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Article published Apr 4, 2008 Heritage center guild to hold fifth-annual benefit dinner, auction
By Iva Butler of The Daily Times Staff
The Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center Guild will hold its fifth-annual benefit dinner and auction in mid-May.
The 2008 Heritage Happening will be at 6 p.m. May 17 at the Heritage Center, located off Tenn. 73 in Townsend.
On Thursday, a majority of the guild, which has 21 members, were busy addressing, stuffing envelopes and sorting by ZIP codes to 1,800 members of the center and past attendees to the event.
People who wish to attend, but who do not receive an invitation, should call the center at 448-0044, said Diane Headrick, guild president. Cost is $100 per ticket. The hope is to raise $100,000, the approximate amount raised the past two years, said Bob Patterson, center director.
“The money we raise goes directly to education programs and upkeep of exhibits. Over 15,000 students have visited the center,” Headrick said.
After two years the museum is closing in on having 60,000 visitors, Patterson said. An article about the Heritage Center will appear in the Townsend Traveler, which will be inserted into The Daily Times on Saturday.
Heritage Happenings Chairwoman Lil Tiebout said this year the guild will unveil “Flavors of Our Heritage,” a cookbook the guild published.
Lois Alexander, a guild member and artist, did all of the artwork for the cookbook. The book will have a section of recipes handed down from old Cades Cove families, a section on favorite recipes of guild members and another section featuring dishes from local restaurants and inns. It includes a drawing of each restaurant and inn that provided a recipe for the book.
“The time and energy required for the event is relentless,” said Tiebout. “Every guild member has a part. It’s teamwork. Without that we couldn’t be able to pull it off.”
For the auction this year, Najeeb Khan of South Bend, Ind., will again provide a ride in an airplane. The winning bidder will get a ride in a World War II-era T-28.
Some bidder will get to name a character in a novel by Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.
Another unique auction item will be “Name a Street” in Worthington Subdivision in Maryville.
Other auction items will include stays at local lodgings, dinners, Dollywood passes, a fishing trip and picnic, autographed Pat Summitt basketball, dinner by a former Blackberry Farm chef, framed photographs and attendance at a Tremont program.Auction items include:
Three-day cruise for two on Carnival Cruise Ship
“Name a Street” in Worthington Subdivision in Maryville
Flight in WWII T-28 plane
Name a character in published novel by Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson
One night stay for two at LeConte Lodge (dinner and breakfast)
Moon Shadow Lodge, two nights (sleeps 26)
Carriage ride to Ole Tea Room and meal for eight
Evening at Heritage Center and dinner in log cabin for 18
Fishing trip on Little River for smallmouth bass and picnic
Dollywood regular season passes for 2008 for two
Pigeon Forge attractions admission for two adults and two children
Dollywood Splash Country 2008 season passes for two
Dancing Bear Lodge, two nights weekday escape with breakfast
Dinner for two, The Grove Park Inn, Blue Ridge Dining Room
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont program
The Lodge at Millers Cove, two-night stay
Drake Lodge, Laurel Valley, two-night stay
Pat Summitt autographed basketball
Dinner for eight by John Fleer, former Blackberry Farm chef
Dancing Bear Fitness Center, three-month membership, one-month personal training
Framed photograph of Miss Elsie Burrell at Little Greenbriar School by Dean Stone
Framed photograph, Winter Storm Clears, GSM National Park by Dean Stone