| Rivermen Game-Worn Jersey Auctions Start April 23 and 25
Peoria, Ill. (April 16, 2007) - Peoria Rivermen Equipment Manager Joel Farnsworth announced today that the team will auction off its game-worn and game-issued Rivermen Home White and Road Blue jerseys on April 23 and April 25, respectively, at 9:00 a.m. on eBay (www.eBay.com). The jerseys up for auction may be found on www.eBay.com by typing "Peoria Rivermen Game-Worn Jersey" into the Category Search. Bidding on each jersey begins at $175, and both auctions will last for seven days, closing at 5:00 p.m. (all times local) on Sunday, April 29 and Tuesday, May 1, respectively. All bidders must have an eBay account which can be created at any time. Fans may also click the eBay logo on the right side of the front page of the Rivermen Web site, www.rivermen.net. Each jersey was made by CCM/RBK Hockey from Poly Air Knit Mesh with airflow side panels and underarm inserts.
Revised proposals on small IPPs rejected, fresh bidding soon
The council committee on government purchase rejected Saturday the revised proposals on installation of small nine independent power projects (IPPs) and decided to float fresh tender for the same.
The committee only five days back sent back the proposals on IPPs, submitted by the power division, on the ground of lack of transparency. The power plants will be set up on 'build, own and operate' (BOO) basis under private initiative.
The council committee had asked the power division to submit the proposals again removing the anomalies.
Sources, on the other hand, observed that such rejection might deal a blow to the government's initiative to reduce the country's prevailing electricity shortage in the medium term.
Chaired by the finance and planning Adviser A B Mirza Azizul Islam, the council committee at a meeting also decided to reconstitute the evaluation committee, which was formed earlier to scrutinise the offers placed by the entrepreneurs.
Auction Saturday benefits Chernobyl
Organizers of Saturday's 14th annual fundraising auction for Canadian Aid for Chernobyl (CAC) are trying to appeal to all interests. CAC fundraising chairman Jan Smith said a live and silent auction at the Memorial Centre includes 380 items in total with a range of items to interest everybody. The live event begins at 6 p.m. and features 80 items, said Smith. "We have everything from luxury items to things you need anyway so you might as well buy them here," she said. "So that would be everything from a diamond necklace to a septic pump-out." The event also features the return of the homemade pies that proved quite popular last year when a pecan-bourbon pie sold for $60, said Smith. "We have the same interesting pies up for auction again for people feeling flush and hungry." She said the silent auction has a range of items priced from $5 to $60 with many fitting Mother's Day gifts.
Kinsmen auction raises $12500
Judy Hawthorne isn't shy about using the Kinsmen Auction to expose career opportunities for her 11-year-old son. Hawthorne's $50 bid won the chance to be Brockville fire chief for a day that she'll give to her son Adam. "We were looking for it specifically," said Hawthorne, near the close of the annual event, which raised a total of about $12,500. "We got the police chief of the day last year (for Adam) and we got the fire chief this year." Hawthorne is the type of bidder the Kinsmen love to see at the annual event, which has operated in different formats for 44 years. She comes back every year looking for bargains at the same time supporting the programs of a local service club. "The Kinsmen is a great organization to support.
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