Weekend Wrap-Up - October 26, 2008

Lakers Ball Team Raises Funds At Meat Shoot

The Valmeyer Lakers baseball team held their annual meat shoot fundraiser Sunday at Fountain Inn. Lucky attendees won turkeys, pork sausage and pork steaks.

Longtime Valmeyer Lakers Manager Dennis “Boog” Pieper stirs a kettle of mulligan stew during the Lakers Meat Shoot on Sunday at Fountain Inn. The brew was served to the attendees at the annual fundraiser.

Great Attendance At Tipton Catholic Church’s Wurstmarkt

Ashley and Joseph Ahrens sit down and take a break Sunday during the St. Patrick’s Church of Tipton’s Wurstmarkt. Pleasant autumn weather brought a large and hungry crowd to the fundraiser.

Memories Of Elvis Show Raises Three Grand For U.S. Soldiers

Saturday night’s Memories of Elvis Show at the Waterloo VFW raised nearly $3,000 for the Operation Uplink program, which provides phone cards to those serving in the U.S. military. Fans of Steve “Elvis” Davis packed the VFW to listen to his always-memorable performance.

Wittenauers Honored At Oktoberfest For Service To Gibault

The Wittenauer family of Hecker was honored by Gibault Principal Russ Hart, left, during Saturday night’s Gibault Oktoberfest Auction.

One Injured In Motorcycle Accident

A man was injured Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of HH Road and Bluff Road. His name and condition have not yet been released.

Columbia City Saloon Celebrates Grand Re-Opening

Columbia City Saloon owners Jim Manion and Vern Obermeier, gather with family, friends and waitresses Saturday during their grand re-opening ceremony. They celebrated with a pre-Halloween party and two bands, Millennium and Vote For Pedro. The establishment will have a ribbon-cutting Nov. 5.

Sarah Schmidt sings with the band Millennium on Saturday during the grand re-opening festivities at Columbia City Saloon.

There are several new videos posted at The Independent’s YouTube video website, including the Columbia Middle School performing the Deep Purple song “Smoke On The Water” at Halloween Hijinks, the WHS freshman football team in action last week and former Mon-Clair baseball league batting champ Mike Degener stirring mulligan stew at the Valmeyer Lakers Meat Shoot Sunday at Fountain Inn. Click on: http://www.youtube.com/user/MoCoIndependent.