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Seasoning is ‘Chicken Sunday’ secret

It's no secret that the Rotary secret flavorings. dreds of volunteers who help and
Chicken Barbeque brings 11,000 peo- “I will tell you that people love it,” especially to Paul Opdyke from
ple clamoring for the meals but that Early, a civil engineer, said, “but Serene Surroundings.
special seasoning sprinkled on the that's about all I can reveal.” “I bet he puts 100 guys on this for
chickens remains one of the best In addition to Early, members of us doing everything from unloading
kept secrets anywhere. the Rotary Chicken Barbeque and loading equipment, taking care
Kent Early, chairman of the Committee sworn to keep the secret of all the tables and chairs, boxes of
Rotary Chicken Barbeque of the seasoning this year include food and supplies.
Committee this year, said the recipe Brandon Bunt who is handling all “I cannot tell you everything these
for the seasoning certainly pre-dates the purchasing for the event; Gary guys do. And when it comes to clean
his 15-year tenure with the commit- Stolz who in charge of ticket sales; up Monday morning, we are done by
tee. Andy Savage who coordinates all the 10:30 only because of Paul and his
“The recipe is passed down from various volunteers and groups; Eric guys. Otherwise, we would be there
one committee to the next and it is Kostoff who handles the organization all day.”
never revealed,” he said. of all the equipment, permits and He said that this year the commit-
The seasoning is such a secret that signs and Danny Hyman, who does tee has tweaked a few things to make
the spices are mixed together in an anything else that might be needed. service a little smoother but the half-
undisclosed location on Friday after- They are helped, too, by Mike Muma chicken meal will taste like it has for
noon, prior to the Sunday grilling. who was the committee chairman six decades since the barbeque
When the smoke eaters light the last year. began.
grills early Sunday morning, the Early stressed the gratitude of the “As for the reason, well, that's a
chickens have been coated with the committee and the club to the hun- secret.”