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Tony Dean year-long fundraiser near=20 goal

By Jeff Bunn
Capital Journal staff=20

PIERRE =97 A group raising money to buy 500 acres for public = hunting and=20 outdoor education in central South Dakota hopes to reach its = financial=20 goal at a silent action and banquet Saturday at the Ramkota.

The Tony Dean Acres Memorial foundation has worked for a year = to secure=20 funds for the purchase, which will honor Dean, the late = outdoorsman and=20 television personality.

=93I know we=92re very, very close to our goal,=94 said Paul = Lepisto, a=20 steering committee member. =93We=92re hoping this is going to be = the crowning=20 event.=94

Lepisto and the steering committee are hoping tickets sales for = the=20 silent auction, raffle and dinner make the quest to raise $100,000 = a=20 reality. Once $100,000 is raised, a four-to-one match with various = organizations kicks in, turning $100,000 into about $500,000.

The dinner is open to anyone and follows a hunt that is = independent of=20 the dinner.

=93What we=92re hoping to generate out of the combination of = the hunt, the=20 banquet and the auction on Saturday, that=92s going to put us into = that=20 range,=94 Lepisto said. =93If this event is successful or does = what we=92re=20 hoping it will do, we=92ll be there.=94

Tickets for the raffle, silent auction and dinner of Lake Oahe = Walleye=20 and Turner Ranch bison are $35 and are available online at http://www.tonydean.com/ or = by calling=20 Lepisto at 605-220-1219.

Companies that Dean worked with donated items for purchase, = such as=20 depth finders and hunting and fishing gear. He died in Pierre in = October=20 of last year.

In addition to hunting and fishing equipment, original = paintings of=20 South Dakota pheasant hunting scenes will be available, as will = items Dean=20 once used.

=93There will be a couple of his fishing rods,=94 Lepisto said. = =93People=20 obviously aren=92t going to get a chance at those again. And then = his field=20 laydown waterfowl blind he hunted ducks and geese out of =97 = people who=20 watched his show will recognize the blind when they see the = auction. He=20 used it on many TV segments.

=93The Tony Dean family has been very generous in donating = Tony=92s hunting=20 and fishing equipment at the auction in September in Sioux Falls = and again=20 in this one.=94

Lepisto said planners were allowed to serve locally caught = walleye=20 through South Dakota Game Fish and Parks permitting.

=93The department allows charitable organizations to do that = not as=20 fundraising but for charitable purpose, which this obviously = qualifies=20 for,=94 he said.

Lepisto said it would be fitting if the last fundraising event = was in=20 Pierre.

=93The people in this area have been amongst the best,=94 he = said.=20 =93Hopefully we=92re going to reach those goals on Saturday. If = the people in=20 this area will turn out and help us do that I think that would = make Tony=20 smile.=94

Social hour and the silent auction begins at 6 p.m. at the = Ramkota. The=20 Taste of South Dakota dinner begins at 7 p.m.

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