The Cortez Lions Club would like to “thank” our sponsors for the prices donated towards our annual Cortez Lions Club raffle held on November 17, 2015 at Jack and Janelle’s Country Kitchen - Roxanne and Marty Punchak, Cortez; David Martinez, El Rito, New Mexico; Aaron’s of Cortez, Slavens, Cortez; Rustic Arts, Cortez, Choice Building Supply, Cortez; Wal-Mart Super Center, Cortez, Kokopelli’s Getaways, Cortez;, Marilyn Lee, Cortez; and the Shear Shack Salon, Cortez. Our raffle would never be a success without your help.

We would also like to say “thank you” to all our buyers, as we could not have raised the money that we do to help the needy in our community with eyeglass grants.

The following are the winners of our two raffles - Joaquin Moncada, Grand Junction, CO, won the used 2008 canoe, trailer stand, motor and accessories. The 1st place winner for a Hand Carved Sunburst Mirror is Ability Consultants, CO; the 32 inch TV with 3 year warranty is Louis Chavez from La Plata, New Mexico; 3rd place was a 3/8 drill and 17 piece drill bits when to JUDY, the carved wooden bear went to Ashley Craft; the 2-gal. Seth McGinn’s Can Cooker went to Ruth Stockwell, the $50 gift certificate from Wal-Mart went to Andrea Martinez; the $50 gift certificate from Kokopelli’s Getaways went to Ability Consultants, a set of 12 blank photo card went to Billy Millard; the second set of 12 blank photo cards went to Janelle Kays, the $25 gift certificate to Kokopellis Getaways went to Wendy Miriagra and our 11th place winner for an $18 hair cut from Shear Shack went to Bessie Betoney from Tonalea, AZ.

Thank you all for a great raffle. Congratulations to our winners and better luck next year to our non-winners. You are all winners in our hearts.

Irene Aldaz