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Benefit Coon Hunt to Support Lighthouse Missionary Baptist Church

Posted on Friday, November 14, 2025  by Austin Dalton

BLAINE – Hunters and community members will gather Saturday, November 22, for a Benefit Coon Hunt supporting the Lighthouse Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund. The event will be held at Blaine Volunteer Firehall Station 2, located at 4676 Indian Ridge Road.

Sign-in begins at 4 p.m., with a $40 registration fee per hunter and a maximum of four hunters per team. Each team returning with one coon by 1 a.m. will qualify for prize drawings, including an Owens Dog Box, $100 cash, and $50 cash awards.

Raffle drawings start at 7 p.m., with prizes such as an Anderson AR-15, a Mossburg .22 bolt-action rifle, and more. Tickets are $10 each, and participants do not have to be present to win.

Attendees can also enjoy smoked barbecue plates for $10 before the hunt begins. Proceeds will go toward the church’s building fund.

For more information or to return raffle tickets, contact Nathaniel Nicely by 6 p.m. on November 22.