Silent Auction
The Portsmouth Sports Club held its 16th annual reverse raffle at the Portsmouth Ambassador Club. Winners included Roger and Lambie Owen, Linda Saunders, Beverly Kiernan, Paul Going, and Mary Lou Taylor. The event raised $7,000 to support the Foundation which awards scholarships to deserving local high school students. Jeanie and Paul Vestal once organized the event, which over the years has raised more than $100,000.
Reverse raffle winners, from left: Roger Owen, Lambie Owen, Linda Saunders, Beverly Kiernan, Nick Moore for Paul Going, Jimmy Williams, and Mary Lou Taylor
From left: Kathy Edmondson, Portsmouth Commissioner of the Revenue Franklin Edmondson, Judge William Moore, and Kim Johnson
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