Bucky Beaver Ground Grippers Highlight Yellowjacket Scholarship Dinner Auction (Oct. 26, 2004)

BILLINGS, MT – The seventh annual Montana State-Billings Yellowjacket Athletics Scholarship Dinner Auction will be held Saturday, October 30 in the MSU Billings SUB Ballroom.  Doors will open at 5:45 with dinner and the silent auction beginning at 6:00.  Auctioneer Merton Musser will start the live auction at 7:15 and wrap up between 8:00 and 8:15.  Following the live auction, The Bucky Beaver Ground Grippers will perform until approximately 10:00 p.m.

Live auction items include NFL ticket packages, a guided horseback trip to Jackson, WY, a fishing package to Flathead Lake, a kayaking trip to Green River, WY, a wolf safari to Yellowstone Park, and a trip package to the Yellowjacket men’s basketball game at Brigham Young University in Provo.  The live and silent auctions will also include artwork, sports memorabilia, golf packages and various gift items.

Individual tickets are available for $30 and tables of eight cost $200.  The prices include dinner, drinks and entertainment.  The night will include a Halloween theme and guests are welcome to wear costumes. 

All proceeds go to student-athlete scholarships.  For ticket information, call Krista Montague, Director of Marketing and Development, at 657-2061.