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Thrill of the Grill

Rotary ‘Chicken Sunday’ takes year-long preparation

It's been a busy few months for Gary ly and efficiently as usual. He has
Stoltz. ” spent 3 to 4 hours a day in addition to
Stoltz, chairman of the Rotary Club This is really a multiple meetings working on the
of Plymouth Barbeque Committee, whole community event, organization of the barbeque as have
began preparing for Chicken Sunday many of the committee members.
last March when organizational meet- everybody is “The closer it gets, the more time
ings began. The meetings continued as involved somehow. we spend organizing,” he explained.
the date grew closer and were aug- Stoltz, like all the previous barbeque
mented with increasingly frequent chairmen, has done every committee
phone calls to ensure that everything job, working his way to the leadership
would go as planned. funds for playground equipment for a role. This year, he is working with
The Rotary Chicken Barbeque was city park, the event now pays for schol- Andy Savage who is second in com-
the beginning of the Fall Festival in arships, donates to multiple local char- mand and handling all the purchasing
Plymouth and the other weekend ities and groups, and funds many serv- for the event; Eric Kostoff who is in
events have grown around the six- ices in the area through the founda- charge of ticket sales and manage-
decades long tradition. The secret tion which is also involved in world- ment; Jill Johnson who is organizing
recipe remains secret, divulged only to wide charitable efforts like the eradi- all the Rotary and non-student volun-
a select few trusted with the mixing of cation of polio in third-world coun- teers; Bari Livsey who is coordinating
the special blend of spices which gives tries, the building of schools in under- the volunteer groups from the high
the chicken the unique and undupli- developed nations and the installation schools; Eric Joy, a past club president
cated flavor. The goal of the event also of wells in areas devoid of clean drink- and former president of the Fall
remains just as it was 66 years ago, sell ing water. Festival committee, who is in charge of
the barbeque chicken dinners to fund Stoltz said he and the committee sponsors and marketing, along with
civic projects and charities in the com- members were feeling confident this Brandon Bunt, the past barbeque
munity. year and expect the preparation of president who is helping with advice
While the first barbeque generated 8,500 chicken dinners to go as smooth- and obtaining sponsorships for the