Mennonite Country Auction Saturday

Cool mornings, shorter days, and leaves beginning to turn are all signs that it is time for the Mennonite Country Auction & Relief Sale. Always held the first Saturday of October, the Mennonite Country Auction is holding its 38th annual auction in rural Ritzville on October 3, 2015.

Since 1978, when the sale was first started, over $2.5 million dollars has been raised for the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and their projects of peace, relief and development around the world (www.mcc.org).

Preparation of the sale grounds begins on the Sunday before the sale with setup of the big tent which w...