After back-to-back years of Genesee County residents winning the Town of Batavia Fire Department's annual Harley raffle, a Pine City man was awarded the prize in last night's drawing.
The winning ticket was pulled late in evening at the department's annual raffle party at its recreation hall and James D. Reese came up the winner.
The department also drew winning tickets for four $500 prizes and the winners were Leonard Wipf of Rochester, Dan Ferrari, of Rochester, Donald Cube of Ithaca and Laura Debicki of Dunkirk.
Lt. Nate Fix, who headed up organization of the event, reports that even with the heavy rain, 845 people braved potential soaking to listen to 7th Heaven, who performed on a stage provided by Parise's, and dined on Clor's BBQ.
"It wasn't too bad considering the unfortunate extreme weather conditions the county experienced," Fix said. "Last year's door count was 870 people. If the weather wouldn't have been a factor, I'm confident we would have broke over 1,000 guests."
