Wizards, witches and house elves

Boys & Girls Club auction takes on a magical air

MOSES LAKE — The ATEC Building at Big Bend Community College was awash with magic Saturday, as witches, wizards and the occasional house elf turned out for “A Night at Hogwarts,” to raise funds for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Columbia Basin. “It was great, wasn't it?” said Boys & Girls Club Executive Director Kim Pope. “Between the decorating, and the people that dress up when they come, they really embrace whatever our theme is for the year. That's one of the reasons that we do it; we really want to capture that ambiance.”’ The night was certainly a success for the club. Pope was still working on the exact figures at press time, but she said preliminary numbers were in excess of $200,000. A raffle for a house donated by CAD Homes of Moses Lake didn’t sell enough tickets for the actual house to be built, but the net proceeds were split between the club and the winner, to the tune of about $35,000 apiece, Pope said.