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Dinner, car show tickets on sale
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FREEPORT - Tickets are now on sale for Malcolm Eaton Enterprises' 15th annual Pork Chop Dinner to be held from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 17 at the organization's facility, 570 W. Lamm Road, Freeport. Tickets are available at Cub Foods, Lena State Bank and Malcolm Eaton Enterprises. A ticket costs $8.50 and includes two specially seasoned pork chops, baked potato, green beans, applesauce, roll and a beverage.

Malcolm Eaton Enterprises will again sponsor a car show in conjunction with the pork chop dinner. Awards will honor the Top 70 entrants as determined by participant judging plus eight "Best of" and one Best of Show trophy and three Special Interest plaques will be given. The car show is presented by Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 679. Registrations are being accepted for the show, which starts at 8 a.m. that day. To register, contact Julia Hilliger at Malcolm Eaton Enterprises, (815) 235-7181.

Proceeds from these annual fund-raisers will go toward a treadmill for the organization's exercise room and a wrapping machine for the regular work program, which serves 44 people with disabilities.