The party Thursday was less of a fund-raiser and "more of a friend-raiser, " said Ms. York Dees, the older sister who also works as an event planner.

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Going to a Buddhist temple for a fund-raiser and not saying it is a fund-raiser is not my view of responsibility.

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As for the Junior Hurling, it was "a curtain-raiser because it was agreed there would be a curtain-raiser".

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