Lions Club Annual Salmon Feed

WAITSBURG - Lions Club President Connor Talbott and Secretary Ross Hamann received dozens of compliments and positive feedback on this year's salmon feed. Many at the event said it was the best salmon they had ever eaten.

The Lions Club hosted the annual salmon feed on September 21 at the Don Thomas building at the Waitsburg fairgrounds. Over 75 volunteers handled the details that made the event such a success, serving about 700 hungry folks. 

"The club will clear approximately $15,000 from the generous, caring, and hungry people from our valley, of which 100% goes back to the community. The funds support everything from providing the less fortunate with eye exams and eyeglasses to helping form a new Boy Scout Troop, plus so much more," said Hamann.

"Big tip of the hat to the crew for making this a successful event," said Talbott.

Talbott said nine members of a Lions Club from Merced, California, were at this year's salmon feed. The group was impressed with the operation and how well attended the event was for being in such a rural area.

Talbott said an additional $1,000 was raised from a raffle. The first-place winner received $150, the second-place winner received four tickets to next year's rib feed, and the third-place winner received a $100 gift certificate from any restaurant in Waitsburg.