The annual Salmon Run, sponsored by the Suquamish Warrior veterans and Vietnam Legacy motorcycle club, will start on June 28 at noon and continue June 29.
This is not just a veteran shindig, as the public is invited to come and bring their families. Camping is permitted on June 28 beginning at noon, but people must leave by noon on June 30. Vendors are welcome to setup, with no fees for space.
Come and enjoy the booths and food: salmon, hotdogs and hamburgers. Saturday, there will be bike games, a hotdog race, beer barrel race, a snail race, and more. There will be live music too. It will be a fun time for all ages.
One family who attended last year said they laughed so hard at the antics during the races they were going again this year because it was so much fun. The event will be held at the ball field on Totten Road in Suquamish. Signs will be posted along the way, so you can’t miss it. Some of our Kingston veterans will also be participating, so please mark your calendar and we hope to see you there. For more information, call 626-1080, Thursdays between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Another annual event in the works is the Sunshine Women’s rummage sale at Redeemer UM Church in Kingston. The ladies are now gathering and sorting items for the July two-day sale. When the community knows it is again time to donate items for those in need, it is amazing how quickly comes the response. As with so many sales in the community, we can no longer accept large sport items, machinery, old TVs and such. It should be added though, sometimes a large, good-working condition item would be considered, and if not sold the donor is asked to take it back.
Furniture in really top condition often finds a home. Couples setting up their first home or apartment have been able to find many useful needed things, especially in kitchen utensils like cookware and other essentials. Chairperson Pat Menge could check items for a yea or nay if she were called.
A grateful thanks to the lady (sorry, there was no name) who left two large bags of teddy bears and stuffed toys at the church with my name on them. I’m happy to let you know each has been gently washed, dried and brushed with a mend or two. I have yet to put new ribbons on them. If they are not sold at the sale, we will donate to other programs that help families in need. Some items will go to a women and children’s shelters, domestic violence shelters, Goodwill, and other organization rummage sales that donate funds for community needs. We waste nothing.
The ladies have been doing this sale for many years and spend months organizing the annual affair. In the last few years, Sunshine moved most of the donated items inside the Community Hall because of unpredictable weather. Raised funds go for community needs like the food bank and church. Any questions, call Pat Menge, 297-3482; or Carol Moser, 297-5101. You can also email me.
Mark your calendars for July 19-20, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
— Contact Jacque Thornton at jacquejt@centurytel.net.
