Dinner In
the Orchard - A Taste of Local Fare In Support of Knowledge
by Diane Lehr
Raymond L. Isom, February 18,
1949. English A. Auburn University.
On October 13,
2012, at 4 p.m. Isom's Orchard will once again be the setting for a late
afternoon benefit dinner in their orchards. This year's dinner will honor
Raymond Isom and his love of knowledge. One hundred twenty-five tickets at a
cost of $100 each, will be sold on September 8, beginning at 9 am, at The
Isom's Orchard Stand on Highway 72 in Athens. One hundred of those tickets will
be sold to directly assist The Library Foundation in it's goal to build in
Athens. An additional twenty-five tickets will be sold to benefit breast cancer
research via the Susan G. Komen Foundation.