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A4 }} The port lavaca wave WEDNESDAY, december 26, 2012Lions Club to host New Year’s Eve ExtravaganzaBy KAYLA MEYERPORT LAVACA WAVEFor the first time in more than10 years, the Port Lavaca NoondayLions Club is hosting its New Year’sEve Extravaganza. The event will beheld at the Bauer Community CenterDec. 31 and starts at 6 p.m.“We used to do it years ago,” saidMark Daigle, president of the PortLavaca Noonday Lions Club. “Somany people every year ask if we’regoing to do it again and finally wedecided to pull it off again. It’s allcoming together and we plan onhaving a really great time with it.”The social portion of the eveningbegins at 6 p.m. and dinner is slated tobe served at 7 p.m. Following dinner,a dance will be held at 8 p.m. withmusic provided by “Night Moves.”Tickets for the event, a fundraiserfor the club, costs $150 per couple.“We’re going to have party favorsFollowThe Waveeveryday onFacebookandTwitterlike the hats and the noise makers andthose will be on all of the table. We’regoing to have a steak and shrimpdinner with all the refreshments.If you want to drink tea, Coca Cola,water or something stronger we’llhave it, and we’re going to have aChampagne fountain, the whole bit,and we’ll have a midnight toast. It’sgoing to be a lot of fun,” Daigle said.Also during the evening, prizes inthe form of Visa gift cards will begiven out. Daigle said only 300 ticketshave been printed and winners willbe drawn from those tickets.“The very first ticket drawn wins$150 and then every 10th ticket wins$100 up to the 270th ticket. The 270thticket wins $500. The 280th ticketwins $750. The 290th ticket wins$1,000 and the very last ticket drawnwins $5,000,” he said.With the exception of one luckyticket, all tickets will be entered intothe drawing.New Year’s EveExtravaganza schedule6 p.m. Social begins7 p.m. Dinner served8 p.m. to midnight Dance with music providedby “Night Moves”“We keep ticket number 13, luckynumber 13. We have that one and wehaven’t sold it. We’re going to sell299 tickets for people to get in andticket number 13 we’ll auction offthat night to the highest bidder andit goes back in the pot when there’s10 tickets left and they’ll have a shotat winning $1,000 or $5,000,” Daiglesaid. “Basically there’s going to be30 winners.”Daigle added that in this case,being the last person drawn is a goodthing.“Everyone always says ‘I’m the lastone drawn’ and that’s a good thinghere because the last one drawn wins$5,000,” he said.Daigle also expects there tobe a silent auction during theextravaganza.“There may be a silent auction. Ithink we have some silent auctionitems. We’re not for sure yet. We’replanning on having one if everythingcomes together but we’re going toplay it by ear,” he said. “If we do havethe items, we’ll have a silent auctiontable set up, depending on what wehave come in and what we get.”As of Thursday, Daigle said thatseveral tickets were left and theycould be purchased by contactingmembers of the Noonday Lions Club.Brother Gary Moses of Victoria isexpected emcee the event.He also said that attire for theevening is casual, but some peopleare also planning to dress up.“We want people to be comfortable,”Daigle said. “People have been tellingme it gives them an opportunity todress up to the nines and I’ve hadpeople tell me they’re going to showup in flip flops. We kind of want toleave it up to them, however they feelcomfortable.”Above all, the event is a fundraiserto help the Lions Club fulfill itsmission to serve the community.“First and foremost, it’s afundraiser for all of our projects. Wehave ongoing projects year round,”Daigle said. “We have the Sight Firstprogram. We have leader dogs thatwe provide to visually impairedpeople. We do the school kids thatcan’t afford glasses, we purchasetheir glasses for them here locally.”The organization also raisesscholarship funds for students atCalhoun High School.“We give local scholarships tothe high school kids. We have a lotof different projects and this wasalways our bigger money maker andit’s easier for us than selling sausagewraps at every event. Have one eventthat can really hold us through theyear and then do the smaller ones, aswe need. We have an opportunity todo really well at this event and havea really good time,” he said.If all goes well at the event, Daiglesaid they plan to hold the eventagain in the future, and hopes theevent encourages people to join theLions Club.“It is something we feel would begood, whether or not it’s on NewYear’s Eve, we used to kind of do itin August or September. 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