To the editor:

The Adams Township School District Foundation held its fifth annual dinner, auction and raffle on Sept. 29. Julie Cortwright and her staff from the Bonfire Grill, served an excellent dinner. Event attendees were able to tour the recently completed culinary center.

A special thanks goes out to Lorraine Tomasi and Marti Rashleigh for co-chairing the dinner, and raffle, also, to Steve Sabatini, event sponsorship chairman.

Thank you to the following business and individuals who donated items for this year’s auction and raffle:

Dave Stimac of Nature’s Way Woodworking, Ron and Sue Antila of Antila Funeral Services, Gary Miller and the Jeffers High School Trades class. Table decorations were provided by Missy Goulette and table linens were provided by Joey LanFraki of Colombia Linen Service.

Sponsors of this year’s event were: Auto-Pro Glass & Tire, Copper Country Ford, 41 Lumber, Tina’s Katalina, Krupps Resort, Wintrust Wealth Management, Rukkila/Negro & Associates, John and Arthur Penegor Inc., Century 21 North Country, Superior National Bank, Cory D. Sivonen Contracting, Superior Block Co., Edward Jones/Steve Zutter, Longyear Corp., Superior National Trust & Financial Services, Eagles Lodge Aerie 1122, Village of South Range, Paul and Margaret Karppinen Class of ’61, Anonymous Donor Class of ’57, Tadych’s Econo Foods and Dr. Frank and Nancy Rugani.

A special thank you to Emily Johnson and her culinary students for preparing the evenings appetizers, to the National Honor Society students for providing building tours, and to you, the public, for attending the event. Without your support the event would not have been successful.