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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sounds like a great Fun & Fellowship Event. I’ll go!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> rotary-bounces@lists.mcn.org [mailto:rotary-bounces@lists.mcn.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Lewis<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> Rotary Club of Mendocino<br><b>Subject:</b> [Rotary] Fellow Rotarian John Innes helping Raise $20 for Five Charities ... Mushroom, Wine and Ale Festival Nov 8<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Media Contact:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>John Innes – 937-1333<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><a href="mailto:Jinness7@comcast.net">Jinness7@comcast.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Wine, Mushroom and Ale Festival Fundraiser Set for Saturday, Nov. 8</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>FORT BRAGG, California</b> – With a goal of raising more than $20,000 for five charities, including three in Fort Bragg, planning is now underway for the 9<sup>th</sup> Annual Wine, Mushroom and Ale Festival. The Festival, sponsored by St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Mendocino, will be held from noon to 4 pm Saturday, November 8, at Parish Hall, 10600 Lansing Street.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>You can reserve tickets (no upfront payment required) by calling 937-2406. Tickets will also be available at the door.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Beneficiaries of this year’s fundraiser are <a href="http://www.fortbraggfoodbank.org/home/our_partners">The Fort Bragg Food Bank</a>, the <a href="http://mccf.info">Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund</a>, the <a href="http://www.mendocinochc.org">Hospitality House</a> and <a href="http://rcscenter.org">Redwood Coast Senior Center</a> in Fort Bragg and St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Mendocino. “Each group will receive several thousand dollars as in past years,” said Festival Coordinator John Innes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Like last year, there will be wine tasting, a mushroom soup contest, mushroom d’oeuvres, cheese sampling, olive oil sampling, and silent and live auctions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>New to the tasting menu this year will be microbrews.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The St. Anthony’s Mushroom Festival is part of the countywide <a href="http://www.visitmendocino.com/mushroom-wine-and-beer-festival">Wine, Mushroom and Beer Festival</a> Nov. 7-16 organized by Visit Mendocino.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>“Last year, we offered fine local cheeses, pouring by 10 Anderson Valley Wineries, boutique olive oils, and lots of merchandise, trips, wine baskets, and gift certificates in our auctions,” explained Innes. “Great beers will be added to the menu.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>And, he noted: “we’ll have another mushroom soup competition by local chefs. Of course, you’ll get to taste all of them and vote for your choice as best of 2014.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'>###<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>