If anything says “community spirit” it’s a $2,000 bid for one dozen phantom eggs.
Traditionally Norma Hughes, 95-year-old Ovando resident, has brought two dozen eggs to the Ovando Harvest Dinner. The eggs are a high seller, earning $1,700 in 2023 to support the Ovando Sew and So club in its community projects.
This year’s auction on Nov. 8 was a little different as a fox got into Hughes’ chicken house recently and killed all but two hens. Hughes sent a note to the Harvest Dinner explaining her dilemma and inability to donate eggs this year.
Auctioneer Kevin Ertl, from Helmville, read the note...
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