Charcoal Chicken came back to the Boyd-Edson-Delmar Fire Department lot Sunday, selling out well ahead of schedule. With cars lined up coming south from County X on D and the Boyd Police parked off just to the side, supplies sold out ahead of time.

“You’ll be lucky to get chicken,” one of the Fire and EMS crew on hand said around 11:39 p.m. as cars came through steadily from nearby D, start-

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Amy O'Donnell (right) and others were helped out at the 28th annual Boyd-Edson-Delmar Rural Fire District Charcoal Chicken Dinner this past Sunday April 25. Staff photo. DINNER

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ing 39 minutes earlier and scheduled to run until 2:00 p.m.

For just ten dollars, those seeking a good lunch could get a half-chicken, together with a piece of bread and butter and a square desert. There were no brats this year, though that hardly seemed to deter those coming through the fire department parking lot.

With fire personnel taking money extended out car windows and kids staffing the collection table the annual fundraiser was a clear success, as a return to the site two hours later at 1:40 p.m. showed that things had already wrapped up.

Meanwhile and at the same time, plowing was taking place in the nearby field, as farmers begin to till the soil in preparation for planting, meaning that motorists should be alert to share the road, lest the Boyd Fire and EMS need to be called for assistance.

Should that be the case however, it will at least help to know the department is both well staffed and supported.