last auction as Prior,” said Donna Wengert-Neff, auction co-chair with Cyndi
Rothmeier. Following a sabbatical leave for scholarly study, Father William expects the Abbot to give him a new assignment.
“Let me point out that if anybody thinks Father William might leave us and become famous, he or she better come to the party and get an auto- graph now,” Cyndi added.
After dinner, after dessert, after table hopping and checking out whose feet made it to the Avenue of the Stars in the lobby, a live auction and laughs will cap the evening. The famous grandfather clock, hand crafted by the Priory’s own, grand, Father Martin, will probably be the show-stopper — it always is.
C. Dobervich
The Gualala get-away package provided a superb twenty-fifth anniversary celebration for last year’s winners. It will be up for bids again, along with oth- ers to Hawaii, Mexico, the Monterey coast, Colorado ski country and many other locales near and far.
Brunch at the
Fairmont will make any Sunday a special day.
The gift certificate to Children’s Shoppe in Sharon Heights Shopping Center could put a girl in a pretty graduation gown.