On behalf of Middletown Rotary, I want to thank everyone who participated for another sold-out, successful fundraiser for the Rotary Club’s 21st Annual Crab Feast and Auctions.

Thanks to continued support from major sponsors: Calpine Corp., Langtry Estate & Vineyards LLC, St. Helena Hospital-Clearlake and Reynolds Systems Inc., plus new sponsor Bottle Rock Power LLC.  

Thanks to our local sponsors: Jim and Hettie at Clover Lake Dairy, Karen Turcotte at Eco-Arts of Lake County, the Smith’s Lifetime Health & Fitness Gym, Margaret at Lovie’s Nursery, Jon “The Tax Man” Meyer, Jeff and Sheri Smith at Middletown Animal Hospital, Tina and Tenae Stewart at Middletown Florist & Gifts, David Neft, Tri-Counties Bank and Westamerica Bank.

Our grand door prize was once again a coveted Hardester’s Market Basket plus a $100 gift certificate and was won by Brian Harms. Our signs and banners were donated by RAH Signs & Outdoor Media; our printing is by Jessica Bennett of Bennett Solutions. Twin Pine Casino & Hotel offered a special Rotary room rate for our out-of-town guests.

Every year, Karen Jones’ Floral Design Class at Middletown High School fashions our floral centerpieces, which are auctioned off.  We then split the proceeds with our local FFA chapter.

And every year, our fabulous Interact Club at the high school offers the best of customer service for greeting, seating, serving and cleaning up. They deserve all the tips they make and recognition of the fact they choose to use the tips for club programs.

We give hearty thanks to our too-numerous-to-name-in-this-letter auction donors who are recognized in our auction book.

We’re a small club and rely on our Rotary friends to help us, so another click of those crab claws go to Kari Donley, Karen Turcotte, Andrea Siebert, Craig Bainbridge, Sheri Smith, David Neft, Wiley Weiss, Randy Perkins, Dustin See, Reg Garcia, Steven Novak, Robin and Brian Wallace, Alicia Adams and Linda Moran.

We had a lot of fun this year, the crab and chef Duane’s pasta was at its best, and we’re looking forward to enhancing our community with donations and hands-on projects. We’ll keep you posted. Check our Rotary Club of Middletown Facebook page for updates.

LaDonn Morgan is 2012-13 president 2012-13 and auction chair for the Rotary Club of Middletown, Calif.