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Saddle up for the WILD WEST Our Lady of Guadalupe School Auction WELCOME TO THE Wild West Auction A MIGHTY FINE SHINDIG Our Lady of Guadalupe School’s 42nd Annual Auction – March 1, 2014 4:45 Doors Open 5:00 Registration No-Host Bar Open 5:00-5:45 Complimentary “Cowboy Lemonade” Cocktail or Mocktail (until 5:45) Appetizers – Assorted Cheese and Crackers 5:00-7:00 Listen to Old, New, and Classic Country Purchase Your Enter-to-Win Tickets 6:30 1st Silent Auction “Brown-Wagon Wheel” Table Closes 6:45 2nd Silent Auction “Blue-Boot Scootin’” Table Closes 7:00 3rd Silent Auction “Red-Rowdy Rodeo” Table Closes 7:15 Dinner Served Welcome and Thank Yous Drawing For Live Auction Item Drawing For $1000 Cash Restaurant Frenzy Live “Gold Rush” Auction Dessert Stampede (After Live Item #18) 10:00 Evening Ends Thank you for supporting the future of Our Lady of Guadalupe School! Principal’s Letter A Letter from Your Chairs Dear Families and Supporters of Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Howdy pardners and welcome to the 42nd Annual OLG Auction!!! Welcome to the Wild West! Tonight is a chance for us to saddle The track record set by our auction predecessors is something up and step into the rodeo ring and give it our all for our to behold and we had some very big shoes to fill! It truly is students at OLG School! an honor to be a part of organizing this event and we are so excited to have you here to help support our amazing school Come one, come all, circle ‘round the wagons and get ready and parish community! to raise your paddle high to fund OLG’s mission of fostering Gospel values, inspiring academic excellence, and developing It is a very special cause that brings us together tonight. service and leadership. Together, we can blaze a trail toward Belonging to OLG parish and school is to belong to a marvelous our shared vision for our children and their future as faith-filled and supportive community that strives to better our world citizens and shapers of our world. through consistent and caring services to our children, our elderly, our families and, most importantly, our faith. Your investment tonight will make a difference for each and every child at Our Lady of Guadalupe School, encircling The money raised tonight will help us greatly in our endeavor them with the warmth of a community that truly cares, that to provide a top-notch education to the children in our school, encourages them in their hopes and dreams, celebrates their support our outstanding faculty and staff and continue to successes, supports them in their challenges, and prepares them improve our facilities and educational programs. to approach life with confidence, compassion, and an eager, pioneering spirit. OLG’s commitment to continued improvement is impressive but cannot be done without YOU! Our community is one that enjoys a good hoedown to celebrate our partnership in the ministry of education, and then looks To all our committee chairs we say THANK YOU SO MUCH! ahead and gladly sets out for the next horizon in academic Each and every one of you contributed to the success of this excellence and holistic education. What a joy to be on the auction and we appreciate all your hard work. journey together! We also must send out a special (and HUGE) thank you to Tremendous thanks to our dedicated and immensely talented Laura Vornbrock. We truly would not have made it without you. auction chairs, Kristina Udall and Jori McChesney, who have put in untold hours to ensure that tonight’s auction is a success Alright all you cowboys and cowgirls! Git them-there biddin’ in benefiting students at OLG School. We’re so grateful! You are numbers up high and let’s make this the most rootin’est, amazing. tootin’est, best OLG auction ever!!! Thank you for being here to sow seeds of great promise for our children’s future. Jori McChesney Kristina Udall Donna Ramos Auction Chair Auction Chair Principal Enter to Win! WALK AWAY TONIGHT WITH A LIVE AUCTION ITEM FOR ONLY $100 Providing all 50 chances are sold prior to the Live Auction. Selling only 50 chances at just $100 each. Drawing occurs at the beginning of the Live Auction! Must be present to win. That’s right... a Live Auction Item could be yours for just $100. When your bid number is called, you can tell us what item to pull from the Live Auction, because…. it is now yours! (The only Live Item excluded from this incredible enter-to-win is Item #16) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DON’T MISS THIS ENTER-TO-WIN OPPORTUNITY $1000 CASH Selling only 100 chances at just $50 each. Drawing occurs at the beginning of the Live Auction! Must be present to win. Just $50 and you could win $1000 CASH! Take it home with you or put it toward that fabulous Live Item you have been eyeing. Hurry... these sell quickly! Chow Dessert Stampede Appetizers During Silent Auction Time to have some fun with the Dessert Stampede… Assorted Cheese and Crackers everyone has the chance to bid on and win a dessert! Complemented by Big John’s PFI Mosey up to the dessert table. Pick out your favorites… Salad it could be delectable chocolate cake, melt-in-your- Mixed Greens with White Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing mouth pastry, or another scrumptious treat. Chuckwagon Entrée There is something to tempt everyone! Grilled Chicken with Sun Dried Tomato Tapenade, accompanied by Pesto Mashed Potatoes While seated for dinner, place your bid number and the and Fresh Vegetables amount you want to individually contribute on the bid card located on your table. Vegetarian Entrée Vegan Scallopini with Brown Rice and Sun Dried Decide on one person from your table to be the Tomato Tapenade, accompanied by Fresh Vegetables Dessert Runner for your group. The bid card for each table will be collected Dessert after Live Item #10 and totaled. Decadent Dessert Stampede Auction! Bid Cards Are on Your Table. The table with the highest amount collectively will get Win One of The Delicious Desserts to Share to pick out their dessert first… With Your Table and Friends! lowest and you get what is left... Please enjoy the complimentary bottles of wine The auctioneer will announce placed on your table. each table from highest to lowest during the Live Auction. Coffee, decaf and tea will be served with or after your meal. Place those bids! Beer for the evening provided by Hilliard’s Beer. Thank you to Tom from West Seattle U-Frame It Brewery/Taproom: 1550 NW 49th St, Seattle, Washington 98107 (206) 935-1707 “Dedicated to simplicity, excellence and care of process.” 3237 California Ave, Seattle, Washington 98116 Wranglers Ranchhands Auction Chairs: Jori McChesney and Kristina Udall * Our Professional Fundraising Auctioneer: David Espinda of Stokes Auction Group. David started in the Procurement Efforts: auction business at the age of 21 and has been working Chairs: Laura Vornbrock and Laura Wellington. in Seattle auction arena for over 20 years. After many Team: Kristin Beaty, Dannalee Hall, Cheryl Roubicek, Johanna Rundquist, and Susie Stanley-Jones years near the auction industry, David decided to advance his skills in the craft by attending Western Class Projects: Chair – Erin Pedras College of Auctioneering in 1996. That same year he (Preschool) Mackenzie Sullivan; (K) Monika Dirks; joined the Stokes Auction Group family. Since that time (1st) Alison Paytner; (2nd) Brigid Bender-Araya; he has taken to the auction block each week in both (3rd) Gretchen Hill & Jen Southwall; commercial and charitable endeavors. (4th) Johanna Rundquist and Steve Zang; (5th) Beth Percival; (6th) Tom and Peggy Fine; (7th) Diane LaRiviere; (8th) Gail Atkinson * Emcee Tom Hutyler is back with us once again! Best known to some as an alumni parent of Our Lady of Food & Beverage: Jose and Elizabeth Betancourt, Guadalupe School, to others as an amazing coach and Joseph Sewell, and Adam Merkl CYO supporter, while to others, Tom will always be best known as KOMO Sports Anchor, Public Address Graphic Design: Hannah Bartlett Announcer, and the “Voice of the Seattle Mariners.” Photography: Gail Ann Photography KOMO Sports Anchor Tom Hutyler has been in the Printing: Ralph Hill @ The Copy Machine radio industry for over 30 years, having begun while still in high school in his native Spokane at KJRB. In Live Auction Display: Chair - Lissa Baier 2003, Tom joined the first staff of KOMO 1000 News, anchoring sports in the afternoon. He switched to his Silent Auction Display: Laura Vornbrock current spot as the Morning sports anchor in 2005 and has been the Public Address Announcer for Mariner Transportation/Clean-Up: Chair - Richard Miskho baseball since 1987. Photography/Video: Josh Sutton and Bob Gage Tom and his wife Terri have three children who Dessert Stampede: Chairs - Dani Flanagan and Page Rebelo graduated from Our Lady of Guadalupe School, who then went on to Seattle Prep High School. We continue Balloon Pop: Susie Stanley-Jones to thank Tom and appreciate him for his talent as an emcee as well as his support and commitment to Decorations: Elizabeth Betancourt our school. Auction Night Volunteers: Thank you so much to all of the volunteers who helped to make this night a success! School & Parish Staff We continue to recognize, support and thank our pastor, principal, teachers and staff of Our Lady of Guadalupe School and Parish. We are so fortunate to have each and every one play an important role in our children’s lives. Mrs. Janet McClelland Preschool/PreK Mrs. Erika Morin Preschool Asst.