| SHEPHERD’S CENTER Auction ahead
Twelve months of flowers, six months of wine and one hour of professional organizing await the right bid Saturday night. These items and more than 150 others will be auctioned at a benefit for the Shepherd's Center of the Northland. The event includes a dinner, a dance, and live and silent auctions. Proceeds from ticket and auction sales will be used to keep the nonprofit's doors open for Northland seniors who use its services and programs to make their lives easier and more fulfilling. Fundraising is necessary, said executive director Rebecca Gordon, because "none of our programs make money." Last year, more than 2,200 individuals used services or participated in programs. Almost all of these were free. Not quite half of the operating budget of $229,600 comes from grants given to support specific programs.
Louisville eclipses million-dollar milestone in surplus sales
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Mayor Jerry Abramson today announced that the city has "unloaded" more than a million dollars worth of surplus government vehicles, equipment and other items through online auctions. Metro Government sells obsolete and other surplus items through its website, LouisvilleKy.gov, and GovDeals.com, an online service similar to eBay. The $3,760 sale of a Case International 585 tractor to a bidder in Cookeville, Tenn., recently brought the total funds generated through the online auctions to more than $1 million. "The online auctions are a creative way this government is operating efficiently and effectively for our citizens," Abramson said. "We're unloading items that have outlived their useful life for government, and in doing so creating a revenue stream and reducing warehouse space." Abramson said the online auctions often generate more money than traditional auction-house auctions because items are up for bids around the clock and the online auctions allow more people - virtually from anywhere - to participate.
SIMPSON BOOK RIGHTS AUCTION DELAYED
LATEST: An auction to sell off the rights to O.J. SIMPSON's scrapped book IF I DID IT has been delayed. The rights to controversial book - which hypothetically places Simpson at the scene of the 1994 murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman - were due to be sold at an auction tomorrow (17Apr07). But it was postponed after Lorraine Brooke Associates, the company that struck the deal for the ex-NFL star, filed for bankruptcy last week (13Apr07). The news comes as a blow to the Goldman family who were due to receive the proceeds as part of the $33.5 million (£17 million) Simpson owes following a 1997 civil case for wrongful death. Goldman family attorney David Cook says, "The bankruptcy process is a detour on the road to justice." .
Auction to benefit county medical center
The weekend of April 21-22, Craig County will be privy to one of the biggest and certainly one of the most important auctions ever held within its borders.The reason is all proceeds will benefit the medical center, planned to reopen in September in New Castle. The county has been without a doctor for two years, and medical care without the community has been sporadic - with doctors coming and going since Dr. Walton Mitchell Sr. retired in 1975. .
Wahine flag sold in online auction
A flag said to have come from the stricken Wahine passenger ferry has been sold in an internet auction for more than $5,000. Fifty-one people died when the Wahine capsized after striking Barretts Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in April 1968. The flag and a witnessed affadavit of its recovery were listed on the internet auction site Trademe with a reserve price of $5,000. In the affadavit, the owner says he found the flag on the shoreline in Eastbourne the day after the Wahine sank, while helping police in their search efforts. The auction generated a last-minute bidding war, and the flag finally sold for $5,200. .
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