Chers Confreres:
I would like to invite you to the Chaîne’s August event, our Annual Picnic Dine Around and Silent Auction at Clint and Jean Haynes’ Farm in Liberty, Indiana on Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM. We had 71 last year for our Hawaiian Luau and this year’s theme will be Yellowstone! (Menu below). Back by popular demand, Clint & Jean, Don & Marilyn Buckley, Alan Flaherty, Pat Gaito, Chuck Hong, Mary Horn, Andy & Amanda Jobe, Dan & Kate Morrow, Matt & Abby Peitsmeyer, Shannon Read, Janet Reynolds and Graig & Jan Smith will be providing us with the finest cuisine and service. And this year a real professional will be added to the team: our own Chef Alan Neace will be lending a hand. Deadline for reserving for this event will be Thursday, July 30, 2025.
And again, Mike Monnin and Mary Horn will be auctioning off the wine (and Bourbon) left over from our major dinners and Mondiale events over the past year at our annual Silent Auction benefiting culinary education. Please bring your checkbook if you’d like to participate. A listing of the lots to be auctioned will be emailed to you prior to the picnic.
And, as with all Dine Arounds, you are requested to bring one bottle of QUALITY wine per person attending (two bottles per couple). Our guide for selecting the proper wine and Dine Around etiquette is attached for your reference.
The menu is as follows:
Appetizers
Texas Chili with Chunks of Beef
Grilled Slabs of Thick Bacon Sliders
Shrimp Sliders
Buffet dinner
Spit Roasted Whole Beef with Three Sauces
Baked Bean Bake-off:
Alan Flaherty, Marilyn Buckley, Mary Horn
Saratoga Chips
Three Summer Salads
Dessert
Yellowstone Cake
Ice Cream
The party begins at 4:00 PM, appetizers 4:00 – 6:00 PM, dinner at 6:00 PM and the event will end around 10:00 PM or whenever you’d like to leave.
Dress is Yellowstone Casual, shorts and jeans allowed, NO Ribbons required at this one.
Guests are welcome, and encouraged, to attend. If bringing guests, please send their names to Ray van der Horst at vanderhorst.ray@gmail.com.
There again will be NO transportation provided this year. Adequate parking is available. The Haynes Farm is located at 520 Burnside Road. Liberty, IN. Directions to the Haynes Farm from Oxford, Ohio are attached and is located approximately 15 minutes northwest of Oxford. If for some reason you get lost, Clint’s cell phone number is 513-659-2342.
RESERVATIONS AND PAYMENT
As with all Dine Arounds we will handle the reservations and $95 per person payment. The price includes an additional $25 as a donation for culinary education. We can take your payment with pay pal or credit card through the links below whether you are reserving for one person or two. If reserving for 3 just use a combination of the two. We also accept payment through Venmo (preferred) or by check. If paying by check, please send it to Ray van der Horst, 1415 Herschel Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45208 and please email him at vanderhorst.ray@gmail.com that you are doing so. Make your reservations before the Thursday, July 30, 2025 deadline.
The pay pal links are as follows:
For one person:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=337BSJK6QZZZ8
For two people:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=VWB8NPUE86FJ6
I look forward to seeing you at the Picnic Dine Around and Silent Auction on August 2!
Vive la Chaîne!
Regards,
George Elliott
Bailli