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Get
your gobble on --
it's turkey time |
The 62nd-annual Turkey Carnival is slated for Friday
and Saturday at the department's main station |
By Gary Allen, Newberg
Graphic news editor
E-mail Gary at gallen@eaglenewspapers.com
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 There are a few things you can count on occurring every year about this
time: rain, property tax statements and the annual Turkey Carnival.
One of the Newberg Fire Department’s largest fund-raisers, the Turkey
Carnival is enjoying a 62-year run of feeding and entertaining Newberg residents.
Department officials estimated that between 500 and 800 people showed up for last
year’s event, which raised about $4,000 for the department’s Toy-n-Joy program,
among other things.
Why come to the Turkey Carnival?
“It’s a family oriented event,” said Capt. Al Blodgett, a
battalion commander with the department.
Blodgett said the event becomes a family affair for department members,
families, honorary members and “pretty much everyone we can lasso and get in here.
...
“For the older timers its a good time to meet friends they haven’t
seen for awhile, kind of like the pancake breakfast.”
Some of those people will man the kitchen, which over the two-day run will go
through 100 to 150 pies, 220-plus hamburgers, 165 hot dogs and in excess of 100 gallons of
soda pop. The chili is supplied by Wendy’s, while the pies are both store bought and
baked by department members.
The center of attention, however, is the turkey. Blodgett estimated the
department will have 600 12- to 14-pound birds (frozen, of course) on hand.
Participants can win a turkey in a number of ways:
— Most games with one winner in bingo get a turkey, although if
people are packed into the community hall across the street from the fire station, more
than one turkey could be awarded in each bingo game.
— Those winning six games in the fire station carnival will get a
turkey.
— Finally, firefighters will be selling “turkey tickets” for
$1 apiece in books of 30; every book has a ticket redeemable for a turkey.
Blodgett also said that an outright donation to the department’s cause
of $25 or more warrants a turkey, as well.
The kitchen opens at 6:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday at the main fire
station, Second and South Howard streets. Games begin at 7 p.m. and the event usually
slows down at about 9 p.m., Blodgett said, after the door prizes are awarded.
For more information call the fire department at 503-537-1230. |
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From Nov. 12,
2003, Newberg Graphic
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