| Modest Mouse, Shins, Decemberists Swag in Art Auction
Buckman Elementary School, an arts magnet school in Portland's public system, is rife with the cool, artsy kids. And these cool, artsy kids-- along with some high-profile, indie rock favorites-- have donated some items to be auctioned in benefit of the school; they're no mere pinch-pot ashtray castoffs, either. In addition to a fly-fishing trip and jaunts to the Sonoma wine country, a series of hand-decorated mini-guitars and other swag from the likes of the Decemberists and Carson Ellis, Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock, the Shins, Stephen Malkmus and newest Jick Janet Weiss, Sam Coombs of Quasi, and the Dandy Warhols will go up for the good cause. The Art Rocks auction takes place in two parts: the first-- organized by Sleater-Kinney pillar and Buckman parent Corin Tucker-- goes down web-ways April 22, when online bidders can stake their claim on those hand-decorated mini-guitars via eBay (keyword: Buckman).
Speeding ticket sold in online auction
It started as a speeding fine on a lonely road, but by the end Bob Grieve was a Trade Me star, $NZ51 ($A45.60) richer and fielding amorous advances from complete strangers. Grieve, a TV3 news cameraman in Christchurch, was peeved when a slightly heavy foot while driving back from Geraldine resulted in a policeman handing him a $NZ130 ($A116) fine. So he did what anyone does these days - he put the ticket up for sale on online auction site Trade Me. "I thought it would be a bit of fun. I didn't really know how it would go, but I figured quite a few people would notice it," he said. Ten days later, his auction had been viewed nearly 30,000 times, questions were being posted faster than he could answer them, and then his ticket was being sold to an insurance assessor from near Pukekohe who vowed to pay for the privilege of having someone else's speeding fine.
Athletes go up for sale
A lap dance from water polo player Sean Williams is worth exactly $16 -- or at least it was last night in a fundraiser at HUB Heritage Hall. Attendees of the Penn State Marketing Association (PSMA) Date Auction watched as lacrosse player Megan McGuire "bought" Williams. Bidders on the water polo player were not only paying for a date with him, but for a lap dance Williams promised, which McGuire received on stage immediately after the bidding on Williams closed. "It was hot," McGuire said, laughing. "I didn't really expect him to do it up there, but hey, whatever." PSMA held the event as a way to raise money for Alex's Lemonade Stand, an organization that deals with pediatric cancer. "We came up with the idea because we were looking for a way to raise money, just in general, whether for an organization or for a charity," Jessica Hoffman, a member of PSMA and co-chair of the event, said.
County commissioners study bids for asphalt, computer equipment
Tuscarawas County commissioners Monday opened and took under advisement bids for bituminous asphalt and for computer equipment to allow the county Child Support Enforcement Agency to switch its paper records to digital files. Asphalt bids, with per-gallon prices for the county to pick up the material followed by price for delivery, were as follows: JASA Asphalt Materials of Akron, catyonic rapid-set, $1.30, $1.27, high-float rapid-set, $1.30, $1.27, high-float rapid-set polymer, $1.55, $1.52, and Asphalt Materials Inc. of Marietta, catyonic rapid-set, $1.21, $1.22, high-float rapid-set, $1.18, $1.19, high-float rapid-set polymer, $1.52, $1.53. County Engineer Joe Bachman, who attended the bid opening, said the county uses about 400,000 gallons to 500,000 gallons of asphalt per year.
Board bids farewell to three educators
PLYMOUTH--Plymouth Community Schools' board of trustees reluctantly accepted the resignations or retirements of three longtime educators at its meeting Thursday night.
Leaving at the end of the school year are Cindy Wagoner, band director, who will pursue a doctorate in music education; John McNeil, Lincoln Junior High School principal, retiring; and Mike Mercer, social studies teacher at Lincoln, also retiring.
Larry Pinkerton, board member, said Wagoner "took our music program to a higher level" and that McNeil, in his 36 years with Plymouth schools, would leave "big shoes to fill."
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