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1. The Annandale City Council approved to put electricity into the north end of the Municipal Park. This will allow power for the Portable Performance Stage and other groups that want to utilize this end of the park. Laura and Dawn were present at the Council Meeting and available to answer questions they had. Dawn wrote a thank you to the city council.

2. Dinner, Dance, Silent Auction has a theme for this year: The Bootlegger's Banquet. This event will be held Saturday August 5 at Reichel's Event Center.

We discussed possible Emcee's and came up with a list of 5 people that we can ask. Marlene Dingmann put together packets for the silent auction. When requesting items for the silent auction please use the receipts, thank you's that she has put together. Let me know if you need some. Laura will be developing a brochure for the event that will be available to give when requesting silent auction items or selling tickets. Tickets will be available soon to sell. We will have only 250 tickets to sell. Watch your email for their availability. We need everyone to work on the ticket sales! The deadline for silent auction items is July 15. Kathy Wenngatz has agreed to catalog the items and prepare the auction sheets. It is not to early to ask and collect items.

Decorating. We are discussing ideas around the bootlegging theme. Anyone doing research into local bootlegging brands, history please bring your information to our June meeting.

3. The concerts are set and Dawn has the Pavilion booked as a back up. We have 4 of the 6 concerts paid for thanks to generous sponsorships of area business'. We still have Orange Whip $1,000 and The Paramount Jazz Band $1,500 to pay for.

4. The Garden Tour is well underway. Tickets are now available at The Snooty Fox Gallery. They will also be available at In Hot Water Coffee and Tea House. Letters have been sent to the garden owners. Charlene and Wendy have worked on posters and table tents to advertise the event. Laura will put a press release in to the paper. we have 120 tickets to sell. Please stop in and pick up a packet of tickets to sell. We only have 1 month to sell these tickets. Our goal is to raise $1,000- $1,200. This would pay for a concert.