It's auction time again at WMPG radio and development director Dale Robin Goodman stopped by to give Leslie McVane a preview of the great items that can be yours for the right bid. Well, Dale, Robin, this is so exciting. WMPG's annual auction. Yeah, we do it every November. I know. And the gifts this year are fabulous. Well, we have great stuff. You know, local businesses and organizations and artists have been so generous to us. We're really grateful. Well, they should be. It's a wonderful radio station. Right. So you need to get online and bid starting November 8th at bidding, double, www.biddingforgood.com slash WMPG. Well, that's easy. It's as easy as that. Now, what is the auction for? Well, to raise money for operating costs for WMPG, you know, we have a new transmitter and a new antenna and we're broadcasting far and wide now, but it does cost us a little more to operate it, so we're raising some extra money and hopefully going to cover those costs. Well, those of us who listen to WMPG regularly appreciate that wide range because I don't like driving out of a range of a radio station that I'd love to listen to. I didn't even used to live in the range and now I'm in the range, home in the range. Let's talk about what we've got here. Yes. All right. So we have some great gifts. We have restaurant certificates and gift certificates to different shops around the area, all kinds of things. I mean, I couldn't even begin. One of the things is a custom crossword puzzle made just for you, so you can gift someone with, you know, you give the person who's doing it some of the things about that person and they'll construct a crossword puzzle just for you. I totally have an idea of someone I could give that gift to. Yeah, it's a fabulous gift. All right. Very unique. So let's see what else we've got here. But some of these things I've brought, let's see, what should we start? This a little ukulele? No, it's actually one of these that we put through the hot cycle on the wash and that's what we came out with. But, yeah, this is courtesy of Bach Dancers. Honey, I shrunk the guitar. Bach Dancers, both of these. No, this is from Bach Dancers and this is a Jasmine guitar, let's see if I can hold it up. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah. Jasmine guitar from Guitar Grave. Oh, and it feels so nice. Yeah, it does. It has a nice satin finish. Yeah, it's beautiful. It sounds pretty good. We were playing it at the radio station. And it's not quite tuned. No, it's not. Yeah. Oh, now the jazz. That's the Smithsonian. That's the Smithsonian. Fabulous set and I recommend it to anybody who likes jazz and blues or who wants to understand where our current popular music came from. Beautiful, beautiful book that goes with it, exquisitely done. That's something I would definitely go for. That's on the auction. And then some books. Yeah. There are our main zone Crash Berry, Tough Island and Sex Drugs and Blue Berries. And this one is all about the Tinnacles. Yes. Have you ever been to the Tinnacles? I haven't. I can't wait to read this. And then this one, Sex, Drugs and Blue Berries. That's what happens out in the field to me. That's what happens. All right. And then this is a pretty unique thing. I love this. This is actually a photograph that's taken and mounted. And it's from by Murray Dello, who's just happened to be your husband.  I thought when I walked in here, that's what a beautiful painting. Yeah. But it is a photograph. And I'm a photographer and I was like, whoa. He's a photographer from New Zealand and he lives here now. He's done some exhibition here and hopes to do more. And that's one of his. It's amazing. And then, okay, so for this auction, the Pieste de Resistance, right? Yes. One of our wonderful WMPGers is the fellow who created Big Nate. Lincoln Purse. Right. And he gave us a, that's original ink, the full panel of one of his cartoons. And it's actually, it's hysterical. Yeah. And he's nationally syndicated. And it's signed. Signed by Lincoln. By Lincoln. Yeah. How special is that? I know that one makes my heart. Yeah, I know. I love it. It's amazing. But you'll go for Lincoln. Yeah. So there's really some exciting stuff this time around. Are there personal care items? Yes.  There's a lot of music, all different kinds of music, some great concert tickets. Oh. Yeah. Great concert tickets. Richard Thompson at all? I can't remember, you know, off the top of my head, but it's on there. But we can find them online. Yes. It's biddingforgood.com. Oh, fabulous. Fabulous. WMPG. All right. Well, I can't wait. That's when it starts. And it ends December 5th. Okay. Some of the concerts end sooner because the concerts come sooner. All right. But so hurry up and bid. Thank you for being here. Thanks for having me. It was great. Always good to visit with you. Thanks for having me. It was great. Always good to visit with you.


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