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Church holds a fundâ€" Buy Cir/:41 owe/Cy} Ameliasburgh Free Press St. Columba Presbyterian Church, 520 Bridge St. E, in Belleville will be having an auction on Sept. 15. Chair of the fimdraising committee Carol Quinn, feels it was a great idea that has blossomed and Will hopefully be a great success. “We wanted to do something fun and something that will bring everyone together and it did just that. [was detemiined ' to get it off the ground,” she explains. “I said we’d have an auction so I made sure we had an auction.” For Quinn this was all a first. It was challenging but also rewarding. “I’ve never worked in fundraising, nor have I ever been the chair of a fundraising committee But turned out to be a lot offun. I never thought church work could be so much fun All the money raised from the auction will go to the work of the church. “It seems I ’ve Mmazing Adventure \this year’s Loyalist F? q\Ql'arkway’s Amazing \%Adventure was nothing aless than wonderful, 1"; aaeeording to organizer fl Honey King. Not even Saturday’ s weather was is), deterrent as people were Q3 lined up at 9 a.m. There were 72 attractions, down k from 90 last year. (2: According to King, 90 {Q was just too many. The rig number of passports sold § was 1,,500 up 500 from \‘< last year.â€" Q: photos. Cheryl Moore ;;p )(D MQ‘flflt raising auction Carol Quinn and some of the donations â€" Cheryl Moore photo. devoted my whole summer to this project, but it’s worth it,” she said. “Everyone has come together to show support. The congregation is all charged and excited about the event and everyone has come out to give donations to auction 0 As of press time, there were over 150 donations, some from companies in the area, some from individuals. Some of the County donators include The Amazing Loyalist Adventure, Apple a Doom Farms, Black River Cheese, Duck’s Dive Shoppe, Side Street Gallery, Mia Lane, Wight Greenhouses, Waring House and much more, Some of the items being auctioned off are Via Rail passes, two free dives to licensed divers at Duck’s; lunch with the mayor, a simulated flight at 8-Wing, A ride with Brett Goodman in one of his race cars, a hand made Christmas dress for a small child, art work, wood work and much more. (Eb: 39km @agettt JV??? ?â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"’_Vâ€"'â€"_ i Gazette phuxo by Sheila Lightiod Hillier Day in the Park - Constable Liana Braga was all washed up on Saturday during Hillier Day in the Parkl festivities. For $2, children took ashota dunking their local OPP officers, and i didn’t look like too many were missing their mark. The event, at Jack Taylor Park, also featured karaoke, kid ’ I games, face paintingflg’on rides