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Rotarians and high school Interact students are pictured, above front from left, Brooklyn Christensen, Tonya Wilson, Angie Swanson, Riley Owens, Melisa Owens, Tegan Towns, Halle Fiedler, back from left, Don Newman, Heijy Mattos (Palisade foreign exchange student from Brazil), Lori Pankonin, Ashley Exum, Michelle Spady, Amanda Libra, Eric Haider, Angella Herbert and Makenzie Soltis.
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Silent auction items included decorated chocolate cakes, pies, cheesecakes, cake pops and more. Top bids reached $100.
Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate
Imperial Rotary’s Chocolate Affair attracted all ages last Thursday, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Twenty-six donors shared their baking expertise, filling tables with a variety of chocolate goodies. Fourteen businesses donated silent auction gift items, as well as door prizes. Treasurer Eric Exum rated the event a smashing success. When 10-year-old Preslin Lutz saw all the goodies, she said, “Awe! A table of my dreams.”