Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2008

Taste of Merced County: A lunch to celebrate

The Catholic Professional and Business Club of Merced will have a luncheon at noon today at St. Patrick's Parish Hall on East Yosemite Avenue.

The luncheon will be catered by Fernando's Bistro and is being held to celebrate Our Lady of Mercy School's 80th anniversary. Guest speakers include a graduate of the school and Supervisor John Pedrozo.

Tickets are $15 each and can be purchased in advance or at the door. For tickets or more information, contact Raylene Smith at (209) 723-4929.

MERCED

Start the day right

The Merced Chapter of Christian Businessmen will have a community breakfast meeting Tuesday at the Merced Golf and Country Club, 6333 N. Golf Road.

The deadline for purchasing tickets is Friday. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Breakfast will be served at 6:30 a.m., and the program begins at 7 a.m. The speaker will be Chancellor Steve Kang from UC Merced.

The cost is $10 per person, and tables of eight can be reserved for $80.

Tickets are available at Shewey Realty, The Christian Connection Bookstore or at regular CBMC 6:30 a.m. Tuesday meetings at Paul's Restaurant. For more information, contact Jay Alterman at (209) 723-7237.

MERCED

Crab for education

Our Lady of Mercy School will have its annual crab feed and raffle at 5:30 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Parish Center, 673 E. Yosemite Ave.

Feast on all-you-can-eat-crab, pasta, salad and French bread while supporting the school. Tickets are $35 each. For more information or to purchase tickets, call Jill Serpa at (209) 722-6657.

MERCED

Breakfast for a cause

The Merced Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4327, serves breakfast on the third Saturday of each month in the east wing of the Veterans Memorial Building, 939 W. Main St.

Scrambled eggs, pancakes and sausage with coffee and orange juice are served from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tickets are $5. Proceeds will be donated to Modesto Post 3199 to help rebuild their post that was destroyed by fire last August.

For more information, call

(209) 722-0940.

ATWATER

Wake up to menudo

The Knights of Columbus will have its annual pancake/menudo breakfast from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Anthony's Parish Hall, 1801 Winton Way.

The donation per ticket is $7, but children ages 8 and younger get in free. Proceeds go to support council charity and community service projects. Tickets may be purchased at the door.

Contact Dan Felipe at (209) 357-9783 or Jay Tovar at (209) 358-9140 for advance tickets or more information.

COULTERVILLE

Roast beef returns The Coulterville Community United Methodist Church has brought back its monthly roast beef dinner from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. March 29 at the church, Highway 49 across from Coulterville Park.

The suggested donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and younger. A family packet is $25 for two adults and two children.

For more information, call Sandi Badger at (209) 852-2039.

If you'd like to submit information for Taste of Merced County e-mail dlevey@mercedsun-star.com or send a fax to (209) 385-2460.