Actually, given the Pendleton weather lately it was somewhat difficult to tell the months apart. Thank goodness for calendars! The first and last weeks of March proved to be very busy ones, as my Lion friend Dwight Johnson and I were fully i9nvolved getting ready for the 28th Annual Lions Radio Auction on 1290 KUMA (AM) on April 7th. Of the 120+ donations we received, Dwight and I did over 90 of them! But I don't regret this at all. Dwight is a really neat guy and anytime you get to do something worthwhile with a good friend, it makes the time very enjoyable.
We had a wide range of donations, from mustard to toilets, fast foods to car washes, even bowling balls, truck mud flaps and gift baskets. What really surprised and pleased me was that despite the current economic problems, local merchants nonetheless gave generously to the Auction. I think part of this is that the Lions enjoy a very good reputation in Pendleton as we were getting donations where other groups were not. Retail value was well over $7,000!
The night of the Auction Lion volunteers gathered at the studios of Capps Broadcasting Group. Dwight was running a laptop with our donation information and pictures, June Mohrland was my co-auctioneer, and then there was me, trying to keep up with the active auction action. (Try saying that one fast!) We were on the air from 7 PM to 11 PM; after 4 hectic hours we went home. The next day the successful bidders claimed their items at a local bank. Very much to our surprise, the auction brought in over $2400, an alltime record for the Lions Radio Auction, and that covers 48 years!!!
Linda helped out by buying me a 50 pound sack of flour from Pendleton Flour Mills. Just think how much baking it will take to use that amount of flour! I see a bunch of pecan-carmal rolls in the future! Mmmm
I have also started to experiment with Facebook. I've never tried one of the so-called social networking things so this might be interesting.
Linda and I have dec ided not to sell our 2008 Ford Fusion; we really like that car! Instead the 2002 Mustang GT convertible will be up for sale as soon as I finish detailing it. If you are interested let me know. It has a little over 55k miles and is in excellent condition and has never abused in any way.
Travis Stills, Kathy's husband, has just left for another deployment with the US Army in Afghanistan. He expects to be gone for a year! Linda and I are very proud of him and his service to his country.
There are other things worth writing about so I'll try to get back with them soon.
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