Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

The Bourbon County Arts Council's 24rd annual fundraiser, GARAGARAMA and Silent Auction, is over for another year. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank the many people who made this event a great success!

To our donors who provided us with merchandise to sell and to our buyers who came and found just the item they'd been looking for. Thank you.

Special thanks to our local businesses who are asked every day to support projects in our community and said yes to supporting the arts with items for the silent auction:

A'Bella'z, All Creatures Animal Hospital, Big Sugar Lumber, Captured Images, Citizens Bank N.A., City of Fort Scott, City State Bank, Country Cupboard, Daylight Donuts, Fort Scott Broadcasting, Fort Scott High School, Game Station Vending, Gene's IGA, Gorman Animal Hospital, Great Plains Deli, Health for Life, Heidrick's True Value, Hot Wok Chinese Buffet, Iron Star Antiques and Such.

Also, K&K Auto, Kansas City Ragtime Revelry, Klip Joint, Life + Style, Main Street Gallery and Gifts, Merl Humphrey Photography, McDonald's Restaurant, My Corner of Time, NuGrille, Old Fort Genealogical Society, Ruddick's Inc., Shepherd Team Auto, Sonic Drive In, Spoiled Brat Salon, Sunshine Boutique, Sweet Repeats, The Jeweled Room, Shirt Shack, Sunshine Boutique, Mr. Bill Thompson, UMB Bank and Valu Merchandisers.

Thanks also to Hill Street Recycling for their services, Don's Wines and Spirits, Fort Scott Smoke Shop and Union State Bank for their financial backing.

And our great volunteers -- carrying, toting, sorting, pricing, selling, cleaning up -- the list goes on.

A special thanks to the spouses and families of board members who were "volunteered" and spent several long days working for the cause.

Funds raised from this event support our art programs in the schools and in our community.

Everyone involved in this project can give themselves a pat on the back for supporting the arts in Bourbon County.

Debbie Anderson

President, Board of Directors