NORWICH – The Pumpkin Festival will be holding a luncheon and basket raffle from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 at Gus’ Steakhouse. For $18 you’ll receive a delicious luncheon with beverage and dessert, and you’ll also get three tickets to try to win the basket of your choice. There will be over 30 baskets available for a Chinese Auction type of raffle. The more tickets you buy, the greater your chances to win.

Several local businesses and individuals have contributed baskets and items for the raffle, including: Snyder Communications, Joy In A Basket, Frontier, NBT, Burrell’s Excavating, Norwich Republican Committee, Christman Motors, Mang Insurance, Carnrike Construction, Betsy Lindholm, Jeri O’Bryan/Lea Sophia, Kathy Coates, Margie Casey, Debbie Squires, Cookie Lia/Trudy Brightman, Parson’s Daughter, Emma Keator, Jenny & John Gonzalez and Gus’ Steakhouse & all their employees.