Staff
With Good Friday coming up April 2, those who plan to attend the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s annual breakfast that morning can get their tickets now.
Kiwanian Dr. Robert Lidkea said this year’s breakfast will start at 8 a.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous.
Tickets, which cost $8 each, are available at the office of Drs. Lidkea, Elliott and Lidkea as well as Investors Group Financial Services.
Some local churches also have them.
The buffet breakfast actually is valued at $16, but the Rendez-Vous knocks $4 off the price and then the club subsidizes $4, so people actually are getting the delicious meal at half price, Dr. Lidkea explained.
“It’s a way to help the community who helps us,” he noted.
Pastor Ken Johnson of the Evangelical Covenant Church will be the guest speaker at the breakfast while the “Fort Harmonies,” the choir led by Diane Maxey, will provide the music.
“We’ve got two or three really nice songs to do for them,” noted Maxey, who performed at the breakfast last year with the “Rainy Lake Ringers.”
“We enjoy doing that. It’s such a wonderful event to have in our community on Good Friday,” she added.
“It’s really our pleasure to get out there and hopefully bring a few Good Friday-type songs to the table . . . to share what we love to do.
“We’re very much looking forward to it. I am sure it’s going to be a sell-out crowd, which reminds me, I guess I better get my ticket,” Maxey chuckled.
“They don’t take long to sell out.”
Dr. Lidkea said the purpose is to celebrate Good Friday in a spirit of unity, and stressed everyone is invited to the non-denominational event.
“It’s a great way to spend Good Friday,” he added, noting it is common to see many people from different churches on hand.
The event began here back in 1994 by Kiwanis past governor Ken Koprowski, and has grown to be extremely popular.
Last year’s breakfast, for instance, saw more than 150 people attend.
