Local talent performs to support youth programs

Beth Bondy first dabbled in fund-raising when she organized a spaghetti dinner and silent auction to raise money for an older sister diagnosed with breast cancer.

At that charity event in November, Bondy arranged for some musicians and singers to perform while those in attendance feasted on pasta.

"I just thought, Why not put in music?'" Bondy, 33, said. "You may as well entertain people while they're eating."

When she and a co-worker from the Human Resources Development Council in Havre needed to raise money for two juvenile programs, Bondy recalled her older sister's fund-raiser.

Bondy and S...