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Safety first

Fall Festival Chicken Barbeque Committee stresses safety

Welcome to the Plymouth Fall ners at the Rotary Club Chicken Actually, Bunt rose through the ranks
Festival, begun by the members of the Barbecue will include something new, of the committee to become chairman
Rotary Club nearly 70 years ago as a along with the “secret seasoning” and last year, but the pandemic canceled
way to fund new playground equip- genuine charcoal grills. the barbecue for only the second time
ment in a neighborhood park. This year, all COVID safety proto- in the since the event began in 1956,
The event has come a long way cols will also be in place, explained moving the committee assignments for-
since then and this year preparation of Brandon Bunt, chairman of the Rotary ward a year.
the traditional beloved chicken din- Club Chicken Barbeque Committee. “Our big thing is to stress public
confidence,” Bunt said. “We will be
doing health screenings and tempera-
ture checks of everyone participating
in food preparation. We want people to
feel safe.”
Bunt stressed the importance of the
event to the entire community, as this
is the major fundraiser each year and
the club usually sells about 10,000 din-
ners.
“I cannot stress strongly enough the
community impact of this event,” Bunt
said, “especially on the volunteer
groups.”
He explained that a great deal of
This year, members of the Rotary Club Barbecue Committee include Chairman the money generated from the all-vol-
Brandon Bunt; Gary Stolz, director of purchasing; Andy Savage, director of tick- unteer barbeque goes as direct funding
ets; Eric Kostoff, director of operations; Danny Hyman, director of volunteers;
Jason Zarate, director of operations support and Kent Early, the past chairman
and committee advisor. Photo by David Willett See Safety, page 4