Rotary Auction heads into final night; grill crew selling the last Boston butts

Roughly 125 items will be sold in the final night Saturday.
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Boston butts in a smoker outside the Memorial Building. (Hopkinsville Rotary Club photo)

The Hopkinsville Rotary Auction heads into its final run tonight with roughly 125 items to sell, chairman Scott Cowan said. 

Rotarians raised $31,742 on Friday, pushing the auction’s tally to $134,379 for the week so far, he said. 

Friday’s proceeds included $13,221 in the main auction, with 142 items sold, and $18,521 in Hour Club donations. 

Today is the last day to buy Boston butts from the grill crew that’s raising money for the auction. The butts are $40 each.

Rotarian Trent Haddock said they have about 60 butts left, and they are available Saturday morning. He expects to sell out quickly.

Buyers will find the grill crew in the Memorial Building’s side parking lot downtown. When they wrap up today, the grill crew will have sold 300 butts for the week, Haddock said. 

The auction will start at 6 tonight and run until the last item is sold. 

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, only Rotarians and volunteers putting on the auction are allowed inside the Memorial Building. The public can listen to the auction on WHOP, watch a livestream on the Hopkinsville Rotary Club’s website or watch on Spectrum television channel 376.

The number to call to place a bid is 270-885-7500. The number to call to make an Hour Club donation is 270-886-3034.

Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.