WEEKEND: Auction, dinner to aid firefighters

PORT ANGELES — A ride to school on a firetruck and a sailboat ride are among the services to be auctioned off during the Firefighters Harvest benefit dinner and dance, scheduled from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday.

The benefit at the Clallam County Fairgrounds, 1608 W. 16th St., will offer a spaghetti dinner, a silent auction, wine tasting and dancing to the music of “Way Cool,” aka Tiller’s Folly.

It is raising money for the Port Angeles Fire Department Auxiliary and Clallam County Fire District No. 2 volunteer firefighters, with proceeds going toward fire relief baskets, scholarships and the purchase of fire rescue equipment for District No. 2.

Tickets are $25 per person.

About 25 auction items will be on hand, said Zoe Hansen, benefit organizer.

In addition to a ride to school on a firetruck and a two- to three-hour sailboat ride, items include a six-person dinner at the Port Angeles Fire Department, a birthday party at the fire station and a half-hour scenic flight over Port Angeles.

The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe has donated four packages: a limo ride to 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn, two dinners at the Salish Room at the casino and golfing for four at the Cedars at Dungeness golf course.

Also donated for the auction is a quilt with a firefighter scene from Sleepy Valley Quilt Co. of Port Angeles, car detailing from Price Ford and teeth whitening from Irwin Dental Center of Port Angeles.

Advance tickets are available at the Port Angeles Fire Department, 102 E. Fifth St.; Spa Shop, 230 E. First St., Suite C; KONP Radio, 721 E. First St.; and Clallam County Fire District No. 3, 323 N. Fifth Ave. in Sequim.

Tickets also will be sold at the door.

For more information, phone 360-461-1313 or 360-460-8444, email mzhansen@yahoo.com or visit the Port Angeles Fire Department.

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